From: mjf@gagme.chi.il.us (Michael J. Frankel)
Subject: Re: What happened to Brandmier?
Originator: mjf@gagme
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Distribution: chi
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:47:13 GMT

In article <Bx6Ks9.Msp@ddsw1.mcs.com> barnhart@ddsw1.mcs.com (Mr. Aaron Barnhart) writes:
>This is in reply to mjf@gagme.chi.il.us (Michael J. Frankel), who wrote:
>:
>:Hmmm...  I recently read in the Sun-Times that S was a "comic genius."
>:(I believe the tv/radio critic said this.)  With this in mind, I put
>:to you all:
>:
>:	Could someone please post one example of Steve Dahl's comic genius?
>:        This preferably should be as recent as, oh, let's see, maybe
>:        within the last three years.  Hell, make it four years.
>:
>:
>:I think SD has been riding on his "reputation" for years now.  I remember when
>:SD was on the old WDAI (before he came to the LOOP).  He was very fresh and
>:very funny. (Gee, this was more than ten-years ago...)  I also remember
>:his short-lived early morning TV show "ITS TOO EARLY!" (I think it was named).
>:Classic stuff.  
>:
>:Now when I listen to SD&GM I get so bored and tired I want to turn  on 
>:WBBM-AM for a pickup (ain't that pathetic??).
>:
>
>Well, that really takes the fun out of your challenge, now don't it?
>

How so?  ..............Oh!  I get it!!


>Look, these guys have grown up.  When Steve Dahl arrived in Chicago,
>he was what?  22 years old I believe.  Now he is nearing forty, Garry
>already past that, having recently lost his father.
>

Sniff, sniff.  Boo, hoo...

>Their comedy is much different from the stuff I heard on the old
>"best of" shows.  In fact, Steve's *voice* is much different, as
>he readily admits.
>
>People who are bored by the pace of the S&G show don't get it,
>which is a sad fact of life, I suppose, but even the most 
>successful of radio personalities at best will get a third of
>their targeted population as listeners.  The majority of people
>will not listen.  And, as befits the Dahl personality, those who
>do not like him often are quite vocal in their dislike.
>
>Steve's views on people who say "I've grown up now, I don't like
>you guys as much" are quite well known, and can well be guessed
>at any rate.
>
>Me, I love his attention to detail and Garry's comments, as Roger
>Ebert has said, "from out in left field," that hit you as funny.
		  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

such as??


>While he still attempts the impersonations that marked his early
>fame, now they are of media types he can't stand (Bill Kurtis,
>Dan Dierdorf) rather than Rocky & Bullwinkle.  His act has changed,
>whether for better or worse who knows, but all I can say is, I
>couldn't have stood five minutes of the old DAI show (I've heard
>it) but can listen for hours to them now.  Like cigarettes, an
>acquired taste, not the best I suppose, but it gets your through
>the morning.
>
>Aaron Barnhart
>




All well and fine.  But you did not answer my question.  I will rephrase:

	Please tell me one thing that either Steve or Gary did within
        the last four years that you thought was funny.  I am not asking
        for a critique or a defense of their style.  Just tell me
        what they did that had you laughing.    







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Michael J. Frankel --- mjf@gagme.chi.il.us or fjm@csc3b.depaul.edu

And the rain is brain-colored.
And the thunder sounds like something remembering nothing.

                          -Stan Rice

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