OnTheRocks Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Where does "Mama hide the cookies?" I liked when Mike Robitaille would comment after a crushing hit that: "He's on top of the roof looking for his jock." 691266[/snapback] i think Robitaille is great too! he just has a great way to put people in thier place. i used to work with a guy that worked at City Mattress when he did the commercials for CM. he said Robe wore the biggest blazer he had ever seen to fit his HUGE shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 i think Robitaille is great too! he just has a great way to put people in thier place. i used to work with a guy that worked at City Mattress when he did the commercials for CM. he said Robe wore the biggest blazer he had ever seen to fit his HUGE shoulders. 691481[/snapback] When did Roby do CM commercials? Was this before or after Schoeny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 The greatest Roby-ism is still "Took him out to the woodshed." My friends and I worked that into our everyday conversations back 5-6 years ago. 691268[/snapback] Robitaille used to have a bunch of classics, I used to have about twenty or so of them written down, but off the top of my head: Colder than a well diggers lunch. Hotter than a dog's breath. Vulcanized rubber between the lookers. I've seen more meat on a butcher's apron (in reference to lanky linesman Mike Cvik) Mixed up like a hounds breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 When did Roby do CM commercials? Was this before or after Schoeny? 691486[/snapback] seems to me like it was in the early to mid 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Robitaille used to have a bunch of classics, I used to have about twenty or so of them written down, but off the top of my head: Colder than a well diggers lunch. Hotter than a dog's breath. Vulcanized rubber between the lookers. I've seen more meat on a butcher's apron (in reference to lanky linesman Mike Cvik) Mixed up like a hounds breakfast. 691489[/snapback] I think: Knocked him into Queersville. Stood him up like a cigar store Indian. He missed a few lessons at charm school. -Are some things he has been known to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I think: Knocked him into Queersville. 691494[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 i think Robitaille is great too! he just has a great way to put people in thier place. i used to work with a guy that worked at City Mattress when he did the commercials for CM. he said Robe wore the biggest blazer he had ever seen to fit his HUGE shoulders. 691481[/snapback] I walked right by Roby at a game in December and the dude seriously has some broad shoulders. You can tell he was an athlete just from the way he's built. Definitely a different breed from us mortals who can't play pro sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Cornelius bennet was like that too. real small waist and real big shoulders. Saw him once at the Pentacle in Depew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Cornelius bennet was like that too. real small waist and real big shoulders. Saw him once at the Pentacle in Depew. 692020[/snapback] Wasn't it The Pinnacle??... North of Broadway... On Transit... Between Walden... What was the steel company between the viaducts?... LTV??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spun Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 If I remember correctly. Darling did the 1rst and 3rd period for years.Jennerette the second. 669858[/snapback] I am not sure about the first and third period splits but I believe in the very first season '70-71, Ted Darling was joined by Paul Weiland. "The Sabres have won! The Sabres have won!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Who was the announcer for the Pittsburgh Pens who always said - "scratch my back with a hacksaw?" 691464[/snapback] Mike Lange. He's still there, on FoxSportsPittsburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Wasn't it The Pinnacle??... ;) North of Broadway... On Transit... Between Walden... What was the steel company between the viaducts?... LTV??? 692026[/snapback] Right place- it was the Pentacle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 "Who was the announcer for the Pittsburgh Pens who always said - "scratch my back with a hacksaw?" Mike Lange. He's still there, on FoxSportsPittsburgh. 692370[/snapback] Lange's work has gone downhill somewhat over the years. It may be a result of having to call games for a bad team or it's also possible that many years of boozin are finally catching up. He was never as good as Jeannerette, but when he was younger he called a very good game, saw the ice really well and added a lot of flavor to the Pens broadcasts with very little help from a string of poor color men. Here's some more of his goal calls: Get that dog off my lawn! He doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch He's smiling like a butcher's dog. He beat him like a rented mule. (or a red-headed stepchild) How much fried chicken can you eat?! Get in the fast lane grandma, the bingo game is ready to roll. Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too. Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek. Let's go hunt moose on a Harley. Never teach a pig to sing. Michael, Michael Motorcycle. He smoked him like a bad cigar. (he also used to say this in Czech on the occasional Jagr or RobertLang goal). "Ten ho vykouril jako cigaretu." and my favorite, She wants to sell my monkey! And some other stuff he says during a game: Well, I'll be cow kicked. And Samuellson(he used to call Kjell "Seaweed":-) takes the heat out of a hot kitchen. Big Ben struck one. (when somebody rung a goalpost) He gave him more moves than Mae West. And Lemieux is puttin' on the ritz. He hasn't scored since the eighth grade picnic. It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh He showed more patience than Mercy Hospital. They're throwing around checks like it's the first of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudweiser Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Lange drives me nuts. He was really in overdrive during the Stanley Cup runs in the early 90's. Give me RJ anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Right place- it was the Pentacle though. 692523[/snapback] Oops, my bad. I never really knew... I remember seeing the Bills play Philly (I thik 1990) there when Randell Cunningham was QB... They had a dish and brought in the game from Rich, not sure if that was legal? Only time I was there. Kinda of a confusing name because it could sound like both... Probably not there any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I don't know if it is still open, but the name outside it when I was in Buffalo at Christmas was "Raspberries" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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