Morning Sedition Humor Spots online for download

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While not the biggest fan of the show...Kent Jones (who does funny news and comedy bits for MS and The Rachel Maddow show) has a character, "Lawton Smalls" on the Planet Bush section of the show....

I personally find the Planet Bush segment very funny...

This site: http://www.thesnotgreensea.com/ archives the antics of Kent Jones on Morning Sedition as well as the antics of Jim Earl who has created two characters,
"Mort Mortenson" and "Sammy the Stem Cell".

the site archives their humor and provides some blog-like comments....if you want to try some of the humor..the MP3 files are archived for downloading

 

[Gnarlodious]

Air America is giving US a bad reputation.

OK, I listened to a Stem Cell clip and found it unfunny, stupid, poorly read and offensive. I guess that's why I think Morning Sedition is all of the above.
Air America would do itself a big favor by raising the intelligence of its content, not just for Morning Sedition but for a lot of its programming. This is exactly why so many conservatives have a low opinion of liberals. Air America is giving us a bad reputation.<P ID="signature">______________
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[valkyrie777]

Re: Air America is giving US a bad reputation.

> OK, I listened to a Stem Cell clip and found it unfunny,
> stupid, poorly read and offensive. I guess that's why I
> think Morning Sedition is all of the above.
> Air America would do itself a big favor by raising the
> intelligence of its content, not just for Morning Sedition
> but for a lot of its programming. This is exactly why so
> many conservatives have a low opinion of liberals. Air
> America is giving us a bad reputation.
>

All due respect, that "review" of AAR by you is akin to feeling just the elephant's tail while blind-folded and trying to describe the whole animal.

From their "Death Notices" segment to their "Translation" segment to their "Confessions" segment, some things are hilariously funny and others are not nearly so. On the whole, though, the overall material is more than just funny and is deliciously ascerbic.

Does it sound like an audio "Animal House" sometimes? Sure. But, look at how ireverent...and, sometimes unfunny, Animal House was...and yet how SUCCESSFUL it was.

I'll take the show, warts and all, rather than the pathetic bleatings and snarkiness of the Limbaughs, Hannitys and their ilk any day.

 

[Gnarlodious]

Is this "deliciously acerbic"?

> All due respect, that "review" of AAR by you is akin to
> feeling just the elephant's tail while blind-folded and
> trying to describe the whole animal.
Point taken, but I have been listening to such liberals as Peter B. Collins, Thom Hartmann, Doug Stephan and Peter Werbe for years without being offended.

I listen to one classic clip of Air America about a guy who save his sperm in quart jars. Is that what you mean by "deliciously acerbic"?

> I'll take the show, warts and all, rather than the pathetic
> bleatings and snarkiness of the Limbaughs, Hannitys and
> their ilk any day.
It just sounds like you don't have any intelligent alternatives to the trash on Air America, so you're not very particular.<P ID="signature">______________
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[valkyrie777]

Re: Is this "deliciously acerbic"?

> It just sounds like you don't have any intelligent
> alternatives to the trash on Air America, so you're not very
> particular.
>

Yep...when reason fails, resort to attacks on someone's intelligence, taste or motives.

You fit in well with the Far Right Looneys whom you so assiduously eschew.

 

[Gnarlodious]

Air America is really Libertine...

> Yep...when reason fails, resort to attacks on someone's
> intelligence, taste or motives.
I'd like to point out that "liberal" doesn't mean broadcasters have the right or obligation to assault listeners with every imaginable offensive topic. When I listen to Randi Rhodes go on and on about feminine hygeine I have to remind myself as I'm turning it off that "This is not Liberal talk radio".

You may be mistaking Liberal radio with Liberal politics. Conservatives would be very happy with Air America if it were impotently "Liberal" as you like it. That is really what we call "libertine", conservatives have succeeeded in casting liberals in a bad light through libertine Air America content. It also explains why we hear less and less real hard talk about important social issues on AAR.<P ID="signature">______________
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[bierkenstock]

Make up your mind.

On July 2nd, you posted:
<blockquote>
AAR shines in some dayparts and crashes and burns in others. PD John Manzo needs to rearrange the furniture...soon: ...

Listening to AAR's Mark & Mark (6a-9a) on WLIB/1190-AM, I think I know why they're having difficulties reaching out to middle America: they're schmoozers making inside-New York City smalltalk...including having obscure Bronx/Queens/Brooklyn public office-holders and/or seekers as guests. Note to M&M: 70's stoner humor was clever when done by Cheech & Chong. You two ain't them. ...
</blockquote>
A little more than one month ago, the only elements of Air America Radio of which you approved were Rachel Maddow (whose previous program, Unfiltered, was cancelled due to lack of any audience or station interest) and Jerry Springer (the one program on their schedule which they distribute but do not produce). Your comments about most of their programs and talent were scathing.

The fact is, the only progressive talk stations getting any kind of numbers are those making selective use of Air America programming along with programming from Jones Radio and other sources. Pprogressive talk stations will only succeed with good sticks and strong local programming in morning drive. Without that, progressive talk remains a bargain basement turnkey format for minor league stations in small markets or Class D AM's on the periphery of larger markets. The progressive talk stations with decent or improving numbers are those with local programming in morning drive such as: KPOJ, Portland (Thomm Hartman's local show), KKZN, Denver (Jay Marvin). Others to watch: KLSD, San Diego (Stacy Taylor), KXXT, Phoenix (Charles Goyette), WDTW, Detroit (Nancy Skinner), WARF, Akron (Bill Press) and KTLK, Los Angeles (Stephanie Miller's syndicated show).

A spot check of the numbers for Air America stations in major and large markets show slipping numbers in general, with the exception of some stations doing local live in morning drive. The novelty is over for progressive talk. The format can't get by on ideology. They have to start doing good radio and Air America has shown itself ill-equipped for that.

And as you pointed out before your conversion, the two Marks are doing an "inside New York" show and they don't even succeed at that, as WLIB's ratings show. Maybe because one of them is half asleep and the other is trying to impress his friends and promote his comedy club gigs in the outer boroughs.



>
> All due respect, that "review" of AAR by you is akin to
> feeling just the elephant's tail while blind-folded and
> trying to describe the whole animal.
>
> From their "Death Notices" segment to their "Translation"
> segment to their "Confessions" segment, some things are
> hilariously funny and others are not nearly so. On the
> whole, though, the overall material is more than just funny
> and is deliciously ascerbic.
>
> Does it sound like an audio "Animal House" sometimes? Sure.
> But, look at how ireverent...and, sometimes unfunny, Animal
> House was...and yet how SUCCESSFUL it was.
>
> I'll take the show, warts and all, rather than the pathetic
> bleatings and snarkiness of the Limbaughs, Hannitys and
> their ilk any day.
>

 

[Scribbler]

Re: Make up your mind.

>>
> The fact is, the only progressive talk stations getting any
> kind of numbers are those making selective use of Air
> America programming along with programming from Jones Radio
> and other sources.

Really? KPOJ, the most successful AAR affiliate (by far) runs only two non-AAR shows: a local morning show and Ed Schultz (from noon to 3pm). And KPOJ was getting good numbers when it was running Morning Sedition, even if they weren't as good as Thom Hartmann's. You're right about a good morning show being a help, but that's a luxury that not all stations can afford.

 

[robmidmi]

Air America is really Liberal/Progressive radio

> > Yep...when reason fails, resort to attacks on someone's
> > intelligence, taste or motives.
> I'd like to point out that "liberal" doesn't mean
> broadcasters have the right or obligation to assault
> listeners with every imaginable offensive topic. When I
> listen to Randi Rhodes go on and on about feminine hygeine I
> have to remind myself as I'm turning it off that "This is
> not Liberal talk radio".
>
> You may be mistaking Liberal radio with Liberal politics.
> Conservatives would be very happy with Air America if it
> were impotently "Liberal" as you like it. That is really
> what we call "libertine", conservatives have succeeeded in
> casting liberals in a bad light through libertine Air
> America content. It also explains why we hear less and less
> real hard talk about important social issues on AAR.

Randi and the other hosts on Air America Radio know they can't be on the Liberal/Progressive political message every minute of their show. Randi feels comfortable talking about something as personal as feminine hygiene (this is being human and an air personality). And it's a change from the usual male anatomy/penis jokes (including the old standy-by: "kick-to-the-groin") so often seen in movies and TV and yes, Randi (and some other some AAR hosts) has done them too. While it offended you, I bet some women and men found it funny.

While some bits are funnier than others, programming on Air America Radio both entertains and informs me (I also enjoy the other fine Lib Talk shows). If you don't like AAR shows, don't listen. But you should realize offensiveness is in the eye of the beholder. I grew tired of Rush Limbaugh's tasteless and insensitive comments (on "feminazis", the poor, etc.) and that is why I stopped listening to his show in the early 1990s (thank goodness I stopped listening before he became a bad role model by becoming a drug addict!) and I have not listened to con talk since then.

I find it ironic that Rupert Murdoch owns the FOX News Channel, without a doubt the most conservative of the news networks in this country. By contrast, he also owns the FOX television network, which carries some of the most crude, offensive programming of the four major TV networks.

 

[bierkenstock]

My Point Exactly

Thanks for providing a good example. KPOJ picks and chooses, and their numbers have improved with a solid local morning show.

Granted, stations in the boonies and marginal operations can not afford a local morning show but the progressive talk format will never succeed if the format is restricted to bush league stations. That's not where the audience is. That's not where the money is. That's not where the impact is. For progressive talk to be a political force, like traditional talk is, they need good sticks in major markets; and they need to get numbers in morning drive. Morning drive is radio's prime time. Morning drive is where stations succeed for fail, show black ink or red.

With Morning Sedation a station is trying to run with one foot in a bucket of cement. A really strong morning show done well can work in national syndication. But Morning Vacation is not in the same league with Howard and Imus (heck, some progressive talk stations run Imus instead of Morning Masturbation).

If you really want progressive talk to succeed, you have to demand good radio from it and not treat it as Salem-Left.


>
> Really? KPOJ, the most successful AAR affiliate (by far)
> runs only two non-AAR shows: a local morning show and Ed
> Schultz (from noon to 3pm). And KPOJ was getting good
> numbers when it was running Morning Sedition, even if they
> weren't as good as Thom Hartmann's. You're right about a
> good morning show being a help, but that's a luxury that not
> all stations can afford.
>

 

[Gnarlodious]

WDTW Detroit, Nancy Skinner

> WDTW, Detroit (Nancy Skinner)
I'd like to hear Nancy Skinner syndicated. She is funny, easy on the eyes and ears, on topic and quick witted. Any idea if she has the ambition for it?<P ID="signature">______________
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[bierkenstock]

Re: WDTW Detroit, Nancy Skinner

> > WDTW, Detroit (Nancy Skinner)
> I'd like to hear Nancy Skinner syndicated. She is funny,
> easy on the eyes and ears, on topic and quick witted. Any
> idea if she has the ambition for it?
>
You miss the point. You want to kill a promising local show for one more homogenzied syndicated show! This is what's killing radio in general.

 

[Gnarlodious]

Re: WDTW Detroit, Nancy Skinner

> > > WDTW, Detroit (Nancy Skinner)
> > I'd like to hear Nancy Skinner syndicated. She is funny,
> > easy on the eyes and ears, on topic and quick witted. Any
> > idea if she has the ambition for it?
> >
> You miss the point. You want to kill a promising local show
> for one more homogenzied syndicated show! This is what's
> killing radio in general.
>
You may be right, but she was a great co-host on Doug Stephan's nationwide show, and did run for Illinois Senator. Just wondering if she's looking.<P ID="signature">______________
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[k9ez]

Re: Is this "deliciously acerbic"?

> > It just sounds like you don't have any intelligent
> > alternatives to the trash on Air America, so you're not
> very
> > particular.
> >
>
> Yep...when reason fails, resort to attacks on someone's
> intelligence, taste or motives.
>
> You fit in well with the Far Right Looneys whom you so
> assiduously eschew.
>

Or when reason fails, resort to attacks by calling them names........

 

[Scribbler]

Re: My Point Exactly

>
> With Morning Sedation a station is trying to run with one
> foot in a bucket of cement. A really strong morning show
> done well can work in national syndication. But Morning
> Vacation is not in the same league with Howard and Imus
> (heck, some progressive talk stations run Imus instead of
> Morning Masturbation).

I was mostly with you until you resorted to gross name-calling. Ugh! Actually, KPOJ was doing much better when it was running Morning Sedition than the couple of progressive stations that run Imus are doing. I'd be interested in hearing how you explain how KPOJ was doing well with an almost complete Air America lineup (the only exception being Ed Schultz), even before adding a local morning show.

And "Morning Sedation?" If Moran is anything he's too hyper, not sedated. Better hunt for another pail of mud to sling.

 

[OldAkronite]

Re: Make up your mind.

> A spot check of the numbers for Air America stations in
> major and large markets show slipping numbers in general,
> with the exception of some stations doing local live in
> morning drive. The novelty is over for progressive talk.
> The format can't get by on ideology. They have to start
> doing good radio and Air America has shown itself
> ill-equipped for that.

Amen. Stations are only going to do well with libtalk if they start programming it in major markets like "mainstream"/conservative talk, including local hosts.

In addition to Democracy/Jones' Stephanie Miller in AM drive (a quasi-local show, as it were, due to her name in the market), Los Angeles' KTLK/1150 is running a bunch of local hosts on weekends. One of those hosts is Johnny Wendell, another L.A. radio vet who filled in nationwide for Stephanie this past week. I can't help but wonder if they'll nudge one of these hosts into weekdays if there's a problem on the schedule. Maybe in nights after Randi Rhodes?

BTW, Bill Press is finally heard outside of Akron.

Sirius picked up his show a few weeks ago, and he just added two stations (Monterey/Salinas, CA and Missoula, MT). He has yet to add an over-air station live in morning drive ET outside of our local libtalker...

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[tbetz]

Bill Press in Missoula

>
> BTW, Bill Press is finally heard outside of Akron.
>
> Sirius picked up his show a few weeks ago, and he just added
> two stations (Monterey/Salinas, CA and Missoula, MT).

Ah, KKNS-FM, where he's joining AAR programming.

Do you know what their schedule is? I don't find a web site for them... heck, Radio Locator doesn't even have them in its database yet.<P ID="signature">______________
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[robmidmi]

Re: Bill Press in Missoula

> >
> > BTW, Bill Press is finally heard outside of Akron.
> >
> > Sirius picked up his show a few weeks ago, and he just
> added
> > two stations (Monterey/Salinas, CA and Missoula, MT).
>
> Ah, KKNS-FM, where he's joining AAR programming.
>
> Do you know what their schedule is? I don't find a web site
> for them... heck, Radio Locator doesn't even have them in
> its database yet.

The URL for the KKNS 105.9 FM Web site is <a target="_blank" href=http://www.kns1059.com/>http://www.kns1059.com/</a> .

 

[Tom_]

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[Tom_]

Re: Air America is really Liberal/Progressive radio

>
> I find it ironic that Rupert Murdoch owns the FOX News
> Channel, without a doubt the most conservative of the news
> networks in this country. By contrast, he also owns the FOX
> television network, which carries some of the most crude,
> offensive programming of the four major TV networks.


As for media ownership, realize that every single radio and TV network is owned by someone, even Air America. For you to state that Mr. Murdoch owns FOX, and then say that you object to FOX programming, leaves readers the impression that you are blaming Mr. Murdoch for the programming on his network, and I do not think you are really trying to make this claim. It would be more appropriate to state which media commentators you disagree with (e.g. perhaps Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc.), and why you disagree w/ them. Politics of personal destruction are not appreciated among owners and managers in media, so keep it to the level of hosts and their guests.

BTW, I have heard Jeanne Garafallo's Air America commercial for "The Nation" where she says, "Nobody owns The Nation, not Rubert Murdoch and not...(a few others)..." This is a really inappropriate commercial, to mention the owner of another prominent news network in a commercial for a magazine that has nothing to do with either network.