Pardon My Take

Pardon My Take is a comedic sports thrice-weekly podcast created by Barstool Sports. It is hosted by Dan Katz, known as "Big Cat", and PFT Commenter. The show was first released on February 29, 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.

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

History
Pardon My Take was first launched in February 2016 when PFT Commenter left the sports website SB Nation to join Barstool Sports. 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.

Since its inception, Pardon My Take has used satire to comment on traditional sports media, particularly ESPN and some of its notable personalities. 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.

Format
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, celebrity, journalist, or athlete. The show is closed with a collection of recurring original segments which vary episode to episode. 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." The hosts have held video exit interviews with their guests, but these have been temporarily discontinued.  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."

References

Category:Comedy and humor podcasts
Category:Sports podcasts
Category:2016 podcast debuts