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Stotty posted:Make a lovely passive-aggresive video full of vaguery then get mad at the people you slagged off addressing it. Eh, Fez 'retired' because Sirius wouldn't renew his contract. I think the only reason they kept him on and gave him a final show is because Ron is such a good worker for them. By the end Fez was trashing the company when he even bothered to speak. And Opie is a very pathetic person. He wanted to give Jim two days a week so he could still maintain that the 'show' was going on regardless but then slowly make it into everything he wanted while Jim was left high and dry. Norton was right to want a clean break and Opie's bitching is simply because he wanted to use his crew and cast, once again, to get Sirius to keep his payrate the same by extorting the rest of them. Afternoon Drive across the board pays less anywhere, this isn't a Sirius-only thing. Opie wanted to use some careers to keep his pay the same while getting the gig he wanted and now can't and now feels betrayed because he couldn't gently caress over his crew one last time. He can eat poo poo. CrashCat posted:He did it, he finally stuck his head so far up his rear end that it broke the laws of physics and changed all logic forever Let us talk about integrity: how about the show ended at the end of their contract as they had done for the whole of their careers up until this point? Kinda rich that someone who stuck by Ant in worse times suddenly had a change of heart and pussed out when Sirius waved more dollars in front of their face. Not that Ant wasn't an rear end in a top hat who got what he deserved, but Opie is the last person to call out anybody on integrity. He ditched his partner of decades over two years ago and turned his 'real' show into morning zoo lite. As loving if. A TURGID FATSO posted:This is absolutely maddening and depressing. No, it's quite hilarious. Opie has burnt so many bridges at this point he's either going to take a pay cut or take it on the arches and end up back in Rochester doing radio and having to deal with Terry Clifford directly. Probably just retire and fade into obscurity, honestly. What kind of clout does being a radio shock jock hold twenty years after the expiration date? BDawg posted:If Jimmy signed two weeks ago, good for him. I hope he got a well-paying, stable deal. I like the way he phrased it: mornings suck, but he's available for some acting work as well as his stand-up. He's working hard and taking the hit but at least he's willing to keep going. He's got the right spirit for this sort of gig and so does Sam, oddly enough. Even if everybody's favorite Disco Caveman is doing stupid poo poo like being a WWE interviewer and the like, at least it's some sort of ambition that Sirius really seems to favor (see Ron for that score). Old assholes like Opie who show up for four hours and then leave seem to have high expectations for just showing up. jerkstoresup posted:Listening to Jim & Sam reminds me of what made the old O&A fun to listen to. Just the ability to acknowledge a bad joke and laugh about it is so refreshing to hear. I also like how Jim explained the whole concept of Uncle Paul as not being a real part of him, but the insanity of the concept intruding on what passes for normalcy of the show. I think that sort of insight into his character and rationale has been missing and that a lot of the fans have always known but not the comedic reasoning behind it which makes it even more brilliant. For all the poo poo that Jimmy gets, he really does know how comedy works sometimes, even if his sort doesn't translate well to most audiences. Sadly, I've changed jobs in the past year so I can't listen at work like I used to, but now I kinda want to listen to Jim and Sam talk about Opie's meltdown. Might have to wait until tonight.
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Cavauro posted:That tweet about Jim and Anthony isn't wrong at all oddly enough. It's just funny that Opie would act like he can talk about anyone's integrity. I don't know if anyone could ever match him 
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:He ditched his partner of decades over two years ago and turned his 'real' show into morning zoo lite. As loving if.
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:Eh, Fez 'retired' because Sirius wouldn't renew his contract. Aye, I knew that but he had two reviews? In his final year and still was given time to turn it around, Opie didn't even make one contract renewal. On top of that Fez hadnt really been contributing for what 4+ years (could be wrong since I didn't really listen at the time, just piecing together from YouTube clips) or longer (barring his hilarious fuckups that generated so much material for others), so I would assume he kept his job through at least one contract. Talking of Ron and Fez it's pretty much all I've listened to really, I was impressed that generally the callers were much funnier than the dumbasses that called in to O&A and if they weren't they were just tossed aside quickly, without dwelling on poo poo calls. Apart from the comedian appearances on O&A I kinds think Ron and Fez was probably a consistently funnier show day to do, Dave and earl & even pepper are such tremendous messes. The fact that Dave couldn't get a better deal with sxm despite his contribution is ridiculous Stotty fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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End of Life Guy posted:Sam and Jim talk about Opie's Twitter meltdown The last few minutes with that caller and Chip were fawkin' hilarious
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O&A couldn't have ended any better. Ant's racism gets him fired and Opie's stupid contract posturing leads to SXM not re-signing him. Top it off with Jim (who doesn't care about being a "broadcaster" like Opie does) and Sam who has been willing to do anything in any time slot getting the morning spot on Opie's own channel, while Opie gets pushed out. What Opie wants is a cushy, low pressure, afternoon slot, more money, and with a cast of free comedians just funny enough to carry the show but not funny enough to demand a paycheck, all so he can sit back and run the board not earning his paycheck. Meanwhile Ron & Gail chug along doing better shows than both Opie and Anthony.
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It will be hilarious if Opie doesn't retire and tries to do his own thing somewhere else and then wonders why the comedians don't come filing in there for him like they used to
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JFC posted:Meanwhile Ron & Gail chug along doing better shows than both Opie and Anthony. Is that right? I was wondering what his numbers are these days. E: oh, I think I misread that - better shows, not necessarily more listeners.
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shyduck posted:Maybe Ant can give him a job honestly if Opie did do a morning show on anthony cumia's network, no matter how awful it was, I think O&A fans would be supportive.
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SiriusXM should hire scorch to do middays on Opie's channel as the ultimate gently caress you. I'm glad Sam seems to be doing fine out of all of this. He always seemed to be doing a ton of work for no payoff back in the O&A days.
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So uh something happened I guess? Opie is poo poo canned and now its the Jim & Sam experience? Oh well I like Jim, and Sam has really grown on me. My wife actually really likes the Sam Roberts show, because he's fast paced and keeps poo poo moving. Opie is really unfunny and I think I am going to enjoy Jim and Sam shows a lot more. I hope Nagel stays I actually like his nerd show. I want Anthony and Jim back Bum the Sad fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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dassabesso jus chillin an fuggin
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Bum the Sad posted:So uh something happened I guess? Opie is poo poo canned and now its the Jim & Sam experience?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKXLYGzA6w Denny Falcone suggests some names for the new show. The way he sets up Uncle Paul is perfect. Dario the Wop fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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To Battle posted:Let us pay tribute I was hoping this would just be a montage of all the times he tried to insert his making GBS threads on the beach story into things.
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The channel is still called Opie Radio, it's apparently still his show in the timeslot and Sam is hosting it with Jim who is burying Opie at every opportunity. This is loving glorious. Opie hosed up with his brinksmanship and bridge burning.
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So the other programs on the channel are all going down with the ship, it seems. Bonnie tweeted that they are no longer on SiriusXM as of this morning, and Dr Steve is doing an AMA sometime soon. We probably won't hear from erock until next week after Opie is officially out. https://twitter.com/weirdmedicine/status/781572845780336640 https://twitter.com/bonniemcfarlane/status/781527130442076160
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jerkstoresup posted:So the other programs on the channel are all going down with the ship, it seems. Bonnie tweeted that they are no longer on SiriusXM as of this morning, and Dr Steve is doing an AMA sometime soon. We probably won't hear from erock until next week after Opie is officially out. So Opie's attempt to make Sirius pay him for an afternoon shift has resulted in the complete destruction of his channel altogether. Nice going, Op! loving Ant didn't burn as many bridges so fast.
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jerkstoresup posted:So the other programs on the channel are all going down with the ship, it seems. Bonnie tweeted that they are no longer on SiriusXM as of this morning, and Dr Steve is doing an AMA sometime soon. We probably won't hear from erock until next week after Opie is officially out. Race Wars is gone too.
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So if all the OpieRadio shows are getting canned this is pretty much confirmation that Opie is out right? No reason to keep the channel around if the flagship show is dead and buried. And given that Jim signed a new contract and Sam is essentiall a Sirius salaryman it doesn't seem likely they'd build the channel around them.
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SnatchRabbit posted:So if all the OpieRadio shows are getting canned this is pretty much confirmation that Opie is out right? No reason to keep the channel around if the flagship show is dead and buried. And given that Jim signed a new contract and Sam is essentiall a Sirius salaryman it doesn't seem likely they'd build the channel around them. This is what I'm really curious about, I wonder if they just moved to an entirely different channel, if the channel gets re-branded, etc. The super-delayed car crash sound effect Jimmy kept playing today was really making me laugh
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SnatchRabbit posted:So if all the OpieRadio shows are getting canned this is pretty much confirmation that Opie is out right? No reason to keep the channel around if the flagship show is dead and buried. And given that Jim signed a new contract and Sam is essentiall a Sirius salaryman it doesn't seem likely they'd build the channel around them. Or it could be they're firebombing the place and could bring everyone back on new deals. E-Rock is basically a salaryman too and I doubt he gets paid extra to do his Friday night geek show so there is no reason that needs to go away. They could bring back Ron to the channel and re-negotiate with Vos/Bonnie and any of the other show they pay pretzels and cheese to. Hell, they said they don't know if Ant could ever come back it could be a slow thing they work out with management. I don't think Opie's name carried the channel, there is more than enough content to keep it the way it is by just shifting things around. I do really hate that Sirius acts like they have no money for anything though.
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Someone mentioned earlier that the quality of Raw Dog isn't as great for Bennington compared to what it used to be when Ron was on 202 or whatever. Am I remembering right or didn't O&A used to brag a lot that 202 was a higher bandwidth station in that normally the talk radio stations got the lovely encoding and bandwidth and only the music channels got the nice sound quality? Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly. But I really seem to recall them being proud of having good sounding audio for being a talk channel.
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Disappointing Pie posted:Someone mentioned earlier that the quality of Raw Dog isn't as great for Bennington compared to what it used to be when Ron was on 202 or whatever. Am I remembering right or didn't O&A used to brag a lot that 202 was a higher bandwidth station in that normally the talk radio stations got the lovely encoding and bandwidth and only the music channels got the nice sound quality? Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly. But I really seem to recall them being proud of having good sounding audio for being a talk channel.
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Sankis posted:SiriusXM should hire scorch to do middays on Opie's channel as the ultimate gently caress you. Even better: Sam (or a Midnight Rider-esque stand-in) should pull a PFG-TV on Opie. All of the stupid hacky pukey poo poo he's tried to do to be viral or cool or vague...I'm sure Jim, TravDog, maybe even E-Rock would love to trash on him from a pure 'personality' perspective. How Much Art posted:l, if the channel gets re-branded, etc. Say hello to the new BOOK RADIO
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Morter posted:Even better: Sam (or a Midnight Rider-esque stand-in) should pull a PFG-TV on Opie. All of the stupid hacky pukey poo poo he's tried to do to be viral or cool or vague...I'm sure Jim, TravDog, maybe even E-Rock would love to trash on him from a pure 'personality' perspective. oh god, yes. Even better october is just a couple days away...
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I listen to Bennington via an Audible subscription and it sounds great. If you don't mind listening to the show a few hours after it ends, you can get a 12 month subscription for $34.95, or free if you don't already have Audible and choose it for your free trial item. They don't upload the Opie Radio morning Benningtons though, which sucks, but since they won't be doing them anymore it's not an issue. http://www.audible.com/pd/Comedy/Bennington-12-Month-Subscription-Audiobook/B002VA9C9W/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1475182287&sr=1-1 If you didn't hear the end of yesterday's Bennington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsLcU78y8Q&t=9520s followed by this song instead of Tiny Dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTeLePbB08
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80s James Hetfield posted:Or it could be they're firebombing the place and could bring everyone back on new deals. It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out this way, completely tearing down everything so they can restructure a new channel. If there's one thing I learned, especially after the firing, is to never trust what the boys say about money and budget. The example that sticks out to me is that after ant got shitcanned, sxm was suddenly able to "afford" the studio renovation those two had been bitching about for months on end. I mean I don't know anything about how sirius runs the show, but I got the impression that each channel has a given budget. Instead of leaving a decent amount of budget for staff and other shows, O&A were taking drat near all of it for themselves. This may even be why Ronnie got booted out to raw dog.
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CrashCat posted:I don't know if they bragged about it but O&A definitely got the higher bandwidth channel and held onto it for dear life. I'm about 50/50 odds on whether they give the bandwidth to Raw Dog instead or use it to put out some other poo poo channel since podcasts killed talk radio. If I remember correctly they had the same high band width at XM and Sirius inherited that as part of their contract. It makes sense that O&A would want it keep that as a sticking point every time they renegotiated.
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Sankis posted:oh god, yes. Even better october is just a couple days away... Listening to Jim's reaction of the twitter stuff, Opie deserves it. He literally pulled Scorch's 'Not telling you about last show until last minute' poo poo. That's pure insanity. How does he not see how much he's like Scorch?! JFC posted:If you didn't hear the end of yesterday's Bennington: 
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JFC posted:If you didn't hear the end of yesterday's Bennington: Ronnie B, despite all of his hipster flaws, is a goddamn treasure. He must've seen this coming ten miles way, though he'd never say it out loud. I'm not surprised to see things go down this way either. Opie was on thin ice after the first big on-air spat with Jimmy. Management pays attention to that stuff and no doubt they'd had their fill of his bullshit signing tactics anyway. Sam and Jim actually work well together and I can see them running a successful show together for as long as circumstances allow it and they have the passion for it.
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End of Life Guy posted:Sam and Jim talk about Opie's Twitter meltdown Shawn is a boob.
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