SanDiegoSteve wroteYeah, I sure miss him. But now he's in the refrigerator, the eggs are getting cold and the butter is getting hard! đ I remember listening to Chick when Chamberlain was the center and Abdul-Jabbar was known only as Lou Alcindor!
"The eggs are coolin' ..."
That was contributed by James Worthy's mom.
A little history on The Refrigerator: In a game that the Lakers were sure to win, as soon as he thought they iced it, Chick declared, âThis ballgameâs in the Refrigerator!" Then he would add: "The door is closed, the lightâs out, the eggs are coolinâ, the butterâs gettinâ hard and the Jell-ooooâs jigglinâ!â Chick started doing this in the mid-â50s when he broadcasted Bradley University games. It started with âThis ballgameâs in the Refrigerator!â A while later, during the Lakers days came âThe door is closed and the lightâs out.â That sustained for many years. In the â80s Showtime era, James Worthyâs mom had him add âThe eggs are coolinâ and the butterâs gettinâ hard.â And some years later, a fan suggested that he add âThe Jelloâs jigglin.ââ
Only twice, in all the years that Chick was informing us that a game had been decided, did an opponent actually catch up: An early-â90s regular season game in Denver and a 2002 overtime game in Portland. Hundreds and hundreds of calls, and he was wrong twice.
The announcing gods number a mere few now in all the sports. It's a shame we have to listen to another guy share the mike with all but Vin Scully. That's the best part of his games: there's no idiot analyst like Morgan spoiling Vinny's broadcast.
