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I did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the 1972 World Series. I also did the 1979 World Series for ABC.

~Al Michaels

Topics: Abc Also Announcer Coverage Did Folded Games Nbc Series World World Series

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Nobody, but nobody stays a public-address announcer for more than a couple of years. Truly. Public-address announcing is not a career. Public-address announcers only work 81 days a year, so you don't make a living.

~Bob Sheppard

Topics: Announcer Announcing Career Couple Days Living Make More Nobody Only Stays Than Truly Work Year Years You

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Garbage. It's a natural quality of huskiness in the midrange of my voice that I call 'garbage.' It's not a clear-toned announcer's voice. It's more like the voice of the guy next door.

~Casey Kasem

Topics: Announcer Call Door Garbage Guy Like More Natural Next Next Door Quality Voice

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I do something that I don't think anyone else does. I warm up before a game. Baseball and basketball players warm up, so why shouldn't the announcer warm up?

~Chick Hearn

Topics: Announcer Anyone Anyone Else Baseball Basketball Before Does Else Game Players Something Think Up Warm Why

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I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways.

~Christopher Meloni

Topics: Acting Advocate Announcer Been Certain Evolved Get Given Handle How Kind Matter Public Public Service Service Show Subject Subject Matter Virtue Ways

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An announcer is only as good as yesterday's performance.

~Curt Gowdy

Topics: Announcer Good Only Performance Yesterday

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I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'

~Dan Gilroy

Topics: Advised Announcer Code Discretion Gonna Good Know Many Off People Really Says Sound Then Those Too Too Many People Turn Tv Up Viewer Who Words

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When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.

~Dick Van Dyke

Topics: Act Ambition Announcer Any Before Being Dance Expected Going Had Just Kid Know Late Least Looking Necessity Never Nor Off Out Sing Starting Success Television Through Took Which Work You

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I wanted to be a radio announcer.

~Dick Van Dyke

Topics: Announcer Radio Wanted

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I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer.

~Dick Van Dyke

Topics: Also Announcer Around Away Businesses Class Class Clown Clown Everything Far Far Away Gathered Group Guys Kind Know Like Looked Me Moon Plays Radio Show Silly Thing Time Wanted Were Who You

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