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The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz

Dan LeBatard with "Stugotz"
Genre Sports talk
Running time 4 hours
Country Flag of the United States United States
Languages English
Home station 790 The Ticket (WAXY)
Starring Dan LeBatard, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, Marc “Hoch” Hochman
Announcer The Big Voice
Producers Andy King (September 2004-February 2007), Mike Ryan (February 2007-Present)
Executive producers Marc “Hoch” Hochman
Recording studio Miami, Florida
Air dates September 1, 2004 to present
Opening theme A montage of show sounds
Ending theme A separate montage of guests saying “Thank you for having me on the program,” as well as other sounds
Website
www.790theticket.com

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz is a sports talk radio show hosted by Dan Le Batard and Jon "Stugotz" Weiner and broadcast on 790 The Ticket from Miami, Florida. The show is heard Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. ET until 7 p.m. ET. The show purports to feature commentary on the day's sports news, perspective on other news stories, interviews with sports analysts and sports figures, as well as a generous blend of pop culture and listener interaction, but is in reality a lengthy collection of songs about mustaches (referred on the show as Wann-staches, in honor of former Miami Dolphins head-coach Dave Wannstedt).

Le Batard and Stugotz are often joined on-air by executive producer Marc Hochman. The 790 the Ticket “SportsFlash” updates during the show are performed by Brandon Guzio. The hosts are known for their self-deprecating humor, which carries over onto the show through running jokes.

Contents

[edit] Regular guests

[edit] Segments

  • Limited Fakes – Listeners often call in to give their own attempt at a speaking or singing impersonation of an athlete or celebrity. Prominent fakes include Fake Pavarotti[1], Fake Charles Bronson, Fake Howard Schnellenberger (also known as Howard Schnellenfraud)[2], Fake Dusty Rhodes, and Fake Frank Deford (or Frank Defraud)[3]. Fakes who aren't as talented are referred to as "limited".
  • The MindBender – “Lebo” joins the cast to give his brother Dan, Stugotz, and Hoc two mindbenders. The upper mindbender forces them to choose between two fantastic choices, while the downer mindbender requires them to select one of two dreadful alternatives. Past mindbenders include:
    • Uppers
      • Would you rather have a successful reality show based on your life for 10 years, or have a national holiday in your honor?
    • Downers
      • Would you rather have your best friend feel you betrayed him forever without being able to explain it, or give all your earthly possessions to charity?[4]
      • Would you rather stand in a pile of red ants for one minute, or swim into the ocean a quarter mile out and a quarter mile back at night?
      • Would you rather spend a month homeless and penniless in an unfamiliar city, or spend one month's worth of your nights sleeping in a closed coffin?
  • 10 Questions – Dan asks a guest, usually a coach or athlete, a combination of ten serious and asinine questions. 10 Questions participants have included:

[edit] Controversies

  • Tim Hardaway's Homophobic Comments

On, February 14th, the week of the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, former Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway appeared on the show.

“Hardaway was a guest of Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard on Miami sports radio station WAXY-AM and was asked how he would deal with a gay teammate. When asked if he would accept an active player's coming out, such as that of retired NBA center John Amaechi, Hardaway replied: ‘First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team.’

Hardaway continued, ‘You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known,’ Hardaway said. ‘I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States.’

NBA commissioner David Stern, upon learning of the remarks Wednesday, banished Hardaway from All-Star weekend in Las Vegas.” [1]

  • David Samson’s Criticism of Ichiro Suzuki’s $100 Million Contract

On July 11th, 2007, Florida Marlins team president David Samson was featured on the show as he often is. When told by Dan about the report of Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki signing a 5-year, $100 million dollar contract, Samson was in a state of disbelief. He went on to say that no player in baseball was worthy of that amount and that this deal would surely return the league to the days of ridiculous contracts, surely ruining the sport.

The next day, Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe appeared on the show to share opinion on the matter. He began by asking if Samson had just entered baseball yesterday. He then went on to criticize both Samson and the Florida Marlins franchise, while calling the deal as one of a well-managed franchise. [2] [3]


  • Jay Bilas Dodges Racial Questions

[edit] Awards

[edit] Running gags/Inside jokes/Trivia

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  • Suey - The "Suey" is named after a term Luther Campbell used to describe a rap record by basketball star Kobe Bryant. Campbell called it worse than garbage, worse than sewage...suey. There is a suey montage, which consists of an initial "suey" then a slew of other past show sounds, lasting 15 seconds or more in duration.
  • Wann-stache - The "Wann-stache" is a reference to the facial hair of former Miami Dolphins head-coach Dave Wannstedt. There are many instances where Le Batard asks callers for symbols related to the Wann-stache. For example, in January 2008 with the Dolphins' hiring of Tony Sparano, callers were asked to to name Sparano's facial hair. The resulting calls were disastrous.
  • Call-in Policy - Dan insists that callers do not begin their calls with a pleasantry(such as "What's Up?" or "How Are You?"). Violators will have their call immediately dropped and followed by the Suey montage. Stugotz is known to fail to enforce this rule when Dan is out-of-studio. This policy has been criticized as contributing to the rude-South-Floridian situation in the area.
  • Violent Sneezers - Dan recalled the story of former relief pitcher Goose Gossage throwing out his back while sneezing. He then challenged the callers to name others in the world of sports that seem as if they would do the same. Dusty Rhodes seemed to be the only clear-cut consensus among Dan and the listeners. Mixed with popular songs, including House of Pain's Jump Around, was a sound bite of Fake Dusty Rhodes proclaiming with his trademark lisp and Southern accent, "I'm a violent sneeza!"[5]
  • Stugotz Fill-in - As an employee of ESPN, it is often the case that Dan has to guest host the show Pardon the Interruption. When he does, Stugotz takes a leading role. No longer emasculated by the presence of Dan's bullying, Stugotz (who is also the station manager) often seems angry with the listeners.
  • Stugotz Suffers from ranidaphobia which is the fear of frogs, and he is also known to "swallow his H's" (i.e. he would pronounce "head" like "ed").
  • Stugotz At one time was the producer of the now defunct "Hank Goldberg Show" on 560 WQAM. Hank (The Hammer) Goldberg has segments on ESPN and ABC where he analyzes the odds for football games and horse races and makes predictions based on them.
  • Marc Hochman (Producer) Marc is a fan of reality shows and often blogs about them to the dismay of many of his frequent posters. The frequent posters at Marc’s blog are referred to as “Hochamaniacs”. They include, King of Loserville, sandeel, KNICKS FAN, hoops and Hassenpfeffer.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ ESPN.COM Retired NBA star Hardaway says he hates 'gay people' Updated 2007-02-16, retrieved 2007-07-12
  2. ^ 790 the Ticket David Samson's interview on July 11th Updated 2007-07-11, retrieved 2007-07-12
  3. ^ 790 the Ticket Bob Ryan's response to Samson's remarks Updated 2007-07-12, retrieved 2007-07-12