Quote Originally Posted by Herbette Chapman - aged 15 View Post
You miserable old soak ... he was just right for those of us who don't really have a clue what's going on in cricket.
Exactly. He appealed to the ignorant masses as a parody of what cricket is supposedly all about. To people who actually understand the game and wanted to know what was happening, he was simply an irritant. Also, the fact is that he was simply doing a pïsspoor ripoff of Brian Johnston's on air persona - only without the charm, wit or seriousness about cricket.