KKSF 910 Frosty Jumps the Shark

[DavidKaye]

I listened to about 10 minutes of "Frosty" on KKSF 910 today. He had a guest talking about UFOs. That's it. I'm done with Frosty and I'm almost done with KKSF.

 

[radcat]

Jump The Shark: a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. ???

 

[RadioJunkieMike]

Jump The Shark: a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. ???

so, you had to look it up because you had never heard the term before? Really?

 

[LKellerIII]

Jump The Shark: a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. ???

so, you had to look it up because you had never heard the term before? Really?

From what I understand, the term originated with an episode of Happy Days in which Fonzie water skis over a shark. I was never a Happy Days fan, but from what I've been told, that show hadfiguratively 'jumped the shark' a season or two previous to that.

There's an actor named Ted McGinley - a good looking lantern-jawed guys who's a decent actor, but never seems to get any respect in Hollywood. When a show adds Ted McGinley to the cast in later seasons, it's considered a sign that the show has jumped the shark.

 

[Finatic]

I listened to about 10 minutes of "Frosty" on KKSF 910 today. He had a guest talking about UFOs. That's it. I'm done with Frosty and I'm almost done with KKSF.

I haven't heard Frosty a lot but what I've heard hasn't impressed me. As for KKSF, I do still like Gil Gross, but I'm very disappointed in the format of his show now, changing topics multiple times an hour and taking virtually no calls. I much prefer the "old KGO" style of interacting with callers. He also seems to have become SO focused on politics that that's almost all I ever hear him talk about, unless there is a hot news topic.

 

[radcat]

Jump The Shark: a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. ???

so, you had to look it up because you had never heard the term before? Really?

No I was actually surprised that the OP would use the term to describe Frosty's show. Was it a great show at one time that's now declined in quality and popularity?

 

[DavidKaye]

No I was actually surprised that the OP would use the term to describe Frosty's show. Was it a great show at one time that's now declined in quality and popularity?

Excellent point, and one I hadn't considered. No, "Frosty" never had a great show, or even a good one. What he has is something that would be embarrassing even to a talk station in Modesto. My comment was more about how I had expected that eventually "Frosty" would amount to something, that his show would eventually get good as he settled into it. But, having jumped the shark with the UFO guest means to me that it will NEVER EVER be a good show.

UFOs...jeez....What's next? Exhume Mae Brussell and her stupid Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories?

 

[radcat]

This thread prompted me to listen to Frosty today. In depth discussion with a doctor about colonoscopies and Frosty's personal bowel movements.

 

[DavidKaye]

This thread prompted me to listen to Frosty today. In depth discussion with a doctor about colonoscopies and Frosty's personal bowel movements.

The fact that this guy managed to pull talkshow ratings in LA in years past is disheartening. But then, LA is where just about anybody can get a talkshow because there's enough money there to sponsor just about anything. Uh...George Putnam? Joe Pyne? Roy Masters? Just about anybody...

 

[LKellerIII]

This thread prompted me to listen to Frosty today. In depth discussion with a doctor about colonoscopies and Frosty's personal bowel movements.

The fact that this guy managed to pull talkshow ratings in LA in years past is disheartening. But then, LA is where just about anybody can get a talkshow because there's enough money there to sponsor just about anything. Uh...George Putnam? Joe Pyne? Roy Masters? Just about anybody...

I think you need to remove George Putnam from that short list of self-serving or gimmicky talk hosts. I grew up with the pompous and bombastic Putnam on television - he was an LA icon from the 50s through the 70s. I don't think I ever agreed with him on a single political issue, but he was great at stirring things up. When something like a student demonstration, hippie counter-culture "love-in", or or big drug bust would happen, me and my slacker friends would tune in The George Putnam News (yes, it was named after him) to watch him pontificate and foam at the mouth. It was great entertainment, and an 'only-in-LA' type of thing. He never would have made it in the Bay Area, though he was reportedly the nation's highest paid anchor in the late 60s, making even more than Walter Cronkite.

I used to collect (in my head) Putnam lines from his editorials. I only still recall one; "I am sick to death of the hippies and scum who would rather contract VD, than face the VC" (Viet Cong)

I was actually kind of sad when he finally got his comeuppance (Gene Autry decided he had to go from KTLA), and George had to become a talk-host on a third rate talk station.

 

[NoMoreLurking]

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[NoMoreLurking]

I was actually kind of sad when he finally got his comeuppance (Gene Autry decided he had to go from KTLA), and George had to become a talk-host on a third rate talk station.

Like Frosty on KKSF-AM?

(just to bring this thread back on topic...)

 

[1069_KIFR]

At Marine World, Africa-USA! Frosty actually jumped the Shark. He was practicing for a Labor Day Performance.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

I was actually kind of sad when he finally got his comeuppance (Gene Autry decided he had to go from KTLA), and George had to become a talk-host on a third rate talk station.

WHAT??!!?? No way, Jose! There must have been at least three other SoCal talk stations better than KIEV/KRLA, Lew!

 

[LKellerIII]

I was actually kind of sad when he finally got his comeuppance (Gene Autry decided he had to go from KTLA), and George had to become a talk-host on a third rate talk station.

WHAT??!!?? No way, Jose! There must have been at least three other SoCal talk stations better than KIEV/KRLA, Lew!

Good point!

 

[DJBigOne]

Jump The Shark: a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. ???

If memory serves, it was when Fonzie jumped a shark tank with his motorcycle. Truly the end of Happy Days.

Frosty, Heidi, and Frank had the #1 midday show in L.A. until KLSX flipped the station to AMP. It was a good show. The chemistry between the triplets was great. It was never the same when it moved to other stations in L.A.

I doubt I would listen to Frosty alone. ;D

 

[1069_KIFR]

You do not have to listen to Frosty alone, invite a friend to listen with you!

 

[LKellerIII]

You do not have to listen to Frosty alone, invite a friend to listen with you!

Good one!