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Yesterday, WFAN announced Chris Russo will leave their radio 
station, thus ending the Mike and the Maddog radio program, which revolutionized sports talk-radio when it started in 1989.
In it’s place, the show’s co-host, Mike Francesa, will broadcast solo in the same timeslot under the name Francesa on the Fan.
Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, their program was a show I loved to hate, or hated to love – I’m not actually sure which.
They made me angry and rarely informed me, yet, like an addict, I always listened.
Their impact on sports talk-radio, for better or worse, cannot be argued. Like them or not, they are legends in their field and, in the end, deserve high-praise for taking sports debate to a larger, more passionate, more constant level, which lots and lots of people have mimicked and capitalized on, including blogs, which, in my opinion, have always been more like talk-radio than like newspapers.
On the other hand, their show’s lack of a Mets voice always bothered me. Their popularity and influence ended up spreading false and frustrating talking points around New York City that made my life, as a Mets fan, very difficult when having to encounter the expanding line of arrogant Yankees fans.
So, having Mike and the Maddog break up could be a good thing for Mets fans – since they seemingly took pride in driving us crazy.
The idea of Francesa going solo is interesting. If his all-knowing style is paired up with a lot of guests, reporters, athletes, etc., all who can provide a bit of news and facts to the discussion, it may prove to be a great program.
If, however, Francesa is allowed to talk for four hours on his own, only taking calls from listeners, it could turn in to Rush Limbaugh for Sports, which would be good for nobody.
Either way, I wish Russo and Francesa the best of luck as they begin a new era, not just for them, but for us.
Oh, and Chris, give Shawn Victorini and Brandon Looper my best – and while we’re talking about Francesa, it’s hard to not mention this, which never gets old.
I always wondered if there was a little animosity between the two, and it seems like there was more than I thought from what I’ve heard and read. Either way, I feel like Matt does, they used to really hate on the Mets. But overall, Francessa is a know it all who never admits he’s wrong, so I’m indifferent towards this development.
http://WWW.HEILMANSUCKS.COM
Met fans get on board to get this guy outta here!!!!!
If I were you, I would have waited for the next Heilman blown save to post this.
Just saying.
Someone should send that website to Jimmy Rollins if he thinks Phillies fans don’t support their players…
this is terrible……bottom line is the guy puts on a mets uniform and even though he is struggling has been historically good for the team and done whatever has been asked of him. he’s on the mets, and im a fan of the mets, and i will cheer him and hope he turns it around.
i usually dont go off on rants like this but this really irked me…
Dont drink the kool-aid, its ok to stand up and say Heilman suxs without having your loyalty to this team questioned.
i kno its perfectly fine to have an opinion, but to sell stuff of that nature through metsblog? meh, maybe im just tired and ready to get down the shore for the wknd.
You’re a disgrace.
I can’t believe someone would actually spend, not only time, but also money doing something like this.
In other words, get a life.
I hope Heilman pitches awesome the next month and a half.
Dude, find something better to do with your time than an Aaron Heilman hate site…..i’m not a huge fan of his, but at the same time….get a life and give the guy a break!
Maybe with this and the Mets leaving next… it can go back to being WNBC. That station was better anyhow :)
don’t you mean weeeeeennnnnnnnnbc?
Chris can also give his regards to former Islander great Kenny Johnson.
honestly…
i cant understand how anyone listens to that stuff.
never lasted more the 10 min on that show.
file this one under: who cares
i like mike. hated chris. thank god he’s gone. it’s no big deal listening to mike solo as he does it all the time during the football season. it’ll be interesting to see who his guests are that he brings on.
Mike and the Mad Dog were okay when it comes to sports radio… i mean they were no Boomer and Carton… but they were okay.
Great clip. God, this show is awful.
As someone who works in media, I really think crediting these two buffoons for an entire media form is disingenuous. Sports radio would have exploded with or without these two…it’s a matter of the evolution of our culture, the need for constant information, the increased obsession of sports fans with constant updates…these are social trends that led to the explosion of sports radio in the late 80s.
Credit them for being among the first, and for tailoring a widely copied format…but sports talk radio would have happened with or without them.
Art Russ, Jr….Period.
oops…Art Rust Jr….still…Period
Who does Mike like? I didn’t quite catch it.
I think he said something like ‘hinge’..
The only thing that upsets me about this is that this may signal the beginning of the end for WFAN. With that horrible but popular show gone, and possibly the mets leaving after this season, WFAN may come close to extinction in the coming years, and that saddens the hell outta me.
Where are the mets going?
There were reports on this site earlier in the year that the mets are in the final year of their contract with WFAN and that their asking price for the rights for next year is extremely high and possibly a figure that WFAN can’t afford to match.
WFAN if they drop the Mets will most likely take over Yankee broadcasts…
Have listened to them since I was a kid. Always part of sports radio history, but as Aflac says, I see ESPN Radio becoming the new leader after the FAN started it all. Good luck Dog.
Ha..ESPN radio is a joke.
it really is a joke, I live 35 miles outside of NYC and I cant always get them, sometimes its static, but I have gotten WFAN down in South Carolina on vacation before
agreed. there is something that espn cannot just do for ny listeners. wfan is a community institution.
when is this going into effect?
Today, Mike was solo…I caught some of it o Yes, and Mike looked really depressed. During the open of the show, Mad Dog called in, and it was very emotional, with Russo clearly crying…
Though I found the two to be ignorant toward the Mets, they had a fantastic show. Listen to them talk about sports other than baseball and you’ll see.
Ahhhh, it’s like removing a goiter from the neck of New York Sports Radio. Well, half a goiter, at least.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY!!
Thank the Lord their gas will not pollute the area any longer. I have not listened for years, but as Matt said, they rarely informed anyone of anything.
And they were EXACTLY like Rush Limbaugh and other garbage of that ilk—they aren’t the smartest or most knowledgeable, they don’t inform about anything, that is for sure, and their purpose is solely to get more ratings and higher ad revenue.
And I agree with those who say sports radio would have taken off just like political radio and Foxnews and all of the other drivel that is opinionated entertainment masquerading as news or debate, with or without M and MD. Mike and MD just happened to be in the right market at the right time for their mediocre nonsense.
Good riddance to them, although I am sure Francesa solo will surely be even worse.
But I will have to take others’ word for it, as I would rather listen to a toilet flush repeatedly than listen to Francesa’s smarmy voice.
Umm . . . Rush has a pretty good, and informative show. Like anything else though, if you beat the same drum too often, people tune you out.
Ummm…no he doesn’t.
He has a show made up of lies, half-truths, distortion, and hate. His purpose is to enrich himself at the expense of those folks who are not intelligent enough to understand his game. I am sorry if you are a ditto-head, but it is never too late to turn off the garbage and start some independent learning, by avoiding the psycho liars of the right AND the left.
donovan mcnabb fully endorses the rush limbaugh show.
I always love to hear unhinged liberals spout off about Rush. Seriously, I was smiling reading that. Thanks.
Couldn’t you visualize the spittle beginning? heh, heh . . .
No unhinged liberal spittle here guys.
Just another of the vast, overwhelming majority of sentient beings who understand exactly what Limbaugh is.
And had you read my second post above, I did mention the drivel spewers of the left AND the right, not just your favored brand of nonsense.
Rush makes zillions of bucks by taking advantage of those who are not smart enough to see that what he does is entertainment, not informative journalism or history.
You can join the club of grown-ups and take off your ditto-head anytime. Try it, it feels great!!
Yeah. Sanctimony from one of my supposed intellectual superiors. Let me know when you’ve just about finished with your Ph.D.
kingman is right. both sides are full of it but rush just does a better job of convincing his brand of ratings-baiting is based on reality which it isn’t.
knee-jerk reactions from pseudo-conservatives against who dare to disagree with them don’t help either.
enjoying rush and believing rush are two different things. he isnt saying that your point of view is wrong. he is saying beware of the messenger that sullies that point of view with lies. that is what many of these agenda personalities do, Rush being one of the worst perpetrators.
he wasnt a liberal foaming at the mouth either. what rush does at times is deplorable and hate filled.
there isnt anything wrong with being skeptical of the information and data you get from people who can benefit greatly from distorting it or flat out lying about it.
knee-jerk reactions from pseudo-conservatives against who dare to disagree with them don’t help either.
What. Care to write that again, but in English?
And what, pray tell, is unreal about Rush? Because he doesn’t repeat the talking points of the leftist blogosphere? I mean, have you actually bothered to listen to his show? Or is the “unreality” of his talk show just something you read about on Kos, and thus feel smart enough to repeat as your own on other blogs?
Thanks Beltran, I agree 100%. Especially the part about both sides being full of it.
Rush’s listeners/watchers think he is a journalist/historian, not just a very wealthy and brilliant manipulator of facts and minds.
And your education is impressive, DC, but it clearly is not in the fields of politics, history, journalism, or anything that might help you understand Mr. Limbaugh’s game a bit better.
Seriously, kingman, have you actually listened to Rush, or are you a know-it-all parrot just mimicking what you have heard about the guy? Because I actually know and understand politics, I appreciate that Rush, unlike Hannity, Savage, and O’Reilly, actually has a clue.
Whatever, this is a ridiculous conversation to be having on a sports blog.
I am not a Kos/Moveon/liberal my friend. I am just someone smart enough to see through Limbaugh’s deceitful game.
The opposite of Limbaugh and his impressively ignorant followers is NOT Kos and Moore and Hillary etc….the opposite of Limbaugh and his impressively ignorant followers is being educated and really understanding what the difference between fact and opinion is.
You have demonstrated no ability to actually defend your opinion of Rush. You continue to mouth the same tripe about his “ignorant” listeners (who, as survey after survey show, are among the most educated segment of the public) and how he bends the facts, but that is simply your opinion based, presumably, on no first-hand knowledge of the show. Again, there is a difference between Rush and other guys on the right who are as awful as you claim Rush is.
This isn’t about blindly defending Rush because I happen to agree with him. I can’t stand guys like O’Reilly because they are full of crap. But I have been listening to Rush for a long time, and he actually bothers to defend his arguments with substantive facts and well-thought out opinions. Sure, he’s an entertainer, and he’ll push things a little. But he doesn’t just spout talking points like Hannity or yell at the top of his voice like Savage. That’s why I listen to guys like him.
OK DC, you are right, this is the wrong place for this conversation.
And if you think Hannity, O’Reilly and Savage do not have a clue, you clearly have a lot more going for you than I am giving you credit for.
I have watched Rush, and I think he is a brilliant manipulator of facts—brilliant.
All right, then, truce. And sorry for the snippy Ph. D comment – that was really idiotic on my part. Bragging about educational credentials is about the silliest thing to do on a weblog.
Back to the Mets.
Yes, back to the Mets, and I am sorry for the “ignorant” comments.
How about we both be Met fans, and agree to respect each others’ differing political opinions?
And have an excellent day preparing for Big Pelf’s 11th win!
No problem. Let’s Go Mets.
sorry but i just caught this:
hey dc, get over yourself. if you notice i said BOTH SIDES are full of it. do you understand that? is that english for you? my god, sorry if i don’t buy the rush kool-aid you’re obviously chock full of.
now back to baseball.
Why exactly are we discussing Rush Limbaugh on a Mets blog? He’s not even a baseball fan!
Mike is making a speech about Chris as we speak.
He’s finished and after the commercial break, Dog will come on and address the listening audience one last time.
Should be interesting…
I like iNge alot…ya know…I like him, ya know…ya, i like inge alot.
the comments on youtube are histarical
Francessa is now telling us how important he and Dog are in our lives. He is the most pompous, self-impressed human being on God’s earth. The only problem with this news is that it stopped half way. Both of these bozos should go and start making the earth greener my reducing pollution in our air.
he was very important in my life. dont know about yours. that show got me into radio. not pompous at all.
Mike is so great at looking at the big picture in a baseball season.
I think, as the show went on, Mike got annoyed at how little Chris knew. He routinely messed up little things and didn’t do the research that Mike did, which definitely bothered him. Oh, and he was an idiot on Letterman.
Every word and gesture out of Russo’s mouth was a bad joke. His success and wealth are a tribute to what corporate America has achieved in terms of realizing how to make the maximum possible dollar from the lowest form of drivel.
Chris Russo will probably be the next Bill O’Reilly if someone gives him a 3rd-grade level political education and tells him there’s a few more bucks in it.
. . . and Bill O’Reilly knows a thing or two as well. ;-)
Your kidding right?
OK Peter, I give up on you now…if you think Limbaugh is “good” and you like O’Reilly, there is no point in debating reality with you.
Wait, am I lost?? Is this metsblog or astrosblog?
Feeling’s mutual kingman, I like the color in my sky to be blue.
Back to baseball.
I agree, back to baseball.
And the motion is agreed upon here, back to baseball.
Wow, can we start a debate on the pros and cons of O’Reilly now? The Limbaugh thing was so fun and all.
its a shame i thought this show was entertaining even with the lack of the met talk and callers
You don’t have to like these guys, but CRAZY, JUST CRAZY to dismiss their impact, It is huge.
I wish Mike left. Russo at least hated the Yankees in addition to the Mets.
you do realize Mike does not Hate the Mets, it is just how he drums up the fans
thank you. i never from day one got the feeling mike hates the mets. he likes to rile them up but hatred, nah…. you want hatred, listen to michael kay, a francesa wannabe.
Why in the world would anyone wanna be Francessa, of all people?
That makes me sad.
He just likes to think the Mets are beneath his concern, thats all.
Just another condescneding, superior, Yankee fan.
i think your complex is showing
Mad Dog is crying as we speak.
HAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA MAD DOG IS BAWLING
First Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes die, now this! What’s next the Loudmouths are going to split?!?!?!
Loudmouth could possibly be the most unwatchable show on SNY.
Sarcasm my friend. But I do actually like the Loudmouths.
O i wasn’t kidding. If I wanted to be yell at by 2 people for 30 mins, I would just go to my parents’ house.
okay i just literally laughed out loud
something about adam schein absolutely disgusts me
May I please whole-heartedly second this motion. I watched once, and could not believe that those guys are on TV. They are hideous to look at, their voices are obnoxious to listen to, and this is before even getting to the unbelievably asinine content of the show!
God I hope so.
Mets haven’t won the World Series since Chris Russo’s been on the FAN..
And he’s still yelling, through the tears ‘The Yankees STINK’ !!
HAHAHAHAHA !!
i have listened to show since day one, i am now 29 years old and i don’t know what to do. I am going to mike’s new show the best shot to listen to and hopefully like
It wont be much different
If you look past their biases which were so evident, then it was an entertaining show that I loved to listen to. I’ll miss Mad Dog. It remains to be seen whether Francessa can go it alone and maintain listener interest. The two of them played off against each other perfectly and now you don’t have that.
agreed
Mike better get a co-host and soon, because if he’s allowed to work unchecked for too long, his ego may suck up NYC creating a black hole and ending humanity.
……..apparently he’s already sucked up all the jelly-doughnuts.
There is something seriously wrong with me. I got emotional listening to the first and second segment of the show.
When Mad Dog broke down, I almost completely lost it.
I grew up listening to these guys, and had a love/hate relationship with them for over half my life.
Sad day, end of an era.
Well, apparently you are not the only one b/c several of these users calling in talking to Mike are breaking down as well.
Love them, hate them, can’t stand one or both of them….
An era has definitely come to an end.
…….i’ve seen a lot of “eras” come and go that were of far greater import than these two buffoons…..when WABC went from top-40 to talk….THAT was huge……….when Scott Muni left ‘NEW fm…..big………Walter Cronkite leaving CBS……….huge……….most importantly……….Lindsey Nelson and then (the big one) Bob Murphy leaving the Mets……..talk about the “end of an era’ !!
M & MD happened to be in the right venue at the right time……they were mainly annoying……..condescending…..and often wrong………other than that I’ll miss the show.
…….just like I’ll miss a tooth-ache.
Goodbye Mr. Marbles-in-my-mouth. When does the fat slob go too? These guys suck. I never understood listening to them. They knew nothing. I don’t care if they love the Mets, hate the Mets or anything in between. They have no business on radio. One can’t ever admit he’s wrong (which is too often for a guy with a show that should be sharing information) and the other can’t get a sentence out of his drooling mouth.
Long live Boomer and Carton.
Francessa said that he will not work with another partner… ever. That was part of his opening today.
Back in the day, he was paired up with many partners. Eddie Coleman, for one. He was just unbearable on his own.
Who knows, maybe they’ll bring back Pete Franklin.
I’ll miss the show (or lat least some elements of it)… tough not to after all these years.
Pete Franklin would be great! If he’s even alive.
Good riddance.
This show is getting really weird…
Mixed emotions on this one. Russo brought nothing to the table in terms of tangible knowledge. How many times he he declare that a good player “stinks” because he was hitting .245 at the time he happened to google his stats?
But he was entertaining, in his way. Even his complete overuse of “scenario,” and his general mangling of the English language were sort of endearing. And though he played the idiot on the air, by all reports he is a genuinely nice guy.
I basically grew up listening to these guys, and it stunk when I couldn’t listen to them when I moved down to DC. But their act did grow a bit stale.
Mike on his own is hard to take, but at least he knows his stuff – though he doesn’t know as much as he thinks he knows. I sort of wish we could fuse Russo’s personality with Mike’s knowledge of sports.
lol yea, I loved when Russo said Marte was the best lefty specialist in all of baseball….good times.
Francessa is just lucky he’ll be opposite Michael Kay, quite possibly a bigger blowhart than himself
Even as a Mets fan I loved listening to these 2 for some reason. It’ll be weird not to hear them together. Very sentimental show today.
“Say something funny, Mike…”
It is such a shame that Dog won’t be around to throw shovels of dirt on the Yankees this year.
This is one thing I am really going to miss come this September.
When Tony Russo called up with tears in his eyes, I lost it.
It was very touching to hear Tony Russo.
And I feel Chris and Mike’s sadness today was heartfelt and sincere.
I know Mike is pompous and Chris is missing a few sandwiches short of a picnic, but I miss them already
For me, the glory years for FAN were in the early 90’s. I’d drive Albany to Hartford at 4:30, listening to the end of Steve Somers over the Berkshire’s, then Imus (Mike Breen continues….) Ed & Dave (Soul-man and the Cole-man) and Fatso & Fruitloops. FAN slowly lossed it’s appeal to me as different hosts came and went. The nail in the coffin came when they started simulcasting on YES.
I respect a guy for taking the dough when its offered, but I think it could be a career killer. Is Stern still as popular? Dan Patrick has sucked since he lost Dibble to FOX. Talk about a guy who couldn’t carry a show by himself. Double whammy going to satellite.
Welcome to obscurity Mike & Chris
Guys who can handle a show solo? Steve Somers is great. He engages the audience like it is there in studio. The best I think at hosting solo was Tony Kornheiser. Jim Rome is a close second
How many people are buying Sirius? Joe 6-pack raising a family surely has better things to spend money on, like gas & food.
i hate stern but he’s doing just fine.
Among radio executives and media critics, Somers is considered the master of the radio medium.
its amazing but FAN was close to firing him in the mid 90’s because they were tired of his schtick.
But George Young (the George Young who brought my Giants back to 2 Super Bowl Championships with Parcells) called the station and said that he was a big Schmooze fan. That saved the Schmooze and now he is the underrated superstar of the FAN
is he legitimately crying??
voice cracking and all?
Oh yeah, Tony Russo broke down on that call.
How can anyone cry at this dribble? I laughed so hard when Russo was crying. GO AWAY YOU MORON! AND TAKE MR. POMPOUS WITH YOU! Good riddance. Get off the air and leave the area, do us all a service. I never have to hear moron say “reNember’ again. That’s a huge relief. Maybe some day, the other clown will leave too.
Or……Bawdimore
Another thing occurs to me as I listen to the callers: like them or hate them, the fact is these guys were basically the background noise of so many listeners’ lives. I remember a job i had one summer during college as an outside messenger in lower Manhattan, delivering legal documents all over the city, listening to Mike and the Mad Dog as I walked all over lower Manhattan. And of course they were on in the car when I came home from work, and that’s the same for a lot of people. So – and I know this sounds ridiculously cheesy – they were a part of many people’s lives for a long time, so I can understand why some are getting emotional.
It sure is ridiculously cheesy…but it makes it so much easier to understand why you like Rush Limbaugh.
Never be afraid of a little substance—it can be good for you!!
sorry but if your life revolves having your voice heard on mike and the mad dog then there are issues to be sorted out.
sorry but if your life revolves having your voice heard on mike and the mad dog then there are issues to be sorted out.
Who said anything about their lives revolving around being heard on M&MD. The guys were on the air for 19 years, so some people are going to have fond memories of something they listened to every day for a long time. I personally wouldn’t shed tears, but I can sympathize with those who might be feeling a bit nostalgic.
Im with you man. I used to hate what they had to say many times but they were nonetheless a big part of my life. While everyone else was watching MTV i was actually listening to the WFAN.
Good luck to them both…It definitely will not be the same.
I haven’t listened to Mike & the Mad Dog in 15 years. Moving out to California a decade ago played a part of that, but I got bored of their “act” years before that too. They just filled up hours with Mike talking about seeing Sinatra at the Garden (I’m sure that dates my listening to them), his damn horses with Parcells, Russo’s weekend tennis game, movie reviews. They were masters of killing time, and not talking about sports. And frankly, they had to, because they were a bit limited in vast areas of overall sports knowledge. The two are lucky bastids. I say it jealously and admiringly. Their schtick wore thin, but obviously, many lapped it up and made listening to them a habit’s covering a large part of their lives. Best of luck to both. Glad I still won’t be listening or watching either.
Sad day for me as well. I’ll miss Russo ripping on the Yankees after a crushing loss or when they’d get knocked out of the playoffs, and when he’d get on Mike afterwards. I’ll miss The Marquis during Super Bowl week as well.
Francesa is going to be unbearable by himself. I enjoyed listening to Dog when he would have the Saturday morning spot by himself or when Mike was on vacation.
I wish Russo was staying and Francesa was going.
Ditto. Francesa is unbearable the way he just mails it in and thinks that he sounds smart. Russo is annoying, but at least it seems like he is working hard. A Russo show has the chance to be entertaining by itself–Francesa is going to need some comic relief or something. Ugh.
Russo admits when he is wrong. Francesa is never wrong.
That is the No. 1 reason why it should have been Francesa backing his fat a$$ out of town instead of MadDog.
Whenever Francesa is wrong, it’s always because he got the information from a bad source, it’s never his fault. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him once admit he was wrong on something without blaming another party for it.
They will be replaying the opening of Mike’s show today and the call from Mad Dog at 6pm – if anyone is interested.
Once is enough for me….
doggy called in? wow. i gotta hear that.
Yes – I heard it the first time around. Apparently, the station refused to allow them a final show together. So Mike decided to have Mad Dog call in. I get the feeling the station probably didn’t care for that but Mike much didn’t care.
This is like an ‘on air’ funeral this afternoon.
Like a train wreck for me. I’d rather not see/hear it, but can’t turn away – lol.
***NEWSFLASH***
-The Mets are in first place. :)
why are people making comments about mike’s weight? really….
Because due to his arrogance he’s an easy guy to dislike, and it’s really easy to get on a guy when he’s that big, even if that’s not why one dislikes him in the first place.
it makes your argument sound dumb when you make insults like that. its not relevant, and i wish it would stop.
attacking someones weight like that because you dont like him is just wrong. he didnt say anything bad about your family or whatever. we are talking about sports for godsakes!
Say somethin’ funny, Mikey.
Does anybody know why Russo is leaving? What the hell happened?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I wish we lived in a world where sports radio didn’t exist. Maybe its about time I write the FCC.
nightlife take that comment and shove it. sports radio is great
At least I don’t have to hear them doing the ratings.
Chris: OK, Mikey. Women’s Finals of the US Open. Whadaya think?
Mike: Uhhhhhh. Women’s Finals. Saturday afternoon. It was a little rainy early in the aftuhnoon, but it cleared up latuh. I would say 4.5 national, 3.7 new yawk.
Chris: Close, Mikey. We had a 7.8 national. 6.5 new york.
Mike: I kinda thought it would be that high, but the weather threw me off. Oh, and I also forgot there was a big Mets game. That probably threw off the New York numbers.
This is a transcript, right? I think I remember listening to this show…
Ha! You have captured them exactly!!
Not a transcript. It is basically the way it goes down every time they do the ratings – usually once a week.
No more ratings makes me :)
No more crack committee makes me :(
Im not in NY so I do not know whats up with them. What happened between them or between Chris and WFAN?
the only thing i’m gonna miss, apart from the commercials every 6 minutes, is the greatest jingle in all media. i love that it sounds like a tide commercial from 1984.
If you owned a radio, chances are you listened to Mike & Maddog. Like em ot hate em, they made their impact and influenced many who followed. 19 years is a very, very long time. If they were as bad as many seem to think, there is no way they would have lasted this long on the air. I know there are allot of “Closet” M & MD listeners out there that won’t admit to it. LOL
Hey, it’s a radio show, life goes on. But, just the fact that there are something like 120 posts on this thread (last count)
tells you something about their impact and popularity.
Stop hiding behind those silly baseball caps and get some Procede so you can be on your way to fuuuuler tiiiicker hair.
Giusepps is the man, I want one of the tee-shirts.
LOL. Giusepps is the man.
Does this mean even more “mop up” duty for Somers? I hope so! Long live the Schmoozer!!!
In fact, they should fire Mike and replace him with “The Sweater (Salzberg) and the Shmoozer”.
I haven’t read the whole section of posts about Mike and the angry puppy because I don’t much care for them, but I do agree that Heilman sucks and Jim Rome is better than both of those bums anyway. They ought to get rid of both of them and just have Rome on all day.
ugh…rome is horrific. he is basically farrell with a better voice.
Rome’s awful!
You know what Rome is good for? Getting slammed to the ground by Jim Everett. How great was that?
Seriously, Rome can’t touch M & MD.
Rome is a complete tool who takes too many shots of testorone
A sad day for sports fans..
I liked the show… and at least Chris didn’t let Mike get too full of himself.
Mike is going to need some sidekicks– if not a full partner.
I know he’d never stand for him, but I would pay a few dollars to hear Mike and Carton on the air together. (I actually think the Boomer and Carton show, while mostly about nothing substantive, is quite entertaining, and seems to draw a good demographic to the FAN– young male listeners.)
If you travel around the country ( I used to work in the TV biz and travelled like crazy), you realize how good these guys were.
If you hear anybody outside of New York (short of the great Eddie Andelman in Boston), there is no absolutely no good sports radio matching Mike & Maddog, Joe&Evan, Carton/Boomer, Richard Neer and Schmoozie.
Everybody outside of NY is a rank amateur. And outside of Brandon Tierney on 1050 ESN most of ESPN are rank amateurs or Yankee crack sniffers
To Mr. Heilmansucks: Now that you are busy selling your anti-Mets Heilmansucks T-shirts, I was wondering if you had any leftover Pelfreysucks, Perezsucks, Delgadosucks, Martinezisfinished or similar T-shirts left over from last year available at a deep discount?
I for one, am glad to see the Mike and the Angry Puppy show end on WFAN. Russo’s voice is like nails through a chalkboard….and Fatcessa is even worse. Now, we have two afternoon shows dedicated to the New York Yankees with Fatcessa on WFAN and Kay on 1050. However, WFAN will survive this because they’re making money no matter what time of day….everyone thought the morning show was gonna tank once Imus lost it and its still going strong…..the station’s ratings have always been relatively soft compared to other stations, but its also the type of audience that’s listening as well. It makes a huge difference. So don’t worry….the Mets aren’t leaving WFAN (why would they? it’s the strongest signal in the northeast!) and WFAN will stay the same station it always has been.