GRENDEL
GRENDEL DAY. BUT FIRST WEISE WANT TO START
WITH AN EXTRA SPECIAL SMART
FLASHBACK FROM ANDY.
>> Reporter: I HAVE BEEN AT
KARE FOR 36+ YEARS, 29 IN
SPORTS.
SPORTS.
SPORTS. WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO LOOK
BACK I DO IT WITH ANTICIPATION
AND A LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION.
TONIGHT, WE GO BACK 23 YEARS TO
A SHOW CALLED THE SHAVER SPORTS
EXTRA.
EXTRA.
EXTRA. IT
EXTRA. IT WAS A FUN SHOW FOR ME
BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF IN-DEPTH
INTERVIEWS AND LONGFORM
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. AND A WARNING, MY HAIR WAS
PERFECT, BUT MY CLOTHING
CHOICES WERE DEFINITELY
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS.
SUSPECTS. >> Reporter: I DO NOT THINK I
WOULD HAVE GONE INTO SPORTS
BROADCASTING IF IT WASN'T FOR
HIM I STUDIED HIS WORK AND
THOUGHT IF THIS GUY HAS A JOB
THERE IS HOPE FOR ALMOST
ANYBODY.
ANYBODY.
ANYBODY. >> FROM KARE 11 SPORTS IT IS
TIME FOR THE RANDY SHAVER
SPORTS EXTRA.
SPORTS EXTRA. >> HI EVERYBODY WELCOME BACK TO
THE SHOW, YOU'RE JUST IN TIME.
I AM GETTING READY TO WALK IN
HERE AND KICK SOME WALLY BALL
BUT.
BUT.
BUT. >>
BUT. >> ARE YOU COMING TO PLAY OR
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? >>
WHAT? >> GUESS IT IS TIME TO PLAY.
>> FOR OVER TWO YEARS THE
MINNESOTA SPORTS WORLD WAS OUR
OYSTER.
OYSTER.
OYSTER. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 WE
FEATURED EVERYBODY FROM A
PHENOM TWO-YEAR-OLD GOLFER TO
MINNESOTA'S FIRST EVER MR.
BASKETBALL.
BASKETBALL. TWO FRIENDLY LLAMA CADDIES, TO
DINNER WITH THE SCHAEFFER'S.
ALAN WALLY, HOCKEY ROYALTY AND
SADLY NO RELATION.
I INTERVIEWED THE SPORTS NEWS
ANCHORS OF THE TIME LIKE ARNOLD
PALMER BEFORE HE BUILT THE TPC.
KEVIN McHALE.
KEVIN McHALE. KEVIN GARNET, WARREN MOON, TOM
LEHMAN.
LEHMAN.
LEHMAN. EVEN THE VOICE OF THE WALLS
KEVIN HARLAND WHO MADE THE JUMP
TO NATIONAL TV AND WE DID THE
INTERVIEW AND AN AIRPORT MOTEL.
>> I AM FLYING FROM THE FIRST
OF NOVEMBER WHEN THE SEASON
BEGINS THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS
ALMOST EVERY DAY.
IN FACT, I CAN PROBABLY COUNT
ON THE LAST
>> IN FACT THERE IS YOUR PLANE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> MISSED IT AGAIN.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] HOW IS THAT FOR
TIMING?
TIMING?
TIMING? >> YOU GUYS ARE SHARP AT
CHANNEL 11.
CHANNEL 11. GOOD TIME, PLANES, SIDE
EFFECTS, BRING THE DRAMA TO THE
FLOOR.
FLOOR.
FLOOR. >>
FLOOR. >> TO THE LATE, GREAT, KIRBY
PUCKETT A YEAR AFTER HE RETIRED
AND SHORTLY AFTER HE PERSONALLY
SIGNED 15,000 BASEBALL CARDS
FOR KIRBY PUCKETT WEEKEND.
>> I DON'T MIND SIGNING THEM
FOR PEOPLE OUR THOUGHT THAT
BEING OVER 13, 14 YEARS
EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE ONE.
I KNOW I SIGNED FOR AT LEAST
ONE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT I GUESS I LEFT SOME PEOPLE
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. EVERY PLACE I GO I DON'T MIND.
IF THE TIME IS RIGHT AND IT'S
NOT A BIG DEAL OF COURSE I
SIGHED.
SIGHED.
SIGHED. >> EVERYTHING I AM FOR HE IS
AGAINST, EVERYTHING I'M AGAINST
HE IS FOR.
>> WE ALSO PROFILED THE
HARTMAN'S.
HARTMAN'S. BACK THEN CHAD WAS A BLENDING
BUDDING PLAY-BY-PLAY
BUDDING PLAY-BY-PLAY BROADCASTER FOR THE
TIMBERWOLVES AND SAID WAS WELL,
SAID, THE 76-YEAR-OLD WAS THE
MOST RECOGNIZABLE SPORTS FIGURE
IN MINNESOTA.
IN MINNESOTA. AND HE STILL IS.
SID IS NOW 99 YEARS OLD, BUT
STILL GOES TO WORK ALMOST EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. HIS
DAY. HIS SPORTS COLUMN IN THE STARCH
RIB IS IN ITS 74th YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT CHAD SAID ABOUT
DEAD IN 1996.
>> I WOULD WRITE ABOUT HIM IF
HE STOPPED WORKING.
>> JUST LAST WEEK --
>> LISTEN IF HE EVER STOPPED
WORKING THAT IS WHEN I WOULD
WORRY ABOUT HIM MORE.
>> AMAZING, THE TWO WERE
REGULARS ON THE SHAVER SPORTS
EXTRA GIVING THEIR OPINIONS ON
MINNESOTA'S UP AND DOWNS SPORTS
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. WE
SCENE. WE TAPE THEIR SECOND SEGMENTS
FROM MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS,
ONE THING WAS THE SAME, THEY
RARELY AGREED.
RARELY AGREED. >> IT WAS FUN BECAUSE PART OF
WHAT I REMEMBER IS YOU BEING
THE REFEREE AT TIMES AND WE
WENT AT IT PRETTY GOOD.
>> I AGREE OR I DISAGREE WITH
CHAD.
CHAD.
CHAD. >>
CHAD. >> YOU SAID THE OTHER NIGHT
THEY CAN GET THE SECOND OR
THIRD PICK IN THE LOTTERY.
>> I JUST WANT TO TEST YOU
BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN RIGHT
IN MY LIFE.
IT IS A WONDER I HAVE HAD ANY
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. >> IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF
YOU ARE ONE OF THE TEAMS.
>> I DID PRETTY GOOD AS A
GENERAL MANAGER.
GENERAL MANAGER. >> HAD ONE THE GREATEST LINES
OF ALL TIME ABOUT ONE OF HIS
TIES.
TIES.
TIES. >>
TIES. >> WHAT DID I SAY?
>> CHAD WHAT ABOUT SAINT TY?
>> HE LIKES TO SHOP AT A LOT OF
PLACES YOU CAN ALSO GET YOUR
OIL CHANGED.
OIL CHANGED. IS KIND OF A TWO FOR ONE THING.
>> IT IS AMAZING I HAD ANY
SUCCESS IN MY LIFE YOU KNOW?
>> THE BANTER BETWEEN THE TWO
WAS PRICELESS BUT TIME, AS YOU
MIGHT EXPECT, HAS TAMED THE
TEASING.
TEASING.
TEASING. >> I DO NOT NEEDLE HIM QUITE AS
MUCH NOW, I DO NOT THINK IT IS
THE TIME NOW.
AS OPINIONATED AS HE IS, AND AS
FUN AS THE JOUSTING, HE IS 99.
BUT CAN WE STILL NEEDLE EACH
OTHER A LITTLE BIT?
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO REST
AND RELAX AT THAT POINT, THOSE
ARE TWO THINGS HE DOESN'T KNOW
VERY WELL.
VERY WELL. BUT YET IT IS PRETTY UNIQUE
WHEN YOU CAN BE IN A TOWN AND,
I DO NOT WHAT NO, AND 5% KNOW
WHO YOU ARE AND THEY KNOW YOU
BY ONE NAME.
>> WAS SID AND CHAD WERE
NORMALLY SPOT ON WHEN IT CAME
TO ANALYZING THE LOCAL SPORTS
SCENE I STRUGGLED AT TIMES JUST
SPITTING OUT INTROS.
>> IN FACT YOU HAVE A DEVICE
THAT WILL KEEP YOUR PUTTER ON
PATH.
PATH.
PATH. >>
PATH. >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> AND, PARTICIPATING WITH OUR
SPORTS SUBJECTS WHICH,
INEVITABLY, FOUND ITS WAY INTO
THE END OF THE SHOW PEOPLE
REAL.
REAL.
REAL. >>
REAL. >> RACK THEM UP POOL BOY.
>> WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, TOM
CRUISE?
CRUISE?
CRUISE? >> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MICCO
FOR HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLER BILLY
PIERCE.
PIERCE.
PIERCE. >> HI EVERYBODY.
>> GIVE ME A BREAK.
>> I CANNOT TAKE YOU AS A
SERIOUS ACTOR, I JUST CAN'T.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE READY TO PASS
OUT, THEY NEED THIS FAT BURN TO
MEET IN THERE.
>>
>> I
>> I HAVE
>> I HAVE TO GO LIKE THIS -- >> RON HAVE YOU EVER GONE OUT
ON THE LAKE AND FISH NAKED?
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD,
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO
SAY PART-TIME JOB.
>> YOU KNOW, STICK TO THE
SCRIPT.
SCRIPT.
SCRIPT. >> AND 39.
>> THIS IS MY SHOWN SHOW, DO
NOT BE SKATING CIRCLES AROUND
ME.
ME.
ME. >>
ME. >> MAN, THIS GUY HAS AN EGO.
>> PEOPLE DRIVING BY ARE GOING
TO THINK WHAT THE ?
>> JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE CARE
OF THE CAMERA.
>> HIS PARENTS TRIED TO TELL
HER NOT TO PLAY -- GOLLY BLAKE
YOU ARE ALMOST THERE.
>> THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS I
AM EVER GOING TO GET TO SCORING
THE GAME-WINNING --
>>
>> QUIET
>> QUIET UNTIL RANDY STARTS AND THEN YOU CAN BABBLE.
>>
>> I
>> I HAVE
>> I HAVE TO BE AT THE GAME AT SEVEN.
SEVEN.
SEVEN. >>
SEVEN. >> SOUNDS LIKE HE SHOWS HIS
BEST STUFF OFF THE AIR.
>> I AM NOT CONVINCED THIS ONE
IS OFF THE AIR.
>> ARE YOU READY TO GO THERE
GENIUS?
GENIUS?
GENIUS? >> AS SOON AS YOU SHUT UP, WE
WILL START.
WILL START. >> WILL HAVE A NEW PRODUCER BY
THEN.
THEN.
THEN. IN
IN
IN >>
IN >> EVEN MY BOYS, SUPER YOUNG AT
THE TIME MADE THE SHOW.
>> IS THIS ON?
>> ROBBIE HOW ARE YOU DOING?
YOU SMILE AT THE CAMERA.
>> MIGHT MY DAD IS TRYING TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
DAD, STOP IT I DIDN'T SAY.
>> FROM KARE 11 SPORTS IT IS
TIME FOR THE RANDY SHAVER
SPORTS EXTRA.
>>
>> THAT
>> THAT WAS FUN. THAT IS RYAN, RYAN WILL BE 30
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. >> AND OF COURSE THIS YEAR AT
KARE 11 AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL
JOUSTING.