RIP Toucher and Rich Show ... It was fun while it lasted
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Especially since the replay of him catching it in the end zone has been shown 2,000,000 times.
Two of the guys also answered "What Patriots defensive back..." with Willie McGinest and Mike Vrabel.
Fred made a comment yesterday about the contest that indicated there was little risk for the participants. When he heard one guy wanted to risk his 70" TV Fred said, 'We can't make up that difference"
Also, the fact that it was sponsored so heavily by Paul's TV made it almost a sure thing TVs were part of the deal.
That was the guy that was so sure he'd win he "risked" a 62" TV. I thought mentioned Willie for the first DB questions was just nerves, but the Vrabel answer indicated he isn't all that familiar with positions in football.
That was great. "I said I've been a Pats fan my whole life, not that I know all these details like positions and rules and stuff." Do T+R ever take their "ask a pink hat" bit to Foxboro? That would be a comedic goldmine.
I didn't get to hear the bit this morning, but to me this is a genius contest. Absolutely brilliant. When I heard Felger and Mazz talk about it yesterday evening, I was floored.
What ended up happening?
What ended up happening?
They tossed two TVs off the roof, but the TV repair company that sponsored it apparently gave each of them a new TV to replace their smashed one. Pretty funny, although they shorted it a bit because Fred was cold.
I got to admit, the Patten question killed me. Complete brain fart.
I got to admit, the Patten question killed me. Complete brain fart.
The one thing is the questions vastly varied in difficulty. It wasn't a couple round of easy quesitons followed by harder ones. One guy got the Tiki Barber fumble question and the next guy gets "who wore #2 and was quarterback and kicked a drop kick" and it went on the whole time.
If you remember earlier in the week Fred was making a big deal about having a guy come to his place and do a professional wall mounting on a TV he just got and that you would be stupid to try and do that yourself, and the promotion they are running has Paul's TV offering... free wall mounting. Smart marketing by them and Pauls.
But if I was one of the guys that got his car ruined by Zo I'd be pissed lol.
Gronk was mic'd up last Sunday and Toucher and Rich just had the audio. I was almost crying I was laughing so hard. Anyone have the audio from the show or from the mic'd up segment?
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/26/toucher-rich-gronkowski-miced-up-against-ravens/
Link to Gronk mic'd up.
Link to Gronk mic'd up.
I can not stand the stupid high pitched, "wizard" voice that Rich does when imitating people. It is fucking annoying as hell, he does the same voice for like 6 different "people" and always does it for 20 seconds too long.
Andre Brown's line was hysterical. Link for those needing a laugh:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/02/01/tr-at-media-day-screwing-with-giants-players/
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/02/01/tr-at-media-day-screwing-with-giants-players/
They provide a great counterbalance to all of the other coverage of the super bowl with everyone taking themselves so seriously. Really dumb and sophomoric but really funny!
During Maddona's press conference Rich asked her if she's seen ARod's oil painting of himself as a centaur. Fucking hilarious. She claims she hasn't seen it if he has one.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8K0YAeGqB0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8K0YAeGqB0[/youtube]
That is all kinds of awesome.
Madonna is not funny though and where the hell did her English accent go?
Madonna is not funny though and where the hell did her English accent go?
God I hope this makes Sports Center. Surprised she even answered it as it drew a huge laugh.
Ha nice job winning the game with only having said one word "Fred"
The game would have been much better if rich found some not obvious yellow or greens
The game would have been much better if rich found some not obvious yellow or greens
I do wish they'd drop this Tim Thomas thing. The whole affair is the kind of manufactured soap opera crap that they usually avoid on T&R.
I dunno, it's not like they're really reporting on it. Just calling him a douche for garnering attention and hiding behind some BS argument about being an individual and to respect his privacy. He's an idiot and making a non-sensical argument and they're calling him out on it.
He was making the same kind of posts on his facebook page before the White House visit. Why is his facebook page suddenly newsworthy? It's a manufactured story reported by lazy journalists and the only team disctraction resulting from this is media driven.
Edit. I would say TNR should move on too, but the wackos it inspires to call in might make keeping it a topic of conversation worth it.
Well yeah, but, again, they are really just pointing out that Thomas is an idiot. If he's going to keep making these posts he should understand that it's going to cause the media to question you so you shouldn't get pissed off and storm off from a press conference when they do. He directly brought attention to his Facebook page by posting his response there. He could've issued a statement, he could've held a press conference, he could've done a million other things. And he chose Facebook. T&R are just pointing out the idiocy in Thomas' argument as they've stated numerous times that they could care less about it.
That and it's kind of a slow news period. There's only so much time you could spend talking about Welker's drop.
It was a story picked up by national news. Not national sports news, national news news. You can say it doesn't pass your journalistic smell test, but you can't possibly argue the local media should treat it as a non-story.
Also, it's not the media's job to avoid distracting the team.
I'm weirdly sympathetic to his argument, though. He is talking to the sports media as part of his sports job; his pontificating is, in his mind, in a separate sphere. Imagine if you were an activist for some cause or another, but you only worked at it on the weekend. Writing crank newsletters or marching in the street or occupying whatever. Now what if people at your office wouldn't stop hounding you about it, even though you were careful not to bring it into work? That's how I look at it, anyway.
Not to mention the fact that sportswriters/sports radio hosts are shockingly ignorant about politics and current events, and most of them don't even know what the hell he was talking about.
This analogy isn't apt because my job does not put me out there as a public figure. I'm not sponsoring Capital One. I'm not on TV 82+ times a year. Thomas is an idiot because he's hiding behind the "I'm an individual, respect my privacy, I only want to talk about hockey" statement even he plays one of the major sports and is in various national commercials. He brought national attention to his Facebook page and now he's pissed that people are reading it and asking him about what he says. If he doesn't like the consequences, stop posting or make your page private. It's not that hard and will prevent this Captain Poopypants act whenever it gets brought up. All I want to see is for him to own it instead of pussyfooting around the issue and acting like the victim to something he directly caused. Of course, none of this would have happened if he just issued a statement instead of CAPITALIZING random WORDS in a Facebook POST.
Really, he's just a guy who plays hockey. That we, and the media, choose to follow and report on him isn't any choice of his. He's not a public figure in the sense that he is accountable to the public, like a politician or the head of a public company.
No he is not just a guy that plays hockey. I am just a guy that plays hockey. My men's league games are not televised. Nobody shows up to my games. I actually pay other people for the right to play hockey. If he doesn't want the media to follow him, go back down to the Detroit Vipers or something. I'm sure he'd love that. It's part of the game and if you are a high-profile figure (is that a good enough compromise for your literal interpretation of "public figure"?) that is part of a national ad campaign and the face of one of the more successful franchises in a business that generates billions of dollars and has a worldwide following, then, yes, you are going to have to answer to the media for what you do and say both in and outside of work.
Oh, and heads of public companies aren't really accountable to the public, to the extent their not breaking laws or the like. They're accountable to their shareholders, most of which are private citizens and/or corporate entities.
Three weeks ago when he didn't want to go to the White House, he told people to check his Facebook for his public statement. Now he doesn't want people checking his Facebook or not taking his statements on there seriously?
If he wants to be a Tea Partier or anti-government wingnut, that's cool. Just own up to it and quit being such a vag about everything.
If he wants to be a Tea Partier or anti-government wingnut, that's cool. Just own up to it and quit being such a vag about everything.
So, he has to answer all reporters' questions because he did an ad with the "Peggy" guy?
We, as fans, make him a public figure. He has no obligation to us, whatsoever. His only obligation is to stop pucks for the Bruins, and in so doing earn his paycheck by providing value to the franchise. I don't want to be obtuse about it, but what obligation does he have to the press? I can see an argument that he owes it to the Bruins to make himself available to the sports media for sports questions, but I really don't have a problem with him segregating his professional life from his political commentary. We talk about the press like they're some kind of non-profit organization devoted to the public good. They're not. I enjoy Mike Felger, but he's just a jerk trying to make a paycheck like anyone else, and I don't think Tim Thomas owes him an answer about a damn thing. Don't like it, don't watch or listen. Personally, I'm glad he wants to keep his politics separate, where if you don't want to hear it, you don't have to. He's not preaching to anyone who hasn't made a conscious decision to go and read his thoughts.
At the same time, doesn't he have the same rights as any of us to go off and rant on Facebook or, as here, in V&N? I don't think he should have to relinquish his right to free speech just because he plays a game for a living. He wants to say his piece, and he doesn't want to discuss it with sports reporters. I don't really have a problem with either of those things. The way you guys are talking, it sounds like you must have loved the straightforward, honest political commentary of Curt Schilling.
We, as fans, make him a public figure. He has no obligation to us, whatsoever. His only obligation is to stop pucks for the Bruins, and in so doing earn his paycheck by providing value to the franchise. I don't want to be obtuse about it, but what obligation does he have to the press? I can see an argument that he owes it to the Bruins to make himself available to the sports media for sports questions, but I really don't have a problem with him segregating his professional life from his political commentary. We talk about the press like they're some kind of non-profit organization devoted to the public good. They're not. I enjoy Mike Felger, but he's just a jerk trying to make a paycheck like anyone else, and I don't think Tim Thomas owes him an answer about a damn thing. Don't like it, don't watch or listen. Personally, I'm glad he wants to keep his politics separate, where if you don't want to hear it, you don't have to. He's not preaching to anyone who hasn't made a conscious decision to go and read his thoughts.
At the same time, doesn't he have the same rights as any of us to go off and rant on Facebook or, as here, in V&N? I don't think he should have to relinquish his right to free speech just because he plays a game for a living. He wants to say his piece, and he doesn't want to discuss it with sports reporters. I don't really have a problem with either of those things. The way you guys are talking, it sounds like you must have loved the straightforward, honest political commentary of Curt Schilling.
Seriously? Nobody's saying he doesnt have the right. Theyre saying that he - who chose to pursue a profession that carries intense public attention along with incredible financial reward - is completely unrealistic and borderline delusional if he thinks he can make public statements that without generating attention and being asked questions. When you exercise a "right" (and nobody's arresting him, which is about as far as the right goes) there are still consequences. Own up to it. Schilling did. And it's not comparable to you or me making posts on here or FB. He's not doing it behind a screen name or security settings. He's doing it on a fan page. Fine. Who gives a shit? Just don't get all pissy when reporters question you about it or teammates get annoyed.
He's also not separating his professional life from his political commentary. He wouldn't be in a position to do things like refuse to visit the president or have thousands of people check his page if it wasn't for his professional life. His professional life gives him that kind of pulpit. And he's perfectly aware of it and trying to have it both ways. Sorry. You can't.
He's also not separating his professional life from his political commentary. He wouldn't be in a position to do things like refuse to visit the president or have thousands of people check his page if it wasn't for his professional life. His professional life gives him that kind of pulpit. And he's perfectly aware of it and trying to have it both ways. Sorry. You can't.
Then he should have. He didn't with the white house non visit. The problem is he's picking and choosing where he wants to keep them separate. You can't have it both ways.
He does but if he does it in a public forum under his name then he has to expect to be asked about it. Especially when bringing up comparisons to Nazi Germany.
Curts political stuff was annoying and people just wanted him to shut up but he didn't shy away from questions and hide like Thomas is. I wish Thomas would shut the fuck up as well but he doesn't.
I want a lot of things in life and don't get them. Tough shit he doesn't want to answer questions, that's not the world he's living in. He brought this upon himself, he brought his political view into hockey. For fucks sake he's got a political statement on his goalie mask.
He should understand by doing this shit he's putting himself in front of the team. He's causing headaches for the organization he works for and may be pissing off his teammates as well. Even Schilling said during Super Bowl week that he wished he didn't make any comments for that very reason.
Rich tweeted that Faster Guy was back and he'd be on today, did I miss it or did they not do the bit?
Toucher and Rich ripping on Beckett for what he said in the Bradford interview yesterday is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time, especially when they paired it up with southern rock and then gangsta paradise. I really hope they continue it after the break.
T&R had a segment around 8:30 this morning mocking an article lauding Bobby V and it was fucking priceless.
Article: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120314&content_id=27270714&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
T&R Rebuttal: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/15/toucher-rich-bobby-the-builder/
The downside is that I've had the Bob the Builder theme song stuck in my head all day, but it was well worth it.
Article: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120314&content_id=27270714&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
T&R Rebuttal: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/03/15/toucher-rich-bobby-the-builder/
The downside is that I've had the Bob the Builder theme song stuck in my head all day, but it was well worth it.