I’m not much of a sports buff but, PTI has drawn me in. These guys are seasoned sportswriters who know how to spout off in entertaining ways about many different areas of sports. When they don’t know what they are talking about they riff and do jokes or poke fun of themselves. It’s not great but, hey it got me watching from time to time. But they can also be serious and respectful when the topic calls for it.
TBDSSP is dreadful, stupid, and dull. Tom and crew are not as funny as they think they are. The regulars kiss the asses of any athlete who’s a guest. Or talk smack then roll over like a kicked dog saying it’s all a joke. I’m honest enough to admit I’ll watch longer when Lisa Guerrero or Inga Hammond are on, but I can’t remember much of what anyone says the instant I change the channel. The skits and gags are lame rejects from The Man Show. I did see them interview Bill Lee the other day, that was actually fun. Dump Arnold, Kruck, and crew. Give the “Space Man” his own show, he’s enough of a wild card to have a fun show pissing people off, including his own network. Besides his theme song’s been written and waiting for 20 years.
Like widder, I’m a casual sports fan but they really are engaging enough that you don’t hafta be a fanatic to love the show. However, you need Kornheiser and/or Wilbon on for it to be good. When only one is there, it’s still good but when they’re both on vacation, it’s just not the same. It’s all about chemistry.
“Today it was reported that your boy Mike Tyson…”
“Tyson ain’t my boy! I never said he was my boy!..”
But they should ditch Five Good Minutes. Ruins the flow of the show.
Wilbon was a natural from the get-go, but Kornheiser was as stiff as a board in the beginning. He’s gotten better, although I still enjoy it whenever he’s on vacation. A good show, and I like the time limits – keeps them from running a topic into the ground.
“The Best Damn Sports Show Period” I have always thought should be renamed “The LONGEST Damn Sports Show Period.” TWO freaking hours! I’ve never watched a complete episode, so I still have the same question in my mind: What the hell do they do with all that time?
Although I’ve been known to drool at the sight of Lisa Guerrero, it has to be PTI by a mile, especially when Kornheiser & Wilbon are on and have Norman Chad as a guest. Chad is a hoot. He was guest host once and said with a straight face to Stat Boy that “Everyone knows that Alaska and Hawaii aren’t states, they’re just colonies!”
To add to the landslide PTI is far and away the better show.
WSLer, did you mean they were in competition with Sports Center or ESPN? IIRC, PTI is on ESPN/2. I never know when the show is on which channel at which time. I could be delusional but I thought I seen them on FSN also.
All those damn sports channels are in consecutive order and I forget which channel I am watching sometimes.
I think what was meant is that SI competes with ESPN. The fact that SI wrote a complimentary piece about a show that there competitor airs should speak to how well respected and liked the show is.