Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
Bringing back the originals wouldn't work because what we really want is the original format rather than the original hosts.
These hosts were great in their prime but radio hosts are a lot like musicians in that there is a limited period in which you are in your prime and creating good content and then a long period of time where you are still performing for an audience but you no longer have the creative spark that propelled you to where you are.
That's where Barstool draws me in. It's younger, fresher talent that still feels they need to work hard every day to produce and is similar in style to earlier days of sports radio. In 10 years guys who I love like Big Cat and PFT probably won't be as entertaining as they are today, which kind of sucks, but that's just reality in this business.
When it comes to 670 though, the young guys really aren't entertaining in any way. I never will turn the radio to 670 to ask myself if I want to hear Parkins' thought on something because it would probably put me to sleep.
Og
I was a barstool guy like 5 years ago, Im really too old for thier demo (,like by 15 years), but I think that Big Cat and PFT are jumping the shark or becoming like when REM or Husker DU signed their Warner Brothers record deal or when the Clash released combat rock. I loved them when they played Cabaret Metro, ya know.
I know its a shitty attitude to have, but I liked Pardon My take when they werent that big, they were satirical and now they are soo big and soo successful that their confllict amongs Bar Stool 'employees' (who all are like on air entertainment signing comedy contracts) is shtick and the tounge in cheek interviews Pardon My Take did where the person being interviewed isnt quite in on the joke and doesnt realize the joke is kind of on him or her is no longer possible. They made themselves millions, so its not like I can be pissed at them, hell I bought PENN stock at the 20s so, you wont find me crying over it.
I like big cat alot, shit every young turk and asswipe in Chicago radio is trying to be him, but heres the thing
he was made out to be a chicago guy to the nation 5 yearts ago, he is a post college chicago guy, he is from the east coast, went to Wisco and moved to Chicago after college, hes like how someone who went to Naperville Central and hangs out at Beaumonts is from Chicago. Now he was held out as a bag of roast beef sangwhiches Chicago guy until Barstool Chicago with real chicago guys started. now the key word there is Chicago guy (joke man). The are entertainment, sports punditry with like fictionial characters, because most of the conflict is like kayfabe (I got to use it in a post, YES)
they still are pretty entertaining, but I find myself paying less attention, Im an old fuck and planning for retirement.
later
sabu
It was kind of like when Mariotti first came here for the Sun Times, they tried to market him as a city guy, even though he was from Detroit.