Sal Governale Demands “Traction” From Fellow Staffer Jason Kaplan (2007)

[@bababue33]

Sal is the gift that keeps giving

[@ZITRO2NICE]

bababue33 just like herpes

[@peartfaldo]

hes a cutie too;-)

[@ALWTunes]

Hands down, this is one of the greatest Sal moments. I don’t know that he understands, even now, what was so funny about it.

[@meronamanuel802]

Tim told him right after in the hallway.

[@jgfunk]

4:41 "Traction all you want, I don't give a shit". One of the funniest lines on Stern ever.

[@zachbenson5653]

This is one of the greatest bits during this era: Howard, Robin, Fred, Artie, Richard, and of course Sal! If there was a top 100 moments in Stern history this should make the cut. This bit illustrates the brilliance of the show and the entire cast. It’s not the over-the-top antics the show is famous for. Instead Sal has yet another classic misunderstanding of the English language, leaving an opportunity for Howard to immediately pounce! The rest of the gang jumps right on board and away we go for 7 minutes of radio that is SO funny you’d swear it was scripted! Bravo!

[@miss.understood9817]

Howard being able to keep a straight face is brilliant and to not laugh even a little, even Robin cant hold it together, lmao

[@dalisman]

Yes you’re right that it was great....when he was able to. Plenty of moments that didn’t make this particular edit where he did break a bit 😆

[@Bryan_witha_Y]

Artie's laugh made this moment perfetto 😄

[@cuntymctwatburger1741]

Damn, they cut Artie out of all of these old clips

[@jerrodp9867]

Artie's laugh was hilarious. Stay sober Artie !

[@jeff7764]

Jerrod P they edited most of Artie out of this though- the fucking scumbags

[@kiakingofcars]

Didnt he die?

[@NumberOneGar]

Keep dreaming!

[@Wogsta100]

Sals impression on Howard was spot on 😂😂

[@tkondaks]

"Traction" is right up there with "Zero Point Zero" and "Spell Red."

[@hollystiener16]

Zero. point. zero. is awfully good too!

[@KillerFix24]

Tony Kondaks the “Battle of Wits” with Beetlejuice and Gary the Retard was one of the best bits ever.

[@georgepaez4377]

Tony Kondaks gosh I wish they would post the zero point zero.

[@JaredConnell]

Mack hine

[@barrymccockner6450]

L, E,S,T,R. Red

[@mysteryorc]

“Traction all you want, I don’t give a shit” 😂😂😂

[@nickwilliams3050]

lisa laughing behind him was so damn funny

[@daniellewis4640]

Maybe one of the best Stern moments ever

[@danromero]

It sucks that the visual of Artie got edited out of this so heavily, but it’s still an all-time classic.

[@gakabler]

I love this and remember it from when it happened. Sal still has no idea that the words "traction" and "retraction" are two different things!

[@SignorNessuno65]

Love Artie laughing!

[@Rschr101]

Shame they cut out his lines and only showed a small clip of him. Kept cutting to the same shot of Fred while it was clearly Artie laughing hysterically. Ruined the bit

[@viclagina347]

Miss him so much love Artie

[@CooterCoy]

That's all you will get. Artie has been nicely edited out of this clip.

[@A-Wall]

When he looks over at Artie thinking he's laughing in agreement lol

[@chitchat2752]

He said that wrong twice haha “A period trac, a dash traction” haha Hey Sal its A space traction haha

[@NFresco5]

I'm not sure you get the joke either.

[@LiquidDietPepsi]

CHIT CHAT its a retraction

[@INdifrnve]

“A dash traction!” Wtf does that even mean Bahahahaha

[@davidgeorge000]

A. A-traction. That's sal over stressing his brain trying to spell traction and sounding it out. Course I could be wrong. Sal's psychiatrist would have Sal committed within the first 5 min.

[@peterwieser4631]

Genius! This was Abbot & Costello ' Who's on First ' redux thanks to Howard, then Robin & a little Fred keeping Sal's malprop flowing in dizzying patterns.

[@MrCellardoor7]

Peter Wieser malapropism

[@LeshaAnn]

*malaprop

[@akw8372]

This is a masterpiece.

[@populousmass]

"Richard, you understand why this is funny of course right?" Richard: Yeah (looks around nervously)

[@ajdavis98775]

I love how Howard had to ask Richard do he understand the joke when clearly he was on point with it from the start.

[@CoopyKat]

I'm SOOOO disappointed, I wanted them to reveal to Sal that it's "REtraction" -- not "traction"

[@howardasternfan]

Lisa G is a tractive 😉

[@mmcmann9539]

A. tractive

[@Matthewhippy4]

I can watch this 1000 times, and still laugh so hard at traction, just like rush and roulette. Sal is completely shot!

[@rodgill9376]

And if you guys remember that Tim ruined this bit afterwards by explaining to Sal the right word and Howard was pissed.

[@Arizzonagreentea]

lmaooo this is a classic

[@BASE5NYC]

The entire crews best performance by far. Amazing.

[@dylan6366]

I just realized how prominent Artie is in this clip I really hope they bring him on soon

[@tylerk8357]

ARZAK he’s a lot more prominent but they edited him out of this clip.

[@scotlee1019]

A traction 😂

[@mattbernabe]

One of my favorite parts of this segment is Artie asking Richard if knows why this is funny. Assuming that he's a fucking idiot. Meanwhile, Sal is the one asking for "Traction."

[@TheCassiusMorrisShow]

Thanks for uploading - Need more from this era.

[@primetimeneon4886]

Traction now has no meaning to me . I think i heard it atleast 200 times.

[@blaketheparonite91]

One of the best radio bits of all time.

[@boozie773]

Man I really miss these days. I can’t believe it’s been 12 years.

[@viclagina347]

If there is a top 25 bits then sal would have at least 3 of them.... This would be top 10 of all time.

[@davidgeorge000]

Greatest Sal moment ever. Possibly the greatest show moment of all time.

[@kiakingofcars]

"And we'll never speak of this again" Replays it weekly

[@Jason2point0]

Something like 92 times the word "Traction" was used in this bit. Classic.

[@1985malibuexpress]

"Traction!" Too funny.

[@drmariopepper4354]

More classic clips please!

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Legend has it he's still looking for a traction

[@highwaytonctheaven5029]

Artie’s laugh 😂

[@tommclarty17]

This was a 10/10 and I’ll never want traction on that statement.

[@TheShachattack13]

Greatest Sal bit in the history of the show

[@Deezy415]

I don’t want a traction from you, I don’t want a traction from Richard 😂😂😂

[@hollystiener16]

By far the best thing ever!

[@Spanishdog17]

I love how on the Wrap Up Show you can see Gary waiting for Sal to say something dumb. He knew they were about to strike gold.

[@dallen33]

MIss the old Wrap Up Show!

[@jeff7764]

Donald Allen I miss everything about this era. The show is unlistenable now

[@kmatt420]

Donald Allen that statement is also valid without the words “wrap” and “up”.

[@HIGHPLAINSDRIFTER01]

Another classic bit from the best radio show ever! Sal is a dope lol

[@djguapo]

He really played some Rush And Roulette here...

[@jameson566]

This must be the first of these old clips where Artie is actually shown.

[@jankeyj1]

they never told him hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... genius level improv!

[@jimmybags6598]

6:08 love his howard impression

[@RealMrQuintis]

feeling that i watched this not long ago lol. always funny

[@dylan6366]

i always wondered if this was a put on by sal's part. i mean he doesnt once ask why everyones laughing but he keeps saying traction

[@Jojo-qb5sp]

Sal is 100% fake, he will go along with anything to get on the air.

[@mattorendorff8858]

ARZAK 90%of what comes out of sale mouth I think is a put on

[@hollystiener16]

He had no idea. Someone felt bad and ended up telling him either right after or the next day. They talked about it on air.

[@KellerCRD]

100 percent, at first he didn’t know but then when everyone was laughing when he kept saying it he realized it and went with it for the bit

[@cobhcdr]

its a bit for sure

[@E-__]

A dash traction.

[@jimwalker1063]

I forgot how wonderful this was.

[@alfrancisnh]

This is still gold

[@dam2k16]

Artie's disembodied laugh lmao

[@jasonlysne5725]

One of my all-time favorite Stern clips and they butchered it by editing out Artie

[@ericorourke7291]

Sal and Howard have to be the best actors. How in the hell did Howard keep a straight face in all this???

[@whelkshuffler]

Sal is the best by far.

[@alistairarchibald1312]

Sal is the best I fucking love that guy

[@justinmeneses9896]

Funny everytime I hear or see it!

[@Smart-Alex]

Wow, Jason was so thin!

[@piraterocks]

Alexander Acker might need to get a new pair of glasses

[@derekfobert]

With that stupid fucking non stop smile

[@blaked2127]

For a whale

[@CurvyTribune]

I still hate that fat fuck

[@limpfinger12]

I watch this clip frequently

[@sphagettie1488]

the minute he figured it out at the end was great

[@loveslakers126]

How was Sal ever a stock broker? So dumb.

[@chrisw5150]

Could you imagine trusting anything about money from him😂

[@cupsoup]

sal was heading pump n dumps lol. its shtick

[@wbenken7655]

“Pravailent”

[@sizzurpmp3]

I miss the Howard TV days.

[@davidgeorge000]

A period A dash traction. 🤔😂😂😅😆😁

[@maria7689]

Omg Artie’s laughter is too much

[@wiseal9063]

and he was a stock broker --unbelievable

[@angprt2]

No clue. They hire anyone

[@twincammikev]

All stock brokers are fuckin idiots... Its just even bigger idiots give them money..

[@ESerafini91]

The show was so good 😢

[@chrisw5150]

Wow!.... This is the first time I have seen Richie, he looks nothing like i imagined

[@Ringmaster138]

Sternshow--- why cut Artie out of the video? I get it that he's not on the show anymore but why make it seem like he was never there? Especially when you can hear him on the tape. Artie's reaction is why it's funny too.

[@davidgeorge000]

It's a matter of time that someone will knock Jason out! No one deserves it more.

[@MikeSmith-kd2ix]

Jason is the guy in everyone’s office that constantly stirs the pot of shit and never has to lick the spoon.

[@Chicomite]

What about the short clip after of Sal in the back, and I think Tim explains to him it's a retraction, and Howard starts busting Tim's balls for ruining the joke. The first time I heard this whole thing I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard.

[@riseofloganxlogan4230]

This is up there with who's on first classic! Legend goes Sal still hasn't got tracktion XD

[@Summerdontknowme]

‘’Traction all you want, I dont give a shit.’’

[@rollerg300]

Prelevant

[@PauliG]

Do you think anyone ever explainated to him what was so humorousical? I would have enjoyed seeing his responsitory.

[@artisaline]

If you look at the original video and you watch this video, they have cut Artie out as much as possible. I know you can hear his laugh, but if you go back and watch the original video he has a lot to say.

[@hawaiidispenser]

I demand satisfaction, sir, on this traction!

[@fcoll9123]

Never seen traction used so incorrectly

[@Rdfelic]

2:32 Artie's laugh

[@ll_Assassino_ll]

Sal is the best

[@cmno73]

Sal knew towards the end..he just kept it going

[@Hrithmus]

Kaplan is so skinny here hahah

[@myworms]

Hrithmus they had a weight loss competition around that time. I don’t remember if he or Benjy won.

[@comegetthathitter6935]

Sal just wanted traction...which he already had. lol

[@kimberlijones6982]

Traction!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tommywm24]

Richard felt so much more superior in this bit.

[@SpalDee]

So sad they cut Artie out :(

[@fridaymorning139]

This is like an episode of Seinfeld

[@theinsidetrack]

Outside of Sal being an idiot, the reason why this bit is so good is Artie’s laughter and comments. The fact that the show continues to edit him out of bits is despicable, especially considering his current situation. Do the guy a favor and at least include him on the “best of” segments. This bit is unwatchable without Artie.

[@MediaBuster]

This gave me a lot of traction.

[@anonymousmc7727]

I listened to this when it came out...driving down the road....it strange too see everybody..I’m still trying too get traction a.