They talk to him on the FOX morning show. I think they like him because he's conservative in some ways. The problem is, he's not funny. Howard haters will say that's not big change, but Mancow's whole rap is just a ripoff of Stern's. And he's not funny. He is as asinine as Imus, and as big a suckup to celebs. I appreciate him championing certain causes but just because he poses as (or is) a conservative doesn't mean he's funny. Did I mention I don't think he's funny? At all?
You don't think he's funny do you. :):)
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I think so.
Back when I used to listen to Stern, he went off on Mancow on a daily basis. Isn't he the one who had the ex-wife that Captain Janks went out on a date with?
Agree about Mancow, but Stern is a has-been.
Being funny is not what a morning talk show host wants to be.
People look for a companion.. a friend or friends, some people to share the morning with as they get up, get ready, and travel to work.
To be funny on Radio or Tv requires a live audience. Being funny is all about timing. And no one has ever gotten the timing right with out a live audience to play off of.
Low budget TV shows tried to do it with laugh tracks. People do not laugh when alone or almost alone. But the timing of the laugh track has to be just right. And the only way to get a laugh track right is to use a live audience.
Radio tries to fix the listenera mostly being alone by using audio stingers right after the punch line. They do not work very well.
Some shows like Imus and Stern try to use the other people on the show as a sort of laugh track. But the problem is the pro's working the show do not respond like listeners. They try to laugh on cue.. It rarely works.
To gain and maintain an audience, a morning show host has to relate to his listeners. He has to be someone the audience likes to listen to.. someone with whom the listener feels comfortable. The show must provide needed information, and be staffed with people with whom the audience likes to spend time.
The success of a morning show has almost nothing to do with being funny. A morning show host has to be fun to listen too.. not funny.
I don't think he's ANYTHING like Howard! Mancow can be funny.......Howard was only funny once> I laughed til I couldn't breath when he once talked about "If Jesus came back to earth today....." I wish I had a tape recording!
No, I don't think so.
I am at work when Fox and Friends is on so I can't say whether he is funny or not. The only bit I ever saw him in he was totally upstaged by Brian and even admitted it.
So -- bottom line -- is Mancow funny?