Landry: John Lu followed his heart onto screens across Canada

blue_gold_84 · May 17, 2024, 02:11:17 PM

https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/16/landry-john-lu-followed-his-heart-onto-screens-across-canada/

Great read. John Lu is a beauty.

bwiser · May 17, 2024, 05:53:39 PM

As I have mentioned on here before his brother is my doctor. I am not sure if they are identical twins but everytime I hear John Lu speak, if I close my eyes I hear my doctor. They look and sound alike.

J5V · May 17, 2024, 09:53:31 PM

I really enjoyed John's work with the Jets this year.

TecnoGenius · May 18, 2024, 06:41:01 AM

Lu is a good one for sure. I love his quirky and distinctive attire: the only one who remotely keeps up with Milt in that regard. He's clearly intelligent and comes up with better-than-most sideline questions.

I really like the big "characters" on TSN. The more of a character they are, the more I like them. You have to have a gimmick or schtik. Lu is a character: there is no one like him, never will be.

I had no idea he was (sort of) from Winnipeg!! He always struck me as an eastern-timezone guy since that's where they plopped him for so many years. I guess the "2022 move" in the article explains why we've seen him @IGF sometimes lately (a lot?). (Did we get any Dort in 2023?) If we can't have Sarah, I'm happy the latest replacement is Lu.

I was rewatching 2023 and there was one game where he asked a sweaty player one of his patented long-form big-brain questions and the player just went "what?". He had to abbreviate and simplify. Hehe.

I often think of SCTV's Brock Linehan (a spoof on Brian Linehan for you/us oldsters) when John Lu is asking his questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcIMmfpgq_Y

GOLDMEMBER · May 18, 2024, 09:55:21 AM

John and his siblings grew up in Southdale. His Mom was my sister's Piano teacher for multiple years.

dd · May 19, 2024, 03:29:03 PM

He's truly a unique reporter that's for sure. A stylish brainiac with flowing pushed back hair do, always comes across as super intelligent and professional. I enjoy his contributions to the broadcasts

TecnoGenius · May 20, 2024, 07:47:23 AM

Quote from: dd on May 19, 2024, 03:29:03 PMHe's truly a unique reporter that's for sure. A stylish brainiac with flowing pushed back hair do, always comes across as super intelligent and professional. I enjoy his contributions to the broadcasts

Ya that hair! I don't think anyone else could pull off that do. He may be a hair behind Milt sartorially, but Milt's hair can't hold a candle to Lu.

Goldie: great story about the piano teacher. What a small world!