There's a parade coming.
I finally gave up early before the festivities when some bizarre KRON reporter showed his Mad Bum underwear to always-reliable-giddy, Priestess herself, Darya Folsom.
Darya to reporter: "Hey, you're wearing my underwear!" --
Some things are best unsaid. I'll leave that for you.
It's hard to crash parades particularly when you're dealing with a catch-22 equation. How dare YOU rip our Giants! Well, I like the Giants. It's our noble media mavens who should take a step back, like...
*KTVU: I mean, for god's sake, you've certainly cemented yourself. When normal people goin' nuts in the orange and black booster club complain, you know something's wrong. I'll say it again with an addition: I can't find fault with KTVU slobbering over itself; after all, it aired the World Series and covered the obligatory Giants/fan/SF Bay region orgasm; all within the realm of conducting business and making money, and that's what it's all about, M.O.N.E.Y.
That being said, like a lot of you, I was sickened by anchors wearing orange ties and alleged reporters acting like the lunatic fringe. Do your job. OK, have fun too, but try to report, not succumb to the Darya card.
*Gary Radnich on KNBR: Radnich was by himself on Knibber this morning and was good. He's always good when he's alone. He didn't tow the line; he explained that indeed the Giants, their fans, all of you, Bay Area, have it good. But don't get too nuts and show a little deference --I'm slightly paraphrasing but it all sounded good. Moreover, it was a welcome respite from the sound and fury of his sidecars. When Radnich is by himself and devoid of the platoon, he can be Retro Radnich, which is both entertaining and refreshing.
*Check back for updates --maybe, maybe not. Depends on my mood.
UPDATE 1: Little Kid screws with KTVU, (Caution, profanity and X-Rated).
UPDATE 1: Little Kid screws with KTVU, (Caution, profanity and X-Rated).
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Something I've noticed on KTVU as of late. Since the new owner took over, the news readers especially in the morning are now all "Chatty" with each other trying to show I guess they have a personality. KTVU, just present the news in a professional manner, without the "Fake" chat.
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DeleteKRON in the morning is far more insufferable, for one obvious reason...
> KTVU, just present the news in a professional manner, without the
Delete> "Fake" chat.
Remember the days of Dennis Richmond? Guy barely ever raised an eyebrow, just read the news.
That's the way it should be. While I like Frank Somerville personally, I can't stand it when, after a sad story, say, he makes a sad face to the camera and says something like, "What a shame," or, "You have to really feel for that person." I'll decide if i'm sad; I don't like it when anchors do it for me.
The greatest anchor of them all only showed emotion twice on the air--when JFK died and when the astronauts landed on the moon. I'll leave it to you to discern who that anchor was. "...And that's the way it is."
Speaking of parades, when is he Stan-pede due?
ReplyDeleteThat Radnich I tell you, did you see the way he blinked his left eye 6 times in a minute and his right eye 9 times in that same minute on KRON last night....he was obviously fucking with Pam Moore!
DeleteAnd and he only had 4 fingers on his right hand and five fingers on his left hand!....I think he gave Pam the finger live on air!
Bravo 12:10, the essence of Stan.
DeleteWho's Stan? The old racist-retard who holds himself while blogging in the basement with the curtains closed?
DeleteYeah, that's the guy but he's not that old.
Deletewow- three posts within 10 minutes apart. What are the odds? Its usually impossible to do that by different people.
DeleteMy Parade observations: ch2 is best, none of the local sports anchors are actually at the parade.Why not?
And Darya says to the Radnich observation KRON is hiring tall guys? "Tripods". She also said that she wore the same Pence pantys 6 days in a row..hmm.
And Radnich put down Martie Lurie by saying the Giant org was afraid he would want to speak..so they told him to do the parade in his own car...minus a microphone of course.
What a good friend Raddy is.
Speaking of claw hands. Did you all read that Jose Canseco shot his left middle finger off while cleaning one of his guns? It'd be interesting to see him and the bloated one shake hands.
DeleteIt's pathetic that this blog prints comments like @1:27 which attempts to ridicule someone because of a birth defect.
DeleteLooks like Stan doesn't know how to tell time any better than he can think or write or do math.
DeleteStan, ask your mom to explain what 10 minutes are.
In Stan's defense I wrote the original comment about Raddy giving Pam Moore the finger and it was in jest. I actually enjoy Stan.
DeleteYou Said' "Depends On My Mood"....I chose to see it out of context & as a literal statement. Silly Hour is not yet over.
ReplyDeleteRegarding that kid; that FHRITP crap was never funny and the original was not real in the first place. The people who do this should be prevented from ever breeding and have their right to bargain collectively revoked. And their library card taken away. And smacked in the head.
ReplyDeleteGee,I'm so embarrassed- LOL..
ReplyDeleteA soccer fan just told me that this is all being shot on a studio lot in Southern California. Those people are actors; not fans, dignitaries, and cops. The people in the Bay Area are at work, as usual, today. He said there is really very little interest in baseball anymore.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about Radnich when he's alone. Get Kate Scott off of KNBR for crying out loud. Having a traffic person doing sports on the number one sports station is embarrassing enough, but she's truly awful and adds absolutely nothing to the broadcasts. She has this annoying voice and sounds as if she's trying to be the quintessential announcer when in fact she sounds forced and fake. KNBR is an absolute travesty when it comes to covering sports. With the exception of the team ply by play broadcasts, they have generally speaking, a bunch of overpaid, bloviating, nauseating hosts and 'reporters' who sound as if they are interns.
ReplyDeleteShe's a lesbian and female. Check of two boxes in HR.
DeleteRadnich sucks. Period. Even the New York Mets won 40 games in their expansion season.
ReplyDeleteKTVU's boner is again another example of why these fan interviews should go away like fax machines. Facebook has created a need for people to have their fame. It has spilled over to things like these senseless, stupid and silly interviews. Who cares what Dick in Pleasant Hill has to say about the Giants. Dick and Dick's friends, but that's it.
If it had to happen, glad it happened to KTVU. Their quality continues to take a deep dive.
Downhill since Dennis Richmond left. He saw the writing on the wall (no, wait, this is Oakland - graffiti on the wall) and retired at the right time.
DeleteThe biggest waste of air time are all of the shows that have people calling in to talk about the Giants. Who gives a flying fig what they have to say? They're just a bunch of annoying meat heads and brainless front runners, the kind of nit-wits who stand up and pump up their chest and gesture like gangsta wanna-bes when the TV shows are on site doing their thing. Whenever I hear someone taking calls about the Giants, the Niners, or any sport, I immediately switch off the radio. If they give news, scores, highlights, the play by play, I will listen. The other crap...is a total waste of air time.
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, Veronica De La Gameon wore orange on air throughout the week too.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think Hackney had a piece of carrot stuck in his teeth one night...
Apparently KGO TV spent six freaking hours on a sports parade. At 5:00pm, KPIX was the only station that opened with non Giants news- the drug explosion in Walnut Creek. Kgo signed off on live parade coverage then covered in the news what they spent six hours covering live.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see if FOX will be making any radical changes to Mornings on 2.
ReplyDeleteDave Clark is unable to ad lib at all, usually replying with a "Yeah" in response to any attempts at conversation. He's strictly a teleprompter reader, with no connection to the viewers. His hand movements and vocal inflections have nothing to do with what he's reading, obviously forced.
Sal Castenada is great on the traffic as is George Rask over at KRON 4.
I can remember when MO2 was actually informative with Frank Sommerville, Ross McGowan doing interviews and Steve McP with features.
What happened to the delay they have on radio or tv for acts like this?
ReplyDeleteRadnich is fine by himself. But he needs someone like Krueger because he's disinterested in the details of the sports teams he covers. Radnich likes to look at things from a larger perspective, while Larry delves into the different parts.
ReplyDeleteI find it irritating that Gary treats those his own age who follow the local teams with contempt, yet he makes a living commenting on the same teams and sports. I think he's a conflicted person. He would like to spend his later years doing more satisfying things, but he has a young family to feed and bills to pay.
Gary is going to die on air, either on KNBR or KRON. People will laugh about it.
Good grief. Most of you don't get the Radnich bit. He knows more about broadcasting (radio & TV) then the idiots that listen. If you do not like what you are listening to or watching, turn the station or turn it off.
DeleteGary is simply bitter because he has to cover young athletes who make far more money than he does playing sports he finds boring. Gary would rather talk about rap, Beonce, or some unimportant gossip item than sports. "NOBODY CARES!!" is what he usually says when asked about games, and that's because Gary doesn't care. He rarely, if ever, shows up to ANY sports event in the bay area. That's because he finds spkrts boring, and he's gotten increasingly jaded about them on his radio show with Krueger. If it was just Gary alone, he'd probably be okay, but the contrast of a guy who loves sports and knows a lot about them (Krueger), teamed with a guy who is totally disinterested and is simply going through the motions makes no sense. And when Kate Scott tries to interject her clueless, worthless opinion, it brings the show down even further. Gary would probably like to retire, so he's also bitter that he has to keep working. If he hadn't decided to have another family when he was well into his 50s, he probably wouldn't be in this spot. But now he's got three young children to support, alimony he's probably still paying his first wife, and a current wife with champagne tastes. So we're going to see and hear a lot more of 'The Gar' in the months and years ahead, unless Lee Hammer and Aaron Pero can come up with a cheaper and more talented alternative.
ReplyDeleteAnd your point is? Has Gary asked you for help to support his family? You're just like all the assholes who said, I turn down the sound on MNF so I don't have to listen to Cosell. Then the next day at work you could recite every comment he made. If you do not like Radnich...turn him off.
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