Sportscaster Patrick on his element on TVCourtesy
Los Angeles Daily Breeze
(August 4, 2009) Others sports-talk show hosts have turned the camera onto themselves in wanna-be Howard Stern-eque fashion, to let the TV viewers "watch" the radio show in what can be as compelling as a Kwik-E-Mart security video, without the color-coded strip on the door to measure the height of a perp as he's sprinting out with a handful of Funyuns.
Dan Patrick, who keeps tweaking his reinvented self since he sprinted out of the ESPN convenience store two years ago with hopes of a syndicated radio gig as his primary option (and since has landed on NBC's NFL studio show and writing for Sports Illustrated), gives DirecTV voyeurs a new option with his weekday 6-to-9 a.m. comedy / chat show on the satellite service's eclectic 101 channel (replaying from 9 a.m. to noon). This Dan Patrick Show adds a TV element unlike other attempts for video vanity - even making fun of others to take themselves too seriously. When gone on radio commercial breaks, the DP crew of producers, PAs and talent bookers could have pillow fights, if they so choose. They also can duck into a "confessional booth" to share their opinion about the program's progression or regression. It all emanates from a special "Dancave" built near his Connecticut home, equipped with a half-dozen robotic cameras that'll be controlled from the DirecTV broadcast center near LAX. There's a functional kitchen (in case Rachael Ray happens to pop by), bar, golf simulator, basketball court (with scoreboard) and running sport ticker. "It feels like we're taking the HANS device off and we're driving at a high speed, but it's a convertible so you like the ride," Patrick explained about his new career path. "There's the element of thrill but it's still high stakes. I can't blame anyone but myself. It's got my name on it and I'm my own boss. "I think this will play out to where you'll hear and see things you haven't experienced before, as long as we're not making a radio show for TV. That's the last thing I want. But you can still see how the sausage is being made." And then placed, with suspect tongs, on the Kwik-E-Mart rolling cooker for public consumption. _______________________
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