saw the ending of him on chicago tribune live

i think he said jiggs is filling in for him

then went into an award acceptance type speech on who he wanted to thank and who he owed this all too

and then became the underdog, saying something about 3/4 of the tribune saying his show wouldn't catch on in ny

I agree Coach. It is two days and it is not even a tryout. Not to mention it is during a week in which many people take off.

What I think Pappy really would like is to be simulcast in NY and Chicago. IIRC that was the genesis of the $1.7 contract, that Mason was going to have him on several sports stations.

I couldn't agree more. It almost sounds like Chicago is just a bunch of rubes and he is glad to have a chance to move on.

Mikey has always had that "Chicago radio is a minor league market" attitude. This is from the Feder column when he got the recurring spot on Channel 5...

"North, whose last regular television gig was two years ago on CLTV, said he was especially thrilled to join Channel 5 -- a station the lifelong Chicagoan said he grew up watching.

"It's like being in the major leagues, and I just know we're going to hit it out of the park," he said."

With the ratings the Mike North show gets, he is in the minors.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Mike is Soriano, overpaid and unproductive.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

he will go out there and be mostly pc. he's trying to build his reputation, regardless of whatever job is out there. i wish mike would go out there and just shit all over those people like i know he wants to. not the radio people, the citizens. just two days of classic "DONT MOVE TO BEVERLEY, MOVE TO NEW YORK" hahahaha do it mike do it

A guy selling hot dogs 20 years ago is now doing a morning radio show in NYC for 2 days. Congrats to you Mike. I used to listen to you big time but now I might listen for an hour a week. Hopefully this can recharge you a little. Good Luck

Shit, I would say the fact that a quarter of the tribune didn't say this would be cause for celebration for Pappy.

I've heard North on WFAN a few times as a guest on Mike and the Maddog. He doesn't do his normal dumbass act...he plays it straight. It doesn't matter...he's still going to bomb. Roe and Garry did a show on a New York station and weren't recieved well...and they were a million times better than Mr. Hot Dog..

Guys, I don't think it's going to matter for Mike even if he does do a great job of hosting the next 2 days. Just the fact that whoever is hired has to get past a sensitivity background check - i.e the Chinamen comment of late - is sure to raise some eyebrows, and would probably eliminate any chance of this becoming permanent.

I wish him well, and hope he hits it, but I do think this over the board tribute to himself over the last week is way over the top. I can see if he wanted to do this if he was leaving the show in Chicago for NY, but all this is, at this point, is a tryout. I don't blame him for thinking he's hit it big with this tryout - I probably would too, but I can't listen to him patting himself on the back, and I'm sure we're going to hear the exact same stuff on Thursday and Friday.

Again, good luck, I hope he nails it, but don't think he's got a chance in hell of making this permanent.

I agree with everything you said BD. The patting himself on the back has been way over the top this week but I still wish limp-dick luck.

Was North supposed to be on MSNBC today? He's been bumped for the New England version of Mike North. Some guy who enjoys yelling into a microphone.