Oh. My. God.
Okay, it’s not quite as archaic as the photo (left) of some big winners at the Fergus Curling Club in days of yore. But it has its moments.
The clothes! The deliveries! The sweeping styles – and oh, the wonderful sight and sound of those corn brooms! The drinking! The smoking! The “curling is dumb” attitudes!
But the most hilarious part is reporter Tom Alderman’s commentary. “Turgid, slow, mind-numbing” are a few of the adjectives he uses to describe our sport – the same sport that brought thousands of wildly cheering fans to the Olympics curling show last February and thousands more to join clubs across North America in the past year.
The reporter’s focus on drinking and out-of-shape athletes doesn’t come as a surprise (curling culture was a wee bit different in 1983 it appears), but don’t despair. One curler steps up the mike to defend the sport against Alderman’s determined effort to put it down. Can you guess who that is?
Check it out, here. Too funny!
That video is classic! :D I don't think Tom Alderman could have picked a better team to follow; those guys were hilarious (often unintentionally so).
ReplyDelete(Hmm... if I'm not mistaken, that "shipping magnate from New York" happens to be a distinguished member of our club over here...)