History Main / CuckoolanderCommentator

* The [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL's]] JohnMadden showed glimpses of this during his long tenure as a color commentator. Between his tendency to fall into CaptainObvious mode, his occasional near-incoherent ramblings, and some absolutely bizarre moments (Turducken, anyone?), his eccentricity made him easily the most beloved of NFL commentators during his time.

* Don Chery of ''Series/HockeyNightInCanada'' may be a good mid-game commenter, but it's sometimes hard to tell what he's saying over his extremely loud and varied wardrobe.

* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' provides ''two'' of them as [[CombatCommentator providing color commentary]] throughout the in-universe [[BloodSport "Deathwatch"]] and [[GreekChorus out-of-universe gameplay]], voiced by Creator/GregProops and Creator/JohnDiMaggio. One of them has a history of screwing AnythingThatMoves except for [[AwfulWeddedLife his ex-wife]], the other's [[DumbMuscle an aggressive lunkhead and former Deathwatch participant]], so they frequently pass the buck on who's the bigger comic relief.

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* One ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}} strip has Beret Guy as the play-by-play announcer of a baseball game. While he [[https://xkcd.com/1593/ does accurately describe the action on the field]], he has zero understanding of how the game works (even referring to it as "Part 5 of a hitting game"), so his descriptions of a swing and a miss, fans cheering a play, a pitcher striking out the side, and a runner stealing second base all boil down to {{Expospeak Gag}}s that require effort to decode.

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** The earlier commentator, Lee Jordan, wasn't as extreme, but had shades of this trope. While he did announce what was going on in the game, he also had a tendency to rant about the Slytherin team's less-than-ethical play tactics (including [[CurseCutShort screaming profanity]] at them), discuss how pretty he thinks certain female players on the Gryffindor team are, and gush about Harry's new Firebolt ("Jordan, are you being paid to advertise Firebolts? Get on with the commentary!") He also can swear pretty badly when Gryffindor is losing, to the extent where [=McGonagall=] tried to take the microphone off of him at one point.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!", Launchpad is picked to be Huey's co-commentator for Scrooge and Glomgold's gold match. It's pretty clear that Launchpad doesn't know that much about golf, [[GretzkyHasTheBall and makes a few random sport jibberish]]. He's a much more efficient commentator in "The Rumble for Ragnarok!" since it's wrestling, a sport he frequently watches.

** Creator/Will Ferrell's portrayal of Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Carey made him appear this way, with Harry going off on completely unrelated tangents when delivering his reports on Weekend Update.

'''Kreese''': So basically, Jack is ramming himself against himself. We are watching [[ADateWithRosiePalms the most violent masturbation ever]]!\\

--> '''Narrator''': Let's pile all these [gems] into a big mountain and call it "Gem Mountain" and then go sledding down Gem Mountain on our toboggans! And... then go eat something and get some cocoa... with marshmallows.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXNDx7DvUs

--> '''Narrator''': Maybe we should pile all these gems into a big mountain and call it "Gem Mountain" and go sledding down it on our toboggans!

* {{LetsPlay}}er LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} is this turned UpToEleven. His Let's Play commentary is some of the most bizarre stream of non-sequitur consciousness you'll ever find on the Internet.

* Creator/Will Ferrell's portrayal of Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Carey made him appear this way on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' , with Harry going off on completely unrelated tangents when delivering his reports on Weekend Update.

** ''Series/SaturdayNightLive's'' portrayal of Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Carey made him appear this way, with Harry going off on completely unrelated tangents when delivering his reports on Weekend Update.

* {{Creator/MTV}} Brazil had a [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] tournament between musicians, ''Rockgol''. Given the high level of play (one time a player managed to make an offside reposition wrong!), the commentators, usually comedians, would [[TheNicknamer put nicknames on the players and referees]] and talk about anything possible.