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In the weekly Emergency 9 segment, Subpar hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz ask Bob Menery 9 burning questions that go beyond the game of golf.

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For anyone who’s ever watched a sporting event on TV and wondered, what would the broadcasters say if they could say whatever they wanted, Bob Menery wants you to know, he’s in the same boat. Menery has built a career and rabid following on his interpretation of the things the buttoned-up, silky smooth voices behind the microphones would say if they could speak to their mind’s content.

His raunchy, over-the-top highlight tapes of sports moments have earned him a social media following in the millions in addition to sponsorships with the likes of Buffalo Wild Wings. On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Menery told Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz about a different kind of passion project: bringing his comedy to real-time with live sports broadcasts.

“My whole goal is to build the first-ever R-rated sports broadcast,” Menery said. “When you go to watch the NFL, you’ve got one way to watch the NFL. People take the NFL very seriously. You’ve got [Joe] Buck and [Troy] Aikman, [Jim] Nantz and [Tony] Romo. Well, what happens if you don’t want to watch the traditional style of football?”

Menery’s point, of course, is that if you don’t want to watch the traditional style of sports broadcast, you’re out of luck. You can either turn the volume off or not watch at all. But Menery has got other ideas. In an ideal world, he envisions a new kind of sports broadcast that follows his persona’s uncouth, no-holds-barred style of humor.

“I can call a game, I think, just as good as any of those guys can with a little bit of preparation and work,” Menery said. “My idea was to have a rotating color commentator. I’d have Bob Menery and — I’m shooting really high here — Steph Curry, quarter one. Bob Menery and Pat McAfee, quarter two. So I’m calling the game, but it’s a podcast style.”

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And Menery’s twist on traditional sports broadcasting now has a realistic venue.

“The question becomes how do you do this? How are you going to be able to do that and use the NFL’s product?” he said. “Well, you go through Twitch. Twitch acquired the rights to Thursday Night Football. And you can do whatever you want on there, you can have your face on there.”

For now, Menery’s R-rated sports broadcast idea is limited to football, but ideally, he sees a future for the idea across every sport, including golf.

“So that’s the way I see it. I figure a way that you can go through Twitch,” he said. “For right now, you have to look at what you have access to. Twitch has the rights to Thursday Night Football, so for now, that’s my focus. And I’m going to be able to pull it off? Hopefully.”

To hear about the rest of Menery’s wild rise to stardom, including how he was discovered while playing in a Member-Guest tournament, watch the entire episode of Subpar below or subscribe on Apple Music HERE.

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Subpar’s Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz are joined by Bob Menery who breaks down his plans for the future, including an R-rated sports broadcast alternative.

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At this point, Bob Menery is no stranger to virality; the comedian and man with the “golden voice” has racked up over 2.5 million Instagram followers with his strikingly realistic sports broadcaster impressions. But success wasn’t always the case for Menery.

In this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Menery explains to hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz the origin story behind the video that jumpstarted his career as a social media sensation. 

According to Menery, the story began on the set of a friend’s music video, where he was an extra. During the shoot, Menery ended up sitting next to David Justin, a complete stranger at the time. Menery, who had practiced a faux sports broadcasting routine for years, began performing again when Justin pulled out his camera and started recording.

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“The next day, my phone was like ‘bling, bling, bling, bling’ and kept blowing up like crazy…and I had witnessed what it was like to go viral on the internet, which was very interesting,” he recalls.

While the video inarguably jump-stated Menerey’s career — the notification overload was a double-edged sword. Right as his phone began to explode, Menery was teeing up with his friend Don Stanley at Stanley’s Member-Guest, which featured a $2,500 buy-in.

“I was on my phone the whole time and [Stanley] was like ‘what are you doing on your phone the whole time?’” Menery said. “I was like ‘I don’t know Don, something’s happening. Something is happening right now. Don, I don’t know.'”

Menery, at Stanley’s request, eventually put his phone away and played 18 holes. His surprise when he returned? 316 missed phone calls from managers, agents, and newspapers.

Menery was an overnight sensation. Years later, his voice has become nearly as recognizable to sports fans as that of the broadcasters he imitates.

Menery’s succinct summary of what it was like to go THAT viral, that quickly?

“It was just weird.”

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Subpar’s Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz are joined by Bob Menery who details how he found out his first video went viral after finishing his round at a Member-Guest.

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On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Bob Menery joins former PGA Tour pro Colt Knost and his close friend and on course rival Drew Stoltz for an exclusive, in-studio, interview. The creator of the Zapped and Ripper Magoos podcasts talks playing in a Member-Guest the first day he went viral and his plans for creating an R-rated broadcast alternative for live sporting events.

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