Lest We Forget: Myron Cope

Don’t you forget about me.  Don’t don’t don’t don’t don’t you forget about me.  -Simple Minds

Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go!  When you’re watching your Steelers today, remember Myron Cope.  Yoi!  When you’re waving your Terrible Towels today, remember Myron Cope.  Double yoi!  With his unique nasal voice and distinctive Pittsburgh area accent, Cope was a part of the Steelers’ landscape for almost forty years.  Heck, Dr. Cope was the Pittsburgh Steelers.   

Myron said stuff like, Mmm-Hah!  Stuff like, Okel Dokel.  Stuff like, feh, yoi, double yoi and if you were really really lucky, triple Yoi!  He was an innovator.  A sports creator.  This is a story about a brother I know.  Cut Creator on the fader now watch him go.  Go, go Cut Creator go!

He was Chris Berman before there was a Chris Berman.  Made up nicknames.  Very peculiar names.  Funny names.  Strange names.  Pet names.  Names like the Bus, Jack Splat and Slash.  But Myron’s Cope’s proudest achievement was the creation of the Terrible Towel.

So when you’re singing your Pittsburgh Steeler Polka and wavin’ that Terrible Towel, please, please, remember Myron Cope.  He’d do it for you.

Public Spectacle:

Peace out homies. Six two and Even!

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