Mike and the Mad Dog Reunited

If you live outside range of Sports Radio 660 WFAN in New York Mike and the Mad Dog probably didn't mean that much to you growing up. And actually I didn't think they meant that much to me either until August 14, 2008 when Mad Dog left the show to go to Sirius. In fact, I didn't really even think about them at all. It was routine to just turn them on if I was in a car between 1-6pm every week day.

Anyone who was a frequent listener of the show would tell you that the show suffered during the summers when one of them was always on vacation while the other would do the show solo. So once Mad Dog left for good, those 5 hours on the FAN were not going to be the same. I still turn on the FAN because I guess there is a certain amount of comfort in hearing Mike's recognizable voice but he either needs to be reigned in or need someone to reign in for him to be at him best. I haven't really figured that out yet.

Mad Dog was on with Mike and gave us our first Mike and the Mad Dog hour in 14 months. I wasn't one of those people who thought Mike and Dog hated each other when the split happened. They had problems over the years but I always thought they respected what the other brought to the show. And during the call on Mike's first solo show after the break-up, Dog broke down on air while reminiscing and saying good-bye. That wasn't faked.

Mike always comes across with a big ego so I appreciate that he allowed the old Mike and the Mad Dog song and Dog's signature opening to start the show today. It's been 14 months but it was like they never split. They made jokes about how no one listens to Sirius and Mike's big new contract with WFAN. They jumped into a regular type show for awhile talking about the AL and NLCS. Shifted gears and talked about what Mad Dog's job entails now that he has his own channel to program, the differences and what he likes and misses about doing a local radio show as opposed to a national show. The WFAN portion ended on a really nice note. Mad Dog said he loves it over at Sirius but that he misses talking sports with Mike. How it's tough to find someone to talk sports with who has the depth and knowledge of topics that they have. Normally I would criticize that statement since Mad Dog mispronounces more names than anyone in radio should be allowed to do, I'll let it go because it was a fun little reunion. Mike is joining Mad Dog on his Sirius show for the last hour of his show so if I get to hear and anything interesting comes out of it I'll post it.

I'll close this with one of my favorite Mike and Dog moments of all time and easily my favorite reason they starting broadcasting on the YES network. We would have never seen this: