Since christening their relationship by doing numerous rounds of Amaretto shots in Gus Frerotte’s basement near the nation’s capital--an interaction later immortalized in Mike’s 1997 Sports Illustrated profile of the then-’Skins quarterback--these two football lifers and unabashed liberals have maintained an unbreakable bond while clowning all those who take themselves too seriously. With help from Gus’s wickedly funny wife, Annie, and their savvy son Gunnar, the 15-year NFL gunslinger engages Mike and Natalie in a laugh-filled conversation recorded on the glorious morning after Joe Biden was officially named the President-Elect of the United States.
During his 15-year career as an NFL quarterback, Gus Frerotte loved to let it fly--especially in the presence of a certain sports journalist who shared his left-wing political sensibilities and disdain for self-important coaches and players. In a celebratory conversation taped on the morning after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, Gus, his wife Annie and their son Gunnar join Mike and Natalie in recalling some of the most farcical moments of Donald Trump’s reign of error--and a whole lot of laugh-provoking moments that went down in one another’s presence. From the infamous Amaretto Incident that called Gus’s manhood into question, to the starvation diet he and Annie imposed on Gunnar’s younger brother before the Pop Warner season, to Natalie’s assault on a rival field hockey goalie’s heavily padded private parts, this joyride down memory lane is sweeter than almond-flavored liqueur.