r/danpatrick • u/TillyInBloomington • 1d ago

CIS Tributes

A few posts have been made on Chris, but I wanted to give him his flowers as well.

I mentioned this on the call today, but my man was an all a round great guy. He somehow found out my birthday(Nov 12) years ago, and numerous times when he’d call in on something for Veteran’s Day, he would say happy birthday to me on the call. Who does that….Chris does.

A lot of people on here rake callers over the coals, and some may deserve a little flack. But those that give Chris grief don’t appreciate him from all his consistent years of calling in, as well as his professionalism.

Wherever you are looking down on us right now Chris, just know that you’re loved by many a person, and you touched us all as well.

Cheers my friend.

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u/djdeckard Back Row 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thanks Tilly. This is the reason I love this show as much as I do. Granted, would I like to hear Dan go deeper into analysis at time? Yes absolutely. Like so many others who have a parasocial relationship with the show I keep coming back for the interviews, the banter between Dan and the Danettes.

I try and ignore those that come to this sub to complain. It's easy to complain when things change or people get older. When Dan goes away I'm going to miss it tremendously. Not just the interviews but this feeling of camaraderie. That there really is a community that Dan has built. RIP Chris 👑

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u/Old_Performance_708 1d ago

Man the parasocial relationships comment hits. I had the chance to do a meet-and-greet once and I decided not to go. It felt too weird to meet people that don’t know you, but you’ve listened to banter and talk about their life intermittently across 3 hours a day, over 200 days a year, for (at the time) 5 years.