Jason, author of www.bookarmor.com, made a reference to Jonathan Pierce below. It reminded me of why I have a problem with this most excitable of footballing voices. Allow me to demonstrate, imagine it is Liverpool vs Spurs. He would say something along the lines of:
'Huddlestone going forward, but Finnan is there to tidy up. Aaron Lennon is running across to the corner to take it. '
So far so good one could say, but I am always waiting for him to interrupt himself with some faux hysteria along the lines of
"BUT MATILDA IS THERE IN THE CORNER, HE HASN'T NOTICED HER, AND SHE'S GOING IN WITH THE BANDSAW FROM BEHIND, A SNEAKY MOVE FROM THE HOUSE ROBOTS THAT, LOOK AT THAT! METAL ON SHINBONE, BLOOD EVERYWHERE, LENNON IS DOWN, THE CROWD AT THE KOP END ARE GOING WILD'
The Kop: "PIT! PIT! PIT! PIT!"
Those memories of Robot Wars will never fade. It is a credit to Pierce that he managed to convince anyone he could be taken seriously ever again. And he could even make gardening and fishing sound like exhilarating pursuits. Craig Charles has not been so lucky. Those dire 'poems' he recited at the end of every show ensured that.
"My career
is no more
not since I hosted
Robot Wars"
*kissed two finger salute*
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