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Tony Reali

👤 Speaker
703 total appearances

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

These four things I know are true. Make no mistake. Super Bowl 38 was the best Super Bowl ever. I know Joe Montana and Tom Brady is. Well, he's Joe Montana. The Super Bowl MVP might have been Justin Timberlake. And I'm Tony Reale. JT saved me 20 bucks on the lingerie bowl. How about that?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

It's funny you say that. I don't hear that. I hear a little bit of television talk that people try to drill into me to lose what was my accent, right? Okay, so I'm from Jersey, and I had a Jersey accent. My parents are from Staten Island and Brooklyn, and I took on some of that accent. I've been thrown off radio in the Bronx recently. which is an incredible... I put that on my Wikipedia page.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

It's funny you say that. I don't hear that. I hear a little bit of television talk that people try to drill into me to lose what was my accent, right? Okay, so I'm from Jersey, and I had a Jersey accent. My parents are from Staten Island and Brooklyn, and I took on some of that accent. I've been thrown off radio in the Bronx recently. which is an incredible... I put that on my Wikipedia page.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

It's funny you say that. I don't hear that. I hear a little bit of television talk that people try to drill into me to lose what was my accent, right? Okay, so I'm from Jersey, and I had a Jersey accent. My parents are from Staten Island and Brooklyn, and I took on some of that accent. I've been thrown off radio in the Bronx recently. which is an incredible... I put that on my Wikipedia page.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

WFUV. It wasn't necessarily... I just wasn't polished enough. And in the near future, for this young man here, he's going to be working with a voice coach brought in by Bristol. to work on his accent or delivery or just polish. But I'm hearing a little bit of this, you know, which is what a 25-year-old is trying to do to sound like other people want someone in that position to sound.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

WFUV. It wasn't necessarily... I just wasn't polished enough. And in the near future, for this young man here, he's going to be working with a voice coach brought in by Bristol. to work on his accent or delivery or just polish. But I'm hearing a little bit of this, you know, which is what a 25-year-old is trying to do to sound like other people want someone in that position to sound.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

WFUV. It wasn't necessarily... I just wasn't polished enough. And in the near future, for this young man here, he's going to be working with a voice coach brought in by Bristol. to work on his accent or delivery or just polish. But I'm hearing a little bit of this, you know, which is what a 25-year-old is trying to do to sound like other people want someone in that position to sound.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

So this is the first window of imposter syndrome. I'll say second is I don't wear suits. I'll wear it at your wedding. Yeah. But I'm not going to wear suits. I mean, the job dictated that. Dress for the job you like. You did wear black leather pants for the record. I will wear your wedding. Your wedding specifically and other weddings.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

So this is the first window of imposter syndrome. I'll say second is I don't wear suits. I'll wear it at your wedding. Yeah. But I'm not going to wear suits. I mean, the job dictated that. Dress for the job you like. You did wear black leather pants for the record. I will wear your wedding. Your wedding specifically and other weddings.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

So this is the first window of imposter syndrome. I'll say second is I don't wear suits. I'll wear it at your wedding. Yeah. But I'm not going to wear suits. I mean, the job dictated that. Dress for the job you like. You did wear black leather pants for the record. I will wear your wedding. Your wedding specifically and other weddings.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

I wanted to be on air for a living, Pablo. I've said this as far back as I can remember. I always wanted to be a sportscaster.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

I wanted to be on air for a living, Pablo. I've said this as far back as I can remember. I always wanted to be a sportscaster.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

I wanted to be on air for a living, Pablo. I've said this as far back as I can remember. I always wanted to be a sportscaster.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Yeah, yeah. And are getting, I think... It's the highest rated show we'll do all year. They're getting a new host who they will know from the show after because I really nail 15 seconds a day. So I'm about to do 30 minutes of the highest rated show that we're going to have at 5 o'clock on a network with... I could go through the list now, but you know the list. Why isn't Stu Scott sitting there?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Yeah, yeah. And are getting, I think... It's the highest rated show we'll do all year. They're getting a new host who they will know from the show after because I really nail 15 seconds a day. So I'm about to do 30 minutes of the highest rated show that we're going to have at 5 o'clock on a network with... I could go through the list now, but you know the list. Why isn't Stu Scott sitting there?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Yeah, yeah. And are getting, I think... It's the highest rated show we'll do all year. They're getting a new host who they will know from the show after because I really nail 15 seconds a day. So I'm about to do 30 minutes of the highest rated show that we're going to have at 5 o'clock on a network with... I could go through the list now, but you know the list. Why isn't Stu Scott sitting there?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Why isn't Linda Cohen sitting there? Why isn't Kenny Mayne sitting there? They would have been phenomenal hosts because it was the Super Bowl. Everybody was either in Miami or in Connecticut, and it came very quickly that somebody needed to be in D.C. and couldn't get there, and now I'm hosting around the horn. That's how it happened.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Why isn't Linda Cohen sitting there? Why isn't Kenny Mayne sitting there? They would have been phenomenal hosts because it was the Super Bowl. Everybody was either in Miami or in Connecticut, and it came very quickly that somebody needed to be in D.C. and couldn't get there, and now I'm hosting around the horn. That's how it happened.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

Why isn't Linda Cohen sitting there? Why isn't Kenny Mayne sitting there? They would have been phenomenal hosts because it was the Super Bowl. Everybody was either in Miami or in Connecticut, and it came very quickly that somebody needed to be in D.C. and couldn't get there, and now I'm hosting around the horn. That's how it happened.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”

This is sneaking in through the fire escape, but you're telling me I sound like somebody who at least was faking it? Then I'll make it. If I'm watching this show, my first thought is, okay, yeah. I grew up very late. And you know this about me, Pablo. But I was 5'90", well into junior to senior year.