A casual sports fan will know Tony from PTI or his brief stint on Monday Night Football. Tony is also a former newspaper columnist and for years had a radio show. Now he's back on the radio and its available as a podcast!!!
Although his specialty is sports, Tony's show has a more potluck feel to it. For example, he has a writer from Politico as a regular guest and on Friday does movie reviews with a Film Critic. On any given day Tony can enter the studio with something on his mind and the first half hour of his two hour show can revolve solely around that point, whether it be where he went to dinner or last night's American Idol.
Even the sports aren't addressed in a typical fashion, as he has James Carville on as a regular guest to discuss college football.
The flow of the show is captivating, as it just snowballs into a very amusing conversation between people who seem to be genuinely enjoying themselves. The back and forth involves Tony and usually two or three other people in the booth, who realize that Tony is the star, but have no problem stealing the spotlight when its just right. The supporting cast includes a Brit who makes Bagel ads funny, a newsman who is responsible for finding amusing stories and a movie reviewer who prefers to work solely from trailers. There's also a sassy lass, who would probably resent being called sassy, thus her sassy description.
Tony is definitely a smart guy, as evidenced by his writing and the fact he went to Binghamton (he and my dad would want me to add that), but its when he is channeling Larry David or is just completely out of his element that he is at his best.
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