BaD Radio - Recap - 2/23/11

Wednesday 2/23/11

Episode: 2878

Location: Studio

The Mix: “Package!” – Dan.

The Open: “If you’ve had sex with anyone other than yourself in the last 10 years, you need to get yourself tested.” During the Black Guy Roundtable with the Musers this morning, Bob was voted the most “brother-friendly” on air personality at the Ticket. When getting back in touch with an old high school friend – a friend that has since changed their name – do you call them by the name you knew them as or their new name? Mayor Leppert has resigned to run for the Senate; that leaves the Ticket’s own “Key to the City-give Mayor Pro-Tem” as the Mayor. He loves children and the future.

12:40 – NBA Trades: Tomorrow is the trade deadline, and with that, Mavs rumors start floating around. Devin Harris was rumored to be part of a deal between the Mavs and the Nets; it turns out that the Nets trade Derrick Favors (#3 overall last year), two 1^st Round picks and Devin Harris to Utah for point guard Derron Williams. This makes two times that Devin Harris has been traded from an Avery Johnson coached team. Yet, Avery still says that he loves Devin Harris. I call bullsh.

12:55 – Steve Ott: Well where do we start. Steve thinks that the team did a lot of things right in last night’s 1-0 loss, except score a goal. He is very high on the addition of Goligoski calling him a left-handed Zubov. Fatigue has somewhat set in with all the injuries that have accumulated.

1:20 – TiVo Talk: The Grammy’s were the top rated show last week followed by two episodes of American Idol. Would you rather watch the Oscars or the Grammy’s? James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be hosting the Oscars this year. Dan has been getting a lot of emails about the A&E show Beyond Scared Straight, I couldn’t get the audio but here is a transcript of the scene.

Inmate: You know why they call this the 'Shakedown' Room?
Bad Children: ...
Inmate: It's because that's the room where they search you before you can see any visitors, and before you leave any visitors. Do you have any idea what they do to you in there?
Bad Children: ...
Inmate: (Yelling) YOU SPREAD YO CHEEKS AN LIFT YO SACK AND ANOTHER MAN INSPECTS YO BUTTHOLE. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? ANOTHER MAN LOOKIN IN YO BUTTHOLE? YOU WANT THAT? THEN SHAPE THE F*** UP!

1:40 – More TiVo: The recent discovery of Arrested Development by the Musers’ Junior Miller has made Bob consider whether or not Arrested Development deserves to be on the top tier of TV Shows – joining The Wire, The Shield, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. In my humble but most accurate opinion, it is the best sitcom of all time. Too bad it was too far ahead of its time.

2:00 – Aggressniff: There are two new additions to the “Aggressniff Hall of Fame”. Listen to the segment here. Thanks to The UnTicket for the audio.

2:20 – NFL Talk: With the NFL Combine starting tomorrow, Bob jumps into some Cam Newton talk. Cam Newton said, “I don’t just see myself as a football player but also as an entertainer and an icon”. That attitude could be a red flag to some NFL teams. He is being compared to JaMarcus Russell but other than being black and from the SEC, that comparison does not hold much water. Could you make that case that his success, despite all the controversy around him, might bode well for the NFL? At the end of the season he was projected in the 3^rd round; now it’s being thrown around that the Redskins at #11 are interested in taking him. NFL personnel legend Gil Brandt has said that it would not surprise him if Cam went #1 overall. Interesting. Of the top 8 draft teams, only Cleveland (with Colt McCoy) is not in the market for a quarterback.

2:45 – Quick Hits: Dan feels that 127 Hours and Black Swan were a little better than The King’s Speech. In talking about TV and Oscars with Tim Cowlishaw at the Stars game, Bob found out that he’s seen all 10 Best Picture nominees. When it comes to the Oscars, does Best Picture always mean the Best Movie or is it more of an artsy, back-story, feel good pick? Last 10 Best Picture winners: The Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, No Country for No Men, The Departed, Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Lord of the Rings, Chicago, A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator (yeah he is).

3:00 – WTDS: On this day in 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas and Bob Knight threw a chair in 1985. Happy Birthday to Fred Belitnitkoff, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Jackie Smith, Aziz Ansari, Dakota Fanning, Peter Fonda, Marc Price, Brad Whitford and Johnny Winter. Today’s spares are Pat Barnes, Greg Hill, John Shelby and Steve Stricker. RIP W.E.B. Dubois and John Quincy Adams.

Listen to BaD Radio everyday from 12 – 3pm on Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket. I do, and I has opulence.

Wes Bullard

BaD Radio - Recap - 1/10/11

Monday 1/10/11

Episode: 2846

Location: Studio

The Mix: Norm brags about picking LSU at the polls and he asks if TCU will pass the loser of tonight’s game between Oregon and Auburn in the final poll. Norm has a present for Dan; a little piece of Cleveland sports memorabilia, the Cleveland Browns team photo from 1996 (they didn’t have a team).

The Open: We can correctly say that Bob and Dan are in heat. Day 6 of Dan in a Suit Flipbook. Donovan comes out and says that Cam Newton will make a good NFL Tight End. Donovan then dives head first into a story about going to a funeral on Saturday. After the service, everyone heads back to eat. As the food is being served, one eager gentleman, obviously caught up in the moment, decides to pop the question to his girlfriend – at her grandmother’s funeral! Bad form.

12:35 – NFL Playoff Talk: Seahawks vs Saints. The Seahawks were the only team to hold serve at home as Matt Hasselback had the game of his life, but this game could back the argument that the Seahawks, at 7-9, should not have hosted a home game. Nevertheless, Marshawn Lynch went into Beast Mode. Jets vs Colts. After the Cowboys beat the Colts, the Colts run D seemed to be exposed. The Jets obviously paid attention and it set former Cowboy’s kicker Nick Folk up for the game winning field goal.

12:55 – More NFL Playoff Talk: Ravens vs Chiefs. As the Ravens handled the Chiefs, one player stood out, Chiefs’ Running Back Jamaal Charles – a player that was passed up by Dallas. He can’t win a spelling bee but he can average 6.38 yards per carry – slightly less than the NFL record held by Jim Brown. Packers vs Eagles. What initially looked like a Packers runaway victory turned into a game that was decided by a Michael Vick INT with less than a minute left, a seemingly forced throw on 1^st down. There will be no NFC East team coming to Dallas for the Super Bowl in February.

1:20 – Aggressniff: First, we start out with some audio in which either Joe Buck or Troy Aikman, it’s hard to tell, makes a jab at Andy Reid’s weight. The sports world uses the word “aggressiveness” very aggressively within a given broadcast, yet it has become one of the more difficult words to say. Mike Mayock now joins this illustrious panel. Audio here.

1:40 – Ray Sherman Talk: With the departure of WR’s coach Ray Sherman, the show looks at possible meanings of it. Is Jason Garrett wielding his newly acquired power as Head Coach? This is all theory: Dec. 2008, reports were streaming in that Witten and Romo were drawing up plays behind the WRs back – including T.O. Idiocracy. There was a divided locker room. Ray Sherman’s role in this embarrassing ordeal from 2 years ago could have possibly played a factor in his being let go; Garrett might not have liked the fact that Sherman did nothing to quell the situation, as the coach of the WRs. This lends belief to the argument that Garrett has control of the coaching staff and he is making moves to let go of coaches who do not exhibit loyalty to the head coach.

2:00 – More Ray Sherman Talk: The guys continue to look at the release of Ray Sherman and how this move could put some backing to Jerry letting Garrett pick his own staff. A big deal, but should it be a big deal? Isn’t it common sense that a coach should be able to pick his own coaching staff? Will Garrett’s ability to call plays get better or worse now that he has the responsibility of head coach, or was he “forced” to make certain calls because of personnel or lack thereof?

2:15 – Jamie Langenbrunner: Former and now current Dallas Star Jamie Langenbrunner joins the show. He reflects on his former time in Dallas and says it was a tough time for him when he found out he was being traded; that was in the past and he’s happy to be back. Jamie expands on his broader skill set that he developed in New Jersey and the veteran leadership that he now brings to a young Stars team. He says that the travel within the Western Conference is a something to get used to. I leave you with this, more Steve Ott.

2:40 – Is It Racist: Dan’s new segment for the new year needs an open and he wants to do it live. The Tampa Bay Rays recently traded pitcher Matt Garza to the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Sun-Times AND the Daily Herald ran a full page picture and story about Matt Garza; except the picture is of Joaquin Benoit. They all look the same right?

3:00 – WTDS: In 1901, the Lucas Gusher sparked the Texas Oil Boom, I drink your milkshake. Happy Birthday to George Foreman, Willie McCovey, Glen “Big Dog” Robinson, Pat Benetar, Donald Fagen, Little Red Rides the Hood, Linda Lovelace, Doug E. Doug, Janet Jones and Rod Stewart. Sparely sparely I say unto you, Harry Gant, Bobby Rahal, Hollis Thomas. RIP to Paul Lynd.

Listen to BaD Radio everyday from 12 – 3pm on Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket. I do, and I has opulence.

Wes Bullard