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The “everything” that Howard Cosell is includes “kind of sexist.”
The Mad Men era lasted a lot longer than we all remember. Cosell infantilizes, patronizes, and objectifies each young female competitor, and though I officially object, I’ll be damned if it isn't charming in its way. “THE SMALLISH ONE FROM DALLAS, CHARLENE TILTON.” “A PRETTY GOOD ATHLETE FROM MAKING A LIVING, ANN JILLIAN.” “KIMMY FIELDS, FAR TOO BUXOM TO BE EFFECTIVE AS A SPRINTER.” The last one is made up, but just barely.
Another fun fact: My father looks exactly like Howard Cosell. Throughout my youth, strangers would approach my dad and ask him for an autograph, and if they wondered why Howard Cosell and his family would be in St. Louis, Missouri, at, like, a Ground Round (or why he sounded nothing like himself), they never let on. This went on for years past Cosell’s 1995 death.
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