Bottom 12 NARN Moments
By Mitch Berg
JB Doubtless, by way of commenting about those shock-jock morons whose dimbulb stunt killed a woman, notes:
The NARN boys have been known to do some pretty damn stupid things–that time they had Mitch read the Eagan phone book to kill an hour comes to mind–but this contest was one for the ages.
Indeed, while nobody has died as a result of NARN activities, there’ve been some doozies anyway. The bottom 12 moments in the history of the Northern Alliance Radio Network:
12. King, Michael and Eva Young’s group hug.
11. Hinderaker challenging the Marines to a pull-up contest – against Ed.
10. Brian “Ozzy” Ward biting the head off a moonbat.
9. JB Doubtless licking a Vox Day action figure
8. Scott Johnson pimp-slapping short-lived lefty counterpoint host Greta Grimes-Dypczynski.
7. Me, having an argument with myself – and losing.
6. Brian Ward setting the Wellstone school directory to music.
5. Chad the Elder trading nail-care tips with Michele Bachmann.
4. Me, reading the Eagan phone book. For an hour.
3. Brodkorb to Michelle Malkin: “Boxers or briefs?”
2. Getting bleeped as Hinderaker yells “we don’t need no M______g snakes on no m_____g talk show!”
1. JB and Captain Ed’s soulful duet version of “Afternoon Delight”.
Anyway, today is the third anniversary of the first NARN broadcast.
And miscues aside, I’d like to thank the audience – and, let me hasten to add, Chad, Brian, King, Ed, John, Michael, Scott, JB, and even Atomizer – for three very fun years.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:20 am
You’re welcome.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Mitch – you guys liven up our Saturday afternoons. Thanks for all you do and here’s to a full time paying radio gig – or at least another 5 hours a week of NARN filled fun!
LL
March 6th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Mitch Berg flapping his arms and squating while pretending to lay an egg (as instructed by the Singing Chicken guy) at the Fair has to be on the list. It seemed to go on for about 10 minutes. That’s radio entertainment.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Oooh, my. I’d blocked that.
But I was largely focusing on moments that I totally made up.
We could sure do a Bottom 12 Real Moments…
March 6th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
12. King, Michael and Eva Young’s group hug.
That wasn’t made up? I heard a lot of that interview and it blew me away how calm, rational, intelligent, and well…NORMAL Eva sounded, given the horrific grammar and English she uses in her spittle-flecked blog postings and comments.
Unless they’re supposed to be misleading in their illiteracy…
March 6th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
John Hinderaker is busy at the moment–possibly a last minute fill-in for Greta on Fox–but he wanted me to pass on his favorite NARN moment: The interview with Santa Claus. Classic.
Oh and he also really liked that faux weather announcement from a few weeks back. Nice work Dementee.
March 6th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
My favorite moment was from last week’s installment when all the callers kept calling elder “Brian.”
March 6th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Despite having been in the Minneapolis area from 2001 to 2004, I have to look up (not easy) Eva Young, as I had not heard of her before. She is sort of an interesting character. I have not been very open to the part of the Republican party of which she is part, but I finally decided that we were all on same side. I was an occasional listener to NARN and daily read at least the highest traffic Northern Alliance blogs.
March 6th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Example snippet:
CHAD: Go ahead caller…
CALLER: It’s so great to be on with you Brian. I just love what you do –
CHAD: This is Chad. Brian is holed up in a cave somewhere.
CALLER: Oh.
March 7th, 2007 at 8:12 am
As usual LF, you greatly exaggerate. I believe said confusion occurred exactly one time on Saturday, although it is perfectly understandable with a couple of men as well-spoken, urbane, and witty, as me and Brian. People who share common characteristics are often mistaken for each other. You don’t know how many times I’ve had to ask, “Now, is that Learned Foot or Diamond Dog?”
March 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Sorry. I was just holding myself to your level of accuracy.
March 7th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Apology accepted. Shouldn’t you be getting home to see how your wife is doing on her latest assignment? That engine isn’t going to overhaul itself you know.