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I'm surprised that so many here did not start listening until the 2000s. I was pretty young when I started listening. I remember Goff calling in when he was just a kid.

Another fun memory is after the Pierzynski Barrett fight, Bernie Mac called into the station, but just as a fan, rather than as a celebrity. And this is when he was probably at the height of his fame. You could hear how excited he was about the fight and the White Sox win in his voice. I was at the game, and stuck in traffic on the Dan Ryan when I heard the call.

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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

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I had Bears season tickets for 18 years. Doug and OB post game in the car ride home was the best radio ever. Ironically, it was even better after a loss—as much as I love the Bears, I didn’t feel the pain of the loss as much as those two. And although their act was probably 75% “shtick,” it seemed genuine.


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The McGinnis thing is probably what I remember first. I didn’t start listening until 99 or so, but B&B on 9/11 always sticks with me.

As I have said before, North did a good job with 9-11. I was driving a couple kids home from Mount Carmel, so I had him on for about an hour that day. Much of it was just him reading reports, pausing, and saying "Wow," but it was more informative than listening to whoever was on 720.

I dozed off just after dinner and had a dream that Doug and O'B had a show about the events of that day. It was, in retrospect, hilarious.


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The McGinnis thing is probably what I remember first. I didn’t start listening until 99 or so, but B&B on 9/11 always sticks with me.

As I have said before, North did a good job with 9-11. I was driving a couple kids home from Mount Carmel, so I had him on for about an hour that day. Much of it was just him reading reports, pausing, and saying "Wow," but it was more informative than listening to whoever was on 720.

I dozed off just after dinner and had a dream that Doug and O'B had a show about the events of that day. It was, in retrospect, hilarious.

Hey what happened last night Thomas? You just left all of us hanging

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The McGinnis thing is probably what I remember first. I didn’t start listening until 99 or so, but B&B on 9/11 always sticks with me.

As I have said before, North did a good job with 9-11. I was driving a couple kids home from Mount Carmel, so I had him on for about an hour that day. Much of it was just him reading reports, pausing, and saying "Wow," but it was more informative than listening to whoever was on 720.

I dozed off just after dinner and had a dream that Doug and O'B had a show about the events of that day. It was, in retrospect, hilarious.

Hey what happened last night Thomas? You just left all of us hanging

An old friend of mine began texting me--the guy had a kidney transplant a few years back and it hasn't been going well, so I was just kind of listening to him blow off steam....

That was a good time, though, while I was there!!


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The McGinnis thing is probably what I remember first. I didn’t start listening until 99 or so, but B&B on 9/11 always sticks with me.

As I have said before, North did a good job with 9-11. I was driving a couple kids home from Mount Carmel, so I had him on for about an hour that day. Much of it was just him reading reports, pausing, and saying "Wow," but it was more informative than listening to whoever was on 720.

I dozed off just after dinner and had a dream that Doug and O'B had a show about the events of that day. It was, in retrospect, hilarious.

Hey what happened last night Thomas? You just left all of us hanging

An old friend of mine began texting me--the guy had a kidney transplant a few years back and it hasn't been going well, so I was just kind of listening to him blow off steam....

That was a good time, though, while I was there!!

Well that is a much better use of your time.

Just messing with ya. It was a good time. I hope we use that forum more in the future.

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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

Maybe you can tell me. The Me and Z show followed. I'm guessing it was 2003? They were hilarious. Baum lived by his 50% love/hate concept as I recall. I was new to it. Same show you could love him and hate him.

Edit IIRC Zampillo left after maybe 6 months or less.


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beni hanna wrote:
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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

Maybe you can tell me. The Me and Z show followed. I'm guessing it was 2003? They were hilarious. Baum lived by his 50% love/hate concept as I recall. I was new to it. Same show you could love him and hate him.


I remember Me and Z doing a segment during the NCAA tourney on white college basketball players that white people hate. Entertaining radio. If I remember correctly the names that came up most were Laettner, Montross, Wojo and JJ Reddick.

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Baum on Saturday's is my earliest memory. Also remember Mully doing some solo shows on Saturday.


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Listening to the Score when they were in the bunker on Belmont was great. The Score (and sports radio in general) was outlaw radio.

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beni hanna wrote:
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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

Maybe you can tell me. The Me and Z show followed. I'm guessing it was 2003? They were hilarious. Baum lived by his 50% love/hate concept as I recall. I was new to it. Same show you could love him and hate him.

Edit IIRC Zampillo left after maybe 6 months or less.

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beni hanna wrote:
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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

Baum lived by his 50% love/hate concept as I recall. I was new to it. Same show you could love him and hate him.


I remember Dave Baum filling in for Tom Shaer in the early 90s. He was not good.

Bernstein often referenced Baum's suggestion that a host's goal should be to have 50% of the audience love you and 50% of the audience hate you. It was successful strategy for Bernstein for many years.


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It kinda sucks that you can't find a lot of the stuff online.

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Baum was fine in a Sunday morning for a couple hours. Better than going to church.

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After a few years they apparently had enough money to throw at big name "experts" who would have regular hits on the shows. Unfortunately, some of these guys saw this as an easy check and provided very little in the way of real analysis. Remember Chuck Daily would reply, "awfully good" to most questions and that Buddy Ryan obviously did not watch the games they would ask him to analyze. This of course prompted Terry to reply being using "awfully good" all the time, it was back when there was all kind of inside jokes that only regular listeners understood, kind of felt like your were a member of some type of dysfunctional club each time an inside joke was used.


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RFDC wrote:
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The McGinnis thing is probably what I remember first. I didn’t start listening until 99 or so, but B&B on 9/11 always sticks with me.

As I have said before, North did a good job with 9-11. I was driving a couple kids home from Mount Carmel, so I had him on for about an hour that day. Much of it was just him reading reports, pausing, and saying "Wow," but it was more informative than listening to whoever was on 720.

I dozed off just after dinner and had a dream that Doug and O'B had a show about the events of that day. It was, in retrospect, hilarious.

Hey what happened last night Thomas? You just left all of us hanging

An old friend of mine began texting me--the guy had a kidney transplant a few years back and it hasn't been going well, so I was just kind of listening to him blow off steam....

That was a good time, though, while I was there!!

Well that is a much better use of your time.

Just messing with ya. It was a good time. I hope we use that forum more in the future.

Agree with that.....

I kept checking back and reading the discussion about some old stories--it was hilarious. It was also good to hear people mention Stone Roses, too.


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Baum was fine in a Sunday morning for a couple hours. Better than going to church.


Where's OKC

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Baum was fine in a Sunday morning for a couple hours. Better than going to church.


Where's OKC


Didn't he have a B&B YouTube channel?

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Baum was fine in a Sunday morning for a couple hours. Better than going to church.


Where's OKC


Didn't he have a B&B YouTube channel?


I think so. He had a lot of good material.

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First time listening may have been Baum and Rosenbloom. Stumbled onto them. Then November 2004. High Noon. What a couple of goofs. I was hooked.


When were you a Baum and Rosenbloom listener?

Baum lived by his 50% love/hate concept as I recall. I was new to it. Same show you could love him and hate him.


I remember Dave Baum filling in for Tom Shaer in the early 90s. He was not good.

Bernstein often referenced Baum's suggestion that a host's goal should be to have 50% of the audience love you and 50% of the audience hate you. It was successful strategy for Bernstein for many years.


Take it back.

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Yep. He does. Bears weather and shark be tiger. December 2004. https://youtu.be/FvF40W37tSQ

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Nas wrote:
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Nas wrote:
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Baum was fine in a Sunday morning for a couple hours. Better than going to church.


Where's OKC


Didn't he have a B&B YouTube channel?


I think so. He had a lot of good material.


https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOriginalKidCairo/videos

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There's your bear weather right there, a giant suck rest. Fffgphphphssshf

:lol:

And Steve sounds like The first iteration of Rusty from Stickney.


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My favorite Memolo moment' Chicago weather... "It's January, It's cold deal with it!!!"

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After a few years they apparently had enough money to throw at big name "experts" who would have regular hits on the shows. Unfortunately, some of these guys saw this as an easy check and provided very little in the way of real analysis. Remember Chuck Daily would reply, "awfully good" to most questions and that Buddy Ryan obviously did not watch the games they would ask him to analyze. This of course prompted Terry to reply being using "awfully good" all the time, it was back when there was all kind of inside jokes that only regular listeners understood, kind of felt like your were a member of some type of dysfunctional club each time an inside joke was used.


That is a good memory. I had forgotten about that. Having experts who did not watch the games is definitely more entertaining that Bernstein discussing spin rates with Joe Sheehan.

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The Bull & the Bear.....not that it was a good show, but man....I miss the voices of both Buffone and Norm.

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What was the song that they played before the North and Buffone show?

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The Bull & the Bear.....not that it was a good show, but man....I miss the voices of both Buffone and Norm.


Norm singing Stones' songs...I miss that guy.

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