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Auggie

(32,282 posts) Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:16 AM Apr 2023

"The thrill of victory ..."

On this date 62 years ago, April 29, 1961, ABC's Wide World of Sports made its debut.

Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is ABC's Wide World of Sports!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_World_of_Sports_(American_TV_program)

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"The thrill of victory ..." (Original Post) Auggie Apr 2023 OP

Yep! Diamond_Dog Apr 2023 #1

+1 Auggie Apr 2023 #3

What happened to barrel jumping ? rickford66 Apr 2023 #4

We used bales of hay, but we jumped. cachukis Apr 2023 #6

And the agony of da feet 🦶. Funtatlaguy Apr 2023 #2

You remember True Dough Apr 2023 #5

I wonder how many times I watched that poor bastard fall off the ski jump? nt OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2023 #7

Vinko Bogataj underpants Apr 2023 #8

One more time! One more time! True Dough Apr 2023 #9

Diamond_Dog

(36,949 posts)

1. Yep!

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:20 AM

Apr 2023

This was often on our tee vee on Saturday afternoons. I loved watching the winter sports, the skiing and ice skating.

Auggie

(32,282 posts)

3. +1

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:21 AM

Apr 2023

Our TV as well

rickford66

(5,850 posts)

4. What happened to barrel jumping ?

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:36 AM

Apr 2023

cachukis

(3,203 posts)

6. We used bales of hay, but we jumped.

Reply to rickford66 (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:48 AM

Apr 2023

Funtatlaguy

(11,837 posts)

2. And the agony of da feet 🦶.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:20 AM

Apr 2023

True Dough

(22,994 posts)

5. You remember

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 09:44 AM

Apr 2023

watching the debut when you were what, 20 years old, Auggie?

OAITW r.2.0

(30,250 posts)

7. I wonder how many times I watched that poor bastard fall off the ski jump? nt

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Sat Apr 29, 2023, 10:04 AM

Apr 2023

underpants

(190,628 posts)

8. Vinko Bogataj

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 10:24 AM

Apr 2023

The melodrama of the narration—which became a catchphrase in the US—transformed the uncredited ski jumper into an American icon of bad luck and misfortune. Meanwhile, having retired to his quiet, private life in Slovenia, Bogataj was unaware of his celebrity, and so was surprised to be asked to attend the 20th anniversary celebration for Wide World of Sports in 1981.[2] He received the loudest ovation of any athlete introduced at the gala,[2] and attendees such as Muhammad Ali asked him for his autograph.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_Bogataj

True Dough

(22,994 posts)

9. One more time! One more time!

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 11:39 AM

Apr 2023

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