1974 Melissa Militano Johhny Johns Worlds LP

HOLY KATSENJAMMER!!! Melissa and Johnny take to Worlds for the first time, creating some of skating's legendary COMMENTARY!!! For months afterwards, in rinks all across America, skaters greeted each others falls with Dick's blurted reaction. It is actually a common expression from a 1920's Sunday Comic Strip, "The Katsenjammer Kids," (which I used to read still in the 1950's). But Dick introduced it to a new generation, and hopefully now, does so again with this post!!! I would encourage all young skaters to replace their rather colorful and risque lanquage of today, with this timeless phrase. Melissa had skated with her brother Mark, and Johnny had earlier skated pairs with Emily Benneson (and dance with Mary Karen Campbell). 1974 was an innovative year for triple jumping. This was the first Pairs attempt at a throw triple loop. Gordy McKellen attempted a triple axel in the mens event, and triple lutzes had reappeared at Europeans with Laszlo Vajda of Hungary successfully repeating Don Jacksons athletic feat! Jan Hoffman also landed one with a turn out, Minuro Sano (Japan) and Haig Oundjian (Great Britain) also made attempts. This is my first effort at matching video with an old audio tape from Wide World of Sports. As you can tell eventually, the video runs just a tad faster than the audio, but you get a good version of a very memorable moment.