As a 64 year old, these times of Sunday mornings in the 70’s was so special, thanks to Dan for having him on!
@martinmurphy4852 Жыл бұрын
57 here and can remember those days. In fact the theme music from wide world of sports can still get stuck in my head every once in awhile. I think the main difference is back then you had to have character to do the job. Now days all you need to do is be a character.
@makula5543 Жыл бұрын
Brent is Legendary! Loved his intro to big games "You are looking live"
@jamesanthony5681 Жыл бұрын
Howard Cosell, interviewing Sammy Davis Jr. ringside at a Las Vegas fight in the 1970's: "Well, Sammy, how do you see this fight?", asked Howard. "With my one good eye," replied Davis. Cosell, as I recall, was stunned and momentarily speechless .
@remaguire7 ай бұрын
A great meme is one of Cosell standing next to Bruce Jenner and OJ Simpson, mike in hand. The caption is "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just returned from the future and you're NOT gonna believe this s**t!"
@boogieondown58243 ай бұрын
I can't tell you how much joy, as a kid, I felt when that CBS NFL Today music played and Brent's voice came on Sunday. We only had 4 channels and Sunday mornings were full of creepy TV evangelists, farm reports, boring news, and then BOOM "You are looking live..." Still exciting to think about.
@chunnelll6 ай бұрын
I knew Brent growing up. I would play with his son who had a congenital heart problem and one leg about 3 inches shorter than the other, but we were bound by our love for baseball. We and the boy next door would play whiffle ball in their front yard and Brent would pitch. But I was introduced to Brent in a strange way. His son, who I believe was named Brett, it's been 45 years, said "my dad is on TV". I said "no way". He said "yeah, my dad is on TV, I'll show you". So he turned on CBS and we waited a few minutes. Long enough for me to give him grief that he was making this up. Then Brent came on, a face everyone knew, and I recognized him right away and he said "THAT'S MY DAD!". I was impressed for about 30 seconds and we went out and played. Years later I was working at a local restaurant in Westport as a Busboy and some of the staff were whispering, "Brent Musberger is here" and it was causing a stir. I immediately left my station to say hi and many were telling me to stop. He greeted me warmly, remembering my name. I asked how Brett was and he sadly said that Brett "didn't make it, he passed away recently". I said how sorry I was and we parted. I always thought him a good man who was treated poorly by either the politically correct class or the cancel culture crowd.
@teller12905 ай бұрын
Yep, he got screwed. I was never crazy about him but admired him later in life.
@svetcovladich9996 Жыл бұрын
Brent is still going strong. Great guest.
@budfox2337 Жыл бұрын
Brent is great, one of my all time favorites.
@ElliottNest398 ай бұрын
Absolutely correct - the thing I remember most from the 1970s and early 1980s MNF games were Cosell’s halftime highlights.
@baronvonnembles9 ай бұрын
What they said about fans being upset if Cosell didn't feature your team during halftime highlights was so true. In fact, I'll go you one better. At some point they started including the highlights of one game near the end of the first half as kind of a teaser for the half-time extravaganza. But because it had kind of a rushed feeling as they were squeezing it in during the game play was it was VERY disappointing if "your" team was in the game so featured. The "problems" of a 14 year-old!
@joeterp56158 ай бұрын
Howard was an entertainer. I don’t think he cared if you loved him or hated him - just that you watched. Like most kids back then, I had my Cosell imitation, “THIS is Howard Cosell!” I grew to love him. Anything he covered was instantly elevated to an event. He could have covered a bar mitzvah and made people think they were watching something of national importance.
@RD22 Жыл бұрын
My buddies dad made the front page of the Cleveland Plaindealer. He had on a Donkey Costume on with a Howard Cosell name tag & jackass written on it at a Monday night game in the Seventies.
@mediamannaman8 ай бұрын
I remember Monday Night Football with Howard, “Dandy” Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford. It was the best football broadcasting combination ever. I wish all football fans could have experienced them in their live MNF broadcasts.
@denisceballos97458 ай бұрын
No doubt. It was must-watch TV back then. MNF was huge.
@teller12905 ай бұрын
Karras and Meredith, real guys, hated 👄 Cosell.
@herbwhite73848 ай бұрын
You're looking live is one of the great openers. Love Brent M.
@colderbeer Жыл бұрын
This is the guy who INVENTED the modern day pregame show on TV.....
@patrickmcintyre65074 ай бұрын
good old day howard was the best half time highlites
@finch45lear8 ай бұрын
What great memories on Sundays. Except when I had a big test in school the next day and kept putting off studying to watch Brent, Irv , Phyllis ,Jimmy and more football.
@anthonyadamo56146 ай бұрын
This is legendary
@centrist10085 ай бұрын
Never change Brent. I also loved your British accent during The CBS Sports Spectacular.
@edscott47299 ай бұрын
Cosell rocked.
@aroe38968 ай бұрын
wow, that story about the owner's reaction to Cosell's inaugural MNF broadcast is gold
@CandyAppleBlack9 ай бұрын
love Brent always have
@BalBurgh8 ай бұрын
At one point a poll showed Cosell was the most popular sports commentator in the country with twenty percent of the vote - and simultaneously the most HATED with forty percent! I originally hated him but eventually grew the really enjoy his schtick, until, as Musberger points out, he got too full of himself at the end. He was so popular he did four episodes of a variety show called - wait for it - Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell in 1975. While doing a skit where he’s eating breakfast with his family he asks someone to “Pass The Juice!” And let us never, ever forget the epic entertainment that was Battle of the Network Stars! Man, that was a different time…
@johngremillion86637 ай бұрын
1970's MNF with Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford was the best. They started it all
@moncorp1 Жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed Big Game Brent when he WASN'T calling games. Then you put him behind a mic and he turned into something else all together.
@TommyBackwater419 ай бұрын
Never forget Musberger - You are Looking Live ! Remember that ?
@thepurpleufo9 ай бұрын
Loved humble Howard.
@charleslloyd4253 Жыл бұрын
Howard would do a lot of MNF drunk. One night he even puked in the booth. And spent an hour praying to the porcelain god. While you can hear Meredith say. where's Howard? Come back Howard.
@Lava19647 ай бұрын
People forget that Howard Cosell's career as a major broadcaster was relatively short. He became connected with Muhammad Ali after he won the title and assumed a Muslim name. His last major assignment was the 1984 Summer Olympics where he covered boxing. That's only about 20 years.
@bradlafferty60768 ай бұрын
I love Brent
@mrlafayette19649 ай бұрын
Everyone kinda pretended to hate Cosell for fun I think most liked him. Never forget the time he lost his toupee while calling a fight.
@bunpeishiratori5849 Жыл бұрын
I thought the newspaper story was going to end with the fact that he had actually been looking at the previous day’s paper.
@albertguerrero82868 ай бұрын
Good one
@leoverran311 Жыл бұрын
What’s the back story?
@ldfahrni4 ай бұрын
MNF highlights? No Denver Broncos "ever" and people loved to boo the TV in bars across the city. One even had a drawing and after the highlights were over and once again the Broncos (who were quite terrible back then) were dissed for the umpteenth time, the lucky winner was given a shotgun and allowed to shoot the TV screen. Ah, the good old days . . .
@MP-tf7cc8 ай бұрын
Hard to believe Cossell brought the viewers to MNF. It was the new thing / only game on tv... Any announcer would have worked.
@user-tt7ux7xx8y8 ай бұрын
Look up the term black skinned storm troopers and see who wrote it.
@toddm95018 ай бұрын
Brent is Great. dan is a dem. Dem Dan. Dem dan never asked a liberal a tough question. Ever.
@user-qq9ir3vx5c3 ай бұрын
LOUD. That is the one thing I hate about today's Sports Broadcasting. The Foxification of Sports has annoyed the sh#t out of me for years. I miss the old guys.
@kevindunlap5525 Жыл бұрын
3 astonishing wastes of air and food.
@toddm95017 ай бұрын
Brent is Fantistic! Ol Dem dan wishes biden wad on.
@andrewballance4161 Жыл бұрын
Mute button hall of fame.sorry.troo
@bartstarr1006 ай бұрын
Ask Brent why he didn't support Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Oh, nevermind, its Dan Patrick.
@ericmagness27169 ай бұрын
They sure like patting themselves on the back because they talk into a microphone