Other contributing members on the show include Max (producer), Memes (social media), and Pug (production).
[1] In 2016, Apple named Pardon My Take one of the best podcasts of 2016,[2] and in 2017, The Big Lead ranked Katz and PFT Commenter as the number one sports media talents under 40.
[4] Longtime Barstool contributor Big Cat had been regularly communicating with PFT Commenter through Twitter prior to 2016 and the two teamed up to create Pardon My Take.
[6][7] Beginning in early March 2020, Pardon My Take began to be affected by the COVID-19 virus, as it is a podcast that revolves around current events in the sporting world.
To keep the show interesting and running 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), PFT Commenter and Big Cat implemented a new segment, usually at the end of the podcast, to review popular TV shows such as "Love Is Blind", documentaries such as "Tiger King" and "The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters", and movies such as the comedy sports film "The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicker".
Frequent guests include Ryan Whitney, Blake Bortles, Blake Griffin, Brooks Koepka, Mark Titus, Ryen Russillo, Chris Long, Mike Florio, Jerry O’Connell, Scott Van Pelt, Dan Haren, and Max Homa.
[10] In the August 27, 2024 episode, both songs were conspicuously absent, replaced by the PMT YouTube intro and outro music, and have not been heard on the podcast since.
On August 28, 2020, Big Cat introduced a Ping-Pong Ball Lottery Machine to the Pardon My Take studio, creating a popular new segment.
At the end of each show, hosts Big Cat and PFT Commenter, along with supporting staff members Billy Football, Jake Marsh, PMTMemes, Liam "Bubba" Crowley, Hank, and producer Max, would each guess a number between 1 and 100.
On November 8, 2023, Hank made history by being the first to guess correctly on the new lottery ball machine in the Chicago office.
On December 4, 2024, following a prior executive order from President Pug, PFT and Memes were mandated to choose each other's lottery numbers.
Meanwhile, Memes’ streak of misfortune continued, extending an impressive four-year drought without picking the correct lottery ball in either studio.
Blake of the Year (BOTY) is an annual competition put on by the PMT crew during the summer Takie Awards.
Since 2018, participants have been selected based on whether they display qualities that Big Cat and PFT Commenter believe are typical of people named Blake.
The timer would start at the moment of the host dialing and end once the Blake answered the call and spoke into the phone.
This year the competition expanded to include Brooks "Blake" Koepka who reported a debut response time of 7.90 seconds.
This year the participants field shrank back down to two Blakes after Brooks Koepka was suspended from play following his signing with the LIV tour.
The winner of the competition receives the honor of being the voice of the show's introduction, "It's Pardon My Take presented by Barstool Sports," for every episode of that upcoming year.