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>> Mike: A VERY DISTINCTIVE
ROLE IN THE COMPANY, MARK SAID
TELL ME IF YOU LIKE THIS IDEA.
AND TO YOUR CREDIT -- NOW,
OBVIOUSLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED,
THERE WAS, AS I REMEMBER, A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
OPPOSITION TO THAT IDEA.
>> Guest: THERE WAS.
>> Mike: WHY THE IDEA?
WHEN DID YOU HATCH THE IDEA?
>> Guest: WELL, AS JEFF
SAID THIS MORNING, THERE IS A
FINE LINE BETWEEN GENIUS AND
INSANITY.
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO
LINES WAS THE IDEA THAT
PETE -- AND I WILL NOT SPEAK
BADLY ABOUT PETE.
HE IS NO LONGER WITH US BUT I
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE
WASN'T GOING TO BE THE
LONG-TERM BEST INTEREST OF THE
STATION BECAUSE HE KIND OF
BURNED EVERY BRIDGE CALLING
NEW YORK FANS ALL KINDS OF
WORDS WHICH YOU NOW -- YOU
KIND SR-F TO EARN THE RIGHT TO
DO THAT --
>> Mike: WELL, THAT IS FINE
BUT I DON'T --
>> Guest: BUT HE DID AND IT
BECAME CLEAR WE NEEDED TO HAVE
A GREAT AFTERNOON DRIVE SHOW.
SO I WANTED TO PUT A TEAM
TOGETHER BECAUSE I REALIZED AT
THAT POINT -- WHAT DID YOU DO,
FOUR HOURS ORIGINALLY?
>> Mike: YOU HAD TWO GUYS
MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
DID YOU DOUBT THE IDEA?
THERE WAS SO MUCH CRITICISM
AND OBSTACLES AND SO MANY
PEOPLE AGAINST IT.
DID YOU EVER DOUBT YOUR IDEA?
>> Guest: OH, YEAH, I WILL
TELL YOU WHEN I WHEN -- WHEN
I DOUBTED IT THE FIRST DAY WAS
DRIVING HOME THE FIRST DAY.
I WAS DRIVING OVER THE NEW
ROCHELLE BRIDGE AND I SAID
THIS BRIDGE IS REALLY HIGH AND
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD
CHRIS SAID.
IT WAS LIKE LEARNING A FOREIGN
LANGUAGE.
I LOVE HIM, HE IS GREAT BUT
YOU COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD
HE WAS SAYING.
SO I THOUGHT WHAT HAVE I DONE
TO THIS GREAT RADIO STATION.
MY LIFE INSURANCE IS PAID UP,
IF I DO A HEADER OFF THIS
BRIDGE, EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL
RIGHT.
>> Mike: BUT YOU STUCK WITH
IT AND YOU COACHED A LOT.
>> Guest: BUT YOU GUYS
REALLY CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A
BOTTLE.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, YOU WORKED
HARD AT IT.
>> Mike: WE DID, AS A
MATTER OF FACT.
WHEN DID YOU REALIZE IT HAD
CLICKED?
>> Guest: WELL, IT WAS
REALLY BEFORE THAT.
I COULDN'T PICK A TIME BUT THE
CHEMISTRY WHICH MIGHT NOT HAVE
WORKED OUT, AS YOU KNOW, JUST
CLICKED.
THERE WASN'T ANY PARTICULAR
MOMENT BUT YOU GUYS GOT
COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER,
GOT INTO A RHYTHM AND DID THIS
MAGICAL THING FOR NEARLY TWO
DECADES.
YOU AFFECTED THE LIVES OF
ALMOST A WHOLE GENERATION OF
GUYS GROWING UP AND THEN GUYS
WITH THEIR SONS IN THE CAR AND
BECAME PART OF THE NEW YORK
FABRIC, NOT JUST SPORTS.
GUYS HAD A LOUSY DAY AT WORK,
THEY WERE ALL SPORTS FANS OR
MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY
JUST WANTED TO --
>> Mike: THEY GOT IN THEIR
CAR AND HEARD THIS.
♪ MIKE AND THE MADDOG ♪
♪
SPORTS RADIO 66, WFAN ♪
♪
THEY ARE TALKING SPORTS, GOING
HARD AT IT AS THEY CAN ♪
♪ WATCHING THE MADDOG ON THE
FAN ♪
♪ NOTHING CAN GET BY 'EM ♪
♪ TURN 'EM ON AND TRY 'EM ♪
♪ MIKE AND THE MADDOG, WFAN ♪
>> IIIIIIIIII GOTTA SAY HELLO,
EVERYBODY!
>> DAWG, WELCOME, OBVIOUSLY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING HOURS
FOR YOU TO JOIN THE PHYSICIAN
IF HE IS -- FESTIVITIES SO
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> YES, AND FOR YOU, TOO,
MIKE, AND MR. MASON WHO PUT
TOGETHER THIS STATION AND PUT
UP WITH US FOR SO LONG,
TPHUPBG THERE AND TPHUPBG --
HUNG IN THERE AND HUNG IN
THERE AND 18 YEARS LATER --
>> MY EARS ARE HURTING
ALREADY.
>> Mike: YOU FEEL LIKE
PROUD PAPA WHEN YOU REALIZE
YOU CREATED WHAT HAS BECOME AN
ICONIC PROGRAM?
>> Guest: YES, MIKE,
THROUGH A LONG AND CHECKER RED
CAREER, YOU GUYS ARE, FOR ME,
THING THAT I AM MOST PROUD OF.
>> Mike: WELL, THAT IS VERY
NICE, THANK YOU.
>> Guest: AND I DO FEEL
LIKE A PAPA, NOT IN A BIBLICAL
SENSE BUT THE CREATIVE SENSE.
>> Mike: THANK YOU.
YOU IMPACTED SO MANY LIVES
DRAMATICALLY.
YOU CHANGED DAWG'S LIFE, YOU
CHANGED MY LIFE AND NOTHING WE
EVER DID APART WOULD EQUAL
WHAT WE DID TOGETHER.
WE BOTH KNEW THAT, NO REASON
TO THINK OTHERWISE.
WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY
SPECIAL AND PROUD OF IT AND
THANKFUL TO YOU BECAUSE YOU
CREATED IT.
>> Guest: ONCE IN A
LIFETIME.
I WILL LET YOU GUYS RUN.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND
CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE
FUTURE.
>> Mike: THANK YOU.
DAWG, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> Mike: I HAVE THE TENNIS
ON AND AM RIVETTED.
COME OVER AND DO THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY FOR ME.
>> Guest: I KNOW, IT IS
LIKE --
>> Mike: WE'RE ON A
COLLISION COURSE.
WE'LL MERGE THE SHOW FOR TWO
WEEKS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Guest: OH, WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
>> Guest: IF IT IS A
YANKEES-GIANTS WORLD SERIES,
WE'LL MERGE THE SHOW FOR TWO
WEEKS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THAT?
>> Guest: TWO YEARS AGO, I
THOUGHT YOU WOULD BEAT TEXAS
AND THOUGHT THE YANKEES AND
GIANTS HAD A CHANCE THEN BUT I
THINK THEY HAVE THE BEST
PITCHING IN THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE, PHILLY IS BAD, I THINK
THEY HAVE A HELL OF A CHANCE
TO BE THERE AND THE PITCHING
STAFF, IS RAFAEL SORIANO GOING
TO GET BIG HITS AGAINST THE
RANGERS IN OCTOBER?
YOU TELL ME, YOU KNOW BETTER
THAN I DO.
>> Mike: IT IS AMAZING, I
AM SITTING HERE TALKING --
WATCHING YOU TALKING AND
WATCHING ALL THE PEOPLE AND
WHEN THAT SONG CAME ON, YOU
SHOULD SEE THE FACES OF THE
PEOPLE.
WHEN THE MUSIC CAME ON,
EVERYBODY RUSHES IN TO TO
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
FUNNY TO SEE THAT REACTION.
>> Guest: WELL, THANK YOU.
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING ALL DAY.
DOING A GOOD JOB WITH IT.
YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.
YOU HAVE GOTTEN GREAT RATINGS,
YOU CAN DO THE THINGS THAT YOU
DO BUT THOSE 19, 20 YEARS WE
SPENT TOGETHER, THAT WILL BE
ON OUR TOMBSTONE.
>> Mike: IT IS, DAWG, THAT
IS THE SCARY THOUGHT THAT YOU
WILL BE ON MY TOMBSTONE.
JUST DON'T BEAT ME THERE BY
TOO MUCH, OKAY?
THAT IS THE ONLY THING.
>> Guest: AND THE TWO
PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST UPSET
WHEN HE LEFT A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, MY SON TIMMY AND THE
OTHER WAS YOUR WIFE.
>> Mike: AND SHE'S STILL
UPSET.
SHE LOVED THE PROGRAM, IT WAS
HER FAVORITE.
HOW IS TIMMY THE BASKETBALL
STAR?
>> Guest: DOING PRETTY
WELL.
ON A STANFORD A TEAM AND YOU
WOULD BE AMAZED AT THESE
13-YEAR-OLD TEAMS.
THESE KIDS --
>> Mike: THEY ARE
TREMENDOUS, RIGHT?
>> Guest: OH, YEAH,
TREMENDOUS.
TALKING FRONTLINE, KIDS JUST
13 YEARS OLD.
BUT TIMMY WENT THROUGH DAWG
DAY AFTERNOON, WENT THROUGH
MARRIAGES --
>> Mike: DAWG DAY AFTERNOON
STARTED US ON MIKE AND THE MAD
DAWG.
IT STARTED US ON A GOOD PATH,
I AGREE.
>> Guest: THAT WAS IN89.
>> Mike: CORRECT, '89.
>> Guest: AND WE TOOK OUT
CARDS AND HAD A WINNER, JOANNE
FARKAS BUT YOU DID GET ME A
LIMOUSINE --
[LAUGHTER]
>> Mike: YEAH, I DID.
WHERE IS JOANNE TODAY?
WE SHOULD HAVE GOT HER ON THE
SHOW TODAY.
>> Guest: YES, WE SHOULD
HAVE.
THAT WAS ALSO THE DAY WE
NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH AT THE
GIANTS-EAGLES --
>> Mike: YES, RANDALL
CUNNINGHAM AND WHEN I WAS IN
NEWARK THE OTHER DAY AT THE
NBA, THE GUY SAYS I DROVE YOU
AND DAWG, ANY TIME LIMO, TO
THE GAME THAT DAY.
>> Guest: I REMEMBER THAT.
>> Mike: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO WHAT WAS THE SECOND ONE?
>> Guest: FOR YOU AND I,
EVERYBODY HAS SAID IT, MASON
SAID IT, YOU AND I DIDN'T KNOW
EACH OTHER THAT WELL, I HAD
GOT TEN THERE IN AND OUT OF
IMUS, YOU HAD GOTTEN THERE
BEFORE ME, IT TOOK US A LITTLE
WHILE TO GET OUR RHYTHM BUT I
THINK THAT SHOW HELPED.
>> Mike: REMEMBER HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOTEL THAT
YEAR?
THAT WAS A HUGE EVENT, THAT
SUPER BOWL.
>> Guest: AND I REMEMBER IN
SAN FRANCISCO, WE FLEW ALL
NIGHT LONG TO TO GO TAMPA --
>> Mike: YOU WERE ASLEEP IN
FIRST CLASS AND DAWG IS LYING
ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN THE ROWS
AND THE STEWARDESS SAYS TO ME
I AM GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE
PILOT STOP THE PLANE IF HE
WON'T GET UP AND I SAID HE
CAN'T.
AND YOU RODE ON THE FLOOR ALL
THE WAY TO CLEVELAND.
I REMEMBER TELLING RON ERHARDT
THE SCORE AND HE WAS GOING
NUTS, GREATEST THING HE EVER
HEARD.
>> Guest: 49-3.
THAT WAS THE FIRST WEEK
BECAUSE WE HAD DONE THE
DENVER-SAN FRANCISCO ONE.
>> Mike: I REMEMBER.
>> Guest: I ALSO THINK THE
SPRING OF '84 WITH THE
KNICKS --
>> Mike: '94, YES.
>> Guest: I THINK WE HAD
AMAZING RATINGS --
>> Mike: WE DID.
REMEMBER WE WENT FROM
VANCOUVER TO HOUSTON AND WERE
ON THE FLOOR IN THE AIRPORT
SLEEPING --
>> Guest: YEAH, THROUGH
SEATTLE.
>> Mike: AND I AM NOT ONLY
ON THE TRIP, THE TRIP IS
TAKING 20 HOURS BUT DAWG HAS
TO ANALYZE IT AND SAY LISTEN,
MIKIE, ON THIS PART OF THE
TRIP, WE WILL BE ON A DC-10
AND I WAS LIKE I WILL TAKE ANY
PLANE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE
WERE NO PLANES IN THE
AIRPORT --
>> Guest: WE HAD TO TAKE
THE LAST PLANE OUT OF SEATTLE
AND --
>> Mike: YOU ROOTED FOR THE
ROCKETS TO TAKE GAME 7, I SAID
WHAT IF THEY LOSE AND YOU SAID
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AND WE
STAYED IN HOUSTON FOR THREE
HOT AND STEAMY DAYS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> Guest: COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT.
>> Mike: THE FUNNIEST THING
WAS WATCHING YOU WHEN OAKLEY
THREW THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Guest: OH, MAN, I
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE ON
THE PARADE ROUTE BUT WE WERE
WRAPPED UP IN IT AND THAT WAS
IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT WAS THE
YANKEE RUN IN '96.
>> Mike: I AGREE, THE PINK
CADILLAC.
EVERY NIGHT WE WORKED TO
MIDNIGHT, REMEMBER THAT?
>> Guest: WE HAD MILLIONS
OF DINNERS AT THAT STATION AND
ME LIKE AN IDIOT ROOTED FOR
THE ORIOLES.
I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BEAT
TEXAS BUT I WAS CONVINCED
THERE WAS NO WAY THEY WOULD
BEAT THE BRAVES.
I THOUGHT THE BRAVES
PITCHING --
>> Mike: THE BRAVES WERE
KILLING THEM.
>> Guest: IN THE FIRST TWO
GAMES --
>> Mike: ANDRUW JONES,
HITTING THEM OUT.
WE WOULD DO THE SHOW, THEN
DAWG WOULD BE JUMPING AROUND,
DANCING, THE YANKS WOULD COME
BACK AND HE WOULD GET MAD AND
LEAVE.
>> Guest: HERE IS THE THING
ABOUT IT.
MIKE WOULD NEVER GET ANNOYED
LIKE MY FATHER USED TO WHEN I
TOLD HIM YANKS WERE IN
TROUBLE.
HERE I AM CHEERING ON THE HIT
BY EDGAR MARTINEZ --
>> Mike: YEAH, TWO IN THE
MORNING.
>> Guest: AND I WOULD LAUGH
IT OFF BUT MIKE WOULD GET THE
LAST LAUGH.
THE FACT THE YANKEES HAD NOT
WON IN 18 YEARS, YOU WENT TO
GAME 6 AND THAT WAS THE ONLY
SHOW WE DIDN'T DO.
>> Mike: SATURDAY NIGHT,
YOU WENT WITH JOE.
NOW, SIT WITH ME A MINUTE, WE
WILL GET A COMMERCIAL IN AND
THEN I WILL BRING IN THE MIKE
AND THE MAD DOG PRODUCERS.
I HAVE MICHIGAN SHE WILL HERE,
MALOUSAS IS HERE, I WILL BRING
THEM ALL IN TO TALK WITH US.
YOU WANT TO HEAR 'EM?
>> Guest: ABSOLUTELY.