Pardon The Interruption

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**Pardon The Interruption** (commonly abbreviated as PTI) is a show that airs on ESPN that discusses sports. It's been on the air for longer than most good pasta members have been alive. On the show, sportswriters Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser discuss what's popular in the sports world that day. In the beginning of each episode, Wilbon asks Kornheiser a question that is usually a setup for a punchline. The most famous example of this is the Do you enjoy pastries? disaster.

## Origins

The origins of PTI on good pasta go back to February 11 2021, when user Nazarino posted a video titled "pti--120920.mp4" with the caption "sports". The video is seven minutes long and features the December 9 2020 episode of PTI. However, the audio is simply a low bitrate version of Aphex Twin's "#1". The post has garnered three stars.

The PTI meme was taken to another level when, on March 24 2021, Nazarino posted her newest fentanyl video, i made this video while on fentanyl. In the video, a motif of Wilbon asking Tony "It's national pastry day, Tone! Do you enjoy pastries?" occurs throughout. This phrase was also taken from the December 9 2020 episode of PTI. At the end of the video, Wilbon asks the infamous phrase to Kornheiser, who he refers to as "Tone". Kornheiser then proceeds to sit still for two minutes, again with Aphex Twin's "#1" playing in the background, as a series of thoughts flood his brain. After these thoughts are over, Kornheiser returns to normal, and says "I'm Tony Kornheiser, you bet!", but he is cut off by Daft Punk's "Robot Rock". In actuality, he said "I used to wear them when I worked the pole!", which made many good pasta members confused.

PTI was further exploited for laughs when Nazarino posted a video titled "PTI SLIDESHOW !!!" on April 5 2021.

## Inferkit

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However, the PTI story would end in tragedy, when Kornheiser killed Wilbon with a chainsaw on May 30 2021.

In his defense, Wilbon was trying to strangle Kornheiser with the fishing line, Kornheiser was cooking a 2-pound lobster, and Wilbon was drinking two cans of Schlitz beer. At the end of the episode, Kornheiser took the lobster from the stove and grabbed Wilbon in an attempt to strangle him. The lobster was so cold that Wilbon was still conscious, but Kornheiser had wrapped a sock around his nose, and it snapped. Wilbon's body was found in his basement, but the video was taken down.

The death of Wilbon marked the downfall of good pasta's first iteration of the PTI meme. The three people left to deal with the fallout were a good pasta member named Paul who wrote the history of the Indonesian group called Param-6, and a good pasta member named Steve who works for the CBC.

Paul and Steve were not pleased with the death of their friend, and Paul named their post: "How terrible! He was my friend. No more good pasta." A picture of Wilbon on good pasta, without his face, followed by a caption that said "RIP WILBON", was added to the post. Paul also wrote a post with a picture of the Three Musketeers with a caption reading "Without you. The Party Never Ends."