Randi Rhodes by far the best AAR show

[malatesta1137]

I don't agree with her 100% but she's the most passionate, by far the best informed, and the best overall ratings. Franken is the lamest, unfunny, no wonder he's losing to Rush and O'Reilly (in overall ratings). To listen to him make a point is to watch a turtle go across a football field, slow, boring, arghhh. He always puts Democrats on the defensive and is on a very personal campaign against Rush, Hannity and O'Reilly that's a waste of everyone's time.

Garofalo is good, but hates men, it seems. She's always so unkind and annoyed at her male co-host, I am sure it's out of jealousy.

I like the two gay girls in the morning, they are hilarious. AAR saved my life, now that I don't have cable anymore.

[Dookus]

1. couldn't agree more

Franken is second-best, but he's so wildly inconsistent.

Garofalo is a huge disappointment to me. She's right on all the issues, and she's really bright, but it's just boring radio.

Randi is the superstar.

[DancingBear]

7. Agreed

Garofalo and Seder sound at times like schoolkids sneaking into the liquor cabinet. A swift kick in the professional radio pants wouldn't hurt.

Oh, and my crusade to rid the radio world of Marc Maron continues. He is neither knowledgeable nor funny.

edit: I re-read the original post with regard to the "hating men'" part. That is, to be kind, ridiculous.

[bluestateguy]

2. I'm inclined to agree

She seems to know what she's doing more than the others. Her experience shows, as does the lack of experience of the others.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Marc Maron & Lizz Winstead are the best

[Rosco T.]

8. but Lizz isn't gay :)

ok.. no fair changing the titles while I'm replying :)

[malatesta1137]

16. sorry

I know one of them is. I love them both.

[Must_B_Free]

45. But she is gay-friendly

which is a good thing.

[BlueEyedSon]

59. Uh... who said anything about gayness? I think they're FUNNY.

[movonne]

4. Yes she is very good...Mike Malloy will be soooo good too. I can't

wait for him Aug. 2nd.

[kixot]

6. The Mike and Randi combination will blow the pants of the GOP!!

I love how he drives home the point that what we're dealing with are corrupt money hungry rat bastards and their weasel thugs.

[K-W]

5. why are you all agreeing with such an offensive post

You spin the ratings for Franken like a republican. It was thier first ratings EVER and you expect him to beat two established hosts? One of which is the top talk radio guy in the nation and the other who has his own cable tv show.

Garofalo hates men? What kind of ignorant crap is that? You are sure she is jealous of her cohost? for what, being a man? Are you kidding? She is the center of her show, because she is world famous. Thats the design of the show.

I dont know exactly where you are coming from here, but having an opinion on the radio is one thing, making baseless and offensive accusations is another thing.

[malatesta1137]

18. I'm not spinning anything

the fact is that Franken lost to both Rush and O'Reilly (he won only against O'Reilly in the most desirable age bracket).

Why can't I my express my opinion and you just disagree with it without calling me offensive?

I like Garofalo, but world famous??? Please! Tom Cruise is world famous, not Garofalo. I think she has anger issues against men, what's so odd about that?

[K-W]

20. Yes you are spinning.

The fact is that Franken lost in overall ratings to those two hosts.

It is pure spin that this is a failure. Had he beaten them it would have been amazing, but anyone who expected him to beat them in the first ever ratings for his show was dreaming.

Garofalo is world famous whether you like it or not. Comparing her to tom cruise is fairly pointless. Very very few people are as famous as tom cruise, he is not the threshold for world famous.

You posted offensive accusations and spun things unfairly against Franken. I do not have to respect such statements.

[malatesta1137]

21. you lost it.

I never said Franken is a failure, I said he LOST to both Rush and O'Reilly, and you can't accept that. He's ineffective and boring. But I do appreciate the fact that he helped start AAR.

Garofalo is NOT world famous, she's not even a true celebrity in the United States. She's a standup comedienne and a good one at that. I'm happy she's the champion of ratings in her slot.

[K-W]

23. Try reading my post for a change.

I have stated in both my posts that Franken was beaten by those two, yet you claim falsely that I cant accept that.

You called Franken the lamest, and jusified that by saying he lost to rush ahd o'reilly. Your very obvious argument was that getting beaten by those two was proof he was lame, which would obviously mean that we should consider those ratings numbers to be bad for him.

Garofalo is famous. Im sorry that you dont know that, but id appreciate it if you would stop lying about her fame. She is not a superstar. So what? She is by far and away the most famous person an AAR. She has been in feature films. Her fame is less now than it once was, but at one point she was one of the hotter new talents in entertainment.

Now I have no problem with your OPINION. You dont like franken, fine. You dont like garafalo, fine.

But dont be unfair to Franken and mischarecterize his ratings. His ratings were very good for a new radio show on a new radio network up against very well established hosts. Dont be unfair to Garafalo and belittle her fame and make rediculous accusations about her.

And especailly dont lie about what I write in my posts.

[malatesta1137]

26. just accept the truth

Franken lost to those pigs. It's my opinion that he's weak and unfunny and that is the reason. I hope he improves and wins, why can't you accept that?

I said I liked Garofalo and gave an opinion about her that you don't like. Tough.

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[malatesta1137]

32. you are excusing Franken's weakness

with this 'new show, new network' bullshit. Your own Garofalo is on the same network, a new hostess and she's winning. Randi is on the same network and she's winning. Franken is weak, it's my opinion, live with it.

I wrote that it SEEMS that Garofalo hates men, she comes across that way, it's my opinion, live with it.

[K-W]

34. But it is a new show, or did you not realize that?

Answer this question please, are any other of the Air America hosts up against Rush or O'Reilly? If the answer is no, than your argument is silly. I dont know why you think you can compare apples and oranges.

Once again if you would stop the spin and lies and ONLY say your opinion, then we have no beef at all.

Just say this:

"I dont like Al Franken. I think he is weak and time will show that he cant attract viewers. I think that Randi is a much better talent and will prove to be thier top talent."

If you had said that, I would have said, you might be right. But instead you chose to twist the ratings around and draw silly conclusions.

The ratings do not support your point of view, LIVE WITH IT.

[malatesta1137]

36. you're twisting the ratings

not me.

Franken lost, Randi is against Hannity AND O'Reilly and she won.

Don't tell me to say what pleases you, I happen to like my first amendment rights. Thank you.

[K-W]

38. I didnt twist anything. The ratings simply dont support your stance.

First ammendment rights? Huh?

Let me spell this out for you very simply.

Each host is in a seperate time slot, they are not in any way shape of form competing with each other. You cannot compare thier time slots because they are each different, different audiences and different competition.

So stop saying that so and so won and so and so lost, it is not nearly that clear or simple.

Franken isnt doing as well in his time slot as Randi is in hers. That is true, that does not however prove that if Randi were in Franken's slot and Franken in Randi's that things would be any different or the same. You may THINK you know how they would be, but the ratings do not prove anything.

You are the one making outrageous claims, not me. I am saying that the ratings dont show that Franken is a failure, that he cant attract an audience or that he lost. I am right in that. The ratings simply dont show that.

You might be right, Randi might be the best host they have. Franken may not be cut out for this, I dont disagree with you. the ratings just dont prove that.

I dont know why you insist that they do, and why you keep twisting my words in order to do so.

[malatesta1137]

39. Franken is losing

to Rush and Reilly, it doesn't mean that Franken's a failure, I never said he was. You can't accept the simple truth.

and Randi would TOO beat Rush if she were in Franken's slot, because she used to beat Rush ALL THE TIME in Florida when the two were head to head.

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[malatesta1137]

43. lol who's lying?

I stand by everything I have said so far, and relax, life is short.

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[NYCGirl]

24. Without Franken's star power there wouldn't BE an AAR.

He may be new to radio, but he changed comedy forever as one of the founding fathers of SNL and his last book was the #2 best selling book of last year.

I don't think he's either ineffective or boring.

[malatesta1137]

27. to me he is.

but that's my opinion, and I did say I appreciated the fact that he helped start AAR.

[malatesta1137]

33. by the way

Franken was not one the founding fathers of SNL, please! He came on after 10 years the show had been on the air.

[ezod]

42. by the way...

Franken was one of the original writers and cast members of SNL circa Not Ready for Prime Time Players era...just saw a rerun w/the Franken and Davis show...Ackroyd and Belushi on the same episode so it was early SNL.

[malatesta1137]

53. wrong

he was one the original writers but NOT an original cast member. He joined them 2 years later in 1977:

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Saturday_Night_Live_cast#The_Not_Ready_For_Primetime_Players_.281975-1978.29

[thebigidea]

47. man, that is SO wrong.

You might want to know what you're talking about before talking about it.

[malatesta1137]

48. yes

Franken was one the original writers of SNL, I was wrong. But calling him one of the founding fathers is a bit of a stretch, considering the role of Lorne Michaels and the fact that there were so many greater talents in those first years, like Belushi, Radner, Akroyd, Murray and Chase.

[DoomFook]

60. Al Franken is the Best

Al Franken is a genius and the funniest person ever on SNL. He is the only comic that has been effective in combating the nazis on the right. Every time I see the Stuart Smalley stuff I just crack up.

[redqueen]

25. Gotta agree with you

I didn't read the post... was listening to AAR and just posted a reply without reading.

I should have read it.

:puke:

[neverborn]

9. LOVE Randi

[bpilgrim]

10. wait till you hear Mike Malloy

it only gets BETTER ;->

peace

[Brian Morans]

58. EXACTLY!!!

Randi's great, but she is not in the same league as Mike. When Mike's going off, he is going OFF!! It's like Bukowski is writing his script. No one can get angry like that guy. Thank god AAR hired him.

[ronnykmarshall]

11. I love Randi!

[thebigidea]

14. that pic kinda looks like you were kidnapped by Al-Qaeda!

Don't worry, I think Rhodes is going to pull all her troops out of Iraq - so you'll be safe.

[kixot]

12. Franken has his humor

It's not a hard hitting broadcasting style, that's not what most of these people have been doing most of their lives. Randi rocks the way she does because she's been training in Palm Beach county, Rushbo's home town, and beating the pants off of him consistantly. These other talents are just getting started and it's not fair to judge them by the same standards as you can with Randi. Randi is top notch. The other personailities are new to broadcasting and as fish out of water they need time to catch their speed.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

13. I love Randi and Mike Malloy!

AAR will be a thorn in the side of the GOP with these two firebrands on the roster!

[Jack_Dawson]

15. Never heard MM - Love Randi tho...

[never cry wolf]

17. Malloy reminds me of Randi alot

er, the other way around, I heard Malloy first. He is a tad milder and is more courteous with callers but has just as much enthusiasm and knowledge. They can both take apart ANY RW caller!

[redqueen]

19. She's talking now about the need for downballot votes

For that alone, I love her.

:loveya:

[FrankBooth]

22. Randi is good at what she does

but I can't listen to her for more than 15 minutes before I have to turn it off. I am glad AAR has Randi, but I just can't handle the bombast - I much prefer Al's show, although the Hannity segment drove me nuts this morning.

I am interested in listening to Malloy's show though, looking forward to that.

[Zinfandel]

28. But wait until you hear Mike Malloy he will kick ass...

One thing I must say when it comes to the Great Mike Malloy, he is the ONLY person in media (save Meria Heller) that is as liberal and progressive as I am.

I enjoy Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, James Carville, Randi Rhodes, etc...However they aren't even in the same ballpark as me when it comes to progressive ideology...Malloy is.

Mike Malloy could not get behind Dean, Kerry or any or the rest...He supported Dennis Kucinich (as did I) As Malloy often stated Kucinich was the ONLY liberal running, the ONLY choice we had and of course the republican owned corporate media made sure he was ignored. He's in the republican right-wig fascist faces constantly. I can go on and on about how true a guy Malloy is to the old democrats as I am. I voted in every election since I turned eighteen in 1972 and voted for McGovern I've always voted Democrat...Now, it's all bullshit corporatism in both parties I know this, Malloy exploits this in every breath...but he will probably vote for Kerry, as I am forced to vote for Kerry and I know you will have to vote for Kerry. "Anyone But Bush".

Were fucked. And Malloy knows this and speaks of it all the time.

Malloy is well read, intelligent, very funny, emotional, entertaining, compassionate and passionate of liberal ideology and a true professional radio person that is out there today.

Malloy has been fired from more radio stations than I can count, because of his views and not holding back the truth. The republicans and their sponsors hate him and have been very successful in getting rid of his voice from the airwaves.

Will Malloy tone it down on AAR? He hasn't ever before in his career, and the Italian-Irish Malloy just had a baby girl (Molly) so who knows, I'm sure the job is important and maybe his time slot on AAR (10pm to 1am) and AAR will allow him the freedom he wants and needs to kick ass as he does like no other.

As far as "Clear Channel" picking up some of the programs...I'm sure Malloy's won't be one of them...he's too hard core and I hope and believe Mike Malloy will blow a lot of minds...and screw the soft-ears of the fucking moderates, fence-sitting assholes who "vote for the candidate" and not ideology I have no use for them, I despise them. as Malloy does as well.

What I'm trying to say is, Malloy is the real deal and I miss him on the air (and the Internet) and I did what I could as many others have to make AAR see the light.

[Zinfandel]

29. But wait until you hear Mike Malloy he will kick ass...

On AAR...One thing I must say when it comes to the Great Mike Malloy, he is the ONLY person in media (save Meria Heller) that is as liberal and progressive as I am.

I enjoy Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, James Carville, Randi Rhodes, etc...However they aren't even in the same ballpark as me when it comes to progressive ideology...Malloy is.

Mike Malloy could not get behind Dean, Kerry or any or the rest...He supported Dennis Kucinich (as did I) As Malloy often stated Kucinich was the ONLY liberal running, the ONLY choice we had and of course the republican owned corporate media made sure he was ignored. He's in the republican right-wing fascist faces constantly. I can go on and on about how true a guy Malloy is to the old democrats as I am. I voted in every election since I turned eighteen in 1972 and voted for McGovern I've always voted Democrat...Now, it's all bullshit corporatism in both parties I know this, Malloy exploits this in his every breath...but he will probably vote for Kerry, as I am forced to vote for Kerry and I know you vote for Kerry. "Anyone But Bush".

Were fucked. And Malloy knows this and speaks of it all the time.

Malloy is well read, intelligent, very funny, emotional, entertaining, compassionate and passionate of liberal ideology and a true professional radio person that is out there today.

Malloy has been fired from more radio stations than I can count, because of his views and not holding back the truth. The republicans and their sponsors hate him and have been very successful in getting rid of his voice from the airwaves.

Will Malloy tone it down on AAR? He hasn't ever before in his career, and the Italian-Irish Malloy just had a baby girl (Molly) so who knows, I'm sure the job is important and maybe his time slot on AAR (10pm to 1am) and AAR will allow him the freedom he wants and needs to kick ass as he does like no other.

As far as "Clear Channel" picking up some of the programs...I'm sure Malloy's won't be one of them...he's too hard core and I hope and believe Mike Malloy will blow a lot of minds...and screw the soft-ears of the fucking moderates, fence-sitting assholes who "vote for the candidate" and not ideology I have no use for them, I despise them. as Malloy does as well.

What I'm trying to say is, Malloy is the real deal and I miss him on the air (and the Internet) and I did what I could as many others have to make AAR see the light.

[Gloria]

37. Yes, Malloy is unique! He's older than most

hosts and knows and appreciates unions.
He is very passionate....and also has some theatrical background which he uses to great effect.
He's worked for CNN so knows how that rathole works.
He documents his comments, comments on the current news like Randi....but he is really good with callers from the other side, too.

I don't think he'll be on directly against Coast to Coast most of his how, right??? That should help him attract an audience even though there are so many other shows on of the right wing ilk. At least he won't have to compete against the ghost stories......That's assuming he's not tape delayed!!!!! Gosh, he could be on live at 7pm in California which would be good, I guess.

And at least he'll be on more than an internet stream. He's probably going live in more cities than he ever has in his life. Chicago needs an AAR outlet though...I'm sure his Chicago audience are dying to hear him on the radio again...

Malloy is a great "venter" of our own frustrations...I'm hoping he's allowed to say...."Have I told you yet how much I HATE these people???????"

[Zinfandel]

54. It will indeed be very interesting to see how AAR supports Mike Malloy.

Give a chance and the freedom...Malloy will be a star for AAR...I just hope AAR is there completely for Mike, because we will listen and support Mike Malloy.

[kaitykaity]

30. She's "Like Buttuh".

She's not talking to people who agree with her. She wants to
reach and reason with the reachable dumbasses who regret their
2000 Bush vote.

We may know the stuff she says we don't know, but that's because
we're a part of the pissed-off Democratic base. We're
motivated.

[myomy]

35. WeÕve been listening for years and wow does she do her homework.

.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

41. "Garofalo is good, but hates men, it seems"

that sounds rather freeptarded

[malatesta1137]

51. can't take much

without insulting huh?

[Zinfandel]

56. I'm a man, and I think she absolutely great and a wonderful liberal!!!

I love Garofalo enthusiasm and passion, it indeed makes up for her lack of radio experience...She puts her heart and soul into what she believes and sees the republicans lies and hidden fascist agenda.

[Mika]

46. FLAME BAIT

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[never_get_over_it]

52. Thank you

unfortunately I saw it before it was deleted and I HATE THAT WORD!

[never_get_over_it]

50. Right now she is but she won't be

once Mike Malloy starts on Monday August 2nd.....IMHO

[Selwynn]

55. Mike Malloy will give her a run for her money :)

[rooboy]

57. Your complaints about the other hosts are baseless. n/t

[malatesta1137]

61. but you can't

refute them.