Old Al Michaels stumbles through awkward Lake America-Trump jab during Thursday Night Football broadcast

Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime is already an endurance test.

Between brutal offensive line play, endless commercials and whatever disaster the Cleveland Browns are trotting out, sitting through four quarters takes serious grit.

Throw in 81-year-old Al Michaels auditioning for late-night TV over an aerial shot of Cleveland, and watching him crash and burn in real time is pure banana land.

Coming back from commercial during the Browns-Patriots game, Uncle Al dropped his cutting-edge political commentary on Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" amid the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war.

TRUMP FLOATS RENAMING THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS AFTER REBRANDING HISTORIC LAKE "That is Lake Erie.

We think it is still called Lake Erie ...

We're not quite sure at this point.

But we'll be by Lake something like Ontario or whatever it's going to be called by the time we get to Buffalo.

Anyway, you know what I'm talking about ...

Read the news." WATCH : Oof.

You could physically feel the oxygen get sucked out of the booth.

Kirk Herbstreit , a guy who carefully tiptoes around political landmines so he can host "College GameDay" in peace, completely froze.

Herbie sat there like a hostage before mumbling under his breath: "Some of us know ..." Translation: Al, please.

Do not drag me into your country club Resistance Twitter jokes.