I think long-term feelings/opinions have a lot to do with this. It seems like the individual personalities of the hosts play a big role.
I was a
die-hard, hardcore MJH fan. Listened all the time. Went to remotes. Entered/won contests. In my mind, they just had "it" that made them easy to listen to. Maybe it was filling a void, maybe it was chemistry, who knows? Therefore, I probably still have a favorable opinion of all those guys.
I've been to remotes involving all of the people being discussed here - some multiple times, some just once. I met/talked to most of them as well. For the most part, all of them are friendly, cordial, and pretty "regular". The only person I've never met on remote/otherwise is Bernstein. In person, IMO:
Jurko - awesome. Literally anyone could walk right up and carry on a conversation w/ him instantly. If you don't do that, he's gonna come up to you, so might as well beat him to it.
Harry - very, very friendly. Always willing to buy a round, possibly many. But he also has that "social butterfly" thing about him - when he's hanging out with you, he's always looking past you to see who else is in the room.
Boers - been to two remotes with him - talked to him at one w/ Holmes. It was........sterile/stale. Nothing special - both seemed like they didn't really want to be there. Just kind of going thru the motions if they weren't on the air.
Carm - actually very friendly. He doesn't seem as arrogant to me as some say. He seems more like he's perpetually "young", even though he's been around awhile now. Seems like he truly enjoys his job, which is important in this profession, IMO.
Mac - Again, very friendly. Usually spends a lot of time hanging with his "regulars" at remotes, but always makes time for everybody else. Always seems to have that frantic, 20 things to do at once type of thing going on too. Sherry (sp?) was awesome at the Cubs/Sox tailgate, so that bumps Mac a couple notches too.
My bottom line to the idea of RPB's original post:
CJH is not even close to the worst show on in Chicago, even if you think it's not the best in it's slot. It seems odd to me to single Harry out as an "albatross" to his show (which may be true), when the B&B show has the same type of weight around it's neck.
That's all.
**edited for spelling/grammar FU's.
Absolutely "spot on", Spanky! Couldn't agree with you more. Never thought that I'd say that.
Great. You can say whatever you want I was just telling you I don't like it. Most of the time when somebody tells me they don't like what I do I tell them to fuck off as well. Feel free to say what you want.
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