I love T&R because they remind me of my own group of friends from college. We're all big sports fans, but we're just as likely to yack for hours about music, TV, movies, chicks, farts, etc. I can't endure much of the rest of the Sports Hub lineup, because it's just hours and hours of uninterrupted sports takez. No one I know discusses sports that way, and I certainly wouldn't want to spend time with people who do.
This is a very succinct summation of sports radio. Imagine if you were friends Jim Murray? You'd tell him to pound sand in five minutes. Felger would get annoying, Zolak would probably drive you to slam knitting needles into your ears. Mazz and Beetle might be okay. Hardy would be a bunch of fun, I bet.
Hardy, Keefe and Arcand all seem like actual normal humans I'd like hanging out with.
T&R had a segment on this like 9-10 years ago mocking Ordway saying his listeners would love to sit at a bar and smoke cigars or some nonsense which was hilarious. I'm guessing this is what you're referring to.
Maybe indirectly. There was a piece done about Ordway 10-15 years ago when the Big Show was huge and sports radio was really making a dent in the ratings (so maybe it was longer ago). The writer presumably asked Ordway why his show was such a success and he said something about how he and his cronies were like being at a bar with your friends and talking sports.
What’s interesting is that the first Boston sports radio show I listened to — the Sunday Night Sports Huddle - was supposed to have started because a radio exec overheard Eddie Andleman, Jim McCarthy and Mark Witkin talking sports in a bar. And when I was listening to the show as a kid in the 80s, it came across as just that - likable, entertaining guys.
This week in social media (TWISM) and in case you missed it are great segments similar to T&R but led by Arcand on the Jones podcast. Jones trolling is unlistenable but these not sports segments are very good. They are standalone 15 min podcast segments so you can ignore every thing else.
Given what an unlistenable and cranky know-it-all Andelman became, it's hard to convey how funny and irreverent The Sports Huddle was in its '70s heyday. In a weird way, they were a lot like T&R. They took sports seriously--but not too seriously. They called Buckingham Palace every year (IIRC) to get the Queen's Super Bowl picks. The pro wrestling manager The Grand Wizard (who only managed villains) was a regular guest--whom they treated with a seriousness and respect normally reserved for someone like Warren Buffett or Tim Cook. The GW played right along, and it was hysterically funny.
I wouldn’t let Jones off the hook. At one point he talked himself into trading Bill Belichick for a draft pick while admitting he had no idea who should replace him in that scenario lol
Yep. Rich has it and Fred’s family has it. IIRC they opened the show talking about it yesterday.
Yeah it was the first break of yesterday’s show. Rich and both of his sons have it (or had. Pretty sure at least one of them should be out of the water by now), and Fred’s son had tested positive but none of the rest of the family had it. He’s broadcasting from home as a close-contact
I don't know about the other stuff, but my social media feed was filled with people pissed off that Brady didn't say anything about the NE fans, the organization, etc. It wouldn't surprise me if Fred did get dozens of emails about this.
Good post. That had to have been the worst radio I have ever heard from these guys. And I don't even think it was shtick on Fred's part. He truly despises Brady (and the Pats of course) and just let it all hang out today in a real hostile and malicious tone. I had to just turn it off and probably won't tune back in for the rest of the week.
Same, many of my pals were upset by the Pats omission in Brady's statement.
Agreed on both fronts. This forum is the only place in the last 24+ hours I haven't seen an overwhelming majority of people upset/disappointed with the statement. Discussions with friends, Facebook, family...a lot of comments about disappointment.
As they all should be. I think the Sports Hub shows have gotten it right all week.
I didn't hear it live, but that's beyond frightening. Hopefully he decides to involve the cops- I wouldn't mess around with a psycho willing to do that.
I bet it’s the same creep who’s always calling the afternoon show talking about player WAGs, or one of his buddies.
He mentioned it pretty casually and it clearly took Rich and Wallach by surprise. Sounds like the guy called from his home landline last night, forgot to mask the call, and Fred saw his info on caller ID.
I can’t believe Fred was that casual about it. I’d have been pissed and freaked out the second time it happened and have been annoyed after the first.
I can’t believe that woman doesn’t just move. She calls the cops on that store all the time.
