{"id":14926,"date":"2014-07-21T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T21:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=14926"},"modified":"2014-07-24T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T18:12:49","slug":"local-satire-wright-thompsons-hat-given-spin-off-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/local-satire-wright-thompsons-hat-given-spin-off-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Satire: Wright Thompson’s Hat Given Spin-Off Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WTFNewsWider\"<\/a><\/span>This article originally appeared
\nin <\/em>The Local Voice #207. <\/em>
\nTo download a PDF of this issue, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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After receiving unexpected notoriety from appearing with Wright Thompson<\/strong> in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The Ghosts of Mississippi<\/em> and a brief cameo in Parts Unknown<\/em> starring Anthony Bourdain<\/strong>, Wright Thompson\u2019s hat will soon host its own daytime talk show. The show will focus on the latest trends in sports uniforms and interviewing prominent celebrity accessories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Executives at the Bristol, Connecticut-based sports empire made the announcement\u00a0on Monday\u00a0citing a huge surge in its popularity since it was first introduced to America.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEver since we first caught a glimpse of the fedora resting smartly on top of Wright\u2019s head, casting silent indignation at 1960s Mississippi, our ultimate desire has been to see more,\u201d said Ilan Ben-Hanan<\/strong>, Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"WrightThompsonHat_forCutout\"<\/a>The hat\u2019s show will resemble the typical format of a 30-minute show with a rundown of the latest sports and non-sports news, interviews with prominent sports personality\u2019s accessories, and wacky segments in which the hat pokes fun at viral videos of faux pas. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThink \u201879 Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2019 home jerseys,\u201d Ben-Hanan said with a grin. \u201cZoikeys!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Happier Days: Wright Thompson and his famed fedora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Although the move is being christened as the hat\u2019s \u201ccoming out party,\u201d some worry Thompson may be unable to step in front of the camera without his trusty sidekick. After first meeting in Little Havana while the journalist was searching for a former burnout boxer, the two struck up a relationship that would last for almost ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout that hat, there is no Wright Thomspon,\u201d the Southern Writer-in-Residence at ESPN said during an interview with a bartender at a dive in Charleston, SC. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll take another on the rocks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWright without his hat is like Stuart Scott without his droopy eye or Lou Holtz without his lisp. What will he do now, solely write articles? With that face and voice? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d -Dan Wessler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friends say Thompson will keep on ticking and might even make another highly-anticipated appearance on some- or really any- show that films in Oxford if given the chance, but it won\u2019t be the same. Dan Wessler<\/strong>, an Oxford transplant and long-time admirer of Thompson\u2019s work says it is essentially the end of an era.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWright without his hat is like Stuart Scott<\/strong> without his droopy eye or Lou Holtz<\/strong> without his lisp. What will he do now, solely write articles? With that face and voice? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

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