Word: garagiola
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...over Dartmouth last weekend. I talked to some of the players before writing this column, and here's what they had to say about this week's upcoming game against Princeton at 1:30, Saturday...Right...Uh Huh...Well, good luck Saturday. And now, over to my colleague, Joe Garagiola, who will give you a rundown on the rest of the action taking place at Princeton...
...press found its usual role of disinterested reporter usurped on two sides. On one side was the widespread parodying of news techniques in political commercials. It was deplorable, for example, to see Sportscaster Joe Garagiola serving up fungoes to Jerry Ford in imitation of a reporter asking searching questions. The working press also found itself outranked by the favors granted to guest journalists. Hoping to reach the sizable but apathetic young audience, Carter talked lengthily to Rolling Stone's self-centered Hunter S. Thompson (who neglected to quote Jimmy), to Norman Mailer (Carter said a four-letter word...
...Ford plunged into those states, his camp aired half-hour regional shows in which film clips of his final noisy rallies were juxtaposed with quiet, informal chats between the President and ebullient Sportscaster Joe Garagiola. "How many leaders have you dealt with, Mr. President?" asks genial Joe. "One hundred and twenty-four leaders of countries around the world, Joe," replies the President. Despite reports that Carter had far less money left than Ford and would not be able to match the President's TV onslaught, the Georgian's aides had paid for their final TV and radio time weeks...
...Garagiola, baseball's answer to Myron Cohen, described the Reds most aptly when he said, "They tie a string to every gift. You go after it and they pull it away from you." The boys from Cincinnati were no different last night, playing Santa Claus in double-knits for the first five innings...
...that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, or that you're sick and tired of Garagiola one-liners, or that you're done nothing for the past two weeks but memorize the birthplaces of Juan Beniquez and Bob Montgomery and the rest of the crew who forged the Possible Dream...