And yet he was a spokesman for Weight Watchers or whatever about a year ago. Simultaneously pimpin Applebee's, guy is a complete cartoon character.Doesn't espn realize everyone on earth loathes berman, or are they just so arrogant they don't care. I am waiting for the day when his humongous head explodes on live tv. He can barely speak from collar being so tight.
I met him at the 2005 All Star Game. He is a big, fat, sweaty, balding, pompous loser. By FAR the worst of the dozens of "celebrities" I met at that game.I have a buddy that worked at the Pro Football HOF one summer. He met a ton of media celebrities and a whole bunch of HOFers past and present. He said Berman was by far the worst. He treated everyone as if they were below him and was incredibly rude.
ESPN Deportes down?No other TV station broadcasts it.Well there you go.I watch it with the sound turned off, which I believe is the goal of ESPN and their sponsors.So let's see if I have this right....
Chris Berman announces the HRD every freaking year.
And every year you guys tune into it despite hating Chris Berman.
Do I have this correct?
OH MY GOD! ROGER CLEMENS IS IN GEORGE'S BOX!!!!yeah its like us yankee fans who complain about john sterling and suzyn waldman yet listen to the radio broadcast when we have no other options.SO DON'T WATCH ITNo other TV station broadcasts it.Well there you go.I watch it with the sound turned off, which I believe is the goal of ESPN and their sponsors.So let's see if I have this right....
Chris Berman announces the HRD every freaking year.
And every year you guys tune into it despite hating Chris Berman.
Do I have this correct?
Dilfer has had quite a few that just make you shake your head. I honestly don't know how these guys don't know how dumb they sound. I guess they just don't know any better, and the thought they have is saying something better then dead air. But these 2 have to be the worst duo doing NFL games at this point, and that includes all of the local goobers like the one's in JacksonvilleDilfer isn't much better. He said that Gates is still a "dynamic" player.
I'm not sure if he knows what dynamic means.
But he's making baseball jokes about what happened in a football game. You, of all people, have to be loving this shtickHe actually just said "Foster: Houstonian for running the football."
SHUT UP YOU FAT SLOB!!!
That was brutal. I feel like I'm listening to someone who pretends to like sports but actually has no idea what they are talking about.The "tie goes to the runner" comment? Face palm.
These days, "dynamic" has become a generic catch-all word that can be used to describe just about anything that moves. It's like saying "paradigm shift".Dilfer isn't much better. He said that Gates is still a "dynamic" player.
I'm not sure if he knows what dynamic means.
Doesn't he own a piece of ESPN?He is just brutal calling a game. He must have an incredible agent who has him in an unbreakable contract for espn to keep using him like they do.
I can only imagine the folks at foxsports in a meeting discussing losing to him in ratings being a total morale buster.
I met him at the 2005 All Star Game. He is a big, fat, sweaty, balding, pompous loser. By FAR the worst of the dozens of "celebrities" I met at that game.I have a buddy that worked at the Pro Football HOF one summer. He met a ton of media celebrities and a whole bunch of HOFers past and present. He said Berman was by far the worst. He treated everyone as if they were below him and was incredibly rude.
ETA: One memory I have of my encounter with him... as a group of us were talking to him, someone walked by and said "Hey Boomer!". He turned to them and said "You don't get to call me that!'. Straight faced. What an ###.
Well, that figures correct. Consistently wrong.Captain Quinoa said:
At least Scott switches gears and is not so bad to watch and listen. When Berman goes into "Tahhhhhhhhasssraayyyyydahhhhs" mode, I turn it or mute it. Like last night my wife asks why are you watching the football game with no sound?It says a ton about ESPN when they still have on Berman and Stuart Scott and neither one has changed his shtick in over 20 years.Notice how his voice changes on the set? He can be tolerable when hes just conversing with the guy next to him. Normal voice and all ... then bam he goes into his "Raidahs" mode and his voice lowers and gets gravely. THAT is when I can not tolerate...he goes 100% sthick then. Style (which is old) over substance.
Christ, pop a cap in this clown, already.'Since it's a fall, holiday evening' this buffoon just called Schef and Mort .....'Our NFL Apple Ciders'
I used to love him until I realized he hates the Cowboys, now I only like him a bit.
Pretty much in this camp, though I wouldn't say I am at the hate level. Disappointed more than anything that as a human being I understand he is a POS.There's gotta be some irony in the fact that on a board where bad schtick is often celebrated, people are hating on Berman to this degree.
But, for the record, I hate Berman too.
"Disappointed" would be my reaction if I found out that Jimmy Stewart engaged in behavior behind the scenes of the sort that Berman engages in. I like Jimmy Stewart's persona and his work. That behavior is completely out of line with that persona.Pretty much in this camp, though I wouldn't say I am at the hate level. Disappointed more than anything that as a human being I understand he is a POS.There's gotta be some irony in the fact that on a board where bad schtick is often celebrated, people are hating on Berman to this degree.
But, for the record, I hate Berman too.