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Always been bizarre to me that folks listen to solo hosts. I’ve never heard anyone good at it. Solo radio is always horrendous.

It’d actually be somewhat interesting if they intentionally set up the show to be adversarial. Meaning, both the hosts know going in that there is an expectation that each would generally take the opposite side of the issue. Now we wouldn’t want fake opinions, but rather, the selected partner would be more of an old school meat ball. He would get overly optimistic about the Bears win totals, talk about a player’s batting average, have lots of gambling thoughts, suggest lopsided trades for local teams, and the like. Ideally he would have politically right leaning thoughts.

It’d probably bomb, but at least it wouldn’t be Dan and his pet parrot.

good dolphin wrote:

It seems like most radio careers flicker out by about mid 50s. Bernstein is 50. Tick tok.

hes always going to have work. he has a radio voice and will suck the shit out of a dogs ass if you tell him to

Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding.

312player wrote:

Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding.

I'll be the one person on here to completely agree with you....but Ben Shapiro isn't getting out of bed for local Chicago sports talk radio.

Saying nothing about Shapiro's politics, which there's plenty I disagree with...he is very intelligent. He's a skilled debater and he's arrogant AF. He'd have Bernstein crying for mercy within 2 minutes.

Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding.

Always been bizarre to me that folks listen to solo hosts. I’ve never heard anyone good at it. Solo radio is always horrendous.

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Shapiro would turn him..

FukNuggitt wrote:

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Shapiro would turn him..

I honestly don't think much turning would be necessary. I don't think Dan's true political views align with what he says on the radio.

Everyone (but TM) overlooks his outright contempt for the working class and the average person. They get confused by some of his more liberal takes and just assume he isn't a corporatist.

Author:	312player [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:57 pm ]
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Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding.

Author:	Beardown [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:59 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote: Always been bizarre to me that folks listen to solo hosts. I’ve never heard anyone good at it. Solo radio is always horrendous. Yeah. But if you're gonna have Bernstein as a host, he's best solo. He doesn't need a partner. Just not necessary. They're scared to challenge him as we've seen. So what's the point?

Author:	cookie23 [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:00 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote: Always been bizarre to me that folks listen to solo hosts. I’ve never heard anyone good at it. Solo radio is always horrendous. Russo not bad, Cowherd can be good, but usually annoying. I have not listened to Bernstein since he has gone solo and honestly maybe listened once or so with McKnight. I disagree with Beardown, he is irrelvant. Has nothing to do with the politics, virtue signaling, etc., his act just ran its course, but he had a great run. Early 2000s he was my favorite score host. B&B were great. Those suggesting North, forget his crazy politics, how he became sports radio famous I will never understand. THere were times when obvioulsy we didnt have phones, podcasts, etc and North would be on after a great game and he would tell a stupid story for 30 minutes about his childhood. Nobody cared.

Author:	Beardown [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:09 pm ]
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Don't get me wrong I like Bernstein on sports, I think he's a phony on political and social issues. Which is what he does now. Actually, it's what he's always done. Cuz he wants to feels important. I think Bernstein voted for Trump and will vote for him again. I think he's playing a role on the radio. I'm just saying there is no need to give him a partner. Cuz that partner will be intimidated by him. Feel the need to nod his head at whatever he says.

Author:	BD [ Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:20 pm ]
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denisdman wrote: It’d actually be somewhat interesting if they intentionally set up the show to be adversarial. Meaning, both the hosts know going in that there is an expectation that each would generally take the opposite side of the issue. Now we wouldn’t want fake opinions, but rather, the selected partner would be more of an old school meat ball. He would get overly optimistic about the Bears win totals, talk about a player’s batting average, have lots of gambling thoughts, suggest lopsided trades for local teams, and the like. Ideally he would have politically right leaning thoughts. It’d probably bomb, but at least it wouldn’t be Dan and his pet parrot. This would never work. To people like Bernstein, you either agree with him or are a bigot, racist, etc.

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Author:	good dolphin [ Tue Jun 23, 2020 8:23 am ]
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IkeSouth wrote: good dolphin wrote: It seems like most radio careers flicker out by about mid 50s. Bernstein is 50. Tick tok. hes always going to have work. he has a radio voice and will suck the shit out of a dogs ass if you tell him to would have said the same for huge stars like Dahl, Brandmeier, Matthews, Lujak and even the estrogen filled talkers like Eric and Kathy. I think even the sports talk legends were all faded by 60. Mc Neil has told us he is leaving in the next year at 60 and the 55-60 years have been bumpy. All these radio people from the past just seemed old because they were on for so long. They really were not old when they began having troubles with employment

Author:	good dolphin [ Tue Jun 23, 2020 8:31 am ]
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My guess is that Bernstein will be looking for something different professionally when he no longer has to pay for schools.

Author:	BigW72 [ Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:48 am ]
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312player wrote: Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding. I'll be the one person on here to completely agree with you....but Ben Shapiro isn't getting out of bed for local Chicago sports talk radio. Saying nothing about Shapiro's politics, which there's plenty I disagree with...he is very intelligent. He's a skilled debater and he's arrogant AF. He'd have Bernstein crying for mercy within 2 minutes.

Author:	cookie23 [ Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:51 pm ]
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BigW72 wrote: 312player wrote: Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding. I'll be the one person on here to completely agree with you....but Ben Shapiro isn't getting out of bed for local Chicago sports talk radio. Saying nothing about Shapiro's politics, which there's plenty I disagree with...he is very intelligent. He's a skilled debater and he's arrogant AF. He'd have Bernstein crying for mercy within 2 minutes. While not a fan of Shapiro, it would be like an NBA MVP playing against a guy who made the G League. Outside of Chicago sports radio, no one knows who Dan Bernstein is. The crossfire/debate first take, etc. I and I think most people find annoying and predicatable. I said in another thread I think Parkins eventually goes National for he is very good at sports radio, has a great sports radio voice, as good as anyone I have heard nationally and honestly everyone at the score is just extremely meh after that. Has to be a shake up and outside talent. Same per ESPN 1000, I know some on here dont like him, but Silvy is the best at ESPN 1000 to me. i also think J Hood is great. After that a lot of meh and blah as well.

Author:	good dolphin [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 7:59 am ]
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I don't like Dan but I wouldn't dismiss his intellect. I think Shapiro is bright but the holes in his arguments get glossed over because he speaks so quickly and with confidence. If anything, this presidential administration should have taught us not to impulsively genuflect at an Ivy League credential.

Author:	Pres-Elect FukNuggitt [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:59 am ]
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312player wrote: Nobody wants to hear this dip shit Bernstein get butt fucked with Shapiro? A sharp guy vs a pretend sharp guy ..it would be outstanding. That would be great. Shapiro would turn him. Mac, on the other hand, is dead and gone. Ever since he started loving receptive anal sex and intently-watching the penis part of heterosexual porn he has been a useless liberal sycophant.

Author:	DAC [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:00 am ]
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FavreFan wrote: Always been bizarre to me that folks listen to solo hosts. I’ve never heard anyone good at it. Solo radio is always horrendous. I agree with this in theory but not as strongly. Bernstein and Parkins are much better with a partner than solo. Granted, Bernstein needs the right partner. Goff and McKnight with Bernstein were awful. The few times he's been with Holmes there was way too much talking about comic books, restaurants, and hip hop. Bernstein with Abattacola or Rongey was never good either. Bernstein needs a steady partner- first 10 years of Boers or Rozner or possibly Mac or Spiegs. If not, give him lots of guests and talkative producers that will keep things relatively serious.

Author:	Tad Queasy [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:32 am ]
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This will give denis the vapors, but IMO the best partner for Bernstein was Rozner. He'd call him out on his bullshit so often that Bernstein wouldn't even start when he was co-hosting with him.

Author:	good dolphin [ Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:36 am ]
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FukNuggitt wrote: [ Shapiro would turn him.. I honestly don't think much turning would be necessary. I don't think Dan's true political views align with what he says on the radio. Everyone (but TM) overlooks his outright contempt for the working class and the average person. They get confused by some of his more liberal takes and just assume he isn't a corporatist.

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