Pardon My Take

Pardon My Take is a comedic sports podcast created by the blog Barstool Sports. It was first released on February 28, 2016, where it debuted at No.1 on the United States iTunes Charts on March 02, 2016, and at No.38 on March 03, 2016 on the Canadian iTunes Charts[1]. The podcast is regularly among the top charting podcasts in the United States in the Sports category on iTunes and other U.S. podcast platforms. [2]

The show is hosted by Dan Katz, known as "Big Cat", and Eric Sollenberger, performing under his professional pseudonym of PFT Commenter, and produced by Henry "Handsome Hank" Lockwood. [3]

In its relatively short existence, Pardon My Take has received widespread success and critical acclaim. The podcast is estimated to obtain between 750,000 and 1.5 million listeners per episode.[3] Apple named the show one of the twelve best podcasts of 2016,[4] and The Big Lead ranked "Big Cat" and PFT Commenter as the number one sports media talents under 40 years of age in 2017.[5] Pardon My Take has an average iTunes rating of five stars from over 10,000 ratings.[6]

History

Pardon My Take was first launched in February 2016 when PFT Commenter left the sports website SB Nation to join Barstool Sports.[7] Longtime Barstool contributor Big Cat had been regularly communicating with PFT through Twitter prior to this hiring, and the two teamed up to create Pardon My Take soon after PFT's arrival.[3]

Since its inception, Pardon My Take has used satire as a medium to comment on traditional sports media, particularly ESPN and several of its notable personalities.[8] The show's name is a play on the titles of ESPN television shows Pardon the Interruption and First Take. The title of the show prompted ESPN to send a cease-and-desist letter to Barstool Sports soon after the launch of the podcast.[9] The podcast led to a spin-off TV show called Barstool Van Talk. The show had a brief one-day run. It was canceled as a result of ESPN host Samantha Ponder accusing Barstool founder Dave Portnoy and other Barstool journalists of harassment on social media.

Format

Most Pardon My Take episodes consists of three parts. The members open up the show with a recap of current sports news. This is followed by an interview with a sports personality, journalist, or athlete. The show is closed with a collection of recurring original segments which varies episode to episode.[10] Occasionally, the Pardon My Take hosts will alter the show's format for special episodes, including their yearly recap show and their annual award show, the "Takies."[10] The hosts have also held "Exit Interviews" with their guests, but these have since been temporarily discontinued.[11] Most of the guest interviews throughout 2016 were concluded by Big Cat asking three questions: If the guest washed their apples, who the most famous person in the guest's cell phone was, and a third question tailored to each guest, entitled, "A question I'm gonna ask, that you don't have to answer, but I'm gonna ask anyway." This third question was often the most provocative or ridiculing one of the interview.[12]

Segments

  • Hot Seat, Cool Throne
  • ESports Update with Darren Rovell
  • Soggy Sorrows
  • Kings Stay Kings
  • Riddlin’
  • Jimbos
  • Football Guy of the Week
  • Fastest Two Minutes in Sports
  • Mount Rushmore
  • Mike Greenberg’s Dumb Rules
  • Higher learning/education with Billy Football
  • Guys on Chicks
  • Boobs, Beer, Football
  • Lebron Blames
  • Locker Room Talk with Lenny Dykstra (We don't do it anymore)
  • Bad Visual
  • Tiger Woods Memorial Who's Back of the Week
  • Drunk Ideas
  • That's Enough Internet for Today
  • Talking Soccer
  • Calling Marlins Man on National TV
  • Talking Tennis
  • Peter King Ate the Trash Again
  • Hurt or Injured
  • Hot in the Streets with Hank
  • People Forget That
  • Humans vs. the Sun
  • Jacksonville Jaguars Stat of the Day
  • Explain it to Hank
  • Thoughts and Prayers
  • PR 101
  • As a White Guy
  • Spinzone
  • Sabermetrics
  • Respect the Biz
  • Fantasy F**kbois
  • Protect the Shield
  • Stay Woke
  • Put One in his Ear Hole
  • Bachelor Update for (and from) Guys that Don't Watch the Bachelor
  • Mike and Mike Fair Play (RIPIP)
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • Seeing Red
  • Puking Green
  • Adam Sandler Movie Ideas
  • Roasts
  • Take Quake
  • Blake Bortles’ Wikipedia Club
  • Airport Reviews*
  • Kevin Durant is a Baby Back B*#@$?
  • Portnoy’s Complaints
  • Love You Guys
  • Done Chain

References

  1. ↑ "iTunesCharts.net: 'Pardon My Take' by Barstool Sports (International iTunes Chart Performance)". www.itunescharts.net. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. ↑ "iTunes Podcast Charts".
  3. 1 2 3 "How "Pardon My Take" took over sports podcasting".
  4. ↑ "Pardon My Take Named By Apple (Ever Heard Of Them?) As One Of The 12 Best Podcasts of 2016".
  5. ↑ "40 Under 40: Sports Media Talents".
  6. ↑ "iTunes Preview - Pardon My Take".
  7. ↑ "PFT Commenter: I'm Joining Barstool".
  8. ↑ "ESPN threatens Barstool with legal action".
  9. ↑ "Barstool Sports $15 Million Investment May Change How It Brawls".
  10. 1 2 "PodcastOne: Pardon My Take".
  11. ↑ "Pardon My Take "Exit Interview" Featuring Peter King from Sports Illustrated".
  12. ↑ "The Red Beat".
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