NBA Jam: The Shockingly Low Payment the Announcer Received Compared to the Millions the Video Game Generated

Tim Kitzrow, the announcer of NBA Jam, only earned $800 for his work. Its 1993 arcade release —and subsequent versions on ...

NBA Jam Actor Says He Was Paid ‘Like $800’ to Voice the Game’s Beloved Announcer

NBA Jam has remained one of the most iconic basketball video games since its release in the ‘90s, but Tim Kitzrow, the actor ...
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The Voice of NBA Jam Reveals The Origins of The Video Game’s Iconic “Boomshakalaka!”Catchphrase

Discover What’s Streaming On: Attention ’90s kids: A 44-minute “NBA Jam” documentary is now streaming on Vice TV! This is not a drill. The network recently launched a new docuseries, Uninterrupted: ...
The New York Times

NBA Jam, a classic arcade game with an iconic voice, still ‘on fire’ 30 years later

Tim Kitzrow figured a copied article, spotted in the cafeteria at the headquarters of Midway Games Inc. about one year after NBA Jam was released, was a prank. It said the basketball arcade game, one ...