WTF Just Happened at 3rd NY vs LAA

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Yeah, I sure miss him. But now he's in the refrigerator, the eggs are getting cold and the butter is getting hard! 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, “This ballgame’s in the Refrigerator!" Then he would add: "The door is closed, the light’s out, the eggs are coolin’, the butter’s gettin’ hard and the Jell-oooo’s jigglin’!” Chick started doing this in the mid-’50s when he broadcasted Bradley University games. It started with “This ballgame’s in the Refrigerator!” A while later, during the Lakers days came “The door is closed and the light’s out.” That sustained for many years. In the ’80s Showtime era, James Worthy’s mom had him add “The eggs are coolin’ and the butter’s gettin’ hard.” And some years later, a fan suggested that he add “The Jello’s jigglin.’”

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-’90s 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.