Mike Francesa’s $8.99 per month “Mike’s On” app is supposed to include exclusive content not found on Francesa’s WFAN radio show, such as commentary after Yankees games. On Friday’s show, Francesa went on and on about how he was going to discuss the Yankees’ games on his app, and he did so after that night’s Game 1, but didn’t show up for a post-game show after Game 2 Saturday.
On Sunday, Francesa explained on the app that he didn’t do that because it was a “blowout” (it was 6-2), and WFAN morning show hosts Boomer Esiason and Gregg “Gio” Giannotti had quite the commentary on that on their show Monday, complete with Gio delivering an impersonation of fellow WFAN staffer (and frequent app appearer) John Jastremski locked in Francesa’s bathroom. Here’s video via Funhouse:
Mike Francesa twitter rant 5/15/12. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
Boomer and @GioWFAN talk about Mike bailing on his Game 2 after-show on the app (Mike’s explanation is above), while Gio imagines @John_Jastremski being locked in Mike’s bathroom. 😋 pic.twitter.com/r1t3YdE5ne
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) October 8, 2018
One notable part there has Gianotti saying he thinks Francesa made up the no-blowouts rule on the spot. “No, I think it was probably just decided then, because he had received criticism on it, so he made up the rule afterwards. He said close games, bad loss, he’ll be there, but other than that, [insert Francesa “I’m sorry”], good night, the lights.”
They then discuss how Jastremski wasn’t even there, and Esiason talks about how much Francesa promoted this, saying “The only reason I know this is I was listening to him on Friday, and he was talking about the app, and he must have said ‘app’ about 57 times in like 30 seconds.” And Gianotti then goes into a Jastremski impression:
“I’m picturing Mike doing his show on the app, and then you hear in the background JJ stuck in the bathroom, ‘Mike, [simulated knocking], I’m ready to go! Hey! I’ve been stuck in here for hours! …Mike, you gonna let me out? I need some water! I need some water! I don’t know, I hate to bother you, but maybe a snack or something?You got any peanuts, I don’t know, anything? Let me out! I got a girlfriend, I got a girlfriend, MIke, I gotta get back to her! Let me out! I can’t be stuck in the bathroom all day! It’s not healthy for me to be stuck in here all day, it’s unhealthy for me, it’s an unhealthy way to live. Uh, this was a bad idea. Somebody, Julio, somebody!”
That’s pretty funny, and it adds to the regularribbingof Francesa we’ve seen from Boomer and Gio. And it shows that people are paying attention to Francesa overpromising and underdelivering, a regular theme for him. For the record, here’s his explanation for his absence:
Mike Francesa explains why he left all of his app subscribers staring at a blank screen last night instead of coming on after the game, as he promised he would all week. Lots of unwritten rules in the app game. pic.twitter.com/5szXx4wBPH
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) October 7, 2018
We’ll see just how many people continue to pay $8.99 a month for this app and for its inconsistent post-game shows.
[Funhouse on Twitter]
While WFAN’s Mike Francesa may be losing in the actual ratings, he seems to be winning in at least one form of hot air. On his on-app Mike’s On show Monday morning, Francesa delivered some criticism of New York Jets’ coach Adam Gase, but what’s more interesting is the noise at 0:18, which sure sounds like a fart:
Mike Francesa says it's time for Adam Gase to be fired. Mike has been around a lot of coaches, so this was not an easy decision for him. pic.twitter.com/hUO5Iqcq3j
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 4, 2019
That led to a New York Daily News story of “Mike Francesa appears to rip fart while ripping Adam Gase,” by Dennis Young, and that in turn led to Francesa spending a lot of time on his regular WFAN afternoon show (3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern) discussing that story:
He's denying the fart.
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 4, 2019
???? #FARTGATE ????
We had fireworks today if you missed it. Mike Francesa appeared to have farted during his morning show on the app. I posted the clip at 10am. The Daily News then wrote a story about the fart this afternoon.
Here, Mr. Francesa aggressively denies the allegation. pic.twitter.com/cqM7m4CYqn
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
Mike Francesa Ny Twitter
Part two of the fart defense. pic.twitter.com/4uuKIfMS06
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
Part three. Mike breaks out the FAKE NEWS defense. pic.twitter.com/gE0VRLgsRK
— Ƒunhouse (@BackAftaThis) November 5, 2019
Mike francesa spending an awful lot of time on a fart. Sounding kind of guilty. Hahaha. #fartgate
— John Doe (@AtlanticCityKid) November 4, 2019
Mike Francesa just went on a 5 minute segment on how he didn’t fart on the radio @BackAftaThis is Fake news!
— Anthony Marciano (@A_Marciano691) November 4, 2019
Francesa just called everyone “morons” and then reads headline “Mike Francesa rips Fart while ripping Adam Gase.”
— JerseyMike (@jerseymike7) November 4, 2019
Where Is Mike Francesa Going
He who denied it, supplied it https://t.co/zx1vXXqMhz
Mike Francesa Twitter Feud
— Dennis Young (@dpyoung13) November 4, 2019
Look, at this point, it really doesn’t matter if it was Francesa’s fart or the fart of someone else that was captured on the stream here; it’s just very funny that this happened. And really, a loud fart isn’t the worst possible commentary on Gase’s coaching tenure, especially after the Jets lost to a team that was trying to lose. But it is definitely funny to see The Sports Pope spend a fair bit of his radio show addressing if he did or did not fart on air.
[The New York Daily News]