Lardlad
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Post by Lardlad on Nov 28, 2013 17:12:25 GMT -5
I've never listened to this podcast but it sounds like something I'd really enjoy, especially Meltzer's extreme dryness. They do post a free podcast once a week I think. They're not always Wrestling Observe Radio shows with Bryan and Dave, but here is a link to the last free Bryan and Dave show: media001.f4wonline.com/dmdocuments/101513wo.mp3FREE TODAY! Oct 15 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer break down Raw, all the matches and angles, new tag champions, New Japan iPPV review, Magnum TA memories, tons more! Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full rundown of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, new tag team champions, Vince changes his mind on storylines, and more, plus a full New Japan iPPV review, memories of Magnum TA, and more. If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as we produce anywhere from 12-15 new radio shows every week, plus members have full access to over 6,000 archived audio shows dating back to 2005, plus hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun!
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khali
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Post by khali on Nov 28, 2013 18:17:38 GMT -5
Dave can be really hilarious with his dryness. When he does make a joke it's usually very funny.
The best interactions are when Bryan does his full wrap up to close the show and then Dave jumps in and says they forgot to talk about something, and then he goes on for another ten minutes. It's like Dave waits until literally the last second.
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Nov 28, 2013 18:47:49 GMT -5
OH MY GOD, WE FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT KONNAN!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 18:58:36 GMT -5
I've never listened to this podcast but it sounds like something I'd really enjoy, especially Meltzer's extreme dryness. They do post a free podcast once a week I think. They're not always Wrestling Observe Radio shows with Bryan and Dave, but here is a link to the last free Bryan and Dave show: media001.f4wonline.com/dmdocuments/101513wo.mp3FREE TODAY! Oct 15 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer break down Raw, all the matches and angles, new tag champions, New Japan iPPV review, Magnum TA memories, tons more! Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full rundown of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, new tag team champions, Vince changes his mind on storylines, and more, plus a full New Japan iPPV review, memories of Magnum TA, and more. If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as we produce anywhere from 12-15 new radio shows every week, plus members have full access to over 6,000 archived audio shows dating back to 2005, plus hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun! Thank you, but I'm having some trouble with that link. It prompts me to log in, and I'm not a member of the site. Do I have to pay to join? I see on the site that the podcasts use iTunes, which for some reason I am unable to use on this computer. So...may be out of luck. Any idea how to get around that? If not, thanks anyway!
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andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 28, 2013 22:33:01 GMT -5
One funny moment was during this weeks Total Divas review
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Post by Joshie el Gato Rey on Nov 28, 2013 23:37:04 GMT -5
The funniest thing they ever discussed was when someone wrote the following question to them in 09:
"In the mid-nineties, Bret Hart bought a mansion from Monty Burns. Did he ever sell it?"
Dave said "I thought he lived in Calgary?", then they talked about where Bret lived for a little bit, none the wiser that they'd been had. The F4W board all laughed at them because of the wrestling bubble they live in.
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Post by kidglov3s on Nov 28, 2013 23:44:40 GMT -5
I've never listened to this podcast but it sounds like something I'd really enjoy, especially Meltzer's extreme dryness. Oh god I don't know if I'd be able to keep following this stuff without at least listening to the WOR after Raw every week. Try this link for the free show: media001.f4wonline.com/free/101513wo.mp3And Dave also makes a weekly appearance on The LAW (which is free) every Sunday night, which I find to be appointment listening even if it often feels like he's trying to break the record for one man saying "I dunno" the most times in 5-10 minutes.
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Post by celticjobber on Nov 29, 2013 1:24:17 GMT -5
I've never listened to this podcast but it sounds like something I'd really enjoy, especially Meltzer's extreme dryness. Oh god I don't know if I'd be able to keep following this stuff without at least listening to the WOR after Raw every week. Try this link for the free show: media001.f4wonline.com/free/101513wo.mp3And Dave also makes a weekly appearance on The LAW (which is free) every Sunday night, which I find to be appointment listening even if it often feels like he's trying to break the record for one man saying "I dunno" the most times in 5-10 minutes. I've been listening to The LAW since around early 2000 (and it's probably where I first heard of Dave Meltzer and his old eYada show). Somehow hearing Dave say "have a great week" at the end of his LAW segment is very re-assuring...
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Post by Boo! on Nov 29, 2013 2:31:49 GMT -5
Are we sure Meltzer's 'dryness' is stemmed from humour and not just a basic misunderstanding of sarcasm or exaggeration for illustrative purposes?
I have a friend (well, cousin) like that who'll rebuttle comments in a similar way. Maybe for some people seeing in anything other than black and white is alien to them. My cousin, for example, will correct one of us saying "my girlfriend was so mad she bit my head off" by pointing out our heads are still in tact. I don't see him as 'dry' just a little slow in certain situations of social interaction. He's very smart otherwise, he has his own business. But just like I struggle with math, he and maybe Dave struggles with these things.
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khali
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Post by khali on Nov 29, 2013 2:43:16 GMT -5
Are we sure Meltzer's 'dryness' is stemmed from humour and not just a basic misunderstanding of sarcasm or exaggeration for illustrative purposes? I have a friend (well, cousin) like that who'll rebuttle comments in a similar way. Maybe for some people seeing in anything other than black and white is alien to them. My cousin, for example, will correct one of us saying "my girlfriend was so mad she bit my head off" by pointing out our heads are still in tact. I don't see him as 'dry' just a little slow in certain situations of social interaction. He's very smart otherwise, he has his own business. But just like I struggle with math, he and maybe Dave struggles with these things. But the thing is, Dave can be sarcastic and funny. Check out @observerquotes on twitter. It's just a guy posting old quotes from the Observer, and a lot of them are damn funny.
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Post by molson5 on Nov 29, 2013 13:21:39 GMT -5
The best interactions are when Bryan does his full wrap up to close the show and then Dave jumps in and says they forgot to talk about something, and then he goes on for another ten minutes. It's like Dave waits until literally the last second. And this of course happens about 3:30 AM after Bryan has done 6 shows that day.
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Post by molson5 on Nov 29, 2013 13:24:55 GMT -5
They do post a free podcast once a week I think. They're not always Wrestling Observe Radio shows with Bryan and Dave, but here is a link to the last free Bryan and Dave show: media001.f4wonline.com/dmdocuments/101513wo.mp3FREE TODAY! Oct 15 Wrestling Observer Radio: Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer break down Raw, all the matches and angles, new tag champions, New Japan iPPV review, Magnum TA memories, tons more! Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns tonight to talk all the news in wrestling and mixed martial arts including a full rundown of Raw from Monday night, all the matches and segments, new tag team champions, Vince changes his mind on storylines, and more, plus a full New Japan iPPV review, memories of Magnum TA, and more. If you like what you hear, sign up for a subscription as we produce anywhere from 12-15 new radio shows every week, plus members have full access to over 6,000 archived audio shows dating back to 2005, plus hundreds of new and archived Wrestling Observer and Figure Four Weekly online newsletters. It's a steal, so sign up and join the fun! Thank you, but I'm having some trouble with that link. It prompts me to log in, and I'm not a member of the site. Do I have to pay to join? I see on the site that the podcasts use iTunes, which for some reason I am unable to use on this computer. So...may be out of luck. Any idea how to get around that? If not, thanks anyway! Go to the f4wonline site directly and watch the feed, when a free podcast posts, it will announce itself as free. You don't need to be a member of the site to download those, just click on the link at the site and you can listen to it right from there, or there's a link you can do a right-click download from.
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Post by Boo! on Dec 10, 2013 7:41:19 GMT -5
Meltzer often just comes across as surly and rude a lot of the time. Bryan was running down the post match Raw situation and he finished, paused for Meltzer to react/respond and....nothing. Literally like five seconds of dead air. He asks "Dave are you there" and Melzter response like someone who wants to make it clear he completely wasn't interested in what was just said. As if Alvarez just told a racist joke or something and Meltzer was disgusted and totally no-sold it.
I like the information you get on the show and the insight but there is zero chemistry going on there. They have have been working together for a number of years but perhaps it's a marriage of convenience rather than desire because it almost literally could not be more obvious the two are like chalk and cheese. People say it's Dave's humour but it can't be that all the time. He no-sells almost everything, he'll interrupt Alvarez talking about one segment of the show and decide to suddenly start talking about another.
He doesn't respond to anything that he says unless he thinks it's incorrect. 99% of the time it's silence or "Yeah, well". Unless this is a work and both guys are aware that they come across as a bit stand-offish on the podcast, I'm fairly sure that this element of their partnership is a shoot. They may not have heat with each other, it may just be that their styles or personalities clash but I'd have doubts if outside of a business relationship they'd have much to do with each other.
Just so many awkward, awkward silences and no-selling of what the other guy says. Not just dismissing it (although that happens a lot) but just not responding, at all. You're hosting a radio podcast and the other guy just ran down a segment of the show, he finishes expecting you to begin your response or your own analysis of what went down and you completely sandbag him. Just acting as if what he said was either not important enough to respond to or not interesting enough to listen to. It's incredibly rude and awkward. If both guys were playing a gimmick or they had some sort of tongue-in-cheek 'feud' going on I could understand but it should be two guys hosting a radio podcast about wrestling but one (Meltzer) constantly acts as if outside of that business relationship they have, he wouldn't give the other guy the time of day.
I'm sorry but if anyone is in doubt who isn't familiar, listen to a few of their free podcasts they on the Obsever website. I defy anyone to listen to one of these fresh, like I did a few weeks ago, and not be at least 90% sure that the two don't really get on that well.
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Post by D'Jasper Probincrux III on Dec 10, 2013 10:53:49 GMT -5
They've addressed things like this on The Board at times. A recent example:
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