program broadcast on ESPN Classic
hosted by brothers Randy and Jason Sklar
. The brothers appear as fictional ESPN
tape librarians who amuse themselves by watching old, campy
sports broadcasts and wisecracking about them.
Cheap Seats debuted on February 4, 2004, with an episode that showed ESPN sportscaster "Ron Parker" (played by Michael Showalter
and supposedly the intended host for the show) getting buried under a shelf full of tapes, forcing the Sklars to fill in, as they were behind Parker on the "hosting depth chart" (with Ryan Leaf
behind the Sklars, a reference to his overwhelming lack of success in the NFL).
Crow T. Robot: "These guys are Smurfs, right?"
Mike Nelson: "With any luck at all, Gamera will come down and smite them both."
Randy: The world's most overzealous graphics department.
Jason: Nothing says quality sport quite like a hyphen.
Randy: "Remember, if it's raining outside, if you got a firearm in your hand, and diabetes is impairing your vision, for God's sake, wear a hat."
Jason and Randy: TILE PILE!
Randy: "You know why Willie Randoplh is such a good hitter, he always hit the ball where the sun don't shine."
Jason: "Or in this case onto the surface of the sun."
Jason: "And to anyone who says that these players dog it at the All-Star game take a look at that throw by Parker. Almost all the way to the infield."
Randy: "The Cobra."