"Pardon the Interruption" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Tom Howard

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

22 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Sport | Talk-Show

Plot Keywords:

Non Fiction

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	5:30 PM	ESPN
Tue. Nov. 10	5:30 PM	ESPN

Cast

Tony Reali	...	Stat Boy (773 episodes, 2006-2009)
Michael Wilbon	...	Himself - Host / ... (715 episodes, 2006-2009)
Tony Kornheiser	...	Himself - Host / ... (650 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

P.T.I. (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

ESPN

Quotes:

Mike: Pardon the interruption. I'm Mike Wilbon and you'll have to pardon me today because I'm a little rusty after spending a month in Greece.
Tony: I'm Toyn Kornheiser. Oh really? Were you in Olivia Newton-John's role?
Mike: There you go! I'm not back for 30 seconds and you're already tossing out those lame 40 year old jokes that you only could ever possibly find funny!
Tony: Welcome to PTI, boys and girls, where I will continue to tell 40 year old jokes and you know why? 'Cause it's funny and I KNOW FUNNY!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Mr 3000 (2004)

Would Be Better If They Stuck To Sports

Unless you live in a volatile family situation or are from New York City and are used to shouting, what is the attraction of this sports talk show? Most people are tired of hearing people shout over one another. We get enough of that on political talk shows. I know sports is fun to debate. I've been doing that with friends for years, but there is no reason to shout and constantly interrupt each other....in "the name of entertainment."

I could still put up with abrasive shouting of co-hosts Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbons but it's the other things, really, that made me lose interest in this show. What things? Ridiculous bias on the part of the hosts, particularly Kornheiser, who cannot stop interjecting his ultra-Liberal political beliefs. I lost track how many times this idiot had to give me his two cents on which candidate he liked best (the looniest, of course) during all the primaries. What has that got to do with sports? Nothing.

Also, after awhile, the show's introduction in which Kornheiser feels he has to try to imitate Howard Stern with some raunchy joke, gets tiresome fast...and is another reflection on the absolute moral bankruptcy of this so-called "sports guy." Hey, I like a laugh or two along with my sports commentary, too, but too often his jokes are tasteless.

Wilbons? He just isn't interesting enough to make any comments about here. Nor are the substitutes in this show, all of whom, by the way, have the same twisted values as the regular hosts. This could be a very good show if you had two more mature guys who always were a little more balanced in their reporting and a little classier in their humor.