To celebrate our one year anniversary, the Mayor of Oklahoma City agreed to participate in a special Q & A with The Lost Ogle. Before you ask the questions, here are our answers:
• Yes, the mayor of Oklahoma City agreed to do a brief Q and A with a website called The Lost Ogle.
• Yes. This is real!
• Yes, he says things like “Athiest Leaettner” and “every day is Amy McRee day.”
• Yes, that sound you heard was Mike McCarville having a heart attack.
• Yes, this probably cripples the mayor’s chances to be Senator Cornett.
Even though his answers are not as thorough or in-depth as Chris Callahan’s, this is the probably best interview in Lost Ogle history. Granted, we’ve only done two of them, but who really cares. Read it after the jump.
Q: So, we are planning on this interview to appear during our special one-year anniversary week celebration. Which is stranger, we’ve lasted a year without being attacked or assaulted, or that the Mayor of Oklahoma City is doing an interview with a website called The Lost Ogle?
A: If people knew who you were and where you were, you would have been assaulted long ago.
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Q: You and Amy McRee had an epic battle in the Ogle Madness Elite 8. She basically pulled a Christian Leattner on you and hit a last second shot. How many times did you vote, and did you send Amy a congratulations proclamation?
A: First of all, you’ve got to learn to spell Laettner’s name correctly. Second of all, you’ve got to put someone on the ball. You can’t let Grant Hill just toss the ball down court, I don’t care if it’s Christian Laetner or Athiest Leaettner. I voted once. She was just too tough. As far as I am concerned, every day is Amy McRee day.
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Q: Which is more fun? Being the Mayor of Oklahoma City or playing pool with Jerry Park?
A: I never played pool with Jerry Park but once I got in the pool with Jerry Park. Use your imagination.
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Q: Which is more political? Being the Mayor of Oklahoma City or working in the TV media.
A: Politics is very political.
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Q: Right behind poker “bad beats” and fantasy football draft reviews, I think that hearing some dude talk about his ideas for our NBA team name is absolutely the worst conversation you can have. How often do people come up to you with annoying ideas?
A: It happens a lot but every once in a while, someone comes up with a good idea. That makes it all worthwhile.
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Q: I like Meteorologists or Pink Robots for future team nicknames What do you think of those?
A: Pink Robots is an awesome name. I like it. Old sportscasters still have nightmares about reasons their time got cut. Next to meteorologists, I can’t think of a worse name, unless it is Grass Fires.
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Q: Also, last year on my fantasy football team I drafted Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson thinking they would be a great combo. I did this even though Romo and Owens were on the board! That sucked! I actually think I finished 5th in my league and made the second round of my playoffs, but I would have gone farther if Marion Barber didn’t have a bad game. Would you have stuck with Barber and the tough match-up or would you have replaced him with Kevin Jones?
A: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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Q. New topic. We have heard rumors that there is Cardboard Mayor Mick on the prowl in Oklahoma City. When he’s done telling people to eat at the Bell, can he play with our friend Cardboard Jim?
A: Cardboard Mick would be honored.
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Q: Is it really possible to get skinny by eating 4 Taco Bell “fresco style” bean burritos at 2:00am every Saturday night?
A: Sure it is, but if you are eating four bean burritos, it is not your weight that you should be worried about.
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Q: Ever thought about promoting a light beer? They do have fewer calories than regular old beers.
A: Could I do a commercial with Boog Powell? He could say “Taste Great” and I could say “Less Filling.”
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Q: Set the record straight. What did you do that nearly cost the 89er’s a championship?
A: I plead the fifth.
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Q: To stay out of trouble, have you considered adding Aubrey McClendon, Clay Bennett and Tom Ward to your spam list? Also, what does David Stern’s email signature say?
A: I plead the sixth, seventh and eighth. I think it is something creative like “David.”
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Q: Who’s your favorite Lost Ogle editor. Me, Tony or Clark Matthews. I guess it should be noted that I voted for you a few years ago. They voted for that old guy who owned the book store.
A: Nuff said.
Truth be told, I couldn’t vote since I live in The Village, but I was planning on voting for that bookstore guy. It would have been the only vote I regretted.
Ha. This is great…
I think David Holt answered those questions.
You should have asked Mayor Mick about his first visit to 42nd street in New York as a young sportscaster.
This is great. I like Mayor Mick way even more now … and I thought he was doing a great job before.
Shouldn’t the first question be, “Do you miss the possibility of working with Amy McCree or Lauren Richardson? They are hotter than any broadcaster you worked with before. Even more so than Dean.”
Hey, sports fans…if you’re looking for a real local broadcasting legend to interview, I am available all day, every day. Or, perhaps I could translate while you interview Dad. “Bradford’s at the 40, the 35, the 47, cuts back to the 55, escapes from Selmon, passes to JT Thatcher at the 20, to the 25, past the 15, that’s number 15, grabs his jersey, he pitches to Blake Griffin, he gets loose! to the 10, 5, and out of bounds at the 31, 4th down Sooners will have to punt”
is the mayor’s hair real or a really bad toupee? doh!
Interesting factoid - Mayor Mick writes all the lyrics for Outkast.
You know guys, I’ve known Mick for a long time, back in the old Five Alive days, and well, he’s always been a consumate professional. He’s articulate, too, and this whole thing with the Sonics and Bennett and that Seattle situation is really something that I’ve been following for some time now. Guys, you probably don’t know this, but I’ve been doing the research and don’t be surprised if something big doesn’t happen soon. I was talking to Rosser the other day at Carson’s birthday party and we’ll let’s just say something’s going to happen in the next month or two. Also, don’t be surprised if the Yankees go a run here, because Kevin Garnett has been waiting for the opportunity to break out. Back after this.
Pretty certain Holt did not write these. He’s not that hip. And my guess is he’s scared about the image conjured up about his boss in a pool with Jerry.
i like the deanisms, dean’s fake laugh.
maybe something about bob knight next time?
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hmmm…I think I like Mayor Mick pretty well now
Can I be the next exclusive interviewee for the Lost Ogle staffers? Leave any messages here.
Thanks!
Dean’s Fake Laugh is a riot yet still an admitted imposter - the true, non-fake Dean’s Laugh would have given us an over/under percentage from Hookie the Bookie on the Sonics’ chances of playing in OKC this fall (presently running at 60%/40% in favor of OKC) - also, if it were the true Dean’s Laugh and not a fake one, it would have signed off with “Back in a flash…….”.
Your pal,
blend
p.s. I am all for fake ones in most instances….
Is Mayor Mick auditioning for one of those Subway Commercials in the above picture?
the responses reek of outside influence - holt’s not funny and mayor’s (hopefully) too busy ‘mayoring’. but great job on the interview to the secret parties on both sides. btw: i love the lost ogle - you’re the most promising new venture in okc. happy bday.
He was scared to go against Wanda Jo Stapleton ( who you guys rudely talked shit on) but had no problem talking to you guys. Says a lot. I think it’s pretty safe to say we are headed for dark times!
Steve Hunt lives!!!!! Steve, did you vote yes for any of the bonds yesterday?
Once again, this interview is 100% real. If you don’t believe it, ask the mayor.
Is the guy in the white and yellow shirt David Holt?
http://tinyurl.com/4sfeet
I know a few of the people in this picture. They are a bit on the douche bag side.
Mayor Mick is the coolest OKC mayor since Patience Latting.
Our friend Steve made the paper today — again with the dark times comments. Yep Dark times indeed. NBA coming, jobs growing at Tinker, Forbes calling us the most recession proof city in America, schools getting fixed, a mayor helping us eat better, but yet the kinko’s emperor Steve Hunt would rather bask in the glory of Grandma Stapleton. Tell me Steve, does she play D&D too?
Wasn’t David Holt the one that convinced Mayor Mick to give the Flaming Lips their own alley?
http://photos.newsok.com/show_image.php?tn=0&nuvc=0&p=52616e646f6d495676bac46969dc8c995dc77f1b5397e382
I hope he doesn’t spend too much time with these people. I know a few of them and they are douches
I voted yes on all but two.
Mick’s always been tight. I bet TheLostOgle.com is his homepage.
P.S. When will thelostogle become a publication to rival the gazette?