Happy holidays, everybody. Let’s see what OTM got us for Christmas: First up, a story about the Iraqi journalist who chucked his shoes at President Bush last week. The incident has spawned a ton of news coverage, a flash game, and some of Bob’s famous dad jokes. It wouldn’t be Christmas without some dad jokes. [...]
Hello, everybody! It’s the last recap before the longest election in the history of the world, and this time, I don’t feel moderately annoyed by Brooke and Bob’s election coverage. Then again, little could annoy me more than the song stuck in my head, “Strangers in the Night.” After 20 months, the election is finally, [...]
Dear Brooke and Bob – Hey, y’all. How’s it going? I’m doing alright. I’m sitting in my kitchen, baking some cookies and listening to the most recent episode of your show. Brooke, Bob, I hate to say this, but I feel like we’re growing apart. It’s not that you’re not doing a great job – [...]
Once again, it’s been a busy week for the media – Wall Street is breaking down (and no one can figure out what to call the situation), rescue plans are being hashed out, and poor Sarah Palin just can’t seem to answer a question. It’s a good thing that Brooke and Bob are here to [...]
In a world where time stood still, only one radio show could simultaneously earn my undying respect and make jokes like my dad. The story that jumped out at me most this week was Brooke’s sweet tribute to Don LaFontaine, the movie trailer voice guy. Brooke sounds so completely reverenty and sweet – I wonder [...]
It’s Thursday night, and you know what that means – it’s the night that we take a little break from our week-long BPP cancellation vigil and have a little normalcy in the form of Brooke and Bob. Yay! The episode starts with a clip of President Bush talking about how pleased he is about his [...]
This week’s episode is all about space. I assume that Brooke & Bob will be talking about infinite NASA-type space, and not space like in my apartment (something that there is currently entirely too little of). Wait. Maybe I’m wrong. I think I am. Bob opens the episode by talking about how people used to [...]
I just want to point out that our 100th post is one of our “On The Media” recaps. It’s been a good run so far. We’ve teased Bob about Brooke, and now that he’s started to listen, the tables have turned. With post #100, it becomes clear that it’s Brooke who needs to come clean [...]
Has anyone else ever noticed that sometimes, Brooke totally sounds like the guy that does movie voice overs? This episode of OTM starts with Brooke reading what could be the trailer voice over for an action movie starring John McCain as a party-line-breaking, truth-train derailing rebel with a heart of gold who survived the Viet [...]
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More Election Coverage, an NYT Smack Down, and Why Journalists Should Never Be Funny
Remember how excited I was two weeks ago when “On the Media” managed to go a whole hour without mentioning the election once? They must have noticed that they were slipping in their somewhat obsessive coverage, because this week, every single segment is somehow election related. The show opens with a sexy segment on John [...]