Mike & The MadDog 30 for 30
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DVRing it. Cannot wait to watch this weekend.
Job after college in 1989 was in Jersey City. Had 45 minute drive home. Discovered Mike and the Mad Dog on the commute home one day and thought I had died and gone to heaven...
Honestly rarely listen anymore. Stopped listening to callers years ago.
Will try to listen during NFL playoffs or NCAA tourney when I know there will be interviews with coaches and or journalists...
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Did they interview Georgia Roddy?
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Can't wait to watch it On Demand. Was eating at the bar and it was on, but obv no sound. Groundbreakers. Loved the clips of Saunders(?) and others looking so young on WFAN. And the ads of Francessa with the 'stache were amazing.
Is Bob Thompson the dean of Newhouse? I always see him on these 30 for 30's, he gives some good sound bytes.
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Lot of memories in it, wow.
Like all 30/30s, it's very good.
Pretty funny and even a little sentimental without going over the top, legit stuff like Mikes bro and Russo's departure and the love of his dad by Mike.
All you lebatard guys should now see where he gets that schtick from.
Yeah Thompson all over it and a little JB, lots of Ian Eagle.
O78, I think you meant 'The Schmoozer' Steve Somers.
A shot of the 'legendary' Suzyn Waldman, who was the 1st voice ever heard on The Fan, giving those 1st words.
A young Malusis & Carlin laughing when they produced just cracked me up, praise from Michael Kay...good stuff.
Too much to mention.
Great clips, great watch.
All will enjoy.
Like all 30/30s, it's very good.
Pretty funny and even a little sentimental without going over the top, legit stuff like Mikes bro and Russo's departure and the love of his dad by Mike.
All you lebatard guys should now see where he gets that schtick from.
Yeah Thompson all over it and a little JB, lots of Ian Eagle.
O78, I think you meant 'The Schmoozer' Steve Somers.
A shot of the 'legendary' Suzyn Waldman, who was the 1st voice ever heard on The Fan, giving those 1st words.
A young Malusis & Carlin laughing when they produced just cracked me up, praise from Michael Kay...good stuff.
Too much to mention.
Great clips, great watch.
All will enjoy.
I was shocked at the praise from Kay, I thought he was their rivals, and he hated them.
I don't believe she called in to Mike and the Mad Dog.
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Thanks for heads up. I just watched it on the espn app. Reminded me of the time I was playing Stanwich in Greenwich about 20 years ago. The group in front of us were very slow. On the 6th hole, as we are waiting in the fairway, they wave us up. As we approach, we see it's Jim Nantz, Mike Lupica, Mad Dog, and whoever the member was who got them onto Stanwich.
I'm in the bunker green side, as I go to take my swing, Maddog drops to the ground like I'm going to skull it and hit him. Lupica is laughing like he's 17, and Nantz is mortified.
I'd like to say I got up and down, but I bogeyed the hole.
Mike and the dog were the kings back in the day. They were pioneers. When I moved to Boston in 1998, I would love when I drove home to NY to see the family. When I breached the berkshires, I'd fiddle with the radio for 660am. I'd listen thru static.
Those were the days.
I'm in the bunker green side, as I go to take my swing, Maddog drops to the ground like I'm going to skull it and hit him. Lupica is laughing like he's 17, and Nantz is mortified.
I'd like to say I got up and down, but I bogeyed the hole.
Mike and the dog were the kings back in the day. They were pioneers. When I moved to Boston in 1998, I would love when I drove home to NY to see the family. When I breached the berkshires, I'd fiddle with the radio for 660am. I'd listen thru static.
Those were the days.
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She called in on weekends.
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I'll have to watch this next time it's on because I've always thought Francesa was one of the biggest blowhards in sports media and can't imagine listening to him for hours each day. But that was just based on his time at CBS and some interviews I've seen. Never listened to the show so obviously I missed something pretty great.
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Yeah I thought it was going to be 2 hours as well, when it ended I was disappointed. Was great to watch
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I was hoping for 90 minutes, but I knew it was 60 so I was prepared.
they could've gone deeper into how they created Radio Row at the SuperBowl in 90, how out of hand 94 was and what they were doing to add to the fever pitch of the 96 Yankees.
they were doing their show from the Stadium, right up to the pregame, then would come on again after the postgame and go to like 2AM.
it was awesome.
you could leave the game or go home from the bar and by the time you got home, the post game was over and everyone would put on the radio and fall asleep to those 2 rehashing the game. the callers were drunk and and/or crazy...it was like nothing ive ever heard before or after.
Who did you like more Francesca or Mad Dog? My guess Big Mike because he is a Giants/Yankees guy.
Their post game 7 2004 ALCS show on YouTube is must watch.
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i never picked a side.
but I really liked and like, Mike solo...probably for the reason you state.
they were perfect together, if there ever was guy deserving of the nickname MadDog, it was Russo, its who he was.
and Mike never played the straight man, he played the angry, blowhard, know-it-all...because...well, that's who he was.
together, it was magic, it was radio gold.
im glad to have caught about 15 of their 19 years together.
as for the day after the 04 ALCS, I watched/listened to it once, live...and that was 1 too many times.
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Definitely should've been a bit longer.
I discovered them in '02 on YES & have been a fan since. Sure Mike is an ass but a lot of guys in that job are asses and don't really know sports. I was an NFL Films junkie kid so I appreciate the guy who is getting paid at least being able to recite all the Super Bowls offhand as I can. Of course the unintentional comedy of taking himself way too seriously adds to the charm in a way that can't really be replicated.
I don't think running a baseball team is half as difficult as JB apparently does.
I discovered them in '02 on YES & have been a fan since. Sure Mike is an ass but a lot of guys in that job are asses and don't really know sports. I was an NFL Films junkie kid so I appreciate the guy who is getting paid at least being able to recite all the Super Bowls offhand as I can. Of course the unintentional comedy of taking himself way too seriously adds to the charm in a way that can't really be replicated.
I don't think running a baseball team is half as difficult as JB apparently does.
Mike could be a good gm, no question about it, Chris is too nuts, he would trade 3 guys after one bad game.
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I always heard her at the end of the night shift, say 5 a.m. or so. This NYT article says her usual call-in time was 1 a.m.
I really don't ever think she called into them, I always heard her on Steve Somers show.
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