BLOGTOBERFEST: LARRY MUNSON WILL TOTALLY NARRATE YOUR LIFE EDITION
Blogtoberfest–the best party you won’t end up treating with antibiotics…probably.
Love has stepped on both of these people with a hobnailed boot. Larry Munson is the sole property of the Georgia Bulldogs we envy openly and shamelessly, an announcer with just a pinch of Minnesota nose to him who sounds like an ages old tortoise sipping whiskey while broadcasting the game from somewhere deep inside Mammoth Cave. He’s a national treasure, he broadcasts Georgia football, and the combination of the two facts is proof that God blesses even the wretchedest on this planet with something good and pure.
Paul brings us the news and audio behind someone paying Munson to do a voiceover for their wedding. Personally, we think given the divine desperation Munson can summon up in his best moments, his narration of a divorce would be even better.
For the uninitiated, here’s a compilation of Munson’s finest lunacy. Even with all that blasted, scabrous red all over the screen, it’s still run-flat awesome. OH MY GOD A TOUCHDOWN MY GOD A TOUCHDOWN–even the teetotalingest finger-wagging Baptist forgave him for that, which you may see around the 2:07 mark.
NCAA officially files their mea culpa. Rule 3-2-5-e, which suffered a severe aneurysm in March, gets the official DNR order signed and approved by the NCAA. Spit on the ground twice in its memory.
Way more effective than that old ‘G’ Formation. It’s the offseason–help yourself to a little football history as Corn Nation examines the history of the wacky ‘T’ Formation. Not explained in the article: why the hell the Seahawks have it in Madden.
SMQ is Jacob wrestling the angel, and you’re not even watching. Sunday Morning Quarterback is rolling through every team in the land again and you’re not even paying attention. You owe him makeup sex, a nice bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, and at least two romantic comedies for your negligence. And no, The 13th Warrior is not a romantic comedy, even if we told you it was. (Because nothing gets us in the mood like Viking Death,, but we’re not normal.)
Best. Shirts. Ever. Take sporting debate on the road with you with Dan Shanoff’s stellar array of Gator/Duke debate shirts. Or, if you’re less inclined to debate, you could just wear one of ours (click to go to the shop and buy, say, thirty of them for your friends:)
Tang still double-entendre funny! Gravity pulls down! And Nick Saban? Still a raving asshole to everyone and anyone around him. He’d try to talk to you a bit about this, but he hasn’t got time for this shit, even if he made time later to make time for this shit.
An anonymous tipster who did get a peek in Saban’s practices though says the coach is livid with the front seven’s lack of…well, just general lackness. But how could that be? You hired a coach who is the son of a great coach? Greatness is genetic! Look at Freddie Prinze Jr. if you don’t believe us, or Robin Thicke.
Again, repetition is the key to communication again. Pete Carroll: again, not going anywhere. Ever. For any reason. Except he’s got to stop by Whole Foods for some Newman-O’s, because they’re the best organic cookies everywhere. If you need him, he’s taking the golden unicycle.
Fuck your couch, Ed Orgeron. Via the Wiz, the best walkoff decision we’ve ever seen comes from Cliff Davis, now former backup qb at Ole Miss:
“I gave it up since they didn’t put me in the damn game,” Davis said Monday in a telephone interview. “Fed up. Football’s not paying my damn bills, so it’s time to get my education, join the working world.”
Davis left the game early in the fourth quarter, walked into the locker room, and then walked out of football for good. Coach Ed Orgeron was so shocked he didn’t even burn his house down in retaliation for his disloyalty.
Nigella Lawson: We’d still ride it like the MARTA. Cheesecake is coming, but we’d like to reiterate that Nigella may still use us for medical experiments any day of the week.













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Comment by hunglikehussain — May 1, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
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Munson will never retire. He’ll probably croak in the booth on a goal-line stand or some improbable, game saving type play. Maybe he’ll spontaneously combust. I just can’t see Larry ever just walking away from it. These days, when the weather is hot and we’re playing Louisiana-Monroe, Larry sounds every bit of 84 years old. But when the game means something and it’s down to crunch time, he’s still the best.
Doug (#28) , you’re absolutely right. I would burn a tank of gas just nervously driving around Athens listening to Larry if I couldn’t be there. But I was there.
Comment by DirkDawggler — April 15, 2007 @ 11:14 am
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Tribute to Munson seems to draw out some unprovoked digs at the Dawgs… Defensively and with much over-reaction: #3 If you’re using YouTube video quality as a marker of time, it would follow that no one has played sports whatsoever in about 20 years. Half of those clips were from the past 6 years while we were busy winning over 60 games. As for you, #31, unless your handle has the word Gator in it, it’s not right to take credit for that accomplishment. That’s like saying, “UGA hasn’t beaten Florida and worn red in the same year since 1982.” Wow. : )
Comment by Chuck — April 14, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
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As a follow-up to comment #21:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=O5CLeU2mFsk
Comment by asim — April 14, 2007 @ 3:13 am
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The best of Munson is actually his “insight on sports” segment on local Athens radio. It is a little taste of the postmodern on the early morning drive to work. There is so much meaning in that aimless chaotic narrative.
He was a pirate before Mike Leach even saw the ocean.
Comment by Meg — April 13, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
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1982. The last time UGA beat AU and UF in the same season.
Just wow.
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Comment by NewAZTiger — April 13, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
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Doug you got me. That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. Oh God!
Comment by beast in 'bama — April 13, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
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VandyJ’s comment reminded me of a conversation I had with a good friend of mine between quarters during the ‘03 Sugar Bowl — he was talking about how awesome it would be to have Larry Munson follow you around and narrate every single second of your life, particularly the, uh, intimate parts (”She just sat on his face! With a hobnail boot!”, “A blowjob! Oh, God, a blowjob!”, etc. and some stuff probably even worse than that).
Munson is the one announcer in America who can make someone question whether they want to actually go to the game or just sit in the car and listen to it on the radio. The day he retires I will probably start wandering aimlessly around the world for years in an effort to find some sort of meaning in life.
Comment by Doug — April 13, 2007 @ 4:04 pm
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You don’t suppose there’s any chance Nigella is making a cameo in the ATHF movie tonight, is there? I mean, there’s only so much nirvana I can take.
Comment by PeterPumpkinhead — April 13, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
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Discussing college football announcers without reference to Jim Fyfe? For shame…
Comment by Katy — April 13, 2007 @ 3:42 pm