But now I'm racking my memory trying to remember what was the event and the Kiss'n'Cry interview he did when he later became a commentator, where he made some horrible gaffe. There was a cartoon the next day in the newspapers showing the back of him whipping off to do the interview and an aide running after him calling, "David, wait, you forgot your brain!"
(I'm sure he'd prefer that no one remembered it all these decades later, whatever it was that he said.)
I can't say I have done any of this, but I have sat in her seat at SCOB. Well, actually the Performance Center is named after her and then she has a seat within it. A very good seat it is, too.I missed this video when it was first posted. When I was in my early teens, before I got into pairs, my singles coach had a copy of this film (from a pre-TV news reel, I think) and made her girl pupils learn the program as a sort of "moves in the field" exercise. It has all the basic small jumps later used as inbetween moves, and Tenley's edge control makes the footwork look so light and easy! The hardest move was the back shoot-the-duck up into a back spiral, all on one foot. I'd hate to admit the number of times I ended up sitting on the ice trying to do that. Killed the thigh muscle and wobbled, caught the heel of the blade on the ice as it passed through, pitched forward on the picks as the free leg swung up into the spiral....I'd mercifully forgotten all that until I saw this again.
This thread is an absolute delight! Thank you to all contributors! I was not alive in the 70s, but it is a LOVELY time in skating when people had more TIME to be artistic in competitive programs (not that they all were, but the opportunity was there for skaters who were so inclined).
@el henry, I can't remember if Andrew T. has listed Toller among skaters he admires, but when I saw the way Toller moved his head and body in this video, I instantly thought of Andrew T. The commitment to movement and the musicality reminded me of Andrew. If only Andrew didn't have to do the requirements of today's programs, he might look like this. (I am well aware that Toller was a trailblazer for skaters who came after and that, before him, no one skated like this. Without Toller, who knows if there would be a Jason or an Andrew T.) It is interesting when you think of current skaters when watching past skaters. It's rare and a HUGE compliment to said current skaters.
Has anyone mentioned John Curry yet? I LOVE his Don Quixote and his Nocturne.
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This thread is an absolute delight! Thank you to all contributors! I was not alive in the 70s, but it is a LOVELY time in skating when people had more TIME to be artistic in competitive programs (not that they all were, but the opportunity was there for skaters who were so inclined).
@el henry, I can't remember if Andrew T. has listed Toller among skaters he admires, but when I saw the way Toller moved his head and body in this video, I instantly thought of Andrew T. The commitment to movement and the musicality reminded me of Andrew. If only Andrew didn't have to do the requirements of today's programs, he might look like this. (I am well aware that Toller was a trailblazer for skaters who came after and that, before him, no one skated like this. Without Toller, who knows if there would be a Jason or an Andrew T.) It is interesting when you think of current skaters when watching past skaters. It's rare and a HUGE compliment to said current skaters.
Has anyone mentioned John Curry yet? I LOVE his Don Quixote and his Nocturne.
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Poor David. He was still pretty new as an interviewer in the kiss and cry and he had to tell Brian Orser he finished second again this time to Boitano in the Olympics. Orser literally had seconds to process the loss. Someone to Brian‘s right told him the news and he mouthed second. I always wondered what the control room was thinking or if Santee acted on his own speaking bluntly in the way you rip off a bandaid when you know it’s gonna hurt no matter what you do. Many fans were very unhappy with David and he did not last long as a kiss and cry interviewer. I’d provide a link, but they all seem to be missing not even blocked for some reason.But now I'm racking my memory trying to remember what was the event and the Kiss'n'Cry interview he did when he later became a commentator, where he made some horrible gaffe. There was a cartoon the next day in the newspapers showing the back of him whipping off to do the interview and an aide running after him calling, "David, wait, you forgot your brain!"
Now I remember. I was pretty sure it was the Olympics, and should have guessed the 1988 Games, being not long after David had retired and was the kind of recent skater they'd hire for a broadcast team. But I didn't remember it was Brian Orser, or what David had said to him. At the time, I just figured the hyped-up occasion made him nervous and that was the first thing he blurted out without thinking.
A gaffe? Naw, David was perfectly awesome at all times and I'm sticking to that.But now I'm racking my memory trying to remember what was the event and the Kiss'n'Cry interview he did when he later became a commentator, where he made some horrible gaffe. There was a cartoon the next day in the newspapers showing the back of him whipping off to do the interview and an aide running after him calling, "David, wait, you forgot your brain!"
I follow TSL, I watched that interview. I was surprised that Dorothy seemed often dissatisfied with some of her competitive results. Then, later on, when talking about skating with John Curry's company, she gushed about him and said that her skills REALLY improved during that time. And you know what? I watched her Nationals (75 or 76 can't remember), then watched one of her show performances from the 80s, and she wasn't exaggerating. Her skills were NOTICEABLY better later on.
Figures, figures, figures. Anyone who could make practicing figures interesting had a special gift. He could also predict the future. I stumbled across this interview where Carlo said this in 1987:
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There was not room for both of them to win gold medals at the same competitions, but there is room for both of them in skating history and in our hearts. I brought up John because people had started naming skaters, and he definitely belongs in this thread, along with Toller. I did, however, think of both you and @el henry after I posted about him.
No debate needed (in this thread, anyway).
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