What new ideas do you have for 2009?

[S0S]

Since it is a new year, and a feeling of 2008 is in the past and this is the new 2009, with the new car smell and is unused, what bits would you like done or ideas contemplated for the new year?




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[Don Stugots]

The bit that they do every day on wxrk from 6 to 9 can go.

[S0S]

The bit that they do every day on wxrk from 6 to 9 can go.

why?

[Don Stugots]

it ruins the xm show since they are too tired to put 100 percent into that end of it.

I liked the show so much more when it was XM only and I think when the free fm show is gone the xm show will be better then before.

[conman823]

Any "BIT" at all would be nice!

But lets recap 2008:

Anthony: "I'M RICH AND RACIST"

James Norton: "Aids!!"

Opie: "The show is better now then ever!!" (Walks off because he hates Management.)

[King Hippos Bandaid]

stop being predictable

[Patient zer0]

actually man up and pay off my debt and buy my first home by the end of 09
wish me luck!

[Foster]

actually man up and pay off my debt and buy my first home by the end of 09
wish me luck!

wrong thread

[Space Edge]

it ruins the xm show since they are too tired to put 100 percent into that end of it.

I liked the show so much more when it was XM only and I think when the free fm show is gone the xm show will be better then before.

Plus having to go from one studio to another kills the flow. If they have something going then 9am comes they have to stop go over to XM then start again. If they show was in one place and they didn't have that half hour break in between I think it would be a little bit better.

[Don Stugots]

Plus having to go from one studio to another kills the flow. If they have something going then 9am comes they have to stop go over to XM then start again. If they show was in one place and they didn't have that half hour break in between I think it would be a little bit better.

oh yeah. for a listener it is hard to get back into the show after the long break for the "walk over"

[Patient zer0]

oops im on my mobile and hit new posts. it doesn't list what sub forum the posts are in .

sowwwwy

[midwestjeff]

1. Be more funny.

2. Bra Bomb whichever company drops them first.

3. Linger longer.

[Patient zer0]

do the bit! do the bit! do the bit!

[GreatAmericanZero]

what if when they announce a bit or a contest, they actually do it



im sure we'll never see "Miss Rottencrotch"

[midwestjeff]

what if when they announce a bit or a contest, they actually do it

I was going to say that too.

How long has the "We're bringing back what's in your pants and 6 o'clock queef" promo been running with it never happening? Just drop it.

[GregoryJoseph]

I'd like to see the hosts challenge their audience (and themselves) a bit more, instead of relying on the hackneyed "shock jock" radio bits that were so much fun 8 years ago.

Once upon a time Ron and Fez were shock jocks too.

Just sayin'.

[disneyspy]

I'd like to see the hosts challenge their audience (and themselves) a bit more, instead of relying on the hackneyed "shock jock" radio bits that were so much fun 8 years ago.

Once upon a time Ron and Fez were shock jocks too.

Just sayin'.

LIAR!!!!!!

[GreatAmericanZero]

I was going to say that too.

How long has the "We're bringing back what's in your pants and 6 o'clock queef" promo been running with it never happening? Just drop it.

dude, sooo many promos have run of bits they want to do but they never did. There was money snatch, there were 'bring back people from the old days"...shit even things like "the remake the foundry song contest" was done for 2 days and then totally forgotten without a payoff. its frustrating as a listener

[MisterSmith]

O&A - At least act like you enjoy being there. Be happy that you have fans and that you get to do something you enjoy. If you don't dig it any longer, just quit. I don't need to hear millionaires bitch about how under-appreciated they are.

It is OK if there is something that pisses you off and you mention it on the show, but O&A have done A LOT of bitching about how much things suck. My job sucks and I don't need to hear about how their sweet gig supposedly blows.


***Edited - and there is a difference about "being honest" and bitching IMO. If there is something "bad" going on and you are sharing it with the listeners that is one thing - constantly going on and on about how much things suck and you are under-appreciated is another. Some stuff is better handled off-air.

[MC Pee Pants]

I was going to say that too.

How long has the "We're bringing back what's in your pants and 6 o'clock queef" promo been running with it never happening? Just drop it.

That shit would require chicks to call in and do it....you can't blame them if females dont call. Although they do seem to be getting a little stale, they should have Nick Dipaolo on more often, I enjoyed his show in FreeFM while it lasted. Patrice yells to much and doesnt finish sentences.

[Joe From Nashville]

Wow. And I thought I was the only one.

I've given up on O and A. I like to hear the occasional bit from NEW that I've never heard before. But these days it's just boring bitching and racism.

[GreatAmericanZero]

O&A - At least act like you enjoy being there.

that is the main difference between WNEW and todays show is that they acted like they loved doing the show and they acted like they liked the listeners. When a listener would call up, they would laugh at their joke (even if it wasnt that funny). It creates a more fun vibe..the show is missing "fun". I do enjoy the comics and i think they still have a lot of great discussions, i still think the show is worth listening too, but specifically Anthony is such a miserable grouch that it hurts the vibe of the show

[MisterSmith]

that is the main difference between WNEW and todays show is that they acted like they loved doing the show and they acted like they liked the listeners. When a listener would call up, they would laugh at their joke (even if it wasnt that funny). It creates a more fun vibe..the show is missing "fun". I do enjoy the comics and i think they still have a lot of great discussions, i still think the show is worth listening too, but specifically Anthony is such a miserable grouch that it hurts the vibe of the show

I think you hit it right on - there just isn't a fun vibe most days. I try to listen to the whole O&A show every day, unless they play something I don't care for or they annoy me too much. I hate to admit I turn away more frequently than I ever have.

I still like the show, there are many interesting show breaks, and the comedians are usually really funny. However, I miss the "fun feeling" of a bunch of friends hanging out, and the listener got to feel like a (silent) participant. Now it feels like it is a bother to O&A that I listen to the show and want them to have fun.

[GregoryJoseph]

This is why many members of this message board are often told they're "jealous" or that we "hate O & A." That's not it at all.

The majority of us are Ron and Fez fans first, or else we'd be posting on Wackbag. We're used to hearing guys who sound like there's no place in the world they'd rather be than in front of the microphones, hanging out and BSing with their buddies.

Although the two shows have always been vastly different, O & A used to have the same vibe, too. It no longer does.

[MC Pee Pants]

Also, they take like 2 calls a day...one of which is some loser just disagreeing so he can get air time and rile Anthony up. Im not trying to shit on the show but its a real drag lately, no on the show even seem to be on the same page.

[underdog]

I was going to say that too.

How long has the "We're bringing back what's in your pants and 6 o'clock queef" promo been running with it never happening? Just drop it.

They'd need female listeners to do those bits.

All their ideas revolve around doing something horrible to women, and they wonder why no one wants to do them.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I think you hit it right on - there just isn't a fun vibe most days. I try to listen to the whole O&A show every day, unless they play something I don't care for or they annoy me too much. I hate to admit I turn away more frequently than I ever have.

I still like the show, there are many interesting show breaks, and the comedians are usually really funny. However, I miss the "fun feeling" of a bunch of friends hanging out, and the listener got to feel like a (silent) participant. Now it feels like it is a bother to O&A that I listen to the show and want them to have fun.

i think the WNEW are glorified a lot more then they deserve, people just remember the rare great stunts but they don't remember that it wasn't as "consistently funny" as today. They re-played A LOT of bits, they spent many breaks just getting phonecalls from people who were just WOW-ed...WNEW has a lot of forgotten bad radio

but there are difference between that time and XM and i'll always give credit to the fact that people just preferred the way it used to be. The biggest difference to me is that on WNEW Anthony was the epitome of the "everyday guy"..drinking beer, awful pony tail, hanging out...and now hes cranky millionaire. I can't argue with anyone who says they prefer "everyday guy" Anthony.

But I still listen to O&A everyday. As the year was winding down I went from a "never miss a minute" guy to someone who misses most of the breaks that air from 6-9, but i always listen to the full XM show and i do enjoy myself a lot of the times

[toolshed]

You don't have to go back to NEW to find good shows. The show was very good when it was XM only. Terrestrial sucks, and splitting time between the two sucks worse. If Ron and Fez weren't on XM, I would have dumped it long ago, because the XM product of the O and A show is shite anymore.

[S0S]

it ruins the xm show since they are too tired to put 100 percent into that end of it.

I liked the show so much more when it was XM only and I think when the free fm show is gone the xm show will be better then before.

I would not call it "tired" or not that into it. I think people really forget that since adding terresterial stations, the show has gone from 4 hours to two shows: one 3 hours long and the other 2+ hours long. Remember "the computer is going to cut us off" every other day and the Super Mario running out of time music? How that would end a perfectly good show prematurely?
The show is now 5 + hours times 5 days equal to about or more than 25 hours of new content.
5x5=25
If you add The Ron & Fez Show, it is 40 hours of new content and including the weekends that is 44 hours!

Any "BIT" at all would be nice!

But lets recap 2008:

Anthony: "I'M RICH AND RACIST"

James Norton: "Aids!!"

Opie: "The show is better now then ever!!" (Walks off because he hates Management.)

Considering all those were recent threads on RF.net, I think your perception may be clouded by what you have read. Just a tad. :wink:

stop being predictable
It is hard to be 100% unpredictable all the time.

actually man up and pay off my debt and buy my first home by the end of 09
wish me luck!

Good luck! :thumbup: Houses are relatively cheap now with good credit.

Plus having to go from one studio to another kills the flow. If they have something going then 9am comes they have to stop go over to XM then start again. If they show was in one place and they didn't have that half hour break in between I think it would be a little bit better.

I too would like them to stay in one studio but they do 2 shows a day as required.

1. Be more funny.

2. Bra Bomb whichever company drops them first.

3. Linger longer.

Okay. For 2, the problem is that General Managers are justifying their jobs in this abysmal time for radio by preferring "local content" over syndicated shows. O&A are obviously not immune and talk radio as a whole is being purged do to the lack luster commercial market due to the need for people to buy things. Even the company that used to help with advertising CBS radio went bankrupt.

do the bit! do the bit! do the bit!
be more funny. :happy:

what if when they announce a bit or a contest, they actually do it

im sure we'll never see "Miss Rottencrotch"

The problem brought up on the show, is that sometimes not that many people sign-up to perform those contests.

I was going to say that too.

How long has the "We're bringing back what's in your pants and 6 o'clock queef" promo been running with it never happening? Just drop it.

I knew who invented "6 o'clock queef"...
I haven't heard that promo recently. :unsure:

I'd like to see the hosts challenge their audience (and themselves) a bit more, instead of relying on the hackneyed "shock jock" radio bits that were so much fun 8 years ago.

Once upon a time Ron and Fez were shock jocks too.

Just sayin'.

I am sure lots of people would disagree with you about how the show is similar now as compared to how it was.

Ron and Fez are still shock jocks; somethings of what they do and say are shocking. ESD's stunts. Your personal bar may have risen over time.

dude, sooo many promos have run of bits they want to do but they never did. There was money snatch, there were 'bring back people from the old days"...shit even things like "the remake the foundry song contest" was done for 2 days and then totally forgotten without a payoff. its frustrating as a listener

ONA did Money Snatch and other games with chicks before the lawyers got involved.

I remember ONA playing quite a few Pendulum parody songs: my fav was the "Afternoon Delight" send-off.

O&A - At least act like you enjoy being there. Be happy that you have fans and that you get to do something you enjoy. If you don't dig it any longer, just quit. I don't need to hear millionaires bitch about how under-appreciated they are.

I think your dislike for better-off people is clouding your judgment. ONA are passionate about doing radio and what do you want really? A fake happy hacky radio show? There are times when they do get cringey but there are times when they are silly and what-not.

It is OK if there is something that pisses you off and you mention it on the show, but O&A have done A LOT of bitching about how much things suck. My job sucks and I don't need to hear about how their sweet gig supposedly blows.

***Edited - and there is a difference about "being honest" and bitching IMO. If there is something "bad" going on and you are sharing it with the listeners that is one thing - constantly going on and on about how much things suck and you are under-appreciated is another. Some stuff is better handled off-air.

I think those times is when the listeners are more aware of the show and it becomes something exciting; as evidenced by the many topics in RF.net's O&A forum about those times.

That shit would require chicks to call in and do it....you can't blame them if females dont call. Although they do seem to be getting a little stale, they should have Nick Dipaolo on more often, I enjoyed his show in FreeFM while it lasted. Patrice yells to much and doesnt finish sentences.

I like Nick Dipaolo and Patrice O'Neal as guest comedians and they come in when they are asked or when they are plugging a gig. :thumbup:

Wow. And I thought I was the only one.

I've given up on O and A. I like to hear the occasional bit from NEW that I've never heard before. But these days it's just boring bitching and racism.

The wnew bits are similar to the SIRIUSXM show but there are differences.
I don't know what you mean by "boring bitching and racism". There are lots of jokes that are just bits. :unsure:

that is the main difference between WNEW and todays show is that they acted like they loved doing the show and they acted like they liked the listeners. When a listener would call up, they would laugh at their joke (even if it wasnt that funny). It creates a more fun vibe..the show is missing "fun". I do enjoy the comics and i think they still have a lot of great discussions, i still think the show is worth listening too, but specifically Anthony is such a miserable grouch that it hurts the vibe of the show

It is obvious they still love doing the show.
At wnew, there had been many train wrecks, "be more funny", hang-ups, and ping-pong sound clips. The show is still fun or else why are you still listening? I think maybe some nostalgia and over scrutiny is affecting your attitude. Picking a show a part every day will show some rough patches.

I think you hit it right on - there just isn't a fun vibe most days. I try to listen to the whole O&A show every day, unless they play something I don't care for or they annoy me too much. I hate to admit I turn away more frequently than I ever have.

I don't think it is fair to judge something that you do not listening to. There are times when the show is not as good as the day before but comes back. It is like everything else, too much of it and you become jaded. A analogy that I would be like to point out is listening to the same album over and over and over again; eventually everyone does become sick of it. :happy:

I still like the show, there are many interesting show breaks, and the comedians are usually really funny. However, I miss the "fun feeling" of a bunch of friends hanging out, and the listener got to feel like a (silent) participant. Now it feels like it is a bother to O&A that I listen to the show and want them to have fun.

Since the "fun feeling" is still happening, I think, as some friendly advice, you really need(ed) a break from listening to the shows.


This is why many members of this message board are often told they're "jealous" or that we "hate O & A." That's not it at all.
There are people who are no longer having fun and those who enjoy bashing the shows but there are also some people who do hate the shows.

But there are more people having fun, enjoying the show and/or liking the show.
:happy:
The majority of us are Ron and Fez fans first, or else we'd be posting on Wackbag. We're used to hearing guys who sound like there's no place in the world they'd rather be than in front of the microphones, hanging out and BSing with their buddies.

Although the two shows have always been vastly different, O & A used to have the same vibe, too. It no longer does.
It reads like you are not picking up the similarities to both of the shows. There is this meme that because one show is as it is, the other show is somehow lesser or better. Both shows may not be as different as you perceive them to be. Please, take a critical attitude next week with each show and you might be surprised how there are similar gists. But if you want to enjoy the shows, please don't take them so seriously. :wink:

Also, they take like 2 calls a day...one of which is some loser just disagreeing so he can get air time and rile Anthony up. Im not trying to shit on the show but its a real drag lately, no on the show even seem to be on the same page.

I would like more on-air phone calls too but Instant Feedback and Paltalk also give real time responses and Opie & Anthony quote the jokes and punchlines for us to enjoy. :laugh:

They'd need female listeners to do those bits.

All their ideas revolve around doing something horrible to women, and they wonder why no one wants to do them.

I think it has to do with the prizes. If there were more exclusive prizes, they are on a rock station after all, it could attract more female contestants.
:smoke:
i think the WNEW are glorified a lot more then they deserve, people just remember the rare great stunts but they don't remember that it wasn't as "consistently funny" as today. They re-played A LOT of bits, they spent many breaks just getting phonecalls from people who were just WOW-ed...WNEW has a lot of forgotten bad radio

but there are difference between that time and XM and i'll always give credit to the fact that people just preferred the way it used to be. The biggest difference to me is that on WNEW Anthony was the epitome of the "everyday guy"..drinking beer, awful pony tail, hanging out...and now hes cranky millionaire. I can't argue with anyone who says they prefer "everyday guy" Anthony.

But I still listen to O&A everyday. As the year was winding down I went from a "never miss a minute" guy to someone who misses most of the breaks that air from 6-9, but i always listen to the full XM show and i do enjoy myself a lot of the times

The wnew era was a good era and people remember it fondly since after The O&A Show was suddenly canceled, only those people who thoroughly enjoyed the wnew era remained after the 2 years. Ever notice how most times, people, remember the good and recorded bits and do not complain about the old or unrecorded bad bits?

The Virus Tours were a great time when everyone was together. Plus the XM studio has had a live audience section. The K-Rock to XM Walkover. The parties with the latest being on Halloween. Anthony does still hang-out with the listeners. Even Opie hangs out now at F.H. Riley's and events that Ron and Fez are present at. And Jimmy can be found around towns across America as well as other comedians. The show 's staff regularly attends parties and events as well. Anthony was very open with appearances with Jil Nicolini. Even so, Anthony regularly hangs out with The Fans on Paltalk. Anthony may be in a different stage in his career than you are so you may not be connecting as much but he is funny when he talks about his deeds. There were plenty of opportunities to just hang.
:drunk:


The question you might ask yourself is do you want to be like gvac?

[Don Stugots]

SOS, i tip my fancy gray fedora to you my good sir for that long, well thought response.

**Tip**

[lleeder]

I would not call it "tired" or not that into it. I think people really forget that since adding terresterial stations, the show has gone from 4 hours to two shows: one 3 hours long and the other 2+ hours long. Remember "the computer is going to cut us off" every other day and the Super Mario running out of time music? How that would end a perfectly good show prematurely?
The show is now 5 + hours times 5 days equal to about or more than 25 hours of new content.
5x5=25
If you add The Ron & Fez Show, it is 40 hours of new content and including the weekends that is 44 hours!



Considering all those were recent threads on RF.net, I think your perception may be clouded by what you have read. Just a tad. :wink:


It is hard to be 100% unpredictable all the time.



Good luck! :thumbup: Houses are relatively cheap now with good credit.



I too would like them to stay in one studio but they do 2 shows a day as required.



Okay. For 2, the problem is that General Managers are justifying their jobs in this abysmal time for radio by preferring "local content" over syndicated shows. O&A are obviously not immune and talk radio as a whole is being purged do to the lack luster commercial market due to the need for people to buy things. Even the company that used to help with advertising CBS radio went bankrupt.


be more funny. :happy:



The problem brought up on the show, is that sometimes not that many people sign-up to perform those contests.



I knew who invented "6 o'clock queef"...
I haven't heard that promo recently. :unsure:



I am sure lots of people would disagree with you about how the show is similar now as compared to how it was.

Ron and Fez are still shock jocks; somethings of what they do and say are shocking. ESD's stunts. Your personal bar may have risen over time.



ONA did Money Snatch and other games with chicks before the lawyers got involved.

I remember ONA playing quite a few Pendulum parody songs: my fav was the "Afternoon Delight" send-off.



I think your dislike for better-off people is clouding your judgment. ONA are passionate about doing radio and what do you want really? A fake happy hacky radio show? There are times when they do get cringey but there are times when they are silly and what-not.



I think those times is when the listeners are more aware of the show and it becomes something exciting; as evidenced by the many topics in RF.net's O&A forum about those times.



I like Nick Dipaolo and Patrice O'Neal as guest comedians and they come in when they are asked or when they are plugging a gig. :thumbup:



The wnew bits are similar to the SIRIUSXM show but there are differences.
I don't know what you mean by "boring bitching and racism". There are lots of jokes that are just bits. :unsure:



It is obvious they still love doing the show.
At wnew, there had been many train wrecks, "be more funny", hang-ups, and ping-pong sound clips. The show is still fun or else why are you still listening? I think maybe some nostalgia and over scrutiny is affecting your attitude. Picking a show a part every day will show some rough patches.



I don't think it is fair to judge something that you do not listening to. There are times when the show is not as good as the day before but comes back. It is like everything else, too much of it and you become jaded. A analogy that I would be like to point out is listening to the same album over and over and over again; eventually everyone does become sick of it. :happy:



Since the "fun feeling" is still happening, I think, as some friendly advice, you really need(ed) a break from listening to the shows.



There are people who are no longer having fun and those who enjoy bashing the shows but there are also some people who do hate the shows.

But there are more people having fun, enjoying the show and/or liking the show.
:happy:

It reads like you are not picking up the similarities to both of the shows. There is this meme that because one show is as it is, the other show is somehow lesser or better. Both shows may not be as different as you perceive them to be. Please, take a critical attitude next week with each show and you might be surprised how there are similar gists. But if you want to enjoy the shows, please don't take them so seriously. :wink:



I would like more on-air phone calls too but Instant Feedback and Paltalk also give real time responses and Opie & Anthony quote the jokes and punchlines for us to enjoy. :laugh:



I think it has to do with the prizes. If there were more exclusive prizes, they are on a rock station after all, it could attract more female contestants.
:smoke:


The wnew era was a good era and people remember it fondly since after The O&A Show was suddenly canceled, only those people who thoroughly enjoyed the wnew era remained after the 2 years. Ever notice how most times, people, remember the good and recorded bits and do not complain about the old or unrecorded bad bits?

The Virus Tours were a great time when everyone was together. Plus the XM studio has had a live audience section. The K-Rock to XM Walkover. The parties with the latest being on Halloween. Anthony does still hang-out with the listeners. Even Opie hangs out now at F.H. Riley's and events that Ron and Fez are present at. And Jimmy can be found around towns across America as well as other comedians. The show 's staff regularly attends parties and events as well. Anthony was very open with appearances with Jil Nicolini. Even so, Anthony regularly hangs out with The Fans on Paltalk. Anthony may be in a different stage in his career than you are so you may not be connecting as much but he is funny when he talks about his deeds. There were plenty of opportunities to just hang.
:drunk:


The question you might ask yourself is do you want to be like gvac?

Thats far to much to read. Its gonna clog everything up.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i agree with SOS about overly praising the WNEW days and remember it for being greater than it was but still

like, i think an unfair criticism of a show is "its not like it used to be!" but i think there are fair criticisms

to me, the biggest one is Anthony. SOS, you gotta atleast be able to see that on WNEW he was the regular funny guy who does great impressions and now hes racist whiney millionaire. To me, its a totally fair criticism of the show because it is undeniable. I can listen to any "Worst of" and know instantly from Ant's voice which era its from. Can you atleast admit that you can understand why Anthony being "Current Anthony" has turned some listeners off to the show?

[MC Pee Pants]

Its still a good show and really the only thing worth listening to at that time, except WFAN every now and again for some updates. Hopefully tomorrow they will be refreshed from their vacation and i can enjoy a good giggle while driving the highways and byways of Jersey, cuz i need one.....thank God for 12-3.

[conman823]

i agree with SOS about overly praising the WNEW days and remember it for being greater than it was but still

like, i think an unfair criticism of a show is "its not like it used to be!" but i think there are fair criticisms

to me, the biggest one is Anthony. SOS, you gotta atleast be able to see that on WNEW he was the regular funny guy who does great impressions and now hes racist whiney millionaire. To me, its a totally fair criticism of the show because it is undeniable. I can listen to any "Worst of" and know instantly from Ant's voice which era its from. Can you atleast admit that you can understand why Anthony being "Current Anthony" has turned some listeners off to the show?


SOS "sees" nothing. Hes a mindless superfan. I really wanted to comeback to them this year and hope to see the start of a new direction. That just isn't the case so far.
They sound strong after the Vacation. And I hope Opie goes into married life for some new content.
The bad gifts/ "snuggie" bit was great! It came outta nowhere and was vintage O&A! Callers were involved it was 10 minutes of some of the best radio they have done in 6 months.
Ant's "I got pulled over" story was :wallbash:.

[TEXAG]

Make me a Intern !!!

[Drunky McBetidont]

i would like to hear the money-shit-roll that opie was plugging. the one where stalker patty and big a shit all over the studio floor and chicks roll around in the shit picking up money.

[GreatAmericanZero]

SOS "sees" nothing. Hes a mindless superfan. I really wanted to comeback to them this year and hope to see the start of a new direction. That just isn't the case so far.
They sound strong after the Vacation. And I hope Opie goes into married life for some new content.
The bad gifts/ "snuggie" bit was great! It came outta nowhere and was vintage O&A! Callers were involved it was 10 minutes of some of the best radio they have done in 6 months.
Ant's "I got pulled over" story was :wallbash:.

i liked the movie conversations

since i got a dog, i go home at some point during R&F for lunch (i used to not take a lunch hour and leave at 4). So on that lunch hour i record my xm from when i leave my office til im done walking my dog. when its time for O&A 3-5 i tend to turn off their show and just listen to what i missed on R&F

[NewYorkDragons80]

i think the WNEW are glorified a lot more then they deserve, people just remember the rare great stunts but they don't remember that it wasn't as "consistently funny" as today. They re-played A LOT of bits, they spent many breaks just getting phonecalls from people who were just WOW-ed...WNEW has a lot of forgotten bad radio

but there are difference between that time and XM and i'll always give credit to the fact that people just preferred the way it used to be. The biggest difference to me is that on WNEW Anthony was the epitome of the "everyday guy"..drinking beer, awful pony tail, hanging out...and now hes cranky millionaire. I can't argue with anyone who says they prefer "everyday guy" Anthony.

But I still listen to O&A everyday. As the year was winding down I went from a "never miss a minute" guy to someone who misses most of the breaks that air from 6-9, but i always listen to the full XM show and i do enjoy myself a lot of the times

This post sums up my opinion on the current state of the show. WNEW is sometimes glossed over, but if you compared the overall vibe then to today, Anthony has such a callous indifference to us as an audience. Look at Anthony trolling Paltalk while Sam does his creepy gay kid video and you can see exactly why the show will never be the same caliber it was 7 years ago. As a listener and a subscriber, I'm not a "hater" for being dissatisfied with 3 overprepared hours followed by a combined 1 hour of exhausted stumbling to the finish line. I only listen now because I like Jimmy, the comics, and I appreciate that Opie at least cometimes cares.

[conman823]

This post sums up my opinion on the current state of the show.

As a listener and a subscriber, I'm not a "hater" for being dissatisfied with 3 overprepared hours followed by a combined 1 hour of exhausted stumbling to the finish line. I only listen now because I like Jimmy, the comics, and I appreciate that Opie at least cometimes cares.

Hello exactly!

I think Opies attitude is more about "Well we can't DO anything interesting so thats that" rather then Ants version which is "Fuck you all I'm rich now"

I can respect Opies attitude as someone who works for idiots and I let my own work ethic slip because of it.

[Slumbag]

Hello exactly!

I think Opies attitude is more about "Well we can't DO anything interesting so thats that" rather then Ants version which is "Fuck you all I'm rich now"

I can respect Opies attitude as someone who works for idiots and I let my own work ethic slip because of it.

I think this is the main difference in the show.

The "old" shows, they had fun.
Now, they're trying to have fun.

[Coach]

Homeless Greatest Race....Drop 3 of em off in Minnesota with 300 bucks and a tracking device around their ankles...see which one makes it back first.