Tuned in yesterday and Goff was talking about a guy's daughter bringing home a guy and he transforms into Huggie bear with fish in shoes, bad credit, etc


He said a few legitimately funny things but he said it through the hysterical laughter and half of it was muffled. He needs to learn to deadpan a little bit. Let OTHER PEOPLE laugh at your jokes, Jason. One guy making jokes and another guy laughing is good radio. Two guys laughing where half the jokes dont even come across audibly because of the giggles is not.


They are like a morning news show with the over laughing. WGN thinks they laugh too much.

I don't get it either. It wasn't some WYC moment.

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Many people here want to blame it on Jason. Not me. The character of that show is dictated by Dan.

I think Jason would be fine as a solo mid days type of host.

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

This is a completely cherry-picked synopsis of that call yesterday. When the caller was pressed on whether he thought the Cubs would win the series, the caller's answer was 'no' (the same thought as Dan & Jason).

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Really getting tired of Dan's refusal to acknowledge a caller's greeting:

Caller: "Hi guys, how ya doin'?"
B&G: Silence
Caller (after awkward pause): "Hello?"
Bernstein: "Get to your point..."

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Oh, he is still doing that dickhead bit? Nice. I will stay away still.

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Elections have consequences.

You can't, and you won't.

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Douchebag Wynette

and he doesn't

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

You guys have proof?

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Elections have consequences.

I find this incredibly irritating—PTFB when it happens.

Humans, at least the ones I know, typically have a friendly salutation when they greet someone. When someone asks you, “how are you doing,” they typically don’t care nor want an honest response—they are just being friendly and opening the conversation.

Why this is taboo when “fans are talking to fans” on an audible-only medium, I will never understand.

It makes for uncomfortable radio.

Mac talked about the frustration with fans (namely callers, texters, etc.) on his podcast with Finfer. His explanation was that the hosts say or think something and certain fans interpret it another way. After a period of time, the hosts just get annoyed with callers, and it comes through in the way they treat them on air.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I ‘d prefer that the hosts berate them on their point or opinion versus berating them for using a standard greeting.

Or Bob and Tom. Those two jags laugh more than anyone on radio. Always found it annoying.

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That show specifically is just waiting for a reason to huff and puff at callers and then punch the button on them.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

You’re right. I should just lower my expectations for a good sports radio discussion.

I did as I said I would with the B&G pairing- that is give it a fair shake. That has probably run its course. I have been doing M&H mornings, and then ESPN 1000 the rest of the day until I head home. That's where I give B&G 30 minutes of my time.

I am enjoying Mac's podcast.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

The fastest way to get Dan to berate a caller is for the fan to start with the phrases: My Opinion or I think. He hates when callers give their opinion.

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He went off the a few weeks ago when the guy started out by saying, "it feels like..." Bernsie said if it's not on Baseball Reference or Fan Graphs, then it can't be quantified. Meaning, don't bring your opinions unless backed by numerical facts.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Your synopsis hardly reflects the context. They were browbeating him for minutes telling him that anyone who held out hope was stupid and illogical. When they finally arrived at that question to him the answer had been reduced to a choice of either being stupid or not believing.

How many different times during that call did the attempt to alter the caller's belief in what a die hard fan was?

My synopsis is very reflective of the substance of the call.

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

when he was a producer, you could audibly hear his mike cut off. That's probably when he did all his laughing. Given a bigger platform, he just comes across as too laughy. Which is a shame. Dude's good at basketball, has a decent sense of humor...full time work is just exposing him. He's best off in a three man booth where he's clearly the third guy. I like him a lot, but I'd like him a lot more as a chime in guy/play drops 24/7. Let's get back to drops 24/7.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Goff is great.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

you state that as though I'm saying he's not. He is great...just in the wrong role currently.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I don't find this controversial at all. Pleasantries waste precious time during a radio call. Just get to the point and hang up. Save the pleasantries for your Sunday brunch with the in-laws.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Or: "I was at the game last night and--"

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE AT THE GAME!!

Right, more time for Jason to thrill us with talk about his dishwasher.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

As good dolphin was saying, it's built into human interaction, at least in English. It's something linguists have written about--a lot. To not do it would confuse the hell out of everyone.

Besides, they orient the conversation, too, when they say, "We'll go to Caller Bob from Shitsville."

We gonna' do this?

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Goff is great??

I think Trump has caused us all to lower our standards so much that we forget when something or someone is actually great. John Records Landecker was great. Kevin Matthews was great. Don Wade was great. Despite what you think of his politics, Rush is great. Goff is mediocre on his best days.

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this happens largely when they see what's going to be talked about on-screen, and are already annoyed by it.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.