chillybilly

Ian Baker-Finch aka IBF aka Finchy announces his retirement from broadcasting. My pen is sharp and my tongue sharper about many TV figures but I never minded IBF - although he got a lot of stick on here. It was nice to hear the Aussie accent and his banter with the Kiwis, Englishmen, South Africans etc. 'Right in the mayor's office!'

But @chillybilly why are you always moaning about ad breaks and talking about your DVR? Well...maybe because of these visuals - taken from a single ad break - which can only described as bizarre and obnoxious. Just one of them is related to golf and of course it has to be some pretension-to-art surrealism - in a golf ball advert? Couldn't tell you what the other ones are trying to sell but they're doing it poorly. The people commissioning, scripting, shooting, editing these things must be at the 79th floor of a hermetically sealed ivory tower.

Blissfully watched most of Thursday on Sky Golf (via Kodi, Daddylive etc). Happened to be working in the garage so I cued up the DVR copy of NBC coverage to see the last part of the day I missed. What a mess. A dozen announcers all talking over each other. Mike 'Treacle' Tirico gilding the lily as usual in a meandering 10,000 word intro. NBC constantly interrupting its own coverage with swelling music, sponsored meaningless stats and more ADHD-addled nonsense. And, of course, the dog's breakfast known as Playing Through along with dozens of other full-screen 4 minute ad breaks. There is a pool camera feed...apparently NBC are able to pick and choose the holes, shots and players they air. Of course, with 22 min per hr spent on things other than tournament play that narrows their choices down even more. At this point I'm convinced the boys in the production truck don't like golf very much or they're merely bored by it. I can't imagine being the live director under the cosh to squeeze in all the promotional rubbish.