Episode guide
Cheap Seats: Season 1
26 episodes · premiered Feb 4, 2004
Cheap Seats, a new show hosted by Ron Parker, was slated for launch on ESPN Classic. But a horrible tragedy in the ESPN Tape Library derailed the smug sportscaster's career. Longtime tape librarians Randy and Jason were forced to take over. Like Brady for Bledsoe and Gehrig for Pip, Randy and Jason had just one, single-minded focus: Get the job done. And get it done funny. And get better haircuts. And clean up the tape library a little. The result: two guys with a lot of time on their hands and a lot of videotapes at their disposal.
- Episode 1: Mid South Wrestling 1980 Feb 4, 2004 · 30m Randy and Jason delve into the bygone era of Pro-Wrestling, when a pair of Speedos and a potbelly virtually guaranteed you a spot on the show. The Iron Sheik headlines the Main Event…
- Episode 2: Stanford-Cal: The 1982 Big Game Jan 1, 2004 · 30m Witness the startling similarities uncovered between the 1982 Stanford-Cal college football game featuring 'The Play' and the 1984 screen epic, 'Revenge of the Nerds.' John Elway and Ted…
- Episode 3: Wide World: Part 1 Jan 1, 2004 · 30m Globe-hop with legendary announcers Keith Jackson and Al Michaels in ABC's Wide World of Sports. It's Cliff Diving from Acapulco, Wrist-Wrestling from Petaluma and Ice Boat Racing from…
- Episode 4: Garvey/Bonilla Celebrity Night Jan 1, 2004 · 30m It's Steve Garvey's Celebrity Billfish Tournament and Bobby Bonilla's Celebrity Bowling Tournament. Find out which not-quite-Hall-of-Famer gets the bigger stars, and who abuses the term…
- Episode 5: 1997 Spelling Bee Jan 1, 2003 · 30m Check out the most memorable Bee in recent history as 13-year old Rebecca Sealfon takes the Spelling community by storm as she battles youngsters from across these United States for the…
- Episode 6: Roller Derby Apr 7, 2004 · 30m It’s the once-great sport of Roller Derby reduced to a place where divorced dads can bring their kids on the weekend and get drunk.
- Episode 7: 1978 World's Strongest Man Jan 1, 2004 · 30m It's the second ever World's Strongest Man competition. From Universal Studios, see events like the Girl Lift and the Tram Pull. Featuring NFL players, Olympic power lifters, and the…
- Episode 8: Superdogs! Superjocks Jan 1, 2004 · 30m Travel back to the Golden Age of 1994 when ESPN aired this most breathtaking of sports hybrids. Witness the searing drama when three former Olympic Gold medalists join forces with the…
- Episode 9: 1978 Superstars Feb 1, 2004 · 30m It's the event that inspired Battle of the Network Stars. Randy and Jason watch the biggest sports stars of their day—Steve Garvey, Deacon Jones, Dwight Stones, and Wayne Grimditch…
- Episode 10: Wide World, Part 2: Real Men Jan 1, 2004 · 30m What makes a real man? Cheap Seats turns to the Wide World of Sports archives in search of true masculinity. Is it the he-men of the 1971 World Weightlifting Championships? Is it Arnold…
- Episode 11: 1994 World Series of Poker Jan 1, 2004 · 30m Cheap Seats heads to Binion's Horseshoe in Vegas for the Silver Anniversary of the World Series of Poker. The competition heats up as the winner of this tournament takes home his weight in…
- Episode 12: 1979 Oilers vs Redwings Jun 24, 2004 · 30m Party Canadian-style as Cheap Seats features Wayne Gretzky's second NHL game ever and the first NHL game played in Edmonton. You'll also meet the man who Gretzky replaced in the starting…
- Episode 13: 1990 Dog Show-1990 Cheerleading Jul 8, 2004 · 30m Which bitch barks the loudest? You be the judge when our nation's finest canines go at it at the International Kennel Club of Chicago Dog Show and our nation's finest universities sic…
- Episode 14: Bowling-Running of the Bulls Jul 28, 2004 · 30m Bowling? Sure, have a few drinks. Running from a thousand pounds of angry bovine? You're probably better off with a Shirley Temple. Will the contestants in this episode agree?
- Episode 15: Wide World of Sports- Part 3 Aug 4, 2004 · 30m It makes perfect sense—horses speeding around tight curves… on a sheet of solid ice. Plus Jim McKay, doing his best Sherlock Holmes impression—tooling around England in a car older than he…
- Episode 16: 1995- Strongman-Ms. Galaxy Aug 19, 2004 · 30m Watch abstract events determine concrete titles. It's a show where successfully pulling a fire truck with a harness attached to your chest improves your chances of being deemed world's…
- Episode 17: NFL Billiards & Darts Aug 26, 2004 · 30m What happens when you try to spice up two sports that should only be played and never watched? You get NFL players teamed up with Billiards players they could swallow and a young Berman…
- Episode 18: Wide World of Sports- Part 4 Sep 2, 2004 · 30m In their 4th installment of this ABC Sports staple, Randy and Jason delve into the worlds of Lumberjacking and Cyclo Ball. Chopping, oiling, log rolling, and a little tree-climbing mixed…
- Episode 19: Putt-Putt Jan 1, 2004 · 30m "Putt-Putt" Would you believe that professional mini-golf players can make over a million dollars a year? If so, then you're gullible because they can't; although that doesn't stop them…
- Episode 20: 1973 Superstars Sep 23, 2004 · 30m Join the sports superstars of their day, and Joe Frazier, in chilly Rotonda, Florida, as they battle each other in such extreme sports as golf, bowling, and ping pong in a bid to be named…
- Episode 21: Bullriding-Lawn Mower Racing Sep 30, 2004 · 30m Just eight seconds to glory—that's all Luke Perry ever asked for. Take the bumpy ride with Randy and Jason at the George Paul Superstar Bullriding Classic. Then we bring it waaaaaaaay down…
- Episode 22: 1994 Spelling Bee Oct 21, 2004 · 30m They're young, they're awkward, they're geeky. In short, easy targets. So join us as we shamelessly take aim at some of the smartest kids in the world as they compete in the 1994 National…
- Episode 23: High School Cheerleading Oct 28, 2004 · 30m In this episode, the guys watch women compete in a sport that began as an activity to root on the men. Watch as high school students shake their pom poms in an effort to get the big trophy.
- Episode 24: ICW Wrestling Nov 4, 2004 · 30m Yeah, it's fake, but it's how they fake it that matters. Join a bunch of out-of-shape middle-aged men that include Dick "the Bulldog" Brower and "Tex" McKenzie as they struggle with body…
- Episode 25: Roller Derby 1986 Nov 11, 2004 · 30m It’s the once-great sport of Roller Derby reduced to a place where divorced dads can bring their kids on the weekend and get drunk. Join 110-year-old Ralphie Valladeras as he and the LA…
- Episode 26: Utilityman: The Quest for Cooperstown Aug 16, 2004 · 30m Randy and Jason Sklar, hosts of the ESPN Classic series "Cheap Seats" and die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fans, meet Jose Oquendo, the man they wish to see enshrined forever among baseball's…