Complaints like this--and Mac defending himself against them--have been around at least as long as I've been on this board. I would say it's part of the Mac package at this point and ain't going away. You take it or you leave it.

I thought maybe he'd tone it down when he started the new Score gig but, like you say, after several references to his television setup at Mackeyland, I just said, "Mac is back."

Maybe he will pick you up one day in the V -12 Ford Excursion XLT+

So what is the help you request Peoria?

Gotta have the 60 inch- don't you watch cribs?

Go play golf at any decent course, it aint cheap buddy, it's fine with me naming the course

and dropping names is fine, especially when you have a radio show, what makes it weird is when Ed Farmer drops a name and then drops what he knows about that person like he is great friends with him "George Bush, down in Coddington Texas is listening tonight, he just got a brand new SUV for that new ranch of his"

Did I tell you I got to watch a Sox game with Ted Lilly on the 80 inch screen after we played Harborside?

But I have a question: What is with this need to bring up wealth/material goods/name dropping?

See, Mac always tried to be the "everyman" and to me this damages that image. We went around and around with the boat thing when it happened. Personally, I find the consistant hints at wealth to be distasteful.
Mac had pretty much been very bragadocious about his TV's, his meat, his ride, and so on for a long time now. As long as I've listened to him. This is known Mac. And yeah, it kind of does make me wince when I hear it. It's just not becoming of a talkshow host.
A little free focus group here mac. It's not jealousy. I may very well have the means to do these things you do as well, but I choose not to talk about that kind of stuff with people. I'll say I watched the game, won't say how many inches of the game I saw and in what defination. Because that's not important, is it?
People are particularly sensitive during this economy. 10% of your potential audience is out of work, an additional 5-10% is worried about losing their homes, and/or worried about paying for their medicines. It's not easy to listen to someone going on about their mancave with 5 bigscreens 1080p TV's. No one needs to hear about the $40 cut of beef when they're having trouble feeding their children.
Again, Mac, I am actually a fan and i do wish you well which is why I say these things. This is by far and away the most legitimate criticism of your work I've heard, and I wish you would take it to heart because I would like to see you continue to succeed, and continue to be the hard working host you are. I'm not saying you don't deserve your pay and your finer things, I just think you might cool down the bragging for now. We're not tuning in to hear about life at mackeyland, we're tuning in to hear what you have to say about the sports scene in town.
Just remember to play to your audience. There's a lot of people hurting in Illinois and NW Indiana, and they might not appreciate the consistant reminders of how comfortable you are.

Love the show. First time listening to Mac for an extended period of time. Like the viewpoints he brings to the table. Also like his honesty, such as how he's not interested in the Bulls unless they are winning. As a Cub fan, I like the opinions he's voiced regarding the North Side Train Wreck.

But I have a question: What is with this need to bring up wealth/material goods/name dropping?

I lost count on how many times Mac brings up watching something on a 60 inch HD/multiple T.V.'s. How he's going to play Olympia Fields. How he wanted Meatpants to take his Sox/Indians bet . How he hung out with the Sox at Spring Training during his time on the beach. How he bonded with Joe Crede.

Mac, I get it. You've got a sweet gig and all the trappings that go along with it. Why the need to remind everyone?

He's kind of like the Ed Farmer of radio hosts. It reminds me of the old joke: Check behind you, I think you dropped a name.

I honestly do love the show, but the "we're happy for you" drop could be played quite a bit during any one show.

And I'm sure this has been covered in an old post, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

I will say that I've managed to listen to many Chicago sports talkers over the years with VERY little mention of their cars, TV-viewing arrangements in their homes, other freebies and creature comforts to which they may be entitled, etc. (This of course excludes Mike North, perhaps the most self-absorbed person on the planet.)

Personally, I don't see why the host has to read us the spec sheets of the TVs on which he watched the games he's about to discuss, but, hey . . . what do I know? Mac's been doing this quite a while with some degree of success. His style is what it is, I guess.

You want to hear living large...as we speak good dolphin is having a new cement driveway poured...we're talking 5 bag mix baby!

Well you didn't listen to the old Saloon show when Harry would drop names of bars, roofing companies, eatery's , ticket managers of any Chicago sports teams , limo companies with hopes of getting comps or getting comps with the idea of name dropping said compaines or people on the show the next day . I found that being more annoying more than anything. Using the pulpit of your show and telling people who you are to get free shit is douchebaggery in my book. Networking it is cool but to name drop at every turn is a turn off. I herd Mac do it as a thank you but Harry used it as a tool to pad his pockts.

there's a reason why I don't listen to the Saloon.

Do you buy a lottery ticket because you like the idea of 10,000,000 to 1 odds?

I like to hear how other people live every once in a while. Fuck the everyman. I'm the everyman and I could not stand listening to me talk for 4 hours a day.

You want to hear living large...as we speak good dolphin is having a new cement driveway poured...we're talking 5 bag mix baby!

just one?

Mac pictures himself as Keith Richards, but he's really Mr. Brady.

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That's going on over at Slappy's Midge. BTW, I have said this before but Mac is a very humble dude and shares a ton of his success with listners and friends and many here on the baord have been invited to do things with the cat and again he makes fun that he makes a good living doing what he does.

I don't think he going to lose sleep over what anyone say's here and again we have beat this topic and many have no problem about what he says.

See, Mac always tried to be the "everyman" and to me this damages that image. We went around and around with the boat thing when it happened. Personally, I find the consistant hints at wealth to be distasteful.
Mac had pretty much been very bragadocious about his TV's, his meat, his ride, and so on for a long time now. As long as I've listened to him. This is known Mac. And yeah, it kind of does make me wince when I hear it. It's just not becoming of a talkshow host.
A little free focus group here mac. It's not jealousy. I may very well have the means to do these things you do as well, but I choose not to talk about that kind of stuff with people. I'll say I watched the game, won't say how many inches of the game I saw and in what defination. Because that's not important, is it?
People are particularly sensitive during this economy. 10% of your potential audience is out of work, an additional 5-10% is worried about losing their homes, and/or worried about paying for their medicines. It's not easy to listen to someone going on about their mancave with 5 bigscreens 1080p TV's. No one needs to hear about the $40 cut of beef when they're having trouble feeding their children.
Again, Mac, I am actually a fan and i do wish you well which is why I say these things. This is by far and away the most legitimate criticism of your work I've heard, and I wish you would take it to heart because I would like to see you continue to succeed, and continue to be the hard working host you are. I'm not saying you don't deserve your pay and your finer things, I just think you might cool down the bragging for now. We're not tuning in to hear about life at mackeyland, we're tuning in to hear what you have to say about the sports scene in town.
Just remember to play to your audience. There's a lot of people hurting in Illinois and NW Indiana, and they might not appreciate the consistant reminders of how comfortable you are.