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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....
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Just seeing this now because although Dan is okay on the radio (better with Keith from 2-3) Mr Tony is a unique experience that is the definition of "grows on you with time" When I came to Washington in the early 90's Mr Tony had his TEAM show on in the 9-11 spot with Andy Polly and the cast .....There is noo better spontaneous entertainment anywhere than a Mr Tony rant on current events of the day.
Whether it was Stump the Band or Junior and Tony fighting like dog brothers. Mr Tony is lightyears ahead of Dan.
How can you not love a sports show with a ban on athletes or the "classic" Recipes for barbecue chicken.......
It's okay if your golden moment is "Twitching little freaks" from the spelling bee of the last year but Mr Tony radio is must listening...
Just like "I am back for more cash" A title of a tony book......A fortune would be made if Kevin Stanfield or Andy Polly or whomever put together a collection of podcasts or CD's of the shows from the 90's.....It could be nothing more than ......."Classic"
Tony would love DT......it's the same humor and he has a horse racing itch as he has Andy Beyer on every year.