Today is December 23, and while Chanukah has ended, Christmas is Friday, and Kwanzaa begins this weekend, we are in the full throes of another great holiday: it’s FESTIVUS!
If you’re a Seinfeld fan, you know…and if not, well, we’ll just let Frank Costanza explain it himself. Pop culture has made this a thing that sticks, and this is our first one without New York icon Jerry Stiller, who passed away in May.
No better way to honor Jerry, and the spirit of the season, by bringing Festivus to the WFAN digital space, and we have the perfect way: the airing of the grievances! As you decorate the Festivus pole and get ready for the feats of strength, take a look/listen back to six of our favorite recent rants from the WFAN airwaves (be it caller, host, or guest alike) – and there’s no better way to start than with Seinfeld himself!
SOMERS IS BANNED FROM THE STORE
The Schmooze isn’t called the Schmooze for nothing, but he had a bit of a falling out with Jerry Seinfeld that left the Somers home bereft of love from the world’s most iconic “single, thin, and neat” comedian. Boomer & Gio played the audio of Schmooze talking about it and gave their own thoughts…take a listen as the guys get their SERENITY NOW!
SHOULD I NOT HAVE DONE THAT?
Boomer Esiason, like many, was absolutely riled up about the Cover-0 blitz that cost the Jets their first win against the Raiders, and ended up costing Gregg Williams his job. The morning after, Boomer said any firing of Williams would be too late, because he’d have fired GW on the team bus afterwards; turns out Booms was a few hours early because he was indeed canned that very day. This became WFAN.com’s most-read article of the year (thanks, Booms), so for the very few of you that missed it:
IT’S (NOT) A TIME-SLOT HIT
Craiggy decided to be nice, and jump on a sister station to talk about some charitable endeavors throughout Entercom. Instead of nicey-nice, though, they who shall not be named insulted Carton with some very personal questions, and then held the interview for two days. When you light the powder keg named Craig, you better back up.
MAYBE IT’S TIME TO DO THE OPPOSITE?
The Jets going 0-16 would have cemented their legacy as the worst team of all-time, and given them Trevor Lawrence. So what did they do? They pulled a Costanza and went all chicken salad on rye by beating the Rams, giving the Jags the lead for the No. 1 pick. Thank the Lord (or maybe not, say the ratings?) that Joe B. was already gone, but Evan picked up the slack to hammer Gang Green.
HELLO, BECKHAM
Marc Malusis was solo a couple weeks ago when Odell Beckham Jr. injected himself into New York headlines again with a rant about his former team. So what did Moose do? He washed down his PB&J with a large glass of Haterade and slammed OBJ, who still has way too much NY real estate in his head.
THE KNICKS AREN’T SPONGE-WORTHY
And finally, what would WFAN rants be without the callers joining in? Omar from Brooklyn, a long-time friend of the program, is simpatico with Maggie about their Buffalo Bills…but man, he was NOT a fan of what his beloved Knicks did (or didn’t do) this offseason, and we got a trademark Omar diatribe! Or is he a fan? Even Moose & Maggie couldn’t figure it out…
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re going on holiday strike, because instead of a gift, our bosses made a donation to The Human Fund in our names…
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