Another Worthless Sports Reporters Panel (12/10) . . .

how can this be blamed on the host? i'm a huge jeremy schaap fan and john saunders fan.... the host has virtually nothing to do with whether the show is any good. lupica and the producer, joe valerio, determine who is on the show and what is talked about on the show. it was that way when dick schaap was the host. it is straight comedy to blame the host for what transpires on that show.

 

Ever see Dick Schaap on that show?



I mean, holy fucking Christ, do you sound ill-informed.

 

What are you people even doing awake at that hour to watch the show?

 

Um, he used to be on the show. I think he would know a little bit.

 

I just edited to ask whether he had ever seen Schaap on the show.

The host makes a HUGE impact.

Schaap's ability to put Loopy in his place with a dozen or so syllables... his always-superior parting shots.... his frame of reference....

 

I agree with all that. I haven't been awake to watch the show in years, and the last time I did, Dick Schaap was the host and I thought it was great.

I was just saying, J-Dub, having been on the show, would likely have a pretty good idea of what goes on behind the scenes, even if he isn't exactly objective on the subject.

 

My original post was sloppily constructed.

I understand your point.

 

I remember the anticipation of setting my alarm my first year in college so I could race upstairs to the lounge and watch Sports Reporters. Columbo is 10000% right and, as usual, Whitlock is a complete fool...Dick Schapp made those shows.

now it's so bad it may as well be a parody. The only time I've watched the show in the last decade, I was in a hotel room with the most basic of cable and there was nothing else on when I coudln't sleep at 4 am.

 

Exactly, B.

That's my experience and take on it in a nutshell.

But don't worry.... we're racist because we say the show has fallen apart when, coincidentally, John Saunders has been the host.

I don't think anyone could have replaced Schaap in that format.

 

Not even spank-o-vision?

 

My favorite spank-o-vision story: The administrative assistant for the college baseball team I cover had curfew duty, and one night on the road he walks in on two players, each sitting at the foot of his bed and spanking furiously, hoping to finish before the free 2-minute spank-o-vision preview ended.