610am Gilbert/Clemens

LonghornFan · Aug 22, 2005

dskillz said:

can you guys replace Rich and Marc with a test signal or something? They have possibly the worst show in sports talk history.
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Bwah!

Harrisment · Aug 22, 2005

dskillz said:

The Gilbert thing is more played out than "Move Steve to the 2" calls. I think it is a case of not being able to see the forest for the trees with John and Lance. The crap is old, people are calling telling them that and they totally ignore them. Lance has mentioned he is getting e-mails saying Gilbert is old. It is played out totally. If the listeners don't like it, you might want to think of cutting back on it. A guy called this morning and that was his first statement during his call so they totally brushed him off.

Now the idea of laughing at a slow guy opens up an entire different bag. When I first heard it I was thinking it was a joke character, but the more I listened I figured out he was real. I mean, they are making fun of his speech, his situation of him riding a bike everywhere, etc. Basically making a joke out of his daily life. Gilbert might not care or might not understand that he is being made for a fool, but in my eyes it isn't right. I can see them making fun of me because of some behaviour that I choose to do, but everything they laugh at are things Gilbert has no control over. Kind of like laughing at the kid in elementary with a disability. That isn't right. The morning they had the "debate" with the guy who was offended was a total joke. The guy brought up all these good points, but all they could do was say, "Well, we got him an interview with Clemens," and "Well, we got him a bike." So f'n what. That gives you the right to make his disabilities the butt of your jokes? I lost alot of respect for John and Lance that morning. Like I said, maybe they are so involved in the situation, they can't see what they are doing is wrong.

I deal with people with disabilities daily at work. I treat them as they don't have a disability. But I don't make fun of them or laugh at their disability. I don't like the Gilbert deal, I am not saying don't take his calls, but stop making a big production everytime he calls just to get some laughs. It is old, and the more I think about it, the more I think it is totally wrong.

While I am on the topic of 610...can you guys replace Rich and Marc with a test signal or something? They have possibly the worst show in sports talk history.
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Nice post d, you nailed it. And I totally agree with you on Rich and Marc. They are unlistenable. I was a big fan of John and Lance up until recently. I think Adam and Matt have the only good show on there these days.

jlaw718 · Aug 22, 2005

dskillz said:

The Gilbert thing is more played out than "Move Steve to the 2" calls. I think it is a case of not being able to see the forest for the trees with John and Lance. The crap is old, people are calling telling them that and they totally ignore them. Lance has mentioned he is getting e-mails saying Gilbert is old. It is played out totally. If the listeners don't like it, you might want to think of cutting back on it. A guy called this morning and that was his first statement during his call so they totally brushed him off.

Now the idea of laughing at a slow guy opens up an entire different bag. When I first heard it I was thinking it was a joke character, but the more I listened I figured out he was real. I mean, they are making fun of his speech, his situation of him riding a bike everywhere, etc. Basically making a joke out of his daily life. Gilbert might not care or might not understand that he is being made for a fool, but in my eyes it isn't right. I can see them making fun of me because of some behaviour that I choose to do, but everything they laugh at are things Gilbert has no control over. Kind of like laughing at the kid in elementary with a disability. That isn't right. The morning they had the "debate" with the guy who was offended was a total joke. The guy brought up all these good points, but all they could do was say, "Well, we got him an interview with Clemens," and "Well, we got him a bike." So f'n what. That gives you the right to make his disabilities the butt of your jokes? I lost alot of respect for John and Lance that morning. Like I said, maybe they are so involved in the situation, they can't see what they are doing is wrong.

I deal with people with disabilities daily at work. I treat them as they don't have a disability. But I don't make fun of them or laugh at their disability. I don't like the Gilbert deal, I am not saying don't take his calls, but stop making a big production everytime he calls just to get some laughs. It is old, and the more I think about it, the more I think it is totally wrong.

While I am on the topic of 610...can you guys replace Rich and Marc with a test signal or something? They have possibly the worst show in sports talk history.
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Word. I think even Chance has this one pegged. That's why he's underground on this.

It's just bad form.

Rocketman95 · Aug 22, 2005

jlaw718 said:

Word. I think even Chance has this one pegged. That's why he's underground on this.

It's just bad form.
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I was hoping for some sort of explanation. Chance is awesome, he's treated me far better than I deserve, but I'd really like to hear the rationale behind this. I get really upset listening to the promos they have for it.

Rocketman95 · Aug 24, 2005

Bump.

wesnesked · Aug 24, 2005

Rocketman95 said:

I was hoping for some sort of explanation. Chance is awesome, he's treated me far better than I deserve, but I'd really like to hear the rationale behind this. I get really upset listening to the promos they have for it.
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What promos are you talking about?

Rocketman95 · Aug 24, 2005

wesnesked said:

What promos are you talking about?
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I listen online nearly all day at work and during the commercials, they play a clip of him snoring and the morning guys just cracking up. I can't remember what else it says off the top of my head, but if the guy's seriously slow, I can't justify listening to a station that makes fun of that. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt because Chance has been so good to me.

Blatz · Aug 24, 2005

How often do they have Gilbert on? I thought Chance said we will be hearing less of him when this whole Gilbert thing started.

Fatty FatBastard · Aug 24, 2005

Rocketman95 said:

I listen online nearly all day at work and during the commercials, they play a clip of him snoring and the morning guys just cracking up. I can't remember what else it says off the top of my head, but if the guy's seriously slow, I can't justify listening to a station that makes fun of that. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt because Chance has been so good to me.
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What are you talking about? They ran a promo on me being a moron. And nobody got uppity about that?

What gives? I've been called an idiot rather frequently here, yet nobody catches my back...

Rocketman95 · Aug 24, 2005

Fatty FatBastard said:

What are you talking about? They ran a promo on me being a moron. And nobody got uppity about that?

What gives? I've been called an idiot rather frequently here, yet nobody catches my back...
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And I repay that by spending time with you outside the board.

Fatty FatBastard · Aug 24, 2005

Rocketman95 said:

And I repay that by spending time with you outside the board.
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Eh, I'm just giving you a hard time. I guess my point is, if Gilbert had any problem with it, I guarantee you they'd pull it immediately. My guess is that Gilbert is enjoying his little notoriety.

I thought mine was funny as hell, personally.

Rocketman95 · Aug 24, 2005

Fatty FatBastard said:

Eh, I'm just giving you a hard time. I guess my point is, if Gilbert had any problem with it, I guarantee you they'd pull it immediately. My guess is that Gilbert is enjoying his little notoriety.
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But if he is slow, he doesn't know any better. He probably is enjoying it, but he doesn't realize they're laughing at him, not with him.

I thought mine was funny as hell, personally.
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I don't think I ever heard them.

Fatty FatBastard · Aug 24, 2005

Rocketman95 said:

But if he is slow, he doesn't know any better. He probably is enjoying it, but he doesn't realize they're laughing at him, not with him.
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I think they are laughing with him a lot of the time, especially when he fell asleep. That was crazy. I guess I just don't see anything really mean-spirited. But that's me.

I don't think I ever heard them.
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It was only one promo, and I think they only ran it for a few days. The problem was, it was probably the first time 610 actually BERATED a caller. ie. I told this betting guru that he was clueless and didn't know what he was talking about. I told all of the listeners to go with Tech and the spread. I even went as far as to say "bet your house" on it.

Tech didn't cover. I had egg on my face. They called me "nomad" Jim the rest of the morning. The problem was that every caller that morning called in to call me an idiot, a r****d, and a moron, including some of my friends.

When I finally did call in, we all had a good laugh. I said I was still correct 99% of the time.

Harrisment · Aug 24, 2005

Fatty FatBastard said:

I think they are laughing with him a lot of the time, especially when he fell asleep. That was crazy. I guess I just don't see anything really mean-spirited. But that's me.

It was only one promo, and I think they only ran it for a few days. The problem was, it was probably the first time 610 actually BERATED a caller. ie. I told this betting guru that he was clueless and didn't know what he was talking about. I told all of the listeners to go with Tech and the spread. I even went as far as to say "bet your house" on it.

Tech didn't cover. I had egg on my face. They called me "nomad" Jim the rest of the morning. The problem was that every caller that morning called in to call me an idiot, a r****d, and a moron, including some of my friends.

When I finally did call in, we all had a good laugh. I said I was still correct 99% of the time.
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You have to call back this year Fatty. Does Tech play Kansas again? That would be perfect.

Davidoff · Aug 24, 2005

Guys.. do what I did, CHANGE IT TO 790 and never look back (if you dont have cable for the rox games it's ok I guess).. Like I've said before 610 is crap and this is driving the point home even further..

Fatty FatBastard · Aug 24, 2005

Harrisment said:

You have to call back this year Fatty. Does Tech play Kansas again? That would be perfect.
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Kansas @ Texas Tech - Oct. 1st Remind me to call on Sept. 30th. I'm still driving blind. (my car doesn't carry a.m.)

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