There are many examples of the oddness that may occur when sports activities announcers are requested to learn promos for non-sports programming. The most recent comes from NFL on CBS announcer Kevin Harlan selling the community’s Sunday night time lineup on the tail finish in their broadcast of the Jacksonville Jaguars-Tampa Bay Buccaneers sport.
That lineup comprises sport display Lotería Loca, the Jaime Camil-hosted display in response to a standard Latin sport of probability. And Harlan knew he was once going to have some bother with that one. He first requested analyst Trent Inexperienced the best way to pronounce it, then gave it a check out himself. However he then had Inexperienced proper him:
Kevin Harlan’s promo learn for CBS’ post-game programming went off the rails temporarily.?
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— Terrible Pronouncing (@awfulannouncing) December 25, 2023
Harlan attempted “Loteria Loco,” so most likely he is likely one of the few other folks on Earth who has no longer heard Ricky Martin’s Livin’ Da Vida Loca. Inexperienced corrected this to “Loca,” so most likely he has heard that.
However whats up, no longer each and every promo learn from Harlan will also be as memorable as those he’s achieved for Burger King, or different meals. And he’s some distance from the one announcer whose promotions of community programming haven’t all the time been very best.
And possibly that is an excuse to get Harlan at the sport display. And we additionally now know that Inexperienced is in a position to lend a hand out with some Lotería Loca pronunciation if wanted at some point. We’ll see if this comes up once more.
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