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[SimoneS]

Great seeing the guys today. What was up with Tony and the "send Kit Kats."

[mtvcdm]

Oh, they got a bunch of new sponsors, and Tony was just running them through their paces today. He did the same thing with the MSN butterfly. Maybe he'll do Guinness tomorrow. ("Wilbon, I'm gonna whup you again in Toss-Up. Why? Because I'm BRILLIANT!")

[silentbob]

The Good: Upgrading from Smirnoff Ice to Guinness as the main sponsor. Brilliant!

The Bad: Giving the "Mail Time" segment its own sponsor (the evil MSN).

The Ugly: Tony's alleged resolution to refrain from any more Beano Cook comments.

(Mike's Muhammad Ali impression was funny, though)

[SimoneS]

I cracked up when Wilbon did his Muhammed Ali's impression also. I'm such an Ali fan.

[JohnConstantine]

hee. The boys came back from vacation rested and ready to rumble, huh? (though I admit, I ff'd the entire Packers segment; I was in no mood to listen to a Favre blowjob)

I was a little surprised that 5 Good Minutes was devoted to football instead of Pete "I'm a Lying Gambin' Fool" Rose, though.

Still. Good stuff. Especially Tony admitting that he was a dope! hee.

[silentbob]

I was in no mood to listen to a Favre blowjob

Me neither. If I hear the folks at ESPN, FOX, et. al. use the word "destiny" one more time...

I am also glad that Tony and Mike spent relatively little time on Pete Rose yesterday. He's probably the worst famewhore in sports, even worse than Dennis Rodman.

[GooberPyle]

Well, if the show's on this afternoon, it'll pretty much be wall-to-wall Joe Gibbs coverage. They had a bomb scare in the building, though, so there may not be a show at all.

[SimoneS]

Yeah, I heard that the building was evacuated. Hopefully, they were able to get back in on time to shot the show or able set something up with the local ABC affliate.

Edited by SimoneS, Jan 7, 2004 @ 2:22 PM.

[erik316wttn]

Is Around the Horn taped in DC too?

[GooberPyle]

I'm pretty sure ATH is taped at the same place as PTI.

[SpchProf]

I realize this post comes a few days late, but had to comment on Tony and Mike's comments about USC and the BCS. When are these two going to figure out that the BCS already looked at the "win your conference to play for the national championship" argument? After the Colorado-Nebraska fiasco a few years ago, the BCS looked at this argument and knew they couldn't do it since not every conference played for a conference championship. I was SOOOO waiting for Stat Boy to point this out in errors, but it didn't happen.

PTI and Around the Horn are taped in the same studio - you can tell on the days when Stat Boy appears on ATH - he's usually wearing the same outfit.

Edited by SpchProf, Jan 7, 2004 @ 7:46 PM.

[silentbob]

Does anyone know if "F" is Donovan McNabb's actual middle initial? The way Tony said "Yao F. Ming" yesterday makes me suspect that "F" is merely a letter that he uses generically on the show.

[pokey camp]

Nah, it isn't. I actually looked that up the other day out of curiosity and his middle name is something like Jamal... Hold on... I'll check...

Yup. It's Jamal.

Edited by pokey camp, Jan 8, 2004 @ 10:59 AM.

[Da23rdBuchan]

Nice call silentbob. I heard the "Yao F. Ming" and actually started to think what F might be.

[SimoneS]

Thank goodness for TWOP's smart people because I actually thought that Donovan's middle initial was "F." I'm a bit worried that I am beginning to live in the scewy world of Tony Kornheiser.

[pokey camp]

Nice call silentbob. I heard the "Yao F. Ming" and actually started to think what F might be.

Feng Shui?

[BassetHound]

I was in no mood to listen to a Favre blowjob

Me neither. If I hear the folks at ESPN, FOX, et. al. use the word "destiny" one more time...

Word. I am so sick of the constant hype and backstories around games. The game is enough. Yes, it is sad that Farve's Dad died. Does that mean we have to see 7-10 camera shots of Farve's wife every game? The Packers barely made the stinking playoffs, and would not have made it if the Vikings didn't lay an egg against Arizona. They also played an easy schedule (Bears twice, Lions twice, Arizona once). Why does everyone think they are so f'ing great?

[JohnConstantine]

Hee. the "F" thing amuses the crap out of me. There's a reason it's F and not some other letter, but for the life of me, I can't recall why.

I like it when Tony and Mike toss in carryovers like that. Like when they suddenly break into an imitation of Herman Edwards, "Hello?!? You PLAY to WIN the GAME!!!" hee.

and I am deeply sick of all the Favre crap-o-rama. And as a believer in conspiracy theories, I have to wonder if the NFL might have made certain suggestions to the refs in AZ that it would be best for all concerned if the Vikings lost. after all, the final TD wasn't caught in bounds. It was ruled a TD only because the ref declared it a force-out (a non-reviewable call); the player never got his feet in bounds. (where was Tony screaming about a conspiracy about that!? right up his alley, I'm tellin' ya.)

[Mamalita]

Re: Donovan F. McNabb, Yao F. Ming:

Tony is being polite with the F; it stands for the f-word. The expression is sort of a grudging acknowledgment of the talent/skill of the opposition, i.e. Saints fans saying, "Michael F------ Vick!" after he's just run for a touchdown or whatever. So since Wilbon is such a huge McNabb fan, Tony calls McNabb that in part just to tease Mike. Tony also predicted that Yao would be a total flop in the NBA, but he was pretty good, last year anyway, so Yao F. Ming. You'll never hear Tony talking about, Tom F. Brady, for instance, because he's been impressed with Brady for awhile.

[pokey camp]

So you're saying it really doesn't stand for feug shui? Total. Bummer.

No really, Mamalita thanks. It all makes sense now.

[morecowbell]

I was kinda surprised they didn't talk more about Tug McGraw. Isn't Tony a New York guy? Jeez.

[GooberPyle]

I was kinda surprised they didn't talk more about Tug McGraw. Isn't Tony a New York guy? Jeez.

This is gonna sound awful, but Tug McGraw just picked the wrong week to die. He wasn't even the biggest newsmaker on the '80 Phillies' WS Championship team. Not only did Pete Rose upstage Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor' HoF inductions, he pushed his old teammate's death to the back pages. Besides, I think Tug was better known in recent years as Tim's dad, not as a once-decent relief pitcher.

Tony and Wilbon did give him a Happy Trails the other day, though.

[Gimme Stitches]

Should be an awesome show today, coming off of all those great playoff games. Hopefully, they'll extend Headlines to two segments if they have to.

And I'm guessing Mikey's gonna be pumped about his boy(and mine too) Donovan F! Mcnabb.

[Berm]

Somehow I hadn't made the connection between Clemens playing for the Astros and Clemens having to actually hit! I enjoyed the brief but gleeful discussion about who would be the first to plunk him.

[cheesesteak]

Whoa! Tony quoted Big Daddy Kane. You know something's fundamentally wrong with the universe when that happens. I didn't expect to hear the words ho's and balls on this show. Not that it's wrong; I just didn't expect to hear it.

[pithy]

Tony was too funny yesterday with the whole 'Humpty Dance' motif. It was so, so wrong, yet so, so funny.

[xaxat]

Did they actually explain the whole Donovan F McNabb thing? They said they were going to in the tease, but I missed the rest of the show.

[pokey camp]

I listened over the radio and no I don't think they mentioned it again.

But Tuesday on his radio show Tony actually did read an email from fan who helpfully pointed out that Donovan's middle name is actually Jamal so Wilbon should stop with the "F." business. Tony just laughed and went on to the next one. (It was doubly funny to me seeing how we just covered that here...)

[Doctor Funk]

I think we ALL know what the F stands for. Don't we?