Mad Dog out at WFAN

[Guest AG/DC]

I think at some level they know that their blend makes them tolerable in a way that they aren't on their own, and their brand has sustained them. in a way their names alone won't.

They're both signed but not secure.

[Theoldmole]

Here's something I guarantee no one will care about -- Raissman spelled Gene Klavan's name wrong.

[Guest AG/DC]

i listened to a few more minutes. Mike starts off instisting again and again that Yankee Stadium was built in 1926. When Dog decries the history lost, Mike says "Babe Ruth didn't play there! Mickey Mantle didn't play there! The place was rebuilt!"

Ignorant and loud vs. ignorant and loud is great radio? I'm old, I guess.

Edited August 15, 2008 by Guest

[soupcan]

That video snippet is great because it captures the essence of the show in those 10 minutes.

Hysteria, condescension, circular logic, malaprops.. it's all there.

[Fman99]

="AG/DC"]i listened to a few more minutes. Mike starts off instisting again and again that Yankee Stadium was built in 1926. When Dog decries the history lost, Mike says "Babe Ruth didn't play there! Mickey Mantle didn't play there! The place was rebuilt!" Ignorant and loud vs. ignorant and loud is great radio? I'm old, I guess.

Me too then. These two guys are asses.

Not Agie and me, but Fatso and Froot Loops.

[metirish]

Mike gained a few pounds over the years , from 1989.

[nymr83]

why are callers crying about the show being broken up??

[seawolf17]

Callers are crying too? It's just a radio show, folks. Get over it. Jeez.

[G-Fafif]

TheOldMole wrote: Here's something I guarantee no one will care about -- Raissman spelled Gene Klavan's name wrong.

Misspelling is always bothersome. My dad listened to Klavan when I was growing up (post-Finch). He was quite a talent.

[metirish]

="seawolf17"]Callers are crying too? It's just a radio show, folks. Get over it. Jeez.

Oh that's easy for you to say , I'm from Saddle River , still live in my Moms basement and really can't afford Sirius Radio. I might have to get a job now.....

[Methead]

Francesa's ass has been kissed so much today it must have a bald spot on it by now.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: Oh that's easy for you to say , I'm from Saddle River , still live in my Moms basement and really can't afford Sirius Radio. I might have to get a job now.....

KA-POW!!

[Elster88]

Fman99 wrote: Me too then. These two guys are asses. Not Agie and me, but Fatso and Froot Loops.

Don't sell yourself short.

Edited August 17, 2008 by Guest

[Elster88]

Nymr83 wrote: why are callers crying about the show being broken up??

If you think really really hard, I'm sure you'll figure it out.

[metirish]

] Sirius XM Satellite Radio introduced Chris Russo Tuesday morning as its newest personality -- complete with a 24-hour a day sports talk channel for which he will serve as executive producer. Russo, 48, left WFAN Thursday, ending his 19-year partnership with Mike Francesa, and signed with Sirius on Monday afternoon. Russo will host a show from 2-7 p.m. weekdays, working without a partner, that will debut on Sept. 15. He will host preview shows before that, including one from the U.S. Open tennis tournament. The full slate of talk shows on his channel will be announced in the fall. Russo said he is unconcerned about appealing to a national audience. "I'll make this work," he said. Russo added, "I thought I was a little stale the last couple of years. I almost look at this as the second half of my career."

] Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, former star of the "Mike and the Mad Dog" show, has signed a five-year contract to headline a new sports talk channel available on both Sirius and XM satellite radio, the company announced this morning. Russo, who helped popularize the sports talk format, made national news recently when he left his popular show. Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 144 will relaunch as Mad Dog Radio, a reformatted channel that will include sports talk, interviews, news and broadcasts of sporting events. Russo will host the channel's anchor program, "The Mad Dog Sports Show," which will begin airing on Sept. 15. It will be the first original show available both on Sirius and XM.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I just found out about this.

I'm... unmoved.

Does this mean that the show will be half as stupid? Or twice as stupid? I can see how either could be true.

[metirish]

It wasn't news out in Hawaii?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Not even a blip.