If had a chance to listen to the Crunk List today, I owe you something.
If you have no idea what the “Crunk List” is, here’s your quick explanation. The word “crunk” started out as a college word. It meant being more than just drunk to the point of being crazy drunk. Crazy drunk being “crunk.” The word has since morphed into several different meanings. Some people would dispute the way I learned about the word saying it started with much more sinister reasons.
The word now has basically changed to mean what is cutting-edge cool. Since Wolf started using the word–as in “my young crunk brothers”–we started the Crunk List to tell you what is on the tips of the tongues of those who would be considered crunk.
Here’s the back story to boom goes the dynamite. A kid from Ball State is going through his first sports cast on the student run news show. The hilarity is how important it is for him to get out his signature line “boom goes the dynamite” but he can’t do any part of the actual highlight. It’s not only funny because he’s so bad, but mostly because he refuses to drop his line.
We brought it up in the crunk list because “boom goes the dynamite” has actually moved into Oscar vernacular. For some reason, Will Smith kept saying, “outstounding” instead of “outstanding.” It was classic for him to bust himself with his own “boom goes the dynamite.”
The “boom goes the dynamite” story reminded me of my favorite news clip ever. It honestly takes me 15 minutes to get it together after I watch it. Ohio University Broadcast Journalism Students run a weekday newscast in the early afternoon. Everyone calls it “Active-7″ but it’s really a show on ACTV, channel 7. They work multiple positions to learn about TV news and eventually move on air for real experience. Eventually “Louis” had moved up the chain for his big chance to be on air as the weatherman.
I’ve watched it so many times I pick-up something new every time. After you watch it the first time (because once you see it you’ll show someone else and be watching it a second time), pay attention to the weatherman’s hand/arm position. Just from a common sense factor it’s hilarious.
A weatherman stands in front of a green screen and a computer takes out all the green in the picture and superimposes the weather maps and forecast. The weatherman is supposed to look at the monitor and point at different aspects on the screen he wants to highlight. What’s great about this guy is he’ll point with one hand and realize he’s pointing off-screen, so he then switches hands, but points across his body. Therefore, he’s pointing in the same direction he was before. At least common sense would tell you if you’re pointing to the left with your left hand and it’s wrong, don’t point with your right hand to the left because you’re still doing the same thing!
The third time I watched it, I noticed his eyes. In TV, there’s a floor manager that helps the talent find cameras and lead them to different screens. You can see our weatherman constantly looking at the floor manager and being surprised by everything that’s happening. He even checks the camera to see if he’s still on air instead of worrying what he’s going to do next.
The fourth time…it was the amount of times he repeats the same info because he continually losses his place. Yes, I’ve watched it at least 100 times.
The highlight of the whole thing is the cheesy blonde at the end of the forecast. When it’s over, you’re so happy the kids off-the-hook but you know it’s coming. You’re hoping she doesn’t say it. You’re praying she just ignores him and goes on with the news…and…she says it.
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The first round has ended and it went upset free. I think that alone is a shock.
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16) Boston College @ 1) Alabama 
12) Ball St. @ 5) USC 
Penn State @ 1) Alabama
15) Oregon St. @ 2) Texas 
13) Missouri @ 4) Florida 
11) Georgia @ 6) Utah 
16) Miami @ 1) Alabama 
14) BYU @ 3) Texas 
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