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Smack-Off IV

April 10th, 1998

The fourth annual Smack-Off was won in a controversial decision by the show's call screener, Steve Carbone. Though California was still heavily represented, syndication continued to diversify the caller pool. In his debut performance, Sean the Cablinasian represented Houston with a fourth place finish.

Another debut performance didn't go as well. NFL quarterback Jim Harbaugh, a Baltimore Raven at the time, was invited based on his solid smack during interviews and calls to the show. Apparently his smack well ran dry on Good Friday and the resulting call lives in infamy:

Romey, it's good to be on the Smack-Off. I just want to say thanks for taking my call and uh, I'd like to wish everyone out there a happy holiday an uh, I don't really have a lot of smack to say today. It's a uh, holiday and a day of peace and harmony, kind of like Fuzzy and Tiger playing in The Masters. But uh, I want to wish everybody and their families a happy holiday, except for some of your clones that don't really have families and are behind on their child support payments like your boy Sean in Syracuse, tell that clone to get a life.

Rome's Response: "I'll try to do my best to cover that up, but I don't think I'll have a prayer. I will pray for you Jim. That was a good take, good take. The callers are not going to be kind."

Results for 1998

RANK	ORDER	HOUR	SEG	POS	RATING	VOTES	CALLER (AUDIO LINK)
dDNF	1	1	1	1	2.10	8	John in Syracuse
cUNR	2	1	1	2	3.25	4	Jeff on a Carphone in Phoenix
cUNR	3	1	2	1	2.83	4	Raider Mike
a3	4	1	2	2	3.39	17	Gino in San Antonio
cUNR	5	1	3	1	2.62	4	Dean in Huntington Beach
b10	6	1	4	1	3.42	20	Terrence in Sierra Madre
dDNF	7	1	4	2	2.26	5	Pointdexter in Houston
a7	8	2	1	1	2.72	7	Lisa in Green Bay
a4	9	2	2	1	3.54	39	Sean the Cablinasian
cUNR	10	2	2	2	2.77	9	Boston Phinn
cUNR	11	2	3	1	2.94	4	Jonathan in Syracuse
a6	12	2	3	2	3.74	45	Kerwin in Riverside
a9	13	2	4	1	3.46	30	Bobby in Brooklyn
dDNF	14	3	1	1	2.47	3	Efrem
cUNR	15	3	1	2	2.54	2	Julie in Portland
dDNF	16	3	1	3	2.59	3	Gabe in Stockton
dDNF	17	3	1	4	2.59	3	Aaron in Boise
cUNR	18	3	2	1	3.57	22	Greg in Vegas
cUNR	19	3	2	2	2.83	4	Manny in Oxnard
a8	20	3	3	1	3.13	6	Jeffrey E. DiTolla
cUNR	21	3	3	2	2.72	4	Silk in Huntington Beach
cUNR	22	3	4	1	2.29	53	Jim Harbaugh
dDNF	23	3	4	2	2.94	7	Irie Craig
cUNR	24	3	4	3	2.54	2	Scott in Hollywood
dDNF	25	3	4	4	2.34	3	Pete in Anchorage
a2	26	4	1	1	3.45	14	Iafrate
dDNF	27	4	2	1	2.64	6	Trapper in Dana Point
a5	28	4	2	2	3.36	10	Doc Mike DiTolla
a1	29	4	3	1	4.00	141	Steve Carbone

Did Not Call: A.J. in Tampa Bay Aaron the Parrot Boone in Pasadena Chad in Dove Canyon J.T. the Brick Jay in L.A. Jay in Youngstown Jim in Omaha Jim in San Diego Larry in Orlando Randy in Indianapolis Rich in Anaheim Hills Rob in Tampa Robin in Boulder Ron in Huntsville Ron in San Diego Rusty in Houston

Ancillary Audio: Rome breaks down the top 10 Steve discusses the big win

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