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Best of 2016 Part 2: Joe Buck, Blake Griffin, and The Office Table Read
Big Cat and PFT Commenter are wrapping up the year with part two of their 2016 best-of clips. This episode is a reminder of how many bridges the show managed to build and then immediately burn in its first year. From getting NFL insiders to panic to interviewing "Death" herself, it was a year that set the standard for everything to follow. One of the biggest achievements of the year was the rehabilitation of Joe Buck's image, though PFT takes most of the credit for that transformation.
PFT CommenterI'm the reason people like Joe Buck now
two-time Joe Buck, who people like him now because of us, I'm just gonna say it.
Joe Buck was a sport during his appearances, even addressing Big Cat's habit of taking pictures of his TV screen at angles that make Joe's head look like a massive alien. Joe leaned into it, admitting his high school football helmet was an eight and an eighth, which is essentially a small satellite dish.
The Quarterback Whisperers
Before he was the franchise savior in Detroit, Jared Goff was just a rookie with the Rams who didn't know where the sun rose. This episode revisits that legendary moment and the show's burgeoning relationship with Blake Bortles. The Wikipedia Club remains one of the show's most highbrow segments, despite Bortles constantly getting confused by disambiguation pages. During a deep dive into male pattern baldness, PFT offered some very specific biological advice regarding genetics.
PFT CommenterThe only way to avoid male pattern baldness is to murder your grandfather before he loses his hair
Yeah, the only way to not inherit male pattern baldness from your mom's father is if you murder him before he goes bald.
Punting is Cool and Hockey Guys are Billionaires
Punt Week was a major cultural milestone for the show. Getting Pat McAfee and Marquette King on the same episode proved that punters are actually the coolest guys on any NFL roster. Big Cat is still riding high on the movement he started.
Big CatPardon My Take is responsible for making punting cool again
Did we bring punting back? Yeah, we made punting cool again. I've seen it everywhere since Punt Week. Ooh, punters this, punters that. These punters, they're so cool.
Speaking of cool, the guys checked in with Ryan Whitney to discuss his hometown connection to Hank. While Whitney had a long NHL career, Big Cat was quick to remind him who the real king of Scituate is.
Big CatHank is more famous than former NHL star Ryan Whitney
Is there a part of you that realizes that Hank is still more famous than you? [Ryan Whitney: I'm fully 100% aware of it.]
We also got some financial insight from Paul Bissonnette, who explained how the Canadian dollar is basically the only thing keeping the Blackhawks from winning every single Stanley Cup. Biz is essentially a billionaire in Canada, even if he's just a regular guy in the States.
PFT CommenterThe Pardon My Take table read of The Office was better than the original show
That was better than the real one, I think. Yep. We crushed it. Everyone. Wow. Why didn't he just do prison mic in every scene?
Hard Hits and Higher Powers
Blake Griffin stopped by to discuss the mechanics of getting hit in the nuts on national television and the branding issues surrounding the "granny style" free throw. PFT thinks a simple name change would solve the NBA's shooting woes.
Blake GriffinNBA players are just as tough as hockey players
I think it's more so that people try to go at NBA players like we're soft. Well, we're just as tough. Just as tough as hockey players.
Blake also didn't take kindly to the idea that NBA players aren't as tough as their counterparts on the ice.
Paul BissonnetteThe Canadian dollar is the only thing that can stop the Chicago Blackhawks
The only thing that can stop the Blackhawks is your stupid fucking Canadian dollar... because what they do is they keep escrow based on the Canadian dollar pretty much. So they're going to get none of the 20% they were paying.
One of the most bizarre and successful moments of the year involved a visit to Psychic Laura. The guys managed to get a direct line to the higher spirits to protect Tommy Lasorda, a move that PFT credits with literal life-saving results.
PFT CommenterMy interview with the Vikings players actually built a wing of a children's hospital
The interview that actually built a wing of a children's hospital and saved children's lives.
Let's Get Weird
To finish off the look back, the show revisited the time they had Andy Buckley (David Wallace from *The Office*) on to recreate the Dunder Mifflin buyout scene. PFT’s decision to play Michael Scott as "Prison Mike" for the entire negotiation was a masterstroke of performance art.
Between the table reads and Big Cat casually mentioning his ownership stake in a Welsh soccer team, it's clear 2016 was just the beginning.
See you next year for the unreleased Lenny Dykstra tapes.
