Wow! Tom Arnold & Strahan scuffle on BDSports Show

[Solid D]

Tom Arnold sold out in his book and he is confronted by Chris, Rodney Peete, Rob Dibble and Michael Strahan and it was like reality TV. Real world bitterrness on exhibit and the show ends painfully. :wow

[Solid D]

I wonder if they will replay that. It was flat-out ugly.

[Pistons < Spurs]

I missed it


....you're supposed to tell us about this before it happens :depressed

[Guru of Nothing]

Did Strahan boink Roseanne?

[Solid D]

I just flipped it over to see if the Dallas Stars were going to be on and caught the last 10 minutes. I'm not sure if that was first run or not but it was brutally uncomfortable and Dibs and Peete had to jump on Tom and Michael to physically separate them. It looked like Strahan was either laying on the floor dinged up or at the least emotionally distraught.

[Solid D]

Since Tom was replaced on the show (by Dibble), he wrote a book and told a bunch of inside stuff about his friends just for the money. Very sad.

[Vingianx]

i got directv and it's on right now, though i don't know if its the same one getting replayed

[Vingianx]

well they just announced that tom arnold is coming out...i think it might be an early april fools or something

[Solid D]

It was real bitterness and confrontation. Tom is one sick guy.

[SenorSpur]

Since Tom was replaced on the show (by Dibble), he wrote a book and told a bunch of inside stuff about his friends just for the money. Very sad.

Anybody know why Tom was replaced and what kinds of things did he say in his book?

[Vingianx]

they announced during the break that tom arnold has a new tell-all book

[Solid D]

I'll wait so that some others can see it before I give too many more details but he said something disparaging about John Salley, Rodney Peete, Rob Dibble and Michael Strahan. He really was tripping big-time. They had him surrounded and on a hook twisting like a worm.

[gospurs21209]

I THINK THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE..... WHY THE HELL WOULD TOM ARNOLD STEP UP TO STRAHAN IF THIS WAS REAL..... WHAT AN IDIOT
:smokin :drunk

[Guru of Nothing]

If it's on FOX, it must be ...

[Solid D]

That show was as serious as a heart attack.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I'll have to watch one of the West Coast feeds...

[Vingianx]

it's on now on directv channel 628 they just announced that arnold has some explaining to do

[Vingianx]

tom is on talking about the book

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Seems normal so far...

Sleazy Rider, WTF?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Holy shit. This is pretty damn good...

[KEDA]

Im watching right now


this better be good!

[Vingianx]

lol, tom seems pretty nervous right now at the break

[KEDA]

Strahan dont look too happy

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

It doesn't look like a set-up at all.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Tom looks really scared...

[Vingianx]

hope this gets good

[KEDA]

Holy Shit!

[Vingianx]

looks like an april fools

[FreshPrince22]

Holy shit... Just saw it. That's crazy. It just faded out though. No explanation or anything.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Alright, no way Strahan hurts his shoulder like that.

I call BULLSHIT!

[Vingianx]

did they just cut it?

[KEDA]

WTF happened

I rewound it with DVR, but I didnt see what happened to Strahan

they locked up and they cut away

what else happened?

[Solid D]

How do you know he hurt his shoulder? They ended the show with Michael crawling on the floor sort of sobbing or acting hurt. It's hard to tell if he's just breaking down or what but it did not appear to be any kind of joke.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Nothing, but you can hear Strahan say, "Awwww, my shoulder. Fuckin' punk..."

Then they cut it...

Lemme rewind the TiVo for affirm...

[KEDA]

looked pretty damn serious to me

[KEDA]

I heard the fuckin punk comment

Arnold is lucky to be alive, Strahan would eat him alive

[KEDA]

now its a best of Best Damn

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Yep, just like I heard the first time. Shoulder.

[Solid D]

Ah, okay. I couldn't make out what he said.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

That was an act they made that whole thing up.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

No way Tom Arnold goes after Strahan IRL. Strahan would eat him alive...

[Vingianx]

that was a made up i think it'd take more than just shoving to hurt a big NFL player like that, i think arnold would have been smacked down if it were true

[Vingianx]

what a coincidence the book is named True Lies

[Solid D]

Well, I will tell you that the conversation leading up to the end was not fake emotions. Tom was jittery and shaking. He kept using the same lame excuse. "It's what I felt at the time".

[JamStone]

March 31st fools!!!

[ace3g]

they are going to have a rerun of it on fsn at 12:30 a.m. I am definitely going to watch it

[Vingianx]

probably going to do an april fools at midnight, anyways going over to another thread that seems to be an april fools joke....that is the bruce mad at tony thread lol

people are freaking out in that thread

[jochhejaam]

that was a made up i think it'd take more than just shoving to hurt a big NFL player like that, i think arnold would have been smacked down if it were true
Maybe they're trying to generate more interest in the book and all the guys get a cut of the proceeds...?

[Solid D]

I didn't get the impression Tom did anything other than brush Strahan's face but Dibble laid on top of Strahan with his weight and twisted him awkwardly down and away while he was still in the chair.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Everything was done well until the little skirmish part. If Strahan was really pissed, he would of tossed RD aside and tore TA to pieces...

[RealEstateDude]

Wait.. Tom Arnold, the little fat stubby guy from True Lies? Roseannes little beyotch Tom Arnold??? vs Michael SackMeister gap tooth Strahan?? One punch, lights out... Couldn't have missed much :blah

[Solid D]

This is an adult conversation Corso. :lol

[Tek_XX]

Haven't seen the show, but Arnold is a horrible actor, i think you could tell if he's faking an argument.

[Slinkyman]

funny prank i hope no one bought that. :lol

[Tek_XX]

I guess you pull the pranks on the 31st so some people won't suspect the prank.

[Tek_XX]

haha that was funny shit

[Dre_7]

Fake. That weak scuffle gave it away.

[DannyT]

ok well i had the pleasure of readin the thread like half a day before i could see the airing of best damn .....so when i finally did get to see it out here i was looking at everthing and it has to be plain as day that this was a fake set up 4 april fools day.....his actin was horrible and the pushin shit was wizzzzzzzack

[bdubya]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vj0WDCLLd-g&search=tom%20arnold

I'm not convinced.

[dimsah]

Profootballtalk.com







STRAHAN-ARNOLD FIGHT AN APRIL FOOL'S GAG














We've heard from several readers regarding a skirmish that broke out Friday on the set of FSN's The Best Mutherf--kin' Sports Show That Nobody Really Watches Anymore So How Do They Still Get "A" List Guests? On the show, Tom Arnold and Michael Strahan get into an argument that culminates in a Srpinger-style wrestling match. After the two are separated, Strahan complains of a shoulder injury.


When we first heard about the incident, we assumed that it was an April Fool's thing. But after watching the video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vj0WDCLLd-g&search=michael strahan), we're weren't so sure.


Vinny DiTrani of the Bergen Record reports that the stunt was indeed an April Fool's set up (http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMjAmZmdi ZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5MDgyMTEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZU VFeXk2). Per DiTrani, coach Tom Coughlin and G.M. Ernie Accorsi were given a head's up earlier in the week regarding the phony fracas.


As it turns out, Arnold is a far better actor than he previously has shown. And Strahan has a future in Hollywood, too. (If, of course, any casting directors are ever looking for an oversized black man with a slight lisp and bad teeth.)

[ace3g]

Link to Fight (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vj0WDCLLd-g)

[missmyzte]

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nfl/best-damn-sports-show-fight-164504.php


So if you missed Friday night’s episode of The Best Damn Sports Show (and how could you?), check about the above video. Tom Arnold and Michael Strahan get into kind of a little sissy chair fight. And Michael Strahan did not win. He’s on the ground making noises like he’s hurt, cursing at Arnold, who’s just sitting there, being sorta restrained by Rodney Peete. Strahan sounds like he’s in pain. I think Rob Dibble may have actually hurt him.

Now, I have somehow let myself get out of the loop when it comes to the politics and in-fighting on the set of the Best Damn Sports Show. But as a reader tells us, Tom Arnold left the show, he wrote a book published by Harper-Collins, and apparently some guys on the show didn’t like what he had to say in the book, and there was some beef.

And yes, I’m aware of the date on today’s calendar. There’s a very good chance that this was staged. I’ll make the case for both. First, the argument that it was real:

• Tom Arnold is shaking and looks visibly upset before the scuffle.
• I tend to doubt that Chris Rose, Rodney Peete, and Michael Strahan are that have that kind of acting capability. I’ve seen Strahan’s Right Guard commercial.
• The show didn’t come back on the air afterwards.
• Well, it just looks kinda real.

And now, the case that it was staged:

• It was the day before April Fools, and we all know how zany and madcap these guys can be.
• How does Michael Strahan left himself try to fight Tom Arnold? You set the NFL’s single season sack record, and you want a piece of Tom Arnold? Who’s next on your list, Paul from the Wonder Years?

I gotta tell ya, at this point, I’m leaning towards real. And I hope I’m right, because think of all the wonderful trash talk that could emerge from this that could be used against Michael Strahan. If you know any offensive linemen that play in the NFC East, please forward them this clip.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

One of the better done April fool's pranks that I've seen. Everyone played their roles well.

I think it would have been even more believable if Strahan had gone after Tom Arnold first.

[Spurologist]

Link to Fight (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vj0WDCLLd-g)

:lmao.

[koopa]

i don't know, it was way to set up IMO, they were already advertising this on monday and tuesday, they even showed tom talkin, and showed strahan saying i should get up and leave.

[itzsoweezee]

all of you are suckers

[Gerryatrics]

Finally saw it. That was lame.

[Solid D]

Rob Dibble and Chris Rose just talked about the "April Fool's" prank that Tom and Michael pulled. Then Tom came on and they showed a bunch of off-scenes stuff to explain the prank. The book was made up. Tom said he did crack a rib when Rodney got on him and pulled his arm. Rodney, Dibble didn't know. Chris Rose didn't know.

[Solid D]

Chris knew it was a joke by Tom but he didn't know Strahan was in on it and he didn't know there was going to be a scuffle. Chris thought it was a real scuffle.

Strahan thought everyone knew and thought the other guys really were doing a good job of acting.

[Solid D]

:lol That was pretty cool. Michael said all his friends were calling him saying they didn't sleep, they were so upset.

Serves Tom right for popping a rib on that prank. It got me...but at least it got the co-hosts too, so maybe I won't feel so pwn3d.

:shootme

[kris]

On the day before April 1 especially, you have to be really gullible to believe that was real. Aside from that if Michael Strahan was really going to fight Tom Arnold, he wouldn't try to slap his shirt sleeve, he would have picked up the chair and threw him into the audience.

For shame (some of you).

[Solid D]

On the day before April 1 especially, you have to be really gullible to believe that was real. Aside from that if Michael Strahan was really going to fight Tom Arnold, he wouldn't try to slap his shirt sleeve, he would have picked up the chair and threw him into the audience.

For shame (some of you).

I'm not impressed.

I will admit the prank worked on me and I can laugh about it, just as the co-hosts of the show were able to do.

[SenorSpur]

Kind of a dumb joke

[Tom_Foolery]

It was an APRIL FOOL'S joke. I'm watching it right now on replays.

You guys got FOOLED!!!

hahaha!

They're showing all these emails from viewers calling tom "Benedict Arnold" and accusing Chris of "purposely witholding info" about the book.


They did a pretty good job! Nice! Those guys are funny!

[Solid D]

See posts 69, 70 and 71. Caught the earlier show.

[DieMrBond]

Doing april fools jokes on the day before has become all the rage.

Major Example: Tool singer Maynard (an anti-conformity/religion kind of guy) quitting the band and finding jesus. HUGE uproar in the fan base... turns out, it was an alcoholic homeless man on the side of the road whos name was jesus that maynard had met. Freaked quite a few people out.

This tom thing was fairly well done, but i mean - who the hell is going to get hurt from the way they were 'hitting' each other? They were both still sitting down and for one guy to get injured? Especially a dude used to getting crushed by NFL players... They could of made it more believable - just ask Jerry Springer for some tips!