FarAway
09-07-2005, 01:01 PM
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<br />
Seeing as this is a major change for R&F, I figured it was important to do a milestone edition of my FarAway Annual Report!<br />
<br />
<br />
Well 2005 started off amazing. I truly disliked the entire 2004 year. So this year was a relief.<br />
<br />
<br />
In 2005 they dumped the old opening music, and just tore into the year. I wasn't bored for a moment.<br />
<br />
<br />
I was happy to hear Bits (I liked his game shows!) and Keisha, who almost took the place of a certain orange one.<br />
<br />
<br />
The only thing that was missing was 5 letter man Billy Staples. I just
loved when he'd walk in and R&F would verbally beat the poop out of
him. And Billy would always happily come back for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
Fez seemed to finally come back to life. While on the meds he would
just be listening to the show like the rest of us. Ron was pretty much
doing a one man show for long periods.<br />
<br />
<br />
The major downers for me:<br />
<br />
<br />
"Bad Guests":<br />
<br />
Honestly, with CKY, Jackass, Viva La Bam, and Wild Boyz out there, I'm
really not very interested in setting up people trying to get some
exposure and doing silly characters on them. In my opinion, it's done
better elsewhere. A low-res version on radio is not a thrill anymore.<br />
<br />
<br />
Crazy Jen:<br />
<br />
I hate to bash on her, because I can't really blame her for trying. But
I really think she's had WAY too much air time for FAR too long.<br />
<br />
This may be exposing the shows lack of a quality producer. (not their
fault) Someone that can just keep her frequency on the show low. But
it's confusing because R&F usually have no problem keeping things
short when they want to. But with Bobo, Jen, AKA Blowhard, and Tender,
their open source (door) policy was backfiring.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The Giant Professor:<br />
<br />
Giant Brian was actually a huge positive to me. I thought he was an
excellent 3rd mic guy, and R&F just couldn't seem to knock him
down. But when he left I was shocked that he burned a lot of bridges,
seemed to treat people without influence like garbage, and in general
seemed quite disrespectful right after he knew he would be leaving. It
was a sad end to someone I was having high hopes for.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Spoilers! WTF!:<br />
<br />
WTF is up with the R&F show and spoilers. I learned long ago to
turn them off the moment they start talking about a movie. They always
spoil movies and it's VERY frustrating. They will go to a midnight,
opening-hour showing of a movie and start spoiling the very next
weekday. How many people do they think have had a chance to see the
movie before they start giving stuff out? I really hope they will cut
this because a lot of people might get pissed about this on a national
scale. I know I got so pissed about it that I turn them off when I
really don't want to. If they can't learn to be a little more kind to
people that simply can't rush out to a movie the hour, day, or weekend
it opens, then they should just keep the opinions as general as
possible and/or caution about spoilers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Warning!:<br />
<br />
Some items I hope R&F will think about before hitting XM<br />
<br />
<br />
The Open Door:<br />
<br />
They may want to put some limits on the open door. Nothing too hard.
Just something like "only 3 IN-STUDIO visits a month per person" for
example. Phones of course are no problem because they can kick someone
off the phone or just not pick them up easily.<br />
<br />
Keep the walk-ins time limited. We can overdose on just about everyone
(except Perry, probably because he knows not to overstay his welcome.
What a fake pro! I predict a great fake career for him!)<br />
<br />
You can't help but notice what kinds of people are taking advantage of
the open door. How many are musicians? How many just want to be famous
for no apparent reason other then they woke up in the morning? (Jen
<br />
Seeing as this is a major change for R&F, I figured it was important to do a milestone edition of my FarAway Annual Report!<br />
<br />
<br />
Well 2005 started off amazing. I truly disliked the entire 2004 year. So this year was a relief.<br />
<br />
<br />
In 2005 they dumped the old opening music, and just tore into the year. I wasn't bored for a moment.<br />
<br />
<br />
I was happy to hear Bits (I liked his game shows!) and Keisha, who almost took the place of a certain orange one.<br />
<br />
<br />
The only thing that was missing was 5 letter man Billy Staples. I just
loved when he'd walk in and R&F would verbally beat the poop out of
him. And Billy would always happily come back for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
Fez seemed to finally come back to life. While on the meds he would
just be listening to the show like the rest of us. Ron was pretty much
doing a one man show for long periods.<br />
<br />
<br />
The major downers for me:<br />
<br />
<br />
"Bad Guests":<br />
<br />
Honestly, with CKY, Jackass, Viva La Bam, and Wild Boyz out there, I'm
really not very interested in setting up people trying to get some
exposure and doing silly characters on them. In my opinion, it's done
better elsewhere. A low-res version on radio is not a thrill anymore.<br />
<br />
<br />
Crazy Jen:<br />
<br />
I hate to bash on her, because I can't really blame her for trying. But
I really think she's had WAY too much air time for FAR too long.<br />
<br />
This may be exposing the shows lack of a quality producer. (not their
fault) Someone that can just keep her frequency on the show low. But
it's confusing because R&F usually have no problem keeping things
short when they want to. But with Bobo, Jen, AKA Blowhard, and Tender,
their open source (door) policy was backfiring.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The Giant Professor:<br />
<br />
Giant Brian was actually a huge positive to me. I thought he was an
excellent 3rd mic guy, and R&F just couldn't seem to knock him
down. But when he left I was shocked that he burned a lot of bridges,
seemed to treat people without influence like garbage, and in general
seemed quite disrespectful right after he knew he would be leaving. It
was a sad end to someone I was having high hopes for.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Spoilers! WTF!:<br />
<br />
WTF is up with the R&F show and spoilers. I learned long ago to
turn them off the moment they start talking about a movie. They always
spoil movies and it's VERY frustrating. They will go to a midnight,
opening-hour showing of a movie and start spoiling the very next
weekday. How many people do they think have had a chance to see the
movie before they start giving stuff out? I really hope they will cut
this because a lot of people might get pissed about this on a national
scale. I know I got so pissed about it that I turn them off when I
really don't want to. If they can't learn to be a little more kind to
people that simply can't rush out to a movie the hour, day, or weekend
it opens, then they should just keep the opinions as general as
possible and/or caution about spoilers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Warning!:<br />
<br />
Some items I hope R&F will think about before hitting XM<br />
<br />
<br />
The Open Door:<br />
<br />
They may want to put some limits on the open door. Nothing too hard.
Just something like "only 3 IN-STUDIO visits a month per person" for
example. Phones of course are no problem because they can kick someone
off the phone or just not pick them up easily.<br />
<br />
Keep the walk-ins time limited. We can overdose on just about everyone
(except Perry, probably because he knows not to overstay his welcome.
What a fake pro! I predict a great fake career for him!)<br />
<br />
You can't help but notice what kinds of people are taking advantage of
the open door. How many are musicians? How many just want to be famous
for no apparent reason other then they woke up in the morning? (Jen