Dan Patrick is leaving ESPN

[Late Fires]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Never was a big Dan fan.. Radio-wise, nothing beat the early years of the Kornheiser radio show in the late 90's/early 00's.. NOTHING. The on-air nonsense was great enough, but the core group of listeners on the Net were treated to some of the most hysterical, uprorious insanity I've ever heard, especially during the breaks when you could listen to Tony, Andy and Co., guests, etc.. "The Internet Show" was lost at one point when Tony got his "vacation", a month-long suspension over something idiotic that the ESPN suits got in a twist over. And "Phil the Show Killer" originated on The Mr. Tony Show... not on Dan Patrick's...

Anyone remember the Tony Show and these elements?

The hilarity of "Know Your Heads", a game show where callers had to identify three levels of ESPN anchors.. SportsCenter types.. then an ESPN2 type.. then an ESPNews type..

Rich Eisen telling the "Bea Arthur joke".. An Internet-only classic that will NEVER die...

The callers were unbelievable... "Smart and funny" was what Tony wanted..

Steve the Syncophant, from DC... "Tony my leige..."

Sheldon and his ridiculous Joke of the Day..

"Affirmation"... Only loyal listeners will know this reference... I called in with an "affirmation" story that pleased Tony to no end after Bob Haldeman, or John Ehrlichman, died..

The witness protection guy from Syracuse who supposedly was a janitor at the Post-Standard... the creator of the 'Castro Convertable' reference... (Itself a riff off an athlete that told Tony to hold on because 'someone was at the door delivering a couch...')



I'm likely just whistling in the dark here, but if any of you heard the show, you're laughing thinking about. The greatest free 3 hours evah....

OOOOOOOOO

The "Fantasy Head Draft" was the greatest concept in sports radio history. Mr. Tony over the dull, pompous Dan Patrick by open lengths.