Post by dkennedy on Jan 3, 2006 6:22:20 GMT -5
ESPN-ABC Sports' Parade Float Too Well Defined?
January 2, 2006
By Tom Gilbert, TV Week Magazine
One of the more unusual floats scheduled to appear today in the 117th Tournament of Roses Parade will be ESPN and ABC Sports' first-time entry, a rather odd-looking tribute to HDTV sportscasts in general-and to this year's USC vs. Texas Rose Bowl in particular. Themed "The Magic of Sports in High Definition," the Jetsons-esque monstrosity, er, contraption is 55 feet long by 18 feet wide and features two 50-foot-tall inflatable football players leaping out of an HDTV screen in front of-you guessed it-two live fans (one from USC and the other from Texas) seated in recliners. Even though, like all of the Rose Parade floats, it is covered with thousands of flowers, it surely is a sight only a true sports fan could love.
January 2, 2006
By Tom Gilbert, TV Week Magazine
One of the more unusual floats scheduled to appear today in the 117th Tournament of Roses Parade will be ESPN and ABC Sports' first-time entry, a rather odd-looking tribute to HDTV sportscasts in general-and to this year's USC vs. Texas Rose Bowl in particular. Themed "The Magic of Sports in High Definition," the Jetsons-esque monstrosity, er, contraption is 55 feet long by 18 feet wide and features two 50-foot-tall inflatable football players leaping out of an HDTV screen in front of-you guessed it-two live fans (one from USC and the other from Texas) seated in recliners. Even though, like all of the Rose Parade floats, it is covered with thousands of flowers, it surely is a sight only a true sports fan could love.