Buh-bye, Keith

Howard Cosell does billiards. Say what you want, but this was the second-most watched item on WWOS in 1978. An Ali fight was first. Even if you don't like pool it's worth the hour.

 

Cosell was a fucking embarrassment.

 

I enjoyed KO's show when it first aired, when it was an hour at 11 pm. Going to 30 minutes in the afternoon, and then leaving in filler junk like the worst persons in the sports world, made the show very easy to skip. While he has a great mind and many fine skills, I don't think interviewing is one of them.

I do actually think he's someone that could do quite well (in terms of a large audience) with an hour-long podcast a few days a week. He could have his friends on to talk about whatever and he could rail against the NFL and everything else without anyone telling him to tone it down.

 

I didn't watch the show a lot, but seemed to me like most of his guests were just buddies of his like Tony Bruno. Or someone plugging a book or whatever. he had Mookie Wilson on to plug one, and he spent almost the whole interview talking about how he had been a pool photographer and shot Mets team photos in Mookie's rookie year. I love Mookie, but it was terrible. But Keith was quite proud of himself.

 

I was too young to appreciate Cosell, but I can tell you every kid in my school could imitate him.