Just What We Need, More Joe Buck

Fox Sports will turn to play-by-play announcer Joe Buck to host its pregame and postgame shows, as former host James Brown to moves to CBS.
Buck will join co-hosts Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson and Howie Long for "Fox NFL Sunday" and "The OT" on all but three weeks (the weeks when he's doing playoff baseball games)
Buck also will keep his role as play-by-play announcer for the network's first broadcast team with Troy Aikman and Pam Oliver.
Which of course means that the show will go on the road every week to whichever game Buck is calling.
"These guys (pointing to Bradshaw, Johnson and Long) are the show," Buck said. "I'm just there to tee them up and have some fun."
I heard Buck talking to Dan Patrick yesterday about the art of setting up the analyst. He mentioned something about not trying to be too funny, trying to one up each other with jokes. If he knows this, why doesn't he stop?
That is the number one reason why Pizza Parlor Derek and I detest the team of McCarver-Buck.
We text message each other with particularly bad examples of their horrific attempts at humor.

For instance, earlier this season, Fox caught Jon Papelbon on "Sounds of the Game" talking about his Scrabble prowess.
McCarver said "In Scrabble a W is worth four points and an S only one. But in baseball, to Papelbon, an S is worth a lot more."
At that point Joe Buck urged everyone to turn off their TVs and to go outside.
So maybe he is learning not to delve into the depths of stupidity with McCarver.

Best Joe Buck line ever:
"Someday this group will be performing a medley of their greatest hit." - during the playing of "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba

Worst Joe Buck line ever:
"That's a DISGUSTING act by Randy Moss, and it's unfortunate we had it on our air live!" - when Randy Moss pantomimed mooning the Green Bay crowd