Maybe things will change when football season starts

Mully and Hanley range from awful to mediocre.
McNeil and Spiegel are awful (because, mostly, they insist on beating annoying things into the ground).
Boers and Bernstein are mostly solid, but obviously have their flaws (and annoying hangups).
Larry Holmes is the worst. of. all. time.
Les is Les, and he's great for the third shift slot.
Goff has gone from fun part time contributor to wannabe, tough guy radio guy.
Finfer and McKnight and JoeO and Zaidman and Grote and the other "these guys are all the same" guys range from awful to barely average.
Abbatacola is solid, hosts a decent show and would benefit (I think) from having a more regular on-air schedule.
Rosenbloom is fun in small doses. Once a week on Saturday is just the right serving size.

Anyway, isn't it odd that McNeil decided to stick with a guy that SO many of his die hard fans really don't care for (too much, at least)? Seems odd to me, but I'm sure they have some great focus group data that shows many listeners DESIRE PARODY SONGS and random days off to play a cover gig.

Honest question... why does everyone cite the Parody songs as a reason they don't listen? I think they are bad and I don't enjoy them, but isn't there like a max of 1 per week? That lasts for less than 2 minutes?

I haven't been listening so maybe they do a lot more now, but it just seems like such a small part of the show.

Honest question... why does everyone cite the Parody songs as a reason they don't listen? I think they are bad and I don't enjoy them, but isn't there like a max of 1 per week? That lasts for less than 2 minutes?

I enjoy McNeil & Spiegs. I think meatpants does a fine job. He is also a Cubs fan which seems to be in short supply at 'SCR.

Good question. I think you underestimate how much they play them.
Better question: If they get consistant feedback in high volume that the Parody songs are a major turnoff....... why continue doing them?

jimmy, I've actually REALLY been enjoying reading your work lately. This isn't meant as a shot at you but....
Do you really think he's a Cubs fan, because if so... cmon man.

...but I bet more than likely the answer to your question is "because they want to and can."

Very, very "Northian". VERY Northian.

Yeah, but it worked out good for him though.

Good question. I think you underestimate how much they play them.
Better question: If they get consistant feedback in high volume that the Parody songs are a major turnoff....... why continue doing them?

I think there is an overestimate as to how much they play them.
granted, they have a "parody" for every expert they have on: Florio, Hub, Cowley...Maybe Jim Miller gets his own this year.
but, "new" parody songs are not created weekly. there is no way they have 56ish parody songs.

There's quite a few. Honestly there was a damn full set of them at the anniversary. There's been more added.
They were better when they were worse.

That's part of the problem. Spiegel seems to see the parody songs as a chance to demonstrate his fantastic singing ability. He's like one of those guys that takes karaoke way too seriously.

DMS parody songs are actually good (but they are played 5x a week)...which makes them bad!

it's quite a coupe

I'm not sure what a car has to do with your point, but carry on.

I strongly dislike this show

due mostly to the hefty, insecure, and (up to now) unnamed co-host.

right....
"good" as in sung correctly, in key, with backing vox....
vs.
"good" as in fun bad.