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RE: The Horse Race Twist —OR— Full Of Ideas, Bad Ones
That was kind of funny, and it did remind me a lot of the announcer in the "Seabiscuit" Movie - "Tick-Tock McLaughlin"
That was kind of funny, and it did remind me a lot of the announcer in the "Seabiscuit" Movie - "Tick-Tock McLaughlin"
I imagine that there was a certain cadence, phraseology, and timing that horse race announcers would try to achieve, and the Jones bit does a good job of mimicking one.
A lot of it doesn't quite fly anymore, but I don't think it was considered high brow back then, either. :)