Archive for June, 2006
A “best of” Dan LeBatard show sounds impossible, because we really don’t do anything good on the show. But, we’re going to try and pull it off this Tuesday on July 4th. Since it’s a holiday, we’re not going to work… but we’re going to play back some of our “top” moments and interviews. Some of the bits that I’m planning on playing include:
The Cecil Collins interview, 10 questions with Scottie Pippen, the spelling bee, the interview we did with Tony Kornheiser after he got the Monday Night Football job, our terrible interview with Chuck Norris, and some others.
If you have any “top” moments that you want played back this Tuesday, please post them here and I’ll see if we can fit it into the show.
June 28th, 2006
Hey, it’s Hoch here on the wildly popular Dan LeBatard Show blog. Apparently I’m really bad at writing blogs, or I’m not getting the concept. My last blog generated a total of ONE response. ONE. If that’s going to be the case, then I’ll just e-mail my thoughts to the one guy (Roy) and not bother posting any thoughts here.
Perhaps I’m not doing this the right way. I think I might need to ask a controversial question to generate some postings. So here’s my ”Blog Question!”
What are your thoughts on Dwyane Wade constantly complaining about being injured? Is he a faker? Should he be suspended?
OK… Now that should generate some responses. Have at it.
June 20th, 2006
Wednesday we did the show live from Jeff Conines Clubhouse Grill in Hollywood, and joining Dan and Stugotz in the 6pm hour were Glen Rice, Tim Hardaway, and via phone Steve Smith. Pretty cool to get some former Miami Heat players together to talk about the Finals and about old times.
Earlier on Wednesday’s show, before our Heat roundtable discussion, we also had on: John Crotty, Dontrelle Willis, and the number 1 Heat fan from South Florida- Trick Daddy. I don’t normally say good things about our show, but Wednesday was pretty damn strong. That’s six good guests in one hour: Tim Hardaway, Glen Rice, Steve Smith, John Crotty, Dontrelle Willis, and Trick Daddy. I defy Jim Mandich to get six quality guests like that in one year.
If you didn’t listen to the Heat roundtable it’s available to listen to right here on the website. Go back to the home page, and it’s some of the featured audio. It’s worth listening to. All three guys were really forthcoming with all their answers. We’re definitely going to have those guys back on the air with us.
But… as good as Tim Hardaway, Glen Rice, and Steve Smith were on the air, NO ONE topped Trick Daddy on Wednesday. Trick Daddy told us that he thinks Dirk Nowitzki needs to improve his hygiene! That’s right… Trick Daddy called out Dirk on his hygiene, and said that Nowitzki looks as if he smells as bad as the Miami-Dade County holding cell. That’s gotta be a pretty bad odor. Big props to Trick Daddy for helping us break down the Finals like that.
Hopefully the next live broadcast we do will be from the Miami Heat celebratory parade in Miami after they win the Finals. I just jinxed the Heat. My bad.
June 15th, 2006
So the Miami Heat are playing for the NBA Championship! This gives us an opportunity to do some of the great radio that the Dan LeBatard Show is known for. We had a number of great guests this week join us to talk about the NBA Finals.
Here is my award list for this week’s guests:
Honorable mentions: Scottie Pippen, Hubie Brown, Mark Cuban, Tony Kornheiser, Dontrelle Willis, Bob Ryan, and Max Kellerman.
Sure, the above guests were good… but here are the top 3 guests from the week:
Bronze: Marc Stein from ESPN.Com
Silver: Detlef Schrempf from Germany
Gold: Natalie Marshall from DavidHasselhoffonline.com
That’s right. We had the president of the David Hasselhoff Fan Club on the air this week.
No one can break down the NBA Finals quite like us. The award for biggest coward of the week goes to ME. That’s right, I’ll admit it. I’m a coward. We had Hubie Brown on the air for an interview and he was long winded and boring. He was the perfect candidate for a Suey. (For those new listeners, a suey is a sound we play during an interview to let the listeners know that we know an interview is boring.) I didn’t suey him for some reason, and I’m not certain why. And now I’m filled with shame. As Dan said on the air, I completely ruined the credibility of the suey. And for that, I am truly sorry. I am now going to go to my room and cry.
June 9th, 2006
Ahhhh, The Dan LeBatard Show. What can I write in a blog that accurately describes this train wreck of a show? My best suggestion is to listen each day from 4-7pm so you can be exposed to the idiocy that is this show. We’re a “sports talk” program, but we try not to talk too much sports. I mean, how much sports can one talk? That’s why we try to shake things up a little. I guarantee you, ours is the only show where you’ll hear interviews with the manager of Lums Restaurant or Jake “The Snake” Roberts. You want to hear boring crappy call after boring crappy call? Go listen to Jim Mandich. If you want to hear Hulk Hogan asked if he ever exchanged match results for gay sex, then you’re in the right place.
We’ll try and update this blog about once a week, so make sure you check back. We’ll try to maintain this blog with the same lousy effort we use to put together the show. So it’s really not going to get any better.
June 5th, 2006
