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Opie & Anthony Suck

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Opie & Anthony suck. Theres no other way about it. Jim Norton is kinda funny. But in general I can only listen to their show for maybe 5 minutes before tearing my eyes out.

First off, you have to wait for a couple minutes for the show to switch back on after comercials (probably because the local commercials ended first and they are waiting for the syndication to come piping back through). So you have to wait through horrible mock-techno music to get to their show. Then the show gets there and its just not funny. Or even fun to listen to for that matter.

Now I don't blame this all on O&A. See I have a theory. I figure how funny can morning radio really be, I mean its news and comedy rolled into one. But these guys don't have the local presence or news or happenings that Shred & Ragan had to pull from. They have to go pure comedy, everyday, and the material just isn't up to snuff.

I miss Shred and Ragan. It actually had to do with our community, the Niagara Falls Police Blotter. The contests. Ah the good ol' days. We'll be talking to our kids one day saying, "I remember a day when disc jockies used to live in the cities they broadcast in". And they'll be all like, "Oh Grandpa your crazy, music and humor has been illegal now for 30 years."
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  1. metalpeter ·

    Never listened to Opie so I can't really comment on them. One of the problems with morning radio is that it is on everyday. Do have any idea how much material that is. Even the best comics in the world couldn't go on stage in buffalo and make fun of everything that day, then do a differant act in detroit the next night .Does Leno and Letterman do that yeah but they have a lot of writers and some of there best jokes people sit silently on and then the band guys laugf at everything. The other thing that hurt morning radio is the FCC crackdown you can't say anything anymore. I remeber when S&R talked about Porn Reviews on friday. Then there was eternity the tall blond and she was verry dirty. That also really cuts down on material. What I don't like about 97 rock is they all think they are funny, oh good they are awfull so no more 97 rock in the mornings any more. What makes it even worse is one of those guys does stand up professionaly. Most of the morning radio stuff isn't stand up comedy funny it is more being funny with your buddies wich is great when with your buddies, but not to broadcast.

  2. jenks ·

    i dunno... i have to say I haven't listened to morning radio in years, and don't miss it one bit. Particularly the stupid DJ's...

    maybe I'm just an old grouch.

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