I don't know about the rest of you, but I find Franken on AAR to be boring

[anarchy1999]

to the point of tears, annoying and un-inspiring. He may be worse for AAR than Springer. I find myself almost unable to listen to him.

Janeane G in the evenings is wonderful though. AAR has a long way to go, IMHO. Thank god they exist, but,,.... IMHO, they need alot of help!

Are they setting themselves up for failure purposefully?

[Book Lover]

1. No, it's just that Franken and radio

aren't the best fit. I like hearing him speak when the text is a bit more prepared, but I don't think his talents shine as a radio host.

[andyhappy]

2. I dig franken!

I love his show! And Randi Rhodes ROCKS!!!

People are always talking smack about Franken on the DU and I just dont get it.

[Vincardog]

3. AF is using AAR to launch his Senate Bid. That is why he keeps pandering

to the right. It is boooooring. I would rather listen to a real left wing foam at the mouth than hear Al give the RW another outlet.

[Mad_Dem_X]

5. "Pandering to the right"?

When does he do that? Granted, I don't listen every day, but I catch his show on the weekends, and I don't recall ever hearing him pander to the right.

I think Al is great, with his low-key, dry sense of humor and the way he stays calm while delivering his zingers. You go, Al. :headbang:

(edit for spelling)

[Vincardog]

12. What do you call having Gordon Liddy on?

[NYCGirl]

17. And Liddy had him on his show, too. Does he pander to the left? NT

[demnan]

4. Me too!

Conson's on now. He's much better.

Here's how I try to look at it:

When you first start up something the most mediocre are put up first, and radio is, in itself a difficult medium. You have the talents like Randi Rhodes and Marc Marin (I don't listen at night much) and you have the ones they are trying to use to bring in the moderates. Al Franken is very gifted, but radio is a new medium for him. I think he's doing moderately well and I support him.

You know, I am so grateful for Air America. Who would give Joe Conson, David Brock, etc. airtime anywhere else.

[vince3]

6. I like Al

I think his show is a good early afternoon talk show.

[MnFats]

7. Franken is great. Jeanene G. yells.

sam makes a point
she makes a point
sam disputes her point
she shouts her original point only really loud, as though that makes a more convincing argument.

and at times, she is dreadfully uninformed.....

[kaitykaity]

10. Everything she says screams

"Look at me, I'm smart!!" It so gets in the way. :eyes:

[derby378]

36. Gotta agree - I love Janeane, but that can get on my nerves (n/t)

[kaitykaity]

8. It's better now that the dittohead isn't on every day.

He's funny, but a little bit of him goes a
loooong way.

[iconoclastNYC]

9. Al is lame at times

Mark Maron is so good! I can't wait for Jeneane to move on....all she does is rant, its pretty annoying.

[GCP]

11. I agree with the original post

I love Al's books and humor, but his show is awful. I especially hate the "Oy Oy Oy" show. Awful, awful, awful.

[NYCGirl]

16. The Oy, Oy, Oy Show is the best laugh I get all day.

Love it!

Love Al and Katherine!



P.S. Can't wait until their Sundance TV show starts up again in June.

[wtbymark]

13. I think Randi's great, listen to her everyday

thats all

[chaska]

14. I agree. I love Janeane too, but she is a terrible interviewer...

which she will freely admit. I like her best with Sam.

I love Laura Flanders. I'm really getting sick of Ed Shultz. He couldn't care less about politics, it's just a job to him. He's poorly informed and he is a lousy debater. I've heard him get his ass kicked a couple of times.

I worship Mark and Mark. Those guys totally rule. Lawton Smalls rocks, as does Milf Milfington.

[chaska]

15. Randi is, of course, queen of the freakin' world. :^)

[MoonRiver]

18. I like him a lot! He makes me laugh and cry at the same time.

Only thing I don't like is listening to his "resident dittohead". I always turn Al off when that creep comes on. I don't care if they are freinds, if I wanted to listen to a Repuke I'd turn on Rush.

[quiet.american]

19. Different strokes for different folks. n/t

[bejammin075]

20. Al=lame. Oyoyoy show stupid, repetative

They should give the show to Catherine Lanfer. The best parts of the show are when she interupts him or talks over him.

Al's just not made for radio. or TV, for that matter. He should stick to writing. Al has this problem where he takes a dumb idea that isn't funny, like the Oyoyoy show, or Stuart Smalley, and then he does it over and over. And over. And over. And over.

Randi is great. Sometimes I wish she wouldn't shout down her callers so much, and let them finish a sentence sometimes.

Jerry Springer is better than I thought he'd be, but I miss the host he replaced (name already fading from memory...)

[latebloomer]

29. Hey, I loved Stuart Smalley!!

But I agree that Al on AAR is DULL!!

[bunkerbuster1]

38. Oy oy oy. The BASTIDS!

I think this thread makes a great case that AAR really does serve all styles.

[underpants]

21. I really like Al, always have.

I like the radio comedy aspect to his show.

[Jeebo]

22. Franken bores me too, but I LOVE Malloy and Rhodes...

Mike Malloy and Randi Rhodes are FAR AND AWAY the best AAR has. Off AAR, Thom Hartmann is the BEST liberal talk show host ANYWHERE! I keep hoping AAR will pick him up. He is, in fact, the SANEST human on the planet! I'd also love to see AAR pick up Guy James. Those four would be one helluva daily liberal talk show lineup, imho.

Ron

[Zinfandel]

23. I've said this over & over on DU, before Franken was even on the air.

"Dry, slow cadence, more of a visual comedian, his slow boring voice will be a drag on radio".

But the slow and boring moderate listeners love him.

[anarchy1999]

24. Yep. That is it.

Sorry all.

N/T

[Zinfandel]

25. Thanks! I tried to tell people...It was quite obvious to me...

even before AAR even went on the air, that Franken, would be, as I stated in my above post...

And the posts I received were very funny, and most who thought I was wrong about Franken, didn't like Malloy or Rhodes, they were the soft ears moderates, don't rock the boat people, afraid of change...they were the ones who just could not understand how "dry, etc." I said Franken would be...

But they are slow, dry and moderates themselves, so I understood where they were coming from.

I now listen (instead of Franken), to the GREAT Thom Hartmann...Hartmann is as great as anyone on the air, bar none...and this comes from someone who loves and adores Malloy & Rhodes...The way Hartmann deals with Freepers is amazing...he is so fucking good, a mountain of information, facts and history...Hartmann is very, very entertaining!

[anarchy1999]

40. Sorry, I'm very lazy, can you provide a link so I don't have to look it up

? Sorry, no room left in subject line.

Thanks.

[Zinfandel]

42. What link would you like?

[anarchy1999]

44. A link to Thom Hartmann, thank you, dear sir/madam.

n/t

[Zinfandel]

45. Here you go, from one dude to another...

http://www.thomhartmann.com/show.shtml

Or have I presumed too much?

Thom Hartmann, is amazingly informative and entertaining and a truly nice guy... a nice guy liberal progressive (from Vermont) with outrage and solutions.

[anarchy1999]

46. Quite possibly, and I apologize. No offense intended. "Dude".

n/t

We have to find our humor somewhere.

[NYCGirl]

26. Must be a lot of slow and boring moderates around, since Franken gets the

most listeners of anyone on AAR, by far.

[Zinfandel]

28. Right, He has the prime AAR spot and gets most of the plugs, because he

is AAR's "celebrity".

Franken is an excellent visual comedian. I love Al Franken's comedy and his politics (most of the time, still a little too moderate for my taste though) but Franken is a great person as well.

I just think he SUCKS as a radio personality and I'm obviously not alone!!

[NYCGirl]

30. And I forgot to add us slow and boring folks can watch Al and Katherine

when their Sundance show returns in June!

[Zinfandel]

37. Hope you have a fast forward button on your TV...

[NYCGirl]

39. I have one on my Tivo — but I usually end up saving the Franken Sundance

show to DVD. I have volumes of them from the last run (I especially love the "Mastication Theater" bit they did with George Soros).

[youthere]

27. Yes yes

Franken bad.

[adamd]

31. I'm still pissed they took off Chuck D. n/m

[NYCGirl]

33. Chuck will be back with his own weekend show soon. NT

[Nabia2004]

32. Franken's show reminds me of old time radio, love it

His live shows are best.

[ComerPerro]

34. Franken and print, or Franken in a sketch: funny, hilarious

Franken on radio, dull.

Its his voice and delivery

[BigMcLargehuge]

35. he's okay, but some of his regular guests are snoozeworthy

[BigBearJohn]

41. I like Franken as a person -- boring to death on radio. Zzzzzzzz

[anarchy1999]

43. To everyone here, I did not mean to start any kind of flame. I was just

wanting to see if there were others here that were feeling like myself.

Regrets to all and please, let this not devolve into a flamefest. Okay?

Honestly, I believe I might have been looking for some constructive criticism that maybe AAR might listen to.

[driver8]

47. I agree...Franken is dull, dull, dull...

I don't even listen to him anymore.