"Gene Shue just gave his Bullets' players an armful of tire irons so that they may attack anything out there in green and white....knowing that Mendy Rudolph will call it 'justifiable homicide!'"
Jarring John tricky-dribbles with the ball.....he fiddles and diddles - now he dabbles.He fiddles, he diddles - He daddles, he doodles.
(Or something to that effect.)
This is exactly what I was going to post. One of the funniest things I've ever heard on the radio.It's not one of his most famous calls, but let us not forget the time his cigarette ashes dropped into his lap and he caught on fire while broadcasting. Ordway was conflicted as he couldn't decide whether to continue convulsing in laughter, take over play-by-play, rescue his partner, or all of the above...
In that vein, I recall reading this somewhere: he was having trouble hearing out of one ear, and the doctor found that earpiece covering had lodged there. It bore the logo of a station that hadn't broadcast Celtics games for 10 years.It's not one of his most famous calls, but let us not forget the time his cigarette ashes dropped into his lap and he caught on fire while broadcasting. Ordway was conflicted as he couldn't decide whether to continue convulsing in laughter, take over play-by-play, rescue his partner, or all of the above...
Now here's a guy who knows how to shit all over a tribute thread. Everyone loves the drunk heckler at a standup set!Hawk Harrelson is Walter Cronkite compared to Johnny Most.
I get that you guys loved him because he was yours. But to not see him for what he was when we (on this site) regularly crucify fans in other cities for that same offense is laughable.
I think you missed the obvious. Celtic fans knew exactly what he was, and loved the passion, the love and the hate he brought to his game calls. He also called a great game, and way back in the day, he was high above courtside by himself.Hawk Harrelson is Walter Cronkite compared to Johnny Most.
I get that you guys loved him because he was yours. But to not see him for what he was when we (on this site) regularly crucify fans in other cities for that same offense is laughable.
That's interesting. In the early 80's I was doing college hockey on the radio and had occasion to do several games from the old Garden. I was told I was assigned Most's spot. There was evidence all around it was his, cigarette burns especially. More than one person told me it was Most's and none had any reason to lie to me.When Johnny opened his broadcast with the "high above courtside at the Boston Garden" line he was not exaggerating. As a youngster I sought Johnny out before a game to get his autograph and he was perched in the third level. He signed it "Swish, Johnny Most."
DB-I hate to mess up your memories, and be the Grinch, but the "Havlicek stole the ball" game was a night-game You must have been playing under the lights.When Johnny opened his broadcast with the "high above courtside at the Boston Garden" line he was not exaggerating. As a youngster I sought Johnny out before a game to get his autograph and he was perched in the third level. He signed it "Swish, Johnny Most."
Still remember where I was when "Havlicek stole the ball!!!" I was playing hoops with my friends, sitting on a big boulder at a playground in Leominster. We danced around yelling "Havlicek stole the ball!!!" like idiots for the rest of the afternoon.
A Thursday night in early April; we must have been having a real warm spell too!DB-I hate to mess up your memories, and be the Grinch, but the "Havlicek stole the ball" game was a night-game You must have been playing under the lights.