Popular sports commentator Jaromír Bosák celebrates his 57th birthday. Recall his memorable catchphrases

Jaromír Bosák, who was born on 13 May 1965, has long been one of the most popular sports commentators in the Czech Republic. His voice accompanies football and golf broadcasts on Czech Television. In addition to his great insight, he is also known for his flowery language and snappy catchphrases, many of which have already been humanised.

Bosák, who hails from western Bohemia, studied journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague. At university, he met his later long-time colleague and another Czech commentary legend, Robert Záruba.

He started his professional career at Radio Bonton and since the mid-1990s his voice has been mainly associated with football matches broadcast by public television. As an external employee of ČT, he has also been a member of the editorial team of Seznam Zprávy since 2019.

In the past, he has voiced the popular computer game FIFA with his colleague Petr Svěcený or hosted the Olympic studios. He is currently preparing his own talk show called Ušák or the podcast The Water Carriers. He is the author of several publications, for example in his book The Match of Life he writes openly about his work and his life, during which he became homeless for a while.

In addition to his regular work activities, in 2008 he took part in the popular StarDance competition with dancer Eva Krejčířová. They finished among the top three couples. Jaromír Bosák is also a member of the charity football team Real TOP Prague.

The main features of the fifty-seven-year-old journalist’s commentary style are thorough preparation, a wide vocabulary and witty remarks. Apart from these, however, the situation in 2010, when he and expert Vladimír Táborský did not turn off the microphone during a break in a match against Slavia in Mladá Boleslav, has become legendary. They unknowingly broadcasted their private conversation in which they honestly glossed over the state of the struggling Red and Whites.

Let’s recall ten of the long series of catchphrases Bosák has become famous for during his career and entertained the football nation with.

“After Fadiga’s intervention, the stadium smelled slightly of plaster…”

“Ooh, that was a master stroke! I wouldn’t wish that on my wife’s best friend.”

“I read in Song’s biography that he has 17 sisters and 10 brothers. I guess his dad didn’t enjoy reading books at night.”

“Not even David Copperfield crossed with an octopus could catch that.”

“Žižkov’s defensive play was about as far from perfect as a Patagonian penguin is from the president of the United Nations.”

“The number of chances in today’s game could be counted on the fingers of one hand of a retired lumberjack after twenty years.”

“That was the scythe of a First Republic farmer.”

“If anyone had guessed before the tournament that the Greeks would be on their way to the semi-finals, they would have been happy to get the Sunday outing…”

“Also, when you say Black, you probably don’t think of a hundred and sixty centimeters tall. You just think of a Black guy, it sounds like you see a really strong, tall, fried guy.”

“Choudhury and Evans looked about like Jo and Hey when they walk into a strip bar… And they saw a particularly hilarious act. They freaked out and did nothing.”

Source: Czech Television, Wikipedia, Jaromír Bosák