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Tracy and Eddie on 700

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epickles

I haven't seen much on the topic recently, but I've been catching bits and pieces of Tracy and Eddie and here are a few notes that I've noticed:

- It's just weird listening to Tracy Jones talk about anything outside of sports. It's similar to having Gary Sullivan discuss computers, or having Rush Limbaugh discuss home construction... I'm just not feeling it. I guess the guy is just typecasted.

- Hearing Tracy talk about getting engaged, etc... Who cares? The guy is in his 50's and is probably pushing his 3rd marriage...

- Eddie is actually pretty good... I grew up with him on the Dawn Patrol... He seems a lot more down to Earth.

- Yesterday they had some guy who runs a website that imports women from 3rd world countries (mail order brides)... This guy was a nut.. All I could keep thinking about was wow... this sounds like a Phil Hendrie show.. Then, before you know it, a caller calls in and says, "Hi Eddie and Tracy... You guys are doing a poor impression of a Phil Hendrie show..."... I about died laughing when they cut him off very quick. That just gave the entire thing away.

- On a lighter note, I think my favorite program was during the transition, there were the two morning guys from 107.1 doing a show. That was actually entertaining, and didn't seem "forced funny" like Eddie and Tracy.
 
Tracy's post-game Reds shows also degenerated into contrived put-ons with staged callers. I think he was embarrassed by the team and he needed something to take the spotlight off him. For the last few seasons he used to say that the team was of a playoff caliber. As the season wore on he would look more and more silly. Eventually the staged calls took over the show.

I've written him off as just another green fly who has been co-opted by the lure of the spotlight. His baseball career sputtered, now he craves attention that he can't get by selling mutual funds.
 
nicomp said:
Tracy's post-game Reds shows also degenerated into contrived put-ons with staged callers. I think he was embarrassed by the team and he needed something to take the spotlight off him. For the last few seasons he used to say that the team was of a playoff caliber. As the season wore on he would look more and more silly. Eventually the staged calls took over the show.

I've written him off as just another green fly who has been co-opted by the lure of the spotlight. His baseball career sputtered, now he craves attention that he can't get by selling mutual funds.
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Don't think this was a Phil Hendrie type bit as the mustcatch.com website does exist, is registered to someone in Cincinnati (not the guy interviewed though), and has been registered since August 07.
 
I've heard several Hendrie rip-off bits on their show. The existence of a web site to go along with one of those guests does not make it any more believable. It takes a half hour to put together a fake web site....nice try though.

They should use that extra 30 minutes to make the WLW web site better...that thing is a ponderous cluttered mess.
 
tonyincincy said:
They should use that extra 30 minutes to make the WLW web site better...that thing is a ponderous cluttered mess.
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That's for sure.

You know a web site is poorly designed when they tell you to find something on it by saying "just search 'topic'".

A decent web site would be both interesting and navigable.

I still think there's something strange about a radio station always telling people to go to its web page.
 
to paraphrase brian, i know nothing about websites, but i look at them so i know everything i need to know about them.

and we watch tv and we know what stinks.
 
Yeah, their website is pretty cluttered. I also did check out the "Phil Hendrie" style guy's website that was posted above, and yes, it is a phony. I tried to track the registrar down, but it appears to be a residential address in Clifton area. It could be a "buddy's" address or CC attorney's address... or for that matter the name/address of a CC IT guy.

Who knows...

Regardless, why does it seem like these guys are trying too hard?
 
epickles said:
Yeah, their website is pretty cluttered. I also did check out the "Phil Hendrie" style guy's website that was posted above, and yes, it is a phony. I tried to track the registrar down, but it appears to be a residential address in Clifton area. It could be a "buddy's" address or CC attorney's address... or for that matter the name/address of a CC IT guy.

Who knows...

Regardless, why does it seem like these guys are trying too hard?
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The registration dates back to Aug 2007, so are you saying they had this bit planned out that long ago?
 
Tracy sucked doing post game and...he just has that fingernails on the chalkboard feel.
 
brian65 said:
I still think there's something strange about a radio station always telling people to go to its web page.
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It's all about the page views (or as some would say, "hits") these days. It's been going on long before CC thought of it... but you knew that already.
 
RedGreen said:
It's all about the page views (or as some would say, "hits") these days. It's been going on long before CC thought of it... but you knew that already.
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What part of having a good radio program or being a good talk show host is related to a web page's hit count?
 
What part of having a good radio program or being a good talk show host is related to a web page's hit count?
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Err, you guys are the pros here. I'm just a listener.

However, the reasoning behind trying to increase the hit count is because they CHARGE for ADVERTISING on their website, and a hit count would be similar to... well... ratings. The hit count (measured at specific times) is also an indication (or sampling) of how many people are currently listening to the broadcast, where they are located, and other FREE demographic info.

As for the guy who stated that the Tracy/Eddie crap website was registered in 8/07, that is entirely possible. I'm sure there are more phony domains out there that CC owns. If I remember, Phil Hendrie also used phony websites from time to time for his "real" guests also.

Ed.
 
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