Did the Sopranos Let Their Audience Down
Podcasts June 13th, 2007Welcome to the first Wednesday of TAI. Wondering what to expect? So Are Brian and Tommy.
We begin the day with Dutch addressing onslaught of insults that have been fired at him all week. He says he doesn’t mind, but inside he’s crying. Other topics include, The Sopranos series finale, Paris trades in favors for an early release, and former NFL stars playing dress up.
Finally, after much anticipation, the debut of a new contest. Do you think you know our hosts? If you do an entire collection of worthless prizes may be yours.
Email: Brian Mollica brian@notiowa.com and Tommy Dutch tom@notiowa.com Give us a call 206-203-Iowa
June 13th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Here are the contest questions:
1. I have thrown and landed exactly 1 punch in my life.
2. I was caught by a police officer during a romantic encounter with a girl in my car.
3. I have a scar across half of my abdomen from a botched childhood surgery.
4. I was suspended for 5 days in high school for stealing a fire extinguisher.
5. I have been published in a popular national magazine.
6. I have never ice skated.
7. I agreed to eat a piece of dog shit for $2,000.
8. I dated an eskimo.
9. I referred to a group of bikers as “smelly homeless men” during a drunken stupor at a bar.
10. I hate Jimmy Buffet, but have been to 7 of his concerts.
Remember, 5 of these are true of Brian and 5 are true of Dutch. You can post your answers here, via voicemail or email. A delightful prize package will be put together for the winner. Good luck!
June 13th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Perfect and First In!
1. I have thrown and landed exactly 1 punch in my life. - Brian
2. I was caught by a police officer during a romantic encounter with a girl in my car. - Tommy
3. I have a scar across half of my abdomen from a botched childhood surgery. - Tommy
4. I was suspended for 5 days in high school for stealing a fire extinguisher. -Brian
5. I have been published in a popular national magazine. - Brian
6. I have never ice skated. - Brian
7. I agreed to eat a piece of dog shit for $2,000. - Tommy
8. I dated an eskimo. - Tommy
9. I referred to a group of bikers as “smelly homeless menâ€
during a drunken stupor at a bar. - Brian
10. I hate Jimmy Buffet, but have been to 7 of his concerts. - Tommy
-Chris Duhon’s Nemesis
June 13th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I think the numbers are
Brian 1,3,6,7 & 8
Tommy 2,4,5,9 & 10.
The only one I’m half confident of is no. 2 which is the reason for Tommy’s aversion to the police.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
hawkeye, regarding the sng question you asked about the wsop on the last show:
the most common sngs that they end up running are $125,$175,$225,$325 & $525. you only get $1000 chips up to $325, then you get $1500 for $325 and $2000 for the $525. they are real crap shoots, but the players are horrible. people have no concept of tournament play. they fold when they should call with any two cards and make simply asinine plays.
unfortunately, i can’t beat’em. i keep getting 3rds. i lost a race with JJ vs AK early in one and then in a huge pot in my second sng, i chopped with AK vs A7. i got the guy to committ all of his chips when i had him crushed and the board double pairs on the river.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
yzerman13 i think is the clear leader in out wsop bet. i don’t want to spoil his story, but he cashed in the only event he has played - the 1500 shootout event. i know patch has played a few venetian events w/o a cash yet. unfortunately, i was out of commission for 2 days with car troubles and couldn’t get to the strip. i am back in action now and can hopefully start booking some wins.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Picks:
Brian:3,5,6,7,9
Tommy:1,2,4,8,10
June 13th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
I’m in with the following Picks:
Brian: 2,3,5,6 and 10
Tom: 1,4,7,8 and 9
June 13th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Hey Guys, Great show again just dropping a line to let you know alls well in our area. We did have about 12″ of rain round our area but no major problems. The problems were about 50 miles north of us where the highway collapsed. They had about 18″ of rain in 4 days there. They are forecasting more rain over the next week or so but not in the same scale.
I do recall seeing flash flooding through the streets of Vegas??
June 13th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
on a completely different note - i am very saddened by the news of Mr. Wizards death.
i loved that show on Nickelodeon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061301167.html
June 13th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
No!!!!! Way to ruin my day Fobes! I loved Mr. Wizard as well. I used to watch his show, then amaze my friends who didn’t have cable.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
1. I have thrown and landed exactly 1 punch in my life. B-Mo
2. I was caught by a police officer during a romantic encounter with a girl in my car. B-Mo
3. I have a scar across half of my abdomen from a botched childhood surgery. B-Mo
4. I was suspended for 5 days in high school for stealing a fire extinguisher. T-Dutch
5. I have been published in a popular national magazine. B-Mo
6. I have never ice skated. B-Mo
7. I agreed to eat a piece of dog shit for $2,000. T-Dutch
8. I dated an eskimo. T-Dutch
9. I referred to a group of bikers as “smelly homeless men†during a drunken stupor at a bar. T-Dutch
10. I hate Jimmy Buffet, but have been to 7 of his concerts. T-Dutch
June 13th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
1. Tommy
2. Brian
3. Tommy
4. Brian
5. Tommy
6. Tommy
7. Brian–Tommy would do it for less.
8. Tommy
9. Brian
10.Brian
June 13th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Ten Best TV Shows of all time:
1. Married With Children
2-10 in no particular order
Hogans Heroes
Cops (preferably somewhere like Alabama)
Law & Order (the original, with Jill Hennesey)
The Odd Couple (this could be Brian and Tommy)
Hawaii 5-0 (hey I’m starting to sound 65 years old aren’t I)
Jackass
Beavis and Butthead
Jerry Springer
High Stakes Poker
June 13th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
1 - B
2 - B
3 - T
4 - T
5 - T
6 - B
7 - T
8 - B
9 - T
10 - B
June 13th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Paris Hilton has a mental problem?????????
who would have guessed…………..
“Prison Blowjob all the way”… my favorite line of the day……
June 13th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
I have not listened to the show yet but based on what I see here, I am posting an entry.
Hell, I not only think I know the answers, I think the stories behind these are pretty obvious as well.
1. I have thrown and landed exactly 1 punch in my life. Brian (Details are still emerging from the CC video, but it involves an old woman, a bingo dauber and krispy kreme donut.)
2. I was caught by a police officer during a romantic encounter with a girl in my car. Tommy (This happened in Searchlight Nevada. The cop said “Trojans. Ha I know these things)
3. I have a scar across half of my abdomen from a botched childhood surgery. Brain (actualy left over reminders from his early days as a punk rock comic on the east coast have gone by the name B-Mo Vicious).
4. I was suspended for 5 days in high school for stealing a fire extinguisher. Tommy (This was actually a misunderstanding – he did not intend to ‘steal’ the item, he took the fire extinguisher in haste to put out a fire in his high school car. It was caused by a dropped blunt).
5. I have been published in a popular national magazine. Tommy (The Advocate)
6. I have never ice skated. Tommy (Following a long discussion between Michigan Tommy and Sun-belt Brian to come up with a ‘misleading’ item for this quiz.).
7. I agreed to eat a piece of dog shit for $2,000. Brian (The bet was declared void when it actually turned out to be a hot dog from the El Cortez). Side note: Steve-AKA Pe_nut somehow got action on this bet and was comp’ed a weekend at the Wynn.
8. I dated an eskimo. Brain (Unfortunately it was Eskimo Clark)
http://www.poker-player-profiles.com/eskimo-clark/
9. I referred to a group of bikers as “smelly homeless men†during a drunken stupor at a bar. Tommy (Even when drunk he is too politically correct to call someone a ‘stinking bum’)
10. I hate Jimmy Buffet, but have been to 7 of his concerts. Brian (Tommy spends all his concert dough on the Gilmore-a-paloosa and Lilith Levine festivals)
My official guess:
BMO: 3, 4, 7, 9, 10
Tdutch: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
June 13th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Great job with the guesses everyone. After one day some of you are getting closer than I thought.
I must say KGB, you have quite an ecclectic taste in TV. I guess that’s how you can go from teaching kids in Finland to listening to our bullshit.
June 14th, 2007 at 12:45 am
TV Show Picks:
1.The Wonder Years
2.Seinfeld
3.Cheers
4.Sopranos
5.Saved By the Bell
6.90210
7.Friends
8.Growing Pains
9.Las Vegas
10.Real World
June 14th, 2007 at 1:00 am
I decided to break out my top ten list early to receive some feedback before the show:
1.Gilmore Girls (Obviously)
2.The View (with Rosie)
3.The Simple Life (because of Nicole)
4.Facts of Life (You take the good, you take the bad…)
5.That’s So Raven (Not sure why)
6.The Golden Girls (Classic)
7.Melrose Place (Heather Locklear AND Alyssa Milano)
8.Will and Grace (Jack is hilarious)
9.Mad About You (Another classic)
10.Murphy Brown (Big Candice Bergan fan)
June 14th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Nothing to do? Me? Ha. You act as though hanging around this place isn’t work. I’ve got news - it is. And it pays well.
Closed a deal today - seems a startup company with an actual business plan is looking for consulting advice in building out a web 2.0 community based web site…….and apparently they believed me when I told them I knew exactly what not to do.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Top Ten TV -
First - some GREAT calls already: Wonder Years, Hogan’s Heros, Hawaii 5-0 ….really got the old memory kicked into gear…..
1. Curb You Enthusiasm
2. NYPD Blues
3. Frasier
4. Sopranos
5. The Newhart Show (1st One)
6. St. Elsewhere
7. The Dick Van Dyke Show
8. LA Law
9. Gilligan’s Island
10. Laugh-In
Is anyone else old enough to remember a show called “Almost Anything Goes” - Towns used to compete against each other is really stupid games - It might have only been on one year as a summer show - but I swear Vern Lundquist or someone like that did the play by play. It was a laugh.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:59 am
I love Google!
Answered my own question on Almost Anything Goes - check out the link: http://www.curtalliaume.com/aag.html it was on in 1975 and 1976 with Charlie Jones doing the play by play.
June 14th, 2007 at 2:03 am
I stand corrected TF, you’re clearly a very busy man.
June 14th, 2007 at 2:03 am
1st i wanted to say hi guys love the show also brian thanks for the email and i got our podcast up at http://whatchatalkinbout.com and its called The Showdown and its about all baseball. Next Johnny Morton earned $100,000 for his fight but hasn’t received his money because he wont take a drug test 4 steroids so i think we know y he was in shape.
Brian: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
Tommy: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10
June 14th, 2007 at 2:20 am
FYI, Post #19 wasn’t actually Tommy posting - I was posting under his alias to put myself in his shoes and predict what his top ten shows will be:)
June 14th, 2007 at 2:25 am
I am pretty busy - I just have my priorities totally f’d up.
June 14th, 2007 at 2:34 am
…and I’d love to hear your take on Last Comic Standing on next Wednesday’s show.
I should probably work on stopping the “stream of conciousness posting”.
June 14th, 2007 at 2:34 am
…I’ll just call
June 14th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Well done, Tommy Dutch, in post 19(or could it really be Hawkeye Brad?). Kicking the ball out of your own endzone to take the meaningless 2 points, avoid the potential blocked punt and deflate the opposing on-rushing defense. Plus the list was pretty funny in itself. Well done indeed.
June 14th, 2007 at 3:16 am
Here are my picks:
Brian: 1,2,4,6,9
Dutch boy: 3,5,7,8,10
Start gathering up the lap dance coupons for me!
June 14th, 2007 at 3:22 am
Top ten TV shows ever:
1. Get Smart
2. Sigmund the Sea Monster
3. Far Out Space Nuts
4. H.R. Puff-N-Stuff
5. Land of the Lost
6. Electro-Woman and Dyna-Girl
7. David and Goliath
8. Seinfeld
9. Simpsons
10. Ultimate Poker Challenge
June 14th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Top Ten TV Shows
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Entourage
3. Seinfeld
4. Sopranos
5. M.A.S.H.
Make that top 5.
June 14th, 2007 at 5:16 am
Forgot one,
6. Sportnight (in the minority on this one as it was cancelled after one season)
June 14th, 2007 at 5:55 am
I remember AAG. I always liked Charlie Jones as well. Seemed to constantly be getting a late game on NBC to call, and it seemed like 90% of the time it was the Chargers. Maybe he lived in San Diego? I’ll let TF Google it and give us a report.
Eclectic TV? I suppose. Actually I hate network TV and rarely watch it except for a sporting event. Most shows I watch are documentaries on A&E/Discovery/History Channel or Poker. Maybe these were the only ten shows I ever watched? I guess that explains the 50″ Plasma with surround sound/home theater setup.
I almost included Speden Spelit as one of my favorite shows except of course none of you would have known what it was. It was a game show in Finland invented by a comic here where the contestants had to do all kinds of challenges and the results were used to pick the Lotto numbers for that night. These challenges were hilarious, like how many revolutions of a hula hoop one could get by spinning it around their neck (get the visual), kicking down bowling pins with a soccer ball attached to your foot with a bungee cord, and walking through a maze holding a ping pong ball aloft with a hair dryer. I understood about 1% of the dialog but it didn’t matter. The guy died a few years back and so did the show.
June 14th, 2007 at 6:56 am
my list for top ten tv shows
1)24 2)M.A.S.H. 3)Cheers 4) Homicide life on the streets
5)Chicago Hope 6)Bosom Buddies 7) ER
Ally McBeal
9)Picket Fences 10) Law & Order
June 14th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Top Ten TV Shows
1. The Chasers War On Everything/CNNN
2. The Simpsons
3. Prison Break
4. Dead Like Me
5. Firefly
6. The Aunty Jack Show
7. Heroes
8. RocKwiz
9. The Family Guy
10. UPC
June 14th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Hawkeye_aka_Tommy got a laugh out of #19 verry funny post.
Trainfan - this may be showing my age as well but we also had “Almost Anything Goes” in Oz but seeing we are a bit behind you guys TV wise you still ight have a couple of yrs on me. I remember watching it Sunday nights with the whole family.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Answering KGB’s call for more Charlie Jones information - I can’t tell if he lived in San Diegeo BUT he did go to Southern Cal and called a bunch of Charger games. From an interview/article about him:
A lawyer by degree, his first job in professional sports came in 1960 with the arrival of the American Football League. “I was hired as director of television and radio for the Dallas Texans during the AFL’s first year,†says Jones. “ABC had the league’s broadcast rights and was looking for announcers because it had no sports department. No producers, no broadcasters, no statisticians — nothing. I called the very first AFL game ever televised. September 10, 1960 — the Texans at the Los Angeles Chargers in the Coliseum. Fred Benners, a former SMU quarterback, was my first colorman. I think it was the only game he ever called.â€
- Sounds a bit like TAI in the early days.
A better topic for discussion someday on the Sports or Pop Culture Show might revolve around his thought’s on today’s announcers:
“Charlie Jones thinks he knows where all the great voices have gone. The long-time veteran of NBC Sports and AFL/AFC football telecasts, Jones shakes his head at the vanilla drone that dampens the action of today’s television productions.
“I’ll tell you what has happened,†he says. “The great ones have all gone by the way of radio. Back in the 1930s and ’40s and ’50s, radio was by far the number one source of entertainment. And to make it as a successful broadcaster, you had to have a strong, distinct voice and delivery and a relative mastery of description. Mel Allen, Vin Scully, Lindsey Nelson, Ray Scott, Curt Gowdy — the Hall of Fame voices — were all radio men before they moved on to television.
“That’s no longer true with today’s announcers. The requirements have changed because radio has lost a lot of its importance. Television is now king. The picture on the screen tells the story, so you don’t need that strong, distinct voice to carry the broadcast, just a competent one to fill in around the action. But as a result, there are really very few distinct voices in sports television today.â€
June 14th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
No Particular Order
1. Reno 911!
2. Scrubs
3. Curb your Enthusiasm
4. Match Game ‘73, ‘74, ‘75, etc
5. Quincy MD
6. The Rockford Files
7. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
8. Saturday Night Live (when the cast doesn’t suck)
9. Letterman (early years like 84-87)
10. The Tonight Show (with Johnny Carson)
June 14th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Anyone notice that the link about Mr. Wizard is actually about a polar explorer with the same last name? I guess the Post decided to toss in a picture of Mister Wizard instead.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
I think this is my first post here, but I’ve been listening since All-In episode 1.
I just wanted to enter the contest.
1. Brian
2. Tommy
3. Brian
4. Tommy
5. Tommy
6. Brian
7. Tommy
8. Brian
9. Tommy
10. Brian
Frksho
June 14th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
10. The Price Is Right
9. The Simpsons
8. Sesame Street/ The Muppet Show
7. The Office (U.S.)
6. Friends
5. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
4. The Dick Van Dyke Show
3. Frasier
2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Although I may have to reformulate after the Chasers War On Everything had me in tears from laughing so hard. That was exactly what I thought of the secret when several people urged me to buy it. I respectfully declined.
June 15th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Welcome Frksho. Glad you finally found your way over here.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:18 am
1. Tommy
2. Brian
3. Brian
4. Tommy
5. Brian
6. Brian
7. Tommy
8. Tommy
9. Brian
10. Tommy
June 15th, 2007 at 4:37 am
Brian 3-4-5-6-9
Tommy 1-2-7-8-10
June 15th, 2007 at 4:47 am
1. Sopranos
2. Larry Sanders Show
3. Trailer Park Boys
4. Seinfeld
5. Adams Family
6. Leave it to Beaver
7. Sex and the City
8. Cop Shop (AUS)
9. Frontline (AUS)
10. Only Fools & Horses (UK)
June 15th, 2007 at 5:37 am
Just quietly………..only in IOWA????!!!!
http://www.kcci.com/news/13497897/detail.html?cnn=yes
June 15th, 2007 at 5:47 am
$3 a gallon!!!!!!! I live On a Rock In the Irish Sea and pay Bloody $9 a gallon talk about Ass Rape!!!!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Only Fools & Horses Rocks
June 15th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
1st post , been listening since the mid 40’s episode’s. time for a post. here’s my list in no order
1. Startrek (any show)
2. Batfink
3. CSI (CSI:Horatio is so bad, it’s funny)
4. Saturday night live
5. Simpsons
6. Trailer park boys
7. Thunderbirds
8. Alvin Purple (aus)
9. Monty Python’s flying Circus
10.X- Files
June 15th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Here are my picks for the contest.
1. I have thrown and landed exactly 1 punch in my life. (Brian)If this is Tommy’s then he lied because I know of two punches. He threw on at me and Scott Hootman
2. I was caught by a police officer during a romantic encounter with a girl in my car. (Tommy) although it is hard to imagine Tommy isn’t gay after all he does like the Gilmor Girls.
3. I have a scar across half of my abdomen from a botched childhood surgery. (Brian) I think he talked about this in a previous episode.
4. I was suspended for 5 days in high school for stealing a fire extinguisher. Jesus Christ (Tommy)
5. I have been published in a popular national magazine. (Brian) - He sounds like the smarter one, if that is possible.
6. I have never ice skated. (Tommy) - I think he is more the Greg Luganis type than the Brian Bortano type.
7. I agreed to eat a piece of dog shit for $2,000. (Brian) - Tommy doesn’t eat meat right?
8. I dated an eskimo. (Tommy) - I really don’t have a reason for this one.
9. I referred to a group of bikers as “smelly homeless men†during a drunken stupor at a bar. (Brian) - That is just plain stupid to do that.
10. I hate Jimmy Buffet, but have been to 7 of his concerts. (Tommy) - I know it’s not Avril Laviene, but hey you can’t be gay all the time can you?
Hopefully one of my prizes is a waterbong of some sort.
We should stop giving Tommy all the shit about being gay. I do remember a couple episodes ago when Brian said something about a dude on his back and beating him with a stick. I think you both squat to pee!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Top Ten shows.
10. Wonder Women - I always wondered what was going on in my pants.
9. Six Million Dollar Man - Nanananananananana
8. BJ McKay - Who the hell wouldn’t want a Semi and a pet monkey seriously.
7. The Price is right - The old Silver Fox Bob Freakin Barker.
6. The Office - Hillarious
5. Incredible Hulk - You won’t like me when I’m angry
4. That 70’s show - Mostly because I knew what they were laughing at in the circle.
3. Mcguyver - The things you can do with duct tape, chewing gum, and a ball point pen.
2. The Fall Guy - I not the kind to kiss and tell, but I’ve been seen with Farrah.
1. The A-Team - It is a damn good thing the Army were such bad shots.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
I think Tommy was right about you Johnny, you must get the kind bud. That would explain why you seem to be hearing a different show than the rest of us. Beating a guy on his back with a stick? That doesn’t sound gay, it sounds like a hate crime.