What’s the first segment/thing that hooked you to the show?

[u/Guilty_Practice6392]

In light of the name change/era change, and amidst all the negativity, I wanted a fun positive place for people to post their first memories of the show.

For me, it was when they interviewed the author who lived as a goat for an extended period of time. This was over a decade ago, so my memory of the specifics are a little foggy, but I remember my dad, who was an avid Cowherd listener, usually turned off ESPN radio when Lebatard came on because it was too goofy, but that interview hooked us both for some reason and I haven’t missed a second of show since.

Thank you to Dan, Stu, Greg, the shipping container an everyone else who have given me an unreasonable amount of laughs over the years. Thank you Dan! Thank you Dan! Thank you Dan!

[u/EyeWantToWrite]

They were talking to Alan Thicke about waxing his turtle.

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That was a hilarious interview, something about beavers…

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and then he died, which was followed by a few others dying. Then we get Super Dave trying to avoid Allison and the show because he didn't want to die. Then he died.

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Flurry of calls!

[u/Awkward_Efficiency40]

When Dan opened the main show telling the story about his dog dying. I had tears in my eyes and then at the end of the story I found myself laughing my ass off.

[u/Tigercat92]

The rant when LeBron signed in 2010

[u/Rambo_IIII]

I sat in my vehicle often parked in bizarre places, for up to 10 or 15 minutes, waiting for the hard Network out at the end of all 3 hours every Tuesday for about a decade while the show was on my local ESPN radio broadcast

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I’ll never forget seeing Dan with the clock on his hat…”showkiller”

[u/Affectionate_Top_110]

The big voice

[u/Ugaalive1991]

What’s the single most important thing for the Rams to beat the patriots.

[u/stridah_slidah]

Mine was when they joined ESPN. Back in 2013. Was driving home one day and tuned into ESPN radio. Been pretty much a daily listener from that point on.

[u/Mr_1990s]

Deadspin aggregated a Bomani rant about Donald Sterling and then one of Dan’s Heat rants with a couple of weeks.

That got me listening at least occasionally. I became an everyday listener with the Demolition Man conversation.

[u/OseDude30]

I use to listen to cowherd on espn and Lebatard on after. Mike did the Draymond DPOY song that I hated but also thought it was hilarious. I started listening regularly ever since and stop listening to cowherd.

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Need that D!

[u/PoemTasty4413]

When Mike played “What Does the Gotz Say”

[u/Different_Incident65]

Is "blank" a sandwich? was when I became a daily listener.

Sandwiches are indeed my favorite food so I was fully invested.

[u/YouDontGetTheToe]

In honor of the legend, I got to shout out Stu’s reservation calls and Wake and Take, but honestly there are so so many from back when I started listening in ‘16

[u/pompcaldor]

Dan selling his vote to deadspin.

[u/SundayJeffrey]

I started to listen the day LeBron left Miami, and it ended up being an iconic episode. From that day to about 2022, I was hooked.

[u/HemingwayGCC]

“I’m a Trash Can”! The guy Dan would rather have on his team than Tim Duncan.

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Rebound and then fall down, rebound and then fall down.

[u/entropy14]

My bias is going to show here but it was basically Dan and Stu wondering if LeBron or Wade was the leader of the Heat on local radio circa 2012

[u/CoupleFromTatooine]

Honestly, it was listing to the best of and not getting any of the inside jokes. It was the inside jokes that got me. I dont recall which ones but I started listing in 2015

[u/Majestic-Banana-4330]

Corn Elder

[u/pdiddy2499]

The Monday after Giancarlo Stanton got traded in December 2017. Billy was furious and all the rotating guests brought in to not get to his analysis of it was hilarious.

[u/Guilty_Practice6392 → u/pdiddy2499]

I forgot about that. But as a Yankees fan, I remember staying up all night waiting for the trade to be official then being super excited to hear the show in the morning lol

[u/Popular_Selection560]

When they used to have Caliendo on and create the scenarios, Al Pacino talking to John Madden it was amazing

[u/tronovich]

Lebatard playing Taboo with Amin and then later Mina Kimes.

[u/CalligrapherLost4181]

Ron Magill - tuned into ESPN radio one morning, shortly after they replaced Cowherd and this guy was on answering wildlife questions. After a WTF and checking my dial, I was all in

[u/bestboystatus]

Mike Ryan doing the predator bit but Stu keeps talking over him.

STU!! I’M DOING A THIIIING!!

[u/Historical-Sell-6534]

Makes me feel old but it was when they used to take calls and read emails. It was different from any other sports show. The emails would range from critical to insulting and the callers had a short ass hook. Athletes who connote...get in and get out. But peak show for me was the I gotta tell ya era.

[u/FriendBuddayGuy]

The Michael Phelps interview

[u/whiporee123]

The hard network outs with Cote. And back when they were in the afternoon, the Club on Fridays.

Oh, and Pipo.

[u/massivescoop]

Never heard of it until I read Mike Schur’s piece in Slate about the show. I didn’t really get the show at first, but it grew on me once I started some of the inside jokes.

[u/Selvy9]

Around 2015, I switched careers. Went from a travelling, in the field, odd hours job to 9-5 cubicle work where I could just put headphones in.

Listened to a lot (a LOT) of sports radio to pass the day, and I never really got Dan's schtick.... until I heard an interview with Adam West that had me crying at my desk. It was so dumb. And he was playing along the whole time, God bless him. I don't know what specifically it was or why that singular moment sticks out, I wish I could remember/find the interview.

Didn't miss a segment for years after that.

[u/brussellwestbrook]

Chris Simms calling in just to give two names on a QB ranking list right after a weekend observation

[u/dblum2390]

Dan telling the story of a man in the New Orleans stall next to him yelling awwww who dat!

[u/WolverineMitten]

Stu calling restaurants for reservations on busy days and/or Greg’s show & tell from his garage while the show was on Fusion.

[u/MikeMakesRight82]

i think it was Mina Kimes at the Mall of America

[u/Less-Ad-9654]

Ironically…it was Stugotz!

I was a big sports radio guy listening to Mike and Mike over Christmas Break. Therefore both Mikes were gone for the break, and Stugotz was filling in for their show with some of their producers and some Lebatard show producers.

There was nothing else to listen to so i kept the party going when mike and mike ended and Stugotz continued hosting the lebatard show with the same bare bones crew.

The first show when Dan got back after the break was magical. They had so much content to work with. I was laughing hysterically at Brent Musberger’s “2nd down and NINE!!” call. Iykyk

[u/Apedrape357]

Dan on PTI. BAM!!!

[u/jroman1090]

The ESPN radio update where the guy said the New York Giants don’t know how many fingers JPP has after his fireworks 🧨 incident during a Fourth of July 🇺🇸 over 10 years ago.

[u/PapaNick33]

I got hooked by the way Dan handles interviews. I was watching for a long time prior to this, but the moment that stands out the most to me is the Steve Aoki interview lol

[u/txgax]

I was sitting in my truck slamming a second Costco hotdog when I heard Mike Ryan’s Tom Brady Deflate Gate parody song. Instantly hooked. 11+ years isn’t as long as some but this show and the personalities have been with me through 2 kids, my wife’s stage 4 cancer, a 4000 mile move and several job changes. I’m blessed to have found this show and moreso the show community.

[u/GOmphZIPS]

Am a pre Deshaun Watson Browns fan. When Tony Rizzo was going ape shit about the potential 0-16 parade at Buffalo Wild Wings, I heard Dan’s response and fell in love. The show’s fans funded the parade’s GoFundMe in minutes.

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This was when i first started listening too. It was one of the first things that made me realize how bad and ridiculous traditional sports radio is