On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> I honestly tried listening to Shearer's podcast a few years ago. I > listened to ten episodes at least. But there was just something that > turned me off -- perhaps the negativity, perhaps not appreciating his > humor, perhaps just not my type. > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:12 PM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't know that he's dick so much as he's turned into a crank. I still >> listen to his radio show, but it's turned into endless rants about people >> who start sentences with the word "so," FEMA and the flooding of New >> Orleans, humorlessly "satirical" songs, and people who violate his >> "copyright" of reading other people's copyrighted material. Oh, and "Karzai >> Talk," which he thinks is funny. The scripted pieces that used to be the >> mainstay of his show have been all but replaced by all of that. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> In general, I think Shearer's social commentary is spot on, and I appreciate his taste in music, but his produced comedy tends to fall flat on Le Show. I can listen to him read the trades or the apologies of the week and always get a laugh or a smile. I am addicted to the Simpsons: Tapped Out game (add me: marousek74) but playing it, it does clearly show a certain similarity in Shearer's voices. That said, his voicework is often the most memorable on the Simpsons, and though others could imitate the voices, it is the end of an era. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
