Off the Media: Bob’s Really Thankful

It’s a day when the Long Tail outside the Web means even terrorists-cum-political parties can have their own TV channel. Which begs the question, why don’t the Dems or Repubs have their own channels (Fox news not withstanding)?

And how Radio Marti isn’t successful, not because it’s jammed, but rather because it’s pandering to Cubans. Which is why, we think, the BBC is more successful than VOA ever was.

This week, Garfield – going it alone, we might add — was exceedingly thankful to guests. (Why do we pay such attention to Bob? Because he’s one of the few non-comedians we hear on the air every week who’s got a personality and isn’t either all schmaltz or “aw shucks.”)

Transcript 1: “Mark, thank you very much for joining us.”
Transcript 2: “All right, Michael. Well, as always, thank you so much.”
Transcript 3: “Okay, Jonathan. As always, thank you so much.”

And he was exceedingly honest about the fact that their piece on movie blurbs was a reeeee-run from years ago. Funny, how Hollywood excerpts movie reviews, though. Kind of like:

“Laurel Touby … good people.” Gawker.com
“Dylan Stableford… rock star.” NYPress
“Dorian Benkoil … sober.” Gawker

Which begs the question: Why does OTM have so many reruns? Guys, need some stuff?

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