Boilermaker Rick wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Drinky seems like a good guy who has just made some bad decisions and had some bad luck in the biz
I think so too.
He's just developed some really annoying habits. I think he actually can be a good host. However, his brand seems to now be acting like an annoying sports fan that doesn't actually exist.
I actually think he's gotten some luck for somebody that's not not highly educated, well-spoken or talented. That's pretty rare in radio. He's been given chances.
- B&B rescued him from the evil Mike Murphy and gave him exposure on their show. Sure, they kind of made him into this frat-boy, partying "Drinky" character, but it was exposure none the less. Drinky actually loved that character initially.
- Because of B&B exposure, he got some air time. Mitch was trying to make "B&B II" with the "Goff and drinky Show". That went bad. Putting the B&B kids together was not a good idea.
-So "drinky and Goff" were blown up but both still did solo shows at nights at weekends. That went bad. Drinky went Bernstein too much and pretty much spent his shows telling listeners to "Go fuck themselves".
- Still, even with that, Mitch gave drinky to North for a tryout on the morning show. Drinky couldn't play well with North. I can't blame him for this one. North was dumber than drinky and that wasn't gonna work out. So drinky told North "You're dead to me" and he was off that show.
- Even with all these failures, Mitch made drinky a Cubs beat reporter. His reports were bad and when he would talk to Bernstein from the ball park, Bernstein was the one informing drinky what was going on with the Cubs. Berntein made drinky look bad. Not to mention his reports weren't very smooth or informitive.
- But even after that, drinky gets to be an update boy a couple times a week while being Bernstein's producer. Mitch allows him to get extra work without working nights or weekends. That was nice of Mitch. Any idiot can do updates. Drinky is fine when he does straight reads. But a lot of times he likes to give bad opinions, take shots at people, tell bad jokes and try to strike up stupid conversations with the talk show hosts. So overall it's bad.
Like I said, he's had good fortune and luck. He's been bad at several different jobs and/or chances. Some people are just bad at broadcasting.