Givin' 'n Gettin', Be Like Gronk

Givin’ 'n Gettin’ 

Pawn in a vicious game of words

Dan didn’t start out at his best today, reportedly because of the meds he’s taking pre-surgery.  Picking up on the weakness and Dan’s fear of the upcoming surgery, Fritzy decided today would be a good day to pick on the boss and dig, dig, dig.  When Dan started to push back and the front row, Seton and Paulie, joined in, Fritzy decided things had gone too far and went from being a mean Danette, back to the big baby Danette. Fritzy made a final move by delivering a hurtful slice in answering the phone when Joe Montana called in.  It was decided long ago that when Paulie’s living football hero called in, he would be answering the phone so he could say a few words to him before Joe went on the air.  Fritzy knew what this meant to Paulie and when the phone rang, Fritzy who normally has to be told to answer the phone, jumped on it beating Paulie.  The reaction to the move was explosive and comical, especially if you were able to see the responses.  Fritzy’s move was done on purpose but with regret.  Could it be because revenge is a dish served cold and Paulie will be all over the phones the next time John Elway, Fritzy’s living football idol, is scheduled to call in?

Be Like Gronk 

Gronk likes to put on a show
Do the Dan and the Danettes?

Rob Gronkowski may have been holding back when he appeared on the show last Thursday in New Orleans, but he was back to his normal self when he was partying with friends in Las Vegas. Dancing sans shirt on stage with a couple of wrestling moves thrown in brought Dan down memory lane and he took a few of the Danettes with him with stories of shirts and no shirts.  

Danny gotta dance to Hootie

Dan was dancing shirtless in Glaskow, Scotland when he joined Hootie and the Blowfish when they were on tour long ago.  The drummer would perform shirtless and Dan always stayed within eyeshot of the stage.  It was blazing hot in the club so he took off his shirt while he was dancing.  He described his dancing as the Dougie but the Danny and creepy.  This left a lasting memory for Darius Rucker, the lead singer, and years later when he visited the Milford man cave he sang a song that included lyrics about the shirtless, dancing Dan.  

Buzzzz

Dan was also at an after Sports Center gathering of about nine guys years ago listening to RHCP where he was the viewer of a butt shaving.  Too much beer, too late the hour, too much time. Oh the things we missed learning about pre-smart phones, TMZ and social media!

Fashion swimwear

Seton during his seven year heavy party period during a good day of cups took off his shirt and put on his friend’s grandmother’s moo moo and later ended up in the koi pond. 

Any man would show what
he could for a camp
counselor like this

Fritzy recalled removing his shirt, strutting his stuff and showing off to senior counselors when he was a camp counselor in training. His back row partner, McLovin, had nothing to contribute, as usual.


It should be noted that when Dan asked this morning if any of the Danettes in their current condition would remove their shirt to dance if a persuasive female asked them to do so.  Seton and McLovin were a resounding no, Paulie would, and girdle, surgical scars and all, Fritzy would as well.  Pass on the last.

Sweet sweater vest!
Wanta trade?

Back to Paulie.  He wasn’t going to offer up any stories but Dan did for him.  A story that Paulie had forgotten about and had also forgotten that he had once told Dan.  At a frat party at Ole Miss, a girl that was wearing a T-shirt and sweater vest liked the T-shirt and sweater vest Paulie was wearing so they exchanged tops and then danced together. Oh young lust. 

Award Winning Performance? It's the Pain It's the Drugs It's... + More

Know Your Show

If you’re going to call in to the show, know what sports seasons are active, know the audience and know that this show doesn’t "break down" teams, players, games, fans or announcers. Learn a new language to get that response or result from DP and for Pete’s sake, be current. JT in CA, I know it was early in the morning on your side of the land but you had to have had an inkling that your call was going to be served didn’t you? Twins talk. Really? Where were you in May, June, July, August, yada, yada, yada? Come back again in the spring!

If it's spring, shouldn't the snow be gone in MN?

More Like U-Haul 

Boxy, slow U-Haul

Could it be that Dan has more speed than a former running back? Apparently so. Dan versus Jerome "The Bus" Bettis in a 50 yard dash. Dan with a 10 yard advantage finished with more than a 10 yard lead. Witnesses to the event were Rodney Harrison and Tony Dungy when they were all together doing NBC FNIA. Tony called it and Tony doesn’t lie.








Award Winning Performance? 

Ahh Dude, I'm headin' this way

McLovin may have set himself up for another Awful Announcing award this year for an ATG segment. Mini helmets move over for the wheel. Wheel of coaches that is. Physically, the wheel looked impressive and had great sound effects, but it also tripped McLovin up. His hodge podge wedge of coaching assistants - he only knew three of the five coaches. Another wedge – "This guy from the Niners!" also an assistant coach. He had Chip Kelly, from Oregon, going to two different teams. On another wedge - "This guy from Tampa Bay!" There was also one prospect he didn’t put on the wheel at all until the end of the segment when he just taped a full sheet on the bottom of the wheel. Dan hid his face in his hands in laughter until he had to wipe away the tears. Seton’s infectious laugh and all the craziness actually spread over to Paulie, who for just a little while had joy during the show. Fritzy seemed not to be able to follow along well. Must have been the meds. In the end, as it seems with all the ATG segments, Dan came away knowing less than before the segment started. Dan had asked before the show if McLovin wanted to run through the piece before air but McLovin decided to stay undercover and do it on his own. Aren’t we all glad he did?

It’s the Pain, It’s the Drugs, It’s… 

Hey Fritzy!  I made this
in 96 seconds!

Fritzy might have well blamed his mock headlines on the fact it was Thursday for as bad as they were today. 96 minutes of work for 90 seconds of silence from the peanut gallery. Dan’s words: "Like a chef taking 90 minutes to make toast." Today Fritzy made toast. He thought it was because he didn’t go pervy and needed to return to the inappropriate side. No, just go to the funny side.







Set Your DVRs ! 

Presumably this is not what Chrissy
will not be wearing Friday in studio

In the NYC studio, guests tomorrow will be: Peter King of NBC Sports, Actor Chi McBride and swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen. Who won’t be there? Our pervy little buddy. Fritzy’s timing continues to be on par.










                                                                                     Hot Water with the Mrs.

McLovin is following me again!

 This could really only be one of two Danettes. Today it was McLovin. He and his wife were looking on line for something for the kids. They ran across a headline about what professional athlete is Erin Andrews, of Fox Sports, dating. Of course McLovin had to click on it and didn’t take the smooth way of explaining his curiosity by saying something like: I’m just curious, she’s been on the show, she worked with Dan, or that Chrissy Teigan, who was in the shot with John Legend and the hockey player McLovin didn’t know who is seeing Erin, is coming on the show on Friday. Instead he told his wife she was super famous and his wife wanted to know if he had a crush on her, which he never admitted he did. On air he did say he was a little disappointed that Erin decided to date a pro-athlete and not a nerdy geek. Let’s face it, the US Weekly part of Dan’s personality would have clicked on the link too.

Not So Famous 

Conditional ticket giver

Dan had tickets to the Knicks/Spurs Thursday game. Good seats, not floor seats, but good seats. He was going to give them to Paulie and Seton until Paulie learned that the seats were good for Dan and a guest only otherwise there were no seats. We’ll have to see tomorrow if anyone actually went to the game and if there were any stories to accompany. Dan did joke if the game was going to be on ESPN he could hold up a sign saying Sports Center next or whatever happened to Dan Patrick? All too funny. Who would Dan choose if any of the Danettes were able to go? Wingman McLovin to help coax the famous female fans in their direction.

Programming Note From:

Look Out!
Here the Danettes Come!

NBC Sports Network‏@NBCSN
Starting Jan 7 The Dan Patrick Show's Daily Wrap-Up Program "The Box Score" will begin airing weekdays at Noon ET




　

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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