Comments on: Mustard & Johnson Dumped, Mae to MLB

By: Michael Maddox

Michael Maddox — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:36:49 +0000

I am a Sox fan and hardly a liberal. But I truly miss M&J. They were refreshing voices each Saturday morning. I think many of the comments above are more about Masshole nation than about them. Listening to the new guys right now, and they don’t hold a candle to M&J. They had a loyal following and hope they get a new gig.

PS. I would think most of the M&J haters are fans of the various “turd” references on the Big Show.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:51:45 +0000

Are you just trying to stir up trouble, Pat? Go back and read the opinion polls for both of these guys and you’ll realize the hatred of them here has little to do with them speaking their respective minds.

The only problem I really had with the M&J show was it was becoming just as repetitive (in a pro-Yankees way) as all the other pro-Boston shows on EEI. It’s okay to try to be different, as long as you’re actually trying to be different. Despite being friendlier towards NY sports fans, M&J was really MOTS.

By: Pat from Staten Island

Pat from Staten Island — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:15:13 +0000

Why should I be so surprised that the majority of the “rubes” in these parts are glad to see Mustard & Johnson gone – Mustard was the only one who had the nads to say what’s on his mind not what he thought people wanted him to say or tow the party/station line. It’s further proof that the so called “intelligencia of New England” are afraid to let anyone that has a different voice be able to give their opinion. It also proves that New Englanders are Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Bruin fans – they are NOT sports fans.

By: ted

ted — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:59:40 +0000

i agree with almost all you have written…although i hate the yankees, i enjoyed listening to their intelligently-stated arguments and discussions….although i enjoy other weei shows, i find it ridiculous when all the panelists and caller talk over each other…see glenn ordway…..i cannot believe that this is viewed as good sports talk….i think the ratings are good despite this presentation…mustard and johnson both demonstrated a warmth and used intelligent arguments in most of their discussions…and you could actually follow their train of thought….i will dearly miss them and am saddened by all the negativity surrounding their show…..maybe this speaks to the lack of intelligence,tolerance and attention span of the average viewer…thank goodness there was one person out there who shared my viewpoint…i wish them the best and am sorry i never did call into their show…

By: harry palmer

harry palmer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:06:24 +0000

many of the people who are expressing such disgust with the show have a great deal of knowledge regarding the show’s callers…as for me wfan will be my station of choice

By: bill

bill — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:06:16 +0000

Does anyone think the other shows like Dale and Holly or the Big Show will let Joey from the northend on there show? If you think about it it would be kind of funny to listen too. Besides dont they need someone to replace frank he is getting old… just a thought

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:48:36 +0000

Koorbloh (or Holbrook if you spell it backwards), I agree to some degree that M&J were different from the weekday morning and afternoon drive shows. But just so you know the whole story, Mustard wasn’t always a diehard Yankees fan. He turned against the Red Sox when Clemens left the team because Craig was a big fan of the Rocket back in the day (for obvious reasons that feeling has been toned down in recent years).

So what made the show different was that Yankee fans got a chance to call in and not be slammed on air right from the get-go. But in many ways that too became repetitive. I remember going several months without tuning in, then one Saturday morning I listened only to find they were have the exact same arguments about the Sox and Yanks as before. So in a way it became as predictable as D&C/Big O and it also started to imitate them in that those Yankee callers would often get shouted over by Larry Johnson.

I’m starting to wonder with all of sports radio if the talking over one another (as opposed to having a back-and-forth dialogue) takes place because both the callers and hosts all have minute attention spans and if they don’t make their point when they think of it they’ll forget what they were thinking.

I hope that the new Saturday morning dot-com show can somehow be different. With Bradford and Mutnantsky on board it has a chance of not sounding like almost every other show on that station.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:06 +0000

That’s nice. Unfortunately, both of them already have jobs. It’s not like WEEI just made them homeless.

By: Ed Sarkavakian

Ed Sarkavakian — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:33:07 +0000

I hope you people express the same joy and enthusiasm over losing your own jobs as you do for the loss of Mustard and Johnson’s. Why these two drew so much hatred and vitrol is beyond me. Amazing how people continually bitch and bitch about a station, yet they continue to listen to it.

By: Research Director

Research Director — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:17:47 +0000

That would be in the meaningless 12+ demo that Arbitron allows everyone to see. They are a dominant #1 in M25-54, more than doubling their competition. They fluctuate between #1 and #3 in the “money demo”, A25-54. With their affiliation with the sports brands and their stellar ratings, WEEI is the 800 lb. gorilla of Boston radio (and I don’t mean Sheppard).