Funniest Francesa Film Since the Fat Fuck Fell Asleep

Have you ever wondered what Mike Francesa's radio show would have been like if it took place in 1776, around the time of the American Revolution.
Well wonder no more.



Mike Zaun (psuedonym) perfectly captures the essence of Francesa here. He's a jerk, who think he's always right, but in fact is frequently wrong. He drinks a lot of Diet Coke, condescends to callers, and cuts them off (even when they are trying to propose to their girlfriends) and repeats people's names over and over again (like Joe DiMaggio).

Francesa Fights Back

I was driving home the day after the Mike Francesa sleeping incident hit it big and I decided to eschew my usual afternoon soul jams in favor of hoping to hear Francesa address his on-air nap. And I was not disappointed. A caller made a vague reference to it and Francesa got angry. He asked the guy (keeping him on the line but not letting him talk) "how long have I been doing this? 25 years. And how many hours a day? 5 and a half. Add that up. You can't because you don't have a brain in your head. People are jealous and they want to attack me. They can't attack the ratings. Can't attack the performance. So they attack me over 12 seconds. It didn't affect anyone, no one knew about it. Its 12 seconds in 25 years."

Note: that is not an exact quote, but it's pretty close.

Well that wasn't the end of the prank calls and it wasn't the end of Francesa's tirades.



Suggested by Master Bates

Fat Mike Francesa Falls Asleep

Few people I hate more than Fat Mike Francesa, though I do enjoy his show in small doses. But my favorite part is when he gets embarrassed. Usually it's when he doesn't know something, and tries to play it off like he does. But this time he literally fell asleep on the air while Sweeny Murti was talking. You can tell he is asleep because he stops rubbing his arm, and his head slowly falls farther away from the mic. And all of the sudden he snaps his head up, looks toward his producer and then talks to him on the talkback microphone.

Radio War

I unknowingly stepped in the middle of a radio war last week.
While mowing the lawn on Wednesday I heard Mike Francesa discussing plans for finding a replacement co-host for his show. He ran down a long list of people who would be getting a 2-day trial run.
The next day Boomer and Carton were making fun of this with Chris Carlin (who along with Kim Jones will get a tryout with Mike). They were bringing up the most obscure FAN personalities and asking if they'd be given a shot.
But what made it funny is that they kept playing all the cheesy jingles FAN records for each on-air host.
Evidently Mike didn't find it all that funny. On his show Thursday afternoon he ripped Boomer and Carton. Apparently this started when Boomer and Carton made fun of Francesa for his ridiculous assertion that the Mets should trade Wright or Reyes.
Francesa said Carton has a "meanness" to him, which I agree with. Carton is sort of like Master Bates, he tries to get under your skin.
Francesa then said he was ready for a war and he could take care of Carton in 5 minutes. After a short break Francesa said he was just kidding, but didn't seem to mean it.
On Friday morning Carton and Boomer fired back, discussing what Carton said was a "heated" phone call between him and Mike after Mike's Thursday tirade. They also said if Francesa wants a war, they'll give him one.
If you want to read the rough transcription of the comments from both sides, Neil Best, who broke the Mad Dog leaving story, has been tracking this latest outbreak.
The fact is, Mike is a fat arrogant fool who is feeling very beseiged lately. He's also an old-school guy who refuses to accept new ideas, including the internet. Whereas Boomer and Carton have a young hip show that is simulcast on paltalk, they use the website, and they talk about girls instead of the 1967 NFC championship game.
Maybe Mike feels a little threatened by the news kids on the block.

End of An Era

For nearly 20 years the voices of New York sports have been Mike Francesa and Chris Russo aka "Mike and the Mad Dog" on WFAN.
But it now seems likely that they are going to break up.
Even though I hate them, I still listen because there are no better alternatives and because they have good guests.
Now it seems like their reign of terror is over.
Both guys are egotistical jerks so it wouldn't surprise me at all if their off-air fueds are responsible for this.
They aren't scheduled to work together very much if at all over the summer so this may take a couple months before it comes to fruition.
But apparently Mad Dog has a contract through next year, so WFAN would be unlikely to get rid of him. Francesa's contract status is unknown.
As much as I hate Francesa I really hope he is the one who stays. I cannot listen to Mad Dog when he is by himself.
I'd love to see one of them defect to ESPN Radio and go head to head against each other.
That would be interesting.
I should say that I do take this story with a healthy dose of skepticism because Newsday doesn't seem to have any hard facts or reliable sources.