The Dan Patrick Show
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| Genre | Sports talk |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Country |  USA |
| Home station | ESPN Radio (1999-) |
| Starring | Dan Patrick, Phil "The Showkiller", Keith Olbermann |
| Air dates | September 13, 1999 – Present |
| Website | The Dan Patrick Show |
The Dan Patrick Show is a syndicated sports talk show that is hosted by SportsCenter personality Dan Patrick and broadcast on ESPN Radio in Bristol, Connecticut during most of the year and New York, New York during the NBA season. The show debuted on September 13, 1999 and is heard weekdays from 1 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET. It is often viewed as the signature program on ESPN Radio, because of Patrick's high profile at ESPN/ABC and his ability to attract well-known and popular guests.
The ESPN Radio SportsCenter anchor is long time ESPN Radio personality Dan Davis. A regular fill in for Patrick is Jason Smith, who is the host of AllNight with Jason Smith which is also on ESPN Radio. From 1999 till 2004 the co-host of the show was former closer for the Cincinnati Reds 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 has since moved to The Best Damn Sports Show Period on FSN and weekends on Fox Sports Radio.
Currently, during the 2 p.m. ET hour The Big Show returns as Patrick reunites with long time SportsCenter co-anchor Keith Olbermann. Olbermann appeared in 2004 and 2005 on just Fridays, but since late 2005 he has been appearing five days a week. The show often broadcasts live at the Super Bowl site during the week before the big game and during ESPN The Weekend at Orlando, Florida. He also previews what's coming up on the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, while Olbermann previews what's coming up on his show, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
The producer of the show is Phil "The Showkiller" Ceppaglia, earning that nickname when working for the Tony Kornheiser Show. He inadvertently gave Kornheiser the wrong name of the caller, prompting Kornheiser to say that he was killing his show; the nickname stuck ever since. Ceppaglia is also often made fun by Patrick about the time he hung up on Bill Clinton while working on The Dan Patrick Show.
Every Monday of the show, Patrick gives out his award for The Homer Call Play of the Week. The winners usually go to the certain teams radio network broadcaster or broadcasters. Voting is online at the ESPN Radio website. However, this idea was stolen from BaD Radio with Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell on KTCK 1310 The Ticket, a popular Dallas radio station (see http://sturminator.blogspot.com/2005/05/wrestling-away-series.html).
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[edit] Guests
Dan Patrick in the past has attracted some of the biggest news making guests on his show including Mike Davis after announcing his resignation as head coach at Indiana, David Stern after he announced the new NBA dress code, and Mike Sherman after being fired from the Green Bay Packers. Frequently, non sports celebrities appear on the show, including Jay Z, Drew Carey and Usher. Some of the weekly guests include Reggie Miller, Michael Irvin, Rick Reilly, Sean Salisbury, Peter King, Charles Barkley and Peter Gammons.
Patrick is also known for getting the most out of his guests, including making bets with them and sometimes getting personal. For example, in January 2006, Kurt Warner, quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL, was a guest on the show. Their bet was that if Warner gets 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. Nelly said the St. Louis Rams would win the Super Bowl in 2007, and Dan had the field. If Dan won, he got to name a song on Nelly's next CD, and, if Nelly won, Dan had to appear in one of Nelly's music videos.
[edit] Sound Effects and Sound Bites
[edit] Height, Weight, GONG!
Callers speak their height and weight followed by the sound effect of a boxing ring gong (bell). When Rob Dibble was a co-host, he was going through a workout to lose weight and build muscles. He would report his height and weight frequently. At some point, the amplified bell sound was used every time Rob would say his height and weight. Eventually, callers would give their height and weight as well, just to get the gong. Even though Rob has left the show, letter writers and callers sometimes still give their statistics, followed by the gong. Sometimes producer Phil Ceppaglia (known as "Phil the Showkiller") will comment with "beefy!" or "FAT!" following the gong for callers judged particularly out-of-proportion.
[edit] DING!
During baseball season, Phil the Showkiller may barge in with a clip of Gilbert Gottfried shouting, "DING!!!!" right while Dan might be speaking. This means that a home run has been hit in one of the day games. A grand slam is denoted by a clip of country singer Faith Hill singing, "Ba-da-ba-da-ding-ding."
On May 11, 2006, a Barry Bonds "Home Run Bell", for every Barry home run during day games, was introduced by Phil "The Showkiller". The bell is the above mentioned Gottfried clip drastically slowed down.
Keith Olbermann quoting on the Barry Bonds Bell, "It sounds like something got stuck in the tape player."
[edit] Interview clips
Some regularly used sound bites are often played from infamous interviews and sometimes contain interesting examples of malapropisms:
- Anna Benson, wife of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kris Benson, told Dan, "I have huge breasteses!"
- Skater turned professional boxer Tonya Harding told Dan in 2004, "I refuse to make a skeptical of my boxing career."
- NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas opened an interview saying "Hello Loser." Referring to how he annually defeats Dan for the Sports Emmy for "Best In Studio Host."
- New York Knicks 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!"
- Olbermann and Patrick bickering, "My show, my show, my show!" in the vein of "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha" from the Brady Bunch
- Patrick using the phrase "Saving the democracy" to refer to Olbermann's work on Countdown.
- Short partial clip of Carl Lewis singing the national anthem.
- Clip of boxer Tommy Morrison ending his interview by saying "I'm going to praise the Lord all the way to the Bank"
