What’s Frank Caliendo Going to Do Now?
What do you do when as a comedian, you build your career around your impression of a broadcaster, focusing on that broadcaster’s mythical love affair with a single player, then both leave the game at the same time? Just ask Frank Caliendo what he’s going to do without John Madden and Brett Favre to talk about now.
Madden announced his retirement from broadcasting, saying it was time to leave the booth and spend more time with his family. At 73, Madden has spent 30 years in the broadcast booth after a successful career as a coach prior to that.
He worked everywhere in his career, spending his first 15 yeas with CBS, then going to FOX before taking a gig on Monday Night Football for ABC. He finished his career calling games for NBC.
Madden separated himself as his career went on as one of the best in the business, and when all is said and done, he’ll probably be considered the best color commentator that the NFL ever had.
His decision to retire to spend more time with his family probably means more with him than many others, since he often spent more time away from his family than other announcers. His fear of flying led him to invest in a Madden-cruiser, a tour bus, if you will, to travel around the continental United States. Since he drove everywhere, he was often on the road for more days in a week than a colleague that would fly.
While Madden will always be remembered for his antics, he was arguably the best broadcaster in the game. But his sideshow theatrics were a part of what made him great.
Madden revolutionized the use of the telestrator, he made noises to make his point (boom!), his All-Madden team was the first of its kind, and he’ll forever be linked to the cooking of turduckens all over the country. He was a unique announcer and will be remembered for that as much as he will be remembered for his second-to-none analysis of football games.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, Madden will be remembered nearly as much for his video games as he will be for his announcing. The Madden franchise is the top selling sports video game of all time. There is no word on the status of the games with Madden’s retirement.
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