Regular Segments
During the show, while not cutting in to add humorous comments or ironic insights, several feature segments took place, such as "Do You Care?" (in which the Sklar brothers inform you of extremely obscure facts related to the show they are watching) and "The Cheapies" (in which awards are granted for outrageous categories, such as "Most Uncomfortable Moment" and "Least Valuable Celebrity"). Many times, the Cheapies category names lend themselves to jokes based on a play-on-words, for example one episode featuring boxer Joe Frazier had a Cheapie award for "Best Knockout" that went not to Frazier as one might expect, but to the wife of one of the other contestants. Original sketches were also featured, offering comic insight to a topic that would come up during a program.
Some other regularly featured highlights include a "Breakdown" (in which ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury would comedically break down an athlete's performance in a previously hosted segment), "Do Not Lend Tapes to This Person" (which is usually a pre/post-commercial close-up shot of a poster featuring a notorious celebrity such as Vince McMahon or George W. Bush, athlete or fictional character such as Bigfoot or Freddy Krueger; a picture of the Sklars on the board was the series' final shot), "What to Look For" (in which the Sklar brothers point out certain happenings that they find ironic or personally amusing), "Cheap Shot of the Week" (which usually showcases an athlete featured earlier in the show at their worst), and "What Got Cut" (which shows the viewer at home what didn't make the cut due to time constraints, also an acknowledgment that the show once ran in hour-long episodes, rather than the latter half-hour).
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