Re: The Mike O'Meara Show
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Hey, apostrophe S face!
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Date: December 16, 2016 01:58PM
OaktonWhineShop Wrote:
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> > So if by "used appropriately," you mean "so
> very
> > much less than Mike does," I might agree.
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> > OWS, don't tell me you dig his dimples?
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> Sparingly, kind of off-mic, in a supportive
> capacity. Kind of a wittier/more competent Joe
> Ardinger.
>
> That bit Mira posted really underscores the impact
> that basic lack of leadership has taken on the
> show. Don's not a perfect broadcaster-- as the
> latest iteration of his show has reinforced-- but
> he always was the balls, the basic competence, of
> the Don and Mike Show.
>
> It's a tough thing to put one's finger on. It's
> just, like...there are no grown-ups in the studio
> anymore, you know? Not that Don is necessarily all
> that grown-up in the grand scheme-- he's
> demanding, he's thin skinned, he throws tantrums,
> he refuses to take responsibility when shit goes
> sideways-- but he was this alpha, masculine energy
> that drove the show forward. He was the ambition
> of the show.
>
> Now we have Mike, who would obviously rather be
> passive, rather take a vacation day than not, will
> show up and do his bits when he's fed good
> material, but isn't the insane ambitious
> workaholic leader Don is; you've got Robb, who has
> basically built an emasculated/feminine identity
> around being Mike's bitch; and you've got Oscar,
> who might be ambitious and smart but who isn't in
> a position to break out of his junior partner
> status (he's at his funniest when he's being kind
> of an impish, shit-stirring prankster on TMOS, or
> the effeminate metrosexual foil to Chad Dukes'
> Alpha Male on BOAD).
>
> Buzz leaving kind of robbed TMOS of the last
> grown-up it had, the last person on the show
> willing to kind of roll his eyes at Mike and Robb.
> (Which, let's be honest, is probably kind of why
> they're glad he's gone.)
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> Edited to adjust spacing and add to the last
> sentence.
Whoa, whoa, slow down OWS! This is a dumb thread about...you know. Your post is way too intelligent for us dummies. Plus, you clearly think more about TMOS than Mike does. So knock it off, you're making us and him look bad.