Ryan Simmons
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We’re fewer than six weeks away from the 250th Anniversary of the USA but you’d never know it walking around Boston. Haven’t seen anything on city/state/fed property.
I was very young for Bicentennial but do remember you couldn’t go a day or move a foot in the Cradle of Liberty without a reminder of our nation’s upcoming 200th birthday. Which was apropos.
Today? You’d have no clue that 🇺🇸’s 250th is weeks away while walking around Downtown Boston.
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Jay Leno "rarely" made fun of politicians??? Steinberg, WTF are you talking about???
Leno made fun of Bill Clinton and the Republicans WEEKLY on The Tonight Show. Carson also made fun of Nixon, Reagan, Ford and other politicians all the time on his show.
The issue here is that Trump is not a normal politician. These are not normal times. He's a wannabe despot so the jokes and attempts to take him down thru sketches and ridicule are matching that. That's the difference. This fool wants to destroy our democratic institutions. This isn't a difference of opinion on policies. It's much more dangerous than that. Come on.
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Has #StephenColbert’s push into politics hurt the late-night format?
Late-night was never supposed to play to a particular type of audience: #JohnnyCarson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies. #JayLeno rarely became political. And #DavidLetterman feuded with politicians but not over what they did in Washington.
In 2026, late-night shows are a wholly different creation.
“These shows were built to be vaudeville in the box in your living room,” says professor Dannagal Young, who studies political satire and the media preferences of liberals and conservatives. “They were a place to watch jugglers and clowns and funny people doing impressions. They were not made for this.”
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@WEEI @richkented @KenLairdWEEI @Teddyjradio @heyrichhey I know the jokes themselves are not supposed to be funny but the bit is awful. Especially with that phony fuck Rich fake laughing.
Also this is a recycled bit from T&R except you don't have anyone (Fred) to provide improvisational commentary. Fucking hack show
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Rich had AI write “Boston sports jokes” for Jackson who told them on stage. What could go wrong? Well…lots…
@richkented @KenLairdWEEI @teddyjradio @heyrichhey @WEEI
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@JonHeyman Mike Mussina and Harold Baines are in. Who even cares anymore?
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Today is the tenth anniversary of the single most inspiring feat in professional sports during my adult life. Stand and bear witness. Remember where you were when Bartolo Colon hit a home run. amazinavenue.com/mets-history/9…
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@IAmJamesStewart I will drive JB to the airport. Go let him be Batman in Wisconsin.
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@bostonradio Really old white dudes will rejoice, then quickly head to dinner.
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wow.....mike+the mad dog reuniting only for the second time in 18 years(first was in 2016).
Jimmy Traina@JimmyTraina
Mike Francesa will join Chris “Mad Dog” Russo on SiriusXM at 4pm today to remember the career of John Sterling.
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if you complain about an iconic character actually growing and changing and reflecting instead of just blindly adhering to frictionless dogma then idk what to tell you, anti-Last Jedi people are some of the dumbest 'fans' out there
Paul Anleitner@PaulAnleitner
This moment in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) was when I knew the postmodern deconstruction of our culture was reaching its apex. It’s hard to believe now that this was a real scene.
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The Platner tattoo story isn’t about Platner.
It's about the people who spent years calling everyone on the Right a Nazi for the slightest association, only to line up like rank-and-file partisans behind a Democratic Senate candidate who wore a literal SS Totenkopf tattoo for 18 years.
It's a story about how years and years of moral indignation from the Very Serious People™ class proved to be a paper-thin veneer over your team jerseys.

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Watch your back, Craig Breslow. You might be next…
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.@DrivelineYouth athlete Noah Coury came to Driveline with one goal, get better.
Then he got injured.
Most kids let that moment define them. Noah let it motivate him.
He put his head down, trusted the program, and did the work nobody sees.
In his latest mocap he hit 95 mph.
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@MikeMutnansky There is zero chance @Lockhart81 comes back with Rich.
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As WEEI prepares to announce its new afternoon show on Monday, all signs point to Rich Shertenlieb returning to Boston sports radio as part of the revamped lineup.
What I'm hearing and who else might be involved at MutStack.com
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@AnsonexDL @Savageboston @MikeMutnansky And him swooning daily over Ted's arms and whatever Tom Cruise is working on.
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@Savageboston @MikeMutnansky Wonder if Rich is gonna start punching back. I can't imagine this is going to go better than any prior iteration of afternoons on EEI. At least fart court and Brookline 911 is probably back, though
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Rich Shertenlieb likely to return to the radio on WEEI to replace the afternoon show.
Per: @MikeMutnansky
Wow

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@jbockelie What's surprising is how much influence you nerds have on the sport while simultaneously destroying it.
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@_BroadwayJay @Station_51_ @bostonmedia617 @bigjimmurray @MikeMutnansky @bostonradio @WEEI Nothing is sadder than old people lamenting the "classic" days of 'EEI. Three fat guys yelling over each other in the afternoon and everyone listening was amazed.
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@Station_51_ @bostonmedia617 @bigjimmurray @MikeMutnansky @bostonradio @WEEI 617-242-WEEI was the call-in number when there studio was in the Schraffts building in Charlestown.. We need more Butch from the Cape and far less of Danny from Quincy
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Felger & @bigjimmurray reacted to @MikeMutnansky’s news about changes in the afternoon’s at WEEI. Felger says he doesn’t want to see any media members fired aside from malicious things. Would Felger feel the same way if EEI was competitive in the ratings? @bostonradio
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