Hour 3: Max Fried Will Return This Weekend Against Boston

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
I just saw something, and I want to ask you, either one of you, but not you. You, Gallo.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:07)
I'm with you.

**Craig Carton** (0:07)
You're in my way.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:09)
He's in everyone's way all the time.

**Craig Carton** (0:10)
Rosenberg's in my way, just constantly.
If you had to say, this is an interesting one, because I just saw a story that I'm fascinated by a little bit. What's the best impression in the history of impressions?

**Gallo** (0:23)
Oh, I think you, I know the story you're talking about, too.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:25)
Oh, do you?

**Gallo** (0:26)
The best impression.

**Craig Carton** (0:27)
What do you think, when you think of like a great impression of someone, like, because I think one does stand out. I think it's a little cliched, but I think of all the great impressionists who've ever done impressions, and I'm sure there's a ton, you know, Bill Hader does a really good Al Pacino. Like, there's a bunch of them, but like the most popular, obvious, seen it a million times, especially if you're a sports fan, kind of giving it away. What do you think is the best impression of any sports figure in the history of impressions?

**Gallo** (0:57)
I mean, it's Frank Caliendo just doing anybody.

**Craig Carton** (0:59)
Well, Frank Caliendo, but doing specifically. What's the one that made Frank Caliendo?

**Gallo** (1:04)
Ah, all right, I know what story you're talking about, but I think it's Barclay. His Barclay person.

**Craig Carton** (1:09)
You think his Barclay is better than his John Madden? That's true. See, I think Frank Caliendo doing John Madden is the best impression.

**Gallo** (1:16)
The Turducken one is also very funny.

**Craig Carton** (1:18)
Just everything. And over here, like he just, I think he does an incredible job.

**Gallo** (1:23)
And his Jim Rome is great.

**Craig Carton** (1:24)
His Jim Rome is really good. Frank Caliendo is great.
He does a million of them great. His John Gruden is tremendous as well.

**Gallo** (1:32)
Actually, you know what?

**Craig Carton** (1:33)
John Gruden is great.

**Gallo** (1:34)
That's not the most famous. That's his best one.

**Craig Carton** (1:36)
It could be. But I think because of the popularity of it and everything, I do think the John Madden one is a quintessential impression. And I just saw a story that John Madden hated it. And John Madden wanted to sue Frank Caliendo. And apparently he called Charles Barkley, this is years ago now, obviously. But he called Charles Barkley looking for Charles Barkley to join the lawsuit with him and say, let's sue Frank Caliendo.
And Charles Barkley was like, no. He's like, I think it's like, you know, impersonation is the best form of flarties. Flart, flatt, blah, blah, blah, blah. There you go. There's, there's, um, what's the, what's the segment they do?
Idiots with Idiots. Yeah, there's a perfect one.

**Gallo** (2:21)
Ah, Evans. Listen on the way home.

**Craig Carton** (2:24)
Got it.

**Gallo** (2:24)
Get that.

**Craig Carton** (2:24)
Get that one. Um, but yeah, so Barclay didn't want to sue. He was flattered by it.
And I guess he ended up not getting sued, but Frank Caliendo is just starting to tell the story because Barclay is starting to tell the story. But for years, John Madden, and I thought every one of them were in good fun. I don't think he was ever mean or made fun of John Madden in any way. I was surprised and almost disappointed in a way to hear that John Madden hated that impression.

**Gallo** (2:54)
Also, just because I know for a fact, not for a fact, but we assumed John Madden is a fun loving guy, it always felt like he was cool.

**Craig Carton** (3:01)
No, yeah, that's like an anti-John Madden thing.

**Gallo** (3:04)
Yeah, and I loved it. I never thought he was making fun of anyone.

**Craig Carton** (3:08)
No, and I'm trying to think, John Madden sometimes made fun of himself a little bit. He did, isn't there a scene in Little Giants where he kind of does the telestration, kind of has fun with it a little bit?

**Gallo** (3:22)
Well, I think part of what made John Madden funny was also what made him great, was he pointed out the obvious, but to a fan that doesn't know the sport, that's what you want.

**Craig Carton** (3:31)
And I never thought he took himself that seriously.

**Gallo** (3:33)
No.

**Craig Carton** (3:33)
I'm bummed about that.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:34)
I gotta admit, that bummed me out.

**Gallo** (3:36)
And I always loved, maybe the one thing that he did take a shot at was when he would do the two of them together. It was Madden in, why am I-