alltime unappealing tagline
― lag∞n, Thursday, 23 June 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
i think it might actually be an alan partridge line
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 June 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
i didn't mind this but it seems like.... such a waste given everything you can do on HBO. it was basically no different than the stuff simmons was doing with jalen for grantland's youtube channel.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 23 June 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
finally watched this, it was...fine?
letting affleck rant is def a trainwreck but also perversely fascinating to watch him go boston-bro on 100 thousand trillion
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 01:40 (seven years ago) link
yea felt a lil manufactured to get buzz/go viral
its more of a celeb sin to have a puffy face of that degree
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 11:25 (seven years ago) link
i caught a few minutes of this in passing the other night, felt like an hbo talk show, like costas' thing. i thought it worked better as tv than the grantland bball hour did. i've watched better things on hbo, i've watched worse things on hbo.
― balls, Friday, 1 July 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
wish it was barkley's show instead
― am0n, Friday, 1 July 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
that dude already gets so much leeway to be a dickhead as it is
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 1 July 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
cuban is really refreshing to hear interviewed and in convo imo
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 July 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah not a huge fan of either guy but the cubes/gladwell segment could have gone on for another 20 minutes and i would have been good. basically i'll check this out a day or two after it airs depending on the guests.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 1 July 2016 03:26 (seven years ago) link
i walked thru a room showing cuban and gladwell and sped up my walking. caught hader and it was fun (fucking died at the deadline story) but it was mostly 'hey tell that story you told on the podcast that one time'. fun stuff but nothing new. also ever since it was pointed out i can't get past how he looks like ellen. it's like when someone pointed out fennel tastes like licorice, it took a while before i could eat spaghetti again.
― balls, Friday, 1 July 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
otm ive def heard that lorne/serial killer bit but it is still hilarious and I condone pushing it to this larger audience
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 July 2016 11:17 (seven years ago) link
This show is very bad.
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 25 July 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
i couldnt believe he did a whole segment on ufc
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 00:48 (seven years ago) link
Just like most things like this I'll pay attention a couple times every few months when he has someone interesting on.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
Cancellation rumors ...
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
haha
― Spottie, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 03:53 (seven years ago) link
Can they cancel The Ringer while they're at it? That site has published maybe two good articles so far.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 11:10 (seven years ago) link
bill had a good thing going w espn
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link
talking head is a dumb egotist, news at 11
― micah, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
The Ringer has had several pretty good pieces, but they've all been too short, and they get punched down off the front age because shitty boring sports takes need more space.
It's nerds versus jocks. At Grantland the nerds usually won.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 23:15 (seven years ago) link
i like justin charity
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
wow bill wooooowwwwhttps://youtu.be/N8AcfZt7ZOE
― Spottie, Thursday, 18 August 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
lol all of those ideas are so half baked and bad
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Thursday, 18 August 2016 06:08 (seven years ago) link
I feel like I can feel bill getting squirmy and needing to interject when a celeb tells a longer story or anecdote (cait jenner, Jonah hill), but to his credit, he doesn't
otoh its p embarrassing his trying to relate to ricky Williams and seth rogen abt smoking weed by a story where he got hi and went to see Austin powers 3
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link
Tug of war only good idea in that...
― schwantz, Thursday, 18 August 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
the bad ideas should at least be amusing...
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
haven't seen anything since the Bosh one but apparently KD is on tomorrow.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Still hard to believe KD is on the Warriors with the Steph and Klay. I bet he's feeling happy, relaxed and excited.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
wonder if he has any idea abt the impending avalanche of hate
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
Last week had worse ratings than two different airings of Caddyshack on the Golf Channel. Barely beat WEEDIQUETTE on Vice.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
And three female guests in ten episodes.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons 8h8 hours agoLong conversation with @KDTrey5 and @Nas on @AnyGivenWeds tonight - and we have @vincestaples talking sports, too. https://instagram.com/p/BKluTFhgr17/
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
vince staples segment was really bad. was kd part was p good. speed round at the end was p fun overall
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 September 2016 06:18 (seven years ago) link
whitlock!
https://twitter.com/TheTomasRios/status/779432658178899968
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 September 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
how does one man produce so much perfect content
― Clay, Friday, 23 September 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
lol i love how twitter drives successful journalists with better things to do completely insane
― lag∞n, Saturday, 24 September 2016 05:12 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/10/28/ratings-for-bill-simmonss-hbo-show-have-hit-rock-bottom
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 October 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
"what’s with all the Michael Rapaport?" lmao perfect
― lag∞n, Friday, 28 October 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
it's a god damn awful show. caught a bit of it the other night because the great one was on it and because the great one is such a wooden borefest he had bill burr sitting next to him. still managed to be stilted and not particularly funny.
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Friday, 28 October 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
I like Billy but the first episode with Ben Affleck was enough for me
― frogbs, Friday, 28 October 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
it's a really dead show, idk why. i think it made sense in theory... like he's good at podcasts, let's put him and some guests in a room and not try and overthink it. but when i watch it i can't get over the fact that he GOT HIS OWN SHOW on fucking HBO and it's more or less completely identical in tone and look from the youtube videos he was making for grantland. idk i just feel like there was so much more opportunity there.
given the contract HBO gave him i feel like maybe they'll give this one more shot since it can't be that expensive to produce, and i think they can expand out the format a bit. i think one good option would be to produce documentary-style segments a la the 30 for 30 shorts they used to do. just something to break up the "stale simmons essay with old cultural references" + "stilted interviews with random guests" monotony.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 October 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
it really comes off as if he didn't put any thought into it at all
― Clay, Saturday, 29 October 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
i have to think there's a lot of people like me who still listen to his podcasts at the gym and maybe even click on ringer links here and there, but when it comes to the show he could have jesus christ himself as a recurring guest and there's still no way i'm watching a 30-minute talkshow about sports.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 29 October 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
tv requires so much more attention than pods
― lag∞n, Saturday, 29 October 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
What percent of people who make podcasts think "I should be on TV?"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 29 October 2016 04:24 (seven years ago) link
well bill simmons has been on TV plenty and there's an established history of sportswriters becoming successful TV hosts (on espn at least)
but yeah
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 October 2016 04:25 (seven years ago) link
yeah sports writer --> sports radio --> tv model is a million years old now
― Clay, Saturday, 29 October 2016 04:27 (seven years ago) link
but simmons is obv a different beast than, say, tony kornheiser
simmons was bad the other time he was on tv mightve been a sign that he wld be bad on tv
― lag∞n, Saturday, 29 October 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link