Nothing against her personally, but the brunette woman who hosts the jumbotron segments during timeouts and intermissions is dull as dirt, focused on doing "family friendly" wacky interview segments with fans or bringing out VIPs and charity volunteers so the crowd could wave at them.
Why not, for select games, hire Pat Cashman or other local comedians to do segments riffing on stuff in the arena instead? It would be infinitely more entertaining for the fans than being asked to wave at a woman who donated 10,000 cookies for a bake sale to benefit the Ballard Locks or something.
It doesn't even have to be local comedians. You could get 'anti-comedy' humorist Tim Heidecker do dark humored "play by play" for when the little kids from the local pee wee leagues come out during intermission to play for a few minutes, with Heidecker acting like the kids are in a vicious bloodbath game like in "Slap Shot," cracking jokes about sick hits and slashing, etc.
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I like it the way it is personally, I don’t want to see a comedy show….
I think Angelica (and Strawberry) does a fine job. Those segments are short and you have to nail the timing on them. There’s not the time for a comedian. During intermissions people leave to use the restroom or get more food and drink helping increase the revenue stream. The bands during those periods have brief sets and again the timing carefully done.
I think you’re greatly overestimating how many people appreciate “anti-comedy” and their overlap with the Kraken fanbase. It’s boring banal shit because most people (and especially those that are rich enough to buy tickets) either don’t care, or are boring and banal enough to actually be chuffed at the dance cams and the team giving charity to a middle aged lady who made 10,000 cookies to support the Ballard locks or some shit.
It’s the same reason I don’t go to games expecting them to play Megadeth or Pantera between each face-off. They’re gonna play 10 year delayed top 40 or standard Jock Jams for all the 30-40 somethings who actually have the time and money to attend games.