Bruce Johnson on The Scarlet Spotlight AVAILABLE NOW
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@RUonBrain We like to keep our interviews to around 30 minutes for both flow and technical reasons. Totally understand why you'd want more! Hopefully we can have Bruce on again next year.
Bruce Johnson going left to right on my radio dial this morning.
Great interview! It was interesting to hear how and where he got some of his key phrases....he's a class act and I enjoyed listening to him as much as I could when I couldn't make it to a game. And even more once I left New Jersey and was able to get the games on their website.
Two divas whose success made them intolerable
Thanks, Danny
We need the Bruce Johnson podcast!!
Just to hear his silvery tones!
Looking forward to the next podcast (whoever the guest is!). Any hints?
This was a very good spot. Bruce was very candid about how he got dropped as football play-by-play guy by Schiano, and then dropped for hoops several years later because RU wanted a single "voice" for football and mens hoops.
Also pretty candid about Grentz and CViv not being very nice/accommodating to him. You would think that coaches of women's sports -- which traditionally didn't get much if any media attention -- would be more receptive to... the media.
Interesting about the origins of "Bingo!" being that he stole it from another announcer, and it was for a guy NAMED Bingo. I would like to have heard the origins of some of the other catchphrases.
Also pretty candid about Grentz and CViv not being very nice/accommodating to him. You would think that coaches of women's sports -- which traditionally didn't get much if any media attention -- would be more receptive to... the media.
Interesting about the origins of "Bingo!" being that he stole it from another announcer, and it was for a guy NAMED Bingo. I would like to have heard the origins of some of the other catchphrases.
First time I’m hearing that about Grentz...interesting indeed.
I have said many times on here I thought Tom McCarthy was the best play by play guy for Football I’ve heard. But thought Bruce was MUCH better than Chris Carlin for Basketball.
The “single voice” idea IMO is stupid. Even back then we were big enough to have a different sound for both sports.
And we all know what catchphrase I (and I assume a few others) wanted to hear about.
Thanks! Still working on the roadmap for the rest of 2019, but we'll keep everyone posted.
Dick Lloyd would be great guest but half hour wouldn’t be enough. Without question no one knows more about the history of Rutgers basketball than him. If there’s a story to be told on any topic, he’d know it.
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