So just what is "the hook"?
-dh
The hook
S05E01 The MangoliveSep 20, 1993, 2:16 PM ET4 days later3 posts by 3 posters
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Fans discuss the meaning of 'the hook' reference from the episode, explaining it as a Vaudeville-era practice of removing performers and as a baseball metaphor for replacing ineffective pitchers.
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Being "pulled offstage" like they used to do to someone who was bombing in (I think) the Vaudeville days. It comes after "the tap".
It's also a baseball reference to what managers do to pitchers after they "lose their effectiveness."