Weren't we promised "classic" best-of's?

We all knew (at least those of us who've been listening for the past few days) that today's Catholic Guy Show would be a repeat/rerun/best-of. We assumed that it would be a classic episode from the first two years of the show as Lino promised. And lo and behold, today's show originally aired on… June 16, 2009.

'Sup wid dat? I hear the theme song from Seize The Day playing…

UPDATE 8/27: Today's show is from August 6th. Ironically, Lino predicted at the beginning of this show that it would end up as a best-of someday due to Jared's absence from it. Go figure.

UPDATE 8/28: And today's "classic" show is from July 31st… the day that Father Jim Chern won Who's More Catholic for an unprecedented third week in a row! Classic, no. Funny listening to Lino whine about losing for three straight weeks, absolutely.

Slander of the Day: Lino's pooch personality

Today's Slander of the Day comes not from Lino, but from the person he's most likely to slander on a regular basis, our man Gus Lloyd. On Seize The Day this morning Gus was talking about the new greyhound that he and his family are serving as a foster family for, and the conversation evolved into best liked/least liked breeds of dogs. Roxanne from Saskatchewan, Canada called in with her most/least favorite breeds, and her vote for "most annoying" breed was all the inspiration Gus needed. Click on the audio slideshow above to hear "the rest of the story".

One man… three women… one giant nose

As Lino chats with Dave Sloan from Catholic Thrive on his show today, we present to you this Catholic Thrive promo that was just posted on Facebook, with images taken from the event he attended in Southern California in June! Click on the image above to play the 20-second video. WARNING: Some images of Lino in this promo may permanently damage your eyesight…

BREAKING NEWS: Stickin' around after all

After enormous fan response, Lino has announced on his show that he intends to stay with The Catholic Channel, and work with the powers that be to do the kind of show that he wants to do.

The plus sides:

• More chances to win Popeners on Let's Make A Catholic Deal
• More chances for Father Jim to beat Lino on Who's More Catholic
• Many more chances for Lino Watch to patronize and annoy Lino on a regular basis
  

The minus side:

• We're going to have to shell out ten bucks to renew the linorulli.net domain name in December. Time to start saving our pennies!
  

Just in case Lino's struggling for show topics today

It's not like there's anything else important going on…

ESPN: Favre to sign with Vikings

A source close to Brett Favre said the quarterback, pending a physical, will sign a contract with the Minnesota Vikings for between $10 million to $12 million, according to ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

Like sands through the hourglass…

…so are the days with our favorite Catholic radio show host. From Facebook this morning:

Lino Rulli is going back to the drawing board… even though I can't draw. But I'll try to figure out a way to stay with the show. Why? Because of your reaction. (Two words: Catholic Guilt.)

BREAKING NEWS: Lino says bye-bye to The Catholic Channel… with a catch

If the powers that be give him the resources to do the show the way he wants to do it, then he'll stay. Otherwise, it's sayonara in September! Film at eleven.

"Should I stay or should I go?"

Just when you thought that Lino's whole contract negotiation drama couldn't get dragged out any further, we get this gem from Lino's Facebook page this morning:

Lino Rulli has to announce today if I'm renewing my contract or not. Honestly, I have no idea. I'm as curious as everyone else to find out what I say. (Sorry to have dragged this out. I decided over the weekend that I'm quitting; now people are making me second guess my decision and I'm torn again...)

Up until today, Lino Watch was convinced that Lino was going to re-up, regardless of his protestations of indecisiveness. He's led us down this path before with previous re-ups, so we're suffering from a little bit of a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" complex right now. He's also got his new gig on New Evangelization Television, and as much as he likes to do independent TV work, having his radio show to fall back on if/when times get tough isn't a bad idea. But there's something a bit different about this at the moment that we can't put our finger on. Perhaps that fact the he had actually decided to leave the show before pulling back? We're not quite sure.

Here's Lino Watch's position: we may not like you as much, but we want you to stick around. We wouldn't be running this fan site for the twelve people who visit it if we didn't think you had something great going. You annoy the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of us sometimes, but you also show us that being Catholic doesn't have to mean living a solemn, boring existence. How many people have you brought back to the Church in the last three years? How many people have you brought into the Church? Is that worth walking away from? Well, it's not for us to decide. You and the Holy Spirit have to work this out… and you two have about five hours left to do it.

Besides, what are we at Lino Watch going to do with all of our spare time? We may have to start "Gus Watch" now to keep us occupied. "We like Gus Lloyd… just not as much"?? That just sounds bizarre. Don't make us do this!

So while Lino ponders his future, enjoy this YouTube video of The Clash singing Lino's new theme song:

Another day, another best-of

Lino's out today. Something about a speech in Philly. So enjoy today's best-of from July 30th. July 30th?? Can't Jared pick something a little further in the past? We'd rather listen to a recording of Seize The Day than a rerun from less than two weeks ago.

Naming the spawn of Lino

This morning on Seize The Day, Gus Lloyd told the story of a mother in Arkansas who put the naming rights of her unborn son up for bid on eBay in an effort to raise money for her family. Convinced that spouseless, childless Lino might actually be neither spouseless nor childless one day (a view that Lino Watch can't share in good conscience), Gus posed this scenario:

You've just won the naming right's to Lino's firstborn child on eBay for the princely sum of $11. What name would you give to Lino's child?

Some suggestions that came in from the peanut gallery (and their explanations):

• Uhnnn Rulli (get it? Weird spelling added to make it interesting.)
  
• Nose-Shawn Rulli (a proboscis pun on the name of former UGA running back Knowshon Moreno)
  
• Methuselah Rulli (after the oldest guy ever to walk the planet... lest we forget that Lino is rapidly approaching the age of 40)
• Diva Rulli (suggested by Seize The Day producer Emily Marlow)
  
• Twitter Rulli (also suggested by Emily)
  
• Julli Rulli (suggested by Gus for it's alliterative qualities)
  
• Gus Rulli (self-explanatory)
  
• Dymphna Rulli (after the patron Saint of the mentally ill)
• However Rulli (the caller says that Lino says 'however' over and over and over again on his show. Okaaaay...)
• Emmy Rulli (suggested by Emily as a tribute to his three awards. Gus added onto that by saying that multiple kids should get the same name [à la George Foreman], boys or girls. He has three Emmy Awards, why not three kids named Emmy?)
  
• Mint Rulli (also self-explanatory)
• Romeo Rulli (yet another one from Emily, on the premise that Lino thinks he's God's gift to women and want to pass that on to his son. Gus takes offense and suggests that Lino actually thinks he's God's gift to humanity, not just women.)
• Metric Rulli (as in metric ruler? Rulli? Get it?)
• Golden Rulli (as in the Golden Rule; suggested by Gus as a lifelong reminder to Lino on how to live his life a little bit better.)

Any more naming suggestions out there?

Back in the saddle

Lino just did a "promo" at the end of Across the Nation, so it's safe to say he's back live. Now for the inevitable explanation for yesterday's absence...

UPDATE @ 4:03pm ET: No explanation until later in the show. Can you say procrastination?

UPDATE @ 6:37pm ET: Finally, an explanation... Lino felt that he had no decent material to do a show, so he took the day off. Lou said it best when he said that a best-of would've been more entertaining than doing a live show yesterday. I wouldn't know... once I realized that the show was a repeat I turned on my iPod and listened to a recording of that morning's Seize The Day on the way home from work. :)

The Sounds of Silence a Best-Of

Apparently no live show today. No Tweets from Lino. No message on Facebook. Nothing. We smell hate mail coming! Be sure to let Lino know how you really feel!

Anyway, tune in today for a replay best-of from June 2nd!

UPDATE @ 8:41pm ET: Lino finally confirms the obvious.