After Listening to Florentine Hosting Yesterday...

4  2016-08-11 by beeseesee

It wasn't just bad.

It was shockingly unlistenable.

I'm not sure if it every crossed the bar into broadcasting.

It was beyond terrible by even the lowest standards we have EVER held O+J or, for fucks sake, TACS to.

When a guest host, who is auditioning on a national stage, hosts a show that is almost literally, without hyperbole, unbearable to listen to we have to admit that task of hosting a 3 hour talk show every day is difficult-- ask Old Man Tranthony.

Shit on Mark Normand all you want, but when he guest hosted O+J, on short notice, he fucking killed it. Driving conversation, creating segments, forming breaks. Fluid, listenable and smooth. And went hard for some fucking controversy through it all.

Can we deign to concede that it is not inconceivable that Opie might be good at the apparently difficult task of hosting a radio show ?

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No, it's inconceivable. Opie's been in radio his entire life, even went to school for it, makes millions of dollars, and he fucking stinks at it.

If it was any other profession that didn't have his stupid name associated with it, he would've been fired years ago.

The ol' pussy hound stories lose their kick when the poon hound in question was cuckolded by a guy who still lives with his parents.

Love Florentine but yeah that's a bad one.

Just eating sandwiches and talking about who blew us.

I have a hard time believing a person can think that metal - or any music genre - is remotely close to as interesting as he tries to make it sound like. He just comes off as an extremely dumb guy who never had anything resembling substance going on. It's the only thing he has the "knowledge" to blab about so it's the only topic he can attempt to make a career out of.

Fuck me I've never been so bored by anything. That garbage was legitimately painful to listen to. I thought (serious) sports and political talk were bad. I never knew how much worse it could get.

The show was so off the charts terrible that it defies any previous standards of criticism of any O+J show.

Agreed. Enough with the metal. They say Ozzys name as if it's a household name. Most people barely know who he is.

It's actually my favorite genre. I didn't even think to mention that. 20 minutes here and there about music is one thing, but when you think it's a good idea to do a show beginning to end for 2-4 hours, and then again, and again, there's something wrong with you. And any listeners you actually manage to attract.

"You remember that time when Geezer told those guys about that time when he bought a donkey show for a bachelor party in mexico?" brought up for the 40th time because you have 1 1/2 hours left to kill that week.

I couldn't name one Ozzy Osbourne song aside from Crazy Train. I am 36 years old.That music just stinks to me. I don't have any friends who listen to heavy metal. The closest thing I can think of are a few people I know who like bands like Korn and Tool. But at least those are more modern metal bands.

This only listening to Ozzy and Kiss your entire life and being completely unaware of every other genre is fucking embarrassing. Norton is worse than Florentine with this shit but they both suck.

Haha you still listen to the show

What is he foooouuur?

No, he's just a dumb faggot.

If you still listen to O&J every day and think its listenable, but think the one day Opie isnt there it is not...there is something wrong with you.

Theres a difference between making edible food and making palatable food.

Florentine is known for "That Metal Show" on VH1. Almost nobody besides us know him from O&A.

and (I guess?) from doing the retard voice on Crank Yankers a decade and a half ago.

He's funny on the most recent Misery Loves Company.

Shit on Mark Normand all you want, but when he guest hosted O+J, on short notice, he fucking killed it. Driving conversation, creating segments, forming breaks. Fluid, listenable and smooth. And went hard for some fucking controversy through it all.

You got that radio lingo down, dawg.

Jim is good in an ensemble piece, but he's not a leading man.

Fuck you for using "deign" and "concede" in the same sentence.

How poverty can you possibly be to be offended to see those words in a sentence?

If you use these words in everyday conversation you sound like Johnny Cochran. I'm well above the poverty line faggot.

But you're well below the high school diploma line, clearly.

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We're talking about a guy who's spent the last two years rotating between 'Awful Facebook Posts', 'Awful Vanity Plates', 'Awful Slang Words', and 'Awful T-Shirts' on his podcast. And those are sent to him...he doesn't even exert the effort to think of his own.

I hadn't listened for a really long time, decided to check to see what he's been up to, and that was the list of things I saw in the podcast feed.

That's pathetic.

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and (I guess?) from doing the retard voice on Crank Yankers a decade and a half ago.