When Fox first introduced their new in-track camera called the GopherCam, I really liked it. The new angle was fresh and interesting – plus the camera showed some very neat angles of the race action.
Every time the network switched to the GopherCam, they showed an animation of a gopher in the lower left hand corner popping up out of his hole, then making a couple goofy faces and finally jumping back in his hole after being startled by the cars whooshing by at break-neck speeds.
Next Fox had a contest to come up with a name for the gopher character. The name chosen by the fans and Fox was Digger.
It was all very cute and amusing for a little while.
After last weekend’s race at California, I can honestly say I have had enough of the Digger stuff. It was bad enough that the viewers see this Digger animation 30 times a race, but now Fox has to show a 2-minute cartoon episode during each pre-race show. Digger is featured in the lower left corner whenever the network returns to the race after a commercial break.
Come on Fox! Enough with the Digger stuff. I feel that you have gotten a bit carried away with this and you really need to tone it down. It was amusing the first 100 times, but now it’s getting annoying …. fast.
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