Does anyone else find the soft little chuckles or barely heard comments of Randi's producer (or maybe board op) disconcerting?

I want 100% Randi -- no additional creepy, quiet comments are needed. What do ya'll think?

Mike from Los Angeles

Creepy?

Wow, I dont get that at all

Randi's show initially on AAR and prior to AAR always had interaction with others in the studio, and I think Randi is more comfortable with that and I know many listeners enjoy it...

I am just grateful she has a place to be heard!

It's a bit of hit or miss. I found that the random noises he interjected yesterday were definitely annoying and interfered with the natural flow of the program, especially in the middle of phone calls.

Not creepy.... you can tell she's having fun back home!

Randi is happy...I'm happy.

I listened to her on Air America and she rarely had anyone but guests on the air with her. As for being able to tell she is having fun, she never seems to acknowledge or feed off any of the comments "Chuckles" makes. Anyway, one assumes she has the format she wants so good luck to her.

I like it that she has someone to reflect back. I did like Randi alone, but she's very sociable and it always felt like she needed a buddy there too, just because that's how she seems to be! And he does add stuff that makes her laugh!

I love the sidekicks she is obviously more relaxed now then she was,


Though is it inpolitic to mention that Randi has her own mooks now...

I like her show with other peeps, especially DUFFY!!! That guy is freakin high-Larry-us!!!

you took the words right outa my mouse!

I love the exchanges because they all seem to genuinely like each other. It's comfortable, funny and
serious. When she was on AAR there were times you could tell she was miserable. This format rocks
and I look forward to it every day.

I don't mind the banter at all. Randi has returned to her element and if she wants another person doing exchanges with her in the studio I say YOU GO GIRL!! You can tell a big difference in her since she returned to the place she enjoys so much. I'm happy for her and her fans because I think we're gonna all benefit from the new set up!

I think she's clearly more comfortable WITH him, she likes working with him, and heaven knows he'd be gone in about 4 seconds if she didn't. But I think he thinks he's funnier than I think he is. And I don't want to hear his contributions as often as he wants us to hear them.

I like her with Duffy in-house, if only because it means that even the "voice" of AAR is on the side of Randi.

Mr. Duffy is priceless! He has the best laugh - ever.

All I ask is to stop doing the doo doo dooo doooo doooo doooooooooooooooooooooo. I HATE IT! Play the damn twilight zone, that is cool, but that bonehead and his singing has to go.

The interaction with her friends, very cool, she is happy.

Duffy is the man, so funny, so original, go Duffy!!!

My thoughts exactly. Well said.

Be nice people!

For those of you who have paid "Founders Club" memberships at Nova M, you are able to log into and see THIS RELATED THREAD ON THAT OTHER BBS. We've discussed this to some extent...

Wow, that thread sure has grown since I last put in my 2c worth.

They are being nice.

I always missed the banter since Tim Allen left the show

this is just much more fun to listen to

It was just a reminder, something I was hoping they realized, that the individual they are speaking about could be reading this thread. Let's not intentionally hurt people's feelings. We are better than that here. I hope.

Heck, I like the new show. Everything about it. Has the smell of freedom.

Or maybe he'll read it and tone it down a notch.

It's all good.

Oh, sure - that never occurs to you when you're writing about ME, and you KNOW I read these posts!

Oh, ANYONE can see it - LOTs of us were reading the NovaM threads over the last 3-4 weeks. (Make anyone nervous?)

It's only the founders who can POST there.

HA!

Agreed, We are so HAPPY to have her back, from the Publix deli on Jog Rd and Forest Hill to the so famous (perhaps infamous) Denny's on Belvedere Rd...she is home and we embrace her.

Oh -- tnx. Didn't know that.
As far as the show goes, I really like what someone said upthread: "If Randi's happy, I'm happy." That's the most important thing. Well said!

Those posts are written specifically for YOU to find. It still hasn't worked, you still keep coming back!

I'm going to find a recording of "The Cat Came Back" and play it every time you enter the board!

I like having the chuckles and comments in the background. They add to the experience.

And victory!

I have been listening to Randi for a year now, and I do see a differance in her disposition, she was projecting a discomfort in her show that I attributed to her discourse of the dems destined figure 8 course.

She is very happy now, and still laughs at the dems and the repubs both, her sence of humor is a perfect harmony with the discussion of deceit and treachery of this Constitutional Crisis. Her friends are the ones that helped her get back on the show, so we owe them a debt of gratitude!

I've been listening to Randi since 1994, she's ALWAYS had people on with her when she was in Florida!!! Yay Johann!!!!!! Glad to hear your dulcet tones again!!! He's NOT creepy.

bellemichelle in BOCA

I agree with you that sometimes it can be annoying.

Creepy might be a bit to strong. I'd just say out of place, seems more
like a morning zoo type personality (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Randi is really great. She's funny, witty, and can be biting.
But she is always intelligent. Randi does seem happy with the new show.
It's really wonderful she's on Nova M now, but she needs a sidekick that might
match her intellect .

I'm going out on a limb here...I think the "purists" are Northeastern listeners. I live in the Northeast and I can remember how frigging annoying Randi's side kick, Tim was, to me. Who knows, maybe if he'd had a better mike it would not have been as irritating.

That said..many of us grew up with story tellers on talk radio...Gene Sheppard comes to mind. Extra voices connotated (sic) cartoon radio

But, since Randi has returned to Palm Beach, she is sounding so much happier, and Duffy if frigging GREAT. I dunno who writes his shtick, but the microphone loves his voice. Kudos to Duffy's writers!!!!!

Oh, and "Scud lite" uttered from the peanut gallery the other day was ...made me LOL

This is a little snide. Just my opinion, but a little snide for a newbie.

If you really know RR's show, you'll know that before AAR she had the same production staff. So it is refreshing to have her back in her element -- and with a truly professional radio crew, not the paperclip and scotch tape outfit that is Scare America under the Greene Brothers.

Sidekick is fine.

I go way back with Randi when she was first at WJNO. Then she had Tim Allan. Some of the funniest / edgiest shows she did was with him. I will always remember the "protest" in the free speech zone in Miami when Tim got "shot" while on air with the rubber bullets. It really opened some eyes as to how much we are being abused and ignored.

Randi Rocks!