uncle fester wrote:
Stu... point taken about the article and about the grief shared with Mac. As I stated earlier in this post, I still think he is blow holing out both sides of his mouth. We both know he would like to sit on Uncle Terrys lap again and wax poetic about the good old days. I think it has been implied enough that his disdain for Bernsy and how he probably thinks he could coax more out of TB in Terry's swan song of a radio career.
The problem I have with Mac writing this article is it sounds as he forgot where good ole Mackey came from. Mac was a no-namer to the masses when he started at WSCR and thanks to reaching out to the fans the whole station thrived. I would bet you a dollar to a donut that if we were flies on the wall and could witness Macs true intimate conversations about Pappy, we would here a lot of hatred and ill will expressed towards the man named Mike North. Just a hunch. Seeing as you get to hang at Mackeyland (sp? proper verbage) and seem to know the Mac outside of the radio booth, you tell us. Mac is just going to do the PC thing and tell us he has an immense respect for Mike North and wishes him well in his endeavors. Bull SH!t, I don't like Mike North, chances are you don't like Mike North, and as I said I think it is safe to say Mac doesn't like Mike North.
And finally, who really cares about the Sport anchor on NBC5. I really think Giangreco has made the other four major stations sports anchors irrelevant. Maybe NBC is smart for trudging out the "b" team sports crew for reduced money. Your not going to be #1 in the Chicagoland market with your sportscast that takes 3 minutes at most on any given day.
Truth be told that when I do hang out with Mac and it's not very often that I do but he does not talk about his job nor do I ask. I think Slappy will agree and tell you guys the same thing . We hang out and just make each other laugh , drink a few pops and tell stories. Im sure Mac doesn't want to sit there with his buddies and talk about North or Jiggs or Harry or Jurko. He's one to say at times "I don't ask you about your job , don't ask me about mine"..Good words to live by because I really don't care. If he has a tought he brings it to his show and talks about it.
I've asked Slappy a few questions about show things and he has said that he and Mac don't talk about the show at all when they hang out and he doesn't care about the behind the show things either and he hangs out with Mac more than anyone here so to answer your question I guess you should ask Mac and you can do that on this thread and I'm sure he'll answer it here.