Randi Rhodes' side kick

[muchacho]

so...what good is this guy?

He's like the Robin Quivers for Randi. Just an ego stroker that titters in the background.

[Bush_Sucks]

1. Holy hell..What the hell is with this Randi bashing..

Be thankful we have her.

[Jack_Dawson]

2. Second that

[muchacho]

4. uhhhh

I like her..it just seems like she goes more off topic and on tirades with the guy there.

[Jawja]

39. I think she has

improved with the guy there. If she doesn't go off on tirades, she just sits and yells and screams. Her "sidekick" softens her and helps to balance her show between the serious topics and the lighter tirades.

In my most humble opinion, of course. :crazy:

[bpilgrim]

11. it's lonely at the TOP

i love her show :bounce: she can be abrasive at times but, hey... that's why she gets paid the BIG BUCKS ;->

go RR :toast:


peace

[wyldwolf]

3. as was Robin... and Tonto... and Kato...

Heroes have sidekicks.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

5. Its cool

He kind of represents "the audience" for us, interacting with and reacting to Randi. Also, when Randi makes a joke, it is much more entertaining to hear someone laugh; at least that way the listener is sure it was meant to be funny.

[funkybutt]

6. uncomfortable silence

i agree. i think it was odd when there was nobody in the room with Randy. the Silences were strange and it sometimes felt like she was talking to herself. This guy doesn't have much to say, but i guess she likes it like that. maybe a laugh-track would have been just as good.

[robbedvoter]

7. It's the guy she's been working with in Florida

When you have a 4 hours show, I think having a sidekick is useful/ At least she can go smoke.

[Alpha Wolf]

10. Unless it's a no-smoking building...

and they're on the 36th floor. That's my problem at work.

[muchacho]

21. all buidings in New York...

are non-smoking.

[Jane Austin]

8. Didn't she say one day

that he had been her producer or station manager in Florida?

[Alpha Wolf]

9. Is Air America back on in Chicago and LA yet?

Does anyone know?

[americanstranger]

12. Tim's a good guy.

He's the guy who got shot up by rubber bullets at the WTO riots in Miami - because they told him to move, but not where to move to.

He was the show producer at 'JNO.

-as

[mouse7]

13. And Ed McMahon and Paul Shaefer and Kevin Eubanks and...

It's a pretty standard industry format for a talk show.

So one is forced to ask why Randi is to blame in your mind for such a standard industry practice?

[muchacho]

22. Gosh...

it must be good since EVERYONE is doing it.

Bah!

[mouse7]

27. How dare someone broadcast content you haven't personally approved?

The gall of people these days. How dare people broadcast anything that they haven't checked with you about first?

[muchacho]

28. indeed

how dare they....

[sangh0]

29. And who approved you?

I'm getting tired of the tittering and giggling. When are you going to say something substantive?

[muchacho]

30. yes yes

how crass of me to state an opinion.

You love sidekick guy so much why don't you marry him?

[0rganism]

14. She oughta get Mike Malloy!

They'd be a helluva tag team.

[Must_B_Free]

20. It would be challenging for her ego

She is the self proclaimed greatest on radio. I don't think she would do well at sharing any lime with Malloy.

[sangh0]

23. Let it go, Must_B_Free

This is now like the 5th day you've spent complaining about Randi. At this point, it's no longer you just expressing an opinion. It's glaringly obvious that this makes you very emotional. I've never seen anyone get so upset about a radio host being rude, with the exception of Howard Stern.

[muchacho]

33. nada

mistaken rant deleted

[americanstranger]

35. She was directing that to someone else,

not you.

-as

[muchacho]

37. riiiight

gotcha...I was dissed by her earlier so I got a bit punchy....

[Misinformed01]

15. Those radio sidekick people are weird

remember the guy Guy James used to have???

[nostamj]

16. that clown?

is he in Cirque de So Lame now...

or is that a vicious rumor?

:shrug: ;-)

[Misinformed01]

17. You should see some of the acrobatic bends he can do!

Ohhh my Gawd!!!

[JanMichael]

38. Nope. Can't recall a co-host...Nope.

:-)

[mhr]

18. Can The Sidekick He Only Trivializes Her Strong Voice

I don't need to hear some giggling teenager in the background.

Randi has a strong voice and can carry the show alone.

[LittleApple81]

19. Actually, he MUST do something for her mood. Today she is on FIRE!

n/t

[gemlake]

26. I'll put up with his Beavis-like

laughs, if it makes Randi happy. I agree-she's really sharp and funny today.

[muchacho]

24. Amen

I'm with you. At least with the other shows on AAR it's obviously an equal opportunity gab session.

With this Randi goes on a long (but entertaining) rant and Tom says "Uhh eh heh heh, yeah!"

Stupid

[kixot]

25. I hate this guy.

I didn't like him here a WJNO and I don't like him now. I'm sure he's a great person, I just can't stand the "quacks" he makes ("wow").

[muchacho]

31. Maybe he'll warm up...

but right now he adds nothing and Randi seems to me really snarky with him there (gee, what a special little club house we have).

[americanstranger]

34. He takes care of producing the comedy bits.

That was an aspect of the show that wasn't there in the first week of Randi's show. The 'Comforting Words from President Bush' and such.

-as

[muchacho]

36. okay...

that part is great, I still think he needs to stay out of the booth.

[bandy]

32. Anyone notice how she is sooooo much more

relaxed and informative now that he is there? However was working with her before was not getting the job done as far as phones, etc. She is the greatest! Been listening to her for years and she just didn't sound right cause she was battling tech problems. Now she is cooking.

[benburch]

40. Tim is GREAT!

I don't know what's not to like? He and Randi have great chemistry.