The Dan Patrick Show is a syndicated sports talk show hosted by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick. It is currently produced by the "Content Factory" and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. The show broadcasts live every day from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Pacific time and is simulcast from 7 to 9 Pacific on XM Satellite Radio's XM Sports Nation. It had previously aired for eight years on ESPN Radio.
Guests
Patrick has attracted high-profile guests to his show including Mike Davis after announcing his resignation as head coach at Indiana, NBA commissioner David Stern after he announced the league's new dress code, and Mike Sherman after being fired from the Green Bay Packers. Non-sports celebrities often appear on the show, and in the past have included Jay Z, Drew Carey and Usher. The current incarnation of The Dan Patrick Show has seen such guests as soccer star David Beckham, US Senator John McCain, actors Matt Damon and George Clooney, NFL quarterback Brett Favre, and Olympic swimmers Dara Torres and Michael Phelps.
Current regular guests include athletes Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, and John Smoltz; Sports Illustrated writers Peter King, Austin Murphy, and Tom Verducci; and sportscasters Bob Costas and Rich Eisen.
Patrick is known for his wry, irreverent interviews, often asking humorous hypothetical questions and occasionally making bets with them. For example, in January 2006, Patrick made a bet with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, where if Warner got the Cardinals to the Super Bowl by 2008, then Patrick would personally campaign for Warner to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Another bet Patrick made was with the rap star Nelly, where Nelly said the St. Louis Rams would win the Super Bowl in 2007, while Patrick had the field. If Patrick won, he would get to name a song on Nelly's next album, and, if Nelly won, Patrick would have to appear in one of Nelly's music videos.
ESPN Radio
The show was broadcast on ESPN Radio from 1999 to 2007; broadcasts originated in Bristol, Connecticut during most of the year and from New York, New York during the NBA season. The show debuted on September 13, 1999 and was heard weekdays from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET. It was often viewed as the signature program on ESPN Radio at the time, primarily because of Patrick's high profile at ESPN/ABC and his ability to attract well-known and popular guests.
The show often broadcast live at the Super Bowl site during the week before the big game and during ESPN The Weekend at Orlando, Florida.
Supporting cast
The ESPN Radio SportsCenter anchor was long-time ESPN Radio personality Dan Davis. From 1999 to 2004 the show as co-hosted by former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Rob Dibble. During this time, ESPN NFL analyst Sean Salisbury was a regular third-man-in on the show, though he was never given the title of co-host. Dibble left the show and went on to co-host The Best Damn Sports Show Period on FSN and weekends on Fox Sports Radio.
The show's producers were Ray Necci and Phil "The Showkiller" Ceppaglia. The latter earned the nickname while working for ESPN Radio's Tony Kornheiser Show. After inadvertently giving Kornheiser the wrong name of a caller, Kornheiser was prompted to say that he was killing his show and the nickname stuck. Ceppaglia was also often made fun of by Patrick about the time he inadvertently hung up on former president Bill Clinton while working on Patrick's show.
During the 2 p.m. ET hour, Patrick was reunited with long-time SportsCenter co-anchor Keith Olbermann, marking the latter's return to ESPN since his abrupt departure from the company in 1997. Olbermann appeared in 2004 and 2005 every Friday, then appeared daily starting in late 2005. Patrick would also preview what was coming up on the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, while Olbermann previewed what was coming up on his MSNBC show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann. This hour was dubbed "The Big Show," the nickname previously given by the duo for their SportsCenter broadcasts.
Departure
On July 9, 2007, Patrick announced that he was leaving ESPN and its radio properties on amicable terms. The last live edition of the Dan Patrick Show aired on August 17 of that year. However, earlier on July 12, the Chicago Sun-Times had reported that Patrick would continue in radio and launch a new nationally syndicated program via Chicago-based Content Factory.[1] From the date of that announcement, Patrick did not appear as host of that timeslot, which was referred to by guest hosts as simply "ESPN Radio." ESPN announced Patrick would remain off-air from ESPN Radio until August 13th for his week-long farewell. He actually returned on August 15th, and finished his final three broadcasts as his "Farewell for Now Tour" shows. During his final shows, clips from memorable interviews were played during the bumper music before each segment, and Dan encouraged listeners to visit his website (www.danpatrick.com) in order to keep up with him in the future. He signed off from his final show by thanking everyone involved with it as well as those who supported him throughout his TV work at ESPN. His concluding remarks were simply, "With that said, thank you. Goodbye... for now."[2]
Guests who appeared on his final show included Bob Costas, MLB outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., former NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice, former quarterback Joe Montana, and actor Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy.
Premiere Radio
The Dan Patrick Show returned to the air on October 1, 2007; the show is now produced by the Content Factory, while national sales and syndication is handled by Premiere Radio Networks. The program initially began on outlets owned by Clear Channel, but has since expanded to many more stations across the United States, both live and tape-delayed depending on the market. The show can also be heard on XM 144 and online at www.danpatrick.com. The show's web site is hosted by Sports Illustrated, for which Patrick serves as a senior writer.
Patrick is joined on the air by producers Paul Pabst ("Paulie") and Patrick "Seton" O'Connor, talent coordinator Todd Fritz ("Fritzie"), and official show blogger Andrew Perloff ("McLovin", nicknamed after his resemblance to the Superbad character). As he did during his ESPN tenure, Patrick regularly chats with his crew about sports, as well as current events, entertainment, and their personal lives.
Sound Effects and Routines
Homer Call Play of the Week
Every Monday during the ESPN broadcast, Patrick would give out his award for "The Homer Call Play of the Week," for instances where sports announcers would react over-enthusiastically to plays made by their team. Voting was done online at the ESPN Radio website.
Height/Weight Gong
Callers often start their calls by announcing their height and weight, which are then followed by the sound effect of a boxing ring gong (bell). At one point during Rob Dibble's tenure as co-host, he was going through a workout to lose weight and build muscle, and would frequently report his height and current weight. After a while his updates would be followed by the bell sound. Eventually, callers would do likewise just to get the gong, and this continued even after Dibble's departure from the show. Producer Phil "The Showkiller" Ceppaglia would sometimes comment with "beefy!" or "FAT!" for callers judged particularly out-of-proportion. In 2008, Dan himself was gonged when he compared his 6'3" height to David Letterman's 6'2" following an appearance on Letterman's show.
Home Run "DING!"
On the ESPN show, during baseball season, Ceppaglia would barge in with a clip of Gilbert Gottfried shouting, "DING!!!!", which indicated that a home run was hit in one of the day games. A grand slam was denoted by a clip of country singer Faith Hill singing, "Ba-da-ba-da-ding-ding." On May 11, 2006, a bell used exclusively for Barry Bonds home runs was introduced by Ceppaglia, and consisted of the Gottfried clip drastically slowed down. Keith Olbermann once said of this version, "It sounds like something got stuck in the tape player."
Interview clips
Patrick has had a number of infamous interviews from which sound bites would be replayed, some containing interesting examples of malapropisms:
- Anna Benson, then-wife of former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kris Benson, told Patrick, "I have huge breasteses!"
- Olympic skater-turned-professional boxer Tonya Harding told Patrick in 2004, "I refuse to make a skeptical of my boxing career."
- An irritated Harding said to Patrick before passing the phone to her promoter, "Hold on a second, Paul wants to talk to you."
- NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas opened an interview saying "Hello, loser," referring to how he would annually defeat Patrick for the Sports Emmy for "Best In-Studio Host."
- Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski in a press conference with a nasally voice saying, "I love Duke."
- Houston Rockets guard Steve Francis saying "nice" at the end of an interview instead of a traditional farewell phrase.
- Patrick saying, "I'm pathetic."
- Olbermann saying, "Oh, Alex!" referring to MLB third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
- Olbermann and Patrick bickering, "My show, my show, my show!" in the vein of the "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" line from the Brady Bunch.
- Patrick using the phrase "Saving the democracy" to refer to Olbermann's work on his political analysis show Countdown.
- Partial clip of Carl Lewis botching the national anthem.
- Boxer Tommy Morrison ending his interview by saying, "I'm going to praise God all the way to the bank."
- NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens saying, " I love me some me."
- NBA center Shaquille O'Neal during the 2006 NBA Finals saying, "Dan Patrick, shut the hell up."
- Former NBA guard Reggie Miller saying during an NBA broadcast, "With a full steam of head."
External links
References
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