Andrew Saveloy: New Zealand's worst sports commentator?
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Pinguid Radio Sport broadcaster Andrew ("Slobber") Saveloy has long
been a figure of fun, even amongst his largely idiotic colleagues.
Football fans know, and despise, the fat man for his ignorant, risible
comments following the 1999 World Cup semi-final loss to France.
Nobody who heard it could ever forget the obese oracle stating,
apparently in dead seriousness, that France should NEVER beat the All
Blacks. That is not a joke: a rugby commentator actually said, on
radio, that FRANCE should "never beat the All Blacks". Amongst all
the stupidity, and ignorance that forced itself on the national
consciousness after that match, that remarkable comment by Slobber
Saveloy still stands out as particularly stupid and ignorant. It is
doubtful that even Martin Devlin at his most ignorant, or Murray
Deaker at his most truculent and obtuse, would ever have uttered
anything as moronic as that.
been a figure of fun, even amongst his largely idiotic colleagues.
Football fans know, and despise, the fat man for his ignorant, risible
comments following the 1999 World Cup semi-final loss to France.
Nobody who heard it could ever forget the obese oracle stating,
apparently in dead seriousness, that France should NEVER beat the All
Blacks. That is not a joke: a rugby commentator actually said, on
radio, that FRANCE should "never beat the All Blacks". Amongst all
the stupidity, and ignorance that forced itself on the national
consciousness after that match, that remarkable comment by Slobber
Saveloy still stands out as particularly stupid and ignorant. It is
doubtful that even Martin Devlin at his most ignorant, or Murray
Deaker at his most truculent and obtuse, would ever have uttered
anything as moronic as that.
Listeners to NewstalkZB will know Saveloy as the particularly
slow-witted and tongue-tied sports "commentator" who, for several
years now, has come on the radio at 6:20 every morning for a
mortifying, often humiliating five minutes, where he reads the sports
headlines then endures a "conversation" with the quick-witted, often
cruel, breakfast host Paul Holmes. The gadfly Holmes usually cannot
resist mocking and teasing the fat man, who seems to have no idea how
to handle it. Certainly, in more than four years of this ritual
abuse, Saveloy's only response to Holmes has been to either lapse into
silence, waiting for the stream of verbiage to cease, or to utter a
loud and sycophantic giggle. It's insalubrious, awful and cruel, kind
of like listening to a daily on-air mugging. One wonders what kind of
misdeeds Saveloy has committed in some past life for him to be daily
put through such a penance.
slow-witted and tongue-tied sports "commentator" who, for several
years now, has come on the radio at 6:20 every morning for a
mortifying, often humiliating five minutes, where he reads the sports
headlines then endures a "conversation" with the quick-witted, often
cruel, breakfast host Paul Holmes. The gadfly Holmes usually cannot
resist mocking and teasing the fat man, who seems to have no idea how
to handle it. Certainly, in more than four years of this ritual
abuse, Saveloy's only response to Holmes has been to either lapse into
silence, waiting for the stream of verbiage to cease, or to utter a
loud and sycophantic giggle. It's insalubrious, awful and cruel, kind
of like listening to a daily on-air mugging. One wonders what kind of
misdeeds Saveloy has committed in some past life for him to be daily
put through such a penance.
Given Saveloy's exacting, some would say unreasonable, even looney,
standards for the All Blacks, it came as somewhat of a surprise this
afternoon to hear him being so positive about the NZ basketball team's
recent embarrassing losses to that..... errrrmmmmm.... world
power,...... errrrrrrrmmmmm.... Australia. The man who could not
abide a rugby loss to France, which has the greatest depth of rugby
talent in the world, had this to say about the prospect of yet another
humiliating basketball loss to Australia, which does not in any way
have the greatest basketball depth in the world: "Errrrrrrrrmmm... I
would be errrrrrmmmmm pleasantly surpri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ised if New
Zealand got up and beat Australia tonight."
standards for the All Blacks, it came as somewhat of a surprise this
afternoon to hear him being so positive about the NZ basketball team's
recent embarrassing losses to that..... errrrmmmmm.... world
power,...... errrrrrrrmmmmm.... Australia. The man who could not
abide a rugby loss to France, which has the greatest depth of rugby
talent in the world, had this to say about the prospect of yet another
humiliating basketball loss to Australia, which does not in any way
have the greatest basketball depth in the world: "Errrrrrrrrmmm... I
would be errrrrrmmmmm pleasantly surpri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ised if New
Zealand got up and beat Australia tonight."
NewstalkZB drivetime host Mike Hosking listened to these pearls of
wisdom and generosity, then steered the fat man onto the subject of
the new "No Dissent" rule in cricket. Saveloy's take on this: "You
have to have a fairly thick skin anyway, to be a cricket umpire.
Errrrrrrrrrrmmmmm....."
wisdom and generosity, then steered the fat man onto the subject of
the new "No Dissent" rule in cricket. Saveloy's take on this: "You
have to have a fairly thick skin anyway, to be a cricket umpire.
Errrrrrrrrrrmmmmm....."
Then Hosking mentioned the Australian boxer Anthony Mundine, who last
night won a WBA title. Now, long-time Saveloy watchers will be aware
of just what he thinks of Mundine. "Is it just me," he shared with
his audience on the useless radio "Footy Show" a couple of years ago,
"or do others out there hope that Mundine gets DONE tomorrow night?"
Mundine is just too uppity and outspoken for the likes of Saveloy,
whose outrage stemmed from the fact that Mundine had had the gall to
make comments critical of the rogue Bush administration.
night won a WBA title. Now, long-time Saveloy watchers will be aware
of just what he thinks of Mundine. "Is it just me," he shared with
his audience on the useless radio "Footy Show" a couple of years ago,
"or do others out there hope that Mundine gets DONE tomorrow night?"
Mundine is just too uppity and outspoken for the likes of Saveloy,
whose outrage stemmed from the fact that Mundine had had the gall to
make comments critical of the rogue Bush administration.
Hosking, on the other hand, is obviously an admirer of Mundine.
Bubbling over with enthusiasm for The Man, Hosking is very
enthusiastic about last night's world title victory....
Bubbling over with enthusiasm for The Man, Hosking is very
enthusiastic about last night's world title victory....
HOSKING: Have you ever met him?
SAVELOY: Errrrrrrrrmmmm... only in passing.
HOSKING: I just LOVE him!
SAVELOY: Ooooo-er.... errrrrrrrmmmmmm....
HOSKING: So he's got a big mouth. Who CARES?
SAVELOY: [doubtfully] Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-yeah....
HOSKING: The WBA has got some cred?
SAVELOY: Ah yeah. Very MUCH so!!!! Yeah.
HOSKING: All right. Thanks very much...
..............................
For a long time now, this writer (moi) has engaged in the unusual -
some might say odd - activity of logging the number of times that
Saveloy says "errrrrrrrrrrrmmmm" whenever he is on the radio. The
average over several years of intermittingly logging the corpulent
commentator is well over twenty per five minute spot. Quite
remarkable, and testimony to the almost complete lack of standards on
Radio Sport.
some might say odd - activity of logging the number of times that
Saveloy says "errrrrrrrrrrrmmmm" whenever he is on the radio. The
average over several years of intermittingly logging the corpulent
commentator is well over twenty per five minute spot. Quite
remarkable, and testimony to the almost complete lack of standards on
Radio Sport.
This afternoon's "errrrrrmmmmmm" count: TWENTY-TWO.
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"Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Wayyyyy tooo long, mate.
Pinguid???
Brad
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"Brad Anton" <ant_o...@yahoo.com> proudly parades his illiteracy in
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> "Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Wayyyyy tooo long, mate.
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> "Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:fb3a0456.0309040156.
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> Wayyyyy tooo long, mate.
What? If you don't like reading, why the hell are you on a text-based
newsgroup? I'll bet you have never read a book since leaving high
school. Are you related, by any chance, to the Right Honorable Phil
Goff?
newsgroup? I'll bet you have never read a book since leaving high
school. Are you related, by any chance, to the Right Honorable Phil
Goff?
>
> Pinguid???
See what happens when you don't read? No vocabulary.
> Pinguid???
See what happens when you don't read? No vocabulary.
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"Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> For a long time now, this writer (moi)
There you go with that tautology thingie again. You promised me you'd try
and stop it ...
and stop it ...
Must try harder.
Regards
Steve
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"Steve Parrett" <steve....@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<bj86cr$m2p$1...@hercules.
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So call moi a backslider. Nobody"s perfect - certainly not this writer.
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"Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fb3a0456.0309040846.> "Brad Anton" <ant_o...@yahoo.com> proudly parades his illiteracy in
> message news:<bj7bb7$as7$1...@austar-
> > "Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:fb3a0456.0309040156.
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> > Wayyyyy tooo long, mate.
>
> What? If you don't like reading, why the hell are you on a text-based
> newsgroup? I'll bet you have never read a book since leaving high
> school. Are you related, by any chance, to the Right Honorable Phil
> Goff?
Are you sure you are in the right newsgroup? Isn't there one for failed
writers or talk show obsessives that you wouldn't feel more at home in? I'm
being wholly serious.
writers or talk show obsessives that you wouldn't feel more at home in? I'm
being wholly serious.
--
Ben Longman
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"Ben L" <bjlongm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bj9g8t$gtmce$1...@ID-
<sudden self-recognition> Oh, God! </sudden self-recognition>
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> Are you sure you are in the right newsgroup?
> Are you sure you are in the right newsgroup?
Errrr... yeah... I am.
>
> Isn't there one for failed writers
> Isn't there one for failed writers
Yow! That really hurts, man.
>
> or talk show obsessives that you wouldn't feel more at home in?
"Talk show obsessives"? You're making me sound like a pathetic bimbo. > or talk show obsessives that you wouldn't feel more at home in?
<sudden self-recognition> Oh, God! </sudden self-recognition>
>
> I'm being wholly serious.
> I'm being wholly serious.
<hyper-ventilating> Oh God! I'm finished! I'm GONE! </hyper-ventilating>
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"Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> "Steve Parrett" <steve....@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> > "Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > <snip>
> > >
> certainly not this writer. " " (Steve's quotes)
Ha - well done! You know you can do it!
Regards
Steve
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"Morrissey Breen" <morriss...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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We wish.
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Monday 8 September, 4:35 p.m. Newstalk ZB. Talking to Larry Williams,
Saveloy says "errrrrrrrrmmm" SIXTEEN times. Also one "Heurgggghhhh!"
which is his version of a laugh.
Saveloy says "errrrrrrrrmmm" SIXTEEN times. Also one "Heurgggghhhh!"
which is his version of a laugh.
Also says this, re the Warriors' prospects against the Bulldogs this
weekend: "They've got a good chance, haven't they!.... I heard some
CLOWN ring up last week on talkback and claim that the Warriors played
better without Stacey Jones... mutter mutter.. . errrrrrrmmmm...
mutter.... errrrmmmm..."
weekend: "They've got a good chance, haven't they!.... I heard some
CLOWN ring up last week on talkback and claim that the Warriors played
better without Stacey Jones... mutter mutter.. . errrrrrrmmmm...
mutter.... errrrmmmm..."
Williams cuts him off in mid sentence, put on an advert.
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On 8 Sep 2003 11:24:56 -0700, morriss...@yahoo.com (Morrissey
Breen) wrote:
Breen) wrote:
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More examples of your rich, fulfilling life, Mowissey? Are there any
hours in your day that don't involve listening to the radio or tapping
away on your lonely little computer? Do you ever leave your bedroom?
hours in your day that don't involve listening to the radio or tapping
away on your lonely little computer? Do you ever leave your bedroom?
-- rick boyd
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His name is Andrew Saville.
morriss...@yahoo.com (Morrissey Breen) wrote in message news:<fb3a0456.0309040156.
morriss...@yahoo.com (Morrissey Breen) wrote in message news:<fb3a0456.0309040156.
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"Hey there" <nzfa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> His name is Andrew Saville.
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> His name is Andrew Saville.
Hang on, you added ONE FUCKING LINE, and you added BEFORE THE FUCKING
ORIGINAL (hint: do you know what chronological order is?) , and didn't
delete ANY OF THE FUCKING ORIGINAL to tell us that?
ORIGINAL (hint: do you know what chronological order is?) , and didn't
delete ANY OF THE FUCKING ORIGINAL to tell us that?
I'm not a mind reader, but I suspect MB might have been taking the piss, you
fucking retard.
fucking retard.
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