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Highs: Father Rob's takeover of the news segment by demanding the manufacture of chocolate Twinkies (and subsequent arguments with the listeners about various snack cakes) is radio gold and the kind of stuff you'll never hear anywhere else. Despite a somewhat bumpy start (primarily due to Lino acting like a doofus), the new game The God's Honest Truth hit its stride and sounded like a keeper.
Lows: Nothing really bad stood out (unless you want to count Lino's mind-numbing Pope impression during the General Audience segment).
Our take: Twinkie-gate (and no obvious lows) pushed this one into top-tier status.
Grade: A-
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Show review for 1/10/2012
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Highs: The Catholic Guy Advice piece on whether a girl should break up with a budding seminarian was a riot. The "Tim Tebow, Anti-Catholic?" segment wasn't as funny but was nevertheless intriguing.
Lows: Whether by design or not, Lino and Father Rob harping on poor Scott for not precisely timing the reading of news stories with the sound effects made us want to smack Laurel and Hardy upside their heads. Lino's Casting Couch didn't exactly set the world on fire... it felt like the segment was getting bogged down at some points and going rapid fire through names at others.
Our take: On paper it wasn't bad. Listening to it, it was just good enough to have avoided a "C".
Grade: B-
Highs: The Catholic Guy Advice piece on whether a girl should break up with a budding seminarian was a riot. The "Tim Tebow, Anti-Catholic?" segment wasn't as funny but was nevertheless intriguing.
Lows: Whether by design or not, Lino and Father Rob harping on poor Scott for not precisely timing the reading of news stories with the sound effects made us want to smack Laurel and Hardy upside their heads. Lino's Casting Couch didn't exactly set the world on fire... it felt like the segment was getting bogged down at some points and going rapid fire through names at others.
Our take: On paper it wasn't bad. Listening to it, it was just good enough to have avoided a "C".
Grade: B-
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Show review for 1/9/2012
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Highs: The Mark Wahlberg interview (despite it being only five minutes long) was enjoyable. It was also good to hear some Minor Confessions after a long hiatus. And This Or That was certainly enhanced by the goofy technical glitches and Scott's odd voicing of the questions.
Lows: The combination of Tim Tebow's playoff performance and Father Rob gloating over the Giants' victory took up exactly half of the show. Both subjects deserved their time... but someone needs to remind Father Rob that this is The Catholic Guy Show, not Mad Dog Radio.
Our take: An entertaining outing, but the heavy dose of football-related talk keeps this one from earning an "A".
Grade: B+
Highs: The Mark Wahlberg interview (despite it being only five minutes long) was enjoyable. It was also good to hear some Minor Confessions after a long hiatus. And This Or That was certainly enhanced by the goofy technical glitches and Scott's odd voicing of the questions.
Lows: The combination of Tim Tebow's playoff performance and Father Rob gloating over the Giants' victory took up exactly half of the show. Both subjects deserved their time... but someone needs to remind Father Rob that this is The Catholic Guy Show, not Mad Dog Radio.
Our take: An entertaining outing, but the heavy dose of football-related talk keeps this one from earning an "A".
Grade: B+
Monday, January 9, 2012
Show review for 1/6/2012
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Highs: Pretty much the whole damn show... but if we were forced to pick, how could one not enjoy hearing Cardinal-designate Dolan shoot the breeze with Lino and Father Rob after interrupting a fire-sale giveaway of non-Catholic bibles? You just can't make this stuff up.
Lows: Ummm...
Our take: Not quite an instant classic, but definitely three hours of pure Catholic pleasure.
Grade: A
Highs: Pretty much the whole damn show... but if we were forced to pick, how could one not enjoy hearing Cardinal-designate Dolan shoot the breeze with Lino and Father Rob after interrupting a fire-sale giveaway of non-Catholic bibles? You just can't make this stuff up.
Lows: Ummm...
Our take: Not quite an instant classic, but definitely three hours of pure Catholic pleasure.
Grade: A
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