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prefect posted:Bob Levy always makes me a little sad. He's really dumb, and I haven't seen any evidence of his being funny. It feels like he's destined to wind up living under a bridge. He really got hosed over BAD by a station up here in Albany. They hired him to be on an awful morning show (where eventually everyone got canned anyway) but never gave him a contract. So he moved up here and rented a house and all this other stuff and then they just let his rear end go. I guess its partly his fault for working without a definite contract. And yeah, I feel kind of sorry for him. He's been doing standup for god knows how long but I bet he still doesn't have a pot to piss in. He's also the type of guy who you can tell is barely literate just by listening to him speak. edit: Post from SFN that talks about it: quote:Clear Channel is a bunch of scum bags and Bob was very naive in the way he did business with them. haljordan fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Jun 22, 2012 |
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haljordan posted:He really got hosed over BAD by a station up here in Albany. They hired him to be on an awful morning show (where eventually everyone got canned anyway) but never gave him a contract. So he moved up here and rented a house and all this other stuff and then they just let his rear end go. I guess its partly his fault for working without a definite contract. Wow. That's really, really lovely. It almost sounds like it shouldn't be legal. But for entertainers, maybe that's the kind of thing that an agent/manager prevents from happening.
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Jun 22, 2012 16:41
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prefect posted:Wow. That's really, really lovely. It almost sounds like it shouldn't be legal. But for entertainers, maybe that's the kind of thing that an agent/manager prevents from happening. Yeah if you're going to move somewhere and uproot your life and your wife's, you'd think you'd only do it with a definite contract that spelled out exactly how long you would be employed. The radio business has to be one of the scummiest out there.
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Jun 22, 2012 16:45
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Don't worry too much about Bob Levy. I'm sure sure he's sitting pretty on all those "Beat your dick like it owes you money" residuals.
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Jun 22, 2012 17:24
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Isn't he the one that eats blue cheese dressing out of people's asses? Maybe he could get a Food Network show.
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Jun 22, 2012 17:30
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It's nice to know that I could have Bob Levy perform at a backyard barbecue for 250 bucks and it would be 50 bucks more than he gets for a fire hall show.
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Jun 22, 2012 17:36
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Szyznyk posted:It's nice to know that I could have Bob Levy perform at a backyard barbecue for 250 bucks and it would be 50 bucks more than he gets for a fire hall show. For another $10 he'd probably clean up afterwards.
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Jun 22, 2012 17:41
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Bonzo posted:Isn't he the one that eats blue cheese dressing out of people's asses? Maybe he could get a Food Network show. That's slightly less gross than the poo poo Jon Hein eats on his show.
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Jun 22, 2012 18:19
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We can't discuss Bob Levy without Artie Lange's tirade against him on TWUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVNlH27rADI It's probably the most vicious destruction of someone in the SIRIUS era.
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Jun 22, 2012 18:21
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Sand Monster posted:We can't discuss Bob Levy without Artie Lange's tirade against him on TWUS: For some reason, this tirade is way more vicious and scathing than Levy's, even though Levy's entire rant was basically one giant scream. Artie says all this horrible poo poo in a matter-of-fact tone of voice that cuts to the bone.
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Jun 22, 2012 18:26
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The funny part of that rant, is Artie is guilty of half the sleezey drunken poo poo he claims Bob does. As if Artie can admonish someone for being an alcoholic.
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Manifest posted:The funny part of that rant, is Artie is guilty of half the sleezey drunken poo poo he claims Bob does. The best insults are the ones you know personally, that way you really know how to make them sting. This is basically Artie yelling at himself.
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Jun 22, 2012 18:32
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His jizz-drenched... stinky, whiskey sobbing... computer?? board?
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Jun 22, 2012 18:38
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AxeManiac posted:The best insults are the ones you know personally, that way you really know how to make them sting. This is basically Artie yelling at himself. That's how I felt listening to it. But didn't Artie once yell at someone for stealing this joke from Bob Levy, or am I misremembering?
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Jun 22, 2012 18:42
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Jun 22, 2012 18:49
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Manifest posted:That's how I felt listening to it. Bob Levy argued that Dave Chappelle stole one of his jokes.
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Jun 22, 2012 18:53
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Shes Not Impressed posted:Bob Levy argued that Dave Chappelle stole one of his jokes. A joke that's been around since the dawn of time, no less.
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Jun 22, 2012 19:07
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I could have sworn Artie got on someone's case for lifting a joke from one of his friends.
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Jun 22, 2012 19:09
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I could barely make this pic out cause I'm looking at it on my phone, but just from the posture I immediately knew it was Artie 
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Jun 22, 2012 19:45
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Hey, guys - guess who's sitting next to Maryann from Brooklyn at her movie premiere?
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Jun 23, 2012 00:16
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picosecond posted:Hey, guys - guess who's sitting next to Maryann from Brooklyn at her movie premiere? Get her to record your outgoing voice message.
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Jun 23, 2012 00:47
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What movie is she in? After reading http://www.mariannfrombrooklyn.com/aboutme/ I think she and Levy had the same English teacher.
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Artie getting a ride from some random guy on a jetski to get to Tony Siragusa's sea plane is really the greatest thing ever.
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Turns out I was wrong -- this is her second film appearance. She had a small role in the movie version of Tony And Tina's Wedding, which tanked according to her. Anyway, the movie was called Blood Kisses and it was pretty harrible. Imagine a student film that tries to copy a SyFy Original Movie. Halfway through we were basically making fun of it and she joined in. I'm glad it was only an hour long. Marianne is actually a very nice woman and she asked for my e-mail so she could send me free passes to an AGT taping. So yeah, I hung out with a Wack Packer who wasn't completely hosed up as a person. I've met a few Wack Packers before but Marianne's the only one who really seemed alright in the head.
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Sand Monster posted:We can't discuss Bob Levy without Artie Lange's tirade against him on TWUS: Artie was pretty vicious against Sal and RIchard in this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzyv2UvB5g OG KUSH BLUNTS fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Jun 23, 2012 |
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Jun 23, 2012 06:41
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Artie had a bit of a persecution complex and took everything way too personally. He was unable to find happiness except with booze, gambling, and heroin. He could be funny when he actually showed up to work and made an effort, but listening to those old clips of him ripping people apart makes me not miss him on the show very much. Richard called Artie two-faced and Richard was completely right. One day Artie was Sal and Richard's friend and invited them to open for his comedy gigs, and the next Artie was calling them hacks on the air. Richard is the nicest person on the show by far and Artie saying "you're not as talented as me, your bits and phone calls suck, I'm better than you" is really tasteless. It was unjustified but then again it may have been the drugs talking.
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Jun 23, 2012 07:34
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This was the Artie I hated. "Oh YEAH?! What do YOU do for a living huh?"
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Former Human posted:Richard called Artie two-faced and Richard was completely right. One day Artie was Sal and Richard's friend and invited them to open for his comedy gigs, and the next Artie was calling them hacks on the air. Richard is the nicest person on the show by far and Artie saying "you're not as talented as me, your bits and phone calls suck, I'm better than you" is really tasteless. It was unjustified but then again it may have been the drugs talking. Also I'd like to remind everyone that Shuli was dead last in that competition. SHALOM BEEYOTCH 
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Snark posted:Also I'd like to remind everyone that Shuli was dead last in that competition. SHALOM BEEYOTCH You can knock him all you want, but now he's headlining Ronnie's block party. Not literally, but I guess he does go on last.
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Spacemonkey57 posted:You can knock him all you want, but now he's headlining Ronnie's block party. Not literally, but I guess he does go on last. Perhaps it's just me, but that's really not doing much for an argument to support Shuli's talent.
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I thought the checks from Ronnie were all bouncing though.
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What's the story with that Gary gif?quote:Shuli was dead last in that competition. Even behind Cabby and Joey Boots???
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Jun 23, 2012 18:05
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A Intimate Rimjobs posted:What's the story with that Gary gif? IIRC he was talking about a song that reminded him of his brother, who died years ago from AIDS, and how it makes him cry every time he hears it (they played it) 
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They actually didn't play it because Fred couldn't find it(it's some obscure Elton John song) but just making Gary describe the video caused that to happen.
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Jun 23, 2012 18:14
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A Intimate Rimjobs posted:What's the story with that Gary gif? King K Rool took all his bananas.
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AltronHGX posted:IIRC he was talking about a song that reminded him of his brother, who died years ago from AIDS, and how it makes him cry every time he hears it (they played it) It amazes me that with Gary having had a brother who was gay and died of AIDS that he would so casually throw around the word "fag" and use the word "gay" as a pejorative. My youngest brother is gay, and I wouldn't use either of those in a negative fashion in my wildest dreams. Part of it I think is that Gary tries way too hard to be one of the guys - his behaving like that is just a by-product of his insecurity. But on the other hand, I hate Gary so I am not really objective. 
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Former Human posted:Report her to the IRS. Belated reply but, as sad as it is to say -- doing this would make great radio. Both Cabbie and ETM both faced the music with the IRS, and it made for good times. I don't endorse it, btw. It's pretty hosed up. But...the radio...
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A Intimate Rimjobs posted:What's the story with that Gary gif? I used to have a full breakdown of the voting, but yeah, Richard was first, Sal was second, and Shuli was last. Here we go (reconstructed from http://www.marksfriggin.com/news04/6-28.htm):
Note: John the Stutterer officially dropped out weeks before the voting, but he still got votes. I have no idea who got the remaining one percent. prefect fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Jun 23, 2012 |
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A funny thing about that list, 4 of the people on it have since gotten themselves blacklisted from being on the show! Or at least I think they fired Dan the song parody man, he hadn't been mentioned or had any material played for a long rear end time when I finally stopped listening.
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