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Highs: One couldn't help but be highly impressed with Lino's Saturday Night Concert, where he learned and played Coldplay's Clocks in only 24 hours without sheet music. And the emails Lino read during the hate mail segment were hilariously scathing. On the other hand...
Lows: Most of the calls during the hate mail segment were incredibly tame, more along the lines of "I love your show, but..." rather than "You stink". Lino should've known that true haters don't call into a live show... they leave nasty emails and voicemails so that they don't have to defend themselves.
Our take: Not a bad outing overall, but we're deducting points for the hate mail segment that didn't live up to its billing.
Grade: B-
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Show review for 1/27/2012
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Highs: Major kudos to Father Rob for stepping up to the plate after Lino forced him to converse with callers in Spanish, and then again when Lino read the Scripture passages for Homily On The Spot in Spanish. (Hearing Lino mangle the Spanish language while reading those verses was entertaining in and of itself.) And Things That Drive You Crazy At Mass just never gets old.
Lows: It was ludicrous that Lino gave contestants a choice of music to hear while playing The God's Honest Truth. That funky 70s-era game show tune is just too awesome NOT to use during this segment.
Our take: Unlike yesterday's show, there were no tough choices with grading today's pleasant outing.
Grade: A-
Highs: Major kudos to Father Rob for stepping up to the plate after Lino forced him to converse with callers in Spanish, and then again when Lino read the Scripture passages for Homily On The Spot in Spanish. (Hearing Lino mangle the Spanish language while reading those verses was entertaining in and of itself.) And Things That Drive You Crazy At Mass just never gets old.
Lows: It was ludicrous that Lino gave contestants a choice of music to hear while playing The God's Honest Truth. That funky 70s-era game show tune is just too awesome NOT to use during this segment.
Our take: Unlike yesterday's show, there were no tough choices with grading today's pleasant outing.
Grade: A-
Friday, January 27, 2012
Show review for 1/26/2012
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Highs: Listening to Father Rob get broadsided by a hysterical Lino (and the callers) after declaring that humans have no relation to one another after a few generations... it was like craning your neck to look at a horrible accident on the freeway while you drove by. The whole African safari recap that bookended Father Rob's insanity was good, too... and it was especially nice to hear in Lino's voice how much he enjoyed his experience. And the new Spiritual Direction With Father Rob segment showed some promise.
Lows: Nothing really comes to mind... although we do wonder if Spiritual Direction With Father Rob might get stale over time.
Our take: A tough decision here: the first hour was good, the second better, the third hilarious. Our gut tells us to give it a high "B", but in another time and place it may have gotten an "A" from us.
Grade: B+
Highs: Listening to Father Rob get broadsided by a hysterical Lino (and the callers) after declaring that humans have no relation to one another after a few generations... it was like craning your neck to look at a horrible accident on the freeway while you drove by. The whole African safari recap that bookended Father Rob's insanity was good, too... and it was especially nice to hear in Lino's voice how much he enjoyed his experience. And the new Spiritual Direction With Father Rob segment showed some promise.
Lows: Nothing really comes to mind... although we do wonder if Spiritual Direction With Father Rob might get stale over time.
Our take: A tough decision here: the first hour was good, the second better, the third hilarious. Our gut tells us to give it a high "B", but in another time and place it may have gotten an "A" from us.
Grade: B+
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Show review for 1/24/2012
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Highs: The return of Free Therapy Tuesday was a positive development, and we got to hear Lino's first recap of his trip to Africa.
Lows: There wasn't a lot of meat to either Free Therapy Tuesday or the Africa recap... they sounded mostly like buildup for the good stuff to come in later shows. As for the show's other segments, there was nothing that drove us to change the channel... but nothing that really stood out, either.
Our take: It wasn't a bad show, and individually each segment was pretty decent. But put together, the show as a whole seemed like it was less than the sum of its parts.
Grade: B-
Highs: The return of Free Therapy Tuesday was a positive development, and we got to hear Lino's first recap of his trip to Africa.
Lows: There wasn't a lot of meat to either Free Therapy Tuesday or the Africa recap... they sounded mostly like buildup for the good stuff to come in later shows. As for the show's other segments, there was nothing that drove us to change the channel... but nothing that really stood out, either.
Our take: It wasn't a bad show, and individually each segment was pretty decent. But put together, the show as a whole seemed like it was less than the sum of its parts.
Grade: B-
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