Tony Kornheiser (55:15)
The Tony Kornizer Show. James Bugg. Thank you very very much. Love it. Thank you so much. You want to do the Bethesda Bagels? Yes. Bagel sandwiches today. Very excited about that. Yes. Go to BethesdaBeagels.com for the location in the D.C. air and Air stew. Then pop it in and you'll be thrilled. And before we get to the mailbag, Let me just say do you want to dance and hold my hand Tell me I'm your lover man Baby do you want to dance? Do you want to dance? Make romance Squeeze me all through the night Baby do you want to dance? Do you want to dance under the moonlight Squeeze me all through the night do you want to dance? It's done by a thousand people. Probably the best received version of that. It was started out as Fast song by Bobby Freeman. Yeah, but I would say Mama Cass's version is the one that people remember. Oh yeah, it's just a lovely slow down version. Thanks to our guests today, we'll have guests all week picking games. Bob Ryan, Michael Wilbon, Spike Braun. Thanks as well to today's sponsors. Remember you can listen to us on Apple Podcasts Spotify Odyssey get show through Apple. Please leave us a review. We're gonna do Brandon Borzelli's tribute to Junior. We're gonna have lots and lots of them, but we're not gonna get to all of them. Yeah, we did get a lot of nice, lovely emails over the weekend and I'm going to talk more about I wrote a list of things to talk about tomorrow, so don't worry about that. I'll be here. Brandon Borzelli Lebanon, New Jersey for many years, a staple on the show provided some of the best one liners or quotes in the show's history. The segment wasn't simply appointment listening, but required listening, whether it was discussing the vaunted Patriot League, the John Wooden story or the sainted Earl woods, or simply listening as the interview was interrupted as they got into a car accident followed by some bleeped out curses. Don't you know who I am? Godspeed, Mr. Feinstein. We all know who you are and your own good walks, spoiled at such a young age won't stop the legend from living on in your writings. I hope the next Lehigh Lafayette game is as epic as your enthusiasm for sports and telling others about it. Thank you Brandon. Dan Fitz, Philadelphia I've been fortunate over the years to have about a dozen emails read on this fine podcast, so I think I've earned the right not to include a subject line in this and future emails. See above. No subject the best menu item at the best restaurant in my neighborhood, a trendy Italian place called Mia Rugazo, is salmon tartare fancy over house made ricotta fancy and served with a pile of potato chips. Not fancy, serve yourself with with. It's an incredible dish and the Chips are the perfect crunchy, savory complement to the mild flavors and soft textures of salmon and rigot. While we're on the subject of my neighborhood, asked Michael if he ever played Walnut Lane in Philly when he was undergrad. If not, his next round there is on me and Michael Saatch, salmon and chips included after the round. Oh, I'm looking it up right now. Of course, I'd settle for Wawa, though. This is about, you know, Bill Isaacson writes us, some years ago, I had the privilege and pleasure through a friend of drinking tor red wine. T o r with the proprietor and vintner of tour wines, Tord Kenward. Tor Kenward is one of the most distinguished and well known vintners in the history of Napa Valley, having spent almost 30 years with Barringer Vineyard and then in 2001 starting tour Kenward family wines. Tor wines are not available in liquor stores, not even Calvert Woodley, but are available for order in a few low level restaurants like French Laundry. Ah. I give this background because Tours served his red wine with, you guessed it, a bowl of potato chips. He told us that red wine loves a little bit of salt, making potato chips a great pairing with red wine. And who taught him this? Tor's good friend, Julia Child. Okay. Okay. Game over. Is that enough for you? So, Tony, with regards to potato chips and wine, I believe you can say I had that. I caveat this to say that I doubt Julia Child was referring to sriracha flavored chips. So tell Dan Burns people to contact your people, who can contact my people to get Dan some tour wine so he can add a stanza to potato chips and wine. I knew I was right. Yeah, I knew I was right. Believe you had that. Faith Courville. Faith Courville in the Woodlands in Texas, class of 29, Baylor University. My name is Faith Courville. I'm probably not your typical listener. I'm a teenage girl from the rural south who doesn't really care about sports. But I've been listening to your show for years now. See, my dad's a devoted little and your show is his entertainment of choice. Whenever we have to drive somewhere, be it 20 minutes up the road or a cross country road trip, the very first episode I listened to was when Michael had to bring you to the Apple store. You were incredibly upset over your placement at the old geezer table. That's three folds ago. I don't remember how many years ago that was, but I know that since then your show has been something my dad and I enjoy together. The Tony Kornizer show is a soundtrack of some of my favorite memories and experiences with my dad. All that to say, once I got my driver's license and car, I took up my dad's habit of listening to the show while I'm driving. It's familiar, and even familiar, you'll have to forgive me for being a touch sentimental. I'm a senior in high school and seems like just about everything makes me nostalgic. Really hit me a few weeks ago when driving to Waco for an accepted students event. I'll be attending Baylor in the fall and the drive to Waco is about three hours from my house. Naturally, I was listening to the podcast. All my life people have said I'm like my daddy, but in that moment I believe them. I won't lie, going off to college as excited as I am is a little scary. But something about knowing that on my drives to and from Baylor I can listen to your show and later talk to to my dad about it makes it feel more manageable. So here's to the next four years of listening to all your stories. Here's to more calls with Carville, who I'm a huge fan of thanks to your show, Wilbon and the innumerable list of amazing people you get to come on the show. To more March Madness picks, the only time I'm invested in sports and Phil's mom. To more stories of what it's really like to live in the D.C. area, to more interruptions from Chessy's parks to more Bethesda bagels. But most of all, here's to more memories. Thank you Mr. Korniser, for giving me and my dad. This is beautiful. Isn't that lovely? Yeah. So many things to talk about over the years. That's just so great. It's just so great. And for those, Taylor is lucky to have her. Absolutely. And for those who're gonna be an English major, she's definitely be a writer. She'd definitely be a writer. And Phil's mom will be joining us tomorrow. Of course. Yes. Mark lynch in Camby, Indiana I think you look great on the podcast. That's funny. Ed Waldman in Fulton, Maryland. Wednesday's show hit the daily double for me. I've been listening forever and I don't think I've ever heard Timmy Kirchen and Jason Lock and Fora on the same day made me very happy. My long ago life as a sports editor, I had the good fortune to work with Timmy at both the Dallas Morning News and Baltimore Sun. Chris Cillizza nailed it about nobody, certainly not any sports journalist, being as joyful about his work as Timmy. But even better than that, when Tim and I catch up about once a year, he never fails to ask me about my wife and kids by name. He's the greatest, period. And I'm proud to say I hired Jason at the sun for his first newspaper internship when he was at Syracuse. It almost didn't happen because the summer before we had a Syracuse kid who was, well, a rum dum and I didn't want to roll the dice. Luckily for the Sun, I realized how good Jason was. The unpaid internship led to a paid internship, which led to a two year internship which led to his job at the Detroit Free Press covering the Red Wings and you know the rest of the story. Proud to say I'm friends with both of them. As always, thanks to you and Michael and Nigel for doing what you do. Is it okay if I change my title to Official Father in Law of the Director of Operations at Augusta National? My daughter in law just got a new promotion. Big promotion. That's great. Absolutely. PPs tell Gary Robinson to eat it. Ted Smith, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania As I pumped out a handful of shampoo from a brand new bottle of Head and Shoulders, another trusted Proctor Gamble brand, this morning, I was surprised to see it was white instead of the traditional turquoise blue that I've come to expect over the years. Although I don't really care what color my product is, I just wanted to inform you that the war against blue dye number one is not limited to your toothpaste. Okay, Tom Miller. Tom from Davidson, where Steph Curry just became an assistant GM. Oh yeah, that's right. Basketball team. Greetings from Colombo, Sri Lanka. It's your 2025 World Cruise Correspondent reporting on day 69 of our 197 day around the world Cruise highlights so far. Fishing for piranha in the Amazon River. All things related to Eva Peron and Buenos Aires as she requested, we did not cry for her. An incredible safari in South Africa. More on that in a moment. And playing with lemurs in Madagascar. I have good news for Wilbon and Detroit football fans Will Bond will be thrilled to know that the NBA dominates the world interest. NBA jerseys can be bought everywhere we have visited so far. Not a single NFL or MLB product anywhere. Detroit fans will be glad to hear that the Lions in Africa were all very healthy. Not a single lion appeared to be injured. No tape or crutches to be found. Could be a good omen for next season. No ice cream parties on ship as of yet. However, a friend of ours did contract a nasty bacterial infection that required hospitalization in Brazil and he needed to be sent home. And finally, I've discovered that it takes exactly 62 days for the woman to whom I'm related by marriage to get completely sick and tired of living in a 322 foot square square foot cabin. Seems I can be a bit annoying at times while she is perfect in every way. More later. Fantastic. From Amy Oberhelman. The concerned fathers of St. Peter's parish are hosting their annual fish fry on Friday, March 28th. That's next Friday. That's not this Friday. Is it next? That's next Friday in the church basement on Capitol hill. Tickets are $25. The fish is from Bobby Vance. That's good. More importantly, the Great Zucchini will be there to entertain the kids and share his picks for MLB and NCAA brackets. Will he be halfway through the tournament? Yeah, how about that? Getting ready to visit the Hammers class. Is he gonna do that? Thanks to a certain auction item from Brian O'Connor in Phoenix before Chuck Todd does his tournament predictions and questions. If Grand Canyon is a real school, I can attest that it is. GCU has a championship golf course which was left for debt. It was revitalized and is thriving. Round is on me. Next time come and visit Wilbond. Notable alumni Bears President and CEO Wilbon's good friend Kevin Warren. Tim Salmon, California Angels Rookie of the year 1993 and World Series champion Jacob Wilson, sixth pick in the MLB Draft with the A's. Horatio Llamas or Lamas. The first Mexican born player to play in the NBA and the inventor of Noggin Boss, Gabe Cooper. What is Noggin Boss? I think those the oversized hats. Okay. I think okay. And from tim Cree in Fort Collins, Colorado. So now we're sharing embarrassing torn Achilles stories. Almost 20 years ago, I tore mine while playing adult co ed City League kickball. Kick the ball rounded first, hit the brakes, heard the audible pop that sounded like a gunshot. The guy at urgent care was delighted to show my wife how he could pinch the skin on my heel. And nothing was moving because it was a total tear. 10 weeks on crutches and working in a building with no elevator on my desk, not on the same floor as the bathroom. Good times, people. Good times. If you're out on your bike tonight, everyone is always do wear a wipe.
