Petros and Money Show
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The Petros and Money Show or "PMS" is KLAC-AM, ("AM 570")'s afternoon drive time sports talk radio program, and airs every Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm PST. PMS is hosted by former University of Southern California
running back, Fox Sports
Pac-12 television analyst, and former host of "The Petros Papadakis Show" on 1540 KMPC
"The Ticket" Petros Papadakis
and former KROQ-FM
"sports guy" and KLAC "Lakers Zone" host Matt "Money" Smith. Since the Petros and Money Show began airing on KLAC, it has quickly become one of the most popular sports talk radio shows in the Southern California market.
On January 5, 2007, KLAC announced that PMS would replace co-hosts Joe Grande (formerly of KPWR-FM's Big Boy
's Neighborhood morning show) and former UCLA quarterback Wayne Cook. As of January 13, 2007, Grande now hosts a late-afternoon weekend show, following Lee Hamilton.
On January 21, 2009, Petros and Money replaced Andrew Siciliano on Fox Sports Radio
. The network now carries the program nationwide.
where the title character's Uncle Rico wonders out loud "how much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains" - that Smith cues whenever Papadakis reminisces about his "glory days" playing football at Peninsula High School and USC. They also relentlessly make fun of their interns, along with their producer David "The Debonair" Vassegh, who has frequently been reputed to use his association with the show to pick up women. Vassegh is constantly portrayed by Papadakis and Smith as an ineloquent, immature, and perverted person. He is also married to a Black-man.
The first hour of the show is only broadcast locally, in Los Angeles, CA. As such, Smith and Papadakis jokingly refer to this hour as the "fake hour." This hour is traditionally spent discussing sports topics and interviewing guests specific to Southern California
. Once their show has begun, Papadakis and Smith announce a word, number, and song of the day, usually in relation to sports headlines or the outcomes of games of local interest. The first hour contains a "split top story", the second has a "top story", and the third has a "flip top story." These segments traditionally consist of the biggest headlines in sports. Starting in January, 2011, the first hour began to be broadcast commercial free, thus the name was changed to the "Commercial-Free" hour.
Every day of the week has its own title on the show: "Me First/I'm a Horse! Monday," "Tired of the Lies/La Tuya/Tu Hermano Tuesday," "Win Forever/Chin Forever Wednesday/We Just Won't Be Defeated Wednesday/Walk your bike/Watch your mouth,/White Jeans(for Mark Sanchito)" "Crunchy Groove/Three Things/Inglewood/Tap That Thursday," and "Frogman/Red Wine/ Free-form Friday." As of mid-July 2009, feeling Monday's "Tell Me How My Ass Tastes" handle no longer relevant in light of Kobe's answer to Shaq's June 2008 dis rap from which it was derived, Papadakis and Money dropped the lyric as and opted for the less-controversial "I'm a horse!" In August of 2009, Papadakis and Smith made two changes to their titles, replacing "I believe I can fly" Friday with "Frogman" Friday and "Throw down your arms" Thursday with "Crunchy Groove" Thursday. In light of Pete Carroll
's coaching move from USC
to the Seattle Seahawks
, it was announced on 1/20/2010 that "Win Forever Wednesday" would be replaced by "Watch Your Mouth Wednesday" and "Walk Your Bike Wednesday". "We Just Won't Be Defeated Wednesday" will continue to be used. "Walk your bike" has turned into a movement of sorts by Papadakis, who often post pictures of walk your bike signs through Twitter
. Starting from 5/5/2010, Wednesday has also been referred to as "White Pants Wednesday", a reference to friend of the show, Mark Sanchez
's white jeans worn in a GQ photo shoot.
The third hour of every broadcast typically features segments that correlate with the day of the week. Mondays and Wednesdays feature more pop-culture oriented features. Monday features the "Lista de la Lunes," a list of sports and pop-culture lists ranging from topics such as "Things that seemed much cooler when you were younger but not so much when you grew up." Wednesdays feature the "Wednesday Night Film Fight" where the hosts pick two similarly themed movies, argue their relative merits using clips from the movies, and take call-in votes from listeners to determine the "winner." One of the most talked-about film fights in recent history was a Godfather
Film fight, featuring Part I vs. Part II, done to coincide with the release of the series on the Blu-Ray DVD format.
Tuesday and Thursday's third hour feature an entirely different format in the time slot, with Papadakis and Smith taking calls as their alter egos. In one of the show's most popular segments, every Thursday, Papadakis assumes the identity of Lance Romance, a "ladies man" who lives in Newport Beach, drives a red Mazda Miata with 24-inch spinning rims, and supposedly drives up to the studio in Burbank, California
every Thursday to take calls from people of Los Angeles, to whom he distributes love and relationship advice. Largely due to its high proportion of Latino
callers, Lance often refers to his segment as "Latino Loveline" and himself as "Tu Hermano de Amor" (your brother of love). Lance Romance does not, as some might expect, encourage his committed callers to cheat on their wives or spouses, often telling those contemplating such a decision that it will "ruin your life." On Tuesday, Smith's alter ego
(and, according to the storyline, Lance Romance's cousin) Vance Finance, a wealthy real estate tycoon and investment banker, flies in to dole out financial advice and offer the occasional college and pro football picks to the show's listeners.
Friday's third hour has now been turned over to what is called the "Freeform Fan Forum Fantasy Phantasm" or some similar variant. The hosts devote the segment entirely to callers and emailers with myriad requests, Papadakis and Smith to act out certain improvisational situations with both men doing their various vocal imitations, ranging from Smith's imitation of the Tevado Tequila
Thunderbird, a former sponsor of the show that has become a show favorite, to Papadakis' imitation of his father, John.
The last half hour of every show is devoted to a "Not Sports Report", where Smith and Papadakis take turns describing recent news stories in a wide range of sports-independent topics, including pop culture. They then honor the birthdays of two people- one deceased, one alive- before closing the show.
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The second hour (five o'clock on the West Coast) opens with "Rebellion (Lies)" by The Arcade Fire
.
The third hour (six o'clock on the West Coast) opens with "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B & Rakim.
The fake hour (three o'clock in Los Angeles only) opens with "Clandestino" by Manu Chao
.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
running back, Fox Sports
Fox College Sports
Fox College Sports is a group of three United States digital cable networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific owned by News Corporation, that specialize primarily in showing collegiate programming, live events, coaches shows & various DI, DII, & DIII content surrounding college athletics...
Pac-12 television analyst, and former host of "The Petros Papadakis Show" on 1540 KMPC
KMPC
KMPC is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Licensee, LLC. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean-language programming...
"The Ticket" Petros Papadakis
Petros Papadakis
Petros Papadakis is an American television personality and radio co-host of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio. He is a former tailback and American football team captain for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. He is also known as "The P."Papadakis's family...
and former KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
"sports guy" and KLAC "Lakers Zone" host Matt "Money" Smith. Since the Petros and Money Show began airing on KLAC, it has quickly become one of the most popular sports talk radio shows in the Southern California market.
On January 5, 2007, KLAC announced that PMS would replace co-hosts Joe Grande (formerly of KPWR-FM's Big Boy
Big Boy (radio host)
Big Boy is a radio host currently heard on Los Angeles Rhythmic contemporary station KPWR in the mornings from 5 to 10, as well as numerous radio stations across the United States...
's Neighborhood morning show) and former UCLA quarterback Wayne Cook. As of January 13, 2007, Grande now hosts a late-afternoon weekend show, following Lee Hamilton.
On January 21, 2009, Petros and Money replaced Andrew Siciliano on Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
. The network now carries the program nationwide.
Format
While sports are central PMS, Papadakis and Smith also comment on and debate music, popular culture, literature, politics, and history. Much of the show centers on discussion of Papadakis and Smith's personal lives. Seldom do either Smith or Papadakis miss an opportunity to lampoon one another - one of the show's frequent "drops" is a clip from Napoleon DynamiteNapoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
where the title character's Uncle Rico wonders out loud "how much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains" - that Smith cues whenever Papadakis reminisces about his "glory days" playing football at Peninsula High School and USC. They also relentlessly make fun of their interns, along with their producer David "The Debonair" Vassegh, who has frequently been reputed to use his association with the show to pick up women. Vassegh is constantly portrayed by Papadakis and Smith as an ineloquent, immature, and perverted person. He is also married to a Black-man.
The first hour of the show is only broadcast locally, in Los Angeles, CA. As such, Smith and Papadakis jokingly refer to this hour as the "fake hour." This hour is traditionally spent discussing sports topics and interviewing guests specific to Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
. Once their show has begun, Papadakis and Smith announce a word, number, and song of the day, usually in relation to sports headlines or the outcomes of games of local interest. The first hour contains a "split top story", the second has a "top story", and the third has a "flip top story." These segments traditionally consist of the biggest headlines in sports. Starting in January, 2011, the first hour began to be broadcast commercial free, thus the name was changed to the "Commercial-Free" hour.
Every day of the week has its own title on the show: "Me First/I'm a Horse! Monday," "Tired of the Lies/La Tuya/Tu Hermano Tuesday," "Win Forever/Chin Forever Wednesday/We Just Won't Be Defeated Wednesday/Walk your bike/Watch your mouth,/White Jeans(for Mark Sanchito)" "Crunchy Groove/Three Things/Inglewood/Tap That Thursday," and "Frogman/Red Wine/ Free-form Friday." As of mid-July 2009, feeling Monday's "Tell Me How My Ass Tastes" handle no longer relevant in light of Kobe's answer to Shaq's June 2008 dis rap from which it was derived, Papadakis and Money dropped the lyric as and opted for the less-controversial "I'm a horse!" In August of 2009, Papadakis and Smith made two changes to their titles, replacing "I believe I can fly" Friday with "Frogman" Friday and "Throw down your arms" Thursday with "Crunchy Groove" Thursday. In light of Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll
Peter Clay Carroll is the head coach and executive Vice-President of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots and the University of Southern California Trojans football team.-Early life:Carroll attended Redwood High...
's coaching move from USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
to the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
, it was announced on 1/20/2010 that "Win Forever Wednesday" would be replaced by "Watch Your Mouth Wednesday" and "Walk Your Bike Wednesday". "We Just Won't Be Defeated Wednesday" will continue to be used. "Walk your bike" has turned into a movement of sorts by Papadakis, who often post pictures of walk your bike signs through Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
. Starting from 5/5/2010, Wednesday has also been referred to as "White Pants Wednesday", a reference to friend of the show, Mark Sanchez
Mark Sanchez
Mark Travis John Sanchez is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League . He was drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft as the fifth overall selection by the Jets and the second quarterback taken overall...
's white jeans worn in a GQ photo shoot.
The third hour of every broadcast typically features segments that correlate with the day of the week. Mondays and Wednesdays feature more pop-culture oriented features. Monday features the "Lista de la Lunes," a list of sports and pop-culture lists ranging from topics such as "Things that seemed much cooler when you were younger but not so much when you grew up." Wednesdays feature the "Wednesday Night Film Fight" where the hosts pick two similarly themed movies, argue their relative merits using clips from the movies, and take call-in votes from listeners to determine the "winner." One of the most talked-about film fights in recent history was a Godfather
The Godfather
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...
Film fight, featuring Part I vs. Part II, done to coincide with the release of the series on the Blu-Ray DVD format.
Tuesday and Thursday's third hour feature an entirely different format in the time slot, with Papadakis and Smith taking calls as their alter egos. In one of the show's most popular segments, every Thursday, Papadakis assumes the identity of Lance Romance, a "ladies man" who lives in Newport Beach, drives a red Mazda Miata with 24-inch spinning rims, and supposedly drives up to the studio in Burbank, California
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
every Thursday to take calls from people of Los Angeles, to whom he distributes love and relationship advice. Largely due to its high proportion of Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
callers, Lance often refers to his segment as "Latino Loveline" and himself as "Tu Hermano de Amor" (your brother of love). Lance Romance does not, as some might expect, encourage his committed callers to cheat on their wives or spouses, often telling those contemplating such a decision that it will "ruin your life." On Tuesday, Smith's alter ego
Alter ego
An alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...
(and, according to the storyline, Lance Romance's cousin) Vance Finance, a wealthy real estate tycoon and investment banker, flies in to dole out financial advice and offer the occasional college and pro football picks to the show's listeners.
Friday's third hour has now been turned over to what is called the "Freeform Fan Forum Fantasy Phantasm" or some similar variant. The hosts devote the segment entirely to callers and emailers with myriad requests, Papadakis and Smith to act out certain improvisational situations with both men doing their various vocal imitations, ranging from Smith's imitation of the Tevado Tequila
Tequila
Tequila is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco....
Thunderbird, a former sponsor of the show that has become a show favorite, to Papadakis' imitation of his father, John.
The last half hour of every show is devoted to a "Not Sports Report", where Smith and Papadakis take turns describing recent news stories in a wide range of sports-independent topics, including pop culture. They then honor the birthdays of two people- one deceased, one alive- before closing the show.
Bumper Music
The show opens with "Each One Teach One" by Jacob MillerJacob Miller
Jacob Miller was a Jamaican reggae artist who first recorded with Clement Dodd. While pursuing a prolific solo career, he became the lead singer for reggae group Inner Circle with whom he recorded until his death in a car accident at the age of 27.-Biography:Jacob Miller was born in Mandeville,...
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The second hour (five o'clock on the West Coast) opens with "Rebellion (Lies)" by The Arcade Fire
The Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. William Butler and Régine Chassagne attended McGill University,...
.
The third hour (six o'clock on the West Coast) opens with "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B & Rakim.
The fake hour (three o'clock in Los Angeles only) opens with "Clandestino" by Manu Chao
Manu Chao
Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...
.