A home for those who love almost everything about The Ticket (1310 AM, 96.7 FM, Dallas-Fort Worth), and who would like to discuss -- respectfully and fondly -- their thoughts on how (and whether) to eliminate the "almost."
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
I Got Yer White Elephant Thread Right Here, With Redhead
Wow. Off to a good start, with Sean Bass firing off the hot sports opinion, with goading from Dan, that The Musers essentially "fold their show in half," "assing around" until around 6:10, and (in effect) repeating segments that early listeners (who presumably tune out) have heard but later tuners-in have not heard.
If you post on things you've heard today, don't just react -- tell us what went on in enough detail that your comment makes sense.
Can anyone recite the joke that the old man told at 7:10? I was moving from car to office and only caught the choking laughter of the hosts who were begging him not to repeat it.
So I come around on Dan in 2014, finally prepared to acknowledge his radio gifts, and then he throws out his "Jer's wife is blind" line of humor, including -- I'm serious -- a "moving the furniture" joke that Jer did not like, Jer reminding us all that Dan is a big jerk and that he (Jer) was offended and I don't think it was a bit. Maybe amusing to some, but I thought it was disgraceful. Corby contributing to the broadcast low of 2014.
Anyone that is surprised that Dan is a big jerk hasn't been listening to the ticket for long. He's an ahole of the highest order. One day someone is going to punch him in the mouth and I hope it happens on air so we can all hear it.
Look, you can go on hating Dan all you want. He knows where the line is, at least with respect to his co-workers. Jer is playing radio. Guess what? One of their ticker spares only has half the proper number of legs, and they all joke about that (including Justin*). Y'all are way too sensitive.
Anyway, I came here to mention I think the thing is going pretty well for two guys who only see sunrise from this end once a year. I think that speaks to the fact we don't acknowledge enough - even the big jerks at the Ticket are pretty dang good at radio.
Glad they got all these morons on early as I slept in today and got a late start listening. Here's my list of fingernails on a chalkboard reaction (i.e. quickly switch to another station ) in order.
Norm, Corby, Danny, Rhyner
Damn, if only Ben and Skin was listenable. Oh well, music is still a good alternative to the aged and totally needs to be re-invented Hard Line show.
PS: Norm's 8:40 segment rap was stupidest thing I have ignored in a long time. Dan's marathon with Wendy's Frosty was kinda funny sarcasm humor.
Overall, hard to listen to, same as when any of the people listed above are on in their normal time slot.
Let's play "How big of an a-hole is Gordon going to be to TC?" When IJB had him on it was pretty disrespectful. I hope I'm wrong but I think we're going to get plenty of pseudointellectual, pop psychologist Gordo.
It sincerely baffles me how so many of the commenters here believe in the personas of the characters on 1310. So serious. So indignant. You must be a ton of fun to work with.
Hope Gordo is able to draw TC into a Rocco situation and get him to hang himself on the air so we will be rid of the guy once and for all. If he's able to drag Jake in and get him to hang himself as well that's even better. The Ticket will return to its former glory once IJB is gone.
I find it interesting that the comments started out hating Dan an moved to TC. I've always thought TC was maybe "barrowing" from Dan's radio persona. I have met Dan once an communicated with TC online and It is not my impression that either of them are the person they play on the radio and that's the brilliance of it. They play the bad guy that lots of P1's like to see fail, get kicked in the nuts, etc and every time someone comes on here or any other site blasting them it only reinforces the importance of thier role at the station. TC like him or hate him has become one of the most popular people on the ticket bc of the hatred.
@10:22 I wouldn't miss it for all the Diamond Cut jeans in the world.
@10:33 I don't think it'll even be difficult. It's not difficult to get in T.C.'s head. I don't think Gordo will even need to take any real swings at him. T.C. will just implode due to pressure and waiting for the axe to fall. He'll self-hang.
So where is Donovan today? I thought he had the long ticker shift, but George is doing them now. Did they end up splitting up the long shift between George and Donnie?
Unlike T4, I do like the "books" written by some commenters. Especially if they're thoughtful. What I don't like is all the venom that a few keep spewing. If it isn't TC it's Dan or someone else. It's a constant barrage.
I can only imagine what sad, pathetic, lonely, unfulfilled lives these commenters have. To openly wish for TC or anyone else for that matter to "hang himself on air" is utterly sad. What a friendless, bleak world you must live in.
Like T4, I'm also "out." But for a different reason.
Junes and The Wolf is the pairing I've been waiting for. This is going to be good stuff from 12-3. Ty Walker has already derailed things a bit. Hopefully he won't have an impact.
White Elephant Day and any kind of Ticket compound or campout is the best radio ever. Doesn't matter the lineups or logistics, these are always the best broadcasts. I'll fight anyone that says otherwise.
I didn't mean to hijack the thread and turn it into TC bashing. My comment was about Gordon and whether or not he's gonna be funny and entertaining or play the "smart ass, know it all, try to back everyone into a corner" character. I hope its the former. The latter gets old quick.
Not sure what everyone expected. TC and Jake have nothing. Hopefully Gordo will trap them they will get fired and we can all move on and forget they were ever at The Ticket.
I may be a moron, but I most certainly did not vote for this combination. Regardless, when the results were announced, I had hope. However, this is just IJB with Gordon sitting back and watching. THAT I am not interested in.
When Gordon asks TC what's coming up next on the show, he can't even say it without messing up. It is ridiculous that this guy is allowed to be on the air in any capacity.
TC just said "being degraded can be fun." Ironic, since he's degraded on the Ticket and its various media appendages every day. Yet he doesn't seem to like it.
Fake Spaulding calls T.C. "Mr. Gonk"...and T.C. responds. Sounds like he might be embracing it a little bit - or maybe he sees that resistance is futile.
Got a kick out of Gordo's filibuster line...definitely don't have the hatred towards Ragonk as others seem to, but it does seem like he's pretty nervous on being "host2".
Junes/Rhynes has been the best so far. Sturm was ok..George tickers were gold.
I don't know why I even read this forum. Ya'll complain about everything. Seriously.
Forum: TC sucks! Let's say that over and over again. Maybe if we piss in the wind long enough, it won't get all over our jeans. (Forget the fact that he has given us the greatest drops of the last 2 years).
Forum: Jake is the future, never mind Jake sucks, Jake sucks, Jake sucks, Jake sucks. Let's compare him to broadcasters in the business for the last 20 years. Yeah, those dudes were gold 100% of the time. No growing pains at all, just like me in my job. (Jake is a good).
Forum: Dan is such an a--hole! He made people feel bad :( (But, lets bash people anonymously over and over and over again, but it is not the same, it is on the internet!)
Seriously, I love people who complain about Jake and T.C. but thought Greggo was a quality broadcaster. Greggo. Had. A. Bag.
I am a huge Jake P1, but 3-7 was not that great today because Jake, Gordo and T.C. are all second bananas. The alpha males at 1310 are Jub, Norm, Bob, and Rhynes. Junior is sorta alpha. Donnie, Gordo, Jake, T.C. and Corby are best used as complementary pieces - Ray Allens hitting corner 3s in between LeBron/ Paul Pierce taking over. And yet The Shake Joint / IJB would be the number 2 show on The Fan. The Ticket J.V. could play varsity elsewhere...
Myticketcirclejerk.com that's hand crafted right there.
It was fun. When we voted in the two biggest culprits for bogging down on the same shift (Dan and Corby) it wasn't with that in mind. It sure showed though when the commercial breaks in the drive time morning were like unto ones in the afternoons on a regular basis. We just wanted to see if we could rattle Dan's cage a little. Voted for Norm for Yuk Monkey, because bits are fun. Missed Donnie Doo and if he happens to drop by this page, my sincere condolences, T and P. How did Sirois manage a vacay during WED? Loved the tickers today. Danny too. I hadn't heard Motorcycle Greggo in a long time, nor Cap'n Doodoo. If anybody had some morning grumpy working it was Dan Paul, the Knox City Knocker. And it was awesome. Honey Pie. yep, hilarity.
Then there was Jub. Masterful. A full ensemble cast. The Tony Ragu rant at Baylor was great and so was the dig from the Ghost of Harry. Hell, they were all funny.
I don't get the haters. Yeah I get irritated with them too, but it has never been enough to tune out consistently. There might be some topic I don't care for, but I usually find myself tuning back in again. Haters gonna hate. shrug.
It was fun. I hope we get to vote on it again next year.
Jub was pure genius. I had no idea just how talented George was until today. Sure I've heard all those voice before, and I've laughed every time. But this was special. What a tour de force! Gordo is greatness, but The Commander is king.
I can't believe Junior made us listen to that awful Paul McCartney Christmas song AGAIN. I heard it yesterday, the top 10 replay this morning, and then Junior had to play it again.
I'm pleased that some of you have checked in with some positivity. I too have been puzzled and actually disappointed by the hostility of some of the comments. What I heard of WED on Wed was pretty good, Dan's early missteps notwithstanding.
OK, T.C. was a big jerk when he left and he is not an accomplished broadcaster, but he's not ruining The Ticket nor any of the shows on which he labors. I know he stumbles and bores sometimes, but I am pretty sure he wouldn't get the loathing he gets in these threads if he'd behaved better on his departure. But that's in the past, and he should be evaluated against other JV on the merits. You want to hear less of him? I trust Bob and Dan to know when he's overstepping his bounds and to regulate his on-air presence accordingly. Their judgment may not be the same as ours, but in the meantime the T.C. beatdown, if any, is very marginal.
Jake is another story entirely. I happen not to agree with a lot of what he says but I think he's really quite good on The Ticket. In particular, I think The Shake Joint is a great weekend show and I'm pretty sure I'd be tuned in on a daily basis should that day ever come.
Don't get me wrong -- OK with me if you don't like these guys and even if you don't like them a lot, and you'll note I didn't take down any posts (actually, I took down one for name-calling). But truly, the T.C./Jake bashing is starting to seem excessive. Maybe it's only a couple guys, I dunno.
Anyway, I think WED was a big success and to the extent this thread makes it look 180 from that it tends to suggest that the commentariat here is not very representative.
...and that last anon sums up why I don't come around here and read the comments very much anymore. This anonymous over-the-top bile is tiresome. Mr. Plains, please require registration. Hell, I'm at the point where I'd be okay with you only letting people comment here who you've met in person.
Hope you P1s are enjoying my tickers today during morning drive. Wouldn't it be nice to hear my error free tickers M-F 10-3? Email or call Catman of The Americas and insist he fire the hack TC and replace him with me.
I have a feeling that last anon is one of only 2 or 3 that are contributing entirely too many posts and all of a negative nature. Wish there was a way to bounce him without going the register route.
Don't come around here and read or post comments anymore? Right. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Just because you and the PM kiss the a$$ of the guys on The Ticket, especially the new guys, doesn't mean everyone else has to kiss their a$$. You're not as high brow as you think you are pal.
Edit: same idiot above. He learned how to add a name at some point a month ago or so and posts as various names (was doing characters at first but I guess ran out of them) and as anon. I guess he thinks he's fooling someone.
plenty of positive comments on this site yesterday regarding white elephant. junes & the wolf were great together. jubinator's tickers were great. sturm's 10-12 broadcast was pretty strong as well. stop focusing on the negative boys.
@10:31, I wish you had used a name so I could ignore everything you ever say from here out.
"...3-7 was not that great today because Jake, Gordo and T.C. are all second bananas."
There are two people who made the Ticket what it is today: Rhyner and Gordon. Without Gordon's influence, it would be what The Fan is today.
He actually took some rare credit for his work yesterday, in the Rant archive segment, when he explained that so much of the off-kilter humor - a.k.a. bits and Ticket-speak - came from The Rant. And that was him.
When you speak "the language of the Ticket," you're speaking Gordonese.*
cactusflinthead said... "How did Sirois manage a vacay during WED?"
I was wondering that, too. Either he's off to The Fan (LOL), or he's going to be doing a LOT of fill-in duty during drydock, and needed to get his vacation in before that. I'm guessing it's the second.
The way TC left has nothing to do with my opinion of him. He comes arcorss as entitled and as if the station owes him even though he has done nothing to earn that.
He hasn't changed a bit -- listen to the way he talked to Grubes and Sean and then compare that to the way he talked to Killer yesterday, before Jake stepped in. The dude is arrogant and doesn't have the skins on the wall to be that way. He won't take such an attitude against any of the regular hosts, but has no problem talking down to any of his peers. Yet he cries at ragonk and claims he is equal to everyone else there.
PS, for someone who is supposedly one of the up and coming talents on the station, he sure did disappear yesterday when he had his chance. He barely made any appearance on the show he was co-hosting. The Gordon and TC show quickly turned into the Gordon and Jake show.
Yes, he was. And he was a big jerk before he left, and he continues to be a big jerk now, despite his elders trying to shepherd him away from being a big jerk. The guys doesn't listen, and he doesn't learn.
"...and he is not an accomplished broadcaster."
No, he isn't. But there are many JVers who are very good, with the potential to be great. And TC's presence is preventing them from regular airtime.
"...but he's not ruining The Ticket nor any of the shows on which he labors."
Of course, that single idiot isn't going to ruin a show or The Ticket. When I (or others) say that, it's obviously hyperbole. But what it DOES do for me is take me out of the moment. Rather than enjoy the programme, I start thinking about all the things I just said, and it puts me in a bad mood. So, "ruin the show?" Of course not. "Ruin my enjoyment of the show?" Absolutely.
"I am pretty sure he wouldn't get the loathing he gets in these threads if he'd behaved better on his departure."
Absolutely. That's the slack you give a "good dude." He has no slack. And at this point, I don't think he is able to accumulate slack.
And FWIW, I think Jake is fine. Smart guy, good broadcaster. About as entertaining as plywood. I think he should be aiming for Sean's job, not Bob's.
You think people are down on TC Fleming here? Have a look at the facebook groups. It's ugly as hell there.
Yeah, uh, yeah. I've come to the conclusion that, like gunther and others already have, there is one or two, maybe three, commenters who are spewing the vast majority of bile. I think it's the person who uses different (including hosts') names but is mostly anonymous that is the main culprit.
Whatever the case is, Pman, for all the great, insightful, and even prophetic comments (both positive and negative), this person or few people (in league with one another?) are utterly ruining MTC. Like you say, not liking TC is to some extent understandable. He has done/said things in the past that have not endeared him to the P1. Yet he is not ruining the station or any one show. Therefore this constant stream of TC hatred is irrational. And it's come to the point that, for me at least--and I don't think I'm alone--I'm close to saying 'adios' to MTC, regrettably so.
No offense, Pman, and I pre say and pre mean no offense, but it's the comments that run this site, that make it what it is. You don't post up enough material on a regular basis to make this a Pman centric place. I think you'd agree with this sentiment, yes? I also recall you not wanting to/having the time to approve all comments--both because it's a pain in the ass and it ruins the immediacy and flow of the site. Both understandable. (Though when you did for that short time, the troll or trolls cleared out and MTC got back to being MTC--aside: I think this troll is the same 'grumpy troll' who used to plague the comboxes.) The short of it: It's time to go all registered up in this thang. Else I fear we Confessors are going to lose our beloved site in the pretty near future...to one or a few scumbags who 'bravely' hide behind the anonymity of the interwebs.
Get the registration going and I'll be the first to sign up, sir.
I am one of those who complain about TC. Too much? Maybe. Too little? Quite possibly. It's a big deal, IMO.
I say to the hypocritical Anon @11:01 (after he's risen from his well-worn fainting couch), registration won't change a thing I say, and I doubt it will for any of the others who want TC off their favorite station.
Sorry I've "ruined" MTC for you. But your idea of "ruined" and mine are quite different.
Anonymous Ragonk, you musty've heard the same rumor I heard. George is taking a job in the UNT organization. It's probably the only thing that could pry him from the Ticket. First Rich, now Jub. But congrats to guys getting their dream jobs!
What "job" in the UNT organization could be more of a dream job than the job he currently has. This is insane. First off, they couldn't pay him a fraction of what he's making now to be what...the media director? and i know i know, he's not all about the money. But he's making more than the head coach of the football team right now. Plus most of those gigs he could do in addition to his hosting job. If he took it, it wouldn't be because it was a "dream job," it would be because he's ready to hang up the mic.
I don't think you understand what the term hypocritical means. It means, in part, to either denounce OR endorse X behavior, only to behave in a contrary way to said denounce OR endorsed behavior.
My claim was/is follows (if you can indeed follow a cogent line of reasoning): Because sad sacks such as yourself have made it your life's mission to troll, having nothing of substance, ever, to say... in order to get this great site back to where it once was (i.e., a forum of civility, sanity, and spirited conversation), I am willing to register. I in no way said anons ought to register or have a handle. That you were unable to discern this is of no surprise, considering your body of 'work.'
Registration, names, etc., were helpful but not necessary in the past because problems (e.g., You) were the exception, not the norm. No longer is that the case. So, I am more than willing to register if that's what Pman decides. Moreover, I'm all for it. Until that time, I choose to remain anonymous because of people like yourself; people who do and will anonymously use/attack others identities.
It does seem like the same person is posting under different names, anonymously and using Justin M and other hosts names. Pretty easy to spot the prose and syntax style. This person seems obsessed with T.C. The obsession has gone on for awhile now, which means it's personal. An axe is being ground for sure. I have to wonder if this is the same person who used to be and maybe still is obsessed with Plainsman? Kind of seems like it. Can be scary stuff. There's a difference between not digging T.C. and making a comment or two about it whenever T.C. says something rude or whatever and taking the time out of the day to constantly comment on everything the guy says or does on a daily basis. Obsession is what that is. Like I said it can lead to scary stuff. I always wonder what's so bad or missing in the lives of these obsessive troll folk.
Paranoid much? Surprised you had time to pull out a dictionary, what with building tin foil hats (very time-consuming if you want it to properly block out zeta rays!). But since you do, perhaps you might dig up the definition of "troll." And by that, I mean an internet troll, specifically.
Is your task complete? Good. Then now you undersdtand I've done no such thing. The worst thing I've done here is complain about TC. That is hardly "trolling."
Now! Pop a Xanax and smile, bro! We're having fun here, no?
Bro, you are a troll. You are obsessed. You can't let anything go. You appear manic. You seem unsettled. Your rapid reaction responses and their content indicate a sad psychopathology that will not stand to "feel" as if it has been bettered. I feel so sorry for you. Truly, I do. We all do, bro.
Didn't realize I was talking to a M.D.! I better get help!
Again, you don't know what a troll is.
It's funny, you think people complaining about TC are ruining this board. But here's what's happening; TC is kind of a big topic right now. It makes perfect sense to talk about it - even bitch and complain about it. What DOESN'T make sense is a reaction like yours.
"You're ruining my place! You're a troll! You're mentally damaged! Stop disliking things I don't dislike!" (throws keyboard)
You know what it means. It's one thing to troll. It's another thing to impersonate. You dig, "Justin Montemayor"? I think you do, bro. If I were you, I'd get out of the MTC-Ticket trolling biz before you're found out.
In a world where NOT-trolls PRE-complain on a hastily thrown-together blogger site, these forces for God, country and the P1 Way don't take no for an answer! They're hot on the trail of someone doing something, and the anus is on them.
You'll dolphin laugh. You'll sports cry. You'll eat the napkin. Join us on the precipice of danger. It's "P-Man and The Ticket!"
Yeah, Cumulus - who can't even get there wifi working in their office - is tracking your IP and when they find you there going to tell you to stop in the meanest words possible.
Wow. Off to a good start, with Sean Bass firing off the hot sports opinion, with goading from Dan, that The Musers essentially "fold their show in half," "assing around" until around 6:10, and (in effect) repeating segments that early listeners (who presumably tune out) have heard but later tuners-in have not heard.
ReplyDeleteIf you post on things you've heard today, don't just react -- tell us what went on in enough detail that your comment makes sense.
Thanks, Confessors.
Well done Danny, that's the best 5:30 ticker yet.
ReplyDeleteHoney Pie!
ReplyDeleteRadio gold in the first hour. Danny with the "anahole" flub, a Jer segment, and the "Vaginal Slice Born-Born" in their end-of-segment call.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone recite the joke that the old man told at 7:10? I was moving from car to office and only caught the choking laughter of the hosts who were begging him not to repeat it.
ReplyDeleteI was listening and didn't get it. I think it was something they had to drop.
ReplyDeleteCorby tweeted it out
ReplyDeleteThe guys joke was "Thank God the pilgrims shot a turkey on the 1st TGiving instead of a cat cuz i cant imagine eating pussy all these years"
So I come around on Dan in 2014, finally prepared to acknowledge his radio gifts, and then he throws out his "Jer's wife is blind" line of humor, including -- I'm serious -- a "moving the furniture" joke that Jer did not like, Jer reminding us all that Dan is a big jerk and that he (Jer) was offended and I don't think it was a bit. Maybe amusing to some, but I thought it was disgraceful. Corby contributing to the broadcast low of 2014.
ReplyDeleteDanny doing a Harry Crews recital. Well, all right.
ReplyDeleteDanny's "tickers" are pretty good, it's at least something different.
ReplyDeleteDanny appears to be the only one putting forth some real effort. His "tickers" are really fun.
ReplyDeletere: Dan and the blind jokes
ReplyDeleteof course it was disgraceful. when you are (basically) a hack it is all you really are able to do...
Pretty sure Jer was ok with it. He's made jokes about her being blind several times in the past himself.
ReplyDeleteAnyone that is surprised that Dan is a big jerk hasn't been listening to the ticket for long. He's an ahole of the highest order. One day someone is going to punch him in the mouth and I hope it happens on air so we can all hear it.
ReplyDeleteAw jeezez. Damn! Dan!
ReplyDeleteLook, you can go on hating Dan all you want. He knows where the line is, at least with respect to his co-workers. Jer is playing radio. Guess what? One of their ticker spares only has half the proper number of legs, and they all joke about that (including Justin*). Y'all are way too sensitive.
Anyway, I came here to mention I think the thing is going pretty well for two guys who only see sunrise from this end once a year. I think that speaks to the fact we don't acknowledge enough - even the big jerks at the Ticket are pretty dang good at radio.
P.S. Is she really blind? I thought she was gay.
*Hope you're enjoying your $20,000,000, Justin.
Glad they got all these morons on early as I slept in today and got a late start listening. Here's my list of fingernails on a chalkboard reaction (i.e. quickly switch to another station ) in order.
ReplyDeleteNorm, Corby, Danny, Rhyner
Damn, if only Ben and Skin was listenable. Oh well, music is still a good alternative to the aged and totally needs to be re-invented Hard Line show.
PS: Norm's 8:40 segment rap was stupidest thing I have ignored in a long time. Dan's marathon with Wendy's Frosty was kinda funny sarcasm humor.
Overall, hard to listen to, same as when any of the people listed above are on in their normal time slot.
Why oh Why couldn't we have TC all alone hosting from from 10 to Noon so we could hear how bad the Pensacola fail really sounded like?
ReplyDeleteCaptain Doo Doo...seriously????
ReplyDeleteLike I said earlier...Morons.
DavidInNTexas, I ask you to go somewhere else for your sports talk.
ReplyDeleteThis is my my favorite holiday of the year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your positive, enlightening comments, DavidInNTexas. Please go someplace else for your sportstalk.
ReplyDeletehttp://ragonked.com/
ReplyDeleteRagonked.com is stupid genius. Good job, P1 Steven, whoever you are.
ReplyDeleteLet's play "How big of an a-hole is Gordon going to be to TC?" When IJB had him on it was pretty disrespectful. I hope I'm wrong but I think we're going to get plenty of pseudointellectual, pop psychologist Gordo.
ReplyDeleteIt sincerely baffles me how so many of the commenters here believe in the personas of the characters on 1310. So serious. So indignant. You must be a ton of fun to work with.
ReplyDeleteSo I guess George is going to do all three of his voices on tickers. Over/under on Wade being the third?
ReplyDeleteI'll gladly tune in to the afternoon show if its nothing but Gordon kicking TC in the nuts.
ReplyDelete10:21 You say that like it's a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteHope Gordo is able to draw TC into a Rocco situation and get him to hang himself on the air so we will be rid of the guy once and for all. If he's able to drag Jake in and get him to hang himself as well that's even better. The Ticket will return to its former glory once IJB is gone.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the comments started out hating Dan an moved to TC. I've always thought TC was maybe "barrowing" from Dan's radio persona. I have met Dan once an communicated with TC online and It is not my impression that either of them are the person they play on the radio and that's the brilliance of it. They play the bad guy that lots of P1's like to see fail, get kicked in the nuts, etc and every time someone comes on here or any other site blasting them it only reinforces the importance of thier role at the station. TC like him or hate him has become one of the most popular people on the ticket bc of the hatred.
ReplyDelete@10:22 I wouldn't miss it for all the Diamond Cut jeans in the world.
ReplyDelete@10:33 I don't think it'll even be difficult. It's not difficult to get in T.C.'s head. I don't think Gordo will even need to take any real swings at him. T.C. will just implode due to pressure and waiting for the axe to fall. He'll self-hang.
Get the lemon wedge ready.
So where is Donovan today? I thought he had the long ticker shift, but George is doing them now. Did they end up splitting up the long shift between George and Donnie?
ReplyDeleteDonovan tweeted yesterday that he had a death in his family.
ReplyDeleteUnlike T4, I do like the "books" written by some commenters. Especially if they're thoughtful. What I don't like is all the venom that a few keep spewing. If it isn't TC it's Dan or someone else. It's a constant barrage.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine what sad, pathetic, lonely, unfulfilled lives these commenters have. To openly wish for TC or anyone else for that matter to "hang himself on air" is utterly sad. What a friendless, bleak world you must live in.
Like T4, I'm also "out." But for a different reason.
@11:29, I think you misunderstand the "hang himself" comment. He didn't mean literally. No one wishes death on T.C. I personally wish death on no one.
ReplyDeleteYou must not be familiar with the Rocco saga. Go back and listen to the 15 on 15 covering it. I think it was the second one.
I find it odd you're upset that folks are tough on T.C., then you go and engage in the same type of name calling.
Ragonk.
ReplyDeleteNo idiot nobody is calling for TC to commit suicide on the air. The reference to Rocco Pendola should've been a hint.
ReplyDeleteJunes and The Wolf is the pairing I've been waiting for. This is going to be good stuff from 12-3. Ty Walker has already derailed things a bit. Hopefully he won't have an impact.
ReplyDeleteFunny, the neanderthals on the Ticket Facebook forums are hating this WED.
ReplyDeleteWhite Elephant Day and any kind of Ticket compound or campout is the best radio ever. Doesn't matter the lineups or logistics, these are always the best broadcasts. I'll fight anyone that says otherwise.
ReplyDeleteJub is the MVP of WED so far.... The Vitale and Irvin tickers were epic...
ReplyDeleteAvery and Ty Walker. More please.
ReplyDeleteFake Avery's pronunciation of "firewall". Wow!
ReplyDeleteFIE-YAH-WAH-WAWL
ReplyDeleteSweet Jesus, I'm in tears over the Ragonk remix of "Wonderful Christmastime"
ReplyDeleteDid someone say...Ragonk?
ReplyDeleteGonk.
ReplyDeleteTony Ragu's Baylor rant wins WED. Holy cow.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to hijack the thread and turn it into TC bashing. My comment was about Gordon and whether or not he's gonna be funny and entertaining or play the "smart ass, know it all, try to back everyone into a corner" character. I hope its the former. The latter gets old quick.
ReplyDeleteI almost threw up my lunch laughing at the Tony Ragu ticker after barely recovering from Wonderul Ragonktime.
ReplyDelete12-3 has been as great as the morning show was bad.
I always love when Junior does Top 5/Bottom 5 even though I disagree with some of the order. The Paul McCartney song is my Christmas Kryptonite
ReplyDeleteOk Neil Young Moose is now my favorite. Jub is tearing it up.
ReplyDeleteTC already looking for help from Jake.
ReplyDelete#fireragonk
ReplyDeleteThis is IJB vs Gordon.
ReplyDeleteUgh. I'm already tired of T.C. and Letsche doing Tickers sucks.
ReplyDeleteI really wish Mike Sirois hadn't gone on vacation. These tickers are a huge give up.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of the way Letsche is handling Ticker duty either. He doesn't have the skins to pull a give-up like that.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI really wish Mike Sirois hadn't gone on vacation. These tickers are a huge give up.
Sure didn't take long for IJB to go straight to the Rant well. I thought these were the hot up and comers? Nothing original of their own?
ReplyDeleteHaven't had one shift without some P1 hating on the line up. Neanderthals? Or normal hso?
ReplyDeleteNot sure what everyone expected. TC and Jake have nothing. Hopefully Gordo will trap them they will get fired and we can all move on and forget they were ever at The Ticket.
ReplyDeleteAnother person that obviously doesn't pay attention.
ReplyDeleteThought Sturm was great from 10-12. Thought Junes & Wolf were fantastic from 12-3. Jub's tickers were awesome.
a Q&A hosted by Jake Z at The Twilite Lounge tonight? Wow the Twilite is going to lose money tonight.
ReplyDeleteWas interesting to hear a segment where TC and Jake-Z basically cornered a legend and begged him, "tell us how to do it!"
ReplyDeletePROTIP: If you have to ask or suck up, you'll never have it. You think vintage Gordo sucked up to anyone?
SPOILER: No.
#fireragonk
Did either of them even ask a question in that interview?
ReplyDeleteTuning out, sorry Gordon. Maybe next year.
All these people complaining about this show, but this is what all of you morons voted on.
ReplyDeleteVictim blaming by Jake Kemp. Another reason to dislike this tool. He's such a jackass.
ReplyDeleteI may be a moron, but I most certainly did not vote for this combination. Regardless, when the results were announced, I had hope. However, this is just IJB with Gordon sitting back and watching. THAT I am not interested in.
ReplyDeleteWhen Gordon asks TC what's coming up next on the show, he can't even say it without messing up. It is ridiculous that this guy is allowed to be on the air in any capacity.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, 5:18.
ReplyDeleteI think he had fallen asleep at the mic and was shocked that he was asked to participate.
ReplyDeleteTC just said "being degraded can be fun." Ironic, since he's degraded on the Ticket and its various media appendages every day. Yet he doesn't seem to like it.
ReplyDeleteFake Spaulding calls T.C. "Mr. Gonk"...and T.C. responds. Sounds like he might be embracing it a little bit - or maybe he sees that resistance is futile.
ReplyDeleteGot a kick out of Gordo's filibuster line...definitely don't have the hatred towards Ragonk as others seem to, but it does seem like he's pretty nervous on being "host2".
ReplyDeleteJunes/Rhynes has been the best so far. Sturm was ok..George tickers were gold.
Fake Spaulding appearance, that's the best thing I've heard all day.
ReplyDeleteKiller has had more of a presence on the show than TC.
ReplyDeleteGordo trying to spring the trap in the last segment.
ReplyDeleteTC: I see myself as equal around here.
ReplyDeleteImmediately talks down to Killer.
This is why you are disliked.
There's a right way to get your point across TC, and that last segment was not it.
ReplyDeleteI hope The Unticket posts up WTDS and the Gordo/TC/Jake show on its show archives. So far it's only the morning show and the top ten.
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why I even read this forum. Ya'll complain about everything. Seriously.
Forum: TC sucks! Let's say that over and over again. Maybe if we piss in the wind long enough, it won't get all over our jeans. (Forget the fact that he has given us the greatest drops of the last 2 years).
Forum: Jake is the future, never mind Jake sucks, Jake sucks, Jake sucks, Jake sucks. Let's compare him to broadcasters in the business for the last 20 years. Yeah, those dudes were gold 100% of the time. No growing pains at all, just like me in my job. (Jake is a good).
Forum: Dan is such an a--hole! He made people feel bad :( (But, lets bash people anonymously over and over and over again, but it is not the same, it is on the internet!)
Falkor-
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing about outlets such as this: we complain, but nary a one of us is going to stop listening anytime soon.
For what it's worth, I just checked and myticketcirclejerk.com is available if you want to try your hand at something a little more adulatory. :)
+1 for Falkor
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I love people who complain about Jake and T.C. but thought Greggo was a quality broadcaster. Greggo. Had. A. Bag.
I am a huge Jake P1, but 3-7 was not that great today because Jake, Gordo and T.C. are all second bananas. The alpha males at 1310 are Jub, Norm, Bob, and Rhynes. Junior is sorta alpha. Donnie, Gordo, Jake, T.C. and Corby are best used as complementary pieces - Ray Allens hitting corner 3s in between LeBron/ Paul Pierce taking over. And yet The Shake Joint / IJB would be the number 2 show on The Fan. The Ticket J.V. could play varsity elsewhere...
Myticketcirclejerk.com that's hand crafted right there.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun. When we voted in the two biggest culprits for bogging down on the same shift (Dan and Corby) it wasn't with that in mind. It sure showed though when the commercial breaks in the drive time morning were like unto ones in the afternoons on a regular basis. We just wanted to see if we could rattle Dan's cage a little. Voted for Norm for Yuk Monkey, because bits are fun. Missed Donnie Doo and if he happens to drop by this page, my sincere condolences, T and P.
How did Sirois manage a vacay during WED?
Loved the tickers today. Danny too. I hadn't heard Motorcycle Greggo in a long time, nor Cap'n Doodoo. If anybody had some morning grumpy working it was Dan Paul, the Knox City Knocker. And it was awesome. Honey Pie. yep, hilarity.
Then there was Jub. Masterful. A full ensemble cast. The Tony Ragu rant at Baylor was great and so was the dig from the Ghost of Harry. Hell, they were all funny.
I don't get the haters. Yeah I get irritated with them too, but it has never been enough to tune out consistently. There might be some topic I don't care for, but I usually find myself tuning back in again. Haters gonna hate. shrug.
It was fun. I hope we get to vote on it again next year.
Amen, cactus.
ReplyDeleteJub was pure genius. I had no idea just how talented George was until today. Sure I've heard all those voice before, and I've laughed every time. But this was special. What a tour de force! Gordo is greatness, but The Commander is king.
The big man spoke. Great job by George. No give-up at all - he went for it every time.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Junior made us listen to that awful Paul McCartney Christmas song AGAIN. I heard it yesterday, the top 10 replay this morning, and then Junior had to play it again.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased that some of you have checked in with some positivity. I too have been puzzled and actually disappointed by the hostility of some of the comments. What I heard of WED on Wed was pretty good, Dan's early missteps notwithstanding.
ReplyDeleteOK, T.C. was a big jerk when he left and he is not an accomplished broadcaster, but he's not ruining The Ticket nor any of the shows on which he labors. I know he stumbles and bores sometimes, but I am pretty sure he wouldn't get the loathing he gets in these threads if he'd behaved better on his departure. But that's in the past, and he should be evaluated against other JV on the merits. You want to hear less of him? I trust Bob and Dan to know when he's overstepping his bounds and to regulate his on-air presence accordingly. Their judgment may not be the same as ours, but in the meantime the T.C. beatdown, if any, is very marginal.
Jake is another story entirely. I happen not to agree with a lot of what he says but I think he's really quite good on The Ticket. In particular, I think The Shake Joint is a great weekend show and I'm pretty sure I'd be tuned in on a daily basis should that day ever come.
Don't get me wrong -- OK with me if you don't like these guys and even if you don't like them a lot, and you'll note I didn't take down any posts (actually, I took down one for name-calling). But truly, the T.C./Jake bashing is starting to seem excessive. Maybe it's only a couple guys, I dunno.
Anyway, I think WED was a big success and to the extent this thread makes it look 180 from that it tends to suggest that the commentariat here is not very representative.
And that saddens Your Plainsman.
And of course Plainsman runs to the defense of Jake & TC. Still hoping to become buddies with the boys at The Ticket.
ReplyDelete...and that last anon sums up why I don't come around here and read the comments very much anymore. This anonymous over-the-top bile is tiresome. Mr. Plains, please require registration. Hell, I'm at the point where I'd be okay with you only letting people comment here who you've met in person.
ReplyDeleteHope you P1s are enjoying my tickers today during morning drive. Wouldn't it be nice to hear my error free tickers M-F 10-3? Email or call Catman of The Americas and insist he fire the hack TC and replace him with me.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your support.
I have a feeling that last anon is one of only 2 or 3 that are contributing entirely too many posts and all of a negative nature. Wish there was a way to bounce him without going the register route.
ReplyDeleteDon't come around here and read or post comments anymore? Right. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Just because you and the PM kiss the a$$ of the guys on The Ticket, especially the new guys, doesn't mean everyone else has to kiss their a$$. You're not as high brow as you think you are pal.
ReplyDeleteEdit: same idiot above. He learned how to add a name at some point a month ago or so and posts as various names (was doing characters at first but I guess ran out of them) and as anon. I guess he thinks he's fooling someone.
ReplyDeleteFYI, "Leo" is the same guy as "Justin" and the anon before Birq. I'm sure you're all aware of that but thought I'd point it out for his benefit.
ReplyDeleteplenty of positive comments on this site yesterday regarding white elephant. junes & the wolf were great together. jubinator's tickers were great. sturm's 10-12 broadcast was pretty strong as well. stop focusing on the negative boys.
ReplyDelete@10:31, I wish you had used a name so I could ignore everything you ever say from here out.
ReplyDelete"...3-7 was not that great today because Jake, Gordo and T.C. are all second bananas."
There are two people who made the Ticket what it is today: Rhyner and Gordon. Without Gordon's influence, it would be what The Fan is today.
He actually took some rare credit for his work yesterday, in the Rant archive segment, when he explained that so much of the off-kilter humor - a.k.a. bits and Ticket-speak - came from The Rant. And that was him.
When you speak "the language of the Ticket," you're speaking Gordonese.*
*No disrespect intended
cactusflinthead said...
ReplyDelete"How did Sirois manage a vacay during WED?"
I was wondering that, too. Either he's off to The Fan (LOL), or he's going to be doing a LOT of fill-in duty during drydock, and needed to get his vacation in before that. I'm guessing it's the second.
The way TC left has nothing to do with my opinion of him. He comes arcorss as entitled and as if the station owes him even though he has done nothing to earn that.
ReplyDeleteListen:
http://www.theunticket.com/gbl-it-aint-easy-being-greenman-and-tcs-vagina/
He hasn't changed a bit -- listen to the way he talked to Grubes and Sean and then compare that to the way he talked to Killer yesterday, before Jake stepped in. The dude is arrogant and doesn't have the skins on the wall to be that way. He won't take such an attitude against any of the regular hosts, but has no problem talking down to any of his peers. Yet he cries at ragonk and claims he is equal to everyone else there.
PS, for someone who is supposedly one of the up and coming talents on the station, he sure did disappear yesterday when he had his chance. He barely made any appearance on the show he was co-hosting. The Gordon and TC show quickly turned into the Gordon and Jake show.
ReplyDelete"OK, T.C. was a big jerk when he left..."
ReplyDeleteYes, he was. And he was a big jerk before he left, and he continues to be a big jerk now, despite his elders trying to shepherd him away from being a big jerk. The guys doesn't listen, and he doesn't learn.
"...and he is not an accomplished broadcaster."
No, he isn't. But there are many JVers who are very good, with the potential to be great. And TC's presence is preventing them from regular airtime.
"...but he's not ruining The Ticket nor any of the shows on which he labors."
Of course, that single idiot isn't going to ruin a show or The Ticket. When I (or others) say that, it's obviously hyperbole. But what it DOES do for me is take me out of the moment. Rather than enjoy the programme, I start thinking about all the things I just said, and it puts me in a bad mood. So, "ruin the show?" Of course not. "Ruin my enjoyment of the show?" Absolutely.
"I am pretty sure he wouldn't get the loathing he gets in these threads if he'd behaved better on his departure."
Absolutely. That's the slack you give a "good dude." He has no slack. And at this point, I don't think he is able to accumulate slack.
And FWIW, I think Jake is fine. Smart guy, good broadcaster. About as entertaining as plywood. I think he should be aiming for Sean's job, not Bob's.
You think people are down on TC Fleming here? Have a look at the facebook groups. It's ugly as hell there.
Yeah, uh, yeah. I've come to the conclusion that, like gunther and others already have, there is one or two, maybe three, commenters who are spewing the vast majority of bile. I think it's the person who uses different (including hosts') names but is mostly anonymous that is the main culprit.
ReplyDeleteWhatever the case is, Pman, for all the great, insightful, and even prophetic comments (both positive and negative), this person or few people (in league with one another?) are utterly ruining MTC. Like you say, not liking TC is to some extent understandable. He has done/said things in the past that have not endeared him to the P1. Yet he is not ruining the station or any one show. Therefore this constant stream of TC hatred is irrational. And it's come to the point that, for me at least--and I don't think I'm alone--I'm close to saying 'adios' to MTC, regrettably so.
No offense, Pman, and I pre say and pre mean no offense, but it's the comments that run this site, that make it what it is. You don't post up enough material on a regular basis to make this a Pman centric place. I think you'd agree with this sentiment, yes? I also recall you not wanting to/having the time to approve all comments--both because it's a pain in the ass and it ruins the immediacy and flow of the site. Both understandable. (Though when you did for that short time, the troll or trolls cleared out and MTC got back to being MTC--aside: I think this troll is the same 'grumpy troll' who used to plague the comboxes.) The short of it: It's time to go all registered up in this thang. Else I fear we Confessors are going to lose our beloved site in the pretty near future...to one or a few scumbags who 'bravely' hide behind the anonymity of the interwebs.
Get the registration going and I'll be the first to sign up, sir.
last 3 Anons - well said.
ReplyDeletegood riddance chief
ReplyDeleteI am one of those who complain about TC. Too much? Maybe. Too little? Quite possibly. It's a big deal, IMO.
ReplyDeleteI say to the hypocritical Anon @11:01 (after he's risen from his well-worn fainting couch), registration won't change a thing I say, and I doubt it will for any of the others who want TC off their favorite station.
Sorry I've "ruined" MTC for you. But your idea of "ruined" and mine are quite different.
If WED is up for P-1 voting next year, there is a 100% chance George gets tickers again.
ReplyDeleteIf he's still there.
Hold on to your butts!
j/k
Anonymous Ragonk, you musty've heard the same rumor I heard. George is taking a job in the UNT organization. It's probably the only thing that could pry him from the Ticket. First Rich, now Jub. But congrats to guys getting their dream jobs!
ReplyDeleteWhat "job" in the UNT organization could be more of a dream job than the job he currently has. This is insane. First off, they couldn't pay him a fraction of what he's making now to be what...the media director? and i know i know, he's not all about the money. But he's making more than the head coach of the football team right now. Plus most of those gigs he could do in addition to his hosting job. If he took it, it wouldn't be because it was a "dream job," it would be because he's ready to hang up the mic.
ReplyDeleteDear 11:55 am:
ReplyDeleteI don't think you understand what the term hypocritical means. It means, in part, to either denounce OR endorse X behavior, only to behave in a contrary way to said denounce OR endorsed behavior.
My claim was/is follows (if you can indeed follow a cogent line of reasoning): Because sad sacks such as yourself have made it your life's mission to troll, having nothing of substance, ever, to say... in order to get this great site back to where it once was (i.e., a forum of civility, sanity, and spirited conversation), I am willing to register. I in no way said anons ought to register or have a handle. That you were unable to discern this is of no surprise, considering your body of 'work.'
Registration, names, etc., were helpful but not necessary in the past because problems (e.g., You) were the exception, not the norm. No longer is that the case. So, I am more than willing to register if that's what Pman decides. Moreover, I'm all for it. Until that time, I choose to remain anonymous because of people like yourself; people who do and will anonymously use/attack others identities.
Have a nice day, fella.
It does seem like the same person is posting under different names, anonymously and using Justin M and other hosts names. Pretty easy to spot the prose and syntax style. This person seems obsessed with T.C. The obsession has gone on for awhile now, which means it's personal. An axe is being ground for sure. I have to wonder if this is the same person who used to be and maybe still is obsessed with Plainsman? Kind of seems like it. Can be scary stuff. There's a difference between not digging T.C. and making a comment or two about it whenever T.C. says something rude or whatever and taking the time out of the day to constantly comment on everything the guy says or does on a daily basis. Obsession is what that is. Like I said it can lead to scary stuff. I always wonder what's so bad or missing in the lives of these obsessive troll folk.
ReplyDeleteParanoid much? Surprised you had time to pull out a dictionary, what with building tin foil hats (very time-consuming if you want it to properly block out zeta rays!). But since you do, perhaps you might dig up the definition of "troll." And by that, I mean an internet troll, specifically.
ReplyDeleteIs your task complete? Good. Then now you undersdtand I've done no such thing. The worst thing I've done here is complain about TC. That is hardly "trolling."
Now! Pop a Xanax and smile, bro! We're having fun here, no?
Bro, you are a troll. You are obsessed. You can't let anything go. You appear manic. You seem unsettled. Your rapid reaction responses and their content indicate a sad psychopathology that will not stand to "feel" as if it has been bettered. I feel so sorry for you. Truly, I do. We all do, bro.
ReplyDeleteThis is getting dumb.
ReplyDeleteDidn't realize I was talking to a M.D.! I better get help!
ReplyDeleteAgain, you don't know what a troll is.
It's funny, you think people complaining about TC are ruining this board. But here's what's happening; TC is kind of a big topic right now. It makes perfect sense to talk about it - even bitch and complain about it. What DOESN'T make sense is a reaction like yours.
"You're ruining my place! You're a troll! You're mentally damaged! Stop disliking things I don't dislike!" (throws keyboard)
Yes, you are dumb. That's the first thing you've gotten right in months.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, bro. Both Pman and The Ticket are hot on your trail...
ReplyDeleteWhat does that even mean??
ReplyDeleteummmm....maybe don't feed the dog a napkin?
ReplyDeleteYou know what it means. It's one thing to troll. It's another thing to impersonate. You dig, "Justin Montemayor"? I think you do, bro. If I were you, I'd get out of the MTC-Ticket trolling biz before you're found out.
ReplyDeleteComing Soon! "P-Man and The Ticket!"
ReplyDeleteIn a world where NOT-trolls PRE-complain on a hastily thrown-together blogger site, these forces for God, country and the P1 Way don't take no for an answer! They're hot on the trail of someone doing something, and the anus is on them.
You'll dolphin laugh. You'll sports cry. You'll eat the napkin. Join us on the precipice of danger. It's "P-Man and The Ticket!"
Rated P for dynamite.
theyre gonna X YOU OUT and ban you from listening bro. aight.
ReplyDeleteYep, you are scared. It's plain as day. Run bro, run.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Cumulus - who can't even get there wifi working in their office - is tracking your IP and when they find you there going to tell you to stop in the meanest words possible.
ReplyDelete