Tall Midget wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
There are literally tens of people that listen to the Score ONLY because of Larry. They call into his show and declare it. He was talking to them.
So you guys are saying Larry has a heigtened sense of how important he is?
You dont say.
Anyway, how do you not like Curious Hair? Best poster this side of StoneRoses.
Did Laurence (thats his name folks! /SHARK doing Mcneil) call himself a hero? No
He doesnt have to....when its so obvious
Funny that Dr Ken, Larry's self described number one fan, hasnt shown up.
Shake that
Give me a break. Holmes isn't Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern or a (vintage era) Steve Dahl. He is a third-rate bit player on a second-rate sports station. The vast majority of his audience listens because they like sports talk, not him; Holmes's show is not personality-driven because he
has no personality. By virtue of his broadcasting style, he is attempting to align himself with some of the country's broadcasting giants. But even a notorious narcissist like Keith Olbermann wouldn't pull the crap Holmes tries on a regular basis. A lot of people with significantly greater stature than he will ever enjoy regularly experience enormous tragedies and triumphs in their lives. But they don't feel compelled to report on them in excruciating detail during their programs because they are not deluded enough to conflate the narrator with the narrative, the messenger with the message, or the host with his subject matter. In the final analysis, Holmes' plight is similar to that of a pulp writer who has mistaken himself for James Joyce. His limited appeal lies exclusively in his ability to engage generic conventions, not in his desire to "transcend" them. His hubris lies in the belief that his "special" brand of broadcasting does not need to adhere to those conventions.
Look, if you dont believe the people calling in and explicitly stating "Youre the best Laurence! You are the reason I listen to the Score" than I dont know what to tell you.
Yes, he's adopted the Stern Dahl style
You think he's bad and shouldnt even attempt it.
Fine.
Some people like it. Personally I like hearing about Laurence's world more than him talking about sports. I listen to be entertained and to laugh. Maybe thats weird for sports radio but whatever.
The segment was not even the least bit surprising to his fans and Ill bet they liked it for the most part.
Someday Midge
Someday you WILL
SHAKE THATSo his strategy is to target the sliver of the station's listenership that listen to hear his thoughts while ignoring the rest of the audience? Good idea.
I have heard people call into Holmes' show to shower him with praise. A lot of those callers sound pretty similar. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same guy calling in repeatedly--maybe Noisewater feels stymied by Bigfan's mult eradication campaign and has taken his act to the airwaves.
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