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Anyone listening to Francescsa?
Topic Started: Aug 21 2008, 03:56 PM (147 Views)
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HORRENDOUS !!!

OMFG is he Kay like by himself! I'm actually thinking about Sirius!!! :wall:
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I'm just going to look into a mirror and talk Yankees baseball from now on.
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Aug 21 2008, 04:44 PM
I'm just going to look into a mirror and talk Yankees baseball from now on.

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With Mike and the Dog, Seeing Was Believing


By ROBERT WEINTRAUB
Published: August 21, 2008

Chris Russo, the radio personality known as the "Mad Dog," is going solo.
Like most sports radio fans, I have spent the last few days reeling over the breakup of “Mike and the Mad Dog,” Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, WFAN’s longtime drive-time duo. I grew up on the show in New York, but after leaving the city years ago I could catch up with it only when I returned. But then the YES Network began simulcasting the show to fill its afternoons, and the three of us were reunited.

Televising radio shows is an odd byproduct of the modern 500-channel universe. It began, as most questionable forays into good taste do, with Howard Stern, who showed off his guest list of porn stars and Wack Packers in the early 90s. Don Imus soon followed, and now sports shows from ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike In The Morning” to XM Radio’s “NHL Live” can be seen, when they are truly meant only to be heard. Next week, another ESPNer, Colin Cowherd, will begin to show his face, one meant for radio, on ESPNU.

“Mike and the Mad Dog” was that rare radio show that was actually more entertaining on television. The main reason was the visible contempt of the hosts for each other. They even positioned themselves on their chairs in a way that allowed them to avoid making eye contact. Francesa, tankard of Diet Coke at the ready, flipped through a series of newspapers, using his microphone as a shield to keep him from looking at his partner; as soon as the show went to break, he was out the door. No idle chatter between segments for these two. And as one last power play, Francesa would often come back thirty seconds or so after the break was over, sometimes forcing Dog to cover phone calls that were directly addressed to Mike.

Always the eager pup, Russo played along, and there was a clear sense that he would forgive and forget at the slightest nod from Master Mike. But détente was not in the offing. Whatever dollars are available on satellite radio, there’s no way Russo would leave the best job in sports radio unless the relationship was irretrievably broken and the station backed Francesa.

So that leaves “Francesa on the Fan,” and whatever the radio product sounds like, the television show will doubtlessly suffer. He promises to bring in other voices to offer other viewpoints and liven up the show, but his ego will be the real co-host. Sports radio may be the most disposable of media, with a sell-by date that expires as soon as the next game starts, but I for one hope YES airs reruns of old “Mike and the Mad Dog” shows. I fear “Francesa on the Fan” will be the TV equivalent of “After M*A*S*H*.”

(Robert Weintraub is a regular contributor to PLAY.)
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Aug 21 2008, 10:46 PM
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With Mike and the Dog, Seeing Was Believing


By ROBERT WEINTRAUB
Published: August 21, 2008

Chris Russo, the radio personality known as the "Mad Dog," is going solo.
Like most sports radio fans, I have spent the last few days reeling over the breakup of “Mike and the Mad Dog,” Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, WFAN’s longtime drive-time duo. I grew up on the show in New York, but after leaving the city years ago I could catch up with it only when I returned. But then the YES Network began simulcasting the show to fill its afternoons, and the three of us were reunited.

Televising radio shows is an odd byproduct of the modern 500-channel universe. It began, as most questionable forays into good taste do, with Howard Stern, who showed off his guest list of porn stars and Wack Packers in the early 90s. Don Imus soon followed, and now sports shows from ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike In The Morning” to XM Radio’s “NHL Live” can be seen, when they are truly meant only to be heard. Next week, another ESPNer, Colin Cowherd, will begin to show his face, one meant for radio, on ESPNU.

“Mike and the Mad Dog” was that rare radio show that was actually more entertaining on television. The main reason was the visible contempt of the hosts for each other. They even positioned themselves on their chairs in a way that allowed them to avoid making eye contact. Francesa, tankard of Diet Coke at the ready, flipped through a series of newspapers, using his microphone as a shield to keep him from looking at his partner; as soon as the show went to break, he was out the door. No idle chatter between segments for these two. And as one last power play, Francesa would often come back thirty seconds or so after the break was over, sometimes forcing Dog to cover phone calls that were directly addressed to Mike.

Always the eager pup, Russo played along, and there was a clear sense that he would forgive and forget at the slightest nod from Master Mike. But détente was not in the offing. Whatever dollars are available on satellite radio, there’s no way Russo would leave the best job in sports radio unless the relationship was irretrievably broken and the station backed Francesa.

So that leaves “Francesa on the Fan,” and whatever the radio product sounds like, the television show will doubtlessly suffer. He promises to bring in other voices to offer other viewpoints and liven up the show, but his ego will be the real co-host. Sports radio may be the most disposable of media, with a sell-by date that expires as soon as the next game starts, but I for one hope YES airs reruns of old “Mike and the Mad Dog” shows. I fear “Francesa on the Fan” will be the TV equivalent of “After M*A*S*H*.”

(Robert Weintraub is a regular contributor to PLAY.)

He is completely on point.
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Aug 21 2008, 03:56 PM
HORRENDOUS !!!

OMFG is he Kay like by himself! I'm actually thinking about Sirius!!! :wall:

I will not listen to that phony, arrogant, front running, self absorbed piece of shet Francesa by himself! I can't imagine it's any more fun than a root canal.
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Why do they make such a big deal of this yearly show at Bar A?

It's always terrible. They always have this Southside Johnny and his band performing their horrendous songs. What kind of music is this anyway?
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Check out Southside Johnny performing!! I'm embarrassed for him. Who the hell wants to watch 55 year old men trying to play rock and roll? It's not even real rock and roll, it's that Bruce Springsteen style garbage.
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Aug 22 2008, 01:32 PM
Check out Southside Johnny performing!! I'm embarrassed for him. Who the hell wants to watch 55 year old men trying to play rock and roll? It's not even real rock and roll, it's that Bruce Springsteen style garbage.

It Springsteen Lite.
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Aug 22 2008, 01:32 PM
Check out Southside Johnny performing!! I'm embarrassed for him. Who the hell wants to watch 55 year old men trying to play rock and roll? It's not even real rock and roll, it's that Bruce Springsteen style garbage.

Southside Johnny were on the coat tails of Springsteen and the Jersey Shore "Sound" of the 70's - he had 2 Big Albums....in which most of the songs were written by Little Steven of the Springsteen band aka Sylvio from the Sopranos Springsteen himself and produced by Ltttle Steven ....
IMO - he's a brutal fekn listen
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