Damon Bruce Gig on YouTube Slightly Delayed; Ponders New Career Path; Eric Thomas/KCBS Bowl of Energy?; Smurph and Smack Bitter Morning on KNBR; KTVU's Clark Works Overtime; NBC Bay Area Cuts Looming; Monday Mundane

MONDAY MUNDANE

Damon Bruce, fresh out of a gig at The Game (95.7 FM, All-Sports), was so convinced his new YouTube show would be an instant hit, he both tweeted and then, un-tweeted (deleted) its debut. A show that had a beginning and demise in about five minutes. Bruce is again trying to go the YouTube route if you're one of the inmates at Folsom prison that is interested in his new venture.

*The San Jose NBC Bay Area outket is about to get the layoff wrath that has hit all the other NBC O and O's --like in LA, NY, Philly and Chicago. Only the Bay Area/San Jose carvings will be especially lethal and they're due at the end of the week.

*Bruce bragged to underlings that his $300K a-year salary was "the biggest in town.," only he didn't mention that it was spread over four years, the $300 grand. And now it's, uh, kaput. Welcome to the real world, Damien.

To once again say, emphatically, I don't wish anyone who loses their job. It's bad karma. But Mr. Bruce consistently made it a rough go for people who worked with him, including one notable traffic anchor. Damon thinks he was a god who channeled Howard Cosell. Yeah, right, and I'm Curt Gowdy.

*Damon has free time now, he can take Rod Brooks and Larry Krueger to lunch.

*Listening to Eric Thomas on KCBS this morning was about as energized as having a triple root canal.

*For the better part of three hours this Monday morn, listeners to the teenagers on KNBR, (Murph and Mac, 6-10 AM), were tortured with highlights of "Powlie"'s Sat. nite trip to the Warriors game. Paulie sounded like a 12-year old on his way to the ice-cream parlor with Mr. Rogers. Then again, even a 12 year-old would vomit and yell, "get me away!" at Paulie's vanity act.

*Murph had a rough week: Larry Baer was supposed to take him to lunch but bowed out at the last moment so he could attend Lou Seal's birthday party at Momo's.

*KCBS fill-in anchor, Pat Thurston, cntinues to "KGO, KCBS" --her latest friend, Tim Sika, the movie critic, did a lengthy Oscars preview and like the show itself, dragged on and on and on...The next thing on Thurston's radar: a threesome phono with her, John Rothmann, and Jan Wahl. Rothmann will discuss his movie time chats with Abe Lincoln and Richard Nixon and Jan will highlight her 70's bonanzas with the likes ofJudy Garland and Carole Channing.

*KCBS: traffic, weather, Habbas/Dolan law firm ads sprinkled with Kars4Kids. News? Cmon, man.

*KTVU had a rough Monday--Dave Clark, who worked at 4AM and on thru the 9 AM news because they couldn't get another body to do the news. I'm sure Clark was just thrilled.