kind of predictable, but the fact that there is no segment anymore that's more than 10 minutes, i had a feeling there wouldn't be many calls.

Mac's unasked for advice to North is to listen.
North said he had to hire extra help at home to deal with all of his charitable activities....
Over all good interview....

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I wouldnt call it a softball interview. WOuldn;t call it hard hitting either. North sounded defensive and nervous. Arrogant prick would not admit he did anything wrong. Not really a suprise though.

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wow Mac thats your buddy .You offer him some advice and then he rips you on your own show and you sytill kiss his ass after ,nice job

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That was about as anti-climactic as Homecoming my freshman year. I had SOME expectations with little payoff. At least Mike got pissy with Mac at the end when Mac was trying to give a little advice. Mac has changed Pappy! You gotta adapt champ.

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I thought it was excellent in a condescending and patronizing way.

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What do you think they paid Fred for? Being a yes man and burying whatever personality he has?

Because, if it's true he's being paid because the show was successful, why not give bonuses to Annie? Or keep her, for that matter? Or Buch...

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What the fuck was that last rant?? Mike 's a tool for acting like that... I think he'll come way feeling attacked by Mac and thought he was set up to look stupid. Mac would ask a tough question and Mike attacked Mac's history..Good Law and Order episode but not good radio.

Compelling radio , No.. A train wreck, yes... I give Mac a ton of cedit for bringing him on but after further review bad mistake.

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Mike was agitated several times. He said revisionist history on more than one occasion. PKB Mikey. I don't believe Mike was too pleased when he left the studio. This wasn't CTL. He just couldn't ramble. Overall, nice job Mac.
I gotta believe the phone calls weren't that positive, so that's why that segment was cut short.

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Excellent . . . nah, not bad but far from excellent. Could have been better but it also could have been much worse. Also kind of let down that Mac took North's jab without firing back.

Damn, my email question never made it to Northy:

Pappy: A Maxwell Street Polish or an Italian Beef with Mozzarella Cheese and Sweet Peppers????????? I'll turn off my computer and listen for my answer.

Mac says he wants to have him on again and then Mike ends the interview firing on him.

What a douche.

Don't give him the opportunity, Mac.

TO bad they didnt keep him on til 4.

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Either people have a genuine interest in bantering about Mike North - or they were eager to talk about a 'Funny Car crashing into a concrete wall'

I wish Pappy luck - I said it before and I'll say it again. Sportsradio in Chicago is better with Mike North vs. without him.

mac,

hopefully you will never give this piece of shit one second of your airtime again.

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North came off as a total tool, so I'm happy that Mac brought him on.
Mikey didn't do himself any favors in this interview.

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North just reminded me of why I stopped listening to him and the Score a few years back. Please don't bring this ass on again Mac...

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Ever notice that every time someone pulls out hard facts on North he compares himself to a former athlete or coach?

"I never t'aut 'dat I'd eva' be in 'dis studio, but _____ fans never t'aut ______ ______ would be traded"

Kind of sounded like the Mike North morning show. Rants all over the place and when it was done I have no clue what the hell was talked about.

Kudos to MJH on having Mike on. My advise to Pappi would be plenty of Xanex.

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Why is pappy good for sportsradio when he barely talked about sports. he is not now or ever will be relavant in chicago radio.

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Mac says he likes to think about 1 good thing from the show on his drive home. This interview won't be it.

It was an accident waiting to happen, and many cars slowed down to take notice.
Most people tuned in to see if Mike would blow up -- and he did just that.

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I agree. I left the interview with a feeling of "meh"...it wasn't exactly a circle jerk, but there were not enough "task-taking" questions asked.

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Oh, that's obvious. "No matter how big a shit you may be painting me to be, YOU broke a contract, so don't be pitching rocks at my glass house." And as for the rest of us, I'm sure we all jaywalked from time to time, so we can't call him out either... LOL.

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Basically a friendly conversation amongst 2 friends. Not a bad interview, but nothing really over the top either...

What is with your ridiculous obsession with the volume of calls? I had more callers holding and their topics looked mundane. I took the one guy who said he thought Mike wasn't open to change. We covered what needed to be covered in this first flight with Mike. Calls. Big f'in deal we only took two calls. Pick up the phone and try it yourself next time if you want to hear calls. Stupid.

I was under the impression that Murph's show was more successful.

Is our friend claiming that M&M's ratings went up, _while_ his morning show also went up (thus eclipsing Murph's performance), and so therefore, the two shows manufactured listeners that heretofore didn't exist in the sportstalk morning drivein market segment?

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I'm glad that you guys had him on. It made up for Tuesday's slurpfest.

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Props to Mac. I throught he did about as well as could be expected in terms of asking pointed questions. I particularly liked the one near the end regarding Mike not taking advice. That was spot on and a perfect example of why Mike's ego killed any chance the MNMS had to salvage their ratings.

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