Written by Larz
Thursday, 02 February 2012 08:31

* * Mike North will be filling in for Steve Cochran on WIND-AM 560 on Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm. He will be talking about this Sunday's Super Bowl, as well as about current events, and even a little politics. (It is WIND-AM, after all.) Best of all, joining North as his special guest will be Dan Jiggetts, his former on-air partner on WSCR-AM, as well as on TV (CSN, WBBM-TV) and in their former Chicago Sun-Times column together. It will be a reunion of the "Monsters of the Midday" ...only it won't be on in the midday. It will take place on the radio this Friday evening. As North & Jiggs used to say on the Score... "Beeee-U-tiful!"

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

pass...

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This is my signature...

Who cares

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Cowards and losers I guess.

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Why so angry all the time?


I care and so does anyone who doesn't want to "LoHo" it.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I'd listen for old times' sake.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

he cannot keep himself from repeating past mistakes with the politics thing

Friday before the super bowl should be easy programming full of sports...the guy from ceasar's sports book...john dewaan with his 15 fullproof points for who wins...an old bear to talk about 85...a columnist from ny and ne...take some calls and go home.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

and the Election

I guess I could understand trying it but is he really into politics and current events? It doesn't seem like something that would be important to him.

He thinks he knows everything he needs to know.

I wasnt a listener to the MNMS but If he was just doing the everyman's take on politics, I could see that working.

I dont think that's what he did

He was trying to imitate that cowboy hat guy that used to be on WFAN.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Actually, he was sort of doing the "everyman" take on politics. The fact that he didn't have an in-depth understanding of the issues was made obvious on a daily basis. That's OK when you're sitting around the bar with your like-minded buddies but it doesn't draw in political junkies.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Sounds like an awesome way to spend a Friday evening.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Hmm, thats interesting.

Maybe if politics were just a small part of it, it would have worked.

hey larz......the big reunion thing between dontfademe/webio/monsters and money moron and get jiggsy with it was a colossal failure twice. the appeal these two once had twenty yrs ago is long gone.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

Agree, it was played out, but in the true spirit of Mike North, send out the PR to Larz and keep beating it into the ground.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I would listen to North & Murph every day of the week over Loho & Zach.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

you fit their profile: meatball, old, still use the word "broad" or "dame", think connie francis is the tits, have bad teeth, wear affliction t-shirts one size too small for you, go to vegas at least 4 times a yr, when in vegas you wear an expensive leather jacket that advertises a casino on it, when at the craps table you r loud and obnoxious especially when winning, smoke cigars and blow smoke all over to bother as many non-smokers as possible, you would still smoke even if you developed lung cancer, how many did i get right?

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

2. I smoke cigars & go to Las Vegas once each year.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

It didnt work.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

dude, don't lie...you have the connie francis 10 cd set

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Please die in a fire.

Nah. Shes terrible. Now Frank & Dino on the other hand, yea...I have a few of those laying around...

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Actually, I think it was the everywhiteman take.

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Don't take it personally.

DATS EXACKTLY RYTE!!!!

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North saw the writing on the wall at the Score. The big contract days were winding down and he needed to broaden his base in order to present himself to stations with deeper pockets. He thought he would go the way of Rush and simply take the most right wing stance on any topic so that he could draw the people who would both love him and hate to listen. What his show ended up doing was not drawing in political radio listeners to the Score AND driving the loyal sports listeners away.

Look at the ratings. Murph and Fred built up a solid listenership in the mornings (although I didn't particularly like the show). North came along with his circus of fools which allowed ESPN1000 to win the time slot for the first time in its history. North's show had residual damage on subsequent time slots. Listeners flocked back to the Score when Mully and Hanley took over the spot.

There is a pretty strong indication that people were specifically turning away from North and his general topics vision of Score mornings

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

That sums it up pretty well. I still think that if North would have accepted the last contract offer from the Score, he would still be there.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Maybe when Boers retires, North can take his place. The North and Bernstein show! Light 'em up!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

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Speaking of books written by Score hosts, a few weeks ago My son was getting ready for a trip to Dublin Ireland for his college business program, & he goes to 5 below, a new store that sells everything for $5 or less. He came home with Mike Norths book "Settling The Score", priced at $2. One of these days I'll read it.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan