Do yourself a favor: Spend a few minutes on the Internet to watch Bob Uecker's 2003 Hall of Fame induction speech.

Not sure if we've eulogized Uecker in the proper, broadest light and brightest light. He was a national treasure, first and foremost, as a cherished deadpan comedian, up there with Bob Newhart's downbeat deliveries and Buster Keaton's blank face.

And just as it's unlikely that we ever turned away from Keaton film footage or a Newhart bit, it's highly unlikely that we turned away from a Bob Uecker talk-show appearance, always hoping that he'd still be the primary focus after commercials ran.