[Speed Gibson,
Sunday May 1, 2005 at 8:40pm]
Ain't No Thing - Week 9
There I was, fighting my way through the May Day blizzard, listening to AM 1500's Next Big Thing as I logged another 5 miles walking.
Today we had "Carl's Corner" - the Karaoke equivalent of Phil Hendrie. Know what I mean, know what I mean? Say no more, say no more? Well, let's just say that playing both the aged Carl and his nephew The Dutchman was obvious from the start. Without redeeming content, it was also annoying from the start.
OK, give him some points for trying something completely different. Give him a few more for even attempting this. But the ensuing content was pointless and clueless. It was so bad that even I didn't find the bathroom humor funny.
"Carl" needed to think more about his audience. Making fun of a pet therapist doesn't work because the concept of a "pet therapist" is already funny to the typical talk radio listener. We've already heard Joe Soucheray and Michael Medved interview the real thing. It's difficult to find another level of absurdity beyond that, and failure is painful.
That's why Laura Ingraham and others simply play Senator Robert Byrd's soliloquies without comment. None is necessary. It's funniest when presented as somber reflection, as Byrd imagines it to be.
I don't think I have much choice here. Even with the best of intentions, when Ron Rosenbaum becomes a preferable alternative, the grade has to be an F. But thanks just the same for trying!
Today we had "Carl's Corner" - the Karaoke equivalent of Phil Hendrie. Know what I mean, know what I mean? Say no more, say no more? Well, let's just say that playing both the aged Carl and his nephew The Dutchman was obvious from the start. Without redeeming content, it was also annoying from the start.
OK, give him some points for trying something completely different. Give him a few more for even attempting this. But the ensuing content was pointless and clueless. It was so bad that even I didn't find the bathroom humor funny.
"Carl" needed to think more about his audience. Making fun of a pet therapist doesn't work because the concept of a "pet therapist" is already funny to the typical talk radio listener. We've already heard Joe Soucheray and Michael Medved interview the real thing. It's difficult to find another level of absurdity beyond that, and failure is painful.
That's why Laura Ingraham and others simply play Senator Robert Byrd's soliloquies without comment. None is necessary. It's funniest when presented as somber reflection, as Byrd imagines it to be.
I don't think I have much choice here. Even with the best of intentions, when Ron Rosenbaum becomes a preferable alternative, the grade has to be an F. But thanks just the same for trying!
I kept telling my wife that the concepts they were trying to make fun of were good...but the execution was
But the old man bit was truly annoying, and after about ten minutes of the show I lost interest.
I agree, but they weren't as bad and unfunny as Krok. Maybe if they were on everyday...