Re: Freda
Posted by:
Legendary54
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Date: July 20, 2005 04:56PM
NinjaSk8ter , you are right on.
I'm not a big fan of the show, and its because of Don; I think Mike is hilarious and talented but a sycophant (the way he sucks up to a protects Don, who has not the wit to protect himself, is disgusting) and even Buzz is funny, but Mike is one of those guys who probably can't be original or witty, so he stoops to being rude and offensive in order to generate something that might capture a listener's interest. He is an example of the worst of what the Stern imitators have to offer. There is a definite market for this, and Don knows it. They have had great success with this formula.
That having been said, Freda was to all outward appearances an absolutely lovely woman and despite Don's mugging for the microphone, you got the real sense their love for each other was immense and genuine. I enjoyed the occasions when she was on the show. I often felt that she was too good for him and that he did not deserve her (opinions which I suspect he shares), and they seemed a real mismatch; she classy and sensitive, he crass and ignorant. But I am also sure that the persona we see on the air as DG is not Mike Sorce, and that he brought much to their relationship that we don't see on the air. The show is, after all, just his job, and he just a performer. DG may bear little or no resemblence to MS, for all we know.
Whatever my opinions of him or the show may be, they do not diminish the immensity of this tragedy. She was a lovely, classy, funny, sexy and affectionate wife and mother taken from her family long before her time. Whenever someone of this caliber passes, it is a true tragedy. My heart goes out to her and her family. I do not know how I would survive the loss of such a beautiful and vibrant woman, were I in their place. And that emotion transcends wether or not I happen to like a particular radio show.