When it comes to sports, I'm sure Al Michaels has seen it all. His play-by-play voice has been broadcast over every major sport, from the World Series, NBA Championships, and the SuperBowl, to the Miracle on Ice. He very well might be on broadcast autopilot, yet, he still manages to "bring it" on every sportscast he presides over. And by "bring it", I mean his bellowing voice, penchant for hyperbole, and ability to still get excited about a meaningless (for playoff purposes) football game between the Bears and Packers on New Year's Eve.
But Al Michaels is out of control. Sunday night on NBC Football, Al Michaels' mouth literally came out of my buddy's plasma television and started eating our pizza. I told Al that I hope he doesn't mind pizza topped with Cholula Hot Sauce (a tasty add-on flavor, I might add). To which big Al responded, "HE DID WHAAAAAT?!?!" while spewing chunks of pepperoni from his teeth.
It's not as if he's a bad announcer; unfortunately there are plenty of those. And I don't know if working with Madden has made him more cartoonish, but his mouth seems to be stuck on over-the-top mode. It's like watching Al Pacino on "Any Given Sunday" or that bookie movie he did with David Wooderson.
Maybe this Bears fan is just angry he sat through the Bears-Packer debacle at a New Year's Eve party attended by numerous Wisconsin natives. The party host had prepared two serving trays full of team-colored jello shots, to be consumed if your team scored. With the Bears going scoreless of almost 3 quarters, you can imagine the disparity of intoxication and obnoxiousness amongst the drinkers at this place. At least I wasn't crapping green and yellow tinged nuggets come Monday afternoon.
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