Topic: Is c2c the worst major talk show now?

[rangers1919]

I think Dr. Laura slightly edges it out, and Alex Jones is probably about tied with it, but at least he has the ability to present his theories coherently, and can actually carry on a conversation with his guests. Other than that I can't think of a major talk show that is as bad as C2C has become. Michael Savage goes crazy and screams so he can be entertaining at least. Hendrie has made a little bit of a comeback, and at least his stupid comments are intentional and he has a flow to the show. Stern is pretty horrible now, but he still has funny people in his cast that surround him and have some funny moments. I think Ed Schultz's show is pretty bad too, but it is head and shoulders above this pile of crap too.

I think this show might be the worst one out there now. Thanks Noory, maybe it is because of Angels.

[b_dubb]

5 nights out of 7 ... C2CAm is one seriously shitty piece of radio programming.  sometimes 6 nights out of 7

[Eddie Coyle]

 
     Noory is bad, but there are worse.

          JT the Brick/Ben Maller...shit, all of Fox Sports Radio sucks
          Glenn Beck
          Al Sharpton
          Every morning zoo.
 

[The General]

     Noory is bad, but there are worse.

          JT the Brick/Ben Maller...shit, all of Fox Sports Radio sucks
          Glenn Beck
          Al Sharpton
          Every morning zoo.

Don't forget Hannity.  The daytime version of Noory.

[Digitech]

Hmm. Good question.

Regarding some of the hosts people have mentioned:

I used to listen to JT The Brick for a while. I feel he is a pretty weak host. His show is very caller-driven and most callers are not very interesting. When they moved his show to the overnight slot it became really bad and most of the callers seem like wierdos.

I used to listen to Glenn Beck's show back before he had his TV show on Fox News and got really famous. I haven't listened in a long time since there aren't any stations in my area which carry the program. Still, I always thought he was a strong host with a good voice. I never found his personality as irritated as Hannity or Rusty Humphries. From what I understand, he has gotten pretty pretentious since he got his TV show though.

I didn't know Al Sharpton had a radio show.

Most FM morning radio is truly, truly horrible. I would rather listen to Noory or Hannity than that stuff. I guess it really is the worst of the worst.

[Eddie Coyle]

I used to listen to JT The Brick for a while. I feel he is a pretty weak host. His show is very caller-driven and most callers are not very interesting. When they moved his show to the overnight slot it became really bad and most of the callers seem like wierdos.

I used to listen to Glenn Beck's show back before he had his TV show on Fox News and got really famous. I haven't listened in a long time since there aren't any stations in my area which carry the program. Still, I always thought he was a strong host with a good voice. I never found his personality as irritated as Hannity or Rusty Humphries. From what I understand, he has gotten pretty pretentious since he got his TV show though.

I didn't know Al Sharpton had a radio show.

Most FM morning radio is truly, truly horrible. I would rather listen to Noory or Hannity than that stuff. I guess it really is the worst of the worst.

    When JT was on Sportsfan Radio Network(late 90's) he was merely incompetent. But on Fox Sports, he's become unbearably bad. Like you mention, he prides himself on being "interactive,caller driven" but his callers are horrible. Just bad radio..and in general Fox Sports ISDN-line co-hosts are way below par.

        Beck used to be a decent host...but when started to develop a Messianic complex(2006-07) his show went in the shitter...his soundalike co-hosts are not a help.
         Sharpton is abominable. Syndicated in day time.

[rangers1919]

I completely forgot about Fox Sports. They only started broadcasting in my city about a month before I moved, and now I am not listening to a lot of talk radio. The show I heard a few times is on in the afternoon and has Rod Dibble on it. The show sounds like they have about 30 co-hosts in the studio all talking over one another. It was one of the worst sports shows I've ever heard, and the other ones on the station were about the same. I can't say C2C is significantly better though.

As far as Beck goes I don't think he is much different than Jones or Noory; they are all complete morons that push idiotic conspiracy theories based solely on their own feelings about matters. No amount of evidence can change their beliefs--see Noory and abiotic oil. I don't think Beck is a whole lot worse than Noory though, but they are probably on par with each other.

I do not think I have heard the other shows people mentioned more than a few times, if ever. It is pretty horrible, before Rush Limbaugh got so huge, and Art Bell started going downhill talk radio used to be pretty good. Now talk radio is essentially a race to the bottom with host after host vieing for the same morons as their audience.

[stevesh]

The John and Jeff Show is, believe it or not, far, far worse than Noory on his worst day.

All sports talk is a snooze, mainly because of the moronic callers.

I think Hannity is the worst of the majors.

[McPhallus]

Most FM morning radio is truly, truly horrible. I would rather listen to Noory or Hannity than that stuff. I guess it really is the worst of the worst.

I second that.  Especially any top 40 or hip-hop station.  The only thing worse than the idiot hosts and their inane chatter about celebrity gossip are the idiots who call in to play the stupid question-and-answer game.  Fucking horrible.

[Eddie Coyle]

The John and Jeff Show is, believe it or not, far, far worse than Noory on his worst day.

All sports talk is a snooze, mainly because of the moronic callers.

I think Hannity is the worst of the majors.

    Agreed. Those two are creeps and have an incredibly comatose broadcast. I'm still not sure which one of those effeminate fools is John and which is Jeff.

   Sports talk-a meeting of jock sniffers, see no evil ex-jocks and mongoloids who would call them.

   Hannity is abysmal...but how have we forgotten the execrable Mancow Mueller? He's another shitstain.

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    Agreed. Those two are creeps and have an incredibly comatose broadcast. I'm still not sure which one of those effeminate fools is John and which is Jeff.

   Sports talk-a meeting of jock sniffers, see no evil ex-jocks and mongoloids who would call them.

   Hannity is abysmal...but how have we forgotten the execrable Mancow Mueller? He's another shitstain.

Sometimes the macabre nature of your posts makes me a bit worried.

[Eddie Coyle]

Sometimes the macabre nature of your posts makes me a bit worried.

       "macabre"...I prefer morbid exuberance.

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       "macabre"...I prefer morbid exuberance.

Morbid exuberance expresses the context of your posts well, but you must admit your posts have a tendencey of inspiring horror in their victims readers.

[Eddie Coyle]

Morbid exuberance expresses the context of your posts well, but you must admit your posts have a tendencey of inspiring horror in their victims readers.

     

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You sir are full of win.

[Eddie Coyle]

You sir are full of win.

    I certainly am. I searched far and wide( nearly a whole quarter of a minute) on Google Images, but most of them had Dubya in the picture.

[999]

The Young Turks was pretty bad, but we cancelled our XM a long time ago.

[fabucat]

The Young Turks was pretty bad, but we cancelled our XM a long time ago.

Cenk Ugher has gotten to be quite good, and he's as critical of Obama as he is of the GOP. 

The WORST RADIO SHOW GOING today is Roadside Truckers.  Actually the hosts make pretty coherent far right arguments--they enunciate the Frank Luntz talking points very well.  Their ad hominem attacks on anyone to the left of Mitt Romney are barbaric, so if this is what you're into, maybe you should tune in.  Sure, the daytime guys sling hatred against us libs pretty fitfully, but there's something creepy about hearing it in the middle of the night. 

In addition, the hosts are pretty savage against those who don't toe the right-wing orthodoxy by the numbers.  When Rick Perry defended his reduced college tuition for children of illegals in Texas, I "almost" felt sorry for the guy.  Roadside Truckers was just a steaming pile of hate, hate, hate and I don't even care for Gov. Perry.  The callers also piled on the loathing, with a few choice words for those of Latino origin.  Even if you don't particularly like illegal immigration (and I don't), it's easy to be creeped out by the strident racism. 

Nonetheless if conservative negativity and the specter of watching the far right eat its own is your thing, then Roadside Truckers is your show.

[Michael Vandeven]

...before Rush Limbaugh got so huge, and Art Bell started going downhill talk radio used to be pretty good. Now talk radio is essentially a race to the bottom with host after host vieing for the same morons as their audience.

this is just silly.  if not for rush, i would have no CLUE who art fucking bell even is.  neither would you.  AM radio would be dead.  your local talk station would long ago have started playing soft rock or some other sort of insufferable bilge.  oh, and what were the choices on talk radio before rush came along?  larry king, morton downey junior, and sally jesse raphael.  nigga please.

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AM radio would be dead.  your local talk station would long ago have started playing soft rock or some other sort of insufferable bilge.

Hey don't knock soft rock I love me some Hall and Oats.

[Frys Girl]

nigga please.

One of my favorite songs.

JAY-Z NIGGA PLEASE

[ksm32]

Blessed are those of us with a library of C2C 1994 to sept 10 2001. Im a streamlink member and only seek out the old stuff from the doublewide in the high dessert. As far a current ? the Jay Thomas show on sirius 104, for idiots by idiots.. flat out fuckin stupid but you know it going in.

[PhantasticSanShiSan]

this is just silly.  if not for rush, i would have no CLUE who art fucking bell even is.  neither would you.  AM radio would be dead.  your local talk station would long ago have started playing soft rock or some other sort of insufferable bilge.  oh, and what were the choices on talk radio before rush came along?  larry king, morton downey junior, and sally jesse raphael.  nigga please.

Seriously?  You're seriously gonna just dog the MDJ like that?...***shakes head***...THIS... This is why somepeople don't like Rush's nuthuggers.
 

[dolby]

Hello everyone -- I am new here and find it to be a pretty interesting forum. I came across this web site by doing a Google search for "John and Jeff show sucks"... Sometimes when I can't sleep at night I have tried listening to that on the headphones, and it is far and away the most god-awful show I have EVER heard in my 52 years. I am certain that most 7th graders would do a better job.

The guys sound whiny with their nasal voices; one of them has a wife named "Sparkle" (WTF?), and the other brags about being a confirmed bachelor and makes wimpy, creepy comments about his love life.

Generally, their topics of conversation are inane and/or low-brow humor. Many of the callers are dim bulbs who actually think this is witty and enlightening entertainment. (Forgive them; they just don't know any better.)

As for Coast to Coast, I actually don't think it's that bad. I liked Art Bell better than George Noory, but don't mind Noory. Ian Punnet (sp.?) gets on my nerves because he's the type of interviewer who "can't get out of the way." He babbles way too much, and I wish he'd just shut up and let his guests talk. But someone made the comment that Noory keeps having guests on over and over if they "give him a woody." Very true. I get sick of the Numbers Lady and Linda Molton Howe (sp.?) and I absolutely DETEST that piece of garbage song by UFO Phil! WHAT does Noory see in that horrendous composition?

[dolby]

And while I am commenting, let me add that Gary McNamara and Eric Harley of Red Eye Radio can be very annoying with their obnoxious, juvenile laughter and inside jokes. For example, every time one of them says, "Today I was talking to Independent Bob...." the other one chimes in with a loud "INDEPENDENT BOB!"

Ho, ho, ho... That's so funny I can't contain myself! I actually agree with a lot of their political beliefs, but think they do a poor job of making their case.

[stevesh]

The guys sound whiny with their nasal voices; one of them has a wife named "Sparkle" (WTF?), and the other brags about being a confirmed bachelor and makes wimpy, creepy comments about his love life.

And don't forget the 'confirmed bachelor's' repeated mentions of his multiple trips to Thailand, child sex capital of the world. Just sayin'.