95.7 ‘The Game’ shakes up lineup – Steinmetz and Papa now full-time hosts

Bay Area Sports Guy August 21, 2012

While they haven’t added anybody new, 95.7 FM “The Game” announced several changes to their daily lineup today. Here was the old schedule:

Rise Guys: 6-10 am
The Wheelhouse with John Lund: 10 am – 2 pm
The Drive with Brandon Tierney: 2-6 pm
The Chris Townsend Show: 6-10 pm

At 1 pm on Tuesday, John Lund and Greg Papa let everyone know the new schedule:

Rise Guys: 6-10 am
Chris Townsend and Matt Steinmetz: 10-noon
The Wheelhouse with John Lund and Greg Papa: noon-3 pm
The Drive with Brandon Tierney: 3-7 pm

The changes will take effect after Labor Day. Lund also said that Tierney will get a permanent co-host to replace Eric Davis, a move that will be announced in the coming weeks.

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What about Urbs?

Steinmetz and Papa were among the rotating co-hosts who worked with Lund over the past several months. Others included Mychael Urban, Roxy Bernstein and Brodie Brazil. Out of that group, Papa and Urban seemed to spend the most time in studio with Lund. In making the announcement, Lund said, “Everyone who has come in here has been great, but the people have spoken.” I took that to mean “the people” (whoever they are) wanted more Papa and Steinmetz, considering today’s announcement.

From what I’m hearing, Urban will serve as a regular backup and continue hosting “Inside The Bigs” from 9-to-noon on Saturdays.

Head-to-head vs. KNBR

Besides their morning show starting and ending an hour later than KNBR’s “Murph and Mac,” 95.7 has set up some areas of direct competition between the Bay Area’s sports talk stations. Lund and Papa are going directly against KNBR’s “Fitz and Brooks” + Damon Bruce combination, and the afternoon commute is now a 4-hour battle between Mr. T and BT.

A subtle move toward the Warriors?

Steinmetz is an NBA guy, someone who’s been covering the Golden State Warriors for quite some time. KNBR — the Warriors’ flagship station — may have the team’s TV play-by-play guy on most days from noon-to-three, but Steinmetz speaks much more provocatively and realistically about the Warriors than Bob Fitzgerald. With the Warriors’ radio situation in flux, the ability to promise close to two hours of programming each weekday with the Warriors as a high priority topic could be a nice negotiating point for The Game.

Early (local) sports talk curfew

While writing this, I received a release from 95.7 via email which announces in bold type, “95.7 The GAME Expands Its Weekday Lineup.” However, they’re still talking about the same number of shows and these moves create a local programming gap from 7-10 pm … which goes unmentioned in the email. Maybe they’ll try out some other options with hosts like Urban, Bernstein and John Dickinson, but The Game could also go with a syndicated show at this spot from Yahoo Sports Radio.

The Game will carry Monday Night Football this year, so that could also have something to do with these changes.

For what it’s worth, 95.7′s website has a page that shows the entire lineup. However, it doesn’t appear to have been updated recently (It’s still listing “The Drive” with a picture of Tierney and Davis together).

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Spicoli

Top Three On-Air Personalities at 95.7: 1. Greg Papa 2. Rick Tittle 3. Rich Bucher AINEC So glad to not hear Urban anymore. He has a bad 'tude and rap sucks anyway.

Stan

As far as Townsend,I don't think he went backwards Otis, I think he got promoted..I never heard a single late show of his..now,I can hear him everyday. And I bet even with less hours Townsend is paid the same if not more. A good deal.

Otis Byrd III

Hmm, yeah, that's true too. More people will be able to listen to Townsend earlier in the day. It's just, having him have a 2 hr. show doesn't make sense, even though he has his 95.7 A's duties. The way 95.7 should've done their new weekday lineup was: 6-10 AM- The Rise Guys 10AM-1PM- Chris Townsend and Steinmetz 1PM-4PM- Greg Papa and Jon Lund 4PM-7PM- Tierney and whoever his new co-host is. 7PM-10PM- New evening show/Yahoo! Sports radio/whatever else they plan on doing in this timeslot. But yes Stan, I see what you mean/

Stan

Or ,Rise Guys. 6-9am and Townsend and co for 3 hours.

Otis Byrd III

Yeah, that could work too.... I guess their new lineup should look like this: 6-9AM- The Rise Guys 9AM-12PM- Chris Townsend and Matt Steinmetz 12-3PM- Greg Papa and Jon Lund 3-7PM- Tierney and his new co-host 7-10 PM- New evening show/Yahoo! Sports radio/whatever else

Jeff

Needs more Tittle. Wouldn't mind if he was on from 7-10. KNBR, please fire Radnich. I will continue to ask until it's a done deal.

Stan

In a way KNBR tries..they cut his pay in half..probably with no fear that he would quit. They can fill the time as the Giants and 49ers are THE ratings and a Raddy who walks away is no worry. If anything,I wonder if Bruce could have stood his ground and said to KNBR "I want 9-12noon.I showed up on time,I didn't stay home like Radnich". "I did what the company wanted". If he had pushed hard...

erick

so, who were the winners and losers in this new format?

Otis Byrd III

The losers in this were clearly Chris Townsend and Mychael Urban. Townsend loses because he loses his show, and for his new timeslot, he's only on for 2 hrs. I feel bad for Townsend. Urban loses because he won't be co-hosting with Lund and he might be relegated to fill-in duty. At least he will still have his Saturday baseball show, so he doesn't lose as badly as Townsend. The winners in this were obviously Steinmetz and Greg Papa. They both get a full-time gig on 95.7. In a sense, Tierney could be a winner in this too because he still gets to host The Drive despite the changes and his unpopularity in the Bay Area. 95.7 probably could've made a bold statement and moved him to the 10-Noon timeslot due to his unpopularity in the Bay Area, but he keeps his gig hosting The Drive. I'm sure they want to see how things work with him and his new co-host first before they consider moving him around to other timeslots though.

Fitz's Future Unemployment Check

Townsend is already doing all the A's stuff in addition to his show, so its not like he won't be getting plenty of airtime. If anything, this is probably to help him stay sane with some of the workloads he takes on. For Urban? Fuck him, he sucks. Tittle is the one that loses out in this, he should have a fulltime gig.

Otis Byrd III

Yeah, I guess Townsend is still going to do A's stuff. He has more knowledge of that team than any sports radio talk show host here in the Bay Area. You're right, he is on 95.7 quite a bit, and he probably is the hardest working guy on that station. It's like he does A's pre and post game shows, and even the Rise Guys, or Jon Lund, or Brandon Tierney have him on. Somedays it seems like he's on all day,with him doing an A's insider segment, and then doing the A's pre and postgame shows, and on top of all that, still having his show, if the A's are playing a day game. You're right that they probably gave him the new timeslot to keep him sane because he is on 95.7 so much during the week. It seemed like a lot of people on Facebook liked his show at night, and now he's only going to be on for 2 hrs. on weekdays. After the A's season is where it might be tough for him, even though I think he hosts a football show on Sundays. I'm not sure if he's doing that again this year though. As far as Urban goes, I think he's ok, even though as I said before, he's better talking baseball. I still think he was better when he was on KNBR, when he would have P-Con on for the Giants weekend pregame shows on KNBR back in like 2008, 2009 before Marty Lurie took over the Giants weekend pre and postgame shows on KNBR.... Urban is probably the new utility guy on 95.7, now that he is probably going to be a fill-in host, despite having his own Saturday show. Yeah, Rick Tittle lost out on this too, even though we still have to see what 95.7 is going to do in the 7-10 PM timeslot, if anything. Tittle could still get that gig perhaps.

Stan

I tried to give Urban the benefit of the doubt as you all know..but just couldn't take him anymore. It was almost like he would do what I posted I didn't like about him. And for that he got canned for his efforts to show me.

Slack'em Jack'em

I've been trying to listen to the Game....but just keep drifting back to KNBR as my first choice. Damon is better in his slot that anyone 95.7 throws out there, and TT is better from 3pm on. I don't mind Gary and Larry either. Only time slot where I have no interest in KNBR is the mornings. My bet is this changes nothing in the ratings going forward. That said, I don't mind having the Game around because often their commercials don't sync up with KNBR....so I can at least switch out of the commercials.

Otis Byrd III

I agree that Damon is better in the Noon to 3 slot, than anyone that 95.7 is going to throw out there. I wonder if part of the reason why they're going to put Lund and Greg Papa on 95.7 from Noon to 3, was to give Damon stiffer competition than Fitz and Brooks on 680. Either way, Damon's show is the best out of the 3 (his show, Fitz and Brooks, and Lund and Greg Papa). The fact that his show now reaches out to Stockton/Modesto, should give him even higher ratings than Fitz and Brooks and Lund and Greg Papa. I also don't mind Gary and Larry, even though that show is better with Larry Krueger hosting it. It's nice not having Gary interrupt callers and/or the thoughts of Krueger or Kate Scott. No offense to Gary, but his show is better without him. Yes, Tom Tolbert is better than Tierney, even though it's too bad he goes on those tangents that have nothing to do with sports, at times. I agree with you on the morning timeslot. I can do without either show really, even though Murph and Mac get the upper hand because they have Kruk and Kuip all year round now, and since football season is coming up, they will have Harbaugh and Ronnie Lott. They always seem to get the big guests. The Rise Guys do too with Bob Melvin coming on their show, and I think they have Bochy on too, but Murph and Mac seem to get the best guests on their show. I agree with you on the ratings. Even though the change to the weekday lineup should improve 95.7's rating a little bit, KNBR will still be more popular. KNBR is a beast, and the fact that they carry the Giants, 49ers, and for now the Warriors, makes them the go to sports station in the Bay Area. Plus, as Tierney says, KNBR had a 25 yr. head start. I do like what 95.7 is trying to do though, however.

what goes up will come crashing down. I used to tune to 680 all the time but not anymore. knbr has become a boring and corporate radio. You are not allowed to say bad things about the little g's. KGO used to dominate the airwares but look at them now. oh, if 95.7 can get the W's, it will help them especially during fall/winter. The Game also have to open up the phone lines. A back and forth between hosts and callers are much more fun. They will pick up listeners if people can call in and dish some trashes around.

Otis - I appreciate someone trying to give KNBR competition, but I think they miss clear opportunities. KNBR essentially ignores the Sharks, Quakes, Sabercats, and the colleges. Granted, those demos are far smaller, but why not at least produce a weekend show that gives some love to them so they can finally live up to whole "covering all the Bay Area teams" BS? I'm not a Quakes fan, but if I started hearing about them, I might begin to check them out. Instead, it's like the Game is screaming "we can be KNBR than KNBR iteslf".

Danny

My 95.7 The Game lineup. Rise Guys 5-9 Wheelhouse with Lund and Papa 9-12 Townsend and Steinmetz 12-3 The Drive 3-7

My Fantasy 95.7 line-up: Ride Guys: 5-9 John Lund and Brodie Brazil: 9-noon Damon Bruce: 12-3 Townsend and Steinmetz: 3-7 Scott Reiss: 7-midnight While I'm not a Lund fan at all, Brazil does a lot to make him tolerable.

It's pretty funny to all the thumbs down to various comments yet there aren't any comments that take a counter position to the respective post. Glad to see those 95.7 interns are keeping up with BASG.

Stan

Nah,its not them...this blog attracts some who get a kick at voting anything down. Like a sado thrill. And-no way Townsend goes to KNBR...Radnich and he must have not got along. The only time-and its been a few- that Radnich brings up Chris's name is "Yeah,leave and go work for 50 cents an hour ". So,if Raddy bashes you..Chris,Emerald Yee,Rick Quan,Wendy Tokuda,..you must be a good honest person.

Stan

...and Rich Leiberman,BASG and that guy, Stan.

Stan

..and OBAMA..who Raddy also bashes. Gee,Raddy doesn't seem to admire our president...who didn't have a Father he knew. I guess Raddy's republican values are more important than Obama beating the odds like Radnich always says...

650Athletics

I really enjoy 95.7 weekend lineup better than the weekday. Roxy, Tittle, JD, Wofford, and Brazil all are enjoyable. I hope they continue their college saturdays and nhl show. They really need to get rid of their contest winner because they always seem to cut A's talk short to make sure he gets his time slot. Overall I enjoy the station as a whole, only wish that they had more Tittle during the week.

Otis Byrd III

Yeah, I agree that 95.7 has a better weekend lineup than they do weekday lineup. Even though KNBR has better ratings than 95.7, they should take a page from 95.7 and have shows about the Bay Area teams on the weekends. Since Marty Lurie basically takes over KNBR on the weekends during baseball season, maybe they could have some shows in the winter and early spring, and have Damon or Larry Krueger or someone else from KNBR do a weekend show and talk Bay Area sports and national sports for a few hrs. Yes, there is 49er pre and post game, but that is just on Sundays during football season. I think they kind of have a Saturday show that Kozimor hosts on Saturday mornings if the Giants are playing a Saturday late afternoon/night game and Marty Lurie is on a little bit later, but Kozimor might be better on Chronicle Live than he is on the radio. Yes, Pecon has his college football show, but it seems like KNBR goes straight to ESPN radio or FOX sports radio when it's over. It would be nice if they could go into a show that talks more Bay Area sports after P-Con's college football show. But yeah, it would be good if KNBR took a page from 95.7 in this regard.

Otis Byrd III

From reading the posts about this on Facebook, a lot of people are really concerned about what's going to happen from 7-10. The more you think about it, that sucks that they're getting rid of Townsend's show. I really wonder if he's pissed by this. He's the best host on that station right now, and he just got moved to doinga 2 hr. show, while Tierney still gets to host a 4 hr. show?! Unbelievable. If I was him, I wouldn't be happy about this. They at least should've had Townsend on The Drive and move Tierney from 10-noon, as I mentioned earlier. Just like here, the people on Facebook feel that Urban is going to be Tierney's new co-host, which I wouldn't be surprised happens too, even though I don't mind Urban as much. It will be interesting to see what they do for the night time slot though. An interesting question people asked on Facebook was, will Townsend still host the A's pre and postgame show? I'm sure he might since he's so involved with the A's, but we'll see. That would be funny if Townsend decided to go back to KNBR because of this. The thing is, if this ever happened, would he be able to go from talking A's full-time to talking Giants full-time? I asked this before, but that would be interesting. Townsend does have good knowledge of both teams, even though he's more affiliated with the A's.

Towny clearly has the chops to do well at either station talking about either team. I, too, am very interested to see what happens in the 7-10 slot. First and foremost, I think they need to expand the slot to 7-midnight. It would work out far better since the A's, Giants, Sharks, and Warriors typically play during those hours. Take the opportunity to talk about those games up til midnight building the listener base and callers. I hold out hope that they will get someone like Scott Reiss who can talk intelligently about all the Bay Area teams and not give the short stick to the sports they either don't like or don't know... I'm looking at you Lund and Tierney. I would love it to be Brodie, but he's too busy with the Sharks. While Tittle can be bland at times, he at least covers all the teams, is well rounded, and would be a good fit for this slot.

Jeff

I agree, that is what KNBR does. Ray Woodson, who has been doing sportsphone680 most of the time since Ralph was fired always goes to midnight (till the midnight replay) and he is never short of callers to take him there.

TSL

On second thought. Let Gregg Pappa host the show solo. End of story.

TSL

Greg Pappa is an excellent choice. There might be some hope for this station after all.

Jeff

Interesting moves here, no one new is really being added who was not already on the station but it really leaves a lot of questions including who will be full time evening time host or will they just maybe go for syndicated programming? Also what they will do for the afternoon co-host, even though I think it just should have been Towny. Secondly, does this mean Papa will do the show from the station studio now? It seems currently he does the show from his house over an ISDN line or something and it doesn't sound very good at all, anyone else notice this or am I wrong? I also hope that Papa will lead the show sometimes because as of now he just plays second fiddle to Lund when it is obvious that he could just carry the show himself as the lead host and even just do it on his own. I was a fan back when Papa had his show on 1050. Finally, I wonder how Lund is taking this news as he has not only lost 1 hour of airtime, is no longer on between 10-12, and was forced to take a full time co-host instead of the rotating format (don't get me wrong I like adding Papa full time). I can only imagine this is because he is drawing horribly against Radnich and Krueger in the mornings and perhaps the program director thinks Chris Townsend may do better since he is more well known around the bay. Thoughts?

Jeff - From what Barrett and the Game is saying, they have something planned for the after 7pm slot. Let us pray that Urban has nothing to do with it. If we're lucky, they will bring in some new blood that is the polar opposite of Tierney. As for Papa on ISDN, I completely agree. The sound quality suffers not to mention all time wasted talking over each other. I can understand the occasional remote, but it does make for bad radio. As I stated before, I think Townsend will do well. He'd probably do better if he was 9-noon and sweep up against the tired shtick of Raddy and Rome. I still think the winning move would have been moving Townsend to 3-7 and Tierney to 10-noon. Time will tell.

Jason

I wish there was a BASG discussion forum for us to bitch about all this nonsense. Maybe Stan could be the moderator?

Blaster

I nominate this for "Post of the year"! Brilliant on multiple levels. LMFAO

Danny

Pretty good changes. Greg Papa's awesome I'm glad he got a full time gig on The Wheelhouse. The only thing is it's gonna be hard to choose between Damon Bruce, and Lund and Papa when I have no school. Also I would put the Rise Guys on 5-9 and Townsend and Steinmetz on 9-12, cuz it doesn't make sense to have a 2 hour Sports Talk Radio show.

It's not a hard choice... Damon Bruce, hands down.

TierneySucks

I have to agree that this is a step to the right direction for the Game. However, I too believe that they could have took 2 steps to the right direction if they just let BT go or atleast cut his show to just 2 hours!!! I am looking forward to the 10-12 time slot. But seriously... 4 hours of BT and only 2 hours of Townsend and Steinmetz is total BS.

Stan

I wonder what the real story with Papa is. If he was tired of Comcast at 5...why do a three hour daily show? Was it conflicts with the Raiders..and KNBR not wanting the competition to host at Comcast? Or,did Greg want too much money/longer contract?. It's perplexing because he made for higher ratings,what you think Comcast's central show needs.. BUT, Greg does do the lesser prestige shows like Giants pre and postgame show. I'm stumped said the old Redwood.

Otis Byrd III

Yeah, that was something else that hasn't been talked about too much; Greg Papa not hosting Chronicle Live anymore. I think Lieberman brought it up last year or earlier this year, but that was about it. I guess Greg Papa not hosting Chronicle Live anymore probably was for the money, unless he just got bored with just doing that show each weekday. He was the perfect host for that show though. Jim Kozimor who is now the new official host of that show, has gotten better, and it seems like he's trying to make a bigger name for himself in this market, and Dave Benz isn't too bad whenever he hosts the show, but they both aren't Greg Papa. I'm sorry. With all that being said, Greg Papa is good on the Giants and Warriors pre and post game shows! He has a good repoire with whoever is co-hosting with him whether it's, Bip, Shawn Estes, Vida Blue and Bill Laskey, or whomever else for Giants pre and postgame live. He has a good repoire with Gary St. Jean for Warrior pre and postgame live. Maybe that was probably the deal. If he gave up doing Chronicle Live, he could do a lot of Giants and Warriors pre and postgame on CSN Bay Area. But yeah, not having Greg Papa host Chronicle Live anymore was/is a strange decision.

The more I think about it, the Game missed a huge opportunity. Tierney should have been moved to 10-noon and Townsend/Steinmetz to 3-7. At least Townsend would have given Tolbert competition. I fully expect Tolbert to wipe the floor with Tierney, especially if they make Urban his co-host, which I anticipate considering how much they overuse the guy as it is.

Steve

Tierney was brought in to handle drive time radio, you move him after announcing a contract extension, you are admitting failure. If Towny and Steinmetz are going to continue the A's and Warriors they can't be in a studio in SF until 7 with hopes of getting to "Coliseum City" in time for first pitch/tip off.

To me, that's not admitting failure. It's adapting and trying to win. Towny would be a good competitor to Tolbert. Tierney isn't. It's just like sports... you adjust your roster to give you the best advantage. Having Tierney on from 3-7 is like having Brandon Crawford hitting in the 4 spot.

Otis Byrd III

That what I was saying. Tierney should've been on from 10-noon, instead of Townsend. I wonder if Townsend is kind of pissed by this. At least he will be on during the day, which I'm sure he doesn't mind. I don't know why they are so fixated on having Tierney in the drive time timeslot, when he's not really that popular here in the Bay Area. 95.7 is just turning off their listeners by that decision. I agree that Townsend would've given Tolbert competition from 3-7 PM. Hopefully 95.7 eventually makes this change.... I guess we'll have to see how Tierney does with his new co-host though.

devnull

Almost seems like 95.7 is just conceeding drive time listeners to Tolbert. I'm not looking forward to channel flipping to Tierney on the road home.

I don't understand what the fixation is with Tierney in drive time either. He clearly hates taking calls and loves to hear himself talk so why not give him the 10-noon slot? He wouldn't need to take any calls. And based on his normal show, he only has about 2 hours worth of content on a daily basis anyway. While I appreciate that the Game is finally starting to adapt, it looks like a clear mistake not moving Tierney to 10-noon. Based on the usual facebook posts, Tierney is obviously not like by about 75% of the listeners so why not limit his airtime? If given the choice of Townsend or Tolbert, I'm going with Towny. If given the choice of Tolbert or Tierney, it's Tolbert every time. Tierney might have had a chance against Raddy's tired shtick. I highly doubt it against Tolbert... especially if Byrnes is moved out.

Blaster

Tierney doesn't have more than two hours of preparation or material. Listen to a whole afternoon of the drive from start to finish and you'll see what I mean. I am really excited to have Papa on five days, though. He will be a legend in Lon Simmons, Bill King & Joe Starkey territory when he retires. Enjoy him now. He is the last of a dying breed.

Danny

I like Tolbert but I like Tierney better. Although I do listen to Tolbert when Byrnes is on with him cuz I think Eric Byrnes and Damon Bruce are the 2 best hosts on KNBR. Also Tierney on 2 hours wouldn't make sense. I honestly don't think any Sports Talk show should be 2 hours.

TommyJ

Papa V Fitz noon-3 no contest; glad they divorced Lund and Urban. Was pining for more Steinmetz; think he'll do good with Towny. Hopefully its Lincoln K or Bucher for the drive co-host and no Urban (if it is Bucher another NBA guy to add fuel to Warriors fire along with Papa and Steinmetz?).

Otis Byrd III

That wasn't an angle I was thinking about, but yeah, Greg Papa will be going up against Fitz from Noon to 3. It will probably be awkward on the Warriors postgame show on CSN Bay Area, where he goes to Fitz and Barnett to basically give their overview of the game, now that they are competing against each other on the same timeslot. On a side note, even though I wasn't into sports yet when Fitz basically took Greg Papa's Warriors job and the feud that surrounded that in 1997 I think, I wonder how their relationship is now. I guess it could be somewhat repaired since Greg Papa has to talk to Fitz on the Warriors postgame show on CSN Bay Area, but that's got to be kind of awkward. I wonder how often do they see each other or bump into each other, since sometimes they do Warriors pre and postgame from Oracle Arena. As far as Tierney's new co-host goes, yeah, Lincoln Kennedy should get the job, but I wouldn't mind Ric Bucher as well.

I like the moves overall, but if I was the PD, I would have put Lund/Papa at 10-Noon and put Towny/Steinmetz at Noon-3. The less Lund, the better. However, I'm digging Towny 10-noon since that will take me into the Damon Bruce show. It will be interesting to see how they handle the 7-10/11/midnight slot. They may have NFL on twice a week, but that goes out the door by X-mas. Then what? A post game show for the Sharks and.or Warriors would be nice. I can only hope they don't put Urban in that spot. With any luck, they will pair Urban with Tierney and I can go listen to Tolbert while the 2 worst guys on the Game blather on. The one area I would like to see the Game FINALLY address is the NHL. Morning shows are generally exempt so look at the rest... Towny is all-around, but definitely a baseball guy. Steiny is NBA. Papa is football. Lund is mostly baseball. Tierney is baseball/football. Urban is baseball. Would getting a guy that has some NHL knowledge be that difficult? Brazil, Kurz, Hedican, Reiss, Curtis Brown? Especially when your sister station is the Sharks flagship. With the Game trying to be new and fresh, this is an obvious missed opportunity to cater to an audience clamoring for some hockey coverage.

Blaster

I agree the Sharks (hockey in general, I'm a Habs fan) are sorely overlooked on all stations. I like Brazil. He has serious knowledge and can mix nicely between sports. He has good radio chops too. I swear to Bill King if Urban gets that 7PM slot, I will scream. He is horrible on the radio and too ugly for TV. He needs to stick to print work. There, he can proofread before he makes a fool of himself publicly and there is no worry about tripping over your tongue every sentence or pronouncing every fifth or sixth word wrong. The guy is a trainwreck.