^ lol, no, but he had a few other hilarious remarks. My guilty pleasure so far is him commenting on June Lee's 'doily' costume ^ ^
That was classic! I can just imagine June raiding his grandmother's kitchen to get that doily...
^ lol, no, but he had a few other hilarious remarks. My guilty pleasure so far is him commenting on June Lee's 'doily' costume ^ ^
^ lol, no, but he had a few other hilarious remarks. My guilty pleasure so far is him commenting on June Lee's 'doily' costume ^ ^
I would like to hear ISU commentary from PJ Kwong. I thought she did a great job for the winter universiade last year.
I quite like Robin Cousins too who did some events for the BBC in the past, but they usually pair him with someone else who is clueless about figure skating.
Also, in spite of how much I want to strangle him sometimes, he has got better. Like, he can identify jumps now, which trust me, when he started on SBS in Australia, he definitely couldn't.
It seems like he has a decent memory as well. To say I was nearly shocked off my couch when he reminisced fondly about Max after Camden's skate would be an understatement. Not only did he literally remember who Max was (a feat the USFS apparently can't even be bothered to achieve), he remembered that Max had saved the USFS' blushes in 2018. That's a really precise thing to remember.
I would like to hear ISU commentary from PJ Kwong. I thought she did a great job for the winter universiade last year.
I quite like Robin Cousins too who did some events for the BBC in the past, but they usually pair him with someone else who is clueless about figure skating.
At least it seems to be an honest mistake on his part, maybe he was influenced by the name Satoko
If I were visually impaired though I would love this commentator. He 'describes' every single thing. In fact, I wonder if that is what he is used to doing-visual description for the blind?
I do not like either of Alster or Howarth very much, the only talks too much with 'upper class' the other with too much 'lower class' infliction.
But we'll have to make do, and there are commentators much worse on the various national streams and broadcasters.
Send a letter of complaint to ISU and see what they'll do when the complaints heap up ...
I usually don't criticize commentators and usually also belong to the group of people who prefer commetnary over non-commentary streams... But this commentator offers exactly zero useful information and I really don't need to be reminded of the name and nationality of the skaters three times in the thirty seconds before they start skating... BUT it has undeniable positive effect, time-saving effect to be precise As I'm not watching 4 continents live I watch just and only the programs, I skip the repeats, the waiting for the scores, the warm-up because I know I won't miss any info (I wanted to save time with Russian nationals too but was too interested in Ted Barton's comments during the repeats )