It appears that 10 years later, Dan in Warwick really isn’t all that interested in the potential Giants-Giants meetup.
The famous WFAN caller, who stupefied former WFAN host Mike Francesa in 2014 by asking him if the New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants ever get together in honor of sharing the same name, instead acted as if the topic meant nothing to him in two bizarre spots with the station Monday.
His call came after Francesa, ex-football Giants Eli Manning and Shaun O’Hara, and current baseball Giants Logan Webb and Matt Chapman came together for a viral video spoofing the idea.
Dan first chatted with Sal Licata during the midday show, and in a bad omen, the interview began with him calling the boisterous hot-taker Evan, thinking he was speaking with Evan Roberts, and also mentioning how he did not have much time since he was leaving Vermont.
The WFAN caller acknowledged his call more than a decade ago being a prank, but did not know why his call had suddenly resurfaced since “I’m not on social media much.”
“You know why we’re calling you today, right?” Licata said.
“Nope,” Dan replied.
Licata then described the video, while Dan bizarrely mentioned how he heard it was a “pretty famous” call and mentioned an old cartoon of him featuring bleach and computers in the background.
“I’m not sure where we’re going with that, but this is what you get when you talk to Dan in Warwick,” Licata said while laughing during the final few words.
The talk then veered into how often Dan calls into the station, with the caller stating how he heard through the grapevine via his cousin that they wanted to talk to him.
The weird conversation ended in less than two minutes.
“I really don’t care to talk to Dan from Warwick,” Licata said, “and clearly he doesn’t seem interested at all.”
Licata’s show then played the clip of Francesa and Dan, before further driving home the point.
“…(Dan), who couldn’t seem less interested in social media fame, his newfound viral fame or even talking with us for a few seconds here,” Licata said. “I respect that, good for Dan, he had his prank 10 years ago, he did the job, and that’s that. He did what he had to do. One of the most famous calls, if not now the most famous prank call to the FAN and doesn’t care, God bless him.”
Licata then laughed while mentioning the ridiculous situation.
“Like we’re inconveniencing him,” Licata said. “Sorry, Dan, did not mean to inconvenience you on this day, but we do appreciate your time.”
Later in the day, during the afternoon drive with Shaun Morash and Tommy Lugauer filling in for Roberts and Tiki Barber, Dan had his second call-in.
Morash noted that Dan seemed “disinterested” earlier in the day and not as funny as one would expect for the person behind the epic prank.
Dan said he only learned of the situation amid his Vermont exit — he was there for work — and talked to Licata right before he showered, leaving him with little time to spare.
And then the interview got weird again.
Morash asked him if the video and attention made him feel as if he had the best prank call ever, and Dan coldly responded: “Not really, why?”
Dan noted how he’s not in the video while then asking if the hosts would be sending him money from the goof sketch.
Morash and Lugauer could not believe Dan’s reaction, with the latter trying to explain why he should be excited about the whole situation.
“I’m brilliant? Really, you’re calling me brilliant for that call? I was just trolling Mike Francesa,” Dan said. “I’m an eight-time consecutive class clown. I’m here for humor.”
The pair asked if perhaps the prankster was trolling them and Licata before, but he insisted that’s not the case before another sudden end to the call.
Lugauer then noted how Dan had called the station twice, not the inverse.
Said Morash: “I can’t believe he’s gone 0-for-2 on calls.”
