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In <2p8qvk$30o@dlogics.dlogics.com> jsp@dlogics.dlogics.com (Jeff Spivak) writes:

>In article <2p8oc4$jjj@mercury.mcs.com>,
>Aaron Barnhart <barnhart@MCS.COM> wrote:
>>Jeff Spivak spazzed:
>>:>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>:>
>>:>Come on you flamethrowers. Tell me how great Steve "Dull" still is.
>>
>>parrinel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Chris Parrinello) wrote:
>>:It's nice to see that the more well-adjusted members of society are
>>:getting Internet access...

>Ho hum. A cheap shot from one whose arsenal is sadly depleated.

Implying that you have greater character flaws beyond the sixth-grade
maturity level you've continually displayed?  No wonder Stern appeals
to you.  "Huh huh... he said 'lesbians', Beavis..."

>>No kidding.  By the way, the ratings period for the Dahl show ended
>>March 30th, just days after the pairing with Bruce Wolf began.  We
>>won't know how well they're doing till three months from now.  

>Well that says volumes for Steve's "talent". 

Really... let's yank the rug out from under Stern and see how he'd
fare.  Or the top- or near-top-performer in any market does after
such a major change occurs.

>Don't forget that Dahl and Wolf had a parting of the ways sometime
>back.

And they're displaying rather admirable maturity by putting that all
behind them.  From Steve's perspective, wouldn't YOU do almost
anything to get away from Les Grobstien as a partner?  From Bruce's,
wouldn't YOU rather have the higher-profile job?  Bruce's lesser
knowledge of sports minutiae separates him from Les, which is probably
why he's not nearly so annoying.

>As is his history, Dahl alienated another co-worker. What
>happened to Stan Lawrence, three previous newswomen, not to mention
>Meier? All of them fed up, seeking newer (if not greener) pastures.

Stan, of course, had not much to do besides "How To Speak Black" (which
got _old_ after a while) and run the Best Of... on Saturdays.  With the
breakup, the Saturday rerun extravaganza dies off, so what was left for
Stan to do?  He really wouldn't have made that good a co-host with Steve.

As for the newswomen, Maggie Brock's husband had 'greener pastures' in
Arizona, and Carrie Cochrane was goofy to start with.  Aaron, care to
fill in the rest of the details that escape me?

>>I'll venture to predict a move up to at least the top 12.  Then we'll
>>all know that Steve at absolute rock bottom, abandoned by his longtime
>>partner and left to wallow in a format for which he is utterly unpre-
>>pared, was on a par with Howard Stern on a very good day.

>I treasure further abandonment of his audience. Dahl couldn't be
>on par with Stern in a fictional context much less a real one.

Wait three months and let's see what you say then, seeing as how you
give such credence to ratings.  If you can survive disco, you can
survive anything.

I'm still looking forwards to Gacy's execution next month.  Only eighteen
days away, now.

>Howard Stern on a good day could have pushed AM-1000 into legitimate
>contention for the #1 spot in Chicago morning radio. By the time of his
>cancellation his demographics among men 18-34 was #1, though he
>languished in 17th place overall. I can't blame his bad ratings on AM-1000.
>Stern's audience takes time to build. He wasn't #1 in all of his
>other markets within 10 months. It took a year, sometimes more, but
>his ultimate superior ratings in every single market speak for themselves.

Yes, but every single market is not Chicago.  It is a widely-acknowledged
fact in broadcast circles that the Chicago market is extraordinarily
unique.  Besides, you forget that most people in/around Chicago _despise_
New York.  What flies in New York crashes and burns here.

If Howard was doing so well with the 18-34 crowd, where was the uproar
when Howard was cancelled?  Certainly nowhere near that which happened
when 'LS started jerking Steve & Garry around way back when.

>>I also note with interest that Jeff is a Datalogics employee. 

>    There's a new stalking law in Illinois. Have you heard of it?

If you're attempting a non-sequitur, you've succeeded.  If you're
attempting to make a point, you've failed.  Reading someone's .sig,
after they've gone to the trouble of creating one, is hardly on
par with the activities of stalkers.

>>...Jeff, is comparable
>>to laughing your head off at a Datalogics employee who can't paste
>>up a complicated document using Quark Xpress at the end of the first
>>day.
>>
>>(When it comes to obscure references, eat your heart out, Dennis Miller.)

>Good analogy. Next time write one that makes sense.

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