Friday, August 20, 2010

Jason Whitlock's big, fat 'Explanation' to air at 3 p.m. today

Posted by Nadia Pflaum on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:00 AM

click to enlarge This man is more than a handful.
  • This man is more than a handful.

"The Explanation," an interview with Jason Whitlock on his departure from his job as a columnist for The Kansas City Star, will air at 3 p.m. today, on both 610 Sports with drive-time radio host Nick Wright, and on Time Warner Cable's Metro Sports.

Since the rotund raconteur's extended vacation from the Star turned into a permanent one -- i.e., since last Tuesday -- Whitlock's been teasing "The Explanation" via his Twitter page. 610's Wright ultimately won the right to host today's LeBronsian broadcast. "The list of his demands is great," Wright tells The Pitch.



"This is what he wants: one hour where he gets to talk without commercial

interruptions, one hour where I interview him, one hour where we take phone

calls, he wants it live on TV, and we have to provide Gates to cater it,

with a maximum tab of $300," Wright says. "Those were his five demands,

and we agreed to all of them."

click to enlarge Three hours of Whitlock eating this?
  • Three hours of Whitlock eating this?
An hour commercial-free and $300 of barbecue? Isn't that awfully pricey? "Oh, it'll be well, well worth it," says Wright, who helped negotiate the deal with Whitlock and Scott Cruce. Cruce was the producer of the afternoon radio show that "Big Sexy" formerly hosted on 610's rival station, WHB Sports Radio 810, Wright says.

The bigwigs at WHB also agreed to Whitlock's demands but were turned down, Wright says.

"They're acting now like they didn't, but they did," Wright says. "Jason says they did."

So, what's Wright's most burning question? He thinks a long moment, then says, "Why

do you keep quitting so many jobs, man? It's a recession, don't you know

that?"

Whew. And you thought Jim Gray threw some softballs. Never fear: If Wright goes too easy on the big guy, the callers will make up for it during hour three.

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I came here because I clicked on the hot chick

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Posted by Anonymous on 08/23/2010 at 11:23 AM

Oh, is he overweight? Ha...how clever! Thanks for the heads up and the delightful fat jokes. I never...

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Posted by bryan on 08/22/2010 at 2:32 PM

I think he's great.

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Posted by Chris Wenske on 08/21/2010 at 10:48 PM

MARK ZIEMAN: *Kicks Mike Fannin�s office door open* �Did you hear that fuckin shit on 610?�

MIKE FANIN: �No, sorry Keitzman had some scintillating news on the KU football coach.�

MARK ZIEMAN: �Are you huffin paint? KU coudn�t penetrate the defensive line of the Morman Tabrnacle Choir this year. We are getting KILLED on 610!!!�

MIKE FANNIN: *Grinning* �You said �penetrate��.

MARK ZIEMAN: �What?�

MIKE FANNIN: �Chill out Z Man, no one takes that crazy Jack Harry seriously.�

MARK ZIEMAN: *Punches wall, destroying one of 38 Holly Lawton employee of the month awards* �Goddamnit this ain�t a fuckin Jack Harry Alsheimer�s Alert, Jason fuckin Whitlock is on 610 with that smarmy little Nicky Wright and he is KILLIN YOU!�

MIKE FANNIN: �He don�t know nothing. He fucks with us, I�ll give him a bad reference.�

MARK ZIEMAN: �Thats a double negative Mr. Editor, and lemme ask ya something.�

MIKE FANNIN: �Shoot my brutha.�

MARK ZIEMAN: �What?�

MIKE FANNIN: �Nothing go ahead.

MARK ZIEMAN: �Whats the heat index out there?�

MIKE FANNIN: �Hot. How the fuck should I know? Its hotter than a fresh fucked fox in a forrest fire, I�ll tell ya that.�

MARK ZIEMAN: *Looking around Fannin�s Department* �Thats right, its 117 Heat Index out there and all the guys in this department have turtle necks on.�

MIKE FANNIN: �

MARK ZIEMAN: �

MIKE FANNIN: �I�ll turn on the radio.�

MARK ZIEMAN: *Stomps out*

MIKE FANNIN: *Picks up cellphone* �Holly, did you hear that?�

HOLLY LAWTON: �Mike, I gotta go, there is something about an elbow test for my next job I gotta work on it.�

MIKE FANNIN: *Closes phone, murmers* "No one listens to the radio, I'm goin to the bar."

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Posted by Chuck on 08/21/2010 at 8:23 AM

KC is so much better off having this fat bastard gone!!!

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Posted by Brittney on 08/20/2010 at 3:35 PM

Sorry... Who is this guy? And why should I care where he works or doesn't work?

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Posted by ike skelton on 08/20/2010 at 10:00 AM
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