Re: Paul Page is baaaak ! Doing the X Games for ABC TV. Whoa ...
"Cal Vanize" <dont.even.spam.me@myspam.org> wrote in message
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> armpit wrote:
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>> "Jason Hoehn" <jason.hoehnnospamplease@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>>>"Mario" <mariobindini_remove@canada,com > wrote in message
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>>>>He handled commentary duties for the inaugural Edmonton Champcar race on
>>>>host broadcaster Canada's Global TV in 2005 and was surprisingly subdued
>>>>compared to his usual ways. It was almost a pleasant experience. I
>>>>wonder if they asked him to lighten up a bit?
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>>>He was in Canada and figured it was aboot time that he should be bit more
>>>courteous, eh,...
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>>>I wonder who the broadcast team is going to be for CC once it comes to
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>> ABC?,
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>>>probably go with the same team, but wouldn't it be bizarre if we heard PP
>>>behind the mic again for CC?.
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>> Bizarre? No.
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>> Nauseating? Infuriating? Exasperating? Definitely.
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> My personal opinion is that he hit his peak doing comentary on food eating
> contests. And yes, he has done that more than once since summer.
I have tapes of the old pre-1996 CART races from ESPN Classic Canada and he does
it, he's far less annoying than he became when he was doing the IRL races.
I think that Paul Page "lost it" when he went IRL. He became really annoying
then.