Comments on: Gerry Callahan: Not that Smart http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/06/gerry-callahan-not-that-smart/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: BoomaInMass http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/06/gerry-callahan-not-that-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-480 BoomaInMass Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:23:28 +0000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=810#comment-480 Although I am a sox fan, I'm not a fan of WEEI in general, nor of D&C in particular. This was a tremendously observant and saliant piece of writing by Nerdicus. Please, take the time to call into the Sportz Nazis [D&C Show] and challenge Callahan .... granted, his outrage will boil over and they'll probably cut you off, but anything that irritates that conservative putz is priceless. Although I am a sox fan, I’m not a fan of WEEI in general, nor of D&C in particular. This was a tremendously observant and saliant piece of writing by Nerdicus. Please, take the time to call into the Sportz Nazis [D&C Show] and challenge Callahan …. granted, his outrage will boil over and they’ll probably cut you off, but anything that irritates that conservative putz is priceless.

]]> By: I Love Nerd York City http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/06/gerry-callahan-not-that-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-445 I Love Nerd York City Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:17:51 +0000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=810#comment-445 This post is to give outside-of-Boston readers an idea of the content of Gerry Callahan's radio show. Those of you who are already familiar with the "Dennis and Callahan Show"....there's nothing here that you don't already know. For those who aren't familiar, "Dennis and Callahan" is the morning show on WEEI, the wildly popular sports talk radio station for the MA/RI area. They blend sports talk with conservative politics. I am a firm believer in the "if you don't like it, just change the channel" theory of entertainment. Along those lines, I do not ever listen to the Dennis and Callahan Show. However, we all must experience something that helps us form our opinions. Back in the early 2000's, Howard Stern was on terrestrial radio and I routinely suffered through his 20+ minute commercial breaks. One morning, I flipped over to the sports talk station, and heard the D&C show for the first time. After a few minutes of sports talk and complaints about "liberals," they discussed a news story that went something like this: Dennis or Callahan: Now I know we used to think Beck was the worst of the worst. But I think we have a new winner. Are you familiar with the band System....of....a......Down? Other Guy: Uhhh no. No I am not. Dennis or Callahan: Well apparently they're very popular these days, so let's hear these new musical geniuses (10 second clip of "Chop Suey!") Both Laughing: Oh man oh man oh man... (5 minute discussion of the news story about some protest that the System guys were involved with...lots of mockery by D&C...both System and "liberals" were again the targets...Whenever they said the band name they really paused between words as if they couldn't understand what was going on: System.....of......a.......Down.) I have a new definition of curmudgeon. I change the channel and listen to the Stern commercials instead. This is my Dennis and Callahan experience. This post is to give outside-of-Boston readers an idea of the content of Gerry Callahan’s radio show. Those of you who are already familiar with the “Dennis and Callahan Show”….there’s nothing here that you don’t already know.

For those who aren’t familiar, “Dennis and Callahan” is the morning show on WEEI, the wildly popular sports talk radio station for the MA/RI area. They blend sports talk with conservative politics.

I am a firm believer in the “if you don’t like it, just change the channel” theory of entertainment. Along those lines, I do not ever listen to the Dennis and Callahan Show.

However, we all must experience something that helps us form our opinions. Back in the early 2000′s, Howard Stern was on terrestrial radio and I routinely suffered through his 20+ minute commercial breaks. One morning, I flipped over to the sports talk station, and heard the D&C show for the first time. After a few minutes of sports talk and complaints about “liberals,” they discussed a news story that went something like this:

Dennis or Callahan: Now I know we used to think Beck was the worst of the worst. But I think we have a new winner. Are you familiar with the band System….of….a……Down?

Other Guy: Uhhh no. No I am not.

Dennis or Callahan: Well apparently they’re very popular these days, so let’s hear these new musical geniuses

(10 second clip of “Chop Suey!”)

Both Laughing: Oh man oh man oh man…

(5 minute discussion of the news story about some protest that the System guys were involved with…lots of mockery by D&C…both System and “liberals” were again the targets…Whenever they said the band name they really paused between words as if they couldn’t understand what was going on: System…..of……a…….Down.)

I have a new definition of curmudgeon. I change the channel and listen to the Stern commercials instead.

This is my Dennis and Callahan experience.

]]> By: Dr. Nerd http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/06/gerry-callahan-not-that-smart/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Dr. Nerd Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:08:18 +0000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=810#comment-443 Good analysis, Nerdicus. That guy is a hopeless tool, and a lazy one at that. Good analysis, Nerdicus. That guy is a hopeless tool, and a lazy one at that.

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