He would actually write a note while we were on the air to inform me of everything I said that he believed to be grammatically wrong. Because he was always there to explain everything to viewers.
When they turned on figure skating, Button became both famous and indispensable, even if they were unaware of his background as an athlete and businessman.
Oh my goodness, did they activate figure skating? Like many other sports nowadays, skating tries to draw in as many TV viewers as possible. But here’s a figure from 31 years ago,
When there were only three or four channels and Dick Button and Peggy Fleming were at the height of their popularity, after the very dramatic Tonya-Nancy saga: The men’s long program.
At the international figure skating championships, which was broadcast live on ABC with Button in the booth, garnered a rating of 10.1 in March 1996. CBS’s live coverage of the NCAA men’s.
Basketball tournament pitted the skating against one other. That only received an 8.8. Years before I ever met Dick Button, I knew him. My first recollection of his call of a big Olympic.
