The only reason this guy has a significant following these days is because of residual followers of the show from the 90s, many of whom probably listen just for entertainment purposes. If he just started up a show today, he would not survive.Here is a pretty funny (fake) Twitter account of Francesa: Francesa on Twitter
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Mike and the Mad Dog show (Not Done!) (2 Viewers)
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Counting down the minutes until the top of the hour...
Francesa should be in rare form after disastrous performances by both the Giants and Jets in important games.
Francesa should be in rare form after disastrous performances by both the Giants and Jets in important games.
Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
Did anyone listen this afternoon? His sarcastic commentary after the Jets press conference had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. I was watching on YES, so I got the gestures and facial expressions, too.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Damn - I was in a store post press conference. Heard is earlier commentary though. Easily my favorite commentator on the Jets.-QG
Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
He was in top form! Said he's trying to get Rex on this weekend.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Mike and the Mad Dog had a reunion today! Video on the YES Website, audio on WFAN.com good stuff, lot of fun. Lets hope they do one permanently!
EZD222
Footballguy
I miss those two. LA sports radio is atrocious. I thought Yankeee fans were bad with there calls until I heard Laker fans.
Koya
Footballguy
The sum is SO much greater than the sum of those two parts. Doggie is amusing on his own, for a short while. Mike is unlistenable after 5 minutes, when alone.Together they are like gin and tonic - magic.Was lucky enough to catch 30 minutes of the spot on doggie's channel on sirius, was like ol' times. Great energy.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Francesa trying to talk pucks is good shtick. He's a HUGE hockey fan ..... whenever the Rangers are very good.
shadyridr
Footballguy
LMAO dude fell asleep ON the air
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/watch_wfan_francesa_falls_asleep_ip15fkedo3IMRq2RHsjDXO
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/watch_wfan_francesa_falls_asleep_ip15fkedo3IMRq2RHsjDXO
RBM
Footballguy
The Big Guy
Fear the Blitz
Fantastic. No hiding that head snap either.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Fantastic. No hiding that head snap either.
Such a shame the guys behind the glass told him what happened, giving him a chance to quickly gather himself. Especially since he throws them under the bus whenever ANYTHING goes wrong. It's also a shame that Mushnick is on vacation. This would make his year.
KiddLattimer
Footballguy
TLEF316
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
In the reader comments:
His post nap confusion is hilarious! I wonder what he had for lunch.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I'm no lip-reading expert, but it looks like he said "What did I do?" at the 1:03 mark.him asking the producers what happened and putting the thing back in his ear
shadyridr
Footballguy
yepI'm no lip-reading expert, but it looks like he said "What did I do?" at the 1:03 mark.him asking the producers what happened and putting the thing back in his ear
comfortably numb
Footballguy
lol, what is it about seeing a grown man fighting to stay awake and eventually falling asleep that is so funny
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Michael Brown
Footballguy
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
-QG
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Mike: "Tony in New Hyde Pawwwwk, go ahead."Tony: [sound of an alarm clock going off]
McGarnicle
Footballguy
Crazy as it seems, one of my favorite memories of Mike & Dog's show was the Jeff Torborg Report in '92. Poor schmuck was under contract to do a daily interview, and by around August the Mets were completely out of contention. You could tell Mike and Chris were struggling to keep it interesting, and after a while they made it a running joke. Mike started one of these saying something like "Well Jeff, that's 5 straight losses and the second time this season you've been swept by the Cubs. Nice weather we're having isn't it?"
Torborg made it worse by being completely vanilla and optimistic. I'll never forget the callers, seething with rage after every Torborg spot. "If I hear him say one more time that Hojo only knows one speed and that's flat out, I'm gonna shoot myself!!!"
Now is the time of year I start listening to Mike again. I'm a Giants fan, don't care much for baseball anymore. I think he's a colossal ****, but that makes him entertaining to me, especially how he makes fun of the Jets. And I think he's reasonably well informed, obviously very opinionated, and gets great guests every week. It goes without saying the show suffers without Dog, but he's the only sports talk show I'll listen to.
Torborg made it worse by being completely vanilla and optimistic. I'll never forget the callers, seething with rage after every Torborg spot. "If I hear him say one more time that Hojo only knows one speed and that's flat out, I'm gonna shoot myself!!!"
Now is the time of year I start listening to Mike again. I'm a Giants fan, don't care much for baseball anymore. I think he's a colossal ****, but that makes him entertaining to me, especially how he makes fun of the Jets. And I think he's reasonably well informed, obviously very opinionated, and gets great guests every week. It goes without saying the show suffers without Dog, but he's the only sports talk show I'll listen to.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
My favorite part of the show every year was the SB contest and all the dickmitten questions/clips Dog would come up with. They were merciless as soon as somebody screwed up. Never been the same since Russo left.Crazy as it seems, one of my favorite memories of Mike & Dog's show was the Jeff Torborg Report in '92. Poor schmuck was under contract to do a daily interview, and by around August the Mets were completely out of contention. You could tell Mike and Chris were struggling to keep it interesting, and after a while they made it a running joke. Mike started one of these saying something like "Well Jeff, that's 5 straight losses and the second time this season you've been swept by the Cubs. Nice weather we're having isn't it?"
jwb
Footballguy
hopefully, he'll be back. The contract with sirius has to be about up, and they likely aren't throwing big bucks at him anymore.
My favorite part of the show every year was the SB contest and all the dickmitten questions/clips Dog would come up with. They were merciless as soon as somebody screwed up. Never been the same since Russo left.Crazy as it seems, one of my favorite memories of Mike & Dog's show was the Jeff Torborg Report in '92. Poor schmuck was under contract to do a daily interview, and by around August the Mets were completely out of contention. You could tell Mike and Chris were struggling to keep it interesting, and after a while they made it a running joke. Mike started one of these saying something like "Well Jeff, that's 5 straight losses and the second time this season you've been swept by the Cubs. Nice weather we're having isn't it?"
Torborg made it worse by being completely vanilla and optimistic. I'll never forget the callers, seething with rage after every Torborg spot. "If I hear him say one more time that Hojo only knows one speed and that's flat out, I'm gonna shoot myself!!!"
Now is the time of year I start listening to Mike again. I'm a Giants fan, don't care much for baseball anymore. I think he's a colossal ****, but that makes him entertaining to me, especially how he makes fun of the Jets. And I think he's reasonably well informed, obviously very opinionated, and gets great guests every week. It goes without saying the show suffers without Dog, but he's the only sports talk show I'll listen to.
=Smackdown=
Footballguy
Given the alternatives . . .
Michael Kay and his giant Yankee homer head or Cowherd sounding like a whiny teenager
I don't mind Fatcessa - other than his complete lack of knowledge of hockey, he's pretty fair with the rest of the NY sports teams.
Unless of course you're a Jets fan - you can really tell he enjoys poking Jets fans with a stick.
Michael Kay and his giant Yankee homer head or Cowherd sounding like a whiny teenager
I don't mind Fatcessa - other than his complete lack of knowledge of hockey, he's pretty fair with the rest of the NY sports teams.
Unless of course you're a Jets fan - you can really tell he enjoys poking Jets fans with a stick.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
Kay doesn't come off as a Yankee homer to me, either on TV or on his show. Now Sterling on the other hand...
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Maybe he was dreaming of Al Alburquerque.
=Smackdown=
Footballguy
Maybe because you're a Yankee fan?
Can't believe fatcessa is denying he actually fell asleep.
Koya
Footballguy
While Kay is at times critical of some Yanks moves/efforts, it almost seems as if he does so "just to show" he is not a homer - which means, he's a homer. Sterling is just a joke, however. How the most storied franchise in the history of modern sport can have suck a clown representing them, I don't know. Between Kay, Sterling and Francesa, the Yanks do have their share of on the air blowhards. And of the three, I'd easily take Kay.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
No, cause I'm a Yankee fan and I admit it about Sterling and Waldman. It's probably because I watch a TON of non-Yankee games on Extra Innings, and the majority of those announcers openly and blatantly root for their teams during the telecast. And I'm talking play by play guys too, not just the former-player-turned-analyst guys.
Yeah when I read about this yesterday, I knew he would either not address it or deny it. And probably rant out or fire his crew for making him look bad when he was awake the whole time.'Raider Nation said:
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
It's one thing to constantly use the incredibly lazy, unprofessional phrase "blah blah blah" on the air, but he doesn't even pronounce it correctly.
"BLUH BLUH BLUUUUUUUUUUH"
"BLUH BLUH BLUUUUUUUUUUH"
RBM
Footballguy
Torborg made it worse by being completely vanilla and optimistic. I'll never forget the callers, seething with rage after every Torborg spot. "If I hear him say one more time that Hojo only knows one speed and that's flat out, I'm gonna shoot myself!!!"
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
Dog still does this every year on Sirius.
My favorite part of the show every year was the SB contest and all the dickmitten questions/clips Dog would come up with. They were merciless as soon as somebody screwed up. Never been the same since Russo left.Crazy as it seems, one of my favorite memories of Mike & Dog's show was the Jeff Torborg Report in '92. Poor schmuck was under contract to do a daily interview, and by around August the Mets were completely out of contention. You could tell Mike and Chris were struggling to keep it interesting, and after a while they made it a running joke. Mike started one of these saying something like "Well Jeff, that's 5 straight losses and the second time this season you've been swept by the Cubs. Nice weather we're having isn't it?"
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