good dolphin wrote:
BD wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
BD wrote:
From my observations, I still find it very strange that the show that needs to agree on nearly every topic discussed. That's probably more of a Holmes thing where he likes to pre-plan every show so every topic has been discussed off-air first.
It's a Bernstein thing. He likes to subvert the trope of Dueling Talk Show Hosts by having internal agreement on the show but conflict with other articles, nebulous "People on Twitter," or listeners. I think he's even said as much years ago.
Maybe in the past that's true. Holmes talks about the pre-show conversation often. He'll mention that specific topics on the show were talked over in the pre-show.
Personally, I don't mind an organized show, but I don't understand a show that is scripted. This is closer to scripted from the standpoint that they know each other's position. Do they even need a pre-show to make sure they are aligned on a topic? That seems to be the goal for Holmes.
The hallmark of B and B was arriving five minutes before the show and leaving 30 seconds later. Sir shows have always been heavily produced. Dan isn't quite in the waning years of his career yet but I do think he is in the go along stage, riding things out until colleges are fully paid.
The odd Holmes two hour show was totally producer dependent, 15 mins of play by play replays, 20 mins of replays of interviews, 20 mins gabbing about his podcast, 20 mins of pre-taped interviews, and maybe 10 mins of actual live content with zero outside voices, no callers, not even a disagreement with a guest.
Stumble across what must be a Bears post YouTube thing he does, but it looks like a guy that is just going through the motions, doing something he thinks he should do with zero emotional investment, but it's likely tough for him to watch other people filling his Bears Post Game spot and doing a much better job.
It's kind of a sad life for these guys, trying to milk out as many paychecks as possible working in a low demand field where they may sell off your station at any moment or may cut your job at any moment. They have done this so long that the prospect of having to put in a 40 hour week working alongside the unwashed masses must be terrifying.