Possibly, but I asked Judge because he is in the industry and was looking for more behind the scenes type reasons over what you posted.
RIP Toucher and Rich Show ... It was fun while it lasted
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Fair enough, but as someone who isn't in the industry, my answer shows how someone like me at least appreciates the hard work that he does.
Not to answer for Judge, but you're already onto the answer here. Media/entertainment is fickle - TV, radio, sports, you name it... Its a 'what have you done for me lately' industry and the only way to increase listenership (or even just maintain the status quo) consistent bits like this need to be produced or risk hands turning the dial. So while no one talks about the Sheen thing now (like no one will talk about this Canseco thing in three months) this is the type of stuff that is going to maintain the listener base.
HB - I couldn't say for sure, but I do know that on a show like T&R where it's so oriented towards entertainment and comedy those types of stunts are very crucial when it comes to things like ratings wars with stations like WEEI. Adolfo is at every single Red Sox home game asking drunk people questions, Rich gets Sheen to come on the air after a performance based on the audience's reaction when he said his name on the microphone, these things all sort of breed into each other. It's true that nobody talks about the Sheen thing anymore, but who's really talking about Charlie Sheen anymore? It wasn't meant to be one of those legendary radio bits that's talked about forever in the annals of broadcasting history, but at the time when they did it, who else was even close to working that hard to entertain their listeners who were literally frothing at the mouth for more Sheen?
T&R's biggest strength is the fact that thus far they have refused to settle in. Rich is constantly testing out new bits, Fred has fresh material every morning, and the two never fall into old, boring repetitive tropes (aside from the Drunken Recaps, but that's questionable, since the T&R presence at every single Boston sports home game is a major reason why they're winning every morning)
All that being said, this Jose Canseco thing seems like a bit of a misfire, just judging from the FB comments in response, and the overall "meh" attitude towards Canseco since the steroids thing died down. If they can get him on the air for hits then the potential for comedy is high, but the announcement fell a bit flat, IMO.
T&R's biggest strength is the fact that thus far they have refused to settle in. Rich is constantly testing out new bits, Fred has fresh material every morning, and the two never fall into old, boring repetitive tropes (aside from the Drunken Recaps, but that's questionable, since the T&R presence at every single Boston sports home game is a major reason why they're winning every morning)
All that being said, this Jose Canseco thing seems like a bit of a misfire, just judging from the FB comments in response, and the overall "meh" attitude towards Canseco since the steroids thing died down. If they can get him on the air for hits then the potential for comedy is high, but the announcement fell a bit flat, IMO.
Nice interview with Merrimack LB Shawn Loiseau. Shalise Manza Young article below
http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-23/sports/31383249_1_tiny-school-east-west-shrine-linebacker
http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-23/sports/31383249_1_tiny-school-east-west-shrine-linebacker
Didn't tune in this morning but I thought they were pretty great in regards to the concussion stuff yesterday. And the high school football coach call was hilarious for all the wrong reasons.
Fred was cracking me up ad libbing over those old NBA songs, which were funny unto themselves. "Hi, this is Tommy Heinsohn for parachute pants"
I meant to come in here and post this when I got to work, his Tommy Heinson and Z Cavarichis imitation had me cackling in the car.
The late 60s Celts' broadcasting team (66-67 through 67-69) was Heinsohn on play-by-play with a host of color men, usually Red (of course Red made Tommy sound like Mr. Objectivity).
Heinsohn's commercial spots and program notes were hilarious.
I hadn't heard 1 2 3 4 5 Sixers before - I hate the team, but the song is outstanding
Missed a bit of it, can't wait for the podcast to be up!
Also sounds like they're trashing Curt Schilling for the third day in a row over the missed loan payment.
Enough of the shenanigans with the woman area. The only Pierce I’m interested in wears number 34, toots.
This call is one of the weirdest things I've heard on the radio. Guy called up and sounds like he's either going to kill himself or kill his girlfriend and wants to talk it out to Fred on the air, now the guys mom is on the phone with Fred.
Yeah, kind of surprised they replayed that.
Kripy Kreme guy had me rolling though, Uhhh Too Much Cheeeeese.
they replayed it today? Fred didn't even want to it on the show yesterday or today when callers brought it up.
Hey Scal, this is um Adolfo, I'm umm calling, no wait, to see if you are coming or what, not really, but you can call me or not, not really sure, dont care, actually yeah, call us or not just checking..........
Hey Scal, this is um Adolfo, I'm umm calling, no wait, to see if you are coming or what, not really, but you can call me or not, not really sure, dont care, actually yeah, call us or not just checking..........
It was a curveball. I went from laughing at the Krispy Kreme guy, to wondering whether I was going to hear an on-air homicide or violation of a DVO.
Yeah, I don't believe for a second that Rich would have replayed that if he hadn't listened to it beforehand. I think he played it for two reasons, one reason was hoping that it would be Fred's Howard Stern moment when Stern stopped some guy from jumping off a bridge and the other was to hope the guy was listening again and might go get some help.
Holy Shit, 2 days of Krispy Kreme. When Fred was rapping about farts I was crying on my commute I was laughing so hard.
Great article, i was waiting for it come online. I was hoping for a bit more in depth stuff on the transition, especially how Fred and Rich prepared for it, since it's obvious they built a game plan going into it.
Went back in this forum and looked at this thread, interesting things how played out. Most people were right about Tanguay...
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/47148-new-fm-sports-talk-for-boston/page__st__150
Went back in this forum and looked at this thread, interesting things how played out. Most people were right about Tanguay...
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/47148-new-fm-sports-talk-for-boston/page__st__150
JMOH hits the nail on the head:
Rocco pipes in:
Felger won't stand for this and good call. Bad phones = hang up;.
Alright, that's the third person from the Celtic family to be on TSH in three days. This is starting to get interesting, when is the Celtics' radio contract up?
So it's been two seasons? Doubtful that they'd only agree to a two-season deal. So you can throw that idea out the window.
It seems more like a slow news cycle. The Sox are still early in their season, the B's are out, and the Pats are still far away from camp. Plus having Scal in the studio is never a bad thing.
So ... T&R are urging fans to prints and wear Tim Donaghy masks at the game tonight. Here's hoping they have a ton of them to pass out outside the garden and that people actually wear them. It would be tremendous.
I hate to say it but Fred was fucking horrendous this morning trying to discuss the Tim Thomas situation and Wallach didn't help. All he needed to do was take 15 minutes to read or even listen to his own station over the weekend to know that:
1. Thomas doesn't need to be paid and would still count against the cap next year regardless of whether he sits out or retires.
2. The reason a team looking to hit the cap floor would take him is so they could still hit the minimum threshold and not actually have to pay the player.
The fact that he didn't know those two things this morning and tried to form an opinion when this all came out on Friday was ridiculous.
I ended up switching to D&C and heard a great long interview with Jeff Van Gundy.
1. Thomas doesn't need to be paid and would still count against the cap next year regardless of whether he sits out or retires.
2. The reason a team looking to hit the cap floor would take him is so they could still hit the minimum threshold and not actually have to pay the player.
The fact that he didn't know those two things this morning and tried to form an opinion when this all came out on Friday was ridiculous.
I ended up switching to D&C and heard a great long interview with Jeff Van Gundy.
At least he acknowledged it becuase for something that had been out for a few days he sounded idiotic, especially considering the ramifications weren't difficult to comprehend and 98.5 is the Bruins Flagship so you would expect him to know more.
Like I said Wallach didn't help any, but you would think Fred would have an intern give him a quick 2 minute run down before he took the call or formed an opinion.
Like I said Wallach didn't help any, but you would think Fred would have an intern give him a quick 2 minute run down before he took the call or formed an opinion.
Gresh made the same mistakes in the afternoon -- not a good showing by the station that built itself on the backs of Bruins coverage.
Or he could have simply refused to acknowledge his mistake, and changed the subject to one of his pet peeves. Otherwise known as "Pulling a Callahan"
Anyone want to break down the Adolfo story for me that he *might* be telling at 8? I can't listen
Apparently Adolofo's maternal grandfather shot his dad in the shoulder from point blank range sometime within the past year for watering the lawn against his wishes. Even better, the only reason Adolfo found out about it was because his Aunt put it on Facebook.
Glad I didn't kill mysef getting to the radio when I got to the office.
The way they teased it I was interested and got in the office and forgot about it, kind of glad I did. Was it at least humorous or was it another Canseco big build up, but "that's it?" announcement.
The way they teased it I was interested and got in the office and forgot about it, kind of glad I did. Was it at least humorous or was it another Canseco big build up, but "that's it?" announcement.
Ugh, I'm glad that I was listening to my iPod this morning. This sort of thing bores the crap out of me. When I used to listen to Stern, I hated this sort of crap. I don't care about the losers that inhabit the universe of Howard Stern or Toucher and Rich. I like the hosts and that's pretty much it.