Allen Iverson Practice Rant Recreated à la Morgan Freeman in Frank Caliendo Video

It could be one of the oldest tricks in the book--take one quote from someone and say it with someone else's voice--but who cares? When you've got impersonator, Frank Caliendo, channeling the authoritative voice of Morgan Freeman as he reads Allen Iverson's almost-senseless "Practice Rant," who woudn't be amused?

Watch the video here and you can also read the transcript on Sports Grid.  

After reading LeBron James' "Coming Home" essay in the "voice of god" back in July 24, the comedian was back on ESPN's Mike & Mike on Thursday to inject Freeman into the 2002 rant by the Philadelphia 76ers legend. The hosts, Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, can only chuckle in the background, managing only to play the musical score of "The Shawshank Redemption" halfway through the piece.

He can do Jon Gruden and John Madden, but Morgan Freeman could be Caliendo's best impression, the Bleacher Report noted, with the YouTube video garnering more than 90,000 hits in no time and the previous footage, on the Cleveland Cavaliers returnee, grabbing media attention and more than 1.6 million views.

According to Vegas News, Caliendo is a comedian, actor and impressionist, who can blend observations, and anecdotal stories. Considered a veteran of televised comedy, he's been in "MADtv," "Hot in Cleveland," and his own series, "Frank TV" in 2007 and 2008. He has also been on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," and "The Tonight Show," among others.

Apart from the artist's skill, the rant has become legendary, the Washington Post said, explaining that it might not go away anytime soon. Iverson referenced to that in a Reebok commercial in March and his retirement speech, Washington Post recalled.

Here are a few lines from the infamous rant, as quoted by Sports Grid: "Man look, I hear you... it's funny to me too, I mean it's strange... it's strange to me too, but we're talking about practice man, we're not even talking about the game..." 

Caliendo had another bonus, added Bleacher Report. He read Jack Nicholson's A Few Good Men speech as Charles Barkley during his guesting on Mike and Mike. Watch it here.