Holy forum wars batman....try to get 8 hours of shut-eye and look what happens lol
For those of you posting logical and supportive statements - Thank You, very much.
Believe me when I say that it has not gone un-noticed or unappreciated.
To Itsfroze: I really should have let Pete deal with this, but it's cool, I don't think your "concerns" are too far fetched, but I do think that perhaps you should try to see things from a perspective other than your own. And maybe, just maybe, I can help you with that.
First, I will happily point out that your dissatisfaction is not the popular consensus. Our audience has steadily grown every single week, and by leaps and bounds no less. (and not just in the U.S.) Does everyone love it? I highly doubt it. Will everyone love it? Not only do I highly doubt it, I actually expect that some people will hate it, and me, and Mike, and Mark, and Alison etc. Such is life, and I will not lose one wink of sleep over it.
Now that's not to say that we don't care who likes it and who doesn't, we just know that its impossible to please everyone, so we will continue to try hard, with the understanding that we can only do so much for people like yourself, who have made up their mind that it's not something they enjoy.
By the way, while I'm thinking about it, you can always go check out the other pool related shows out there to see if they're doing a better job. Let me know if you find one that you like and maybe we can emulate their successful methods.
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As for the hard-hitting questions that you desire so much, I have a hard - hitting question for you sir: Why are you too scared to ask them yourself? Anyone can call up Rob, or Ivan, or Shane, or Mark, or Barry, or Larry and fire away...so...why haven't you? Why don't you flex your superior investigative skills and get us THE REAL scoop?
Better yet, I will make you a very special offer: Pick anyone you want, set up a phone interview, and I will record the whole thing and put it on our show. Feel free to show us all how to handle the 'tough questions' and how a "real" interview should be done. The ball is in your court Mr. Man.
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While you are digesting my offer, here is something else to consider: It is not our ultimate goal to highlight disagreements and unrest in the industry. Yes there are unpleasant situations that have been and will be addressed to some extent, but generally speaking we prefer to highlight positivity and not the opposite. Perhaps we don't like bytchin, moaning, and bashing people? Or perhaps, I would like to keep the respect that these guests have for me and our show, rather than having them hate us for putting them on the spot in the public eye. It's called tact.
There is a time and place for everything, and our show is not the time nor place to listen to someone get cornered and ostracized for answering a question the wrong way. Its not good business and its certainly not something that we want to put out in front of the general public when this industry needs as much help as it can get. In other words, ABR is not and never will be a grocery store tabloid or bird cage liner. If that's a let down for you, then I suppose you'll just have to be let down.
Thanks for listening.
