FAVORITE SPORTS MOMENT- LAKERS VICTORY PARADE WITH
ONE MILLION MUY
LOCO LAKERS FANS IN THE STREETS.
FAVORITE FOOD-
AHI...
AHI...
AND MORE TUNA. THEY CALL ME MISTER,
AHI IN LITTLE
TOKYO.
FAVORITE PLACE TO TRAVEL- FRESH UNDISCOVERED ENERGY FLOWS OF
L.A.
FAVORITE QUOTE- LIVE THRU DEATH- SHOW NO FEAR- ULTIMATE SELF-SACRFICE- THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
FAVORITE SPORTS QUOTE- SHAQ IN THE
FLOW CIRCA 2000 THRU 2002
FAVORITE SPORT- ANYTHING WITH A BALL
AND FILLED WITH OEVOS... SECRET LOVE- SUMO
FAVORITE ATHLETE- LANCE ARMSTRONG. BATTLED CANCER... BEATS THE NEGATIVE ENERGY THEN ABUSES THE FRENCH IN THEIR OWN HOUSE SEVEN STRAIGHT YEAR WITH THE COUNTRY POURING
BEER
AND URINE ON HIS HEAD WHILE KICKING THEIR BUTTS UP THE PYRENEES..
FAVORITE HOBBY- THE GROWING OF BAMBOO....PLAYING IN A
ROCK N’ SOUL BAND-
FAVORITE ACTOR- DE NIRO
FAVORITE MUSIC/ BAND- MY HOMAGE POSSE THROWIN DOWN LOVE ON THE SOUL MASTERS FROM
REDDING TO PICKETT TO JAMES BROWN.. MUSHIGANAZ WITH ATTITUDE- NEXT GIG: CHABAD TELETHON- SEPTEMBER 9TH NATION-
WIDE
BEST CHILDHOODMEMORY- WALKIN’
BRIGHTON
BEACH WITH MY MOTHER SARAH....
FAVORITE HOLIDAY- TODOS LOS DIAS
FAVORITE RESTARANT- MY MOTHER-IN-
LAWS KITCHEN- TOSH SAKAMOTO PREPARES AN AMAZING UDON...
FAVORITE TV SHOW- ENTOURAGE- LOVED X-FILES-
FAVORITE VACATION/ DESTINATION- ANYWHERE I CAN FIND TRANQUILITY- ZUMA BEACH VERY SERENE
SPOT-
FAVORITE BEER- ANYTHING FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING
SUN-
SAPPORO TO ASAHI..
FIRST CAR- 1972 SUPER-BEATLE- CLEMENTINE ORANGE
FIRST JOB- CADDY IN UPSTATE
NEW
YORK...SCHLLEPED THE BAGS FOR EVERYBODY FROM PAT SUMMMERALL TO JOAN CRAWFORD TO
GENE SARAZEN...
FEELING YOU...
BIO:The son of Hungarian immigrants, which may account for the Transylvanian tone of his "Good eeeeeevening!" and "FEELING YOU!!" Vic grew up in
Queens,
NY. He got his degree in Communications from Ivy League--Cornell and then went backpacking through
Micronesia. He began his broadcasting career in
Guam in 1979 by, among other things, covering cockfights for 15 months on local cable TV. After returning to the States, he polished his act in
Roswell,
New Mexico,
Austin,
Texas and now
Los Angeles.
Nowadays, Vic talks more about his amazing wife, Yuko and about a friend who owns an antique furniture store and lately has become a spiritual brother.
After almost two decades as a TV sportscaster and radio personality in LA, Jacobs refuses to be obsolete. The most inventive and metaphoric broadcasters continue to move, as he often says, from darkness to light...thriving in a city that still hasn't decided to embrass or dismiss him.
This is the evolution. Now, it's harmony and truth. The darma, the karma, the whole thing. I understand (some may think this is schtick), but this is my llife.
Circa 1987--"
America's kids have gotten so sophisticated… you can't just give 'em the score anymore or they'll tune you out," says Jacobs. "The networks are going crazy. They're asking, 'Why aren't they watching? Why are they all watching cable?' It's because the networks are staid and cable is alive and vibrant. Most sportscasters are still in the '50s and '60s, uptight with the polyester, give 'em the score, don't get emotionally involved. Me, I can't even explain what I'm doing."
Vic is currently one-third of the Loose Cannons from 12p-4p on AM570 as he adds his flavah of English and Spanish and mixed in with Yiddish and martian--just a reflection, he says, on the melting pot culture of
Los Angeles.
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