I'm a Pistons fan, and I must say that Johnny Most is the greatest radio announcer in NBA history. He was very enthusiastic about the Celtics. No matter what team you root for, one can't help but respect Johnny Most's contribution to NBA history!! RIP Johnny!!!
I've lived overseas for a long time and lost touch with my Boston roots. Whenever I need to reboot my soul with my native blood, I listen to this and feel the Boston re-energize my veins. God Bless Johnny Most. I still get emotional when I watch the Bird stole the ball moment.
Bird stole many passes in his career, but not this inbound! That was the Early Bird whose name was John Havlicek. He was the model. Bird came along later, and was unique, his own man.
That's true passion and commitment for your club. Thumbs up, all the way from Austria across the ocean to the grave of legendary Johnny Most! True and deeply felt emotion for the game, unlike the broadcasters today.
I remember the old turn the sound down on the tv and put Johnny on trick! That way we laugh our asses off and enjoy the game at the same time. Old school at it's best.
I. Can. Not. Stop. LAUGHING!!!! I've been a Celtic fan since my folks moved to Boston in 1966, when I was 11 years old. I grew up listening to Johnny Most on my tiny transistor radio at night. Since I was young and a Celtic fan, I didn't care that Most was such a homer; it added to my enjoyment of the games. Now, listening to his bombastic excoriation of other teams' play and players, it's so funny I'm going to surf around here and find more Most to listen to and laugh at. I don't really like homer broadcasters now that I'm a grownup. I used to get embarrassed for Brooks Robinson when I heard him on the Orioles TV broadcasts when I lived in Baltimore. He was such a homer (and had a right to be, in a way) that he would squeal like a little girl when the O's hit a home run! But Most, with his over-the-top vilifications, takes homerism to a much higher level.
Okay, obviously Johnny Most is a "homer," but still, he hit the nail on the head describing the Pistons of that time period, because they were such jerks.
Johnny is my most beloved "homer" of all time. Grew up in the 60's listening to him broadcast Celtics games, he was truly "one of a kind" and never to be experienced again. RIP Johnny.
People still bitch about "homer" announcers? Because yeah, the first thing people want are announcers that root for the other team. Idiocy. Only Hawk Harrelson does to it to a far too cringy extreme.
Heard the words "fiddle and dittled" tonight and came onto RU-vid to hear the legend! Miss ya Johnny! No words were ever more prophetic then describing these hoods in this video! Those were the days. We know your still looking in "high above courtside"!
Wow does that bring back memories. I remember watching the Celtics with my father we would lower the volume on the TV and turn the radio on and listen to Johnny most with Glenn Ordway. I'll never forget the time Johnny most dropped a cigarette on his pants and lit his pants on fire and burned a hole in them during a live broadcast classic
There was nothing better in sports than a homer announcer. As you yelled at the tv cause you felt your team had been robbed, guys like this would yell right along with you. Your team was never wrong. It was hilarious!
@@shaft9000 I shined Chick Hearn's shoes. I told him three good gags and where the best cathouse in town was located. He didn't even leave a tip. Turns out the joke was on him. That "polish" I used on his shoes wasn't Shinola.
They don't make em like Johnny Most anymore. Spent alot of my childhood hearing his voice on the radio during family outings. Celtics, a barbeque and adults cursing "that god damn cheat Lambier."
I remember a game at the old Boston Garden versus the Pistons. During their warmups, Laimbeer spotted Johnny Most in the broadcast booth and shouted "Hey Johnny, when are you going to give me a break?" Most shouted "When you put on the green and white!" Yes, Most was a "homer", but what else can you expect from a guy who travels with a team for 6 or 7 months out of the year? Above all, however, he was accurate! The greatest basketball announcer ever, from "high above courtside".
johnny most nicknames: sreve mix= the babyfaced assassin isaiah thomas= jack armstrong, all american boy ricky mahorn= mcfilthy jeff ruland= mcnasty one night high above courtside in DC he told ruland's mother "if you're listening, please turn down your radio" then laughed. brad daugherty complained about a foul call. most said: "he didn't foul him, he drove a car on the court and hit him with it" i believe it was bob ryan who described most's upper register as "dog whistle delirium"
So everybody played like punk-ass bitches? Ahhhh... I wouldn't say everybody. Maybe the Knicks came close. When you see a guy like Robert Parrish, who as far as I know was a class player otherwise, wailing on Bill Lamebrain the way he did, I think that tells you something of the special assholery that was the Pisstons. (with the notable exception of Joe Dumars)
@dut dut 2.0 who do you think the 04 Pistons were fashioned after. The 04 Pistons were molded after the Bad Boys. Joe Dumars one of the Bad Boys was the Pistons GM in 04 he put that team together.
My personal fav is “This is a typical…a typical DISGUSTING display!” He was the PERFECT bias Boston homer announcer w/the perfect obnoxious voice. Also when he did the Celtics vs USSR national team & he didn’t have the names of the Ruskies. Pure gold!
What is all the funnier is that this is at Detroit's home court. I am assuming some Pistons fans nearby in the vicinity were able to hear Most blasting their team.
Most had a good grandfather too: Johann Most Johann Joseph "Hans" Most (February 5, 1846 in Augsburg, Bavaria - March 17, 1906 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a German-American anarchist politician, newspaper editor, and orator. He is credited with popularizing the concept of "Propaganda of the deed". His grandson was Boston Celtics radio play-by-play man Johnny Most.[1]
He believed as I did growing up that the Celtics did no wrong. I loved Johnny and how biased he was. I remember turning down the volume on the T.V. and getting excited when I heard his gravelly voice. Also his partner the Big O was underrated as his sidekick. My favorite call of all time was when Laimbeer close lined Bird and he went ballistic. I could listen to that call over and over again.
johnny most was entertaining to listen to...very comical and passionate...but in terms of pure play by play broadcasting, knowledge of the game, passion for his employer (the Lakers) and an unbiased love and appreciation for the sport in general... Chick Hearn is the greatest of all time... Johnny certainly has his place in broadcasting lore, but Chick is simply the best ever...don't fight it, moonstar...
He had something in common with Bulls fans in the early '90s--he hated Rodman, Laimbeer, and Zeke the most out of all of the Bad Boys, as Bulls fans did (before Rodman joined the Bulls, of course).
For those of you who say Johnny couldn't be credible because he was a "homer" - you're missing the point of sports, local sports, entirely. WE FANS don't want apathetic broadcasts. WE FANS don't want "fair and balanced" when it comes to OUR team, on local radio, playing in the homes of OUR market. WE FANS want to ROOT for our team, not come away enlightened by some dissection and analysis based on an objective review of the play. IT'S A GAME!!
We used to watch the games out East on TV (Cousy was a bit annoying lol) but we'd play the radio feed from Johnny, there were no delays, it was in sync. There were times we even wondered if Johnny was watching the same game! Lol One time he went off on Dominique and called him a "criminal" and it was a mid air tie up on Bird that could've easily been a jump ball! Lol. Dude was a legend!
The difference between Most and Heinsohn was Johnny's moral passion. Tommy boiled over with rage, but Johnny was like some Old Testament prophet denouncing iniquity. I've never heard a sportscaster with the level of commitment that drove Johnny Most. Not that he wasn't hilarious, withal. (I bet Jeremiah got big laughs, too.)
Loved Johnny Most! And despised the Pistons. Once, a friend who also hated them, saw Lambeier eating in a local restaurant. He walked right up to Bill's table and said to him, "I hope you choke." He said Lambeier just laughed his head off!
I listened to Johnny Most out of WBZ radio--on those nights when the signal came over to Michigan.These clips made me laugh out loud--Johnny was 100% correct about the thuggish Detroit Pistons.
I'm a Philly Native SixersFan, born and raised, so I'm obliged to hate the Celtics; but even I have a soft spot for classic old-school, gravelly-voiced announcers of the past like Johnny Most. They sure don't make 'em like they used to. (And I totally agree with him on his assessment of the "Bad Boys" Pistons.)
This is GreaT!!!...I am from Philly...a mega 76ers fan back in the 60's and early 70's....What a Homer Johnny Most was...I kuved listening to him on WBZ... when they played the Sixers....I was hooked on listening to him hear in Philly!...not that I liked the Celts...Larry Siegfried could do no wrong in Johnnyls eyes!!! or any of the Celtics as a matter of fact!!,,hahaha..oh I loved those old Chamberlain/Russell ,Sixer Celts rivalries back then...great timeS!...Miss ya JohnnY!..
