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."
Way back in 2010, I noted that no one should ever buy a home from a Ticket host, because they’ve all had foundation problems, having almost unanimously sworn that Tony from APFR had to come out to have a look. (http://myticketconfession.blogspot.com/2010/10/never-never-no-never-no-no-never-and-i.html)
They have since changed their ad to make it seem a little less like they’ve all had their homes jacked up by Tony and his APFR team. But the ads are still pretty peculiar, and I believe that now all the hosts are finally on board with disclosing that they’ve been suspicious of their foundations.
The latest ads tell us that Tony has gone out and bought up ALL OF THE STEEL AVAILABLE TO PERFORM FOUNDATION REPAIRS. Bob Sturm, I believe it is, assures us that this will enable APFR to pass “savings” from this assembling of all the metal needed to perform APFR’s services to us, the impaired-foundation consumer.
But this doesn’t sound like a cost-savings measure to me. It sounds like that antitrust-unfriendly market tactic you will recognize as “cornering the market.” When you own all of something, you will not have competition for selling it, and the price you set, while not without limits, is not limited by someone else offering to sell it for less. It’s limited only by the willingness of your customer to forego your services (only available through you) as his house buckles and sinks into that oh-so-unreliable Texas turf.
In other words, monopoly pricing in the Dallas Metro market for steel-requiring foundation repair.
Now maybe that’s not what’s happening here. But if it’s not, then Tony needs to find himself a new copywriter.
Hope all Confessors are having a happy holiday season.
Wouldn't surprise me to see a Muser take a walk, now that they have their Marconi. And Bob has substantial professional opportunities beyond The Ticket.
I don't think anyone is going anywhere. Especially not in this the world in which we live in today. PrePandy, perhaps. Not now.
But.
If speculating, if laying a wager, I'd put my money on Bob. Used to, It'd be a Muser all day every day. Putting aside the above caveat, Joonz has an infant and is in his mid-50s. The man NEEDS this gig. Not only for the money, but also for the escape. For Georgie and Gordo this job is a conduit to their other endeavors. Without the local celeb cache, much of their extra-Ticket activities/opportunities would either not occur or would be much more low-level. Plus, they both love the attention (yes, Virginia, Gordo LOVES it too). But Bob. Bob (conjuring Norm). Bob, as Psquid says, potentially has other options. Options that could far exceed his station in the sports world as it is currently positioned - if ya will.
I saw that too, Gopher. Made me chuckle (i) for the very reason you state and (ii) for the highly politicized nature of the reddit site. The latter chuckle due to the homogeneity of opinion and mode of expression from a group who on the whole deem themselves to be "free thinkers," the "smart set," "rebellious." It's like when 1/4 of your senior class in high school wears Bauhaus shirts and Doc Martens from Journey's at the mall. Yeah buddy, you're all edgy mf'rs, arent' you.
"Insert drop here: ___ " & "Sirois ___ " (My imitation of a Ticket reddit thread)
Craig's wife quit her job at Fox 4 to be a full time mon, so he's probably not going anywhere. I always suspected George would bail after he got all his kids out of college, but I wonder if he might be reluctant to leave if Junior is going to stay.
Cockles warmed: Check Chestnuts roasting: Check Stockings hung: Check Cookies set out: Check Frunker than duck: Check
Let's mosh.
My Ticket Christmas Wish List:
1. Let Norm have his own show back with Sirois producing. If you're gonna keep him on the air, then let him ride out into the sunset doing what he does best. This past week of solo shows served to remind us Norm IS what Norm excels at. Move Donnie either to THZ or THL. Once Norm either retires or keels over at the mic, reshuffle the schedule and give Donnie and Sirois a 3 hour mid morning show.
2. Either rehire Julie f/t and all that that entails or put an end to the, quite frankly, silliness that continues to take place since her - and let's call it what it was - calculated-risk exit.
3. Stop all Musers' music segments. Just. Stop. Please.
4. Instead of wasting the allotted 2 hours given to IG each Wednesday night, give them to deserving JVers. It's basically a 2 hour mutual hanj sesh that sheds absolutely no new light on, well, anything.
5. How about a weekly show dedicated to either the Stars or the Rangers? I don't know, perhaps during the IG hours? But make it year round. Something like October to the end of hockey season you have a Stars show, and from that point until October, the Rangers. During the overlapping periods, give the time to whichever team merits it. Stars playoff run would give them priority; conversely, the Stars are sucking and the Rangers are just kicking things off, you go with Diamond Talk, et cetera. You get the picture. It could easily be worked out. Hell, make it a 3-way. Mavs too. Just get a rotation going based on who's making news, who's the hot team, and whatnot.
6. Merry Christmas to all. Even if you don't celebrate it, holiday cheer to all Confessors.
Thanks, oh so thank you for pointing out the blatant (then trite) fawning of Harry by his dad. Hey…I get it. I have two boys and probably build them up in my head. It was nearly comical how many times he mentioned the whole bullpen catcher thing. It’s nothing to be embarrassed of but it’s not like you were a first round draft either. I got the vibe that Harry was quickly going from “Oh Dad…stop” to “No dad, really, stop it. You’re acting weird.” Hearing them in the 3-hour slot yesterday made me realize that I can only take so much IG. We hear from David way too much as it is and Wilonski is best taken in small doses. His “I do it therefore it is kool” delivery and “nothing of any value occurs beyond Loop 12” attitude start to grate on me. I used to find interest in hearing someone that knew so much about Dallas but now he just knows it all. The ultimate one-upper. Happy Festivus Confessors
While we're all trying to puzzle out who -- if anyone -- will not be returning to The Little One after break . . .
. . . let me wish all Confessors the merriest of Christmases as the Contagion bumps along to something we can probably live with in the long run, and a safe and Happy New Year.
Really, I am going to try to get back to this thing more often after the holiday. Be well, all
Tuuk leave. Well, Tuuks are a brand of hockey skate blade holders and the only person who's up and left of late is Julie. So there ya go. As to who's leaving, give me SeaBass. Having a female in Sean's role would look nice on The Ticket's otherwise shoddy CV regarding such matters.
I'm about 99.999999999999% sure 1:35AM is full of shit (and drunk). But I will say that I find the post quitting Julie situation veeeeeeeeeery odd. Who asks for more hours and more money, doesn't get it, quits, goes on their own podcast cohosted with a local media luminary and "tells all," goes on another pod hosted by a local media legend who also happens to be an ex-employee (and founder) and "tells all"... only to be constantly feted, brought in for countless segments on each show, and brought back for fill-in slots? It's just weird, man. Like, so weird that the only thing that makes sense is one of two things: 1. The station and several hosts in particular are terrified of being labeled misogynists and/or some back-dated #MeToo stuff being brought up (something that I have a feeling wakes up said few-hosts-in-particular in the middle of the night with a cold sweat every now and again). Or 2. Sometime after J's departure, something changed and she's being brought back full-time. If the latter, who knows who or if anyone departs or in what capacity.
Normathon begins in the morning. Anyone around here remember when he used to go 24hrs straight? What a baller he was. Still is in many ways. I for one will be tuning in as much as possible. Go Norm.
Is the "man in the mirror" reference a nod toward Danny leaving? If so, while surprising, it wouldn't really qualify as "ticket as you know it is no more" territory.
Please stop this nonsense. No one is leaving. This moron is pulling everyone's chain.
We can now get back to "when will Norm retire/will he die on-air" and "dammit, Sirois MUST BE A HOST NOW aka #justiceforMike" and For the love of all that's good in this mixed up world, can we please get years of toiling in the trenches, socio-economically disadvantaged Julie a f/t position replete with a Living Wage aka #justiceforJulie" talk.
Strange to cite Reddit as your source rather than, you know, the station itself where it was talked about! haha. Dan and Jake in the Covid Den instead of the studio as well.
Me too, Surly!!!!! I really thought some jackass's mildly cryptic, wholly unimaginative, aphoristic in the worst way, and most likely drunken spittle (I pray each post was drunken, else we have a real wacko in our midst) had merit!
May I state the obvious (?). To Plainsman and the handful of Confessors that in anyway give such comments a moment of their day: DON'T. NO HOST IS LEAVING. NOT NOW. NOT LATER THIS YEAR.
A host will not leave anytime in the near to mid future unless: (A) A host (God forbid) dies or becomes ill/incapacitated to the point where he can no longer work, permanently -- even from home. [In the more immediate sense, alas, this does apply to Norm. But as things stand, he's primed for at least a few more years -- let's hope so.] Or (B) a host does something so egregious on/off-air that it necessitates termination. Addendum to B: If even a 16th of some of the off-air less than wholesome things are true about a couple of current and a few former hosts, by this point it would've already #MeToo happened. As far as the on-air stuff is concerned, ditto -- and the evidence for that stuff is readily available, empirically indisputable.
I haven't listened to the station much since dry dock. Not sure what changed to be honest. I listen to the Musers, and sometimes to Norm & D. Depending on the level of passive aggressive sarcasm Dan has in the Hangzone opening I may listen or not. I'm out after WTDS regardless. I just don't like Corbie. I'm not saying that he's bad at his job, I would say he clearly isn't given his ratings and longevity. I just don't find him entertaining to listen to. I like Bob's sports knowledge but not enough to listen every day.
Which is probably my issue with the whole station so far in 2022. Its not entertaining me the way it used to, so I go elsewhere, though not to another radio station. I'm more entertained by podcast, audio books or music.
Maybe this is the down sound of the Ticket's longevity? I've listened to these guys for a quarter of a century, maybe they don't have anything new to say to me. There's never been a station in my life that lasted this long. KZEW was my station as a teen but they went off the air before I could get tired of them. They "died" young enough to remain a hero. Maybe the ticket has lived long enough to become the villain.
I still listen as much as I can. Try to catch Cowboys pre/post-game. Almost always listen in the car, but not in it as much as when I had the long commute twice a day. I still get a kick out of the station.
I am not the Corby-disliker that some here are. Yeah, you kinda have to filter out the hyperbole and superlatives, but I do think he and Bob work together pretty well. Certainly better than when it was Corby-and-Danny-Beat-Up-Uninterested-Mike Show.
After a honeymoon period where Dan toned down his act as he was trying to figure out what to do with Jake, he's ramped up the Dan-ness of the Bob days. I don't dislike Dan at all; I think he's sharp and can be funny. But man -- when he gets going on some comedy/sarcasm thread that isn't working, or that worked with the first gag but doesn't support a second, that show bogs, bogs, bogs. But I do listen.
Norm-Donnie-Mike S -- This a pretty fluid two hours. Norm has good days and bad, and some days not there at all. I think The Ticket is handling Norm's uncertain future pretty well.
You might've hit on something there, KDF, with the listening for a quarter century + and maybe the conversation being over. Specially with The Zoo comp. The Zoo never got to go through middle-age, put on weight, lose muscle mass, get duller around the edges. It pulled a James Dean. It'll always be young, beautiful, possess the potential to be anything, do everything, and will forever burn brilliant like a fireball. Not so with our Ticket. The Ticket as a villain? Well, that I'm not so sure of. But I will say that it hasn't been the bad boy, the cool-hand outsider in what's now beginning to butt up against 2 decades. Damn, can it really be that long ago when The Little One was truly little, when The Bunker Mentality was genuine and not another Rhyner pose? In some ways it seems like yesterday, in some ways it seems a lifetime ago, and in some ways it's as if it never happened.
How many listening habits have changed because of a change in work habits? The ticket was my constant companion as I was in and out of the truck and during all of that windshield time between jobs. I will admit, WBAP gave me more of what I needed between 6-10 AM every morning but 1310/whatever FM they were on the rest of the day. When I retired five years ago, my TSL went way down simply because I wasn't in the vehicle all day. I don't care for Dan and Jake so that leaves Norm and the Hardline. If the wife is in the car, we don't listen. She asks, "are we going to listen to the station where all they do is argue with each other all day." NO scene control I guess but sometimes you have to go along to get along.
Way back in 2010, I noted that no one should ever buy a home from a Ticket host, because they’ve all had foundation problems, having almost unanimously sworn that Tony from APFR had to come out to have a look. (http://myticketconfession.blogspot.com/2010/10/never-never-no-never-no-no-never-and-i.html)
ReplyDeleteThey have since changed their ad to make it seem a little less like they’ve all had their homes jacked up by Tony and his APFR team. But the ads are still pretty peculiar, and I believe that now all the hosts are finally on board with disclosing that they’ve been suspicious of their foundations.
The latest ads tell us that Tony has gone out and bought up ALL OF THE STEEL AVAILABLE TO PERFORM FOUNDATION REPAIRS. Bob Sturm, I believe it is, assures us that this will enable APFR to pass “savings” from this assembling of all the metal needed to perform APFR’s services to us, the impaired-foundation consumer.
But this doesn’t sound like a cost-savings measure to me. It sounds like that antitrust-unfriendly market tactic you will recognize as “cornering the market.” When you own all of something, you will not have competition for selling it, and the price you set, while not without limits, is not limited by someone else offering to sell it for less. It’s limited only by the willingness of your customer to forego your services (only available through you) as his house buckles and sinks into that oh-so-unreliable Texas turf.
In other words, monopoly pricing in the Dallas Metro market for steel-requiring foundation repair.
Now maybe that’s not what’s happening here. But if it’s not, then Tony needs to find himself a new copywriter.
Hope all Confessors are having a happy holiday season.
Expect another departure when the Varsity return from DD. 'Cept this time it'll be an actual Irish Goodbye, unlike Mike's.
ReplyDeleteThat is all. Carry out the plan of the day and keep jammin'.
Wouldn't surprise me to see a Muser take a walk, now that they have their Marconi. And Bob has substantial professional opportunities beyond The Ticket.
ReplyDeleteHow about a hint, 1100?
One reddit user doesn't hold this place in high esteem. "MY Ticket Confession is basically QAnon. There's probably a vague comment about something huge shaking up the ticket on every single post for the last 15 years" Well, you suck reddit.
ReplyDeleteYet they do this:
ReplyDeletehttps://old.reddit.com/r/theticket/comments/rfk4gk/which_tier_1_isnt_coming_back_in_2022/
I don't think anyone is going anywhere. Especially not in this the world in which we live in today. PrePandy, perhaps. Not now.
ReplyDeleteBut.
If speculating, if laying a wager, I'd put my money on Bob. Used to, It'd be a Muser all day every day. Putting aside the above caveat, Joonz has an infant and is in his mid-50s. The man NEEDS this gig. Not only for the money, but also for the escape. For Georgie and Gordo this job is a conduit to their other endeavors. Without the local celeb cache, much of their extra-Ticket activities/opportunities would either not occur or would be much more low-level. Plus, they both love the attention (yes, Virginia, Gordo LOVES it too). But Bob. Bob (conjuring Norm). Bob, as Psquid says, potentially has other options. Options that could far exceed his station in the sports world as it is currently positioned - if ya will.
I saw that too, Gopher. Made me chuckle (i) for the very reason you state and (ii) for the highly politicized nature of the reddit site. The latter chuckle due to the homogeneity of opinion and mode of expression from a group who on the whole deem themselves to be "free thinkers," the "smart set," "rebellious." It's like when 1/4 of your senior class in high school wears Bauhaus shirts and Doc Martens from Journey's at the mall. Yeah buddy, you're all edgy mf'rs, arent' you.
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(My imitation of a Ticket reddit thread)
Craig's wife quit her job at Fox 4 to be a full time mon, so he's probably not going anywhere. I always suspected George would bail after he got all his kids out of college, but I wonder if he might be reluctant to leave if Junior is going to stay.
ReplyDeleteI guess Norm is just going to die behind the mic.
Las Vegas is getting the 2024 Super Bowl. An incentive to stick around for a paid week in Las Vegas?
ReplyDelete^^^^^ Point taken, duly noted, gotcha down.
ReplyDeleteCockles warmed: Check
ReplyDeleteChestnuts roasting: Check
Stockings hung: Check
Cookies set out: Check
Frunker than duck: Check
Let's mosh.
My Ticket Christmas Wish List:
1. Let Norm have his own show back with Sirois producing. If you're gonna keep him on the air, then let him ride out into the sunset doing what he does best. This past week of solo shows served to remind us Norm IS what Norm excels at. Move Donnie either to THZ or THL. Once Norm either retires or keels over at the mic, reshuffle the schedule and give Donnie and Sirois a 3 hour mid morning show.
2. Either rehire Julie f/t and all that that entails or put an end to the, quite frankly, silliness that continues to take place since her - and let's call it what it was - calculated-risk exit.
3. Stop all Musers' music segments. Just. Stop. Please.
4. Instead of wasting the allotted 2 hours given to IG each Wednesday night, give them to deserving JVers. It's basically a 2 hour mutual hanj sesh that sheds absolutely no new light on, well, anything.
5. How about a weekly show dedicated to either the Stars or the Rangers? I don't know, perhaps during the IG hours? But make it year round. Something like October to the end of hockey season you have a Stars show, and from that point until October, the Rangers. During the overlapping periods, give the time to whichever team merits it. Stars playoff run would give them priority; conversely, the Stars are sucking and the Rangers are just kicking things off, you go with Diamond Talk, et cetera. You get the picture. It could easily be worked out. Hell, make it a 3-way. Mavs too. Just get a rotation going based on who's making news, who's the hot team, and whatnot.
6. Merry Christmas to all. Even if you don't celebrate it, holiday cheer to all Confessors.
Nice swing, ElfCo.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Whatever happened to the formerly good Intentional Grounding? Less self-referential mutual admiration/joshing, more football.
And is Harry Wilonsky the Jaden Smith of The Ticket?
I listen to Unabated To The Quarterback but mostly because it's there. If it went away I probably wouldn't miss it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, oh so thank you for pointing out the blatant (then trite) fawning of Harry by his dad. Hey…I get it. I have two boys and probably build them up in my head. It was nearly comical how many times he mentioned the whole bullpen catcher thing. It’s nothing to be embarrassed of but it’s not like you were a first round draft either. I got the vibe that Harry was quickly going from “Oh Dad…stop” to “No dad, really, stop it. You’re acting weird.”
ReplyDeleteHearing them in the 3-hour slot yesterday made me realize that I can only take so much IG. We hear from David way too much as it is and Wilonski is best taken in small doses. His “I do it therefore it is kool” delivery and “nothing of any value occurs beyond Loop 12” attitude start to grate on me. I used to find interest in hearing someone that knew so much about Dallas but now he just knows it all. The ultimate one-upper.
Happy Festivus Confessors
Sum body taint come in back. And that sum body taint won of the use uhaul suss pecks.
ReplyDeleteWatts Moore, sum body hoo Tuuk leave bee comes watt the won hoo leaves.
While we're all trying to puzzle out who -- if anyone -- will not be returning to The Little One after break . . .
ReplyDelete. . . let me wish all Confessors the merriest of Christmases as the Contagion bumps along to something we can probably live with in the long run, and a safe and Happy New Year.
Really, I am going to try to get back to this thing more often after the holiday. Be well, all
By the way, here is my completely uninformed guess:
ReplyDeleteJeff Catlin.
Second guess:
ReplyDeleteGordon Keith.
Julie is gonna be the new PD? Wow.
ReplyDeleteTuuk leave. Well, Tuuks are a brand of hockey skate blade holders and the only person who's up and left of late is Julie. So there ya go. As to who's leaving, give me SeaBass. Having a female in Sean's role would look nice on The Ticket's otherwise shoddy CV regarding such matters.
ReplyDeleteI'm about 99.999999999999% sure 1:35AM is full of shit (and drunk). But I will say that I find the post quitting Julie situation veeeeeeeeeery odd. Who asks for more hours and more money, doesn't get it, quits, goes on their own podcast cohosted with a local media luminary and "tells all," goes on another pod hosted by a local media legend who also happens to be an ex-employee (and founder) and "tells all"... only to be constantly feted, brought in for countless segments on each show, and brought back for fill-in slots? It's just weird, man. Like, so weird that the only thing that makes sense is one of two things: 1. The station and several hosts in particular are terrified of being labeled misogynists and/or some back-dated #MeToo stuff being brought up (something that I have a feeling wakes up said few-hosts-in-particular in the middle of the night with a cold sweat every now and again). Or 2. Sometime after J's departure, something changed and she's being brought back full-time. If the latter, who knows who or if anyone departs or in what capacity.
Normathon begins in the morning. Anyone around here remember when he used to go 24hrs straight? What a baller he was. Still is in many ways. I for one will be tuning in as much as possible. Go Norm.
ReplyDeletehttps://omny.fm/shows/the-ticket-top-10/sean-michaels-show-america-online-megastar-julie-d
ReplyDeleteThinking of you Plainsman, as I watch The Thin Man and enjoy the greatness of Myrna Loy
ReplyDeleteAh, thank you, Scott, an excellent way to ring in 2022.
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to seeing what the new lineup is tomorrow. Hope Plainsman is ready to throw up a new post to discuss.
ReplyDeleteGone a b a Nu Yeer rezo ah noun z meant. Dat tellz da store e. Tick as u no it sue n iz know mo. Man n da MIR r.
ReplyDeleteWorld B Free, Y'all. Du yo mynde n yo ass will fowl 0. (N sum wyngz too, jus say'n)
All Musers are back. Repeat. All Musers are back.
ReplyDeleteAll of 10-12 is back. Repeat. All of 10-12 is back.
ReplyDeleteDown to 4 Tier Ones. Which one won't be on today?
thanks all for the updates just tell me when i can let go of my buttcheeks even one hand, famished, not eating since can't remember in 2021
ReplyDeleteI've been listening but I do appreciate the updates. I woke this morning wondering what would be up today.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm only wondering what 237 is trying to convey.
Confession: I did not check with occasional Ticket-savvy sources on whether anyone was departing. Sorry, been a busy couple months.
Dan and Jake are back.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's Corby or Bob who won't be back. I'd prefer Bob staying if I have to choose.
Is the "man in the mirror" reference a nod toward Danny leaving? If so, while surprising, it wouldn't really qualify as "ticket as you know it is no more" territory.
ReplyDeleteTo the "Confession Poet":
ReplyDeleteU r a doo sssssh.
Please stop this nonsense. No one is leaving. This moron is pulling everyone's chain.
We can now get back to "when will Norm retire/will he die on-air" and "dammit, Sirois MUST BE A HOST NOW aka #justiceforMike" and For the love of all that's good in this mixed up world, can we please get years of toiling in the trenches, socio-economically disadvantaged Julie a f/t position replete with a Living Wage aka #justiceforJulie" talk.
End of transmission. Carry on.
Julie for 3-7 producer then
ReplyDeleteGeorge is on the 10-day protocol for covid and was remote broadcasting this morning according to Reddit.
ReplyDeleteStrange to cite Reddit as your source rather than, you know, the station itself where it was talked about! haha. Dan and Jake in the Covid Den instead of the studio as well.
ReplyDeleteColor me shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that no changes took place when the varsity returned. I really thought we had something here
ReplyDeleteMe too, Surly!!!!! I really thought some jackass's mildly cryptic, wholly unimaginative, aphoristic in the worst way, and most likely drunken spittle (I pray each post was drunken, else we have a real wacko in our midst) had merit!
ReplyDeleteMay I state the obvious (?). To Plainsman and the handful of Confessors that in anyway give such comments a moment of their day: DON'T. NO HOST IS LEAVING. NOT NOW. NOT LATER THIS YEAR.
A host will not leave anytime in the near to mid future unless: (A) A host (God forbid) dies or becomes ill/incapacitated to the point where he can no longer work, permanently -- even from home. [In the more immediate sense, alas, this does apply to Norm. But as things stand, he's primed for at least a few more years -- let's hope so.] Or (B) a host does something so egregious on/off-air that it necessitates termination. Addendum to B: If even a 16th of some of the off-air less than wholesome things are true about a couple of current and a few former hosts, by this point it would've already #MeToo happened. As far as the on-air stuff is concerned, ditto -- and the evidence for that stuff is readily available, empirically indisputable.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This.
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to the station much since dry dock. Not sure what changed to be honest. I listen to the Musers, and sometimes to Norm & D. Depending on the level of passive aggressive sarcasm Dan has in the Hangzone opening I may listen or not. I'm out after WTDS regardless. I just don't like Corbie. I'm not saying that he's bad at his job, I would say he clearly isn't given his ratings and longevity. I just don't find him entertaining to listen to. I like Bob's sports knowledge but not enough to listen every day.
ReplyDeleteWhich is probably my issue with the whole station so far in 2022. Its not entertaining me the way it used to, so I go elsewhere, though not to another radio station. I'm more entertained by podcast, audio books or music.
Maybe this is the down sound of the Ticket's longevity? I've listened to these guys for a quarter of a century, maybe they don't have anything new to say to me. There's never been a station in my life that lasted this long. KZEW was my station as a teen but they went off the air before I could get tired of them. They "died" young enough to remain a hero. Maybe the ticket has lived long enough to become the villain.
I still listen as much as I can. Try to catch Cowboys pre/post-game. Almost always listen in the car, but not in it as much as when I had the long commute twice a day. I still get a kick out of the station.
ReplyDeleteI am not the Corby-disliker that some here are. Yeah, you kinda have to filter out the hyperbole and superlatives, but I do think he and Bob work together pretty well. Certainly better than when it was Corby-and-Danny-Beat-Up-Uninterested-Mike Show.
After a honeymoon period where Dan toned down his act as he was trying to figure out what to do with Jake, he's ramped up the Dan-ness of the Bob days. I don't dislike Dan at all; I think he's sharp and can be funny. But man -- when he gets going on some comedy/sarcasm thread that isn't working, or that worked with the first gag but doesn't support a second, that show bogs, bogs, bogs. But I do listen.
Norm-Donnie-Mike S -- This a pretty fluid two hours. Norm has good days and bad, and some days not there at all. I think The Ticket is handling Norm's uncertain future pretty well.
The Musers -- timeless.
I'm with KDF. My Hardline listening has dropped to an hour or less for no other reason than Corby fatigue.
ReplyDeleteYou might've hit on something there, KDF, with the listening for a quarter century + and maybe the conversation being over. Specially with The Zoo comp. The Zoo never got to go through middle-age, put on weight, lose muscle mass, get duller around the edges. It pulled a James Dean. It'll always be young, beautiful, possess the potential to be anything, do everything, and will forever burn brilliant like a fireball. Not so with our Ticket. The Ticket as a villain? Well, that I'm not so sure of. But I will say that it hasn't been the bad boy, the cool-hand outsider in what's now beginning to butt up against 2 decades. Damn, can it really be that long ago when The Little One was truly little, when The Bunker Mentality was genuine and not another Rhyner pose? In some ways it seems like yesterday, in some ways it seems a lifetime ago, and in some ways it's as if it never happened.
ReplyDeleteHow many listening habits have changed because of a change in work habits? The ticket was my constant companion as I was in and out of the truck and during all of that windshield time between jobs. I will admit, WBAP gave me more of what I needed between 6-10 AM every morning but 1310/whatever FM they were on the rest of the day. When I retired five years ago, my TSL went way down simply because I wasn't in the vehicle all day. I don't care for Dan and Jake so that leaves Norm and the Hardline. If the wife is in the car, we don't listen. She asks, "are we going to listen to the station where all they do is argue with each other all day." NO scene control I guess but sometimes you have to go along to get along.
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