As far as Howard's coment ,I think it was totally blown out of proportion for the sake of furthering a cause or political view. I was watching that game, and when he made the comment, I thought to myself and said to my father,they'll be hell to pay over that comment.

@kathleenhartnellharper7234

15 күн бұрын

Precursor to “Woke”, culture.

@patriciafeehan7732

15 күн бұрын

I honestly believe he meant it as a plain old comment. Calling his own grandchildren little monkeys may have slipped into his professional dialogue. He made his living being obnoxious not a bigot. For those of us who remember, what a voice! Unmistakable!

@haroldbrown1998

14 күн бұрын

At least he is honest.

Howard shouldn’t of said that

Back in the early 60's South of Yoakum, Texas was a ranch belonging to Hugh Benbow. Beside oil and cattle Hugh Benbow was a boxing promoter. His man was Cleave Big Cat Williams who was going to fight Caches Clay (Mohmmad Ali) in his later years. The channel 13 ABC TV station out of Houston was down there doing a feature on the upcoming fight in the Astro Dome. I was about 11 years old walking outside the sparing barn looking at the duck pond. This man had a microphone and getting some 'B' roll footage. He came up to me and ask me some question, nothing pertaining to boxing. I has him his name. He said Howard Cosell. At that time the name didn't mean anything to me, never the less I did meet someone of importance.

Howard may have been arrogant, but he was very good at what he did. No one can take that away from him. Rest in peace, Howard. You were a great man. 😊😊😊❤❤❤

Wow. Did y'all see that picture of him early in the video. Didn't he look almost exactly like John Lennon?

I recall as a kid in the mid to late 70s tuning in to Monday Nite Football .. I wasn’t that into the Monday Nite game but I absolutely loved halftime .. They would show the highlights from Sundays games and Cosell would do the play by play .. It was a joy to listen to .. I guess that’s when he got in trouble for the “ LOOK AT THE MONKEY !!! “ comment .. I agree with the opinion that he was obnoxious but not ever racist ..

Great video. I enjoyed Howard and thought he was great at his craft. I do remember a baseball game he was broadcasting for ABC and either at start or during the game a batboy got access to a live mic and said something like “Howard, the whole state of Texas hates your guts. “You could hear it plain as day and Howard heard it as well. Think it was a Rangers game.

Interesting of course I never knew any of this

Is he the man who said “And that’s the way it is.?”

The fact that "down goes Frazier x3" is one of the *most quoted lines in sports broadcasting history pretty much says all there is to know about Society in general.

Cosell told it like it was? He changed his last name(real last name Cochell),wore a hairpiece and lied about his age (Claimed to be born in 1920 but was born in 1918). Dick Young had him pegged right from the start .

My favorite? DOWN GOES FRAZIER DOWN GOES FRAZIER.

I liked him anchoring football and boxing, but not so much doing baseball. He did not seem to know as much about baseball.

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His speech wa slow but he did make coverage if the game😊

CANCELLED!!!

Howie couldn't afford a better rug?

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12 күн бұрын

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He wasn't "fired" ...he resigned.

@agreeneish

14 күн бұрын

Cuz he as going to be fired ?

Cosell was plenty entertaining, and no doubt Ali gave Cosell a big leg up. The monkey comment seems innocent and since the player came to Cosell's defense proves that. But when you have a big name and are well known, criticism for seemingly innocent things comes with the territory. It's part of the deal of having a big name.

@kinhason46

15 күн бұрын

@davidcarbone3385 and that really sucks !

@davidcarbone3385

15 күн бұрын

@@kinhason46 Cosell was a multimillionaire. Today, his wealth would be valued at least $10 million dollars. Not exactly chump change but not super rich either.

@kinhason46

15 күн бұрын

@@davidcarbone3385 Many members of the current generation compare present values and actions without taking into account the society in which they make a judgment. An example is watching a boxing match that occurred in the 50s or 60s where a referee allows the boxer to absorb greater punishment than is the norm today. These "fans" would like the referee jailed and stripped of his certification. President Theodore Roosevelt was a big game hunter, an explorer, a rancher, a deputy, a lawyer, an author of 40 books, and as intelligent as Jefferson. If one judges our youngest-ever president with today's norms, perhaps he wouldn't have the appeal that he had...the most popular person of his era! Folks in the spotlight are ripe for folks to put them under a microscope! It is what it is!

Cosell. Was one of the most hated announcers ever he ruined Monday nite football. People turned the sound off he actually thought people watched football just to hear him

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Though I never had much use for Cosell, this whole incident was, and still is, much ado about nothing. Thin-skinned folks looking to be offended, even in 1983. Sheesh.

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