MIKE AND THE MAD DOG REUNION SHOW, March 30th, 8 p.m. ET on MSG Plus, WFAN, and SiriusXM
Mike Francesa and Christopher Russo, the former WFAN sports-talk radio partners, reunite tonight for the first time in eight years at Radio City Music Hall to benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation.
The event will have raised more than $1 million before the doors open, with the hope for more to come in the form of donations during the show, which will be simulcast live on MSG Plus, WFAN and SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
Francesa and Russo will interview Mark Messier, Tom Coughlin, Bobby Valentine, Jeff Van Gundy and Joe Torre on stage, with the goal being to recreate some of the vibe of the old show.
“We’re going to give them vintage ‘Mike and the Mad Dog,’ ” Francesa said. “The show will open and you’ll hear Dog do that open and away we’ll go, and we’ll give them three hours of what we do . . . We want it to be a little uproarious and a little unpredictable, and I think that’s what it will be. It will be typical ‘Mike and the Mad Dog.’ ”