Gerbil of the Apocalypse
Nick Coleman has a radio show.
Er, whatever.
Luke Francl says:
This ought to raise some wingnuts' blood pressure. For that reason, if no other, I find this amusing. Hopefully, no one pops a vein...[and, in a later comment] My interest in his show is entirely based on the possiblity that one of you crazies will have a coronary.
File this under "Delusional". The only veins that will pop over a Coleman radio show will be popped from excessive laughter.
If you've never heard Nick Coleman on the air, you're in for a treat, where "treat" equals "fiesta of ineptitude". His voice is the closest to a monotone that I've ever heard on a radio that didn't come from a high school wrestling coach.
Blazing wit? Listening to him trying to pick up a straight line is like watching a fat man swing at a Santana slider with a folding chair.
The only way he can stay properly on mike is if is face is lashed to it.
The funniest part - besides the fact that AM950 manager Janet Robert thought Coleman would be a marketable air talent - is that Nick Coleman was the one that groused and phumphered about amateur bloggers stepping on his turf; he's the guy who "knows stuff", doncha know. And now, he's going to be a major-market morning host at a big...market...[I can hardly control myself]...station...
...anyway, after Coleman's spittle-flecked vituperation about Powerline and the rest of us crashing his party, (even though they are more professional and accountable than he is in his writing), it's funny to watch Nick putting on his DJ costume and acting like a broadcaster, even though he has paid precisely zero dues in the business (his KSTP show made Oliver Willis' podcasts sound acceptable), and quite audibly knows nothing about radio, and seems to confuse "talk show" with "sitting around a barber shop and bitching about the world".
This should be really...
...dull.
Assuming the story is true, of course. The AM950 website is silent about any Nick Coleman show.
Maybe they're not so dumb.
UPDATE: The Fraters' Atomizer did me one better; he listened to the show this morning, earning the Northern Alliance "Take One For The Team" award for '05. At least he confirms the show's existance.
Choice quotes:
And...to a caller with an opposing view "Take a shower, get dressed and go get a job."
Indeed.
And I loved this:
"I'm nobody's monkey."
No, Nick. You're everybody's monkey. You bounce about shrieking frenetically, but one shriek sounds pretty much the same as all the others. And when all is said and done all you have is a bunch of crap stuck to the walls.
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February 2, 2005 05:02 AM
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"His voice is the closest to a monotone that I've ever heard on a radio that didn't come from a high school wrestling coach."
HEY! My dad's a high school wrestling coach!
*taking toys and going home*
Posted by: Ryan at February 2, 2005 11:11 AM"My interest in his show is entirely based on the possiblity that one of you crazies will have a coronary."
Luke obviously doesn't realize how much comedy material will be provided by this "show" for us!
I look forward with bated breath for this to be discussed during Mystery Hour on the next NARNian Chronicles.
Posted by: Paul at February 2, 2005 12:02 PMRyan: So was MY dad (as well as the high school speech teacher)! Bring them toys back!
Paul: Exactly! I don't know how much publicity I want to give to Coleman's "radio show", but I'm sure there'll be a discussion.
Posted by: mitch at February 2, 2005 12:15 PMSooo... does the Brave Sir Coleman take phone calls on his radio "show"? Calls from, say, someone or a group of similarly-interested individuals who he's discussed in his recent columns or that he stood up at the MN State Fair??
Now wouldn't that be an interesting segment...
Posted by: Big Dan at February 2, 2005 12:28 PM"Blazing wit? Listening to him trying to pick up a straight line is like watching a fat man swing at a Santana slider with a folding chair.
HEY! I'm a fat guy who swings at Cy-Young-caliber pitches with a folding chair!
(Takes toys, goes home)
Posted by: Bluto at February 2, 2005 12:34 PMIt's gotta' be in the water they all drink .To think that he has a following that would make what he writes actually transfer to a radio show is a laugher.Imagine trying to sell his show to actual sponsors as a salesman.Not since Don Oreilly wrote sports has there been such arrogance at a newspaper.No need to worry,however,he can't turn on a computer to check what people are saying online about him.Further proof of his arrogance is that any conservative would care what he says on radio.If anyone's blood pressure gets up,it his.
Posted by: Ed Viehman at February 2, 2005 04:26 PM