qhwizard
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aqueduct sucks, belmont sucks, saratoga sucks, and everything in MD. sucks. wespecially timonium!!
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Post by qhwizard on May 13, 2017 19:02:58 GMT -5
just listening to a race on tvg from golden gate and I said to myself "damn that guy sounds just like ALAN BUCHDAHL used to at santa anita back in the early 80's. then I realized about 30 minutes later that it was him!! wtf? I haven't seen him in decades.
for those that don't know, he was the temporary announce they had after dave Johnson and before trevor started. im guessing he last announced there in like 1983? meanwhile for a guy who was temporary and I haven't seen since, he was actually and still is quite good. a lot different from trevor and the other heavily accented announcers we are now used to but still a good announcer. |
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george
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Post by george on May 13, 2017 19:26:34 GMT -5
Funny how you can remember an announcer's voice from years ago. When I first went to Delaware Park in something like 1970 or so, they had an announcer with a distinct voice. About ten years later I was in New Orleans and went to the Fair Grounds. The announcer really sounded familiar to me. I looked in the program, sure as shit it was the same guy, Tony Bentley. Then when I started watching simulcasts from Canterbury in the 1990s, there he was! He also calls the races at the jump meets in the Delaware/Maryland area.
I hadn't heard him calling races for about ten years, but last year I went to Suffolk Downs for one of their six racing days. There he was again! I figured he was old and retired or maybe not even around anymore. So, I "googled" him - shit, he's three years YOUNGER than me!!!! Scary.
Turns out that he's also an actor (probably why he doesn't call any races regularly anymore) - he's been in about 40 movies too.
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Jon
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Post by Jon on May 14, 2017 0:32:07 GMT -5
Golden Gate? What race are you reviewing?
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qhwizard
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aqueduct sucks, belmont sucks, saratoga sucks, and everything in MD. sucks. wespecially timonium!!
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Post by qhwizard on May 14, 2017 0:48:07 GMT -5
none. I was just watching tvg and it came on. I was shocked. I was like, "i know that voice. this guy sounds just like alan buchdahl."
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