Great Feats in (Hockey?) Broadcasting

There's no denying that hockey is irrelevant. For example, I'd be hard pressed to find five people that knew that today was the NHL's trade deadline. Granted, I also might be hard pressed to find five people that read this blog on a consistent basis. As far from the public's consciousness as hockey is, one man is doing his best to bring it back. Randy Moller, the radio play-by-play voice of the Florida Panthers has infused his goal calls with pop culture lines in an attempt to broaden his audience. While I applaud his efforts, I also realize that trying to get people in the state of Florida to care about hockey is next to impossible. I'm convinced that 60% of the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg population is oblivious to the fact that the Lightning won Lord Stanley's Cup in 2004. My job requires me to listen to a host of play-by-play announcers every night and I can assure you that no one, outside of Gus Johnson, come close to being as eccentric or real world savvy as Moller.



While the video does a good job of indicating his references. Let's go a little bit more in depth.

Call #1 "LA face with an Oakland booty."- From Sir-Mix-a-Lot's (1993) Grammy winning hit "Baby Got Back"


(From the 1:23 to 1:38 mark)

Call #2 "Ma, the meatloaf!"- from Wedding Crashers (2005)



Call #3 "Make me a bicycle clown!"- also from Wedding Crashers (2005)



Call #4 "You did the motorboat, didn't you?"- Moller completes the Wedding Crashers (2005) trifecta with this one.



Call #5 "Oh, good for you"- from American Psycho (2000).



Call #6 "Pay that man his money"-said by John Malkovich in his greatest role ever, as Teddy KGB in Rounders (1998).



Call #7 "Pour Some Sugar on Me"- The British rock band Def Leppard's signature song, off of their 1987 album Hysteria. It is still one of the top bar songs in America today. Also, true of false, I bought Def Leppard's greatest hits album a few weeks ago?



Call #8 "There's a new sheriff in town and his name is Reggie Hammond"- from the movie 48 Hrs. (1982), featuring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, as Reggie Hammond.



Call #9 "Run Forest, Run"- from the Academy Award winning film Forrest Gump (1994).

Call #10 "She Blinded Me with Science"- the title of British singer Thomas Dolby's 1982 song.



Call #11 "Wocka Wocka"- it's the catch phrase of the muppet Fozzie Bear



Call #12 "We've landed on the moon!"- said by Jim Carey's character Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber (1994)



Call #13 "What's in the box?"- from the movie Se7en (1995) featuring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey.



Call #14 "Who's your daddy and what does he do?"- from Kindergarten Cop (1990), starring the current Governor of California. This video has some a bunch of vintage Schwarzenegger lines. This particular line occurs from the 3:06 to 3:09 mark.



Call #15 "You're my boy blue"- This line was famously uttered by Will Ferrel's character Frank Ricard in Old School (2003). This video was surprisingly hard to find. My apologies for the poor quality.


1:05 to 1:06 mark

Call #16 "Skyrockets in flight. Afternoon delight"- made famous in Anchorman (2004).




Call #17 "We're gonna need a bigger boat"- from Steven Spielberg's classic thriller Jaws (1975)



Call #18 "I'm never gonna dance again"- is a song by George Michael.




Call #19 "Come with me if you wan't to live" (0:20 to 0:23 second mark)- another famous Schwarzenegger line. This one is from Terminator 2 (1991).

Call #20 "Get off my lawn"- from the Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino (2008).


(1:14 to 1:18 mark)

Call #21 "And I draw ding dongs on people"- I wouldn't classify this one as coming from the world of pop culture. This is just something that Moller heard a local comedian say on the radio while impersonating Tracy Morgan.

Call #22 "I go to work like a doctor"- is a rap song from 1989 by the artist Kool Moe Dee



And finally

Call #23 "I'm a lead farmer"- was said by Robert Downey Jr.'s character Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder (2008), a role that he earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an actor in a supporting role.













Thanks to Justin in Levittown, NY for the link.