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Scorehead

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:25 pm

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sabu wrote:

Beardown wrote:

Long drive today. Radio on the Score. It was Finfer and Mac's other producer boy (The one with the extreme nasal voice).

Finfer is a dick.

He's pissed and angry over nothingness. He's changed from when he first hit the scene. Once timid, scared and trying to be polite as he intorduced himself to Score listeners. Not anymore.

He's getting "Mackie muscles" now. He's confident, cocky and starting to feel important and "Big Time". He feels secure and emboldened knowing he has Mac's backing. Also a little bit of Bernstein's influence has rubbed off on him. He'll "fuck you" any listener at any time. He's quick with that trigger. Basically looking to do a "Fuck you". But he's not very bright. Just as dumb as the listeners he likes to "Fuck you". Little things during my listen made me aware of this. You just know it when you hear it. Can't really explain it. You had to have heard it.

+1

instant punch the button people on the score (this includes when they partner up with exisiting lineup)

Hub
Laurence Holmes
Finfer
Drinky
Zaidman
that wierd guy on weekend overnights who sounds like he buys the airtime then I find out he won some contest
Shuster

Hub, Finfer & Drinky are great. The rest are garbage.

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:02 am

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Beardown wrote:

Finfer was pretty well defined but a topic he started last year about the annoyance of suburbanites coming into his neighborhood for Cubs games. He felt comfortable calling it his neighborhood because he moved there from the suburbs four years prior.

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Swingandalongonetoright

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:31 pm

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Beardown wrote:

He's pissed and angry over nothingness. He's changed from when he first hit the scene. Once timid, scared and trying to be polite as he intorduced himself to Score listeners. Not anymore.

He's getting "Mackie muscles" now. He's confident, cocky and starting to feel important and "Big Time". He feels secure and emboldened knowing he has Mac's backing. Also a little bit of Bernstein's influence has rubbed off on him. He'll "fuck you" any listener at any time. He's quick with that trigger. Basically looking to do a "Fuck you". But he's not very bright. Just as dumb as the listeners he likes to "Fuck you". Little things during my listen made me aware of this. You just know it when you hear it. Can't really explain it. You had to have heard it.

IIRC, he's always been, how should I say...very very not good at all and...

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Bad.

That's the word I was looking for.

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Nicklin3011

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:31 pm

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Finfer blows...hes a wannabe Tries to hard and is terrible listen. Tries to make jokes when he doesnt know stuff about sports ala NHL and MLB

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schmitty1121

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:59 am

Joined: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:10 pm
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I know Mac is established and has lots of power at the station, but someone needs to talk to him about the people he wants to work with. Porky and Finfer are brutal. I would only let them work weekends, and that would be if there wasn't someone better to pick. Jay sounds uncomfortable when he chims in with bad hockey thoughts. If Mac picked someone with talent to co-host, his show would be great.

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Regular Reader

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:59 pm

Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:10 pm
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Location: "Across 110th Street"

I flat out won't listen when one of the little guys from McNeil's boyquarium is let out to speak. None of them has any experience except as producers

and jock sniffers with press passes, and it sounds that way.

I actually tried to give ESPN a chance....music this week for me.

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beni hanna

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:02 pm

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"Boyquarium" is new to me. May have to file that one away for later use.

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pittmike

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:27 pm

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beni hanna wrote:

"Boyquarium" is new to me. May have to file that one away for later use.

Steve Dahl coined this phrase to describe all the young men (including Mac) working on Coppick's old AM1000 show.

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:28 pm

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Mr. Reason wrote:

Like most of WSCR's backbenchers, Finfer is fine in small doses.

Speaking of which, did you ever sell your meth lab out by the Bears' preseason camp?

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Scorehead

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:56 pm

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Is Meatpants in timeout this week? I've heard Mac, Finfer, & Sayers all making fun of him while he is out. Spiegel has managed to do something that took Murph many years to do...become the most ridiculed & disliked co-worker at WSCR. This week proved that Spiegel is a bad partner for Mac as he & Finfer sound great together. Mac & Mitch would be smart to cut Spiegel loose.

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Powerhouse233

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:18 am

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I feel like Finfur has a lot of potential but his douchiness always seems to be overwhelming and he finds a way to be annoying.

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WhiteAndProud

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:04 am

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Finfur really doesn't have any sources or add anything original when he's on.

However, Mac is much better when Fingy is co-hosting. He's much more comfortable. If Mac could have a Mulligan, he would have made Finfur his co-host instead of Meatpants.

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Powerhouse233

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:44 am

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I agree with you that Finfur seems like a better fit, but his personality is so abrasive... doesn't work for me.

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:28 am

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Scorehead wrote:

He's been on vacation. He's back today.

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jimmypasta

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:36 pm

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BUMP! I was a Finny fan before it became "fashionable".

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Peoria Matt

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:20 pm

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What happened to Blackcloud?

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Scorehead

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:43 pm

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jimmypasta wrote:

BUMP! I was a Finny fan before it became "fashionable".

Me too Jimmy. I'm a long time Finfer guy. He sounds great on the radio & with Mac, but it sure seems like the Producer/part time host role at the Score is a dead end. Finfer is really good on TV too. I enjoy him on CSN.

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Darkside

Post subject: Re: Ben Finfur Fan Club

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:44 pm

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DaveyBoy23 wrote:

Scorehead wrote:

Count me in to the Finfer fan club. I actually sought out this website/forum for the sole purpose of confirming there are others in Chicago who are tired of Captain lame-o, M. Spiegel.

Welcome aboard. There are others tired of Captain Lame-o.

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