Saturday, August 16, 2008

(Sniff) (Sniff) at the 3:02 mark



Few of you may know that Evil and I patterned our schtick after Mike and the Mad Dog the drive time hosts of a sports talk radio program on WFAN in NY. You should watch us in a bar, it's exactly like that, we laugh at our own jokes but not each other's. We are constantly trying to one up each other. It's all very sad and desperate.

Anyway they broke up and there was a huge media uproar. The final show on Friday included people crying (see above video at th 3:02 minute mark) and calls from the Governors of NY and NJ...

Links:
NY Times Coverage of the Break up
Newsday coverage of the break up

ESPN's The Sports Guy keeps a running log while watching Mike and the Mad Dog on the YES Network (2006)

New Yorker Profile on Mike and The Mad Dog (2004)