In today’s edition of The Dan Patrick Show: The show comes to you from the New York City (NYC) man cave. The traditional theme music is played with different city scenes featuring Dan and the four member entourage named the Danettes. The members of the Danettes will be discussed as time/space occur during the course of the blog. The Monday show is broadcast from a studio it shares with the Nick and Artie Show making travel more convenient for Dan and the Danettes living in the New York area. The studio on Monday morning is brighter than the N&A show and thus viewer friendly in the exploration of what’s new or what’s been moved or changed since the DP show was there last. Today’s addition - pumpkins. What did you notice?

Danettes in the NYC Man Cave
 

In the tease we get a view of the pre-show run down. Today’s view: The subject of overtime etiquette is in progress because of the Jets/Patriots game. Also injected is the effect overtime has in cutting into Football Night In America (FNIA on NBC), which Dan hosts along with colleagues Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison (in studio with Dan), Bob Costas, Hines Ward (at field commentators), Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth (game night play by play and analysis). How chaotic can it actually be sneaking peaks of the game in progress and waiting for your count down cue to air? I think I could handle it.

Dan, Tony and Rodney - FNIA

In the video open we are reminded of McLovin’s recent non-recognition from a parent at one of his daughter’s sandbox dates. McLovin at times comes off as the show’s diva who at times is tolerated by the rest of the show members until brought back down to earth by something as simple as reminding him that the guy at the sandbox didn’t really care he was on television. Would it bother you if you were on TV and not recognized? For me it would depend on if I was alone, with family, with someone I wanted to impress and what activity I was doing. No one really wants to be interrupted while they’re eating or going to the bathroom do they? This was something McLovin encountered at the Michigan/Michigan State game.

In the audio open we are given a compilation of Warren Sapp, NFL Network, telling Dan to touch his nose mixed with various sound effects, and bits and pieces from previous interviews worked into a hook that keeps you listening while the members of the broadcast are introduced: "The Boss" – Dan Patrick, Paul "Paulie" Pabst, Patrick "Seton" O’Connor, Todd "Fritzy" Fritz and Andrew "McLovin" Perloff.

Whoops!  On Friday, via Twitter, Paulie and The Box Score host, Casey Geraghty, both broke news that The Dan Patrick Show and the wrap up show, The Box Score were both going to be broadcast on the NBC Sports Network as an additional TV partner to the show. This big news was not ready for official press release and thus Paulie was given a gentle verbal reprimand that the news was only to be teased, not told a couple of times during the show. Dan learned of the tweets from a phone call from a higher up (NBC perhaps) and then needed to pull the reigns on the galloping horses running away from the barn. As Paulie says, the I Team is always on it. Would you have spilled the beans early? Oh so tempting to share great news.

The poll of the day, probably to be repeated on one of the Mothership’s (ESPN) television or radio shows asked: If you could only go to one event, front row seats, which would it be: Game 7 MLB Cardinals/Giants, the Monday night NFL game Lions/Bears, or the Presidential Debate. McLovin, usually the contrairian, chose debate while the others, although tempted by the NFL game chose game 7. What would be your choice? If it was game 7 with my team, game 7. The verbal back and forth that doesn’t make a difference on my vote, I’ll pass. By process of elimination, that puts me at the Lions/Bears game. Hopefully with enough things to keep me warm in an outside stadium at night in Chicago in October.

Other non-sports highlights:

• While playing shuffleboard during a look in before resuming the show simulcast, Dan comments to Seton that he appears hung over even though he hadn’t been drinking and that Seton’s son seemed "soft" like his father where his wife was tough like a bad ass. Seton agreed he was soft but his son was a bad ass like his wife. I would be the bad ass in my family, you?
• In another look in Dan comments on the toughness of Paulie’s oldest daughter in the questions she asks. At home, one of Dan’s daughters school project is to test 100 cats to tell the difference between left and right pawed cats, which Seton feels she’s a genius. The poll question origination/credit is also discussed, as McLovin loves to take credit for the good ones and blames others for the lame ones. This is a recurring item on the show
• Seton plans to pay off his ALCS bet next week in time for the debut on the additional TV partner. He’ll be cutting his hair like Whitey Herzog, once he figures out who that is, wear tiger face paint with tiger costume and sing eye of the tiger karaoke style as his Yankees did not win game 4 as predicted.
• Fritzy’s in "The Box" consisted of a little background information on the Frank Williams Monday Night Football theme he does each week and the condition of the cowboy outfit he wears on Monday. Made me wonder when it was washed last and how it smelled. Eeewww! The MNF bit is a combination of in studio and New York City shots featuring Fritzy, done by Casey. Coming out of the box we discovered that Dan’s bag handle broke while Fritzy was carrying in his bag and that he planned to blame it on McLovin anyway.

Fritzy in his MNF outfit

• Dan spoke briefly of growing up listening to radio broadcasters as a kid and how they become your friend with the magic of their voice and how they became someone you trusted and believed in. This is something that stays with Dan when he speaks in genuine appreciation of his viewers/listeners. Something I’m sure he became more aware of after leaving the Mothership. Praise was also shown to Fritzy for his ability to do mock headlines on short notice when a listener/viewer, Sven, called in again to share mock headlines that he had created. It should be noted that Fritzy, like Paulie and Seton left the Mothership to join Dan when he left to create his own radio show.
• We learned DP Show regular, Tony Dungy spoke with both presidential candidates asking them to keep the effects of family in mind when making legislative decisions.

Tony Dungy visits the NYC Man Cave

• We were reminded of hospital etiquette: Don’t say how great what you did is away from the hospital was to a patient, such as going to the movie Argo, and don’t bring food up to the room that the patient can’t eat. Fritzy recently had another lengthy visit in the hospital. When he has health issues it really makes you feel for the guy. Viewers sent cards, email, Facebook messages and tweets when he’s been away due to illnesses (digestive issues a couple of times and kidney stones).  Sadly, I did that when a family member was hospitalized.  Ooops!  You?
• We were also treated to a ping pong match between Dan and Seton where Dan was dominating until his back was up against the wall and he nailed McLovin with a ball outside the line of play. 

Here’s an additional show nugget: The Directv promos for the show are worth the watch. Shot with humor and surprisingly well acted by Dan and the Danettes make commercial breaks more enjoyable. Today’s promo: The Angry Chair. So true.