Email one sent by Colin Wednesday, June 13
So I went with BBFG, Blatantly Borrowed From Grantland, as
the title but we don't have to keep it. I do feel that we initially need
to establish we are taking this idea from the Simmons/Gladwell email exchange
on Grantland.com, which
they have done for a number of years. We have both been discussing doing
something like this, but their most recent back and forth finally prompted us
to give it a try.
Enough sucking up to the Simmons teet, he needs time to bathe
in the tears of a million Boston fans after the Celtics loss to the Heat in the
Eastern Conference Championship. Despite all of the seething LeBron hate
and expert analysis (insert your Legler response here) calling for the old
balls and chains of the Celtics to topple the Heat, there I was last night
sleeping with one eye open until 11:30 p.m. watching Thunder vs Heat in game 1
of the NBA Finals. We don't have to discuss this series, or the NBA playoffs
right now, because I think we are going to touch on that during our next
podcast. It is the overall process of podcast topicography that I would
like to discuss.
These past two weeks we have both come to a very congenial
decision on what our podcast topics should be, and its safe to say that hasn't
always been the case. Why do you think this is? Do you think our slight format change where the first
segment is basically a free-for-all, allowing smaller topics to be discussed
while not taking up the entire episode, has allowed for more variety? Or
have you just finally conceded to the fact that the majority of my ideas and
topics are that much more entertaining, provocative, funny and interesting?
Tim’s response, sent Wednesday, June 13
A couple of things before I respond. First off, were you
implying that I was calling for the Icy Hot-lathered Celts to defeat Miami, or
was that an easily misunderstood parenthetical placement regarding a Twitter
conversation with my close friend Tim Legler? Second, you spelled “teat”
incorrectly. And my third point before I respond: I hate the fact that you put
two spaces after a period. In journalism, space is a commodity, and it irks me
that you would be willing to waste space/paper if we were in fact printing
this. Since we aren’t, I’m assuming you are wasting bandwidth/increasing file
size. I can’t back up either assumption.
Now for the important stuff. I can only speak for myself
concerning the changes, or shall I say, improvements (again, speaking for
myself) to the podcast format. By commenting on current events and headline
makers in the opening, I think it gives us more opportunities to make smartass
wisecracks, at which we excel. In my honest opinion, I feel it better
represents the ADD-prisoner-of-the-moment culture we podcast to. As for it
allowing for more variety, yes, it does. Short segments about bald baseball
coaches (episode 12) and Dennis Quaid (episode 11) in podcasts originally
scheduled to discuss “Game of Thrones” and zombie attacks definitely gave our
recent podcasts a “something for everybody” touch.
As for your comments at the end that you undoubtedly typed
with a smirk on your face — I concede nothing. The zombie outbreak idea was
mine, which led to the paradigm shift that will keep the podcast running for
years. That episode also included discussion about “The Wire” season 5. Had I
not watched it, we never could’ve discussed it — another reason the shift can
be credited to me. Part 2 of the “Entourage” podcast (your idea) was downloaded
three times.
I’m sure I didn’t answer all of your questions, but I have a
tendency to go rogue. I’m an Aquarius. Whatever that means.
