Hour 2 - Chris Russo, Frank Caliendo

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 2: Chris Russo, Frank Caliendo

Date: February 3, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network)

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Overview

This hour of The Dan Patrick Show is a lively, nostalgia-filled ride featuring two high-profile guests: Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, legendary sports radio host, and Frank Caliendo, master impressionist and comedian. Dan and the Danettes dig into the history of sports radio, the virtues and flaws of baseball legends, sports stadium nostalgia, and the craft (and chaos) of comedy impressions. The segment is sprinkled with humor, storytelling, and frank (pun intended) observations about sports and pop culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Poll Questions and Show Setup

(01:19–03:55)

• The hour kicks off with audience poll results and show banter:
  • Is there an anti-Patriots bias in this year’s Hall of Fame voting?
    • 75% say yes.
  • Should there be?
    • 70% say no.
  • Who would you want to grab dinner with among the guests? (Ross Tucker, Russo, Caliendo, Steve Young)
    • Ross Tucker leads, but it’s a four-way tie.

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2. Chris “Mad Dog” Russo Interview

(03:55–20:04)

Sports Radio Legacy & On-Air Persona

• Russo’s “aaaaand” radio catchphrase:
  • Developed organically within the first few months at WFAN in 1989.
  • "You try something, seems like people like it, you stick with it." (05:07)
• On working with Francesa:
  • Their formula worked because of the contrast in personas—Francesa was wry and knowledgeable, Russo more energetic and unpredictable.
  • “Mike understood that you were with us. You were part of it forever.” (06:05)
• Springsteen and Show Theme:
  • Uses Springsteen’s “Radio Nowhere”; sought direct approval to play it.

Ballpark Nostalgia: Oracle Park and San Francisco Sports

• Russo reminisces about attending the Giants' first game at then-Pacific Bell Park (now Oracle Park), and various signature baseball moments.
• On San Francisco's stadiums:
  • Praises Petco and Camden Yards.
  • Describes the unique creation of Oracle Park and the role of Peter Magowan.
  • “It is a great park. I came to the World Series here in ‘02. I was here a lot in the early days.” (08:01)
• On Candlestick Park:
  • “One time. Oh, I was dead cold. Oh, geez.” (08:51)

The Giants, Bonds, and the Hall of Fame Debate

• On Giants struggling to recruit stars in recent years despite history of big signings like Bonds.
  • “They can’t get anybody to take their money… makes it tricky for them.” (10:42)
• Barry Bonds and the Hall:
  • “Bonds became an immortal because of steroids. He was not an immortal before steroids. He was great… but he wasn’t an immortal. He became Ruthian after he did it.” (12:36)
  • “He was great for the franchise… but they never won with him, which is hard to believe.” (14:06)
  • On Giants’ dilemma: “They gotta hold their nose.” (14:03)
• Dan compares local fanbase loyalty to Bonds (“Hey, but he’s ours”) to Pete Rose nostalgia in Cincinnati.

World Series Stories & Sports Memory

• Detailed recollections of the 2002 World Series, vivid anecdotes (“JT Snow picked up Dusty Baker's little kid, Darren, when somebody scored – he was gonna get run over...”).
• Self-deprecating banter about memory:
  • Dan: “You're creeping me out with this information.”
  • Russo: “No, I'm sharp today. I got up. I'm sharp.” (15:30)

On Super Bowl & Radio Row Evolution

• First Super Bowl: 1990, Denver–San Francisco, early days before the media circus.
• Shares tale of being invited to John Madden’s suite to break down the game:
  • “Madden comes on with Sumrall and he says, ‘Here's my address. Call me... I got to show you some stuff.’” (15:55)
• On managing entertainment and credibility:
  • “Never take yourself too seriously. You're talking sports... Have fun. So I don't worry about that anymore. Just do the... I'm 66 years old. Just do this stupid show, for crying out loud.” (19:02)

Mad Dogisms & Life Off-Air

• Fritzi prods Russo about trying edible gummies; Russo tells an anecdote about being given a full one, panicking, then eating “9 million Oreos.” (19:32)

Notable Quotes:

• “Bonds became an immortal because of steroids. He became Ruthian after he did it. And it was all because of that home run derby when McGwire and Sosa...and Bonds got jealous.” – Russo (12:36)
• “They gotta hold their nose.” – Russo on the Giants and Bonds' Hall of Fame dilemma (14:03)
• “Never take yourself too seriously. You're talking sports... Have fun.” – Russo (19:02)

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3. Frank Caliendo Segment

(22:27–39:11)

Comedy After Mad Dog (and the ‘Dude Wipes Guy’)

• Frank jokes about the challenge of following Russo’s energy:
  • “Normally, I'm not the guy who has to follow energy, but there was Mad Dog and then the Dude Wipe guy...” (24:05)

The Art of Impressions – Process, Study, and Range

• Always looking for new people to impersonate – “...the people die off. Presidents get old, then they're not topical. I work them backwards...” (24:20)
  • Displays transitions through Bush, Trump, Obama, Clinton.
• Importance of studying mannerisms:
  • “The mouth tells you how the person talks. The eyes tell you how a person thinks. That’s how I always break it down.” (29:23)
  • Example: Jeff Goldblum – “He’s a tourist and a tour guide at the same time.”
• “Voices blend into each other” – shows transitions: John Madden to Bill Walton, Kermit the Frog to Paul Giamatti, etc. (30:14)
• Describes “reverse engineering” characters, using established pop culture versions to find the right voice.
• On recording practice:
  • “It’s just repetition...If you can get one sentence...then you can kind of play it like it’s music.” (31:58)

Insider Tales & Voice Requests

• Being invited by ESPN personalities to do impressions of them (“Sal Pal wanted me to do him…”), and everyone on ESPN doing a “secret Berman.”
• On Mel Kiper’s response to being impersonated:
  • “He called me after I did it the first time...‘Frank, Mel Kiper Jr. Gonna figure that one out.’” (33:00–33:24)

Dealing with Audiences and Stand-Up Realities

• Frank explains that his audiences are generally fans now, but he endured forced campus gigs where no one wanted comedy. (34:14–35:06)
• On dealing with hecklers:
  • “If somebody is a heckler, there’s a guy who doesn’t know it’s not his turn to talk...then he probably should look for the security man who’s about to take him out of the show.” (35:06)

Audience Interaction – Taking Impression Requests

• “At the end I say, if I didn’t get to an impression you wanted to hear, call it out now.” (36:03)
  • Does rapid-fire Stephen A. Smith and meta-commentary on the vocabulary needed to nail the impression.

Inviting Todd (Fritzi) to Perform Stand-Up

• Extended joke about Fritzi opening for Frank in Hartford – “Anyone going on after me would kill, no matter what.” (38:34)
• Comic meta riff: repeating “I couldn’t say the same thing over and over...” ad nauseam.

Notable Quotes:

• “The mouth tells you how the person talks. The eyes tell you how a person thinks.” – Caliendo (29:23)
• “Voices blend into each other...John Madden can become Bill Walton...just a little switch.” – Caliendo (30:14)
• “Never take yourself too seriously. You're talking sports... Have fun.” – Russo (19:02)

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4. Listener Calls and Dan’s Super Bowl Memories

(40:34–45:46)

Super Bowl Logos and Memories

• Callers reminisce about favorite Super Bowl moments—Jackie Smith’s drop, the Gary Youripremian pick-6.
• Dan’s most meaningful Super Bowl moment:
  • Being on the field with Steve Young during Roethlisberger’s TD to Santonio Holmes:
    • “To be on the sidelines with Steve Young as he's doing play by play from a quarterback's perspective...was one of those all-time moments.” (41:27)
  • Being close to Malcolm Butler’s famous interception.

Dan’s “Welcome to the Big Stage” Media Moment

• Recalls sharing the ESPYs stage with Bill Murray, handing out the comeback award to Michael Jordan.
  • Bill Murray: “...you shouldn’t accept this. Monica [Seles] got stabbed.” (43:38)
  • “I'm just holding on for dear life...I don't know where he's taken me."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Russo on Bonds:
  • “He became Ruthian after he did it. And it was all because of that Home run derby when McGuire and Sosa...and Bonds got jealous.” (12:36)
• Russo on aging as a broadcaster:
  • “I'm 66 years old. Just do this stupid show, for crying out loud.” (19:02)
• Caliendo on impressions:
  • “The mouth tells you how the person talks. The eyes tell you how a person thinks.” (29:23)
• Caliendo on crowd work:
  • “If somebody is a heckler, there's a guy who doesn't know it's not his turn to talk...probably should look for the security man who’s about to take him out of the show.” (35:06)
• Dan Patrick recalling his ESPYs moment with Bill Murray:
  • “Bill comes through a side door...goes, ‘You didn’t think I'd make it?’...and then we hand out the comeback player of the year award.” (43:38)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Poll questions and show intro: 01:19–03:55
• Chris Russo Interview (Sports talk legacy, ballpark nostalgia, Giants/Bonds/HOF): 03:55–20:04
• Frank Caliendo Segment (comedy, impressions, audience interaction): 22:27–39:11
• Listener calls and Dan’s Super Bowl memories: 40:34–45:46

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Conclusion

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show is a blend of sports history, behind-the-scenes storytelling, and high-energy comedy. Chris Russo offers a masterclass in sports nostalgia and the realities of fandom for controversial legends like Barry Bonds. Frank Caliendo brings the funny with insights into his craft and in-the-moment impressions, while Dan Patrick holds it together with stories from media's biggest stages. Overall, the hour is a rich mix of banter, insight, and good-natured ribbing—epitomizing why sports talk radio remains such a beloved institution.

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You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Hour two on this Tuesday. Dan and the Danettes Dan Patrick Shay Show Frank Caliendo I just saw Frank. He's going to join us. We'll talk to Steve Young, the Niners QB a little later on and we'll talk to Christopher Mad Dog Russo in a moment. Stat of the Day is always brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the Dan Patrick Show. You can dial us up. We'll get those phone calls best we can. 8773 DP Show Operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your phone calls. Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP show the Winter Olympics kick off in four days with the opening ceremony. Join the celebration on NBC. And Peacock, if you'd like to join us at the China Basin park here in the shadows of McCovey Cove and of course this beautiful ballpark, Oracle park here with the San Francisco Giants. First come, first serve and we'd love to have you here. Great audience here. Second best audience that we've had so far this week. But there's always room for improvement there. Always room for improvement. Oh, by the way, it Is a meat Tuesday every day. We're serving food courtesy of Heartland steak company. We have pork chops. We have Iowa pork chops, not to be confused with American pork chops and. And dill crusted salmon courtesy of Heartland steak company. Who has it better than we do?

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Nobody.

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All right, pull question from hour one. Seaton. Then we'll go to hour two and we'll bring in Christopher Mad dog Russo. By the way, I have a prop bet here. I don't know if this is going to change which will be greater, the Seahawks points scored in Super Bowl 60 or James Harden's points scored against the Timberwolves. But I don't know if James Harden. When is that game? Because Harden might be traded to Cleveland before that game, so I don't know. We'll have to keep an eye on that, Marvin. Thank you. All right, seat and poll question from hour one. What are we going with hour two?

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Yeah, we got a few of them up there. Is there anti Patriots bias in this.

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Year'S hall of fame voting?

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Right now, 75% of the audience say yes.

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Should there be anti Patriots bias in this year's hall of fame voting? Second, 70 say no.

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And who would you want to grab dinner with? This is our guest list today.

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Ross Tucker, Christopher Mad dog Russo, Frank Kelly Endo and Steve Young right now.

[A]

Steve Young, just barely. Excuse me.

[B]

Ross Tucker leading that one. Follow.

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Yeah, it's pretty much a four way ty, though.

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Let's make way for Christopher Mad dog Russo, host of Mad Dog unleashed on Sirius XM channel 82. You'll see him on first take as well out here doing his show and his beloved city that he grew up loving, the Giants. This first time I think we've had Chris in person on the show. Make way for Mad Dog Russo. Yeah. Yeah. Look at that. Yeah.

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How are we doing?

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Everything's good.

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There you go.

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Hello, Marvin. Todd. Fritz back there in the corner.

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How are you?

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How much coffee have you had?

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I just started your. Thanks to you. My first one. Thanks to you. Thanks to you.

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Can you give us a yes?

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I sure can.

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Why not? All right.

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And good morning, everybody. There we go. That was a good one.

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That was great.

[B]

So Chris worked with Mike Francesa. They pretty much created sports talk radio and this in New York at wfan. But when you first started doing that, I'm curious what Mike Francesa thought when you start the radio show with the.

[A]

And yeah, you know, I. I'd have to go back to see if I did it on the first show. I doubt I did it probably evolved, and it became a staple. So I probably did it within the first three or four months of 89. So I'm not exact. I'm sure I didn't do it the first day. I just. I did, and. But I'm sure somehow, some way, I just evolved. And you know how radio is. Anybody, you know, you try something, seems like people like it, you stick with it. You stick with it. And I can't get rid of that hand right now if it was the last thing on earth. But. Yeah, so. But. And remember one thing about Mike. Remember I did that famous thing when I killed the Giants when I lost The Marlins in 93. Remember that famous. I was so upset when I got beat by the Marlins when they won the championship in 03, not 93. So, I mean, and I went, rant. Did that. Mike would always. He understood where, hey, you know what? This. This is good. Let's let this roll. And, you know, a lot of it was me screaming and yelling about something.

[B]

Yeah.

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And Mike understood that, you know, that you were with us. You were part of it forever.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And Mike realized that. So the end is one of those. One of those categories.

[B]

I don't know if you know this, but Fritzi does not like Bruce Springsteen. You, of course, your theme music to open the show, Radio Nowhere. Yes.

[A]

Yeah. I called the music company to make sure I can do that, because, you know, they own the rights, say, Chris, play it as much as you want. So that's why I did the Radio Nowhere. And I. That I did start very early at Sirius in 08. I was at the first show. Maybe not, but the first. The first month or so I started that. And I was thinking about this. You know, I was at the first ball game, first game in this park in 2000 when it opened, and Kevin Ulster hit three homers, and the Giants lost to LA. Do you remember that? He had three homers. I came all this way. I sat with my lovely wife behind the first base dugout. Mike got me the tickets. And also, it's three bombs. We lose the game, for crying out luck.

[B]

Todd, you want to give Mad Dog a little Springsteen here?

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Go ahead, Todd.

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All right.

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Come on. Now. That doesn't put a kiss of man. That's pretty good.

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But he doesn't like Springsteen.

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He's got it figured out. I respect it, but I just. I. I don't know. People have gone 50 times to his concerts.

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We had Larry bear on.

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Yes.

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I heard. They were telling me, CEO and you know, these stadiums have a shelf life. I can't imagine what they would do differently here. And It's, I think, 30 years old. And you start to see that's around the end of a shelf life for a stadium. And then we have to have a new one here. Can Oracle park survive? And yes, it can be like, can. Can it grow into a Wrigley Fenway?

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Why not? And I think a lot of those stadiums out there that in baseball are new. Petco is a great park. You know, I think you'd agree. I love Petco. I don't know if you've been there. It's a great park.

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I have. They didn't take advantage of the vistas, though.

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Yeah, probably not. But like this.

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This is.

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They did a great. I, you know, I tell you, another great park that I like. Well, Camden is obviously going to be around forever too. They did a great job. Remember, they were going to build the park in 89 because the Giants got to the World Series, but they had the earthquake. So as a result, that got put aside. They were going to build Laurier park, and they didn't build it. He sells it, McGowan buys it. And they played in Candlestick in that 93, in that whole period. And then McGowan, the late Pete McGowan, is the guy, grew up on the Upper east side, was a big Bobby Thompson fan, and he's the guy that really did all the work, as you know, Danny, to build this park because it's all private money and it is a great park. I mean, you know, I came to the World Series here in, oh, two. I was here at the World Series when they beat Texas, when they beat Detroit. I mean, I was here a lot in the early days. And I used to go to Candlestick a lot, too. You go to Candlestick for a ball game.

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One time.

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Oh, I was dead cold. Oh, geez. One time you went. What did you see?

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I. I think it was the Giants. Dodgers.

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Well, that's a good.

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And I remember seeing Marshall.

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Oh, that's way back. Okay.

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Yeah. And I. It was so cold. And I just said, I don't need to go back to that stadium again. And I grew up a John Brody fan.

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Like, I, like, just passed away.

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Yeah, I grew up. I love the Niners Unifor. And they weren't that successful back then, but I love the way they look, you know, just like the Chargers. I went to Bengals games and the Chargers came out in those uniforms. And I go, I love it.

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I agree with you. Those George uniforms are great. Old keys are stadium where The Niners played. Yeah, which is still up, by the way, because they play a lot of high school games in there. They have the birds flying over. That was a great stadium. And I think the.

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I think.

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I think the 49ers have lost something when their stadium is 44 miles away.

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Yeah.

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I mean, the stadium, it's nowhere near here. I mean, it's in another city. I mean, it really is. They should be called the San Jose Niners instead of the San Francisco Niners. So I think that they've lost a little something, and the Giant stayed in the city, so. Which is good. And I know now the warriors and the Oakland Coliseum was a great arena. And I used to love the Cal palace, which was across the street near the airport.

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And.

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And when the warriors beat the Bullets, you remember this Bobby Dandridge, they played the games at the Cow palace because the Oakland Coliseum was not available. And that was a weird final because the first game is in Washington and Games 2 and 3 were in the Cal Polis, and the Bullets had the home court. So the warriors won the first game, and they came out here up 1 0. They won the two games and they swept them. You remember that With Rick Barry.

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Rick Barry.

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I loved it in the old Cal Polis. That old fairgrounds.

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Yeah.

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Bill Building. But this one. You're right. You're 100, right, Dan. This park will be here a long, long time. Now, the Giants got some issues because, you know, the Dodgers are blowing them away in this division. They can't get anybody to take their money, whether it's Ohtani Correa, you know, the Yamamoto, who's a judge. They can't get away to take all their money, which is, you know, makes it tricky for them. And in the other period There, you know, 15 years ago, bonds took the money and everything else. That was a huge signing. And give McGowan credit. When he got bonds to come here in 93, he gave him 46 and a half million. I don't know how many years it was. You know, that that was huge because the giants in 93 were a great team.

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Yeah.

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And they lost to Atlanta. By the last day of the season, they won 103 games. They didn't make the playoffs, and The Braves won 104. There you go.

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You can't, with your memory, like, you can't miss, like, an anniversary or a birthday at home. Right.

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By the way, it's my lovely wife's birthday today. Jean Russo.

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All right, how about that?

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So we have to make sure. I would have forgotten that he didn't say it.

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So we talked yesterday to the CEO and we talked about Bonds statue. So you make the hall of Fame, you get a statue. Jeff Kent will get one, Buster Posey will get one. And then we talked about. I said to Larry Bear, all right, give me your. Thank you. You're going to stand behind Bonds for the hall of Fame. Let me hear it. And, and we keep hearing this sometimes. And that is why he was a Hall of Famer before. I think it's the totality of your career.

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Absolutely.

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I. I'm sorry. Bonds did incredible things, but some of it wasn't real. His best work was enhanced 100. And that's a problem. But I do think the younger voters who are taking over baseball, I agree with that. I don't think they're caught up in steroids, Chris.

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Yeah. But whenever. Bonds now can't get in because he's passed a valid thing, so he has to get executive committee.

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Yeah.

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And he's not going to get in. They just voted no with him and Clemens. Bonds became an immortal because of steroids. He was not an immortal before steroids. He was great and he was a great player. Him and Griffey were the two best players, but he wasn't an immortal. He became Ruthian.

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Yeah.

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After he did it. And it was all because of that Home run derby when McGuire and Soto Sosa, you saw it in 96 at Veteran Stadium. I was at that. And those guys hit home runs all over the place. They got loved by all the fans. And Bonds got jealous. And then he said, you know, if they get in all this love, I'm better than them. I'll do the steroids, too. And obviously he becomes. But he, he was not an immortal to me. And, but is this like. And I understand the Giants are in a tricky spot because what are they supposed to do?

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But I grew up in Cincinnati, so I would defend Pete Rose the best I could, but I wouldn't have put him in the hall of Fame. But as a player, he could go in. He did the other stuff as a manager. And I thought, can you do. It's like what you did in grad school. If you cheat in grad school, I don't take away what you did in undergrad. And maybe, you know, I'm trying to, you know, massage this a little bit, but it feels like the Bonds. Hey, yeah, but he's ours. Like the local, you know, the base. And this is a great baseball town, but they have to kind of go.

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Yeah, they have no choice. But they Gotta hold their nose.

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Yes.

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That's what they got to do. And I understand that. And he was great for the Freedo. It's funny with the franchising. They never won with him, which is hard to believe. They should have won the O2 World Series. He was 8 for 17 with 13 walks.

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He hit that home run off Percival like it went out of it. Went all the way up and then out to the concession area.

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Anaheim in game two.

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Yeah, I was there for that.

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Oh, you were?

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Good for you, Danny. I went to the first. I went to games three, four and five here and I did the show. I. Mike didn't come, but I did the three shows. Games three, four, five, and in game five, the Giants won 14, five. And that was the famous game where J.T. snow picked up Dusty Baker's little kid. Who was the bat boy, Darren, when somebody scored, I. Ben, JT Scored, remember that? He was gonna get run over. And we left that ballpark that night. And everybody. Giant fan, you know, like the Vancouver Canuck fan. After they beat the Rangers in game, they all thought the World Series was over. I said, guys, you gotta win a game down in Anaheim. That's not gonna be that easy. And they didn't. And they blew the five nothing lead. Dusty made the error with the taking Ortiz out, which was, you know, that was a bad era. First and second bottom with a 75 nothing. Dusty, leave him in the game, please. And fun. And then Francisco Rodriguez gave up the three. One homer to Erstead and we ended up losing a World Series. But I bought.

[B]

You're creeping me out with this information. Here you are.

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No, I'm sharp today. I got up. I'm sharp.

[B]

And your hair is combed. My hair, Wow.

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I didn't even shave. I was gonna say I gotta shave for Patrick. They said, I don't shave. Go in there like a nutcase. I said, okay, I'll go in there like a nutcase.

[B]

He is Christopher Mad Dog Russo. He's got his own channel on Sirius, XM, channel 82. And you can see him on First Take with Stephen A. Smith. First super bowl you went to was 1990.

[A]

That was the Denver San Francisco Super Bowl. And I told this story this morning. I'll tell you again, it's a good one. Nobody there. It was just a couple radio stations, Mike and me, the local station. I think probably Eddie Anderman was there and maybe Eskin. So it wasn't a radio road thing. So we're there the whole week in. In. In New Orleans. And we had Madden and sum roll up. And so Madden and Sumrall did that game and some roll privately comes up to me, says keep on doing what you're doing. Which I thought I took that meaning, you know, the goofiness and all that. So I took that to, to heart. But Madden comes on with some roll and he says, listen, you guys come to, here's my address. Call me when you come. Come to my hotel this week. I got to show you some stuff. So that week, whatever day it may have been, we went to his hotel, little boutique hotel on Bourbon Street. We go into his, up in his suite, he sits us down and he says, watch this. He takes a projector out and he says, rights does this, Taylor does that. The tight end, his, the Broncos, Louis Wright, they don't have a chance in this game. Not a chance. 5510 San Francisco. That's when I knew I was with Immortals with that prediction. And that was the first one that I went to in that. And then the first one I really realized where there was a radio row and this is becoming a big deal was the one in LA when Buffalo played the Cowboys. That's the first one. Dan, I know you were doing Sports center at the time probably that was the first one that I recognized. Wow, look at this, look at all these radio stations. Because up until then I was in a lobby, hotel lobby. Then was the first one they put us in a little, in like a little convention room at a hotel. Yeah, was that the one? And that's the, you know, that was the BB one at 5317, you know, and BB made the great play on Leon Lettuce on the Fumble and you know, and obviously Dallas killed him. But all those Super Bowls. So I've been, I didn't go to the one with Tampa and the Chiefs in the pandemic, I didn't go to that one. But you know, I've been here all these Super Bowls for this time, even in Minnesota with the cold weather and all that kind of stuff.

[B]

How do you walk the line of being entertaining but also being a die hard sports fan, like being taken seriously but then being goofy as well.

[A]

I think I had trouble with that with the Mike and the Mad Dog days. And I always said this. I knew a lot more about sports than people realized. And Mike was a lot funnier than people realized. Great wit. You know, people thought Mike was an encyclopedia, a little dry. He had a great wit and people thought I was just a nutcase who know anything about sports. And so you put those two things Together. That's why it worked. I used to worry about that a lot. The credibility. You know, here's a guy screaming and yelling, what does he know about sports? You know, you do five hours a day on Sirius XM without. With. With eight minutes of commercials from. For five years from two to seven. You can do that. You must be doing. You must know something about sports. And you're the sort of guy. You're a great. You know, he. We all know what a great sports fan Danny is, and he was a huge listener. So Dan always appreciated what I did with the sports. He always saw behind the scenes, you know what, he's goofy, but he knows what he's talking about. And that's the. That's the approach that I've always taken. And never take yourself too seriously. You're talking sports. We're not talking world politics. You're talking sports. Have fun. So I don't worry about that after I used to with Mike because I was in competition with Mike. I wanted to keep up with him and I thought if I didn't, I would look. Be looked down upon. I don't worry about that anymore. Just do the. I'm 66 years old. Just do this stupid show, for crying out loud.

[B]

Are you going to take a gummy today?

[A]

I didn't bring any with me. Now all my buddies were going to go home on Friday night and all of them bring their little gummies from Sirius. And two years ago from Phoenix, Steve Tory gave me a full one. I wanted to jump out of the aircraft halfway through. So I have. I wouldn't even eat. And then when I woke up after a little dozed off, I ate about 9 million Oreo cookies for God.

[C]

I like.

[A]

So I'll bounce back. Friday night I'll have some fun. Friday night I'll have some fun.

[B]

Great to see you.

[A]

I love you, Danny. You're the best.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Christ McMahon.

[B]

For crying out, Christopher Mad Dog Russo. We'll come back with Frank Calendo right after this.

[A]

Be sure to catch the live edition.

[B]

Of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And the iHeartRadio app.

[D]

I have a podcast empire. It continues to grow and I have brought it here to iHeart. I'm also doing a live radio show from 3 to 5pm Eastern because my wife wanted to kick me out of the house. It's called Stugats Co. Live, which is available in podcast form right when the show finishes every single day. Some of the biggest names in sports, a Lot of phone calls.

[B]

I love you guys show.

[A]

It's one of my favorites.

[D]

A lot of interaction, guys not taking themselves too seriously. Those are just some of the things that you can expect from Stugouts Co. And Stugots Co. Live. So listen to Steugatson Co. Live and our original podcast. Please subscribe, rate and review Stugatson Co. And God bless Football Taylor's livelihood depends on it. Do it today and you can check all of those out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. Stagats. Here I have a podcast empire. It continues to grow and I have brought it here to Ivar. I'm also doing a live radio show from 3 to 5pm Eastern because my wife wanted to kick me out of the house. It's called Stugac company Live, which is available in podcast form right when the show finishes every single day. Some of the biggest names in sports, a lot of phone calls.

[B]

I love you guys show.

[A]

It's one of my favorites.

[D]

A lot of interaction, guys not taking themselves too seriously. Those are just some of the things that you can expect from Stugouts Co. And Stegotson Co. LIVE. So listen to Stegotson Co. LIVE and our original podcast. Please subscribe, rate and review Stugotic company and God bless Football Taylor's livelihood depends on it. Do it today and you can check all of those out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[B]

If you were watching on Peacock, that was quite an entrance with the dude wipes guy as he, as Paulie said, he nearly wiped out. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick Show. All guests this week will receive a gift bag courtesy of Z Kleiner tcl, Penske, Panini, Miller Light, Dude Wipes, RK and Heartland Steak company. He's our good buddy. He is Frank Caliendo back on the program and, well, I don't know the first time that we had him on. Todd, did you have any other information about Frank that you didn't give me here?

[C]

I have to bring that to you.

[B]

Thank you, Todd. Todd, scrambling. Frank is. Frank is coming on next in case I have to promote something. All right, just take your time. All right, here we go. I want to give Frank an official introduction.

[A]

It's like the first time we've done this.

[B]

Thank you, Todd. You can see Frank in Hartford, Connecticut next weekend, February 13th through the 15th. Upcoming shows in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Utah and right here in San Francisco in Early April. Find your [e-mail] as we make way for Frank Caladendo. There he is. Frank Kaladendo.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Yeah. France. Fancy shirt.

[C]

Yeah. What the heck was that?

[B]

Those are.

[C]

Oh, that was a dude. I can't wait to see the dude wipe guy. That was ridiculous.

[B]

All right. So great to see you. Yeah, great, great, great.

[C]

Normally, I'm not the guy who has to follow energy, but there was Mad Dog and. And then the dude wipe guy who's wiping out all over the place. Do you.

[B]

Are you studying? Like, even Chris Russo? Like, can you.

[C]

Yeah, I heard you talking about it earlier today. A hundred percent. Always trying to find somebody else, somebody new. That type of thing is part of it because the people die off. Presidents get old, and then they're not topical anymore. I work them backwards so I can throw a bush in there. If I go Donald Trump to Joe Biden, folks.

[A]

Come on to George W. Bush.

[C]

I forgot Barack Obama. Let me be clear. That's an important omission. All the way back to Clinton. We'll get back there. And I don't think you're laughing for the right reasons.

[B]

And so you can't bring up the Epstein files, though.

[C]

No. Yeah. I mean, can you? I don't know. Not me usually, but you just did. So what are we going to do with that?

[B]

That means you can.

[C]

Yeah, there's. Yeah, I mean, it's. It's.

[B]

You got to be careful.

[C]

You got to be very careful.

[B]

But you know, we talked about. John Madden's not here with this. You know, Morgan Freeman's eight like you start to look at.

[C]

Right. Let's. Let's talk about this too. Was I really doing that during dinner?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Oh, I gotta fix that.

[B]

Yeah, you were.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because maybe I felt like I had to turn it on or something. Because usually people are like, you're not. Like, you are on tv, you're very subdued and stuff like that. So I was like, oh. When I heard that, I'm like, oh. Then I started fritzing myself.

[B]

Like, do I.

[C]

Do I do that? I don't think I have something. I really did. Okay, so it's one of those where I'm just thinking, still don't have the voice. I don't practice it when I'm not here, but I gotta get that Fritzy voice going. So. Yeah, I mean, you have to. You have to find. And you. You got to give the compliment to Seaton, too. Which it was almost like. I don't know if it wasn't a compliment or what. I thought, but that your Romo's really good and he does a lot of great. The guys do great impressions. They do quite a few of them. I listen to the show.

[B]

Are they really good? They're above average and no good for civilians?

[C]

No, they're great. It's great. But that Romo is kind of just a cartoon for me, that I rev up the Tony Romobile. It's like turning it into something instead of doing what he does on tv, it's just. It becomes like, what's the cartoon? It's the Dana Carvey, which is San Francisco comedy.

[B]

Dana Carvey.

[C]

Robin Williams. Oh, no. You know, those are the. Those are the comedians I watched coming up and was like, oh, that's how you work an impression into talking. And I do do that. Like, I heard you guys talking about there. Hey, could you pass the. You pass the meatballs over there, man? Some Pretty good. How about some spaghetti?

[B]

Two white.

[C]

Dan, you ever had that, man? You ever had spaghetti?

[B]

Two white bruschetta?

[C]

Why am I yelling? I'm in shorts at a top.

[B]

Top of the line. When. When we went to dinner in Vegas, though, there was that normal conversation that morphed into William Shatner.

[C]

Well, I was telling her a story.

[B]

And we're not.

[C]

We'll get to the story, but it's old school.

[B]

But I'm not allowed to tell the Shatner story.

[C]

No, I'll tell you that because I want to. I want to.

[B]

No, no, you didn't tell me. I told you that you can't tell the story.

[C]

Wait for that one. And it's.

[B]

It's embargoed.

[C]

Yeah, but that one. That one you'll get. That'll be. Yeah, it's. It's a pretty great story. So. But, yeah, I didn't. I guess I naturally. I can't do that. My voice goes in and out. I'll catch it and. But I tell stories about people. Like when I meet people, like, I'm thinking Arizona, super bowl, years ago, I met Sandler. I know that's old hat for you, but I'd never met Adam before. And Nick Schwartzen. You know Nick? Yeah, Grandma's boy and all that stuff. Nick. Nick is like, you want to come up? And he texts me, come up and meet Adam. He's in this suite, and we're all here for a movie. Jennifer Anderson's here, And I'm like, perfect. I'll leave my family behind. I don't care. So I. I go up there and I'm. I'm Adam's like, I can't. They wave me over to talk to Adam's like, hey, how you doing, man? That's pretty good. Saw you at Leno the other day. That was great. You did that bit with the John Madden funny stuff. Okay, all right. And then I was like, okay. And I just wanted to get out of there because it was like, I got that. Then I go. And I'm walking by and Jennifer Aniston's there. And she's like, you're.

[B]

And said, you're on tv. You're.

[C]

You're on your entertainment. You're in entertainment. So I go from Santa, go, hey.

[A]

You'Re a great time.

[C]

Never heard of you. So it was like a moment of up in the. You know, up in the clouds. And I was like, oh, the pretty girls don't know who I am.

[B]

I got the same thing when I was on the movie set with that movie with Jennifer Aniston, right. She had no idea who I was. But Sandler goes, it's Danny's the sports guy. So she'd just call me the sports guy. She still doesn't know who.

[C]

Hey, we're gonna throw a mustache on him. Give him some glasses, and it looks pretty good. Daddy, Daddy, you doing a character. You got an accent or something in this one. We went. I thought you should be from Boston.

[B]

That would be.

[C]

That would be funny.

[B]

I'm always fascinated, though, when. When you study people because the mannerisms bring it. Does the. Do the mannerisms bring out the voice? Yes.

[C]

The mouth tells you how the. The person talks. The eyes tell you how a person thinks. So that's how I always break it down. Easy. One is a Jeff Goldblum. Like, he's. First of all, he's a painting in a haunted house. He looks around.

[B]

Yes, yes, yes.

[C]

He agrees with himself. He's a tourist and a tour guide at the same time.

[B]

What's that?

[C]

Oh, I can't wait to tell you. That's why I have the script in front of me while we ride the streetcar. So it's like that sells it. Like, if the voice isn't that great, there's something to find. I've been working on. I don't have this yet, but Billy Bob, and it takes me a Billy Bob Thornton, in case you were thinking a different Billy Bob. But he's got that up here. It's in here. It's in here. So it's got the talk. It takes a while to figure it out. Get there.

[B]

It's there.

[C]

I'm trying to get it.

[B]

Yeah. It's there.

[C]

Get there. Danny.

[B]

Does Sling Blade. Well, I think everybody does one of these french fries.

[C]

And then you work it backwards. That's how you do it is like if you want to find somebody's voice that does a character that they're doing the character, and you kind of reverse engineer it to get there and to find out where it talks from. And I heard him talk about. He's like. His kids think he's Hank Hill. My kids think I'm Hank Hill. And that's. It's gonna pop the peas. Gotta pop the peas, amigo. That's what it is. Talk to me about that. So it's that and then you gotta find the range. I probably talked about it before, but it's the. It's voices blend into each other. John Madden can become Bill Walton. How great is that? By just a little switch. It's the. It's the Kermit the Frog. Hi, Hog. Kermit the Frog. John C. Reilly. Mark Ruffalo, Paul Giamatti. I believe if you had enough air, we can get through this about as well as any person has ever gone through it.

[B]

Dan, do you record yourself?

[C]

I used to. I do a little bit more now. Yeah, I've started, I guess. I guess I do again. There was a time where I didn't do as much. I've started working on it harder again. So. Yes. So my. What's the Memos app? What's the thing called? Is it Memos? That's filled with me just saying lines over and over and over, the same line. Not anything new. It's just repetition. Just try to drill it in. Because if you can get one sentence, start with a word, then you can get a couple words, a phrase, then you get to a sentence, and then eventually you can kind of play it like it's music. So it's like. It's just muscle memory, really, for me, because I've done it for quite a while.

[B]

He's Frank Caliendo, or Frank Catlodendo, as Bradshaw would always call.

[C]

I tell you what, that guy, I don't understand why he's on the show.

[B]

Frank will be in Hartford, Connecticut next weekend. And then upcoming shows, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Utah, and early April. And right here in San Francisco, you can find tickets for all shows@frank onstage.com. do you have people who ask you to impersonate them? Like famous people?

[C]

Yeah, I mean, when I was doing stuff at the Mothership, there were people that, like, they were worried that people would get offended there sometimes, and then people would come up to me and ask me like, sal Pal, South Pal's like, you gotta do me. I didn't really have it. He's like, put on the trench coat. I'm like, you change trench coats, you're the only person I've ever seen with a wardrobe change on the field. He's like, you notice that, huh? I was like, I wanted to do you like the Godfather. And they were worried that, like, it would be too much. He's like, oh, I would have loved that. So that. But yeah, there are, there are people who ask, like, Berman.

[B]

Is Berman bothered by your impersonation?

[C]

But everybody does. See, here's the thing. And not everybody knows this. Everybody on that campus does a secret. Chris Berman. Everybody's walking. I hope he doesn't hear this. Say what you will, but nobody. Circus of wagons. That's Chris Berman as a chicken. Maybe that's why they don't want me to do.

[B]

And Mel Kuiper doesn't have a problem.

[C]

No, he called me after I did the first time I got a call from him. He's like, Frank Mel Kuiper Jr. I'm gonna figure that one out. The entire Kuiper family sitting here watching you. I'm going to Vegas in a little while. You ever been? You ever been to Las Vegas? I know you did a little residency there. You ever go to see Blue Man Group?

[B]

Are they actually blue people? I. They were.

[C]

I was told they were seven foot tall.

[B]

Aliens.

[C]

What's that, what's that movie? The James Cameron film. What's that one? I'm too busy studying three ring binders in my basement. I'm not sure what Avatar.

[B]

Avatar.

[C]

Is that what the Blue Man Group are, Are they smaller version? Are they pygmy versions of the Avatar community? At the end of the day, I'd rather have an avatar with the wingspan, tremendous ability. And he'd be hard pressed on me otherwise.

[B]

What happens when you have a bad audience?

[C]

Well, they come to see me for the most part now. Okay, so it's better. I mean, I, I used to do what I used to come up, go up on stage for in college at colleges at lunchtime, you know there people are calling out, this is in early 2000s. They turn off the TV. And then, you know, if that was in the lunchroom, and then they'd be like, we have a comedian today. And you'd hear they all burned. They were all.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And really they were probably turning on sports there. They're probably turn off a replay of you guys. So that would the Big show would have been on. So we. You go up there and you just try and fight through it. That's why guitar acts are so great for college crowds in the early 2000s, because you could just strum through it if your punchlines aren't using, just go through. Or have a puppet, you know.

[B]

But you didn't. You don't fire back at people. Oh, you didn't. No.

[C]

That was too tough that they just. They didn't. They didn't want you there. So that. But, you know, for me, I'll circle him as John Madden. I mean, if somebody is a heckler, there's a guy who doesn't know it's not his turn to talk or that's when he realized he should probably look for the security man who's about to take him out of the show. Those are the types of things that. That I. I would do and just have fun with it. And sometimes they. Sometimes they're good. Sometimes it becomes. You know, that's a whole thing on social media is people do the crowd interactions and then they come out to see. Like if you do a lot of crowd interactions and. And put that out on social media, people actually come and want to be part of the show. And that's kind of damaged some comedy in a way. It's helped it. But it gets people out there. So that's. Getting people off their phones is always good.

[B]

Well, you know, at Springsteen shows, people bring signs of songs they want him to play.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know if you get the.

[C]

I do a thing at the end where I'd say if I didn't get to an impression that you haven't heard or if I. That you wanted to hear. Call it out now and then they will call different stuff out. Whether it's like Stephen A. Smith is one I usually forget. I understand where we're coming from with some of these things, but we have to be included in this at the end of this, as I'm potentially running for President of the United States of America. To the republic for which it stands.

[B]

Yes, Frank.

[A]

Not to pander. I think that's the imitation where you could fool people.

[C]

Like if you were doing a radio.

[A]

Show with dan and did 10 minutes.

[C]

No one would get that.

[A]

It's not Stephen A. Smith. Yeah.

[C]

I just don't have his vocabulary. If I could read it in front of me, I. That's the thing. I'm amazed by him is he. He has a thesaurus in his head. He can go to. He can do the entry and then Five different words, synonyms that fit with what that is. And I'm just. I'm amazed by him. And I. I asked about that one time and he had the New York radio show for a while. He's like, well, I was. I had trouble reading when I was a kid, so I had a stutter. So I got. It wasn't trouble readers. I had a stutter. I had a stutter. So I told my mother I was going to just start reading. I read and I was. And I don't even have the words to put it together. And that evokes something in me that became a tremendous reader.

[B]

You. You can just. But it'd be funny of just throwing in lines. Words that really don't make. Yeah.

[C]

Kind of make up words.

[B]

Yeah. Just throw.

[C]

Contradictorily.

[B]

I understand onomatopoeia on a monopia.

[C]

I understand that you might be talking and sound. A dog sounded like a bar. A bark is a sound that actually sounds like a bark. I knew what automatopia is. I read it after I read Amelia Bedelia. He.

[B]

He is Frank Calodendo. You can see him in Hartford. That'll be February 13th through the 15th. And then Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Utah, and early April here in San Francisco. Of course. FrankOnStage.com Always great to see you.

[C]

Thanks for having me. Maybe we'll get Fritz. Are you gonna come do a set at the Hartford Funny Bones?

[A]

They've been pushing me to try to.

[C]

Do something I know. I heard earlier, just for content, when.

[A]

I want to, because Dylan's.

[C]

Dylan's going up to do some here. I don't trust Dylan.

[B]

Dylan goes into New York and does. Oh, does he? Yeah, he'll go on stage.

[C]

Can he do it without being dirty? No. See, that's the thing. Like that I just did.

[B]

Could. All right. Is that an invitation for Todd to open for you in Hartford? Is that what you do?

[C]

I'd let him go on if he wanted to. I. I think that would be great.

[B]

Todd.

[A]

And then anyone going on after me would kill. No matter what.

[C]

I've been working on a couple of these bits. I'm not sure if it's enough. The thing I did the other day. The thing I did. Peanuts. Peanuts.

[B]

Peanuts.

[C]

Would you like peanuts? Is that your dinner?

[B]

Rubbish. Rubbish.

[C]

Yeah, that was. That. That was a great bit. The problem is you'd get to. I know we got to go to commercial, but the problem is you'd get to it. And you try to be funny instead of just being yourself. Being annoyed. When you're annoyed, it's the greatest thing. But I couldn't say the same thing over and over and over. I couldn't say the same thing over.

[B]

And over and over.

[C]

I couldn't say the same thing over and over and over. I couldn't say the same thing over.

[B]

You just did.

[C]

I know that. I know that.

[B]

I know that.

[C]

You're welcome.

[B]

Thank you, Frank. We'll take a break. Steve Young will join us coming up next hour. We're back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

[D]

Stagats Here I have a podcast empire. It continues to grow and I have brought it here to Ivar. I'm also doing a live radio show from 3 to 5pm Eastern because my wife wanted to kick me out of the house. It's called Stugac company Live, which is available in podcast form right when the show finishes every single day. Some of the biggest names in sports, a lot of phone calls.

[B]

I love you guys show.

[A]

It's one of my favorites.

[D]

A lot of interaction, guys not taking themselves too seriously. Those are just some of the things that you can expect from Stugats Co. And Stugatson Co. Live. So listen to Stugats Co. Live and our original podcast. Please subscribe, rate and review Stugats Co. And God bless football. Taylor's livelihood depends on it. Do it today and you can check all of those out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[B]

For over 40 years, Tire Rack's been helping you find the right tires for how and what and where you drive. Ship fast and free, backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. Chris in Syracuse hi Chris. What do you have for me today?

[A]

Hey, thanks as always, Dan.

[B]

Great show.

[A]

I have a comment and a question. I like the fact that Super Bowl.

[C]

60S logo incorporates into it elements of.

[A]

The city of San Francisco. Good move by the NFL. They should do that every year. And two super bowl moments that have always stayed with me for some reason. Jackie Smith dropping that ball in the end zone. And Gary, your premier.

[C]

And I don't know if you call.

[B]

It a pass, but that pick six to Mike Bass.

[A]

Dan, not necessarily a Super bowl memory based on magnitude, but do you have a Super bowl moment that really resonated with you?

[B]

Well, I've talked about this the four times I handed up the super bowl trophy. You know, I grew up in a really, really small town in Ohio and the fact that I was handing out the super bowl trophy was never lost on me. I never took it for granted. I thought it was one of the great honors that I've had in my career. But I, I just think being there for seeing Roethlisberger throw that pass and the Steelers win the super bowl and to be on the sidelines with Steve Young as he's doing play by play from a quarterback's perspective was one of the like all time moment, like a scrapbook moment where Steve is telling you through a quarterback's eyes what Ben was doing when he threw the touchdown pass to San Antonio Holmes and then to be in the end zone when Malcolm Butler had the interception. I think he's going to join us on Friday. I think Malcolm Butler joins us on Friday. But that you're watching something in real time and I'm probably 20 yards away from the greatest play, I think in super bowl history. And I didn't understand at the time that he made the interception. And then when I did I thought that, you know, I was a fan and then I had to go into broadcaster mode of now the Patriots are going to be on the podium and I'm going to be interviewing them but very fortunate to be have been, you know, watching these games, be at these games and then handing out the super bowl trophy as well. Nate in la. Hi Nate, what's on your mind today? Hey, good morning Dan.

[C]

I'm a seven time caller who is planning on attending Friday's show.

[A]

I have a suggestion and a question.

[C]

For you if I may.

[A]

So before the week is done, it.

[C]

Would be amazing if you got control.

[B]

Of the Foghorn at Oracle park to.

[C]

Use at your discretion anytime during the show. And my question is, what is your welcome to the national media world moment?

[A]

Cool. See you guys Friday.

[B]

My welcome to the national media moment.

[C]

Like where I think you talked about the first sports center you did with Berman, maybe could be your welcome to national media or maybe before that at cnn.

[B]

Yeah, but I don't think the national media was watching when I was at CNN and maybe that night when I was there with Chris Berman. So I don't know if, I don't know if I had one of those, hey, welcome to the big world or big stage or any of that. I remember being on stage with Bill Murray at the ESPYs and that one felt surreal because Bill didn't go to rehearsal. We were going to go on stage, and it's like two minutes away, and I'm supposed to go on and hand out the Comeback player of the year award to Michael Jordan. And I remember Bill is not here, and so I'm getting ready to go on. Bill comes through a side door. He's got a cowboy hat on. And I. And he goes like he looked at me off stage. He goes, you didn't think I'd make it? I go, no, no. Boom. We walk on stage, and then we hand out the Comeback player of the year award. Monica Selles got stabbed that year playing tennis. Michael Jordan just came back from playing baseball, and Michael won the comeback player of the Year espy and Bill Murray said, basically saying to Michael, you shouldn't accept this. Monica got stabbed. And you're up there and you're with one of the, you know, comic geniuses, and I'm just holding on for dear life. Like, I don't know where he's taken me. I'm just trying to go along for the ride. And that was, you know, that. That was a fun moment. That was. That was where you're like, wow, that's gonna stay with me. Yes.

[C]

Marv, getting stabbed is tough, but you.

[B]

Ever tried to hit a curveball? Well, yeah, Mike couldn't do it.

[A]

It's a good line.

[B]

You're right. Mike couldn't do it. Final hour on this Tuesday. Coming up, we'll talk to Steve Young. Chris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico will join us on the program tomorrow. Part of the guest list there, but we'll take a break for Fritzi Seaton, Marv Pauley, yours truly, and the great audience joining us here at the China Basin park as well. Final hour.

[A]

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[D]

Stugats. Here I have a podcast empire that I have brought here to iHeart. And I'm also hosting a daily live radio show for from 3 to 5pm Eastern called Stegots and Company Live, which is available in podcast form right when the show finishes. Every single day, you can expect a lot of laughter, great guests, a ton of calls, and a lot of fun. Listen to Stew Gots Co. Live and our original podcast, Stegots Co. And God bless Football. And you can check all of those out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[A]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[B]

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