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I wanted to watch Feherty and company? I wish more sports networks would go to this.

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I didn't watch a lick of it. Did anyone?

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I didn't watch a lick of it. Did anyone?

No offense intended (warning: that means I'm about to offend you!) to anybody who watched it but ...

Why the ***k would somebody watch a show of some people yapping about a big event that you are interested in watching WHILE said big event is going on somewhere else???

That doesn't make any sense to me.

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No offense intended (warning: that means I'm about to offend you!) to anybody who watched it but ...

Why the ***k would somebody watch a show of some people yapping about a big event that you are interested in watching WHILE said big event is going on somewhere else???

That doesn't make any sense to me.

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I was thinking the exact same thing every time they mentioned it while I was watching the actual golf.......

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No offense intended (warning: that means I'm about to offend you!) to anybody who watched it but ... Why the ***k would somebody watch a show of some people yapping about a big event that you are interested in watching WHILE said big event is going on somewhere else??? That doesn't make any sense to me. 9

Because there's a decent chance this sort of commentary would be more entertaining than regular coverage. This format allows the announcers to free flow more than the NBC announcers. Also, I bet they were cracking jokes and were not having to be so polite. The thought of Feherty and Company cracking jokes and telling stories might have been funny to listen to. I bet the Americans on the set were allowed to cheer like fans. So, this format would have been like watching golf with your buddies. I like the out of the box thinking.

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Because there's a decent chance this sort of commentary would be more entertaining than regular coverage. This format allows the announcers to free flow more than the NBC announcers.

They didn't show any of the coverage, though, right? They were just sitting around talking, and occasionally showing something on a replay. No?

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I didn't watch a lick of it. Did anyone?

I did not, but I could see someone flipping to it when there were commercials on the other channel..  Actually seems like it would be a natural for picture-in-picture.

Also, I bet they were cracking jokes and were not having to be so polite. The thought of Feherty and Company cracking jokes and telling stories might have been funny to listen to. I bet the Americans on the set were allowed to cheer like fans. So, this format would have been like watching golf with your buddies. I like the out of the box thinking.

Actually it sounds more like NOT watching golf with your buddies.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

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I did not, but I could see someone flipping to it when there were commercials on the other channel..  Actually seems like it would be a natural for picture-in-picture. Actually it sounds more like NOT watching golf with your buddies.

Touché.

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They didn't show any of the coverage, though, right? They were just sitting around talking, and occasionally showing something on a replay. No?

They used a split screen during the Alternate Shot program to air the"live" action while Feherty and others were on camera, but they often talked over or totally ignored what was happening live at the time.  Didn't find the talking heads on Alternate Shot interesting.  So, I just watched the actual event on NBC but had to switch back to Golf Channel, after the last match was completed to see the award ceremony and the infamous US press conference, when NBC's coverage (and the Alternate Shot program) ended.

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Thanks for filling us in on how they actually did Alternate Shot.  I used to be a fan of the old Mystery Science 3000 shows. I was hoping that this would be just as entertaining.  It doesn't sound like it.

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I used to be a fan of the old Mystery Science 3000 shows. I was hoping that this would be just as entertaining.

Now that would be time well spent!

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