This educational tool was designed to help our listener become acclimated to our show. A quick breeze through our glossary and you'll feel like an instant insider who has been listening to us since the beginning!
Bigby, Tom: This is our boss. He hates us and often has meetings with us after our show to tell us how much he hates us (we call it "getting Bigby'd"). This picture is taken from 1977 and is significant because it is the last time he smiled. Tom drives a car that is bigger than Gator's house and is so important at CBS that he has a river named after him. Don't believe us? Click here to learn more.
Clutch-Ass-Pitch: A caller (pictured left), once told us he had marvelous success at selling liquid cooled speakers out of the back of his white van. When pressed about his remarkable salesmanship, he mentioned he had a "clutch-ass-pitch" which would enable him to pawn inferior products on an otherwise money saavy populace.
Crumpacker: One time our producer gave us an interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. The column was very thought provoking and well-crafted. The author of the column happened to be named Crumpacker. We've been laughing ever since about it and often find it difficult to finish shows when that name is brought up.
Eddie's Truck: Once, a caller, Eddie, nominated his truck for champ of the week. It was a first for the show. We considered actually making it our champ for that week. After all, the truck had a transmission and everything. See for yourself. It really is a wonderful truck.
Egyptian: The best pick-up line of all time... At least according to Gator. Gator swears that if you ask a girl her name that you should, no matter what her response, say to her "that's unique, is that egyptian?". Gator once used this line and was thrwarted but swears that any woman will surrender her undergarments immdediately upon hearing it.
Grisbeck: Any a-hole who brings beer to a party only to take whatever is leftover home with him. Named after a listener's "friend" who was outed when discussing his Super Bowl beer bringing habits with Scott and Doug on 1/30/09. Sliding said Grisbeck down a 30 foot razor blade into a pool of alcohol is a recommended punishment for this person or anyone committing this act.
Ice Rink Construction: Every winter since 2005 Doug Karsch has attempted to construct a backyard ice rink and has failed miserably in every single attempt. He'd be a better father, husband and human if he could successfully put together a rink and his failures eat at him. Despite over 1,355 hours of labor, he has yet to build any sort of a rink that is functional. Doug has sworn off ice rink building on the air and has implored Gator to "punch him in the face" if he ever entertains the idea of another ice rink attempt. UPDATE: Construction for this year's rink began over Thanksgiving.
Kar-Kar-House-Lock: Doug calls a sure fire bet his "Kar-Kar-House-Lock". It is not because Doug is an egomaniac. Well, OK, he is but that has nothing to do with "Kar-Kar". Doug heard a friend of his during Doug's broadcasting infancy declare a game to be a "Kar-Kar-House-Lock" of the week. The meaning of the bet is that his friend would bet both of his cars and his house that he would win (car-car-house-lock). Listeners since have accused Doug of referring to himself in 3rd person when making bets.
Magic Hat no. 9: This is one of our favorite beers. Magic Hat no. 9. Often Jackie from Magic Hat stops by to bring us many of the offerings from Magic Hat but number 9 remains our favorite. Doug and Scott both have non-sexual crushes on Jackie (and by non-sexual we mean very sexual).
Riger: This is Jeff Riger. He's a weekend host and valued reporter at 97.1 The Ticket. We love imitating Riger and often encourage others to try.
Sixty-Nine (the number): As you mature some things, like farting in an elevator, become less funny. Random numbers equaling 69 is not one of those things as Gator often erupts in girlish glee whenever he happens to notice this number on the show.
SKY: We call our board op Sky. We named her that for athletic ability and uncanny resemblance to SKY from the American Gladiators. Sky once drank a beer she found in the ladies room at Joe Louis Arena and occasionally wears hats that we swear came from the TV show "Blossom".
Will Tieman: MSU hoops PBP man. We love Will but we think Will is unique for his confusing manner in which he calls Spartan games. He often gives the score, the team name, the 2nd score, then the 2nd team name. Weird huh? Kinda like why we even bring it up.
Tyler Chesky's basement: Once a listener asked us for Stanley Cup Finals tickets that we didn't have. When we couldn't accomodate him, he said he'd just happily watch the game in Tyler Chesky's basement. From that day forward we proclaimed that Tyler Chesky must have the coolest basement ever. We consider it our Valhalla.
Zack Follett: Our favorite Detroit Lion (sorry, Barry). This 7th round pick of the Lions has the attitude to turn this franchise around. Click here to learn more about why we're rooting for Zack.
Other biographical movies about people in the sports world...
10-"The grapes of what not" -- the story of wine guy and how he landed a job he was totally unqualified
to handle. could a run for congress be next? -Gord in Windsor -
9-“Meet the parents” the story of blake griffins mom and dad. -BM in the UP-
8-Other titles for other sports flicks: urgeth urbina in “some like it hot.” -Joey at Work-
7-Other titles: joe sakic in “the fantastic four.” -Beep-
6-Hairspray with mike babcock...it's actually an entire musical about mike babcock's hair. -Mike at WSU -
5-Movie about a mlb playoff race, starring miguel cabrerra.."the hangover." -Glenn in Westland -
4-Other titles: tim lincecum, michael phelps, and charles rogers are set to star in “the chronic-les
of narnia.” -BP -
3-Movies for other people...Brad Watson stars in the sequel to blow...called intent to blow! -Tim in Sterling Heights -
2-Other movie names: not a sports movie, but a tribute to Two-n Jenn's "Sweater Puppies" called
'Remember the Titans'. -Dennis at Work-
1-Name for athlete biography - Denard Span's title is Spaceballs. -Jeff in Canton -
Clutch-Ass-Pitch: A caller (pictured left), once told us he had marvelous success at selling liquid cooled speakers out of the back of his white van. When pressed about his remarkable salesmanship, he mentioned he had a "clutch-ass-pitch" which would enable him to pawn inferior products on an otherwise money saavy populace.
Grisbeck: Any a-hole who brings beer to a party only to take whatever is leftover home with him. Named after a listener's "friend" who was outed when discussing his Super Bowl beer bringing habits with Scott and Doug on 1/30/09. Sliding said Grisbeck down a 30 foot razor blade into a pool of alcohol is a recommended punishment for this person or anyone committing this act..jpg)
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