FDH Lounge Show #66: July 22, 2009

By Rick Morris

The night has arrived at long last! This week, THE FDH LOUNGE (Wednesdays, 7-10 PM EDT on SportsTalkNetwork.com) welcomes the second batch of inductees into the most prestigious institution in the world: The FDH Pantheon.

The premise could not be more simple: The FDH Academy of Arts & Sciences has been submitting ballots over the past few weeks in order to crown the best of the best in 16 different areas of life. On July 20, 2008, we welcomed our first group of inductees in the following categories:

BEST PRESIDENT: Ronald Reagan
BEST COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE U.S.: Canada
BEST MOTION PICTURE: The Godfather
BEST THESPIAN: Kevin Costner
BEST FEMALE BOMBSHELL: Raquel Welch
BEST MUSICAL PERFORMER/GROUP: Bon Jovi
BEST TV SHOW: All In the Family
BEST TV/MOVIE CARTOON CHARACTER: Bugs Bunny
BEST COMIC BOOK CHARACTER: Superman
BEST PRO WRESTLER: Ric Flair
BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER: Jim Brown
BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER: Michael Jordan
BEST RACE CAR DRIVER (FROM ANY CIRCUIT): Richard Petty
BEST HOCKEY PLAYER: Wayne Gretzky
BEST BASEBALL PITCHER: Nolan Ryan
BEST BASEBALL HITTER: Babe Ruth

Here's the 16 categories for our second Pantheon induction ceremony:

BEST PRO SPORTS COACH/MANAGER:
BEST SPORTING EVENT:
BEST FANTASY SPORT:
BEST OLYMPIC SPORT:
BEST SPORTS BROADCASTER (PLAY-BY-PLAY):
BEST SPORTS BROADCASTER (COLOR COMMENTATOR):
BEST SPORTS MOVIE:
BEST MOVIE VILLAIN:
BEST PRO WRESTLING MANAGER:
BEST VIDEO GAME (NON-SPORTS):
BEST MUSICAL GUILTY PLEASURE:
BEST NON-U.S. CITY:
BEST U.S. CITY:
BEST POLITICAL SCANDAL:
BEST SEINFELD EPISODE:
BEST TV COMMERCIAL CHARACTER:

We'll spend the entire show breaking down these categories in this order, with various FDH Lounge Dignitaries popping in at various times to discuss their votes and to break any ties that have arisen in the different categories. We'll also preview some categories for the third version of The Pantheon (which will be early in 2010 and not a full year away as this event is just too much fun to wait that long to reproduce again). "Best Mashup" will probably be a category and we have two early candidates here and here.

It’s going to be a great program and we hope you can be a part of our audience. As always, we urge you to watch the show live (or listen if you’re on dial-up), but if you can’t catch this as it’s happening, you can always catch the FDH archives 24-7 right here or catch us now on iTunes!