Francesa Erupts

[metirish]

Francesa erupts........................now falls asleep.......hilarious


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/baseball/9540326/American-radio-presenter-Mike-Francesa-falls-asleep-live-on-air-during-baseball-preview-show.html

[Guest Swan Swan H]

metirish wrote: Francesa erupts........................now falls asleep.......hilarious http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/baseball/9540326/American-radio-presenter-Mike-Francesa-falls-asleep-live-on-air-during-baseball-preview-show.html

Jeez, that's funny. The Ralph Kramden bugeyes when he snaps back to life are the topper.

[G-Fafif]

Stop talkin' about dis nonsense. Mike was restin' his eyes.

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[MFS62]

What a coincidence!
He has the same effect on his listeners.

Later

[metirish]

@sportswatch(Neil Best) Caller made a "narcolepsy" crack to Francesa, who took issue. "Why don't you add up the hours [i've been on the air], you jerk," he said.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

With that sense of humor on him, it's got to be a nonstop, breezy, carnival ride being married to this guy.

[Edgy MD]

I think it would be nice if everybody would make references.

> Tom from Kew Gardens wants to talk about the Jets. How's it going, Tom?

>>> Good, Mike. I'll try and talk fast and get it all in before you nod off.

> Go to hell. Next caller is Silvio on the car phone to talk about the Dolans.

>>> Thanks for taking the call, Mike. I hope the ringer didn't wake you.

> GAAAH!

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: With that sense of humor on him, it's got to be a nonstop, breezy, carnival ride being married to this guy.

I suspect MF was voted least likely to be able to make fun of himself in HS.

The stupid thing is, one quick self-effacing line and this story is essentially over before it starts but he can't do that. He'd much rather deny the undeniable and pretend the whole thing never happened. Plus, as I mentioned in the other thread where this was discussed, his first reaction upon snapping out of it seems to be to get on the intercom and blame the behind the glass guys for allowing it to happen. Couldn't be his fault.

It's like when callers start out by asking Mike not to cut them off too quickly and he hides behind the defense that he never cuts folks off because Mad Dog worked the controls when they were together or the producers take care of it during his solo gigs. Except that story quickly fell apart once the YES simulcasts started because they clearly showed Francesa making the hand-gesture each time as a signal for the guy to be cut-off. So I guess technically he's right, HE never presses the 'drop' button that ends caller's points in mid-sentence so he sticks with the story that it's not him.

Now, at least parts of the national sports media have picked up on the sleeping story and are making jokes about it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I like that he tried to explain away the sleeping thing in the context of all the awards he's been nominated for.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Now, at least parts of the national sports media have picked up on the sleeping story and are making jokes about it.

irish posted the story from the Telegraph. That's inter-national non-sports media making a fool of him. Sucker.

[G-Fafif]

The other night, when some graphic wasn't up on SNY fast enough to suit Keith's taste, he said "someone must be sleeping in the truck," to which Gary added, "there's a lot of that going around."

Then several beautiful seconds of silence to let that sink in.

[metirish]

Caught a few minutes of Francesca on the drive home today, he was incredulous about the Mets rescheduling the rainout for Thursday.


"There won't be hundred people there , (voice rising), why would you go against the Yankees in a pennant race and the NY football Giants playing the Thursday game, did they even think about it for five minutes?"

It was hilarious.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy DC wrote: I think it would be nice if everybody would make references. > Tom from Kew Gardens wants to talk about the Jets. How's it going, Tom? >>> Good, Mike. I'll try and talk fast and get it all in before you nod off. > Go to hell. Next caller is Silvio on the car phone to talk about the Dolans. >>> Thanks for taking the call, Mike. I hope the ringer didn't wake you. > GAAAH!

Callers more or less have been yanking his chain like this. Poor jerk.

[seawolf17]

Does have excellent fashion sense, though.

[metirish]

He's looking more and more like Paulie Walnuts these days,.

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Caught a few minutes of Francesca on the drive home today, he was incredulous about the Mets rescheduling the rainout for Thursday. "There won't be hundred people there , (voice rising), why would you go against the Yankees in a pennant race and the NY football Giants playing the Thursday game, did they even think about it for five minutes?" It was hilarious.

So I guess the Mets should have checked with the Yanx and Giants before making their schedule then? -- Oh wait, but teams don't make their own schedule!

Well then maybe they should have scheduled the rain-out as a Wednesday DH? -- Oh wait, but the Yanx were also rained out and are scheduled for a Wednesday DH so that wouldn't have been any good either. Besides, what the point of avoiding a poor attendance day on Thursday only to go with a DH instead and lose an entire game's attendance!

What exactly did he want them to do in this case? Besides like not play the game at all I guess.



This is almost as good as the time he was scolding MLB for having over-lapping playoff games in the 1st round -- "You wouldn't see the NFL doing something this stupid!!"
Gee, the NFL has a total of 11 playoff games (vs up to 41 for MLB) which it spreads out over a 5 week span (vs 3 weeks in baseball) and yet somehow the NFL manages to slot those games so where none overlap! Man they must be fuckin' geniuses over there!





And, btw, how many people do you suppose would be killed or injured if Francesa really did erupt?

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: And, btw, how many people do you suppose would be killed or injured if Francesa really did erupt?

That depends on how thinly you can spread about a ton and a half of hot steaming bullshit.

Later

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[metirish]

Never ends with Francesa



Mike Francesa Has A Police Escort To New Orleans For The Super Bowl

Apparently Francesa screws up a fans chance at winning tix to Super Bowl

[Frayed Knot]

The contest foul-up story is apparently true, although Deadspin's "reporting" skills sound a bit thin on the whole police escort thing.

Besides, the best Francesa/Super Bowl week story is always going to be the one year when he got to the host city, decided that the accommodations weren't up to his standards and so he immediately threw a hissy fit and went straight back home. He did the whole week from the FAN studios while Mad Dog went solo at the site.

[ashie62]

And next year he can do it in NJ.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Never ends with Francesa Mike Francesa Has A Police Escort To New Orleans For The Super Bowl

The appropriate escort for him would have been to strap him to the back of a flatbed and had those "Wide load" warning cars in front of and behind it.

Later

[Valadius]

I just listened to Francesa for probably the first time in about 8 years - he just sounds disinterested. Why is he still on the air?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Offhand? Though he'd never publicly admit it, I'm guessing it's because his options outside of what he's doing now are somewhat... limited.

[Ceetar]

Valadius wrote: I just listened to Francesa for probably the first time in about 8 years - he just sounds disinterested. Why is he still on the air?

Because sports radio is dying and no one's interested in getting innovative.

[Valadius]

Good lord, WFAN - "Mike's on! He's ready to go!" is by far the worst half-hearted plug I've ever heard in my life.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The real answer is that despite how awful he is, he's making money for the station. The real question shouldn't be "why is he on the air?" but instead "why does anyone listen to him?"

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Everyone who works here is present today!
Pushing the buttons and talking for payyyyyyy!

[Ceetar]

Valadius wrote: Good lord, WFAN - "Mike's on! He's ready to go!" is by far the worst half-hearted plug I've ever heard in my life.

I was still listening occasionally when they went to that. He teased the new intro for about a week (because NBC retained the rights to Mike'd Up and he had to change it) and I don't think he could've gone with a replacement that required less effort. It was an opportunity to take a fresh step forward, and nothing..

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The real answer is that despite how awful he is, he's making money for the station. The real question shouldn't be "why is he on the air?" but instead "why does anyone listen to him?"

Because people want to listen and talk sports. They want to hear what's going on and talk about it, and there just aren't those options, particularly when you're doing something non-computer related where you can't just stream something better or use your phone constantly, or are limited to the radio somehow.

He's making money for the station because the station continues to make money, or they think they do anyway. Presumably they have ratings and such that suggest that the numbers drop during the weeks he's on vacation, justifying his salary, although I suspect that has more to do with the summer time than his absence and that you could drop a half-trained monkey in there with much the same results.

[metirish]

Francesa on Collins

http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-really-cant-stand-this-jason-collins-sto-484631959

It means less than nothing to me that there is a gay player now out if the NBA. SI going to reveal this this week in�I don't know why�I guess a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine, I guess. [...] I have the story here and I'm not compelled to run and talk about it or read it. I really don't care. I can't be any more honest. I don't care.