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"I'm Tony Kornheiser. Do you think they'll put me under [[Magnificent Bastard]]?" }}
The last half-hour of the [[ESPN]] network's afternoon block of "journalists yell about sports" shows (along with ''[[Numbers Never Lie]],'' ''[[Dan
The show follows a set format of segments.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** Reali got his start on this show before replacing Max Kellerman as host of ''Around the Horn''.
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Kornheiser tends to promote the greatness of being bald during the shows, and likes to introduce bald guests as "a fellow member of the Bald Brotherhood." Wilbon shaves his head, but doesn't revel in that as much as Kornheiser does. The ironic thing is that Kornheiser isn't completely bald; he has a wisp of a comb-over that Wilbon occasionally needles him about.
** This was used as a gag in the promos before the show premiered:
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'''Mike''': No, ''you're'' bald. ''I'm'' shaved. And shaved is a ''lot'' better. }}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Anybody but Wilbon criticizing Kornheiser will make him mad.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dan LeBatard (see [[Replacement Scrappy]] on the YMMV page for more details).
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'''Tony''': Hello, Dan. }}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: The show always opens with Wilbon (or whoever's subbing for him) saying "Pardon the interruption, but I'm [name]". The Big Finish closes with:
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'''Tony''': We're out of time, we'll try to do better the next time. I'm Tony Kornheiser.
'''Mike''': And I'm Mike Wilbon. Same time tomorrow, knuckleheads. Make sure to check out our podcast on iTunes. Let's go back to [[Sports Center|Bristol.]]<br />
'''Tony''': Good night, Canada. }}
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* [[Crossover]]: Several panelists from ''Around the Horn'' have hosted the show.
** After J.A. Adande won what Reali called "the worst Odds Makers ever," Reali said "Let's go to the lounge!" Adande then said he wanted this win to be added to his ''ATH'' win count.
** A ''[[Sports Nation]]'' Halloween episode involved ''[[Sports Nation]]''{{'}}s set being dressed up to look like the ''PTI'' set. Kornheiser appeared on the show to demand that the ''[[Sports Nation]]''{{'}}s hosts "stop stealing [their] stuff!"
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Reali does this a lot during Odds Makers.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The show usually opens with Wilbon mentioning an interesting news story (usually non-sports related) and asks Kornheiser a relative question about it tying into his personal life ("Have YOU ever..."), usually resulting in Kornheiser giving [[Dirty Old Man|an easy double entendre answer]].
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "[[Exactly What It Says
* [[Follow the Leader]]: You see those other shows up in the intro? ''All'' of them exist because of the success of ''PTI''. The format has also been used in segments of local and regional sports shows around the U.S.
** And parodies, like [[The Onion]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130621022207/http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/ Get Out Of My Face.]
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Used in the "Mail Time" segment; the letters originally came from the viewers, but are now made by the producers.
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: Whenever Reali appears for the "Odds Maker" segment, he's introduced as "Anthony Joseph [topical nickname] Reali." Sometimes, the topical nickname is long enough to make it an [[Overly Long Name]] gag as well.
** Averted with Kornheiser and the title: He has ''never'' referred to the title in full in the show's history, stemming from the fact he dislikes it.
* [[Fun
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Kornheiser and Wilbon's chemistry and years of running the show have proved them one of ESPN's few examples of this trope. It's hard to think of one of them without the other.
** Listening to Kornheiser's radio show, it sometimes seems likely that Wilbon is Kornheiser's only friend.
* [[Hoist
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The show's theme tune is a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] of [[Pavement]]'s "Cut Your Hair".
* [[Large Ham]]: Both hosts, as well as most of the guest hosts, LeBatard in particular.
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* [[One Steve Limit]]: Played with Tony Kornheiser and Tony Reali; Reali is usually referred to by his last name instead.
* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: A running gag used for a while in 2010. When the show comes back from its final commercial break for the "Happy Time" segment, it comes back to Kornheiser in the midst of an odd or innuendous story to Wilbon, "unaware" that they're live until Reali yells from off-camera that they're on.
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* [[Rimshot]]: All the games that involve Reali have one when he's introduced.
* [[Running Gag]]: So many that the show once had a [[That Other Wiki|Wikipedia]] page on them.
** LeBatard has his own "running joke" that he would exclaim "BAM!" at the start of each episode. When Kornheiser was suspended (again) for saying something stupid on his radio show, the audience was treated to a week of variations on:
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'''LeBatard:''' HAM! }}
* [[Salt and Pepper]]: Kornheiser is white and Wilbon black, but both subvert the trope by being rather knowledgeable (or as the show's [[Hatedom|detractors]] believe, not so much) about most of the topics they discuss.
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"And I'm Mike Wilbon. Same time tomorrow, knuckleheads!"
"Good night, Canada!"}}
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