I know he retired, has anybody seen him in the past year or so? He was a great sports guy, a real Spurs fan and I really miss his style. "I'll be right back" was a great thing to hear back in the day.
Dane Cook
Yeah I saw him...and he's still very much old...
I remember when Lisle & Hahn discussed using his skin for boots (or a couch, I forget). That was about 15 years ago.
Yeah, he shops at the HEB I work at, and we see him quite a bit.
Dan is the , and none of these other loser new guys could hold his jock.
Dan always treated me with respect and was always willing to teach me the ropes when I was an intern at KENS the year before and a year after he retired.
That's a good man (and he can curse with the best of them).
What he didn't tell you was that you were the reason he retired, though.
That reminds me of the evening he and I got into it on the set. I forget exactly what he said, but he got on me for bringing him an update on some HS scores during the break and I got mad at him because he didn't understand that I was bringing him the update since we were able to make the additional change on the CG and he would have read the wrong score.
It was really quiet when I walked back into the control room after that little verbal tiff (but we settled it once the show was over).
He kicked your ass, didn't he?
I grew up watching Dan Cook...I miss those days!
Johnny, what do you do at KENS?
I haven't worked at KENS in about nine years. I started as an intern in news and sports and did some producing of the sportscasts my last months there.
Oh...OK. We had some guys from KSAT in our station last year. I told them I grew up watching KENS and Chris Marrou.
Sam Houston grew up watching Dan Cook.
Has anyone seen Danny Cook lately?
Spurs have him stashed. He's going to be the long three next year.
"It ain't over til' the fat lady sings."
I loved watching his sportscasting...
I recall a few of his lines:
"...We'll take a break...and I'll be right back"
"...San Antonio 'WHALLOPED' Dallas...."
"...San Antonio 'WHALLOPED' Houston..."
"...San Antonio "WHALLOPED', etc......"
Yeah, he is the one who first said "It's not over until the fat lady sings"
It's still used to this day....awesome....just awesome....
Motta is sometimes erroneously credited with coining the celebrated phrase: It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.[1] In fact, the phrase was a witticism originated by San Antonio sportswriter and television sportscaster Dan Cook[2].
During a KENS-TV broadcast of the 1978 NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between the Washington Bullets and the San Antonio Spurs, Cook used the phrase in an attempt to encourage Spurs fans, as their team was down three games to one against the Bullets. Motta heard the broadcast and adopted his own rendition of the expression — "The 'opera' isn't over 'til the fat lady sings" — to warn Bullets fans against braggadocio.
The odds were against the underdog Bullets, and sportswriters were forecasting a grim finale, so Motta rebounded with the upbeat ostinato, "Wait for the fat lady!" The Bullets won the Eastern Conference against the Atlantic Division Champion Philadelphia 76ers, and went on to beat the Western Conference Champion Seattle SuperSonics four games to three for the 1978 NBA Finals.
The victory gave Washington, D.C. fans their first championship team since the Washington Redskins won the National Football League le in 1942. In Motta's second year as coach, the Bullets (now the Washington Wizards) had become only the third team to win the NBA Championship in a seventh game on the road. That 1978 championship remains the franchise's only NBA Championship to date.
After the climactic Game 7 victory to claim the le, Motta celebrated with his team wearing a beer-soaked The Opera Isn't Over 'Til The Fat Lady Sings t-shirt.
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