Old or cancelled ESPN shows you would like to see back on

[Brandon]

Whether you were into that beach hockey league on ESPN2 that had the ramps behind the goals, Stump the Schwab, or any of the talk shows like Jay Mohr or Mike Lupica.

 

I was guilty of the drama era where they had Playmakers and Tilt on the air. Playmakers was good and Tilt sucked but was about poker so it was good.

 

In the early 90's they had a game show where at the end or maybe during the jeopardy questions thye would do sports tasks like shoot a puck through a hole or make x amount of three pointers.

 

They also used to have a show where teams would go around the country and had to do tasks like mow the grass at Kauffman or catch a pass from a Dolphins QB.

 

I miss when they had the NHL and the best theme song as well as NHL 2 Nite.

[St1ck]

Cheap Seats is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. 

[Ray McKigney]

There was one on Fox Sports West years back that was hosted by Summer Sanders. Can't remember the name of it or what it was about, I just remember it was enjoyable just to check out her legs. 

Edited March 28, 2014 by Ray McKigney

[saangels]

Cheap Seats

[Brandon]

Wasn't Cheap Seats where they showed 1980s WWF wrestling and would comment on it like play by play announcers?

 

I remember watching it, but not much because it was always on super late at night.

[mrwicked]

off topic: i miss pop-up-video.

 

for espn is has to be nhl 2 nite. miss that show.

[yk9001]

Cheap Seats was the only non-game ESPN telecasts I thought was worth a damn.

 

When they showed that fat old Aculpoco cliff diver hit the water, followed by an immediate nuclear explosion, my kids and I laughed our asses off.

 

 

And the stuff with the Steve Garvey celebrity invitationals... very funny.

[St1ck]

Wasn't Cheap Seats where they showed 1980s WWF wrestling and would comment on it like play by play announcers?

 

I remember watching it, but not much because it was always on super late at night.

 

 

Yes. It was kind of a Mystery Science Theater for old sports shows. 

[Brandon]

I actually forgot to add, I liked the And1 mixtape thing where they had dudes that were guys that would work at UPS during the day or were from the hood but do Harlem Globetrotter like basketball tricks.

 

Same with that Madden videogame show where they had wiggers play against each other on a bus and shit talk like nerds to each other.

[mrwicked]

I actually forgot to add, I liked the And1 mixtape thing where they had dudes that were guys that would work at UPS during the day or were from the hood but do Harlem Globetrotter like basketball tricks.

 

Same with that Madden videogame show where they had wiggers play against each other on a bus and shit talk like nerds to each other.

 

haha yeah i loved their names on and1.

the nerdy white guy: the professor!!

[Brandon]

off topic: i miss pop-up-video.

 

for espn is has to be nhl 2 nite. miss that show.

 

I remember that. They would do pop ups about the set or background info. Just random stuff like what inspired a certain lyric or something like there being a gas station pump in a music video and it would have a pop up with something like "In 1992 when 4 Non Blondes were recording their seventh studio album, Janice, was working at a Unical 76 in La Puente."

[Brandon]

haha yeah i loved their names on and1.

the nerdy white guy: the professor!!

 

They actually made a videogame where the dudes from the And1 show were in the game. It was a 2-on-2 thing like NBA Jam, but you could do all the wacky dribbling and dunks, win money from your opponent, and buy an upgraded gold chain.

 

The Professor was dope. He had that Eminem shaved head with chopped bangs haircut that all the dudes in the midwest rock.

[Adam]

Was ESPN the channel with the Madden show where all the white rapper guys would battle in Madden on xbox?

[mrwicked]

^ i remember that.

only espn would think filming people playing video games would get viewers.

[Brandon]

Yeah

 

[mrwicked]

I take it back - there is a youtube channel that consists of video of this guy playing video games.

and...

disney just shelled out up to $950m for it.

 

http://recode.net/2014/03/18/what-happens-after-disney-buys-maker-studios/

 

Edited March 27, 2014 by mrwicked

[Brandon]

I take it back - there is a youtube channel that consists of video of this guy playing video games.

and...

disney just shelled out up to $950m for it.

 

http://recode.net/2014/03/18/what-happens-after-disney-buys-maker-studios/

 

 

 

Off topic, but it's amazing. I was reading a Forbes or WSJ article about the highest earners on Youtube and six or seven of the ten were Youtube channels for videogaming....whether reviewing or doing walkthroughs. I was blown away by how much people make doing Youtube series.

[mrwicked]

^ yep. i think there are basically a handful of people/channels that make all the money.

its like VC firms - 2% of them make 98% of the profit.

 

talking about the makers studio deal, buddy of mine said there are channels where chicks play computer games in pushup bras, with a camera on them.

and.. thats it. totally clothed, but with a little cleavage and lots of makeup.

they just record themselves playing WoW or Call of duty or whatever games are hot these days, and get paid because guys want to watch them.

Crazy. 

Edited March 27, 2014 by mrwicked

[Brandon]

The gnar ones are the new Asian videos were people tune it just to watch a normal chick eating. No nudity or anything sexual, just them eating.

 

I think someone put up a link here to it and it was on one of the news stations, like MSNBC.

[mrwicked]

the internet is weird.

 

[NJHalo]

I loved The Big Show, Sunday nite sports center with Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick. Lots of laughs, and KO was not a dick yet.

[Adam]

the internet is weird.

 

 

I want the broad who made those pancakes so golden brown and fluffy to make me some. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I remember when ESPN first hit the airwaves. They had a business program on in the morning that ran for about two hours, that consisted of stock analysis and business trends. I don't recall what it was called, and I don't want it back, but it is an interesting piece of their past.

[Brandon]

I loved The Big Show, Sunday nite sports center with Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick. Lots of laughs, and KO was not a dick yet.

I liked Stuart Scott before he got annoying. The most I ever laughed was when Charlie Steiner did the show.

[DW711]

He wasn't annoying?