Well not really, but since the Mets didn’t make the post-season I need another diversion in my life.
(As an aside: click the Obsession image to see other smoking hot ads in that series. Talk about en fuego ….)
hawaii wrote in The New Dan Patrick Show: OK, so here’s what I think …:
You make some excellent points. I miss the humorous bumpers greatly, but I suppose they will take time to recreate as he gets more tape for repeating guest. He has a lot of music but sometimes they play an entire song in the background and it makes it hard to hear Dan talk. I wish they would do large song snippets as bumpers right now.
I think he will develop a standard daily guest list as time goes on. He should defintiely look for people that have a unique view and a sense of humor. Rick Reilly can’t be the only funny sports columinst out there. I think you are completely correct that he could develope a new talent by finding a sports columnist and giving them air time. There was one very interesting radio show guy from Dallas who had a lot to say on Terrell Owens last year who is older and funny and I think he would be great.
And anything that includes Lou - even on radio - would defintiely be a plus. Maybe he can bark once if he agrees and twice if he doesn’t? Or eat the scores he dislikes?
Great review Evil.
Thanks. The analysis is a bit obsessive (I have pages and pages of material that I pared down to that post; are we the only nutzoids complaining about how the show plays into and out of commercial breaks?) but I guess that’s what being a fan is all about.
And I would have looked really smart if I had elaborated in the section on Content. I made a list of topics that DP could touch on and a couple I jotted down were “business angle” and “media critics,” and lo and behold he had Darren Rovell of CNBC and Richard Sandomir of the New York Times on Thursday’s show to talk about those very things. When I considered media critics I wondered if DP would have the guts to invite guests who criticize his industry; props to him for having Sandomir on. Amusing to hear Sandomir criticize ESPN, specifically how Chris Berman would not fit in covering The Masters ( … a tradition unlike any other — said in my best Jim Nantz voice).
Interesting that in week three of his new incarnation DP began mentioning his ex, the Worldwide Leader. He complained about their strategy of using focus groups to determine the content of their programming (the example given was the decision to remove Joe Theismann from “Monday Night Football.”) He also mentioned watching “SportsCenter” the other day, and it sounded like he had it on during his broadcast; I think this was when he made the comment about Kirk Herbstreit having a tan behind his ears.
The news about Reilly moving to ESPN was a surprise. My reaction when I saw it on the Times site Friday night was an anguished “Oh, man ….” I know there’s no salary cap in the media biz, but getting DP’s salary off the books may have helped ESPN make a very nice offer to Reilly. I’m hoping Reilly has enough clout to demand the freedom to appear on DP’s show.
Dan’s partnership with Sports Illustrated could mean good things; we’ll see what happens. I grew up with the hardcopy SI, but have never really gotten into the online version. The site is cluttered. Not like ESPN.com isn’t, but to me ESPN’s site has a better look. I went over to SI.com the other night and found some of the same gunk that people criticize ESPN for, e.g., “Extra Mustard,” SI’s version of ESPN’s “Page Three” where they put a Hollywood spin to sports. Me, I like my sports straight up. But with DP joining SI I will be going over to SI.com a lot more. SI used to require a subscription to access its premium content (“SI Exclusive” stuff), a là ESPN’s “Insider.” But I don’t see that designation anywhere on their Web site now, so maybe they don’t have that anymore. I wasn’t aware that SI had a digital division, but I’m glad that DP’s show will be migrated over there. I hope it improves the quality of the archives, which is apparently low on the KLAC To-Do List.
To wit:
- On 10.17.07 DP hyped a segment on “The Worst Lyricist in the World” which I was looking forward to only to find the entire segment edited out of the archive. I knew something was fishy when I downloaded the segment (hour #2 that day) and it was only about 27 minutes long. Most of the downloads run about 40 minutes. (If you listen to hour #1 from the 17 October show you can hear DP singing to himself before the show opens. Warming up those velvety vocal chords? Pretty funny ….)
- In KLAC’s extremely non-descriptive notes on each archived segment, Tony La Russa is “Tony LaRusso.” Oy. I’m pretty anal about spelling and grammar, but that’s just me and don’t expect others to feel similarly. But — geez Louise — it looks really cheesy when a business fails to project a professional image. And in this regard, spelling counts. It’s like Amateur Hour over there. I hope DP gets better technical support when he moves over to SI.com.
- The archive notes could be better. Right now they just mention the “stars:” athletes, coaches, and entertainment industry people. I’d prefer that it also list the writers and reporters who appear on the show, and not just the big name guys like Peter King and Rick Reilly. The other guys contribute to the show, too.
And besides the guys, can we be a bit more diverse and get a few women on the show once in a while? And not some quota deal to balance out the XX’s vs. the XY’s. but because they have interesting opinions and, sometimes, a different take on the sports news. DP (and other hosts) will bring on African American journalists like Shaun Powell and Jason Whitlock for their perspective on stories related to African American athletes. (1) Do black journalists ever get invited on national shows when a story is not about an African American athlete? and (2) Do we have to wait for a story on a female athlete (a real story, not one of those “Amanda Beard poses naked in Playboy” stories) before a female sports journalist is invited? Quite a few female journalists work for ESPN and ABC, and I suppose they are forbidden from appearing on DP’s new show. But off the top of my head I can think of Selena Roberts of the New York Times and Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post who are quite good and don’t have to adhere to ESPN’s No-DP edict.
Scoop wrote in The New Dan Patrick Show: I’m ready for my podcast now, Mr. Patrick.:
Know what just occurred to me today (don’t know why it took me so long for it to hit)? We’re never again going to hear some of those classic sound bites we always heard Phil the Showkiller pull out (and sometimes could predict he would pull out). Like Anna Benson saying “I have huge breastesses.” (And Dan replying dutifully, “I know you do.”) Or Tonya Harding telling Showkiller “I’m not going to make a skeptical out of my career.” Or some of the classic Dan-and-Keith banter that was saved and rerun as sound bites on later shows.
It all belongs to ESPN now, so it’s gone.
And I really miss that.
I noticed that Dan has used the Mickey Rivers clip once or twice on the new show. I believe he used the Tonya Harding clip a while back as well. And Maurice Jones-Drew gave his height and weight and got the Bill’s Khakis gong when he was on the air with DP last week.
Has DP uttered “en fuego” since he began the new show? Does ESPN own the rights to the phrase? If not, maybe Dan can get this company to sponsor the show. DP is so en fuego that he needs flame-resistant clothing!
