
In case you missed “Conan” on TBS last week, and judging by the ratings you probably did, Conan O’Brien caused a minor stir after he Tweeted the following message to his fellow Boston Red Sox fans:
“Remember, Red Sox fans, they still have to live in Tampa.”
And because we’ve already seen that no sports fans in Tampa can take a simple, harmless joke, local shock jock Mike “Cowhead” Calta once again rallied his legions of mouth-breathing, stay-at-home Nickelback fans and demanded that O’Brien issue an official apology on his TV show.
WHPT-FM afternoon drive host Mike “Cowhead” Calta got his fans involved too.
An explicit hashtag resulted — #F–kCoco — along with a campaign to harass, (I mean, remind) the TBS star into taking back his insult.
Calta posted tweets with the number for O’Brien’s offices and the personal cellphone of the show’s publicist, Drew Shane.
(Via TampaBay.com)
Surprisingly, O’Brien caved to Cowhead’s demands and issued a full apology on last Thursday’s show.
Calta has apparently issued a “demand” to O’Brien for an honest, sincere apology by tonight’s show, which he probably won’t get, but I’m very disappointed that O’Brien would even acknowledge this last-of-a-dead-breed radio “personality” in the first place. Then again, I suppose if Cowhead is a big enough attention-starved dick to give out the publicist’s personal phone number, then it warrants O’Brien unzipping for a little pissing match. Again, it’s not like “Conan” is really raking in the viewers either.
But if you really want to see the irony of a guy like Cowhead bitching about a joke about his city and claiming to be offended, look no further than his website, on which he features something called “Retarded News,” presented with a picture of a person with an intellectual disability. I’m not saying that I’m offended by something like that, but if he’s going to rain down the thunder of a few thousand of Hillsborough County’s finest, then it’s only fair that he be made aware of his own hypocritical insensitivity.
As for the city of Tampa and its fine, upstanding residents – it’s not exactly Paris, France. Hell, it’s not exactly Paris, Texas. Not to mention that the Rays actually play in St. Pete, which is a pretty nice city, but neither city really matters because it was a joke. People make fun of other cities all the time, so it’s ridiculous that the people of Tampa are pretending like they’re above sports rivalries. Ultimately, I guess most cities are simply lacking butt-hurt radio retreads who spend their free time talking sh*t to people on Twitter.
And I’ve included a sampling of Tampa’s finest residents and their HILARIOUS comebacks on the next page.


I feel like people who demand apologies for things might be the worst people. You should be able to say “I think he should apologize” or “I would apologize if I did that”, and that’s pretty much it.
I demand apologies all the time, Brandon. Now, I demand you apologize to me for calling the worst people.
A forced apology is always the most sincere
As an ex-resident of Tampa and still fan of all their times, I first have to express shock that enough people are watching Conan O’Brien for hi comments to be noticed. And asking for an apology is just bush league. If you are so ashamed to be living in Tampa that your feelings get hurt when someone makes a joke about it, then your you and your poor self esteem need to move to a bigger city. Besides, the correct retort to Coco’s joke should be “Ha Ha…thats funny. By the way, Scoreboard”
I have a friend who lives in Tampa. She says it’s a shithole.
Normally stuff like this just makes me sad, because I’ll never be able to communicate to these people how stupid they really are. But this article needs to go up on a pedestal because you absolutely tore them apart right to the core, and I loved every second of it.
Conan O’Brien from New York would have spent tonight’s episode dedicating 5 minutes of making fun of Tampa in his apology.
Coco from LA will spend 30 seconds apologizing and maybe crack a joke at his expense.
Conan needs to move back to New York.
Hey, I live in Tampa! I consider myself a Rays fan, a Bucs fan, and a Lightning fan if I gave a shit about hockey! But no, Cowhead is right. Conan should apologize. He should apologize for the fact that I live within a 3 mile radius of about 40 strip clubs, and for the fact that it’s literally a walk across Nebraska avenue to where I feel like I’m going to be mugged and stabbed.
Down with Conan! rabble rabble rabble
Also, Conan should apologize for the fact that I can’t listen to music on the radio on the way home from work, because I have to hear Cowhead’s unfunny show. Thank god for iPods.
Kenneth’s response pretty much sums up where I would have gone with another few hundred words. Like a young Andy Rooney: “And what the fuck happened to Ybor City? That place used to be the best spot for a white frat boy to vomit without being stabbed or pepper sprayed by horseback cops.”
At first, I was wondering what Batista from Dexter had to do with this, and why he was wearing that Batman t-shirt/jacket combo. Glad to have that cleared up.
As someone who lives in a shithole city, Houston. I laugh whenever someone takes the piss out of my city. Learn to take a goddamn joke people. I have also lived in Tampa and yes it is also a shithole.
In fairness, isn’t every city a shithole? I mean, that’s why we make fun of each other’s cities instead of sticking to strictly sports arguments.
Isn’t it sunny in Tampa? Could be worse, like Cleveland.
I live in Tampa, it has it’s nice parts but a lot of it is a shithole. Still, I refuse to let 2011 Conan speak ill of it. 1998 Conan, fine.