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ESPN Cancels Barstool Show

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Elliotte Friedman, Oct 23, 2017.

  1. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    ...and when John Skipper and Walsh both flew out to personally cancel us, he said at the time he'd never do anything like our show again. Guess "never" was relative.

    I won't be mourning when he gets shitcanned; he knew what he signed up for.
     
  2. Pete

    Pete Well-Known Member

    A big second on this. I watched that over the weekend and really, really enjoyed it. Lots of great clips (Carell and Colbert were two of the main on-air performers as well as writers) and current-day interviews. Definitely worth a watch if you're a comedy fan.
     
  3. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    As far as short lived sketch shows went, I loved both the Dana Carvey Show and the Ben Stiller Show. I think the Carvey show aged better.
     
  4. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Please restrict your whining about the world being mean to President Trump to the politics thread. Thank you.
     
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  5. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Certainly going to regret weighing on here, but I will say as a regular listener to Pardon My Take, there isn't any misogyny in PFT and Big Cat's podcast. They're very smart and funny, and PFT might be the smartest person doing satire right now.

    If it's possible to be employed by Barstool but not subscribe to Barstool's ethos, they do it. Now, the brand is still the brand, and Portnoy is awful, but there wasn't going to be misogyny on that show. I predict eventually Katz and PFT will outgrow the Barstool brand, and leave.
     
  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Agreed. They need to jump ship ASAP.

    Of course, I didn’t know PFT was with Barstool (or had forgotten it) until all this happened.
     
  7. Gator

    Gator Well-Known Member

    “They’re coming to The Athletic. That’s what we do: Gather talent.” — Alex Mather (probably)
     
  8. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    So who is the target audience for Mike and Jemelle at6pm?
     
  9. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Rob King
     
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  10. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Fair enough
     
  11. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Apparently, there is a lot of discussion about this. I don't know enough of Barstool's internal politics, but it was not an accident Skipper wrote his memo that way. There is a theory that ESPN may specifically offer those two a job.
     
  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    If you enter into a strategic partnership with someone, then cancel it and then hire away the former partner's talent. ... what are the ethical and/or legal issues?
     
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