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>And look where Johnny Mac is today: he's lost every >decent local broadcast gig he had, starting with >"Night Talk." Today, the "neolib" (good term) sits >making an ass of himself on "Off Q." His ideas of >intelligent discourse are straight out of "South >Park," so it's no surprise to me that he admires >Madden, who was more successful than Johnny ever will >be. > >Johnny may be liberal, but he's a middle-aged man >trying to resurrect a stalled career appealing to a >Gen-X demographic, proven when he shows up doing >standup with the far younger Gab Bonnesso. As if he's >fooling anyone about his age. Hell, Johnny's "print" >contribution to City Paper is as pathetic as his blog. > >Joe Pyne I watched in its heyday. I always put it on >the level of the Gong Show, and long suspected at >least part of that show was staged, some legit guests >like Frank Zappa mixed with outright fakes who came on >playing parts of wackos to give Joe a foil, the better >to blow his mouth, hurl his insults and entertain >fans. > >Madden was warned but didn't listen. He was booted for >going beyond provocative into the realm of >obnoxiousness. He had multiple chances and blew them. >Johnny, too had multiple chances but people never were >attracted to his childishness. > >Madden had a constituency; Johnny never found one. > >Oh, regardless of what Nino says, I feel Smizik wrote >a fair piece. > >>Folks- If you'd just take a step back and read what >>you said, you'd find you have done as much >>stereotyping as Mark Madden ever did. >> >>His show was not unique to Pittsburgh in that there >>have been plenty of talk show hosts all over the >>country who have offered his kind of show- Howard >>Stern, Joe Pyne, Pete Franklin. >> >>This style is so common it was parodied by the >>creators of "Fraiser" with their "Bulldog Briscoe" >>character. >> >>Locally, Mark Madden's style was duplicated by >>"neolib" John McIntire, a professed fan who often >>guest hosted for Mark. >> >>Politics, location, preferred choice of music, etc. >>has nothing to do with the appeal of the above >>broadcasters. >> >>It has to deal with selling the talentless to the >>tasteless.

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