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Howard Stern "tribute" to Rod
ChuckNet:
--- Quote ---Trust me, if they didn't like Rod Roddy they could have been much harsher (and have been with other people).
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Case in point (to keep it GS-related): the way he ripped Joshua Morrow after the latter commented on a MG '98 ep how much he hated Stern.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
DrBear:
[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Oct 31 2003, 08:51 PM\'] Besides, I dare anyone on this board to step up and say that, in a private moment, they've NEVER made a joke about a death. (cut) But since he did it on a national broadcast with millions of listeners, a few people climb on a soap box and call him degenerate.
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That's my point. Everyone has the right to say and feel how they think; putting it on the radio makes it worthy of comment if you dislike it, which is what I did.
--- Quote ---2. If you were offended, you're probably not his target audience...
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I consider that something to be proud of.
I still think he's disgusting.
Edit: And yes, I know I'm starting to sound like Prof.Steve.
chris319:
--- Quote ---I have one thing to say. Howard gave Rod a 4 minute 30 second tribute and Bob Barker gave him 28 seconds.
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Come on John, you're smarter than that.
How many pricing games did Howard play on his show? Howard has nothing but time to fill on his show whereas TPIR tried to shoehorn a tribute into an existing formatted episode, hardly a fair comparison.
As for Mr. Stern, among the many problems I have with him is the way he deals with women on his show. That's all I'm going to say.
Skynet74:
[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 1 2003, 03:46 AM\']
--- Quote ---I have one thing to say. Howard gave Rod a 4 minute 30 second tribute and Bob Barker gave him 28 seconds.
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Come on John, you're smarter than that.
How many pricing games did Howard play on his show? Howard has nothing but time to fill on his show whereas TPIR tried to shoehorn a tribute into an existing formatted episode, hardly a fair comparison.
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I hear ya Chris, but TPIR shoehorning tributes into episodes like this is a bad way to pay respect in the first place. I would be much more understanding if they offered a Special show in addition to the pre-taped piece. However they never did that with Johnny and chances are they won't with Rod. That is the real reason to be upset. CBS can produce all these Million Dollar Specials (and) they can produce five shows a week for 9 months a year, but God Forbid they devote one show to a major player on the program who has died. Don't let Barker fool you either. If he wanted a real tribute to take place then it definately could.
All I'm going to say is..... Rod and Johnny .... 38 Seconds combined! That's less tribute time then it takes to play friggin "Race Game"! How happy are you about that Chris?
John
clemon79:
[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Nov 1 2003, 02:09 AM\'] I hear ya Chris, but TPIR shoehorning tributes into episodes like this is a bad way to pay respect in the first place. [/quote]
It's better than nothing. I thought it was as appropriate a tribute as anything. Some of us understand the realities of the business.
--- Quote ---I would be much more understanding if they offered a Special show in addition to the pre-taped piece. However they never did that with Johnny and chances are they won't with Rod. That is the real reason to be upset.
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John, do you realize that most Americans didn't even know his freakin' NAME? I had "R.I.P. Rod Roddy" written on the whiteboard in my office all week, and 99% of my visitors jerked their thumb at the board and said "Who's that?"
"Today, a special tribute to the Come On Down guy." Not gonna happen. And further, an insult to whoever is currently occupying the chair, IMO.
--- Quote ---Don't let Barker fool you either. If he wanted a real tribute to take place then it definately could.
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Oh, come on. The conspiracy theory thing does not become you.
--- Quote ---All I'm going to say is..... Rod and Johnny .... 38 Seconds combined! That's less tribute time then it takes to play friggin "Race Game"! How happy are you about that Chris?
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Dude, they're announcers. Special to us? Yes. Special to 99.9% of the population? No.
Personally, out of deference and support to Randy, who has quite a job to do in the next week and change, I think we should all try to move along with him, at leasr publically. (I don't want to tell anyone to stop mourning if they feel they need to, but I think there comes a point where the public outpour does more harm than good.)
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