1x11 The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee - Sports Night Episode Guide

Sports Night

- Episode 01x11

Episode: 01x11
Title: The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N-311
First Aired: Dec. 15, 1998

Season 1 » Episode #11 - The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

Sports Night - 01x11 The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

Summary: When Casey guest stars on "The View" and takes undue credit for his on-air wardrobe choices, he discovers that he knows very little about most of the staff that make up the show. Isaac does an editorial that puts him at odds with the corporation's president. The staff discusses potential Plays Of The Year.

Who appeared in this episode?

Monica Brazelton	played by Janel Moloney
Joy Behar	played by Joy Behar
Star Jones	played by Star Jones
Debbie Matenopoulos	played by Debbie Matenopoulos
Meredith Vieira	played by Meredith Vieira
Roland Shepard	played by Doyle Holmon

Episode Quotes

01x11 - The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

Season 1 / Episode 11: - The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

Isaac: Exaudio, Comperio, Conloquor. That's a Latin phrase that translates: To Listen, To Learn, To Speak. Those words are carved into the stone arches that form the entrance to the undergraduate library at Tennessee Western University. This afternoon, an extraordinary young man named Roland Shepard made what had to have been an excruciating decision. He said he wasn't playing football under a Confederate flag. Six of his teammates then chose not to let Shepard stand alone. And I choose to join them at this moment. In the history of the South, there's much to celebrate. And that flag is a desecration of all of it. It's a banner of hatred and seperatism. It's a banner of ignorance and violence and a war that pitted brother against brother, and to ask young black men and women, young Jewish men and women, Asians, Native Americans, to ask Americans to walk beneath its shadow is a humiliation of irreducible proportions. And we all know it. Tennessee Western has produced some outstanding alumni in the last hundred years. People of wisdom and vision. Strength and compassion. One of them is Luther Sachs. Luther Sachs owns Continental Corp, which owns the Continental Sports Channel, which you're watching right now. Luther Sachs is a generous alumni contributor to Tennessee Western with a considerable influence over its Chancellor, Davis Blake, and its Board of Trustees. Luther, you've got a phone call to make. You've got to call Chancellor Blake and tell him to take down that flag or he can stop looking for your checks in the mail. You've got to put these young men back in a classroom, and I mean pronto. These boys are gonna make you proud one day, Luther. I challenge you to do the right thing. Not an unreasonable request to make of a man whose alma mater declares Exaudio, Comperio, Conloquor. To Listen, To Learn, To Speak. In the meantime, God go with you, Roland Shepard and you six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee. God's not done with any of you yet.

Season 1 / Episode 11: - The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee

Isaac: Danny, I need to talk to you.
Dan Rydell: Good, cause I need to talk to you too. Who should go first?
Isaac: Since I don't really care what you have to say, I think it should be me.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: During Episode 1.11, there is reference to Bobby Knight 'redecorating' the Hoosier Dome. Bobby Knight was, at that time, head coach of Indiana University in Bloomington, which plays at Assembly Hall. The Hoosier Dome is located in Indianapolis and is home to the Indianapolis Colts during that time of year. While basketball has been played in the Dome, it very rarely hosts basketball games. (The Conceco Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers, has hosted games for universities in Indiana). At the time of broadcast (Winter 1998) it had been renamed the RCA Dome for almost five years.
FACT: The show within the show's web site is given as "www.csc/sportsnight.com" which is not a possible address. Possibly done on purpose to avoid registering and maintaining an actual site.
GEOG: Tupelo is not in Western Tennessee as stated in the show but instead is in Northern Mississippi.

TRIVIA

Casey and Dan read a list of the crew members to acknowledge their work on the show. All the names appear to be actual crew members, including: Janet Ashikaga, Editor; Maureen Gates, Wardrobe; Marie Del Prete, makeup artist; Linda D. Flowers, hair stylist.
A subplot of this episode is the team recognizing the support staff who help run the show. Many of the names they read (including the costumers mentioned earlier in the episode) are real crew members.