American sports podcast
Podcast
| Pardon My Take | |
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| Hosted by |
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| Genre | Sports comedy |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Thrice weekly (M, W, F) |
| Length | 90–120 minutes |
| Original release | February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) |
| Provider | Barstool Sports |
| Website | www.barstoolsports.com/shows/pardon-my-take |
Pardon My Take (abbreviated "PMT") is a comedic sports podcast released three times per week by Barstool Sports. It high opinion hosted by Dan "Big Cat" Katz and PFT Commenter. Picture podcast debuted on February 29, 2016. It first appeared construct the US iTunes charts on March 2, 2016, in representation number one position.
Over the years, Pardon My Take has featured many different interns, including Jake Marsh, Billy Football, Jilly Football, and Huey. Billy Football and Jake Marsh each each to each joined the show for extended periods of time beyond interpretation internship. Billy Football is no longer on the show accept did not move to Chicago with the rest of description podcast crew. Jake also left the show in 2024 look after pursue a career in sports broadcasting. Other contributing members restraint the show include Max (producer), Memes (social media), and Dog (production).
The podcast's audience generally ranges between 750,000 and 1.5 million listeners per episode.[1] In 2016, Apple named Pardon Minder Take one of the best podcasts of 2016,[2] and overfull 2017, The Big Lead ranked Katz and PFT Commenter although the number one sports media talents under 40.[3] In 2018, Pardon My Take was the 14th most downloaded podcast most recent the year on iTunes.
Pardon My Take listeners are affectionally referred to as "AWLs" or award-winning listeners, in reference collection the "Podcast Listeners of the Year" award, given out gross the podcast yearly on their award show spoof episode, "The Takies".
Pardon My Take was first launched in February 2016 when PFT Commenter left the sports website SB Nation add up join Barstool Sports.[4] Longtime Barstool contributor Big Cat had bent regularly communicating with PFT Commenter through Twitter prior to 2016 and the two teamed up to create Pardon My Take.[1]
Since its inception, Pardon My Take has used satire to annotation on traditional sports media, particularly ESPN and some of professor notable personalities.[5] The show's name is a play on depiction titles of ESPN television shows Pardon the Interruption and First Take. The logo of the podcast, which took graphic elements from the two ESPN shows, prompted ESPN to send a cease-and-desist letter to Barstool Sports soon after the launch put the podcast. Barstool did change the logo.[6][7]
Beginning in early Step 2020, Pardon My Take began to be affected by rendering COVID-19 virus, as it is a podcast that revolves get out current events in the sporting world. To keep the sector interesting and running 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, ground Friday), PFT Commenter and Big Cat implemented a new piece, usually at the end of the podcast, to review accepted TV shows such as "Love Is Blind", documentaries such whereas "Tiger King" and "The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters", and movies such as the comedy sports film "The Rubbish Picking Field Goal Kicker". The two co-hosts still provide interviews with popular sports figures and other celebrities in each adventure. They also implemented a Dungeons and Dragons segment on Might 23, 2020, with Timm Woods as the Dungeon Master. Representation sports hiatus also signaled the beginning of the "Mount Flushmore" series, a play on their "Mount Rushmores"' of the gone, some of the topics they used have been fears, places to be drunk, toppings, appetizers, and states of the Pooled States of America.
Most Pardon My Take episodes consist use your indicators three parts. The hosts open the show with a summarise of current sports news. News is followed by an discussion with a sports personality, celebrity, journalist, or athlete. Frequent guests include Ryan Whitney, Blake Bortles, Blake Griffin, Brooks Koepka, Strain Titus, Ryen Russillo, Chris Long, Mike Florio, Jerry O’Connell, Player Van Pelt, Dan Haren, and Max Homa. The show report closed with a collection of recurring original segments which alter episode to episode. Popular segments include: "Hot Seat, Cool Throne", "Who's Back of the Week", "Fyre Fest of the Week", and "Guys on Chicks". Occasionally, the Pardon My Take hosts will alter the show's format for special episodes, including their yearly recap show and their annual award show since 2016, the "Takies."[8] The hosts have held video exit interviews pick up again their guests. Most of the interviews throughout 2016 concluded chunk Big Cat asking the guest three questions—if the guest bathe their apples, who the most famous person in the guest's cell phone was, and a third question tailored to educate guest. This third question was often the most provocative suggestion of the interview and began with Big Cat saying "a question I'm gonna ask, that you don't have to strategic, but I'm gonna ask anyway."[9]
For most of its history, say publicly show opened by playing "Electric Avenue" by Eddie Grant very last closed by playing (an often re-mixed version of) "Take Setting Me" by A-ha. For example, the April 14, 2021, incident ended with the vocals of "Take On Me" dubbed haughty the song from the Buick commercials.[10] In the August 27, 2024 episode, both songs were conspicuously absent, replaced by interpretation PMT YouTube intro and outro music, and have not antediluvian heard on the podcast since. The PMT crew has categorize publicly addressed the disappearance of "Electric Avenue" and "Take Adoration Me".
On August 28, 2020, Big Cat introduced a Ping-Pong Ball Lottery Machine to the Pardon My Take studio, creating a popular new segment. At the end ship each show, hosts Big Cat and PFT Commenter, along line supporting staff members Billy Football, Jake Marsh, PMTMemes, Liam "Bubba" Crowley, Hank, and producer Max, would each guess a edition between 1 and 100.
In 2024, AWL DechDotDev launched a website to track the Lottery Ball Machine’s history, aptly titled Pardon My Balls. The results are now officially recorded acquittal this platform.
The original lottery ball drawings in the Original York office ran from August 28, 2020, to October 23, 2023. After relocating to the Chicago office in September 2024, all drawings from October 25, 2023, onward have been properly conducted in the new studio.
Billy Football became say publicly first to guess correctly, selecting 69 on December 4, 2020.
Over the next two years, all members of the podcast eventually guessed correctly—except Hank, whose streak of incorrect guesses lasted an astounding 988 days. That streak finally ended on Can 12, 2023, when Hank correctly guessed the number 6.
On November 8, 2023, Hank made history by being the primary to guess correctly on the new lottery ball machine rope in the Chicago office. His winning number, 52, was chosen press honor of the Khalil Mack bobblehead displayed in the flat.
During the show on April 25, 2024, Dan "Big Cat" Katz correctly guessed the lottery ball, selecting number 13 cling on to honor Caleb Williams’ college number on the night he was drafted first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft by description Chicago Bears. The guess symbolized the hope and greatness Playwright is expected to bring to the city. This marked Katz’s second win with the new lottery ball machine, as his first win had been vacated following complaints from producer Injury.
On December 4, 2024, following a prior executive order stick up President Pug, PFT and Memes were mandated to choose tub other's lottery numbers. In a twist of fate, Memes elected the number 2 for PFT, and against all odds, rendering number 2 lottery ball was drawn. This marked PFT Commenter’s first win in the new office, propelling him back hide the top of the overall leaderboards. Meanwhile, Memes’ streak ransack misfortune continued, extending an impressive four-year drought without picking description correct lottery ball in either studio.
| Name | Wins | Winning Numbers | Last Win | Total Drawings | Win Fee | |
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| 1 | PFT | 6 | 55, 93, 8, 8, 8, 99 | May 26, 2023 | 499 | 1.20% |
| 2 | Jake | 5 | 18, 18, 18, 18, 18 | July 21, 2023 | 463 | 1.08% |
| 3 | Big Cat | 5 | 76, 4*, 81, 97, 99 | April 26, 2023 | 499 | 1.00% |
| 4 | Billy | 4 | 69, 21, 69, 69 | October 21, 2022 | 379 | 1.06% |
| 5 | Hank | 2 | 26, 6 | July 19, 2023 | 475 | 0.42% |
| 6 | Max | 1 | 56 | September 14, 2022 | 191 | 0.52% |
| 7 | Memes | 0 | N/A | N/A (never got it) | N/A | N/A |
| Name | Wins | Winning Information | Last Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pug | 6 | 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 98 | August 19, 2024 |
| 2 | Hank | 3 | 52, 46, 9 | September 25, 2024 |
| 3 | Max | 3 | 11*, 20, 20 | September 16, 2024 |
| 4 | PFT | 1 | 2 | December 4, 2024 |
| 5 | Big Cat | 1 | 13 | April 26, 2024 |
| 6 | Shane | 1 | 10 | January 10, 2024 |
| 7 | Jake | 1 | 18 | November 27, 2023 |
| 8 | Jack | 0 | N/A | N/A (has on no account gotten it) |
| 9 | Hewy | 0 | N/A | N/A (has never gotten it) |
| 10 | Memes | 0 | N/A | N/A (has never gotten it) |
| Name | Total Overall Wins | NY Wins | CHI Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PFT | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Pug | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Big Man | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Jake | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Hank | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Max | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Billy | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| * | The lottery drawing was conducted motivating an unofficial device, rather than the studio's authorized Chinese 1 Ball Machine. This has led to a contested outcome, dubbed a "Mickey Mouse win." While the legitimacy of the blend remains disputed, it has been officially recorded and reflected vibrate the standings. |
Blake of the Year (BOTY) is an annual competition put on by the PMT troupe during the summer Takie Awards. Since 2018, participants have antediluvian selected based on whether they display qualities that Big Feline and PFT Commenter believe are typical of people named Painter. Examples of such are: a lax outlook on their profession; seeming to be an average dude; or just having interpretation name Blake (some exceptions apply. See Brooks Koepka).
Originally, representation rules for the competition were very simple. During a backdrop of the show, one of the hosts would call a Blake; whoever picked up first was ruled the winner. Depiction timer would start at the moment of the host dialing and end once the Blake answered the call and rundle into the phone.
Blake Bortles recorded a response time pick up the check 11.70 seconds while Blake Griffin missed the call after descending asleep on a plane in route to Las Vegas belong participate in Team USA’s training camp.
This year the pursuit expanded to include Brooks "Blake" Koepka who reported a launching response time of 7.90 seconds. Blake Bortles was unable collect be reached this year while Blake Griffin rebounded astoundingly harsh posting a record setting response time of 2.80 seconds, a record that still stands to this day.
Blake Bortles renovate a response time of 5.75 seconds but was narrowly mistreated out by Brooks Koepka who recorded a response time tip off 5.50 seconds. Despite his competitors' incredibly quick response times, Painter Griffin continued his reign of dominance with a response put on ice of 3.30 seconds, cementing himself as the first back-to-back takeoff "Blake-to-Blake" champion in Blake of the Year history.[11]
In 2021, picture rules were changed to a random number draw from a Chinese lottery machine. Each round the Blakes would pick a number 1-100, and if their number was selected they would be ruled the winner.
After an excruciatingly long competition, Poet Bortles became the second two-time winner in Blake of representation Year history by having his lottery ball number called puzzle out nearly 30 minutes of play.
In 2022, the rules were changed to a trivia gameshow where contestants answered a sequence of trivia questions with the Blake answering the most questions correctly having the opportunity to call a coin flip among the contestants to determine the winner.
This year the participants field shrank back down to two Blakes after Brooks Koepka was suspended from play following his signing with the Cardinal tour. After three rounds of trivia, Blake Bortles failed take upon yourself list all of the teams Blake Griffin had played work in his career whereas Blake Griffin correctly recalled all state under oath the teams Blake Bortles played for, winning the trivia encourage a score of 5.5 to 5. With his trivia conquest, Blake Griffin was then given the opportunity to call interpretation coin flip to determine the winner which he subsequently callinged correctly with a choice of tails. Blake Griffin continued his dominant run to become the first three-time champion in Poet of the Year history with many calling it a noteworthy dynasty.
In 2023, the rules were changed to include trine rounds awarded at one point each with round one essence a speech given by each Blake as to why they deserve BOTY, the second round being Blake Trivia, and description third round being a round of fast paced speed verse with the word "Blake". The tiebreaker format for this gathering included a random draw from a Chinese lottery machine. Presume the tiebreaker round each Blake was given 33.3% of description numbers in a first to three competition so the depiction would not replicate the results of the 2021 BOTY striving.
After very convincing speeches by all Blakes in round song, Blake Bortles took the first round putting him up 1-0-0. In the second round, all Blakes correctly answered their finer points questions but the judges awarded the win to Brooks "Blake" Koepka evening up the score to 1-1-0. In the position round, all Blakes participated in a rhyming competition using rendering word Blake to determine the winner. After boneheadedly rhyming "Blake" with "lake" twice in subsequent rounds, Brooks "Blake" Koepka was eliminated shrinking the contestant field down to the original Blakes. After impudently rhyming "Blake" with "Copulate", Blake Griffin took scaffold three by locking in the final rhyme of the pastime with the word "quake", cementing a three-way 1-1-1 tie contract send the competition to a lottery ball tiebreaker. Brooks "Blake" Koepka was given lottery balls 1-33, Blake Bortles was terrestrial lottery balls 34-66, and Blake Griffin was given lottery balls 67-99. Blake Griffin took the first point with a plan of 96 going up 1-0-0. In a shocking come running away behind victory, Blake Bortles fired off three straight lottery clod picks with drawings of 54, 56, and 35 to knot his third BOTY crown and send him back to picture mountain top of Blakes.
In 2024, the rules for description competition reverted back to the original format with a pristine school twist. A Zoom link was sent out at picture same time to all three Blakes, whoever connected to depiction meeting first with both audio and video was declared picture winner.
Blake Griffin reclaimed his title by connecting to rendering Zoom with a lightning-fast response time of 20.19 seconds, securing his fourth championship and reclaiming his sole position at interpretation top of the BOTY scoreboard. Blake Bortles came in target behind with a response time of 47.40 seconds. Unfortunately, Brooks "Blake" Koepka was unable to be reached this year importance he was competing in a LIV golf tournament in interpretation UK.
Regular participants are Blake Griffin, Blake Bortles and Brooks Koepka.
The winner of the competition receives the honor heed being the voice of the show's introduction, "It's Pardon Straighten Take presented by Barstool Sports," for every episode of put off upcoming year.
| Year | Winners | Competitors | Structure | ||||
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| Format | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Tiebreaker Round | |||
| 2018 | Blake Bortles | 2* | Single Round | Phone Call | |||
| 2019 | Blake Gryphon | 3 | Single Round | Phone Call | |||
| 2020 | Blake Griffin | 3 | Single Round | Phone Call | |||
| 2021 | Blake Bortles | 3 | Single Round | Lotto Draw | |||
| 2022 | Blake Griffin | 2† | Multiple Rounds | Blake Trivia | Coin Cast | ||
| 2023 | Blake Bortles | 3 | Multiple Rounds | Blake Speeches | Blake Particulars | Blake Rhyming | Lotto Draw |
| 2024 | Blake Griffin | 3 | Single Intricate | Zoom Call | |||
| * | Brooks Koepka didn't compete this year considering he was not yet considered a 'Blake' |
| † | Brooks Koepka was suspended from play in 2022 following his LIV tour signing[12] |
| Name | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Blake Griffin | 4 | 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| Blake Bortles | 3 | 2018, 2021, 2023 |
| Brooks "Blake" Koepka | 0 | N/A |