During a segment on Wednesday’s edition of the Hochman and Crowder afternoon drive show on 560 WQAM, co-host Channing Crowder lost his tooth live on the air. Crowder, who was formerly a linebacker on the Miami Dolphins, was responding to a story told by executive producer Alejandro Solana about morning host Joe Rose meeting former quarterback Dan Marino. As Marino was trying to conceal his identity, Rose shouted that Marino was there and “booked it out.”
Crowder understood his sentiment, recalling that he and his family were at Universal Orlando and ended up running into former linebacker Zack Thomas. People seemingly recognized Crowder in the park, and he almost felt compelled to do to Thomas what Rose had done to Marino. As he explained that he wanted to say, “No, the hell with my autograph, that’s Zack Thomas,” one of his teeth fell out on camera and was quickly discerned by Solana. The tooth ended up falling on his foot massager in his remote studio.
“Crowder, did it not just pop out?,” Solana said. “He’s searching for it – he’s searching for it.”
Hochman asked his co-host what was going on with him, to which he replied that the people on the show were making him yell. From there, he confirmed that it was the same tooth that had fallen out two weeks ago while discussing Haley and Hanna Cavinder returning to the University of Miami women’s basketball team next season. Solana then conveyed that he observed Crowder trying to catch his tooth as it flew out, looking to pull it in so it would not be noticed on the show.
“What a weird affliction to have that your teeth keep popping out,” Hochman said.
“I tried to glue it myself,” Crowder replied. “I don’t think that Gorilla Glue did it.”
Hochman then advised Crowder to see a professional and articulated that he was excited to watch the video of him losing his tooth live on the air. Solana later mentioned that he may implement a sound effect whenever Crowder loses a tooth during the show.
“You remember Rick Ankiel, the pitcher? All of a sudden, he couldn’t throw a strike,” Hochman said. “If you’re a talk show host and your teeth just keep popping out, like that’s the yips.”
Hochman explained that he is usually looking at other things during the show and revealed that Solana was trying to get his attention earlier in the segment in such a manner that he thought Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had signed an extension. Conversely, he was trying to inform everyone on the show that Crowder had lost another one of his teeth.
“You were trying to forge ahead on whatever it is you were trying to tell us,” Solana said, “but I’m like, ‘No, bro. Let me interrupt you.’”
