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The new Loveline
Jul. 30th, 2006 04:24 pmOK, so Loveline has a new host to replace Adam Carolla. His name is Stryker, and he is lame.
What made Adam and makes Drew such good hosts, is that they have a life outside the studio. Adam's a real carpenter, and Drew's a real doctor. They have experiences to draw on that are outside the showbiz culture. Stryker, on the other hand, seems to be a professional hipster. I've learned nothing of his life by listening to Loveline; he has volunteered nothing. But he does like to badger Dr. Drew about his personal sex life. Stryker's a DJ, which means he kisses the ass of any celebrity the program director says. Even Joel McHale has more meat on his brain.
Incidentally, KROQ had been courting other people, and had gotten guests to co-host for a week at a time. Danny Bonaduce, for example, has radio experience, having worked right here in Phoenix until he beat up a transvestite and got fired. And he has enough stories to last ten years, and has great chemistry with Drew. I admit, the prospects drop off significantly after that: Joel McHale's just the guy from The Soup, and David Alan Grier would probably burn the listeners out after two weeks.
So I went to KROQ's site to see if there's a bio for Stryker. There's a page with interviews and photos, and a portrait of Stryker. He's got a goatee. You know who has goatees? Abraham Lincoln, Amish people, and those losers on Mill Avenue who ask me for cigarettes. He looks like be belongs on MTV circa 1996. He's not winning me over. Get a first name.
Maybe they should hire Riki Rachtman back. At least he was on Headbanger's Ball.
What made Adam and makes Drew such good hosts, is that they have a life outside the studio. Adam's a real carpenter, and Drew's a real doctor. They have experiences to draw on that are outside the showbiz culture. Stryker, on the other hand, seems to be a professional hipster. I've learned nothing of his life by listening to Loveline; he has volunteered nothing. But he does like to badger Dr. Drew about his personal sex life. Stryker's a DJ, which means he kisses the ass of any celebrity the program director says. Even Joel McHale has more meat on his brain.
Incidentally, KROQ had been courting other people, and had gotten guests to co-host for a week at a time. Danny Bonaduce, for example, has radio experience, having worked right here in Phoenix until he beat up a transvestite and got fired. And he has enough stories to last ten years, and has great chemistry with Drew. I admit, the prospects drop off significantly after that: Joel McHale's just the guy from The Soup, and David Alan Grier would probably burn the listeners out after two weeks.
So I went to KROQ's site to see if there's a bio for Stryker. There's a page with interviews and photos, and a portrait of Stryker. He's got a goatee. You know who has goatees? Abraham Lincoln, Amish people, and those losers on Mill Avenue who ask me for cigarettes. He looks like be belongs on MTV circa 1996. He's not winning me over. Get a first name.
Maybe they should hire Riki Rachtman back. At least he was on Headbanger's Ball.
