Scott Van Pelt is Still a Fan of Dewey Beach
ESPN July 24th. 2008, 12:40pm
A reader notes that ESPN anchor and radio host Scott Van Pelt recently returned to the scene of his legendary voicemail incident, Dewey Beach, Delaware. For those of you unfamiliar with the chaotic beach town, it is only a mile long and a couple blocks wide, and has a Spring Break-feel throughout the summer, while fortunately lacking the bourgeois of the Hamptons and the cheese of the Jersey Shore.
I was down in Dewey Beach this past weekend and, although it’s the hang out for mostly college aged kids (I’m 29 myself), we ran into Scott Van Pelt. I felt like this would be a good tip for your b/c ESPN generally sucks but I found SVP to be an awesome dude. I have a picture with him but he was such a nice guy I would prefer not to send it. He was very approachable, very nice, and very gracious. I even offered to buy him a beer and he politely declined. This was all in spite of some people doing their best to be assholes to him. I happened to be in the same wings place as him on friday night and some little 18 year old punk started being an ass just b/c SVP was a semi-celebrity. The cops were even giving him shit trying to ticket him for jaywalking when everyone else around him was cool.
Obviously, our reader has left out the salient details – you know, the number of women who threw themselves at Van Pelt at Starboard (a friend once called it the ‘best bar in America’ because it’s so easy to score there), North Beach, Rusty Rudder and Bottle and Cock Cork.
31 Responses to “Scott Van Pelt is Still a Fan of Dewey Beach”
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July 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
yes, dude, yes (chick on poster), sure why not
July 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
those are some big titties on both of those girls. right one especially.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
left
July 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Jackfaces. sweet tits, though.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
North Beach is the place where i ran to a TV just seconds before Robert Horry of the Lakers drilled that classic 3 against the Queens in the postseason.
It was awesome.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
hey, its a roadtrip, so ALMOST anything goes….so, that means, “Yes, due, Yes”….LOL
July 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
but girls are onionheads, but they appear to have some big floppy fun bags. i’d box them things around.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
butbothJuly 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
My family always went to Rehoboth Beach, rarely been to Dewey.
I wasn’t here yesterday. Did Jesus quit?
July 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Iggy Jesus quit on you long ago.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
iggy, do you know the nickname for Rehoboth Beach?
July 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
what the hell are people hanging out in delaware for?
July 24th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Now that I am familiar with the town, I’d like to be familiar with the ‘legendary’ voicemail incident. Link me?
July 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Never heard of Dewey Beach before so Thx TBL, you just gave me and my friends our next Road Trip.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
@Deion: have you ever seen Swingers? it’s just like that.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Jewfaces. sweet tits, though.
/Fixed
July 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
SVP is one of the few ESPN personalities I’d like to meet.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
@ ReaderM
http://deadspin.com/sports/top/scott-van-pelt-has-a-way-with-the-ladies-192853.php
July 24th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
here ya go deion.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
What you call “cheese” at the Jersey Shore, I would call “character”.
Of course, I’m only speaking of Shore Points starting at Ventnor and South…AC is what it is…..and I can’t speak for North Jersey shore towns, which have more of a cheese reputation.
Delaware shore towns aren’t bad (esp. if you like upper middle class delaware girls), though Avalon, Sea Isle, and Stone Harbor are as good, if not better.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Thanks fellas. That is excellent stuff
July 24th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
How nice.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
TBL: No, but I can guess. And it’s not entirely like that.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Dewey Beach is one of the greatest places in the world, I am not shitting you. Starboard is kick ass and so is The Anchor. There is also a live band bar there that is just a stage and a couple bars (can’t remember the name WAY to wasted), go there on any holiday summer weekend and see GreenJenes play, you will have a great time let me tell you.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I have also been to Rehoboth Beach to go to some deli there… it is a nice town, I think the Dewey folk call it Re-hom-oth as in Re-homo-ith… but that is only the name I heard.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Ugg. These beaches are all such epic shit holes. I feel like I am breathing in STDs just walking along the street.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
“True Life: I Hang out on the Jersey Shore” — douchiest show ever.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I heard the VM and I must say smooth my man, but if you really want to score you need to take a course of Pat O’Brien 101.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I grew up about an hour from Dewey, in MD. I live and work in DC now but always make sure to go to Dewey at least 3-4 times a summer. Delaware sucks, but that place is money. TBL hit all the main spots except for The Lighthouse. North Beach on Tuesday nights is 1$ captain and anything drinks. Good times. I’m pretty sure there are beer pong tables at every bar in town. Sundays are solely for the Starboard. That place has more people at it at 11am than any surrounding place had the night before.
I’ve seen Van Pelt down there a couple times. He’s a cool dude. He doesn’t draw attention to himself and the girls there are easy enough anyways without the celeb status. I’m pretty sure this email refers to the a couple weekends ago when Dewey was hosting their annual “running of the bull.” Pretty funny stuff.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Yes.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
My one and only night of my life spent in Rehobeth was spent with a young lady that makes these two beasts look hot. I think she was spawned from two Hasidics. While we were doing the usual 5 AM backseat hanky panky she unveiled the smelliest, hairiest you know what I have ever encountered. Even if I had Viagra I would have lost wood. My car smelled like a dead body for two weeks. Thank God I threw her out before I blew lunch