Mmmm... beeeeeer!

So, was yesterday's Beer Summit with Lino a success? Here's a reconciliation rundown... you can judge for yourself:

• Father Rob Keighron — Already drinking a Blue Moon. He calls out Lino for ragging on him for drinking too much. Lino apologizes.
  

• Paul in Illinois — Chooses to drink a Bud Light. He won both a rose-scented rosary and a Mark Hart book on Let's Make A Catholic Deal but has not received either. Lino calls Jared on the carpet for not sending out prizes; Jared attempts to reconcile simply by drinking beer. Jared them promises to send the rosary out right away and the book as soon as he gets it from Mark. Lino proposes that Paul call in to the show every day until he receives his prizes. (NOTE: Lino Watch will be happy to run another Jared countdown on the site if Paul actually does call in each day.)

• Vindictive Vince — Apologizes to Lino for all the times he called him out and aggravated him with his humor. Asks Lino to reciprocate for the times he called him out and hung up on him, and for nicknaming him Vindicive Vince. Lino does so only after Fr. Rob says he has to. Chooses to drink a Blue Moon.

• Gus Lloyd, host of the awesome morning show Seize The Day — Way too much to write. Chooses to drink a Diet Dr. Pepper; thought that Lino should've had a Dos Equis instead of a Bud Light. Listen to the entire clip below (coming soon).
  

• Amadeo in Temecula, California — Asks to trade Lino's reconciliation for a trip blessing from Father Ron. Lino then asks him to reconcile with Father Rob for calling him Father Ron. Lino promised to bring him a little bottle of wine from his hotel room's minibar during his trip to Rome last December. He didn't. Lino apologizes, and Amadeo gets a blessing from Father Rob.

• dustin in Mansfield, Arkansas — Apologizes to Lou for sending an e-mail to the show insinuating that Mark Hart was more important to the show that Lou. Lou accepts apology. Then apologizes to Lino for not updating CatholicGuyShow.com as often as he should, and for getting critical of him when he does. Lino then goes off on dustin about the quality/timeliness of the site and how it makes baby Jesus (and sometimes Lou) cry. Lino accepts dustin's apology, and makes him apologize again for his site as he resolves to improve it somewhat. Then he gets in another jab at dustin by alluding that Lino Watch has been picking up the pace recently in terms of updates. (Lino Watch does not take any pleasure in the excoriation of CatholicGuyShow.com, although it does appreciate the shameless plug for Lino Watch that resulted.) Chooses to bring his own Sam Adams instead of one of the other beers offered. Lino gets upset, and dustin relents and chooses Blue Moon. Lino hangs up on dustin.
  

• "Crazy" Cathy in Woodbury, Minnesota — You knew this was coming. Cathy starts listing Lino's many sins, including getting put on hold. Lino promptly puts Cathy on hold and goes on to the next caller. (There's more of Cathy below.)

• Kimberly in Fairfax, Virginia — Lino inferred during an installment of Let's Make A Catholic Deal that Kimberly was a pothead because she grew up in the 70s. Lino apologizes after hemming and hawing a bit, then asks the 70s to apologize to everyone. Also complains about not receiving the Popener she won; Lino promptly yells at Jared. Asked to choose a beer, Kimberly complains about the choices. Lino yells at her, then she chooses Sam Adams, at which point Lino hangs up on her.

• Cathy (Part II) — Just listen to the clip (coming soon). Basically they end up apologizing that the other's actions cause them to act badly. Chooses to drink Bud Light but reconsiders after hearing that it's the same thing Lino's drinking.

• Alex in Kansas City, Kansas — Tells Lino that the show is so funny that his coworkers are staring at him as he laughs like a girl; wants Lino to apologize. Lino apologizes for having such an entertaining show. Chooses to drink a Hamm's and uses Scripture to justify choosing a beer that's not in Lino's list.

• Bad Connection Bob — Apologizes for his bad connections (just as he has a bad connection). Lino apologizes for spending about five seconds talking with him at the Eucharistic Congress in Atlanta after he drove 800 miles to be there. Chooses to drink a Red Stripe.

• Tony in Fort Dix, New Jersey -- Apologizes for being in his office, in uniform, drinking a beer while listening to the show. Is drinking a Peroni, which despite not being on the list is accepted by Lino because it's Italian.
  

A comeback for the ages

American League Championship Series, 2004. The New York Yankees are up three games to none on the Boston Red Sox (having outscored the Sox by a combined 32-16), and are leading Game 4 by a run going into the bottom of the ninth inning. It looks like it's in the bag, especially with Mariano Rivera pitching in relief for the Yankees. But then: a leadoff walk, a steal of second, and a single brings home the tying run, and the Sox eventually win it with a walk-off homer in the 12th. They would go on to win the remaining three games (as well as the World Series), and became the only MLB team to ever win a best-of-seven playoff series after losing the first three games.

Fast forward to the July 24, 2009 installment of Who's More Catholic. Lino quickly goes up on Father Jim 3-0, and as the connections to sound clip #4 are read he thinks he has it in the bag. In fact he's so smug about his seemingly-assured victory that he gets a little too smug and selects good ol' Cathy from Woodbury, Minnesota to cast the potential game-winning vote:


Yes, it's true: Lino Rulli is the Mariano Rivera of The Catholic Channel. Except with a lot less class.

Father Jim reels off two more victories, coming back from 0-3 down to tie it up. Then the final round is played, and Lino illustrates to perfection what a sore loser sounds like:


Father Jim pulls off the ultimate comeback, winning 4-3 after having his back to the proverbial wall. Lino, run over by a bus he never saw coming, can't even muster up enough dignity to acknowledge the win… feigning phone problems and calling technicals on the three callers who agreed that Father Jim had won. Less class has devolved to no class.

Cathy was right: Lino is a spoiled brat. That's harsh coming from one of his fan sites. But Lino declares every Friday that he want honest callers. And sometimes the truth hurts.

Fun times in Cleveland again

This is coming a little late, but on Monday Lino played a brief portion of the new Cleveland tourism video on his show. Click the video above to view the entire clip!

Also, for those who missed the original, click below to view that clip! Beware, though, that the clip below has a couple of vulgarities around the mid-point that might make the Catholic Taliban shrivel up into a prune if they were to hear them uttered. You've been warned.

So many friends, so little time to write them back

On today's show, Lino tried to show up Kayla by bragging about the 2,400+ friends he has on Facebook. Then Donna-Marie from Annapolis, MD called in and shot right back to Lino that he rarely responds to messages she and other friends have sent him on Facebook. Mildly embarassed, Lino has now promised that everyone who contacts Lino today (and today only) via his Facebook page will actually receive a reply from Lino. Let's get Lino to flex his typing fingers today!

Is Jesus a friend of yours?

While Lino is still on vacation we thought we'd take this opportunity to showcase the video of the song every Boring Catholic Radio host and listener is talking about: "Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine." Click below to enjoy!

Gone fishin'

Courtesy of Lino's Facebook page... proof that Lino's plane didn't explode in a huge fireball as some of us had hoped:

Boring Catholic Radio redux

If you missed the original installment of Boring Catholic Radio from March of 2008, tune in now to hear the new-and-unimproved version! Started at around 4:25pm ET (12:25am ET if you're catching the replay). You can count on audio clips of this coming very soon to a Lino Rulli fan site near you!

UPDATE 7/9/2009: I never said which fan site it was coming to first. Discerning Dan over at CatholicGuyShow.com beat us to it! So we'll just piggyback off of his efforts (which we are very grateful for, BTW)... listen to 35 minutes of mind-numbing, side-splitting Boring Catholic Radio right here.

Time's up… and Jared gets a big fat "F"

Two weeks ago on The Catholic Guy Show, this four-minute conversation started things off:

Since then Lino Watch has been doing its part to keep Jared on track by counting down the days at the top right of our page. Well, the day is now upon us. Will today's show open with a new theme? What kind of flimsy excuse will Jared offer if the new open doesn't materialize today? Will Lino even care, given that he's about to leave for vacation? (And if he doesn't care, why would he give up such an easy opportunity to mock Jared?) Tune in to Sirius 159 / XM 117 at 4:00pm ET for the exciting conclusion… or to hear absolutely nothing about it!

UPDATE 4:01pm ET: Show opened with the old theme. Probably shouldn't have expected them to spring it on us, but it would've been an interesting surprise.

UPDATE 4:06pm ET: Hey, at least they're talking about it. That's progress.

UPDATE 4:11pm ET: No new open. Jared gets a big fat "F". Lino's prediction was after Labor Day. Shall I resume the countdown?

UPDATE 4:13pm ET: Listening to Jared's excuses. Blah, blah, blah…

UPDATE 4:15pm ET: And so it ends. We'll leave the countdown box on the page for a few days so that Jared can continue to be mocked for his procrastinating ways.