Rant Commentators to talkative

[ryan]

Hey guys, when i was watching the launch of Endeavour during the flight the woman commentator was seeming to talk to much, she took ages to explain things and really explained to much, thats mostly ok but she talked over important crew calls and callouts, does anyone else notice that, it might even happen in sporting events aswell.
When i was once listening to air-to-ground transmissions in Apollo the PAO only talked really in a comm break or a sleep period for the crew, bring back those PAO days!
Rant over (possibly)

 

[BHawthorne]

The largest cross section of the audience are idiots that need to be told the the basics via simple to understand long winded explanations in order to hold thier attention. Most people would rather watch paint dry than watch a play by play of the STS. This is just one way to appeal to the average person.

 

[ryan]

I'am one of those people who would want to hear a play-by-play of shuttle and maybe a quick update on the things doing.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

I agree.

I wish the PAO would shut up so that I could hear the rocket noise!

 

[Lunar_Lander]

When Apollo 11 landed, the ARD (German TV) had a special feature about it, complete with Professors and a LM model in the studio and a reporter (Werner Buedeler, a skilled space history writer) on the phone in Houston.

During the descent of the Eagle Buedeler commented on something, thus missing the program alarms completely. When the "60 Seconds" callout came, the hosts said: "We heard now that we are one minute away from the landing."

And when Neil stepped off it was this way: Neal: "It's one small step for man-" Host: "Armstrong still has his left hand on the ladder and now he said that it is one small step for man." In that night nobody in Germany had heard the "and a Giant Leap for Mankind."

 

[Urwumpe]

Actually, the hosts of the special feature in Germany had been mostly known as sport journalists and did indeed talk like them (sadly) - and presented the landing luckily like that. Just think how Jürgen Klopp would comment an ISS EVA, and you suddenly have the Apollo broadcast again.

 

[Andy44]

I watched the reruns of the sainted Walter Cronkite's broadcast the other night, and all could think was, "I wish Cronkite would shut the **** up!" I realize lots of people liked him, but I never cared much for him or any of the network propagandists.

 

[ThatGuy]

I watched the reruns of the sainted Walter Cronkite's broadcast the other night, and all could think was, "I wish Cronkite would shut the **** up!"

I have to say though, he talked a lot less than they do today.

 

[Sam]

Actually, the hosts of the special feature in Germany had been mostly known as sport journalists and did indeed talk like them (sadly) - and presented the landing luckily like that. Just think how Jürgen Klopp would comment an ISS EVA, and you suddenly have the Apollo broadcast again.

That's a scary thought. The 1969 US equivalent of that would have been if Apollo 11 had been covered by Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford. :rofl:

SAM

 

[Ark]

Human attention span is WAY too short to pay attention to the grinding boredom of launch radio chatter for more than a minute or two without something interesting to listen to. It's 90% acronyms anyway, nobody else has a clue what it means.