The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz
| Genre |
Sports talk |
| Running time |
4 hours |
| Country |
United States |
| Languages |
English |
| Home station |
790 The Ticket (WAXY) |
| Starring |
Dan LeBatard, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, Marc “Hoch” Hochman |
| Announcer |
The Big Voice |
| Producers |
Mike Ryan (February 2007-Present), Andy King (September 2004-February 2007) |
| Exec. producers |
Marc “Hoch” Hochman |
| Recording studio |
Miami, Florida |
| Air dates |
since September 1, 2004 |
| 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 features 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.
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 Alex Donno. The hosts are known for their self-deprecating humor, which carries over onto the show through running jokes.
Controversies
- Tim Hardaway's Homophobic Comments
On, February 14, 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 11, 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
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas was on the show on April 7, 2008 to discuss NBA Draft prospects. When Dan asked if race was a factor in drafting, specifically if Michael Beasley would be drafted as highly if he had the same numbers but were white(the discussion originated with Tyler Hansbrough's low draft projection despite his numbers). Bilas responded “this is stupid,” and proceeded to end the interview. [4]
- Michael Phelps calls Dan an Idiot
Michael Phelps appeared on the show shortly after the Beijing Olympics. After not liking Dan's line of questioning, Phelps abruptly ended the interview however did not properly hang up the phone. Phelps could then be heard in the background calling Dan an "idiot"[5]
Running gags/Inside jokes/Trivia
- 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. The suey has expanded into the Annual Suey Awards, usually hosted by one of Frank Caliendo's personas.
- 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 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!"[1]
- Samoans - After drafting Reagan Mauia, Paul Soliai, Samson Satele in the 2007 NFL Draft, Dan declared that the Miami Dolphins lead the league in Samoans.
- 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 "huge" like "yooj").
- 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. Goldberg is referred to as "Crank Oldberg" by Dan.
- 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.
- Roy's Top Ten - Roy Bellamy performs this list on a regular basis, and the humor of the segment is multi-faceted. Part of it is derived from Bellamy's sometime mangling of the delivery, part is the often uproarious laughter from Stugotz, but the underlying, veiled theme is that nine of the ten on the list is Afrocentric in nature, and the number one answer is always Caucasian in nature. Written by Hoch and Roy, the list is always subject to being misconstrued by a casual listener as racist, but the show's (and Le Batard's) racial color-blindness allows for a lot of latitude in this regard.
- Gonzalo "Gonzo" Le Batard - Le Batard often surreptitiously calls his father and records the conversation for fodder for the show. With a heavy Cuban accent, Le Batard's father laments the fates of Miami's sports teams, especially the Florida Marlins. "Gonzo" is aware that his son records their phone calls, but doesn't know when or which of their calls are being recorded. Prior to his father's knowledge of the recordings, Le Batard himself deemed the act as "felonious". Le Batard's baiting of his father about various disappointing aspects of the Miami sports scene always produces humorous results.
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