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Beardown is one of my wife's favorite posters so a bonus section all to his own for challenging queries.
1. My comments regarding Bernstein a couple years ago: "I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him."
Yeah, I wrote it and I'm sure I said it more than once. At the end of my first run at the Score, I didn't care much for Bernsie and I felt the feeling was reciprocal. And we did hang out some on the road. Enjoyed him in Phoenix in '96 (his first and maybe only strip club experience), Seattle later than spring, New Orleans in '97 (the lad actually stuffed me in a cab and got me back to the hotel when I'd had way too much), Salt Lake in '97-'98, San Diego in '98. He's a food snob like me (insert jokes about both of us here) and we were on a wine kick together. Lots of memorable trips.
Then came Miami in '99. Word was that Berns had planted some rumors about our bad morning show being blown up. Robert Feder wrote it in the Sun-Times. Dave Baum was a rumored replacement for Buffone and Van Lier and he made some smug comments to Feder about the Score not being capable of affording him. Bernsie was ready to move up from weeknight/weekend/fill in guy and several people suspected "his camp" put the bug in Feder's ear. Did he? To this day I don't know, but I was much more of a hothead then and as we sat around a bar talking about how foolish the station looked, he laughed.
Doug and Norm did a terrible show, but nobody wanted to see them or us look bad. Berns didn't seem to mind. He was laughing about it. It amused him to no end. That pissed me off and I started barking at him. Jiggetts and my first wife, Jill, pulled me away 'cuz they thought I was gonna kill him. Bernsie struck me as a guy who just wanted what was best for him and not for the Score. He made some cracks about me behind my back that trip, too.... about two weeks after he sought my counsel and took me out to lunch for a few tips on doing his first contract.
I don't mind being around Dan these days. He can be as arrogant as anybody I've ever met, but we have many shared interests (fishing, cooking, love for bad movies, etc.). He's a talented host. He's one of the brightest guys I've ever met. I've become more of a fan of B&B than I would have dreamed possible two years ago. I get their act now... and I've been enjoying it, especially during football season. Then again, everything about sports talk is better during football season.
2. Who was I talking about when I said a few weeks ago there could be a few others to join Finji as ESPN defectors?
Adam Delevitt, their new program director. We were hoping to get him in board in a position Chad Feldman (former ESPN sales dude) was creating. Would have made Dele a liasone between sales and programming. Would have worked a lot with White Sox sales (that's Adam's favorite local team by a mile). To my surprise, ESPN hired him to follow the robotic ESPN prototype Justin Craig. Good for Dele. He's a good radio man and a fun guy.
Would have like to have Dave Juday on my squad again someday... he's under contract for a bit more. I'd love to have Jeff Dickerson again at the same station that employs me. Oh, Jurko. Yeah, when Jurko's deal is up.... I wonder where he'll go. He's a funny motherfucker and the most coachable teammate I've ever had.
3. Who has the most pull at the Score?
Rod Zimmerman. It's Daddy's station. Good thing is, I don't think anybody really covets Northian type power. Mitch and I disagreed on some fill-ins early on (I had to keep asking on Jason Goff to ride shotgun) but there only has been one real instance where "power" came into play. Some feelings were hurt when I had Teddy Greenstein join the 9-1 shift as a contributor and then a co-host. Mitch told me to keep peace, Teddy couldn't host. There was some history there.... I think with Teddy and the morning show and I know with Terry. I told Mitch that l hadn't asked permission from a fellow host on a guest or fill-in in almost 20 years and I wasn't going to start now. Asked him to convey that to the morning show guys if they had an issue with TG and said I'd do it with Terry... with my promise to never have the same reaction with any guest or sub host they wanna have on. It's not my end. I don't care what the other shows do. That's their business and all shows should stay the fuck out of other shows' business. And with that one exception, I think it's gone that way.
4. Why doesn't Goff fill in on B&B as he does on the midday show?
He has with Terry. And I'm betting he will again. Talked to Terry about it and he likes working with both Jason and Laurence Holmes. I like working with both of those guys as well. I don't know if or why Bernsie doesn't. It's obvious Dan likes and respects Jason's talents. JG is the regular "third man" on B&B and I know Bernsie loved his contributions at the roast. I think Jason's stock is on the rise at the Score so I'm betting you'll hear him in major dayparts more regularly.
5. Is North finished?
Sure looks that way. Kinda sad, too, because he's got talent. Just a little thin in the common sense department.
What do you wanna know next, Beardown, my favorite color? -- had to get some Colonel Jessup in there since you want to know about "power."
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