Pardon My Take is a comedic sports thrice-weekly podcast created by Barstool Sports. It was first released on February 28, 2016. It debuted at number one on the United States iTunes charts on March 02, 2016, and a day later at number 38 on the Canadian iTunes charts.[1] The show is hosted by Dan Katz, known as "Big Cat", and PFT Commenter. It is produced by Henry "Handsome Hank" Lockwood.[2]

The podcast averages between 750,000 and 1.5 million listeners per episode.[2] Apple named the show one of the twelve best podcasts of 2016,[3] and in 2017, The Big Lead ranked Big Cat and PFT Commenter as the number one sports media talents under age 40.[4] Pardon My Take has an average iTunes rating of five stars from over 45,000 ratings.[5] In 2018, Pardon My Take was ranked the 14th most downloaded podcast of the year on iTunes.

History [ edit ]

Pardon My Take was first launched in February 2016 when PFT Commenter left the sports website SB Nation to join Barstool Sports.[6] Longtime Barstool contributor Big Cat had been regularly communicating with PFT Commenter through Twitter prior to 2016 and the two teamed up to create Pardon My Take.[2]

Since its inception, Pardon My Take has used satire to comment on traditional sports media, particularly ESPN and some of its notable personalities.[7] The show's name is a play on the 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 of the podcast. Barstool did change the logo.[8] The podcast led to a spin-off TV show called Barstool Van Talk. The show had a brief one-day run. Barstool Van Talk was canceled when ESPN host Samantha Ponder accused Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and other Barstool journalists of harassment on social media.[citation needed]

Format [ edit ]

Most Pardon My Take episodes consist of three parts. The hosts open the show with a recap of current sports news. News is followed by an interview with a sports personality, journalist, or athlete. The show is closed with a collection of recurring original segments which vary episode to episode.[9] 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, the "Takies."[9] The hosts have held video exit interviews with their guests, but these have been temporarily discontinued.[10] Most of the interviews throughout 2016 concluded by Big Cat asking the guest three questions—if the guest washed their apples, who the most famous person in the guest's cell phone was, and a third question tailored to each guest. This third question was often the most provocative one of the interview and began with Big Cat saying "a question I'm gonna ask, that you don't have to answer, but I'm gonna ask anyway."[11]

Segments [ edit ]

The Red Beat published online by the State University of New York College at Cortland wrote a complete guide to the segments on Pardon My Take.[11]

Hot Seat, Cool Throne

ESports Update with Darren Rovell

Soggy Sorrows

Kings Stay Kings

Spoilahs

Riddlin’

Jimbos

Football Guy of the Week

Fastest Two Minutes in Sports

Mount Rushmore

Mike Greenberg’s Dumb Rules

Higher learning/education with Billy Football

Guys on Chicks

Boobs, Beer, Football

LeBron Blames

Locker Room Talk with Lenny Dykstra (We don't do it anymore)

Bad Visual

Tiger Woods Memorial Who's Back of the Week

Drunk Ideas

That's Enough Internet for Today

Talking Soccer

Calling Marlins Man on National TV

Talking Tennis

Peter King Ate the Trash Again

Hurt or Injured

Hot in the Streets with Hank

People Forget That

Humans vs. the Sun

Jacksonville Jaguars Stat of the Day

Explain it to Hank

Thoughts and Prayers

PR 101

As a White Guy

Spinzone

Sabermetrics

Respect the Biz

Fantasy Fuccbois

Protect the Shield

Stay Woke

Put One in his Ear Hole

Bachelor Update for (and from) Guys that Don't Watch the Bachelor

Mike and Mike Fair Play (RIPIP)

Trouble in Paradise

Seeing Red

Puking Green

Adam Sandler Movie Ideas

Roasts

Take Quake

Blake Bortles’ Wikipedia Club

Airport Reviews*

Kevin Durant is a Baby Back Bitch (Triple B)

Portnoy’s Complaints

Love You Guys

Done Chain

Big Ben's Walking Boot

Nitpicking Zion Williamson

In Otter News

Monday Reading

Just Chill Out, Man

We Read An Affidavit

Bashing Basketball w/ Ryan Whitney