I watch a lot of sports on TV, and the other day I was thinking about the legendary broadcaster Howard Cosell.
When I was a kid, my parents let me have a small TV in my room, and one of few times they let me stay up after my bedtime was to watch Monday Night Football.
If Peanuts comics and Marvel comic books (Daredevil, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Power-Man and Iron Fist) are part of my literacy narrative, then I think I should also include Cosell also because I was fascinated by his language use, the big words and interesting turns of phrase.
He was a legend.
Unfortunately, most people today would not recognize what is going on in these scenes in Better Off Dead, a great 80s comedy.
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