Busta kitty, wag a finger, thank a veteran

Exciting new addition to the man cave! Fergie came through and sent her plated bust form that was made to fit her form and used to produce her outfit she wore during her Super Bowl appearance. A message was hand written on the bust as well. 

So smooth and shiny. Fritzy said he wouldn't touch it 
with his hands. Creepy thoughts setting in.

Family First:
Your wife is pregnant and due while the season is underway. Your team is doing fairly well in the standings. You’re considered one of the leaders on your NFL team. If your wife goes into labor on game day, do you miss the birth? This is what’s facing both Charles Tillman of the Bears and Ben Rottesberger of the Steelers. Although in most cases births go smoothly, nothing is 100% and Tillman knows that from the complications that occurred with the birth of his first child. Besides, there’s no push present large enough to erase the anger of your wife if you intentionally miss the birth. I just hope Tillman has the same support of his football family that Ben has been given.

If your father worked for you, would you be able to fire him? That’s a question that may cross Lane Kiffin’s path. His father Monte runs the USC defense. The defense that has given up yardage like it was the land rush. Add to this the Nerf footballs the student equipment manager has been putting out there, it’s enough to cause some sleepless nights. Of the on air personnel, only McLovin and Seton still have fathers so Dan wasn’t going to go around the room, as he usually does, to see how everyone would vote. Maybe we could have worded that poll question differently.

A man in termoil, Lane Kiffin

Seton paid up a portion of his bet debt and wore the tiger costume with tiger face paint. He was such a funny little kitty playing with the basketball, drinking coffee and sliding the control board knobs. Such a cute kitty.

Here kitty, kitty!  Have a little Devil's Cut and you'll feel better.

Are these parents for real? There was a review of several college hoops player names than you would swear were made up and part of one of Fritzy’s mock pieces. Everyone’s favorite, including mine, was Peter Jurkin. Really mom and dad, you didn’t think that one through did you. To see more of these well thought out names check out http://rushedthecourt.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/top-50-names-in-di-college-basketball  Speaking of names, Tampa Bay Buccaneer's Doug Martin isn’t crazy about his nickname, Muscle Hamster, and wants another one. Isn’t a nickname something that’s given to you and not something you get to decide? The Tampa Tribune gave it a shot with Pocket Rocket and Skid Mark. They were joking, right? They know what those things are, don’t they? Fritzy did have about a dozen great options. Should the opportunity arise, Dan may use his favorite on FNIA – Little Buckaroo.

What a furry little belly you have!

The passion bucket got two more dollars today. One from Dan and the other from…repeat offender McLovin. This sloppiness just contributed to Dan’s mood. I’m sure this week Dan wanted to have a good showing, after all this is the first week the show was being broadcast on NBCSN. During one of the look ins Dan had had enough. There had been too much goofing off and mailing it in. Every day is the Super Bowl on the show isn’t it? After returning to his side of the studio he must have felt he came down too hard on the guys. He came back and started to say there’s a reason he likes to come to their side of the room but Seton had to turn him away and send him back to where he came as they were coming back from commercial.

I think someone copied
DP's hair style

Dan did it again! He guessed Fritzy’s cougar of the week in only two clues. Fritzy did not take it well and had a hard time focusing on the box appearance in his blue funk. Who was the COTW? Julianne Moore.

COTW Julianne Moore

Is your favorite magazine the same as one of the Danettes? Paulie – GQ, McLovin – Sports Illustrated, Fritzy – Playboy, Seton – Tiger Beat Baahaha!!! No surprises here!

Mark McGwire, hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, spoke openly about the mistakes of the past, learning from them and teaching his boys life lessons from his actions. Nothing worthwhile is easy. You always have to work for something and that there are second chances in life. Mark’s second chance has given him the opportunity to be home to raise his sons as well as do something he loves and enjoys as a new career – teaching others the art of hitting the ball.

Happy with his second chance opportunity

Veterans Day is this Sunday, November 11^th. Thank a Vet for their service in helping keep our country truly the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The need for donations for the victims of Sandy has not ended. 

American Red Cross:

Website: wwws.redcross.org

Text: To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999


Phone: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)


Mail: American Red Cross, PO Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
Make sure you indicate where you want your funds to go.

Fashion statements, it's only hair and get bugged

New Addition to the Man Cave:
Dan received sports jerseys courtesy of Matt in Seal Beach, CA. They were Mike Bossy - Islanders, Nolan Ryan – Astros, Roger Staubach – Cowboys and Bo Jackson - Raiders. Cool stuff. Display location in the man cave still to be determined but I think the barstools will be getting new back covers today. I will say this, once Dan decides where he wants them to be, if they are moved, even just a little, Dan will notice due to his high level of attention to detail. By the way guys, your mothers and wives don’t come to work with you, clean up your evidence. I mean empties.

Once again, Dan decided to show his more progressive fashion side. Dan and some of the Danettes took a fashion risk and wore colorful pants. I thought the colors were more spring/summer wear than fall/winter. Paulie always The Topper added a striking pair of Wolverine boots, perfect for the snow covered Connecticut ground they had today. Who was not a risk taker? Fritzy, who chose a light khaki color and McLovin, who chose a light gray. McLovin did attempt to spice it up a little by wearing his red socks, but it just wasn’t in the same brotherhood. Personally, I liked the look Dan wore on the Jimmy Fallon show much better.

Fashionitas in training

Fritzy’s mock headlines:
He only went two for ten. There was one that Dan gave an ok, one got a chuckle, and I swore I heard a groan to one as well. Sven in CA, where are you? Maybe he shouldn’t have called in after all: one got crickets, one just an alright and a third a bit of a chuckle.

Possible COTW:AJ McCarren, the Bama QB has, well, a hot mom. Would you want your mom or anyone else in your family to be one of Fritzy’s Cougars of the Week? I feel a creepy sensation coming on. Find out tomorrow how it all shakes out.

AJ's proud mom Dee Dee Bonner

Seton has a problem with bugs
He swore he saw four bugs that no one else had seen. Whether mental or physical, the bugs made him jumpy and itchy. The perfect set up for a little Dan torment. Seton brought in the tiger costume today and thought that might be a source. Face paint is all set up for tomorrow morning. Cutting the hair to look like Whitey Herzog? Looks like that may happen tomorrow or next week and he’s not looking forward to it. What happened to "it’s just hair"?

Paws is looking for a new little buddy!

Is it wrong that Dan is more concerned with Seton and McLovin’s safety when they play ball in the studio more concerned than that of his own kids? Not really. Money makers versus money takers.

McLovin wants more of Dad/Dan’s attention: What’s the best way to do that? Become the opposing viewpoint and keep hammering at that point even when you no longer make sense. McLovin rattled Dan enough that Dan hit a golf ball into the ocean on the golf simulator that just made Dan angrier. What was the topic that did all this? QB ratings.

Dan the lawbreaker: Dan’s truck was hanging over into the handicapped parking spot and was noticed by the people at NBC. Two-A-Days, also in colorful pants today and sporting a fresh hair cut, was sent out to move it as Dan was going back to air.

This could have happened to DP

Side notes:
Still accepting job titles for Two-A-Days for his Vista business cards! Casey, host of The Box Score, was sporting colorful pants today as well.

Set your DVR’s!
Monday 11/12 at 5:30 Directv Audience Network channels, 101, 239, 334 and 500 will be airing DIY Man Caves Nick and Artie. This is the same studio that Dan uses on Monday when he does FNIA the night before but with branding changes and memorabilia placement adjustments for Dan’s show. These are the same people that did the Milford Man Cave and the Mobile Man Cave for Dan. On occasion DIY Man Caves replays the Milford man cave and Mobile man cave episodes.

The marquee DP and NA share in the NY man cave

Tony Siragusa, a native of New Jersey, been helping out with the relief efforts from Hurricane Sandy. Dan’s mood noticeably changed after Tony spoke of his experiences and the needs still out there. To help from anywhere you are:

American Red Cross:
Website: www.redcross.org
Text:
To donate $10 text REDCROSS to 90999

Phone: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Mail: American Red Cross, PO Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018
Make sure you indicate where you want your funds to go.

Pizza, Papa and Pot plus little Marconis

Are Peyton Manning and Papa John the driving force in getting the marijuana law passed in California and other states? What is really behind the two million free pizzas give away? Peyton Manning - better businessman becoming a franchise owner or a better quarterback? Are Peyton’s best pizza customers NFL lineman? Just thoughts to ponder.

PPJ pizza - loved by NFL linemen and those with the munchies

Stan VanGundy spoke openly about leaving Orlando, the original plan to join ESPN in studio and having his brother, Dan, at the games until ESPN decided to "go in another direction". Was David Stern involved in Stan’s ESPN demise? Welcome to NBCSN, Stan! Home of the non-mother-shippers.

Job blocker

Do you think?
Dear Chris Matthews: A natural disaster is never a good thing, ever. There’s no good place, no good time, ever. Even prior to an election. Even children know that.
 

Chris, listen to the wisdom of others for a change please

Poll question problems:
We began with: Would you rather be the POTUS or NFL Commissioner? Dan quickly tired of that and the new question became: Did your election network coverage depend on the appearance of the commentators? For Paulie and Fritzy it was a deciding factor. Then the question changed again to: If you had an extremely hot spouse and they were strongly opposing your political views, would that make a difference? Paulie and McLovin knew right away in the dating process of their wives to be political preferences and views. Fritzy said it wouldn’t matter if their views were different and Seton would never had married his wife or anyone else, no matter how hot they were if their political views were different than his. At least none of these will be stolen by other shows. Can’t we all just get along?

Time to put down our signs and come together again

How tough is it being an NFL head coach? According to Jimmy Johnson if you let it consume you, as it did him, it can cost you a marriage, family and friendships. He felt fortunate that he was able to repair the family and friendship ties.

If he asked, would you be his friend?

Big surprise day!
The Danettes took their best shots at guessing the surprise before the show. Three of the Danettes were initially declared close and then it was revealed that one did get it right. Paulie inquired if it was a physical or event surprise. Of course Dan’s response was that it was a physical event surprise. Seton was feeling good with his guess he submitted and in the end he went two for two. Big MVD points this month to date. So what was the surprise? Baby macaroni! No, that’s not right. Baby Marconis! Congratulations Danettes on your awards! Best supporting cast to a Marconi winner. May your fingers not cramp as you’re telling people you are a Marconi winner.

Whoop Whoop! A Marconi for everyone!
Thanks Dad/Dan!

 

Beauty secrets of the Danettes and a new sex drug

Just when you got over how hard it was to listen to the sports related Halloween names were, Fritzy brings out sports related presidential names. A mind-numbing list of sports names that have the last name of a president. Thankfully this list only comes out once a year and not annually. I don’t blame the other Danettes for hiding their heads, putting on the headphones to drown him out, or as Dan did, leave the room and just close your eyes until the massacre is over. Hope y’all got out and cast your vote.  Then don't do what I did, watched MM followed by Hannah Storm.

Poll question of the day:
Would you rather be the President or Vice President? VP does seem like a pretty sweet gig. Almost all the same perks without the responsibility. Kind of like the four Danettes don’t you agree?

Today the Danettes took a stab at guessing the "bombshell" question. If correct DP wouldn’t say who. One person did get it right. DP the master of mind games, as Seton said. As an example Dan played with Seton’s confidence walking into the box. Seton’s statement of Dan bringing the best of the best with him when he left the Mothership Dan knocked down. Yes Fritzy is the best of the best at what he does, Dan didn’t know Seton’s name, Paulie was doing Tony Stewart’s show on the Sirius NASCAR station and McLovin just showed up and wouldn’t leave. Confidence balloon popped. So the question not so rocking was who has updated their looks in the last two years in hair and make up for television. In August McLovin consulted his wife and stylist and touched up his hair. The stylist claimed it wouldn’t be noticed. Everyone noticed. When DP did it at the Mothership everyone noticed and it was a horrible experience for him. Paulie stood his ground and said he never did although his hair has looked lighter. Could that have been from the summer sun? Paulie’s wife stated he has never dyed his hair in their home. Paulie’s barber confirms that he has only cut the hair and what he did after leaving he did not know. Seton continues to think Paulie is lying. What about make up – other than Danette make up day and tiger face day. Fritzy considered "a little rouge and eye liner" but didn’t go through with it. That could be a bit drag queen if Fritzy applied it on that round face. The I Team, headed by Paulie, is investigating the I Team. Hairgate. 
 

On a side note:
Rick in MA questioned if maybe some artificial tanning was involved in making Paulie’s hair look darker. I can see it now. Paulie’s in the spray tan booth with swimmer goggles and the disposable shorts getting the spray applied channeling his inner Channing Tatum.

Is Paulie aspiring to look like one of these guys?

Seton’s official day for his Tiger bet pay off is Friday. Whitey Herzog hair cut, tiger make up and costume. What happened to singing Eye of the Tiger?

Whitey Herzog and his hair

Chris Berman got hammered on Twitter last night after his interview with the presidential candidates. What would DP do? Keep it light, keep it about sports. Don’t ask what everyone else is asking. Ask what the every man would want to know. Do you remember when DP was at ESPN and did the phone interview with Clinton and accidentally hung up on him? I wonder if the Clinton autographed picture of Clinton on the phone with Dan is hanging in the mancave?

 

No tequila face and jazz hands during the presidential
interviews Monday night

Just your everyday football family: How long does it take to hit the ground when your kid sends you airborne? According to Howie Long from NFL on Fox, when his St. Louis Rams defensive end son Chris sent him flying it seemed like an eternity.

 

Nothing like a father and son bonding

Bob Costas today spoke of his interview with Jerry Jones and other sports related stuff but more interestingly the art of the interview. Something that he does very well. I decided it’s not what he says or how it says it. It’s how his voice is like butter. Then Dan stepped in and did a topper of an interview question for Jay Cutler. DP wins once again. Costas admits defeat. This was only to be topped by Costas winning a Sports Emmy for his interview with Jerry Sandusky.

 

Costas with one of his 232 Emmys

What does DP dream about? SI swimsuit models? Jennifer Anniston? The chick from Entourage he’s so crazy about that I can’t pronounce her name? Nope. It’s par 3, 7 at Pebble Beach and not pervy dreams like Fritzy. Here’s another thing. Fritzy doesn’t drink, yet his conversations at lunch and the way he talks are as if he does. He gets a little loose after knockin’ back a few wings and the lips start to flappin’. Wings, the new drug. This can only be second to Fritzy’s Chinese food, Mountain Dew and Cinemax combo.

Chicken wings, the new sex drug

Sven in CA once again outdid Fritzy phoning in three killer mock headlines.

Wild Bill, one of the Directv cameramen, who’s a hoot to watch, is solid as a rock. No matter how many times Dan tossed a ball at his junk he didn’t flinch. Maybe he really is solid as a rock, down there.

DTV's Wild Bill's doppleganger, Hickok

Beer sampling after the show again today. This is the third rendition. Time to narrow down the final taste. This is the beer that will debut at the Super Bowl. The official name of the beer isn’t on the bottle yet and won’t be revealed until much later. Honey I’m working late again today!

To go with the beer today was the smell of the bread baking downstairs at Subway wafting up into Dan’s side of the studio.

Did you know: Dan’s mom once called the show concerned because her son had missed three shots in a row shooting hoops during a look in.

The man doesn't miss in his own house

Bonus feature:

Saw a new coffee break with McLovin today featuring Nick from the back. In the feature McLovin introduced Nick as the person responsible for the condition of the coffee maker and supplies. Well of course nothing was to McLovin’s liking so as punishment he poured what looked like cold coffee with cream over Nick’s head saying "Do better, no sorries." Now Nick may be shorter than McLovin but the dude is tight. I can only speculate that Dan gave him a bonus so he wouldn’t punch McLovin.

Giving feels good – keep it up! Thoughts and prayers still coming -
American Red Cross Website:

www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002

Text: REDCROSS and donate $10 to 90999

Phone: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

 

Welcome NBCSN Audience!

It’s day one at the new school, NBCSN, and Dan and the Danettes are ready to impress the only way they know how, by being themselves. They are now under the same NBC cozy blanket as Matt Lauer, Jay Leno, Bob Costas, Tina Fey and too many others to mention. Across the country agent phones are ringing with the stars demanding a re-negotiation of their contracts.

Directv channel 220 or check your local cable network

 
Invitation was extended to the new audience to look about the mancave and join the Lockeroom on the website. They’re a snarky group of listeners/viewers that play for keeps and no one is off limits for criticism and comments.

Join the Dan Nation and Lockeroom today!

Talk about frayed nerves, Dan visited Central Park on Sunday only to get railed on by a native New Yorker who thought he was a runner from the cancelled marathon. Dan was dressed in sweats with his Starbucks and paper and that was all it took. Dan even let the guy know he agreed with his viewpoint but that just wasn’t enough. I’m sure not all New Yorkers are like this, right?

DP loves his Starbucks

Celebrity sighting over the weekend while Paulie and McLovin were at the Oregon/USC game on Saturday. Howie Long, HOF Raiders DE/NFL on Fox and Chris Long, current DE Rams, were all decked out in Duck gear. Kyle Long is a senior offensive lineman for the ducks. QUACK!

Scary duck Kyle Long

Some just don’t learn – you don’t gamble sports with a former sports gambler. Today McLovin chose to make a bet with Dan. The bet: If Lebron James is named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the year Dan wins. McLovin gets the world to win. If Dan loses, McLovin gets to have dinner on a Saturday night with the crew from FNIA. If McLovin loses, what he has to give up is still to be finalized, as in: written in blood, witnessed by a priest and rabbi, triple notarized, and all actions recorded on video with back up, sealed in a safe deposit box. All this to keep McLovin honest, stick to his word and pay up if he loses. Just kidding, McL.

McLovin rolls the dice against The Boss
Who will be the winner?

The struggle isn't over yet.  Please keep donating and holding the victims of Sandy in your thoughts and prayers. 

American Red Cross website:
www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002 

Text: REDCROSS and donate $10 to 90999

Phone:  1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)