1 posted on
09/11/2005 2:22:52 PM PDT by
John W
To: John W
Probably the first sportscaster voice I remember hearing. I grew up listening to him. Thanks Chris! RIP. Prayers up.
2 posted on
09/11/2005 2:26:58 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
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To: John W
RIP....He was the voice of sport for a long time.
3 posted on
09/11/2005 2:27:03 PM PDT by
clintonh8r
(Liberals preach comity and practice calumny.)
To: John W
4 posted on
09/11/2005 2:28:31 PM PDT by
Mike Darancette
(Mesocons for Rice '08)
To: John W
5 posted on
09/11/2005 2:32:18 PM PDT by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: John W
Why does this bring to mind the idea that we are entering that stage in life where we begin to reminisce about the "good old days"? I remember Mr. Schenkel being the first voice I ever heard announcing a sports event (read "Any" sports event). And he did it with class, with impartiality, and without implied political spin. Rest in peace, Mr. Schenkel. We will miss you. And God bless your family and loved ones.
To: John W
Schenkel was one of the good guys, almost wish it was those times again... May he R.I.P.
8 posted on
09/11/2005 2:34:13 PM PDT by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: John W
When I was growing up, he and Keith Jackson were the top voices of college football. RIP, Chris. You were awesome.
9 posted on
09/11/2005 2:39:15 PM PDT by
JellyJam
(Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: John W
Jim Healy used to always call him "the late Chris Schenkel"...ironic that Healy died well before Schenkel. RIP, both.
10 posted on
09/11/2005 2:43:20 PM PDT by
Christian4Bush
(The modern Democratic Party: Attacking our defenders and defending our attackers.)
To: John W
11 posted on
09/11/2005 3:13:11 PM PDT by
John W
To: John W
Chris Schenkel was an "old fashioned" sports announcer who allowed the sporting event, rather than the announcer, to take center stage.
Contrast his style with, say, John Madden, who will not peremit viewers, even for a nanosecond, to forget that John Madden is the announcer.
14 posted on
09/11/2005 3:42:25 PM PDT by
southernnorthcarolina
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." -- Hillary Clinton, 2004)
To: John W
Remember him well....the Olympics, college football and even bowling..
15 posted on
09/11/2005 3:45:52 PM PDT by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: John W
God rest his soul.
And now, I can't get the song "Basketball Jones" out of my head.
20 posted on
09/11/2005 4:54:22 PM PDT by
denydenydeny
("As a Muslim of course I am a terrorist"--Sheikh Omar Brooks, quoted in the London Times 8/7/05)
To: John W
RIP Chris, you were the only guy I know who could commentate on bowling and make it interesting(for the youngins out there who didn't know of TV with 100's of channels, Chris Schenkel hosted the Pro Bowlers Tour on ABC on Saturday afternoons right before Wide World of Sports came on. I know, I know hearing the stories of having only 3 or 4 TV channels is akin to having to hear my parents say, "we had to walk through 3 feet of snow to get to school and it was never cancelled")
21 posted on
09/11/2005 4:55:36 PM PDT by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: John W
Wasn't he also the announcer for the Giants-Colts 58 championship game that put the NFL on the map, at least on television?
23 posted on
09/11/2005 5:12:04 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: John W
Chris had a rather pollyanna broadcasting style, typical of the 1950s, best exemplified when he innocently asked commentator Bud Wilkinson as the camera zoomed in on a young Hawaiian woman on the sidelines during a Hula Bowl telecast:
"Bud, isn't that the young lady who gave us both a lei when we arrived at the airport?"
I do remember him as ABC Sports' primary play-by-play announcer in the 1960s, particularly on college football and NBA telecasts.
24 posted on
09/11/2005 5:20:46 PM PDT by
Tall_Texan
(RIP New Orleans 1718-2005)
To: John W
RIP Mr. Schenkel--"ever grateful, ever true*". You were a good old Boiler, and we will always remember you.
*This is one line of the Purdue school song, "Hail Purdue".
26 posted on
09/12/2005 7:57:41 AM PDT by
IN Farm Girl
(Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by the grace of God)
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