What was McLovin doing with his pants unzipped?

Hello y’all – So I’m sitting in front of the TV, bleary eyed with the brain moving slower than normal from staying up late last night to watch Dan on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I definitely need that diet soda at my side. The dogs are sound asleep at my feet and side. It’s tempting to follow their lead, but there’s no such thing today.

Today is Red Hook flannel Friday and Fritzy Bronco jersey/baseball cap day. What caught you ear or eye today?

Fritzy in one of his
Bronco outfits

Fritzy tried a couple of Honey Badger arrest mock headlines today but they just hit the wrong note. Too soon? McLovin and Fritzy were caught talking during the show and Fritzy was not following along with the show during the first hour. Dan called out three times before Fritzy answered and then he was so startled he didn’t answer back but instead nodded his head to Dan’s question. Fritzy does know this goes out on the radio too, right?

Boy did they get this slogan right

Cougar of the week was left on the fax machine again and Dan found it. Ok, not the actual cougar of the week, the information about the cougar. Dan promised Fritzy that he wouldn’t ruin the reveal as he had done once before. I don’t’ think it would have mattered.  The cougar of the week was Claudia Schiffer:

Rick Neuheisel guested today and we were treated to a two-fer Friday song parody he wrote, sang and played for the show on his guitar. He wrote parodies to Sweet Home Alabama for Alabama and the theme from Animal House for Oregan for national title songs. This was bringing the show into a new area, the guest writing their own content. We were reminded that passion bucket came from Rick as well. No matter what your segment was, or when you did it during the show, no one was going to top Neuheisel today. And Fritzy, what cha doin’ trying to take away his thunder? Major weaksauce.

UCLA autographed passion bucket

During one of the commercial breaks I noticed something I hadn’t before: The making of the promos commercial - Paulie is explaining his bit with the eggs; h tilts his head downward; the darkness of his hair in the shot and the darkened background behind him it looks like he only has hair on the sides and not on the top. Oooof!

In the just can’t get it right department: Dan was letting the audience know that the big announcement of the additional TV partner effective Monday will be made Sunday night on FNIA. Fritzy just had to jump in there and blow another surprise. Fortunately, he didn’t have his mic on, so it wasn’t picked up clearly and the passion bucket made another dollar. McLovin also didn’t have his mic on and will owe the passion bucket again as he tried to give Dan a twenty. If you have something you don’t want everyone to hear, don’t tell Fritzy. Dan has told the story before about how Fritzy had told Dan’s wife Dan had bought an Airstream as a gift for her. Big surprise flushed down the toilet. Thanks Fritzy. What is certain is that there will be an additional home Monday morning bringing availability to 100 million homes. For the press statement when Dan joined Directv he said he "worked best when facing in a south easterly direction." Looking for that type of wit for the Sunday announcement.

Make sure you watch Sunday for
Dan's big announcement!

Against the Grain Moved to the touch flat screen next to the golf simulator -   On it was a list of the NFL teams listed by division and their standings a’ la McLovin. He was giving his commentary of each team. The appearance of the screen would indicate that this was also posted to the website. Dan got bored fairly quickly with the presentation. He crossed over the camera shot to get a chair, sat down and was drifting off until he was asked to give his Chris Berman imitation of "Da Raiders". Not often does Dan go over to the opposite side of the studio to broadcast and it may be a while before he does again. The pitch offered for ATG was better than the presentation. Maybe if McLovin had completed his prep for the piece and performed a run through the day before instead of the moment of, this would have had better appeal. From what Dan had said, McLovin had been slacking for two and a half hours and had built himself a tall order to fill. It wasn’t a graphics department glitch, there is no graphics department. It wasn’t because you were doing it live. You always do it live. It was lack of good organization and preparation. And what did Dan catch McLovin doing with his pants unzipped behind the golf simulator wall?

Picture McLovin used for the ATG piece
How...........appealing

Dan had received many requests from viewers asking for his opinion on what Steven A Smith had said on ESPN’s First Take. "Whatever they (ESPN) decide to do I don’t give a damn." Just because you are on a cable/satellite station doesn’t give you a hall pass to use that terminology. Dan is sensitive to the use of the word. "It’s just not a good word." Quite frankly, the explanation that the ESPN executive gave Paulie was more confusing to me than ESPN omitting that portion of the program on the re-air. ESPN is a star driven network. No matter what your skin color, who you hang with or how you speak with them when you are off air, you shouldn’t use that slang on a national or world wide broadcast. It’s not Dan’s job to police the network he left. That can be someone else’s job and I’m pretty sure it is. Something positive we did learn from Paulie in the box was something he learned when he was working with Jay Glazer. Never give up your source to anyone, even your co-worker or boss. You’ll burn your source. Dan has asked about sources of Paulie’s before and he didn’t give them up and Dan respected Paulie for his ethics. Good guys. Good show.

Glazer rockin' positivity

The Arcade Fire Friday Tribute:Done towards the end of the show on Fridays, went to Directv for making it possible to join forces with another network on Monday. When Dan joined Directv he wanted to make sure that the show had distribution and Directv lived up to their word. They are truly a force to be wreckoned with. A big thank you from all of us in the audience as well for bringing it to a new level. Here come the music, everybody sing along! BaHaHaHa!

Only on Directv

For a little levity:At the end of the show we listened to the replay of the Gary Miller soccer breakdown in 3, 2, 1. Let’s make that mental breakdown in 3, 2, 1. Dan dies of laughter each time it’s played. As he says, that’s still damn funny. Front row was getting into it, the back row were stiff as boards just clicking away on their computers. Really, are they 100% into the show today?

Gary Miller ESPN

Additional show nugget: From the Just Go With It Premier: Brooklyn Decker had complained that there was an unnamed Danette that had put their hands too low when they hugged her. Until today we all figured it was Fritzy. In actuality it was Seton. With the height difference between him and her, his hands just fell a wee bit too low for her comfort. She’s really become touchy since Dan got her that acting gig that launched that portion of her career.



Sandler and Decker in Just Go With It

More beer?! Yes, more beer for sampling today after the show. What a long day with more work, wink, to come. 

Coming to you from the NYC man cave on Monday: Tony Dungy, Eric Burns and Pat Forte

From The Box Score Show: The topic of the player that had beer written in his contract came up. Casey had asked, what would you have written into your contract? McLovin: a true personal friendship with Dan. Fritzy: Bronco season tickets, hugs and sausages in the blanket. Paulie: A personal chef. Seton: Craft services. Talk of what would happen if Dan left in ten years. Paulie would probably have a spin off, Seton would probably be fired before then, Fritzy would stay with Dan to the end. There wasn’t a response from McLovin.

Boss’ Thoughts:These were actually the boss’ bathroom thoughts where he thought that mock headlines were now being mocked because of all the additions to the program from the audience and front row. But wasn’t Dan offering his thoughts from the bathroom also mocking the mock headlines?

Side note: Dan’s visit on Jimmy Fallon will be separately posted.

Dan with Jimmy Fallon 10/26/12

So, what did you learn today?

It's all Letterman's fault

Hey y’all – Today I was grateful for the auto reply of the show in its entirety. In the studio I realized that the two pumpkins aren’t really pumpkins, but lighted ornamentation. They had me fooled for awhile but my smart gene kicked in long enough to notice.

Dan talked a little about the arrangements he wanted with Directv before going to air on television. No make up, no stiff dress code, no stuffy still life, sitting in one place with one, maybe two camera angles. He wanted to show movement, to look in behind the scenes. Much of that is accomplished with the nine remote cameras in addition to the cameraman, plus not having red lights appear when the cameras are on. This set up puts them at ease not knowing what DTV chooses to air when. It’s said that imitation is a form of flattery, but when do the imitators stop and find their own way? You know who I’m talking to, Doug Gottlieb. So, what caught your eye or ear today?

No pants, no problem

 
From the pre-show run down: There’s two things I’ve always, and I repeat myself, always liked about McLovin. When he dresses like Ellen (Degeneres) and when he dances like her. Cracks me up every time. Whether you take it from just the outward appearance or the deeper- a man dressing and dancing like a woman who dresses like a man. It’s funny either way. Add to that Dan doing the Jay Leno high five entrance and a completely dressed, semi lap dance that McLovin gave to Paulie causing Paulie to become so uncomfortable he was taking nervous sips of water, it was killer. This had to be by far, one of the funniest pre-show run downs I can remember. I’m sure there are others, but this one has to be in the top five.

McLovin in "Ellen" mode

In the video open we explored the many facets of Dan for possibilities on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The montage of past Dan "looks" and descriptions – athlete, lover, fighter, coach, singer, dancer, thespian and more was so well put together. Thank you Directv/Dan Patrick production crew for such an awesome piece. My smile continued.

Oh no!  Loose ball

During the audio open we heard a montage of Dan’s wit bestowed upon the Danettes at their expense.

Dan is still concerned about his appearance tonight on Fallon. He repeated the story of Josh Charles not introducing him to Juliannne Margulies at Josh’s birthday party because Dan couldn’t say her name right. "You need to figure it out" was all Josh left Dan with for advice. Josh is truly a bad wingman. Dan isn’t concerned about doing a guest activity any longer because that is something that the A list guest do and Dan is the B list guest. At Letterman they have the A list and B list celebrities on different floors and in different green rooms. We’ll get back to where that story went from there in a minute. The segment producer that called yesterday was a big let down as Dan wanted to have a light hearted appearance on the show and not what the producer was steering towards - what’s up in the NFL, World Series and Lance Armstrong. He was really hoping not to hit heavy topics and do something other than sports.

I'm waiting for you Dan!

Sven from CA called in Mock headlines – not his best performance. Three up, three down. Maybe he should take tomorrow off and refresh over the weekend. There was a back row (Fritzy) versus front row (Paulie and Seton) mock headline show down today. At risk, having to run laps across the street if you lost. McLovin got to choose the winner and who got the jog of shame. This became a two-lap penalty for Fritzy who lost thanks to Seton’s rendition of Toto’s Rozanna, which received genuine laughs and clapping from the boss. Because Fritzy didn’t listen to Dan and continued to give bad Fallon show ideas what would normally be one lap became two. While he was jogging Fritzy kept wondering if he would get back in time before Brian Billick called in. Paulie admitted it’s not easy to run material for longer than his customary five seconds at a time. Headlines require more content and stamina. Hear that Fritzy? You have more stamina than Paulie in something. Run with it! Ahhh, make that jog with it. There was more to Fritzy doing the laps than just the competition. Today was such a mess. Keep reading.

Run Fritzy Run!

So, remember when I told you I’d get back to Letterman?
It all started out so simple as a molehill and then it quickly became a mountain. Sound familiar? What started off in the show as a "remember when" moment took over much of the look ins, the box appearances and The Box score show. There was a slightly embarrassing situation when Dan brought the gang to his last appearance on the Letterman show. After they had gotten to the studio and were in the green room Fritzy left to use the restroom at the end of the hall, next to the room where Lyle Lovett and his band were waiting to go on. Needless to say the Letterman show doesn’t put any form of air freshener in their bathrooms and Paulie took a picture of Fritzy coming out of the bathroom. The picture wasn’t bad at all. If you were not told what the picture was, you would think it was just a picture of Fritzy coming out of any room. Jokes were made regarding the band filling the hallway with the aroma of refer to rid the smell, that Lyle wasn’t Lovin’ It, Lyle Lovett’s hair being extra high that night, and so on. Seton began to loose it when Dan made the refer comment and his laughter escalated from there. Keep in mind now that Fritzy is just recently back from a second lengthy hospital stay for digestive problems. This touched a small nerve with Fritzy but he took it all in stride and carried on. I truly didn’t make a connection in the joke between the incident at Letterman and the recent hospital stay and it was evident that no one else did either while the barbs were flying. Fritzy probably did because it happened to him. Kudos to Fritzy for recognizing it was all in good fun and the value of a good bit. Fritzy’s wife, Jen, had been watching, became upset and contacted Fritzy. I felt for her and can understand her point of view. McLovin knew Jen had contacted Fritzy and while he was out doing his laps, McLovin told everyone on air what Jen had done. Oh, McLovin. He did it out of concern for his back row buddy but he should have done it during an off camera opportunity. If McLovin really wanted to look out for his back row buddy he would have chosen Fritzy as the winner because we know McLovin and Seton haven’t gotten along well in the past. Dan follows up with Fritzy when he returns asking if he’s ok and Fritzy mistakes that for how he’s feeling physically just having jogged two laps when Dan actually meant on the personal front. Seton was feeling uncomfortable and awkward and was becoming confused on what he thought was the personal line not to cross and what happened today. After all, smelly jokes have always been funny on the show and no one was trying to be mean spirited. McLovin was feeling guilty knowing that he added fuel to the fire, had admitted it, and felt it was his fault and offered to do laps or something. Dan was upset with McLovin and called him a buzz kill. McLovin’s response was to not go into the box as he was scheduled to do, so Dan made a rare box appearance instead upset with McLovin and that this was just another example of McLovin trying to insert himself into the show. Something you’ll learn is that McLovin will insult others or a situation to cover for his own insecurities, which he has freely admitted before. McLovin also insulted Fritzy during The Box Score show criticizing the Bronco’s hat Fritzy was wearing. While Dan was still in the box gathering his thoughts, McLovin decided to sit in Dan’s chair. This is something that is taboo unless you’re a guest host. McLovin’s reasoning was – well he’s in my seat, I’ll sit in his. Come on! What are we six? Then to top that he said that Dan was taking his guilt over bringing up the story about Fritzy out on him. Why didn’t McLovin take Fritzy’s laps for him if he was feeling bad? There’s an unwritten rule: You do the crime, you do the time. Fritzy was paying off the bad Fallon show ideas and the just above average mock headlines bet. Seton spoke on the day’s developments in his box appearance also. Yes, Fritzy has serious issues, they would never make fun of those or embarrass him intentionally about that, and even being the meanest Danette he wouldn’t do that. Seton then began mumbling in his own awkward shyness way with embarrassment. As you now see, this was a soap opera day, man cave style. Even now, I just shake my head.

Additional show nuggets: They need a job title for Two-a-Days for his Vista Print business cards. I should also say that Two-a-Days did a lap today as well because he thought Sven’s mock headlines were good. We were shown the picture again of the viewer that named their baby Seton and sent in a photo with the baby wearing a Dan Patrick onesie.

Dan "Two-A-Days" Overlock

 
It’s not just your regular sport show: Gossip time! Eva Longoria broke up with Mark Sanchez because he’s always in a bad mood because the Jets are always loosing. Awww Mark! Maybe Tebow should have been starting!

So, what did you learn today?

If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all

Hello y’all – So I’m sitting in front of the TV, diet soda on one side, cat in my lap, dogs at my side and my feet wanting to eat what’s on my plate but I’m ready to go.

From today’s edition: The show comes to you from the Milford, CT man cave on Tuesday through Friday. The DIY network Man Caves show with Tony Siragusa and Jason Cameron originally created the man cave. The décor has grown by leaps and bounds but the bones of the renovation are still there. The traditional theme music is played with different city scenes featuring Dan and his 2012 Dodge Ram Truck on the streets around Milford in either day or night. The exploration of what’s new or what’s been moved or changed in the man cave since the last show is always a hunt. Many times Dan reveals an addition during the show or on a look in, but not always. Today Dan showed the Sony Watchman that a viewer sent in. He reminded viewers that he appreciates receiving things that mean something to someone but there’s no guarantee he would ever be able to get it back to you if you wanted it back. Also, please don’t send anymore food. Is someone gaining pre-holiday weight? Take your time and look around the man cave. Is there something that caught your eye? Does a pumpkin need to be orange to really be a pumpkin? If it’s white, is it a gourd?

The DIY Man Caves when finished with the man cave

The pre-show run down:
These guys love movies. Not just your action flicks but pop culture movies as well. During the topic the too snappy dialog and too many off the cuff speeches used in movies like Breakfast Club, Easy A and Newsroom were determined unrealistic. Movies need to have real life dialog like they have on this show where after something smart is said you get a dumb, slow, bad line retort and an atmosphere of tension, competitiveness and back stabbing.

The video open:
Reminded us of the back sliding and comeback of the back row yesterday – Back Row Backslide: Fritzy blowing a tease, McLovin throwing the football out of control then running a lap where you see him doing the lap carrying the football in the parking lot across the street from the studio, where Dan parks his truck, and waiting for traffic to clear to come back across. He has some of the goofiest running in place I’ve seen. This is just one of the shows bizarre ways of justice, running laps. As Dan has said, they can hurt each other, just don’t hurt my flat screen. But when does someone retaliate and it’s no longer funny? The Back Row Comeback: McLovin had a great line – If Mike Trout eats the trout fish, is that cannibalism? This resulted in a walk off, fist pump and umbrella swing for the bleachers in the green room. Mike and his fish are seen below.

Mike Trout and his fish



The audio open:This is a mix 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. It was much of the same as the video open with the addition of Donnie in VA nominating Paulie for MVD (most valuable Danette) because he’s always thinking about what’s best for the show and Seton’s retaliated with a fake hang up on the caller.

The poll of the day:A Seton special: Who has a better (personal) thing going? Justin Verlander or Barry Zito? Dan felt it was a lame question and went for Zito – quantity over quality although the audience went the opposite direction. Pretty sure the Mothership won’t steal that question for their own broadcasts. The poll question was then replaced with: What is your favorite white guy cliche?, Another question that ESPN will probably pass on as well since they are guilty of using those clichés.

Justin Verlander and Kate Upton

Play of the Day:
Seton played yet another Yankees highlight with John Sterling to take a look back since there wasn’t really anything on last night. Come on Seton, weak sauce. Take it like a man. Your team is out, Tigers are in. Hope you have your preparations complete for paying off your bet next week.

John Sterling, New York Yankees announcer

I Team Report: Six blocks away from the studio a major motion picture is being filmed: After The Fall. Paulie snuck over to the set to sneak a peek and was kicked out.

"The Box" (The show confessional done at the top of the second and third hour):
As Paulie was going into the box the question of sending Fritzy over to the movie set to check out the actresses was presented. Wouldn’t that be a disaster in so many ways.

Look Ins:
Dan will be on the Jimmy Fallon show on Thursday. Why? This is what his son asked and no one else knows why either. Surprised by the booking, is this because of the big announcement coming up? Who will he be guesting with? What will he be doing? Fallon is known for having his guests do crazy things. Dan isn’t good at beer pong and Jimmy is too good with his musical imitations to do anything musical either. On the side: Jimmy was in London for the Olympics and Dan thought after meeting him he was younger and taller than he seems on TV. The other guest will be Julianne Margulies, a name Dan sometimes has problems pronouncing. Could the booking on Fallon be a set up? Yesterday this was a back row buzz kill by Fritzy. Fritzy took a couple of big hits yesterday with a mock show title of Good Strife versus Good Wife, and also his suggestion that Dan and Julianne reenact a scene from ER with Julianne giving Dan mouth to mouth – creepy. Dan brought up his upcoming appearance in the broadcast, as he does much of the look in conversations.

Jimmy Fallon thinking of things for Dan to do Thursday

Andrew "McLovin" Perloff:
McLovin really showed his stuff today with his evaluation of first year mobile quarterbacks in their second year performance earning the praise from Dan he always craves.

Dan Patrick:
Tim McCarver was on the show and Dan was able to give his compliment from yesterday regarding McCarver’s call of the third inning in game seven of the NLCS. After the compliment Dan was fishing for one of his own: "Now you say something nice about me." Somehow Dan thought he was in a mutual admiration society of broadcasters – "Come on, give me a carrot!"

Joe Buck and Tim McCarver

Todd "Fritzy" Fritz:
Fritzy was also in the box today. Dan’s a little disappointed. It’s the least involved Fritzy’s been in the show in maybe a year. The subject matter had been pretty serious and Fritzy wanted to be careful in what he said. Dan admonishes him because he would mean he would need to do some work to find his way into the conversation. It’s not as easy to do that with serious subject matter as it is to make a mock headline or email pictures of women to Dan. Fritzy took offense to Dan taking a shot at him, and admitted it’s been hard to find the right groove to weigh in on the conversation because there’s no comedic inlet. Fritzy misses the levity from yesterday so its back to the drawing board to be able to contribute to the broadcast. Fritzy only continued to dig his hole deeper on this subject during The Box Score. Oh, Fritzy. You’re smarter than that.

Mock Headlines:
Wayne in WA called one in, ok in its effort. Sven from CA called in three – two solid hits and one ok effort.

Additional show nugget:
Red Hook update: After the show the gang must continue to sample more beer today. Such an arduous task. "Gotta drink beer today guys!"

It’s not just your regular sport show: True or False –
In high school, the football coach was going to take the All American quarterback on the team and make him a receiver so Dan could play quarterback, but Dan decided not to play because he didn’t like the act of being tackled.

The Box Score Tally (BST):
I wonder if Casey Geraghty, who’s like the nosey neighborhood kid, is leaving the show after being it’s host for the first year. Each day this week there has been a slight made that may indicate that this may be happening. No official announcement has been made, I think. If so, Casey, I wish you all the best in your new direction, but what will become of Dr. Von Beardy? I can only hope my deductions are wrong.

Further BST:
Regular caller, Chris in Syracuse asked about slow sports days and if the wives have something for Danettes to do when this happens. Paulie’s wife, Dana, has learned how to read the college football rankings and will question when Paulie is watching a lesser game. Seton’s wife, Erin, is giving him a little post season baseball flack for still watching baseball since his Yankees and her Red Sox are out of contention. McLovin’s wife, Sara, just wants him to turn off Gossip Girl so she can watch some college football. Sad.

Box Score I Team Report:
Was it McLovin getting the granola out of the back of his teeth? Something Seton did? No! It was Fritzy eating lunch on McLovin’s side of the desk! Not a lot of room over there with the notebook, phone, keyboard, Blackberry and all. "I’m neat, I clean up after myself" Fritzy said in defense. Would it be acceptable to you if your coworker ate their food at your desk while you were away?

So, what did you learn today?

There was something bothering me after I posted yesterday. There was something missing. Me. The thoughts and inspiration that caused me to start this blog had somehow disappeared in the process of setting it up. The formality of going through the motions of creating the blog brought out my analytical side and put away the creative. I didn’t figure it out before I went to bed but when I got up this morning it hit me right away. It must have been swirling around in the back of my brain with other thoughts and got jostled to the forefront while my brain was tilted to the left while sleeping. With a fresh head, I begin again. So….. I’m sitting in front of the TV, diet soda to the side and ready to start again.

Why did I title the blog the way I did? Being an avid viewer of the show, one day the dynamics of the relationships hit me like a dodge ball. With that revelation I better understood another reason why I enjoyed the show as much as I did. Today I’ll write about the roles I see each person portraying in the show. I say adult family as all of these men are adults, married and with children of their own.

Fritzy, McLovin, Dan, Paulie and Seton

It’s not just your husband/boyfriend/brother/son’s sport show: In the time I’ve been watching the show I’ve learned things. Some sports, some not. Either way, you learn, without being taught thanks to Dan, the Danettes and what they are able to draw out of their guests and audience. This show welcomes women, and they do have some in their audience and as guests. They don’t club you over the head trying to draw you in like other shows do, "Hey! Look! We have a woman on staff!" It’s not all testosterone charged stats and game break downs being shouted at you like most sports themed shows, although Seton does do, and the audience participates in "Stat of the Day" with stats that make you say, "That’s ok, but just like Dan, I liked the song better." The Dan Patrick Show is presented to you with humility and humor. It asks riveting questions like: Why do baseball pants have stirrups? It appeals to the casual fan as well as satisfying the needs of the die hard. I offer you this: Dan and Seton’s reenactment of the deck scene from Titanic will have you awww and laugh simultaneously.

Dan Patrick: Directv titles him as "The Boss" when they do the audio open and scan the studio. Yes, he is the boss, but I see him more as a father figure to a group of mischievous sons. He is after all, old enough to be their father if he had them in his late teens/early twenties. This former ESPN (Mothership) Sports Center anchor has hit a home run with bases loaded leaving a network that he held dear for so many years. He still holds the concept of Sports Center in high regard, Example: Criticizing the anchors when they dress more casually than what the founding anchors did, but he has moved onward and upward beyond what he could ever have done if he stayed.

Dan at the end of a shift at the Mothership

Paul "Paulie" Pabst: Paulie is the producer of the show and does it very well. I see him as the older brother as he appears to be the most level headed of the support foursome called the Danettes. He tries to keep the show moving along on schedule, remind Dan of things Dan wanted to say, quietly feeds Dan ideas that occur to him during the course of the show and provides tid bits of straight forward opinions and ideas on air. He’s also wiley enough to find a way to keep his five good seconds of soccer going all year long. Paulie’s the kid that would rather say I’m sorry than ask permission and then he moves on to the next thing. His mid-western appeal and straightforward approach fool you into thinking, "No, he’d never do something like that…… again."

Paulie

Patrick "Seton" O’Connor: Seton is your tech guy that keeps things running smoothly in all areas of sound as well as other equipment that keeps the production of the radio, and sometimes TV show, at the level it is. Seton is the wayward son. He’s held a diverse array of jobs before finding his way to radio and didn’t finish college although he excelled in the social aspects. Seton likes his "cups" filled with his favorite beverage, beer, his music and late nights. He’s up for almost anything and is Dan’s favorite son – fields Dan’s basket balls during breaks, will tip a few after work and is able to carry on a music conversation that will hold Dan’s interest. Seton’s the kid that would rather say I’m sorry than ask permission and then brag about what he did at the same time. His youthful appeal and infectious laugh make you want to say, "Ok, I forgive you……. again."

Seton

Todd "Fritzy" Fritz: Todd is the booker for the show, the person responsible for scheduling all the guests that appear on the show either in studio or over the phone. Todd is neurotic most of the time worried about what people think and say about him, if the guest will remember to appear on time and prays that they call on a land line, not cell phone and if they do call on a cell phone that the connection is clear and they don’t move from that great spot until the interview is over. Todd is the pervy uncle whose jokes you probably wouldn’t repeat. Some because they’re funny but you think they might be too blue to tell your mother, and some because they just warrant silence and crickets because they’re just not funny. He’s the TMI guy that will tell you things his wife doesn’t want you to know and drifts into his own personal fantasy land at the drop of a puck. Should a woman’s name come up in the course of the show, guarantee he’s searching the internet for the hottest picture he can find of her and emailing it to Dan during the show. He asks permission, usually follows the rules, and if he breaks them feels terrible and asks forgiveness. His pouty appeal, bad luck both personal and creative professionally sometimes just makes you feel for this under dog and automatically forgive any transgressions.

Fritzy

Andrew "McLovin" Perloff: Andy is the show’s blogger. As Dan says, he showed up one day and just wouldn’t leave. Andy also writes for Sports Illustrated and claims to be the football insider but he really makes you wonder sometimes. Andy is the know it all that doesn’t know it all. The ivy leaguer from Dartmouth that likes to remind you of that whenever he can. Andy did get his own intro song first for a feature he does, Against the Grain, and also was the first Danette to get a sponsor for his bit from Red Hook. This feature leaves you, like Dan, saying "I know less now than before he did that piece". Andy is the clown of the family that does things that just makes you shake your head because it’s all to get Dan’s attention, good or bad. He’s the whiner who plays the victim. He creates a front row versus back row tussle daily and although he’s supposed to be so academic, he’s the kid that never has his homework done before class starts. His nerdy appeal and "I can’t believe he did that" reaction keep you wondering about him. Andy, like most of the boys, asks for forgiveness after the dead is done, over and over and over again.

McLovin

Side note on Red Hook: Over time their presence had grown from McLovin wearing a baseball cap, to lighting, promotional stickers/posters, to apparel. In the works is a Red Hook beer named and taste chosen by and for Dan and the Danettes. Anticipated launch – Super Bowl 2013.

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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.