Accountability

So far there has only been one
 to spin the wheel

Accountability
Surely many people were looking forward to Fritzy spinning the WOP but no such luck. Maybe Fritzy’s daughter called Dan last night and gave him the riot act for Dan being mean to her daddy. Tough little kid. 

Listen to the man's
message and music

A new wager is on the line but we won’t know the results until after the NFL draft. McLovin put his three ATG predictions as set in stone, this will happen moments. All three predictions must occur. On the line: He’ll give up ATG for a month and work as the researcher for SOTD for a month. If they do happen, Seton will wear an I Love ATG t-shirt. Big whoop on Seton’s end, he’s worn worse. Speaking of SOTD, Jamey Jasta, the man responsible for the SOTD theme song that Dan loves so much, did a celebrity SOTD. SOTD continues to grow in its popularity. Here’s hoping for a STOD McLacky.

Would you rather have a 10:30 pm CST curfew and have someone hold you accountable or have an 11:00 pm CST curfew and be on the honor system? This is the question hanging over the heads of the Danettes for their week in New Orleans. Who does this most apply? Let’s dissect this: Fritzy will be in his room right after dinner, or before if he orders room service or Chinese (they have Chinese food in the Big Easy right?). The TV will have the discounted pre-pay adult movie package already in place from the time he checks in until the time he checks out. McLovin may have a little trouble if he’s not paying attention to the time if he’s being one of the girls with the SI swimsuit models. Paulie will only have a problem if he’s stopped checking out places to eat and is trying to keep up with Seton. Seton is the one to worry about. Seton loves his cups and his music. There are plenty of both to go around. Should too many cups grace his lips, 11:00 pm CST becomes, "Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave." Looking forward to the hung over version of Seton for all five days. That would have to lead to a WOP wouldn’t it? Will there be beads? The Danette mouths may be saying no now, but once they get down there, their actions may say yes. 

Zero Dark Dirty, Guest of the Day, Bring Your Mom with You & More

Bring Your Mom With You

All the things a mom would
need to care for McLovin

Is bringing his mom to work what’s needed for McLovin to be a better Danette? Or should there be a butler or a maid to take care of the Dartmouth grad’s messes? McLovin showered in DP’s bathroom this morning, which Dan didn’t mind. Better to have a clean McLovin than a stinky McLovin. But Dan should not have had to pick up after him in order to use the bathroom. Let’s look at why McLovin needs a maid. If the camera isn’t on him, he doesn’t clean up his coffee and water spills. When he can, he gets the crew to do that for him. He leaves his coffee cups and water bottles wherever he sees fit. When he’s done with them he’s too lazy to toss his trash or too absent minded to take it with him. Is there money in the budget for a maid or butler? I may want to sign up for that studio job! If he had his mom there, maybe she could check his work and make sure sources were quoted properly, i.e. Peter King, so DP doesn’t get in trouble for using a line McLovin sold as his, when it was not. Maybe mom could take care of that "cut" he said he had on his tongue from Dan hitting him with the soccer ball yesterday. 

New Orleans Man Cave Hint 

Will we see this iconic scene on
DP's New Orleans man cave set?

Dan clued us is that the New Orleans man cave that Directv is building is going to be their own French Quarter. Of course Fritzy will be brining his own carry on bag full of beads. He’s already asking for guidance on when he’s crossing the line and if he’s eating too much or the wrong thing. Maybe he should bring his mom to work too.






Insecurity, Competitiveness or Both?

Fritzy knows boners, does he know what
a little back bone is?

What drives Todd Fritz more, insecurity or competitiveness? Just because Dan or one of the other Danettes shoots a one liner that contributes to the show doesn’t mean you have to try to top it with a dud. Paulie is the professional topper. Leave topping to the professionals. Sven called in and had a few mock headlines that were pretty good. But he didn’t take Dan’s advice and walk off when he should have but he did well overall. Dan gave Fritzy a one and done opportunity that should have been done after one but Fritzy went for two and neither really hit the mark. You know a line is bad if you have to explain it. Instead of explaining it, just let it go. It’s much more enjoyable to watch when Fritzy shows some back bone and stands up for himself, especially when he stands up to Dan’s taunting than to watch when he goes into the role of the victim.

Guest of the Day 

If you look closely you can see hair horns
and steam coming from Chris' ears

The Guest of the day has to be Chris Mannix. When he gets passionate and fired up he becomes almost manic. His voice goes higher and louder and he speaks really fast. You can almost see him through the phone line: jaw clenched, forehead tight, face red, waving his hands all over the place. He’s slightly calmer when he guest hosts, but still a riot. First choice guest host when Dan's out for surgery?

Zero Dark Dirty 

Thank you for the line Fritzy, I couldn’t resist. Dan watched Zero Dark Thirty last night and gave his professional actor review. The movie is complicated at the beginning getting the story established but it’s well worth sticking with. The last half-hour is spectacular and really well done. Director Katherine Bigelow, like Ben Affleck for Argo, should have been nominated for an Oscar. So what one thing did Dan walk away from the movie with? Most people would come away with how great our troops were on that mission, but not our Dan. His lasting thought was how hot Jessica Chastain was.

Fritzy Foot Fouls, Movie Talk, Fans v Fritzy and More

　

Movie Talk

Blonde?

Whose movie taste do you trust?  If the Danettes gave you their opinion on a movie, would you watch it? The movie In Bruges, a dark comedy with Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes was brought in for Dan to watch.  Paulie considers it fantastic, one of the top ten films of all time. The more he watches it the better it gets.  Seton said it was a really good movie.  McLovin said it wasn’t bad.  Keep in mind that any time The Devil Wears Prada is on, McLovin watches it.  Fritzy, well Dan didn’t dare go to Fritzy for his opinion.  Fritzy’s critique would only be on the actress, Clemence Poesy, who Jesse Palmer thinks is incredibly hot.  Hotter than Homeland’s Morena Baccarin?

Or Brunette?

That’s My Boy Nominated

For a Razzie that is. If there’s a red carpet, Dan and the boys will be there. How about gift bags? Appetizers? A Miss Razzie? Who’s their competition? So much anticipation. The entire cast was recognized, not favorably, but still recognized. Trophies for everyone? We’ll have to see if they win.

      Career Advice

Guidance Counselor Burgundy

One of the memorable final moments of Dan being with ESPN was when Will Ferrell called in, in the character of Ron Burgundy, from Anchorman, to give Dan career advice upon his leaving the network. Ferrell stayed in character for a good 8-9 minutes on air with Dan.









Wheel of Punishment Violation?

McLovin man enough to sport
thiese sides?

McLovin returned today without his mustache. Now the question becomes, did he violate the wheel of punishment? Plus, what happened to all of those things that McLovin said the mustache did for him? He was empowered, there was a new vibe he was getting from women, and he felt like a new man. He claims it was giving him respiratory problems, that it was becoming a hideous growth by curling in and it was getting uglier. McLovin says he’ll do something special for sweeps, like grow out George Foster sideburns, to make up for the loss. Don’t hold your breath everyone because we know how good he is at follow through. Doesn’t he realize that the ugly mustache would have been better for the show? eDP owns your likeness when you become part of the show. McLovin’s hair, anywhere on his head, his walk, his lack of athletic display, Dan owns all of that. Sure, there’s a limit to the value, but DP still owns it. McLovin is sometimes exhausting entertainment, but he’s still entertainment. R.I.P. @McLovinsstache (original). In its place during The Box Score Show, Casey Geraghty gave McLovin a Sharpie stache that looked better than the original, from a distance. He lost a few epithelial cells during the break, but the Sharpie stache is gone now too.

Possible NYC Guest Monday

Where am I going to be Monday?

Charlie Sheen contacted Dan. Charlie is going to be in NYC next week and would like to stop by the NYC man cave. Now this is Charlie, and he’s not what you would characterize as fully dependable or fully organized in planned thought so this may not occur. If it does, it would be another fine DP Show moment.






            Speaking of NYC

The boys are readying themselves
for New Orleans

Have you seen the promo piece shot in the NYC man cave for the upcoming road trip to New Orleans for the Super Bowl? Pompous McLovin, Paulie with no joy, Seton’s facial expressions and whoever’s scream that was, topped by Fritzy’s exhibitionous display. Laugh not only at content but the guys wearing make up too. Funny stuff. Great job Directv people on another original promo.





Locker Room Vacant

Under renovation

We learned the reason that the website locker room is down. That portion of the audience participation is being updated. It coincides with improvements associated with the addition of NBC Sports Network. Dan appreciates the audience and what that brings to the show just as much as the audience appreciates that this is something that differentiates DP from other sports shows. The locker room will be back. It needs to come back. It provides an enormous percent of McLovin’s content on the show.

Fans v Fritzy

Baseball HOF Mock headlines edition. It seems that this will be a regular segment as there was intro music made for the piece. The jabs were flying back and forth between Paulie, representing the fans and Fritzy. Then Fritzy learning from the past took a walk off on his line - Juice for Jesus. Then the fans came back one more time with Back Back Bacne. Fritzy couldn’t resist and wanted a bonus round, a one off winner take all with Sven in CA being the final fan headline even though Paulie still had two in the bag. Fritzy went first because he asked for the bonus round and went with his Dire Straits take off. Instead of going with either of the headlines Paulie was holding, they went to Sven who WHIFFED. Overall the fans had better headlines but the win went to Fritzy. Was the decision thrown because Dan knew he would loose Fritzy for the rest of the show if he had lost? Hmmm. In the end, it’s better to play with others than to play with yourself.

Special Deliveries to the Man Cave

One of Dan’s basketball idols is Pete Maravich. He showed an action figure that came with a hand written letter from Pete Maravich to the fan that originally had the figurine and letter. That fan had now sent it on to Dan. This was a special piece for Dan that is on his side of the studio.

Another special item on Dan’s side is a firefighter helmet from Edwardsville, IL. Love and admiration to first responders! @rushdude

He doesn't need a designer,
he needs a barber.

The head of Sony, Steve Mosko, asked Dan who the set decorator was for the show. Dan told him that this was a former dance studio that the DIY Man Cave show did the bones renovation and the rest was all Dan. Is there an Emmy for TV show set design?





Social News

From Ralph Lauren to Derek Jeter

From the social news department of the show: Derek Jeter is dating Ralph Lauren model, Hannah Davis. Step up, step down or lateral move for Jeter? Dan and the boys approve, do you?




Fritzy Foot Fouls

Ride, then drive....away

Fritzy’s foot found it’s way to his mouth again. In making analogies of college coaches talking to other teams while they were under contract with someone else Fritzy had to chime in. Dan had been talking about the relationship between the school and coach as a marriage. Fritzy added that he saw nothing wrong with test driving a car (mistress), because it doesn’t mean you’re going to sell old one you have now (wife). Should make for interesting conversation when he gets home.

How does that taste.
Chew good, swallow hard.

Fritzy also claims that he had not talked to anyone about other job opportunities. Talks, not offers. The I Team believes they have something here and the wheel of punishment is on the line. Stay tuned for updates to come. Go I Team Go!

Unexpected Apology, Appreciated & Blessed, Super Bowl Side Trip

Unexpected Apology
After the show yesterday, Dan listened back to the broadcast after feed back from the audience and talking to Paulie and Seton had revealed to him things he didn’t like hearing.  After he heard the replay he felt things weren’t as tightened up and professional as he wanted the show to be and for that he apologized. He wants to be proud of this show and something his audience is proud listening to.  If his NBC gig were to go away tomorrow, he still wants this show to be here. Dan, apology unexpected and accepted. You’re only human dude.  Remember, you audience tunes in for that side of you too. 

Here stands a professional human.
Was he wrong speaking how he felt?

Appreciated and Blessed
Who do you go to when you’re the one that everyone comes to for answers?  That’s a question that Deion Sanders, NFL Network, had to deal with and he didn’t have the answer and suicide contemplation and attempt was the conclusion he came to at a time he felt he had no where to go.  Because of that experience Deion can relate in part to Jevon Belcher.  Deion was in the midst of his first divorce, the only people he felt loved him were his kids and they were being taken away from him.  After a Reds game in Cincinnati, he ran his car off the road. He found strength to move forward from the Lord and his strengthening faith afterwards. Even though he thought so then, it was not his time. At the conclusion of the interview Deion said to Dan, You’re a good man and I appreciate you, God Bless You.  Did Deion listen to the show before coming on?  Did he know that Dan had been struggling with his own issues?  Did what Dan and Deion talk about, Brady Quinn’s post game remarks, when you ask someone how they’re doing, do you mean it?  If you tell them you’re ok, are you telling the truth?  Stop and think about that if you haven’t already.  Also, if someone says God Bless You out of the blue, how does that make you feel?  How do you react? The beauty of this show is that it isn’t scripted.  Not for Dan or the Danettes and not for the guests.  Just one of things viewers and listeners love about this show and why they keep coming back.

Look beyond the large print, it's the small that says it all.

New Bdubs Tagline
No one does a live commercial read like DP and today was no exception.  Dan was relating the “protect the football” line with real life situations i.e. McLovin’s invite to Dan last weekend to watch the
game with him while he watched his two young daughters.  Of course Dan said no.  Dan doesn’t want to wait in line for the bathroom and wants to be able to scratch himself when he wants to, “Buffalo Wild Wings, you can scratch if you want to.” Loved this with laughter.  Bdub should have loved it too.  McLovin has a hall pass this weekend and asked to watch the games with Dan.  Response: NO

BDubs, you can scratch if you want to

Super Bowl Side Trip
Archie Manning left the door open and Dan and the Danettes are going to walk right in.  Dan and the Danettes will be on the road once again Super Bowl week and this year it’s in New Orleans.  Home of Archie Manning.  Who does Dan have a preoccupation with?  Archie’s son, Peyton.  As Dan has told us before, when Archie let Dan come over to the house, and go in Peyton’s room, he jumped on the bed, and curled up on the football sheets.  Archie said, you know where I live and that they could come over.  Does he understand that having Dan come over is one thing.  Having frenzied Broncos fan Fritzy is another. Guess we’ll need to stay tuned until February to find out how the Danettes embarrass Dan on this Super Bowl side trip.

The possibilities of what could
go wrong are scary