What is a professional sports broadcaster supposed to do when their are no sports to broadcast?
In the case of Joe Buck, he does play-by-play of things like Justin Thomas grooming his receding hairline. And in the case of Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter, who normally covers golf and rugby for the BBC, you do play-by-play of your two labs Olive and Mabel racing to inhale their food… as dogs do.
Cotter’s commentary is so good and his dogs are so sweet that I would literally watch this event on a daily basis at this point.
Captioning the video “I was bored,” Cotter takes us through the breathtaking process as “rising star” Olive and “five-time champion” Mabel take very two different approaches to the race.
“You can see how excited they are. You can also feel the tension and here it in the crowd as we near the start of this final,” he begins the telecast.
“You can see the contrast in styles,” Cotter says as the race officially begins. “Mabel, heavy tail use. Happy to be alive. Everything’s amazing. Olive, more steady, wasting little energy, very much of the old labrador school. Eating’s serious business, don’t bollocks around wagging your tail.”
All joking aside, this is the greatest sporting event I may have ever seen, and I am not alone as the video has now been watched over 8.2 MILLION times.
— Andrew Cotter (@MrAndrewCotter) March 27, 2020
@MrAndrewCotter Without a hint of irony I can say this is the best 90 seconds of sport I’ve seen in weeks
Responses to the video came from all over.
Ryan Reynolds was particularly fond of Cotter’s “tasting absolutely nothing” line.
@MrAndrewCotter “Tasting absolutely nothing” 🤣🤣🤣
As was British golfer Laurie Canter.
@MrAndrewCotter “Focused, relentless, tasting nothing”
Broadcaster Dan Walker called it the highlight of Cotter’s career and demanded a sequel.
@MrAndrewCotter Cotter... I love that this is going to be the highlight of your career. We need a sequel 😂😂😂
While former soccer star and current broadcaster Gary Lineker called the clip “great stuff.”
Great stuff from one of the very best commentators we have. twitter.com/MrAndrewCotter…
The following day, as promised, Cotter produced “live coverage of a snooze on the sofa.”
— Andrew Cotter (@MrAndrewCotter) March 28, 2020
— Anna-Lisa (@asandstrum) March 29, 2020
Yes, we most certainly are.
