Mike Lange
Mike Lange is an ice hockey play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. He is known for colorful and bizarre expressions. His common sayings are referred to as "Langeisms." Lange was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2001.
Langeisms Referring to the Stanley Cup as noted on Sports Center's Top 10 Mike Lange Signature calls.
Sourced quotes
- It's a... HOCKEY NIGHT in Pittsburgh!
- Lange's opening broadcast line since the first game he called in the 1974-75 season.
- "Lange's inimitable style makes him a broadcast legend", Tribune-Review. Keith Barnes, Sunday, January 20, 2008. (url accessed on October 22, 2008)
- Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Crick!
- "Mike Lange Still Going Strong in 33rd Season on Pittsburgh Penguins' Broadcasts", Associated Content. John S Chester Jr, April 3, 2009 (url accessed on June 13, 2009)
- Turtle Creek, PA is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Lange pronounces "Creek" in Turtle Creek as "crick" consistent with Pittsburgh's dialect of American English, which is sometimes called Pittsburghese.
- "She wants to sell my monkey!"
- Scratch my back with a hacksaw!
- According to Smizik in Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lange credits a Pittsburgh mall security guard with giving him the phrase. After giving Lange directions to a location in the building, the guard gave him a piece of paper with the phrase written down on it.
- "Cow-kicked: FSN fires Lange as Penguins' TV voice", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 30, 2006. Bob Smizik. (url accessed on October 22, 2008).
- Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!
- "Lange's inimitable style makes him a broadcast legend", Tribune-Review. Keith Barnes, Sunday, January 20, 2008. (url accessed on October 22, 2008)
- Eddie Spaghetti!
- "Donna needs a doughnut!"
- "And ladies and gentlemen the kitchen is closed!"
- "Eddie Spaghetti! The Story Behind Mike Lange-isms"
- Mike Lange describing the call: "I went into a place to try and get something to eat and the lady very distinctly said to me, 'The kitchen is closed!' I said, 'Wow. There's the end, that's it, you can't eat any more, you haven't got a prayer.' I said, 'That's finality baby!'"
- And ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!
- Look out Loretta.
- He beat him like a rented mule.
- According to Smizik in Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lange credits a stockbroker with saying the phrase to him when Lange asked him how his day was.
- Noted as a phrase closely associated with Lange, in "Lange signs 1-year Penguins radio deal", July 27, 2007. Shelly Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (url accessed on October 22, 2008)
- (Insert Goaltender here) doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch.
- Slap me silly, Sidney!
- Sometimes said when Sidney Crosby scores a goal.
- As noted on Sports Center's Top 10 Mike Lange Signature calls.
- Michael, Michael, Motorcycle.
- "Lange's inimitable style makes him a broadcast legend", Tribune-Review. Keith Barnes, Sunday, January 20, 2008. (url accessed on October 22, 2008) [From a song (in the 1950s?). Whose was it?]
- Get in the fast lane Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!
- Ladies and gentlemen, Lange has left the building, Trib Live Sports, 30 June 2006
- Make me a milkshake, Malkin!
- Referring to Evgeni Malkin. http://www.youtube.com/v/BGaPKLfeIpY
Langeisms Referring to the Stanley Cup as noted on Sports Center's Top 10 Mike Lange Signature calls.
- Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, get me the brandy!
- Stated upon the Penguins winning their second Stanley Cup in 1992
- "Cow-kicked: FSN fires Lange as Penguins' TV voice", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 30, 2006. Bob Smizik. (url accessed on October 22, 2008).
- ...And Lord Stanley, Scratch Their Names On Your Fabled Cup! The Pittsburgh Penguins are Stanley Cup Champions, 2009!
- Stated when the Pens won the 2009 Stanley Cup