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The STRANGEST ANNOUNCER in NFL HISTORY | Burt Reynolds


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In a 1978 NFL preseason game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins, the station broadcasting the game, WTVT Channel 13 in Tampa Bay, got actor Burt Reynolds of "The Longest Yard" and "Smokey and the Bandit" fame, to somehow announce the game and do color commentary. This is the story behind how this weird partnership came to be, as well as how the bizarre broadcast turned out.

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