Mike and the Mad Dog

Mets catcher Mike Piazza called into Mike and the Mad Dog’s 10th anniversary show on Nov. 18, 1999.

Piazza talked about playing hurt against the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series a month earlier. But he also admitted to Mike Francesa that he had dyed his hair blonde.

“I guess I did,” he said. “It was that or getting a tattoo and I figured, well, my real hair will grow back.”

Bobby Valentine was one of the many guests who appeared on Mike and the Mad Dog’s 10th anniversary special on Nov. 18, 1999.

In the interview, the Mets manager at the time said he supports sports talk radio, but then jokingly took a shot at the WFAN hosts.

“It’s great … when you guys can have what you have to say on the air and have professionals commenting on it every day, and then every once in a while get guys who know a little about what we’re doing to come on it, too.”

Mike & the Mad Dog had a couple of Giant guests on their 10th anniversary special on Nov. 18, 1999.

Longtime Giants general manager George Young and defensive end Michael Strahan were among the sports figures who stopped by.

“I don’t know whether it’s nice to be here or not,” Young joked.

“Congratulations on 10 years. I’m surprised they kept you two on the air for that long,” Strahan said in jest.

Holy cow! Phil Rizzuto appeared on Mike and the Mad Dog’s show on June 16, 2003.

The Yankees Hall of Famer discussed his playing days and his broadcast career, which included proving the play-by-play commentary in Meat Loaf’s “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.”

“I had forgotten all about it (after recording the commentary),” Rizzuto told Mike and the Mad Dog. “About six months later, when the record came out, my son calls me. … He says, ‘Dad, you’re a rock star!’ And then he brought it home and played it about six times before I realized what was going on (in the song).”

After Chris “Mad Dog” Russo got married, Mike Francesa, John Minko and others offered a critique of the wedding.

The food didn’t draw rave reviews.

“I tell you, Dog, if a pizza man had stumbled in there, he’d never have to work again,” Francesa joked.

Mike and Chris interview Hall of Famer Bill Russell at the 10th anniversary of Mike & the Mad Dog on April 19, 1999.