Waite was the Reds' announcer when I was a kid, and we all rooted for rain delays, because Waite will tell his stories. Wonderful storyteller and as a Hall of Fame, he had plenty of stories to tell.
its kind of crazy, I was born decades after this or atleast a decade and a half. i'd see Jerry Stiller watching Seinfeld with my dad as a kid but never knew him by name. my introduction to the Stiller's was through Ben's movies first Night at the Museum being a kid as the first one came out, then later finding his movies like Meet the Fockers and Zoolander. So its pretty crazy seeing this video from what I assume is sometime during the 1970s mention Barbra Walters when many of the biggest interviews from the time i was in high school were done by Barbra Walters.. What a long and significant career.
I remember watching this very skit as a little boy in the playroom watching it on a black & white television mom discarded there along with a big recliner chair that i used to rock back til it tipped backwards - bang!
21 days later, Koufax would throw a perfect game against the Cubs as well. Four years to the day after this game, Ken Holtzman no hit the Braves at Wrigley. I was at that one.
Loved Waite Hoyt and he was at his best during rain delays. The stories he could tell as a HOF player on the 1920's Yankees and elsewhere were pure gold. We actually rooted for rain delays so we could hear his tales.
Ironic that this includes a commercial for when the giant pandas came to the Cincinnati Zoo, on loan from the Smithsonian National Zoo. True story: I recently visited the National Zoo in Washington, DC for the first time. I got there "between pandas." The National Zoo had just returned its giant pandas to China. Then, after my visit, the zoo announced that a NEW pair of giant pandas were being loaned to the National Zoo from China. When I told my brother that I had missed seeing the giant pandas at the National Zoo, he said, "Don't you remember? We saw them years ago when they came to the Cincinnati Zoo."
What I miss are the occasional updates announcers gave on action around the majors. So-and-so homered in another game. Now they run a bunch of scores across the screen.
Can’t express how big this game was for Reds’ fans. For three seasons, 1982, 83 and 84, it was awful. Pete came back, and they started winning again…. It was an amazing transformation. I believe in that final month of September of 84, the Reds went 16 - 12…. And in 1985, they won 89 games, were in contention most of the season, which was an incredible turnaround.
Excellent video! Is there any way in the comments or video description that you could include the time stamp and date of all the clips? For example: • 6:50 - Ken Griffey 500th HR - June 4th, 2004
RIP, Chita Rivera. Those Lottery numbers, tho. At @22:05 is that Donald Trump? Robin Givens and Mike Tyson..what a trainwreck they were. Go USA! Jerry Springer, news anchor, journalist, actor, lawyer, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati, Member of the Cincinnati City Council, 2 terms, famous talk show host, solicitor of prostitutes, savior of the historic Cincinnati Union Terminal, Judge Jerry show host, host of America's Got Talent, 2nd and 3rd seasons, radio talk show host, Springer ont theRadio, Hosted Miss World contest in 2000, 2001, the Miss Universe 2008, guest host for WWE Raw in 2010, hosted The Price is Right Live!, host of dating game show called Baggage, hosted Investigation Discovery's Tabloid show, hosted The Adam Corolla Show once, sitting in for Adam, and so many more, married for 50 years, died of pancreatic cancer on April 27, 2023, age 79.
There was a better one about 5 years later. Harry thinks he's still on break when he remarks to Arty. " omg would you look at the size of...Hello again this is Harry Carey back with you Wrigley Field...". I laughed my ass off seeing it live. I miss Harry, Steve, Tom and Arty...good times
