WEDNESDAY WASH
Even when they make salient points and revert to a common sense approach, the morning midgets on the all-sports AM 680 outlet, have a common theme: they SHOUT! And not only do they shout, they shout over each other and when you have four separate people shouting and try to get in a word edgewise, it makes for horrible radio.
Brian Murphy wouldn't be that awful (less a few Marin mommy stories) but his frequent pop culture references and nauseous tendencies to imitate black people when he's mentioning some story, is so juvenile and pedantic you just shake your head with disbelief when you hear this mutt.
I MOVE FORWARD...
Used to think State of Union addresses was worth watching even if I hadn't voted for the POTUS in office. I watched last night and was more interested in the back shows on MSNBC and CNN. Yes, I watched Fox News too to see the predictable babble. Want more of Chris Wallace --got less. Sean Hannity is such a tool and a bad one at that. Wolf Blitzer? How does this anal face have a job anymore? He looks like a poor man's Henry Kissinger. And Jake Tapper? God, how pathetic he too, see ladies and gents, I'm an equal opportunity rip artist. Party affiliation has no grip on my mind speak.
*KNBR and the Giants had a tough time selling ads for this Saturday's "fan fest." I don't have all the numbers but a contact in the Larry Baer fun house says to me that they're having a rough time overall. Gabe Kapler is going to have to win and win big before the booster club cozies up cash and loyalty.
*I didn't do an about-face on Greg Papa I just listened to his non-TD-football call and play-by-play. I've always loved Papa's style and uncanny ability to make tons of minutiae sound interesting. So there.
*John Rothmann doesn't have to apologize for going gavel-to-gavel talk on Impeachment. These are historic times we're in and years after, this all will be the talk of future generations, bet on it.
*Today would have been a parade in Downtown San Francisco.
*Cannot stand the propensity of ex-jocks who have to say "football" as opposed to just the "ball" every two minutes.
*Heard the voice of Gil Gross subbing on KGO the other day and again, for the 277th thousand time wondered why anyone would listen to this human sleep inducer.
*Hugh Hewitt is such a windbag.
*I hear Ronnnnn shilling for another free cruise. Which explains the multiple reasons for the "Ronn Owens Report."
*Owens had his daughter on the other day and at the end said, "I love you." At which I at that point, proceeded to initiate the vomit bag.
*Ronn is supposedly thinking of renewing his vows to Jan which is good for Ronn because he can start dating again.
*Owens has bragged about his friendship with ex-Trump NSA adviser, John Bolton, only he (Bolton) didn't want to do Owens' show because he deemed Owens as a fourth-tier radio guy.
*Ronn would never ask his buddy, Alan Dershowitz, what was the deal with him (AD) and Jeffrey Epstein.
*Yeah, Radnich did a sit-down with the bad-check company called the "Athletic" --he could deny, deny, deny, but facts hurt his cause.
*Stan is funny...to a fault.
*On the other hand, yes, again, Steve Berman is an asshole.
Gary Radnich does a sit down interview with the Athletic.
ReplyDeleteWas the Athletic report Steve Berman ?
They both hate each other.
Seems like Raddy hates most everyone.
DeleteExcept hip-hoppers and kewel black people.
You mean you watched MSNBC and CNN to see the predictable babble.
ReplyDeleteTrust me... ALL media is predictable babble these days. They're all owned by a corporation and have to follow whatever the Board of Directors dictate.
DeleteThere were multiple whistleblowers that came forward regarding CNN a few months back. The media swept that one under the rug.
DeleteRonnn doing another cruise? Time to ask my uncle to borrow his dingy for a "415 Bay Cruise" with fresh meals from the Berkeley MickyDs!
ReplyDeleteGil Gross is an order of magnitude more listenable than the annoying harpy Pat Thurston...he's filling in again today so I may listen to KGO longer than the 5 minutes I can usually stomach.
ReplyDeleteYesterday Ronnn barged in on the beginning of Mark Thompson's show to make sure everyone knew what he thought of the Superbowl ads and that his daughter would be on the horrendous Ronnn Owenss Repport. He even managed to slip in the fact he had eaten at the Daily Grill the day before, but ommitted the part where he got no bill and left no tip.
No surprise with the Giants. What have they done this off season to peak the fans interest? Advertisers see it too. Nobody wants to thorw hard earn money away. Another long boring season ahead of us.
ReplyDeleteThe current Giants lack an identity. They have players past their prime, a revolving door of non-star players, and no-name coaches. Yikes.
DeleteI'm with you Rich on the Jock talk. Mike Ditka was the absolute worse for saying football every third word. Plus I also hate when they say, "pound the rock".
ReplyDeleteTaut, informative work, Big Vin; keep on keepin' on!
ReplyDeletep.s. C'mon, Papa? Dong jokes and radio leering midday? Quasi-aggravated verbal misdemeanor?
The State of the Union speech used to mean something but with Sphincter Boy Trump it becomes a game show
ReplyDeleteFrom not shakin hands with the Speaker to awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh.
He joins Mother Theresa, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates among other notables. He is,at best, a racist, sexist white supremacist! We live in a dangerous age, Rich
Don't get the hate for Gill and Ronn. Rather listen to them than what's on now.
ReplyDeleteThings/words/phrases that annoy the HELL out of me when watching or listening to games/watching ESPN:
ReplyDelete-In a 0-0 game...when the announcer say "no score." Um...there IS a score: It's zero to zero.
-In football and basketball, when announcers say "...there's 3-minutes left in the 4th quarter." I'd rather them say "...3-minutes left IN THE GAME."
-If the Giants/A's/Niners/Warriors have a home game...and someone says "the Giants play host to the Dodgers." Just drop the word "play"...and say "The Giants host the Dodgers."
-On talk radio...when the hosts keep repeating an athlete's first-and-last-name together. For example...when talking about Tom Brady, do they always have to refer to him as TomBrady? Why not just say "Brady."
--Greg Papa's touchdown calls
It's a good thing that the Super Bowl was last week otherwise KNBR would have bumped it for Fan Fest. The Sports (Baseball, Horse Racing and Annuities) Leader!
ReplyDeleteHi Rich. Any updates on KPIX and CBS job cuts? I heard they have made cuts on the radio side. They cut 2 from Sarah & Vinnie show. Fans are not happy.
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