I was watching The State last night and they had a great skit that I forgot about where mock Dan Cortese was fucking with a Spencer-type fuddy-duddy on a golf course. Thanks to the MTV video Nazis, I couldn’t find that particular skit, but I’m glad it brought me back to a simpler time before the X-Games and the Tony Hawk Slamma Jamma or whatever it’s called.
Back when there wasn’t all of that manufactured x-tremeness, we had MTV Sports hosted by the indefatigable Dan Cortese. Winner of multiple Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Cable Ace awards, it was a show that helped all of Middle America realize just how uncool we were, what with our not wearing do-rags or lack of inline skating skillz. If you weren’t up on your hacky sack or your motocross polo, then Dan would give you a primer on how to be cool. Another of the niche sports he hipped us up to was Freestyle Frisbee.
I can’t even explain the craziness that goes on in Freestyle Frisbee – you’ll have to check it out yourself. Behold the greatness of Rick “Casio” Castaglia and Amy “Dude” Bekken:
An aside: what the fuck was going on in the early 90’s? Americans should be ashamed.
needs more hypercolor shirts.
Words fail.
It was cute when they called it a sport.
Clow where did you get the State on DVD or itunes?
Always a fan of David “Chill Man” Schiller myself. Also, how cool was Cortese to get to hang out with Nitro?
Season 1 (5 episodes) was only $4 last week on itunes. Not sure if it still is, tho.
It’s really a shame Tony injured himself in that rock-climbing fall. Tuna sandwiches are deadly.