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Would've preferred if he asked Affleck about when he was a runner for Billy Walters.
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The Bill Simmons Podcast (1 Viewer)
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John Bender
Footballguy
Malcolm Gladwell is officially the most punchable person in America.
John Bender
Footballguy
John Bender
Footballguy
drink every time Cuban ends a sentence with "right"
John Bender
Footballguy
It's ridiculous. A guy who actually tries to look like Buzzy Cohen. Putting his face on camera.
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
John Bender
Footballguy
Hader is awesome. This is really good.
RUSF18
Footballguy
You should check out his recent appearance on Stern. Told the schnitzel story at longer length.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
The interview segments are pretty good, I think this show is better than the first one. I'm not saying it is a good show by any means but not a total train wreck.
John Bender
Footballguy
and Game of Thrones segment is PAINFUL. Let other people be funny Bill. That what this show needs. Bill interviews, other people be funny. Hader, Barkley were great.
Bad bad bad bad
Bad bad bad bad
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Juuuuuuuuuuust a little too obsessed about another man's crank, or lack there of.
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John Bender
Footballguy
Way funnier would be a bit about Draymond Green punching people in the ####. That was bad.
facook
Footballguy
John Bender
Footballguy
Alright, I like Simmons, and one of his last apologists, but I'm gonna tap out here.
Other than the Hader interview, that was turrible. The Hader funny stuff could have been done on a podcast and been just as funny.
I'm out on the show and the ringer. And apparently his podcasts are becoming more and more infrequent in spite of the show and the site. ####### awful.
they can't even bring "Food News" back on the pod channel and that was the best pod Grantland had going. Litman is really good discussing unimportant stuff, and terrible trying to break down the NBA and stuff.
Gawd. Hate to say it as a guy from the same area as Simmons who grew up on the internet with him, but I can't do this anymore.
Wake me up when the cousin Sal pods start back up.
Other than the Hader interview, that was turrible. The Hader funny stuff could have been done on a podcast and been just as funny.
I'm out on the show and the ringer. And apparently his podcasts are becoming more and more infrequent in spite of the show and the site. ####### awful.
they can't even bring "Food News" back on the pod channel and that was the best pod Grantland had going. Litman is really good discussing unimportant stuff, and terrible trying to break down the NBA and stuff.
Gawd. Hate to say it as a guy from the same area as Simmons who grew up on the internet with him, but I can't do this anymore.
Wake me up when the cousin Sal pods start back up.
Capella
Footballguy
I have to imagine putting together a tv show sucks up a LOT of time. I mean, those peeheading jokes aren't going to write themselves. Can't think he's going to have time to podcast and wrote columns while he's doing this, which is a shame, but then again the guy got a crack at an HBO show. Can't blame him for trying.
John Bender
Footballguy
I 100% agree with you. I know it's childish to #### on the podcast in spite of the show. Just sucks it turned into this.
Capella
Footballguy
Onions
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belljr
Footballguy
Peyton Marino
Footballguy
Peyton Marino
Footballguy
"blink" and you'll miss it, because it's not coming back for another season (also from twitter)
twitter really has cornered the market on gladwell jokes
twitter really has cornered the market on gladwell jokes
RUSF18
Footballguy
I haven't read much on The Ringer yet, mostly because not much had interested me. But I was enjoying this article on Sriracha and I 100% get what people were saying about articles seemingly ending without notice. I kept scrolling expecting at least a few more paragraphs and encountered a brick wall and a bunch of other links.
https://theringer.com/sriracha-is-a-quintessentially-american-flavor-46febefe46#.6xw8wixvr
https://theringer.com/sriracha-is-a-quintessentially-american-flavor-46febefe46#.6xw8wixvr
MattFancy
Footballguy
I thought it was just me. I was reading the article about Mario yesterday and just as it started to get interesting, it was over.
Joe Summer
Footballguy
Worst decision in the history of HBO?
Eephus
Footballguy
I caught the Hader interview and thought he was a great guest. Simmons' note cards were annoying though. You're a professional talk show host and should be able to conduct a short interview without having to read questions off of a sheet.
The best talk show hosts make interviews sound like conversations. Simmons' questions were fine but there was very little flow between them. I missed the beginning of the segment so my apologies to the great man if 2 Bills/20 questions with was the premise of the interview.
The Game of Thrones closer was painfully unfunny.
On the plus side, I thought the Jim Gray piece on the Ringer was excellent.
The best talk show hosts make interviews sound like conversations. Simmons' questions were fine but there was very little flow between them. I missed the beginning of the segment so my apologies to the great man if 2 Bills/20 questions with was the premise of the interview.
The Game of Thrones closer was painfully unfunny.
On the plus side, I thought the Jim Gray piece on the Ringer was excellent.
RUSF18
Footballguy
I've heard Simmons say a few times before that he doesn't use any notes for his podcast. Wonder if the cards are more to give him something to do with his hands and cover up nerves/being uncomfortable on TV.
Eephus
Footballguy
RUSF18
Footballguy
No doubt. 
Rick James
Footballguy
I haven't watched it yet, so if he's doing this then forget I said anything, but he should scrap the one-on-one and have a multiple person interview ala Graham Norton. Barkley/Affleck/Simmons would be a cool interview I think.
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
He had Cuban and Gladwell together.
He said on the podcast that the first 10 episodes are being shot with varying formats - they're testing different things out and trying to figure out what the show is going to be. He didn't mention if that included "on the air" or not. But expect to see a number of different experiments if this carries on.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Last night had one segment with two folks (Cuban & Art Garfunkel's kid) and one segment with just one guest (Hader).
I will say it is not as bad as Joe Buck Live.
Capella
Footballguy
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
Yeah.... I don't know, maybe they're looking at reaction on social media/blogs/etc. to get feedback on different segments from the gen pop. Just a guess.Capella said:
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
I'm thinking they should have him hanging by his knees on a trapeze, swinging back and forth delivering the monologue while all the people who normally laugh in the background every time a guest says something funny all fire eggs at him.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!Soootch said:
RUSF18
Footballguy
Ok, now I know this has to be intentional. A new writing style has been founded in LA and it just hasn't made it's way to the east coast yet.RUSF18 said:
Reading an article on Lenny Dykstra and Ron Darling, here's how it ends:
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I don't think it's realistic to put the time and money into fully-finished test episodes. I've heard multiple showrunners and producers of scripted TV say before that they wished they could have done a 10-episode test run because they learned so much in that first group.Capella said:
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
My assumption is that a radio show is a lot cheaper to produce than a tv show. They certainly do test shows for tv, but multiple fully-finished and produced tv shows is not easy or cheap.
I think, anyway.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
The semi-weird thing is that it's not like this is simmons' first rodeo with tv. It's the third shows he has been involved with. And he obviously has a lot of knowledge and opinions about what makes a good show.
this show just has no energy and I don't feel like it has a great flow. The interspersed half-monologues/half- video segments with the interview segments just kind of happen. Compare to bill maher ( which feels formulaic after watching a lot of eps, but still) which has a clear pattern of introducing the show and hit the monologue to connect directly with the audience, then leading the viewer through each segment. AGW just feels sort of amorphous and low-energy and not an event at all. Though maybe they are looking more for it to be like clips that are stand-alone pieces, since that is how so much content is consumed nowadays.
this show just has no energy and I don't feel like it has a great flow. The interspersed half-monologues/half- video segments with the interview segments just kind of happen. Compare to bill maher ( which feels formulaic after watching a lot of eps, but still) which has a clear pattern of introducing the show and hit the monologue to connect directly with the audience, then leading the viewer through each segment. AGW just feels sort of amorphous and low-energy and not an event at all. Though maybe they are looking more for it to be like clips that are stand-alone pieces, since that is how so much content is consumed nowadays.
I'd like to see a pti-style. A rundown of sports and pop culture with the guest.
That said. This is not going to work. Podcasting is where its at for Simmons. Once you are dialed in to podcasts u can never listen to sports radio again. Simmons excels because he has some celebrity access. He is an insider. More then just sports content.
That said. This is not going to work. Podcasting is where its at for Simmons. Once you are dialed in to podcasts u can never listen to sports radio again. Simmons excels because he has some celebrity access. He is an insider. More then just sports content.
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