What's the most hilarious joke or phrase spoken by a game announcer?
 

With kickoff being a day away, I kind of wanted to start a discussion that might take the mind off of kickoff, even for a short moment.

So what some of the best jokes or funniest phrases or moments from a game announcer? (not restricted to FRC or FIRST) Share a video if you wish.

My favorite that's on video is "The HAT" from Waterloo 2014.

Another favorite is from my own team member Zach, who was MC for a VEX competition we hosted. He had a joke that I did not expect. Can't remember which game, but there was a team that attempted to score but was unable to, and Zach said, "Close, but no cigar. But that's okay, because cigars are bad for you."

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My personal favorite was from my freshman year(2014). I was a member of an all-freshman drive team. During one of our matches at Crossroads, one of the game announcers introduced us as "The all freshman drive team" and the announcer on the field stopped and looked at us and said "Are you serious? Like, for real? All freshmen? huh...."

I found it funny cause he was so shocked he forgot to finish announcing the teams.

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The game announcer/MC for Chezy champs were a hilarious combination. I remember hearing things like "Team 254: The Simbots!" or "Team 971: The Robonauts!" There were most definitely more, but those are just a few examples.

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I will never forget Angry Eric... He always suggests "interpretive dance" as an option for the award ceremony...

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Our (immature) team members and mentors always got a kick out of Tom Nader's excessive use of the term "deuce" meaning a two-stack. Often, he said phrases like "They have a deuce in their robot" and "They drop a deuce".

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In the vain of Tom Nader'isms, when during non-shooting games, he'll exclaim "They shoot, and Scooooorrreee!!!" It's like, sure they did. Does make me smile every time.

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Tom Nader has some fun phrases he likes to say, such as ground pickups being "low hanging fruit" and "Time expires on our heroes today"

At our middle school's FTC team, "2 Liggett 2 Quit"'s competition this year, they tipped over because of our 4-bar scoop rising too fast, and we moved the scoop back and forth to tip the robot back up, and when it tipped back up, Tom Nader said "And 2 Liggett 2 Quit lives up to their name!". I thought it was funny, okay? :rolleyes:

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In 2014 my team was on the Galileo field in worlds, we had a robot, small in stature, that was scoring a lot for our alliance. The announcer saw this and when we ran pass him he yelled "There's 869 the little robot that could".

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The announcers at Chezy Champs called 973 the fighting adamheards a couple of times. They also called our team (The milkenknights) "The Milk shakes" and the "Milk and cookies".

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I enjoyed Tom Nader dong the week one FTC events where he generates a completely fictitious account of what the robots are doing as they all sit non-moving for the entirety of the auton period.

Our heros, climbing the mountain etc...

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Kinda jacking this thread a bit but for drivers/coaches/operators do you hear the game announcer or really anyone around you outside of your alliance. I literally block everything out and only when I re-watch recordings of our matches do I hear what the announcer actually said about us.

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I might have to borrow this idea.

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Before the match and after the match, no. I always listen.

During i only hear the drive team's. Nothing else exists.

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Anything from Sir Charles, particularly a few of his 2010 matches.

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This past year, my team had a rubber duck named Alfred that sat on our robot. Tom Nader would talk to the duck all the time and acted like he was the one doing the scoring, congratulating him on the stacks as they went up.

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Curie, 2014, every time the ball bounced off the truss, the announcer would proclaim, "Rejected by the truss!!!!!" with the excitement of a basketball announcer who just watched a defender block a dunk.

Its a funny image to imagine the truss going up for a block on the court, but that might just be me.

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My favorite one.
Archimedes :33 seconds in. Maybe a bit inappropriate but definitely funny.

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I spent all three of my years as a student on the drive team and one year as a mentor coach my first year mentoring after graduation. As a rookie I was human player, and for the next two years I was a driver, and the year after graduation, I was coach. I've played all the positions throughout four seasons and I can tell you rarely did I ever hear what the announcer was saying, except for when the remaining time was announced. This is a skill that can be difficult to acquire as a coach, because you have to filter out everything to communicate with all the alliance members, but also keep your ears peeled for when the announcer says X:XX time left in the match. For those who have a hard time doing that as a coach, I just recommend watching the digital countdown clock on the opposing alliance station.

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"Curry Field"

Same announcer at Champs introduced us at one point or another as, Circus Circus, Citrus Circus, Citric Circuits, and probably another one or two I can't remember at the moment.

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The hat delivers us.

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The best Nader-isms are the ones he can't say out loud. I've nearly gotten him in trouble when he asked me what the foul was and I replied something that was a mild double entendre. He almost repeated it, and then realized, "I can't say that!"

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If I remember right that came from students yelling at him when he said the awards were presented as poems (Eric should let me know if I'm wrong).

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I'm surprised no one has posted the joke that has been a part of reveal videos for the last 3 years.

The Printer(not a joke, very good robot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dojy...sghv4&index=10

Skystalker(the joke to the printer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpSgUrsghv4

Skystalker-er(the joke to skystalker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMs3HtdNwA

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Although these are great inside joke videos for those in FRC, they haven't been mentioned since the thread is about funny things that game announcers have said. Good suggestion for joke videos though!

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During Hopper qualifications a robot fell onto its side and Tom Nader said "Looks like team xxxx decided to switch their drivetrain to the z-axis.

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"I don't wanna say it's ovah, but there's not... much... hope..."
- Ron Partridge trying to announce an almost un-announceably boring match.

Way back in 2004 as a field volunteer, Dan Green would ask us for phrases to slip into the game announcing to keep it lively. Our favorite accomplishment of Dan's was the phrase "goats do roam in villages". Pretty impressive!

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At Hopper last year, we always had a good laugh at the announcer that would yell, "Good shootin'!!!" during matches. I honestly have no clue how it was relevant to Recycle Rush, but it was sure entertaining for all of us. (And I'm sure it's lack of relevance made it even more entertaining)

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A stream host at Colorado decided to use the phrase "His Majesty of Points" last year.

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I believe it was at a practice match at the 2012 IRI competition, Paul Copioli introduced Fondy Fire, Frog Force and Wings of Fire as, "a bunch of effin robots."

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I always enjoyed Tom Nader's commentary on the results of 2014's autonomous. "There are 3 albatrosses on the field!"

That man speaks pure gold.

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On Hopper for 2015 for our teams 3 tote auto, it would be "1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, SCORES!" Usually followed by a "Good shootin' guys"

I dodn't understand how totes could be related to potatoes but whatever.

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There's no game announcing experience quite like the Paul Copioli show. The show never disappoints.

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Not quite FRC competition, but I remember very clearly a few years ago during a VEX competition in St. Catherines where Karthik was MCing:

"Lets just take a moment to appreciate what's going on here... Which is not very much."

*All 4 robots are dead, no comms*

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I did it last night at a league meet for my team's league, and the team that didn't pass inspection thanked me for doing play by play of the wishing and dreaming their robot was doing :) (and I think the audience liked it too)