Well you didn't and it's not like it's a big secret anyway ... it's right up there with Scorehead's original name ... or Hawger's middle name, which is Lucinda.

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I think Boers gave him that nickname.

Terry changes the way he introduces the show periodically.

But for a while Dan would open the show with his typical, "Our producers are Matt Abbatacola". Boers would then jump in and say "Drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky, drinky. Eeeee eeeee eeeee eeee."

They would address him by that name during the show too. Then they stopped calling him that. I think maybe drinky asked Terry and Dan to stop using it cuz it's not really helpful, career wise, to have a nickname that basically tells the world that you're a drunk.

It would probably be helpful career-wise to not be god fucking awful at your job too.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Didn't he refer to himself as "Drinky" in one of those Barbizon Academy of Broadcasting commercials? Something like "Hey, it's Matt Abbatacola -- Drinky..."

Don't know about that. But I thought he embraced the image of the party boy for a while. He loved telling tales of his drunken night with his "Team Lodge" crew

I'm not knocking it. I've had my drunken nights. Hell, I still have them. I just never felt like celebrating it with co workers. Or bragging about it with anybody for that matter. After about 22 you kind of stop with the "Woooo Hoooo, I was so drunk last night." Certainly wouldn't do it over the air. Why would you want that to be your reputation? I think he eventually realized it's not smart to do flaunt it cuz he stopped telling stories and the nickname ended.

Never posted as EG Lee. That's for damn sure.

But you posted under more sn's then you previously said.

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uhhhmmmm no. Again. The one man who can prove it has been asked several times now. Press him on it. Or drop it.

I liked the drinky persona. It was fun and funny

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The drinky redemption era has begun.

So far so good driving with Rozner.

I thought drinky dropped his nickname after he lived up to it by getting a DUI.

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Matthew J. Abbatacola, 33, 6010 Oakwood, Lisle. Driving under the influence of alcohol: case dropped. Driving while blood alcohol level is .08 or more: guilty; court costs/fines, $600. Improper lane usage-change lanes unsafely: case dropped.

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So he was guilty of drunk driving but not driving under the influence???

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That's not necessary.

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

.08 has no influence on a drinker with drinky's experience.

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What's not necessary?

Drinky talked about his difficulties on the air. That's why he dropped his moniker.

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I don't think he lives there any longer.

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You know me like that.

Oh, right. Isn't he in Lake Zurich or Wauconda now?

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Did anyone else read "Matthew J. Abbatacola, 33..." in David Hochberg's voice?

I googled "Matt Abbattacola DUI." It's public record, yo.

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I heard Matty co-hosting with someone the other day & was his old self. None of the douchbaggery that he displays with B&B.

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I stand by my original assessment

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

Meet MATT. Turty-TREE. Credit score seven-twunny-FIVE. DIPSHIT over 'ere thought he could get home from DA LAAAHDGE at tree in da morning without getting popped. Prollem is, Matt lives in LISLE. Whaddya THINK suburban cops are lookin' for at dat hour, ya fuckin' asshole? CRACK DEALS? So Matt called ME. First I smacked 'im in the face, because as a father, fighting drunk driving is important to me. Now I drive him home from charity events. You want someone who won't smack you in the face for being a shithead? CALL A CAB. Want tough love and some helpful mortgage advice on the way home, free of charge? CALL MEEEE AT TOWNSTONE LIVERY.

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Kind of a mixed deal here for me. Either dig on everybody or leave them alone. Public records, fair game...I know. But be fair.

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Ever check those police blotters in some suburban newspapers? they print they offenders name and often times address when getting popped for DUI.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

True, but the newspaper doesn't, for example, reprint it months or years later when they don't have anything better to report.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

You guys just want to use this as today's "Show thread"?

I feel only Ditka and his family should be ridiculed for drunk driving.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Illegal lane usage = I felt like pulling you over for no real reason

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What a little bitch.

Stupid drinky messed up. Called the "National Labor Relations Board" the "National Relations Labor Board".

Bernstein corrected stupid on the air. Drinky, all embarrassed, then said he's gonna kick Bernstein's ass. Why? For the simply correcting you? Then the next caller took a shot at drinky for the mistake and drinky pushed the button to hang up on him.

Ya know, drinky is the same guy that joins B&B in ripping on George Offman for his updates. Laughs like a hyena at some of George's drops. Laughs like a hyena at anybody who fucks up.

If you're stupid, you really can't be a sensitive bitch. Especially if your the stupid person that laughs and ridicules other stupid people.