Ted Husing must have been quite the legendary sportscaster. After all, he was one of the inaugural inductees into the Sportscaster Hall of Fame--and they wouldn't do this for just any old yokel! However, 80 years later, he's pretty much forgotten and my watching this short was my first introduction into this man.
Although it was produced by First National/Warner Brothers, I initially thought that it was a Columbia picture because there was a blurb on the title page about the Columbia Broadcasting System (not Columbia but the CBS radio network).
The film consists of Husing introducing the audience to three sports they probably aren't familiar with here among the common folks in the USA. However, the introductions are just that--not a thorough explanation of the rules or history--just a tiny introduction. Cricket (which I STILL don't understand), Yachting and Polo are the subjects explored. And, while the information is occasionally interesting, for me I had trouble getting much out of the film because I simply don't care about any of the topics. This doesn't mean they are dumb or bad sports--just things about which I am not particularly interested. Now if he'd chosen unusual sports to my liking such as Australian Rules Football, Sumo and Hurling, then I would have been enthralled. It's all just a matter of taste. And, the production is about average for a 1930s short.
Although it was produced by First National/Warner Brothers, I initially thought that it was a Columbia picture because there was a blurb on the title page about the Columbia Broadcasting System (not Columbia but the CBS radio network).
The film consists of Husing introducing the audience to three sports they probably aren't familiar with here among the common folks in the USA. However, the introductions are just that--not a thorough explanation of the rules or history--just a tiny introduction. Cricket (which I STILL don't understand), Yachting and Polo are the subjects explored. And, while the information is occasionally interesting, for me I had trouble getting much out of the film because I simply don't care about any of the topics. This doesn't mean they are dumb or bad sports--just things about which I am not particularly interested. Now if he'd chosen unusual sports to my liking such as Australian Rules Football, Sumo and Hurling, then I would have been enthralled. It's all just a matter of taste. And, the production is about average for a 1930s short.
