Football fans listening to a radio broadcast of Sunday’s preseason game between the San Diego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers got more than the usual color commentary in the final minutes of the game. Deadspin reports that when Chargers play-by-play announcer Josh Lewin commented on how many attendees had left San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium before the game was over, noting the expensive preseason ticket prices, longtime San Diego Chargers radio analyst Hank Bauer responded, naturally, with a Jewish joke.
Here’s how it went.
Lewin: There’s a personal seat license you gotta pay for, and I’d sit in it for a long time. A lot of these fans used that seat for about an hour today.
Bauer: But then again, you know how copper wire was invented. Someone dropped a penny between Josh and his family member.
Lewin: Okay, alright. We’ve got, let’s see, 30 seconds, mercifully, remaining in this game.
Bauer: I say that respectfully and endearingly, my partner.
Lewin: Love you too, buddy.
Classy stuff, Bauer. You can listen to the audio here.
Stephanie Butnick is the founder of GOLDA, a Jewish lifestyle newsletter. She hosted the Tablet podcast Unorthodox, co-authored The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between, and worked as a writer and editor at Tablet.
