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CT and Forklift from the great Chicago Blackhawks blog HOCKEENIGHT invited me on to their podcast last night mostly because I assume Down Goes Brown wasn't allowed to use the phone. Note: That's not the last dig I get in on DGB.

You might be familiar with HockeeNight because of the two great podcasts with Down Goes Brown. Handy tip before appearing on a podcast: don't listen to two really good ones beforehand. I don't know that it's as clean as the two that DGB did but it was fun as hell. It's a riotous romp through the minds of three hockey diehards with ADD which means that it flies off into some crazy tangents. Here's an idea of what we covered:

We discuss Michael Jackson, Profiles on Match.com for gay guys who like tigers, Michael Jackson some more, a website for people who want to screw around on their spouses, and the Greatest Moustache-for-Moustache Trade Of All Time.

Oh, and the draft, free agency, trades, and shit like that too.

Listen to the first two DGB ones to get that Moustache joke. It's well worth it. We also talked about the Hawks plans to ice 5 centremen at a time, Down Goes Brown's short leash, putting a team in Las Vegas, how amazing it will be to see Emery playing for the Flyers, great Detroit chanst, and Jamie Devane's background among a veritable cornucopia of ridiculousness.

It runs over 70 minutes which surprised me but once we got going it really took off. We even managed to make it organically begin and end on MJ which obviously means that we planned it.

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Thanks again...

We’ll send out a permission slip so DGB can appear alongside PPP in the future.

Bring your own moustache.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that would be great pending DGB getting permission from his wife.

A Nation of Masochists a blog dedicated to Toronto sports fans, who are continually punished but keep coming back for more.

by furcifer on Jun 30, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is there a coles notes? I don’t feel like listening to over an hour of random discussion.

by Jo4nny on Jun 30, 2009 12:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have nothing better to listen to at work. It’s PPP or Doug MacLean and I like listening to the former much more than the latter

A Nation of Masochists a blog dedicated to Toronto sports fans, who are continually punished but keep coming back for more.

by furcifer on Jun 30, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the smooth sultry tone’s of PPP are saved for when the misses and I need some mood music…

BCWW

If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way. - Homer
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jun 30, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha

Come to think of it, my Sisqo CD is getting a little played out. I’ll give this a shot.

by Jo4nny on Jun 30, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thong, thong, thong, thong, thong

A Nation of Masochists a blog dedicated to Toronto sports fans, who are continually punished but keep coming back for more.

by furcifer on Jun 30, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Coles Notes is in the post. Just imagine a few Jacko jokes, ruminations about how two gay lion tamers actually found each other (proves that soulmates exist), laughing at the Chicago media, jokes about mouthbreating Philly fans, wondering why Red Wings fans are so angry, and talking about DGB’s adorable daughter.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are there mp3 links for the 3 podcasts?

by the_craze on Jun 30, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Uhhhh

No idea…lemme check.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

MP3 LINK

Here is mine but I couldn’t find the others.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The funniest thing about that podcast

Is that PPP’s voice kind of, kind of sounds like Michael Jackson’s. :)

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"the funniest thing"

Ouch, that hurts…

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, Forklift, I used to live in the Windy City, and almost married a girl from there. Had to get my digs in at all three of you.
If you ever want to podcast with someone who knows about 1/4th as much as Julian when it comes to hockey and has lived in Chicago, Toronto and Vancouver and studied in Grand Rapids, I’m you’re man. :)
I moved to Chicago the first time the day Jordan won his first NBA championship, and was there the second time when Farley died- I’d been listening to “Mancow’s drunken weekend with Chris Farley” on and off that weekend.
BTW, the price for my podcasting services is 4 large Aurelio’s sausage and mushroom calabrese pizzas delivered to my front door. And a half dozen Italian beefs from Portillo’s.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I got a half dozen beefs

Why the hell would I send them to anyone?

Rather than freeze my nads off for several hundred bucks, we had a Winter Classic Party at Chez Fork (In beautiful Evanston), and I let Dick Portillo do the cooking.

Af for ‘cast guests, we’re pretty easy – we even opened up the phones for one, and our Salary Cap Expert dialed in to sit and listen. Easily his finest contribution.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice. Who’s your Salary Cap Expert? The ex-Governor? ;)

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ignore him. He’s from Peterborough. It’s like Canada’s Philadelphia.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Philadelphia is putting it too mildly.

A Nation of Masochists a blog dedicated to Toronto sports fans, who are continually punished but keep coming back for more.

by furcifer on Jun 30, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What, Peterborough is a wonderful example of an up-and-coming example of a thriving urban center with a ton of progressive intellect in the midst of a rural area jammed with rednecks?
On the other hand, regarding hockey, Peterborough is home to the longest-running OHL franchise and has sent more players to the NHL than any other team in the world. Philly, well, what can you say? If you’re Dutch, at least they have our royal colour in their jerseys.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

your double use of “example” in your first sentence gives the point to PPP me thinks…

If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way. - Homer
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jun 30, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, I had to do something to let him think he still has some chops. “Dur. He’s from Peterborough” :)

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Between the outrageous slurs directed at Leaf hero Todd Gill and the slanders on the greatest city in Canada, there may be some truth to the rumour that Kim and Godd’s next venture is “Triple P Bloc.com”. He’s got the press pass and everything….

by Godd Till on Jun 30, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Todd Gill is going to kill PPP in his sleep one day, and Wendel will approve.
Shouldn’t it be Bloc3P.com instead?

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No Skill Gill?

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, Fork you and the Sharp you rode in on.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Todd Gill

Can go to hell and take Jamie Macoun with him.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM

by CT II on Jun 30, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why, so his awesomeness can spontaneously cause The Dark Lord to give up his quest for universal evil domination? Or the two of them could just punch the blood out of every demon they come upon……

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha

Hey, at least it’s no Oshawa.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Something we can all agree on. That’s why it was good we didn’t get Tavares. He is TAINTED, like Lindros and Rob Pearson before him.

by Godd Till on Jun 30, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec’d.
We’ll be thinking of you tonight while watching the Burning Hells at the Montreal House, Godd. :)
True story- my brother’s rich English gay neighbour wants to buy the MoHo and change the name to the House of Montreal so it’s nickname will be the “HoMo”.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

STOP DOING THINGS I WISH I WAS THERE FOR

That’s an awesome plan.

by Godd Till on Jun 30, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It’s all part of the plan, Godd. Surely Trent has an option for your grad studies……

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trent – once was enough. I’ll be visiting at Christmas (I’m pretty sure) and next summer.

by Godd Till on Jun 30, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As Mr. Burns says, “Exxxxcelllent”. We can catch the Petes and watch future Leaf’s pugilist Barron Smith skate poorly and punch the blood out of someone.
http://www.gopetesgo.com/schedule.php

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome. Petes were on the road all last Xmas visit, hopefully I can catch a tilt this time.

by Godd Till on Jun 30, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey now...

I resent tha…

ah who am i kidding? Oshawa’s always been a hole…

If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way. - Homer
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jun 30, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

To be fair, I am only a few months older than the kids he enjoyed.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Withholding crude jokes combining PPP and MJ.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was no such restraint about Patrick Kane and MJ.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We’ll just let that one go into the ground with Michael, I think.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Best thing is...

…even though I can’t say for sure he listens in, I know Kane reads us…CT and I each have an autographed print of one of our articles about him

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The big question is, are Evander and Patrick long-lost brothers and will there be a tear-jerker of an article on their reunion at HockeeNight sometime soon? It would have to kind of be like William H. Macy’s kids in Mystery Men, of course. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Iu1NefKBs

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here are the two with DGB...

The First One

The Second One

Enjoy.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a bad feeling about this…

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jun 30, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

go with the feeling, pal.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM...home of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS and LEAVE IT TO BETTMAN...now with PODCASTING!!!

by Forklift14 on Jun 30, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Listening to it now. I’m 15 minutes in, when does this lady hang up so PPP can come on?

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jun 30, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

Hey, you should be updating your own site, not listening to the Puckcast.

NEED.

MORE.

HILARITY.

HOCKEENIGHT.COM

by CT II on Jun 30, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just wait DGB. Keep listening….

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone have any tips on getting bus tread marks off your clothes?

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jun 30, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't know why we didn't trade for Kessel

Unlike DGB, he has at least one testicle…

Was that too harsh?

Nah, I’m sure he’ll get me back.

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Albert Einstein

by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Jun 30, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec’d.

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jun 30, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey! I explained why I did it!

And don’t tell me that you didn’t die laughing when I made the Greatest Moustache for Moustache trade crack.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was actually fantastic.

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Jun 30, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was my homage to your double bill. I listened to both right before and couldn’t believe that I got a chance to use it. Obviously I didn’t realize that Hockee Night is focused on:

  1. Blackhawks
  2. Moustaches

and not necessarily in that order.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Jun 30, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec’d. Still laughing.

"We've had an ongoing problem with Grabovski this year." Bob Gainey, 4/04/09

by kidkawartha on Jun 30, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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