Ernie's REVIEWS OF

Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy Breckman

[this page is a ripoff of http://www.wfmu.org/7sd/ except with my comments added.]

This show is sometimes funny and sometimes awful.  The Hosts are Andy and Ken

Andy:  late 40s, fat, jewish, balding.  Professional comedy writer.  Really obnoxious, dumb, low humor.  At first I thought he was actually dumb.  But after you listen to him a while you realize that he thinks of and works a joke into conversation about every 10 seconds.  Most things he says are just part of his running ad lib comedy show life.  When he's interacting with random new people he is fucking awesome.  If he's talking to guys he's a jerk, if he's talking to girls he tries to hit on them.  Occasionally he says something really, really funny.  Despite all his bad characteristics, it's amazing how appealing he is.

Ken:  I imagine ~35, long scraggly hair, thin, weird face.  WFMU station manager.  He's liberal and seems fairly smart at first, but not particularly an intellectual.  As I've listened to him more I realize he's not very well-informed.  It's amazing how not funny he is compared to Andy.  It's also rather discouraging to see how generally Andy dominates Ken, even though Andy is full of shit.  If they were both politicians Andy would kill.  It's really sad, but there's something really appealing about someone who's as fast on their feet as Andy.

They usually come up with some garbage listener participation show idea.  About one in 5 shows actually works.  Even the ones that don't work sometimes feature incredibly funny moments.  Sometimes I find myself laughing out loud really really hard.  That almost never happens to me.

Initially I hated Andy and liked Ken, because Andy just acts like a brat and Ken is the station manager of my favorite station.  But as I've listened to more of them I realize that Andy's actually smarter than Ken.  Ken is really nice and kind, but isn't that well informed.  He's sort of like a half-assed intellectual.  The one thing he has over Andy is good emotional control.  Ken calls Andy a narcissist, and he's right.  But Andy's so much more interesting.

*= don't bother
**= eh
***= worth listening
****= a classic

Ken and Andy further lower WFMU's already abysmal standards as the program enters its death throes. Stunt radio which subjects the radio audience to concepts and topics which mature adults should not have to endure. Find the fatal flaw."

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