PTFO - The Legend of The Paul Finebaum Show: Behind the Scenes in "Scrooge City"
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Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
Blame Paul Fanbaum. He's the reason for this monster.
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This is surreal, though. The setup we have right now, I do feel like a caller on your show, which is... Well, you're a FaceTime caller. Yeah, I'm a first-time long-time. That is also true. I was thinking about how to explain you and your show to people in my life who don't already know the legend of your show, so to speak. And I realize that it's hard because I have to explain that I spend time with Paul Feinbaum early in the morning on MSNBC quite a bit.
CSPN's Paul Feinbaum, thank you so much. Good luck today. It's going to be rough. Pablo, so last night...
You're jealous? That's the bottom line. You're jealous. And Bama's coming back. Bama has not lost. The dynasty is not over. Do you hear me, counter? Bama's dynasty has just begun. Kiss my butt. Roll tide. Roll tide.
We don't have a lot of New York Times reading, NPR listening, Pablo Torre podcast aficionados.
My teacher came up and took everything from me because I was supposed to be doing my math sheet. I told her it's okay, though, because the tide just hired the boar, and I smell a natty in 24. Roll damn tide, Paul. See you later, buddy.
But we have tapped into something, Pablo. We've tapped into the culture of America.
West Virginia is where Saban is from, and they fought with the Union. Saban is a Yankee.
I frankly think we found this audience before Donald Trump did.
You know, Paul, going from Coast Salmon to Coast of Boar, it's like going to bed, Barry, to Beyonce and waking up with Whoopi Goldberg laying next to you, brother.
Is this acceptable, Alabama fans? Is this Alabama football? Is this what we signed up for?
I understand what's going on in this country because we deal with it every day. And these are hardworking people who love college football and love to express themselves on it.
So if you're already wondering here why the most popular and influential sports radio show in the entirety of the South, beloved by those voices we just played for you, happens to be a program called The Paul Feinbaum Show, I get the question. Paul is a bald 69-year-old Jewish guy who is not from Alabama, although he has lived in Alabama now for 45 years. And those same voices you heard have taken to comparing Paul's general look to Mr. Burns from The Simpsons, for instance, among other things. But the Paul Feinbaum Show, to be very clear, is a singular cultural institution And this particular holiday season, Tuscaloosa's first without Nick Saban, arguably the greatest college football coach who ever lived, there is no radio show that I would rather hear.
There was almost a sitcom done on this program. I was in DC about seven or eight years ago. I was on Kornheiser's show. Some guy heard it who used to be the final EP for Cheers. We went to Hollywood with this concept 25, 30 years ago, me starting as a talk show host from New York in Alabama. My family's all from New York. Yeah, yeah. And all four networks passed on it. We fired the guy who came up with the idea, went back to Hollywood the next year in 2019, ABC bought the sitcom. Jason Biggs, who did the American Pie trilogy, signed on to play me, and it was in the early stages of development. I had already signed a contract to be one of three executive producers. COVID happened.
And so all we're left with now is a mental image, I suppose, of a young Paul Feinbaum a pie. and you're welcome for that. But what I did want to find out today is how Paul got into this mess, so to speak, in the first place.
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Speakers
21 identified
Paul Feinbaum 13 min
Gary Wilson aka Legend 11 min
Pablo Torre 9 min
Unidentified Caller 1 min
Peloton Ad Narrator 1 min
Movie Ad Narrator 1 min
Football Game Commentator 1 min
Smokey
Bleacher Report Ad Narrator
Al from Dadeville
News Reporter
Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)
DraftKings Network Announcer
Phyllis from Mulga
Harvey Updike
Rush Limbaugh
Vanderbilt Sports Commentator
Nick Saban
Ad Narrator
Charlie Graddick
State Farm Ad Narrator
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