Friday will be, we pray and presume, the last of the inexorable John Curley acting as the fill dirt in the shallow hole vacated by the vacationing Dori Monson (KIROFM m-f, 12-3p).
It's been a rough week. We've scarcely heard more self-assuming, fatuous, condescending, smart-mouthed trivial blithering in our long years.
And that's saying something for talk radio. (First make them like you, is the talk radio trope, and apparently nobody's mentioned that to Curley).
But Curley got down with listeners Thursday. Maybe some of you found his revelations more than you needed to hear as you went about your day, especially after his lengthy treatment of the propriety of Truck Nutz, and the sexualization of nearly every news story including the debt ceiling.
Curley shared that he has a bad tattoo on his scrawny ass he's suffered six "treatments" (at $400 each) to remove it (with probably six to go).
What could that bad tat be???? Don't mess with us, John! What is it??? Commentary on an old girlfriend? A botched portrait of your first wife's boobs? Some soppy Heart Lyrics, A unicorn in a vomit patch? Road Runner saying "Beep-beep, your ass?" Maybe it's Evening Magazine's logo X-ed off and replaced with KIRO's? Or something like this?
(There are plenty of folks around who say they've seen John Curley's ass and we're getting close to pinning a deal with someone who says they have a picture).
We can forgive youthful inky indiscretions. (We have tattoos near our "areas" we haven't been able to see since about 1987).
But we're having trouble forgiving Curley much of anything. Not after his constant condescending reminders about what a privileged background he hails from. Not after his sneering get-a-job-solutions for young uneployed people made homeless in the deep recession. Not after the superior and sexist tones he took and the rude interruptions he made with Goddess Jessicaman and whoever that kid who was fill-in producer this week.
Curley's show at night (m-f, 7-10p), however, is apparently safe. A KIRO-ite told us "...the overall tide is so high right now at KIRO that his show benefits and gets at least adequate ratings, and management has little motivation to fire anyone/shake things up."
What john Curly is to Kiro, was what Brian (Empty)Suits was to the former KKKVI.Their fates shall be the same
Posted by: Kyle Schmidt | July 29, 2011 at 04:04 PM
Well, he is gay, you know, ergo the tats on the ass.
Posted by: JimF | July 29, 2011 at 06:49 PM
Jim, do you think whatever is on his ass would bust him out of the closet? Cool. Hope Hood gets that picture. Actually, I might like him a little better if I knew he was one of The Gay.
Posted by: Lawrence "Larry" Fishkiller | July 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM
My Gaydar goes off, Larry. Doesn't yours?
Posted by: JimF | July 29, 2011 at 10:55 PM
today Curley was going on about soem hillbily lady who wore a bikini top to Walmart and was thrown out. He first tried to make a joke about her teeth but producer Jason stepped on his punch li0ne. The joke was old and cornball and should have been blocked by Jason from ever getting ove the air but the great Curley was extremely annoyed and condescending to Jason for interrruptong him unintentionally. "Jason what am i going to do with you" he said with an asshole's petulant, arrogant edge to his voice , before delivering the hoary old, unfunny punchline. Then he wenyt on to deliver an impression of the hypothetical shopper busybody who Curley was convinced was the one who complained about the lady's top. Thwe impressio0n was mildly humorous at best , but Jessica gave it a great big horselaugh anf giggle, really kissing John's butt. Curley thought so highly of his impression that he repeated it a couple times more.Incredibly, though , there IS a worse radio team than Curley and Gottesman. An Ass named Mike Slater comes on a San Diego talk staiton, KKFMB, AT 6 AM WEEKDAYS, with a newswoman/sidekick type and deliverS the phoniest, most annoyingly RINKY DINK sounding show I'ver ever heard. The sidekick woman makes Gottesman's hollow laughter seem downright sincere. This morning they were talkin g about a marine who invited a starlet to the Marins Ball. The celebrity declined but sent some big bottles of champagne. The sidekick woman upon hearing Slater tell this last part of the story about the champagne breaks into rollicking , loud peals of horselaughing, as if she's just heard the funniest joke of the century. These are the two biggest and stupidest lamers on radio.
Posted by: Tommy008 | July 29, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Curly is even more insufferable than dori. Having read about his mean streak here, I never heard him until this week. I am really surprised he has a job. If I had to compare hm to anyone it would be that douche from Illinois, joe (I'm not in the Eagles) walsh. curly would make a perfect federal teabagger. A selfish, mean, knuckle dragging luddite. Every solution for him is 'common sense',and I agree that this, 'his sneering get-a-job-solutions for young unemployed people made homeless in the deep recession...'reveals him to be one of the most painfully odious people in radio around here.
Does he really have the numbers that warrant his continued employment in Seattle?
Posted by: james chan | July 30, 2011 at 09:16 AM
Curley will be gone when election season rolls around next year. He may have trouble defending his record on the city council (he doesnt have much of one) but a familiar name in a Red district may be all he needs.
Posted by: Mike Barer | July 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM
I actually liked hearing what I did hear of Curley filling in for Dori, but just kept getting fed up with Jessica.
Tune away to KTTH and KOMO, then check back later...
Not sure why she's there.
The whispering...
That DAMN WHISPERING!!!
But yeah, Curley has a place in Seattle radio...
He obviously pushes the liberal's buttons.
Posted by: Rat_Bastard | July 30, 2011 at 11:05 AM
I like listening to Curley. He is smart, edgey, fast, does a ton of charitable work - puts his money to work where and when it is needed. I get the impression he speaks to a listener 97.3 would like to cultivate. Time will tell...but it is clearly more up lifting than listening to "drag you down to my level Dori".
Posted by: Ceily | July 30, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Hoteles Huelva, one word - ASSIMILATE..por favor...
Posted by: Ceily | August 01, 2011 at 11:57 AM
I just wish they'd dump Dori once and for all. At least John's voice is not annoying to listen to. I agree he's not the best (Ross & Burbank are the best, IMO), but he's far better than Dori.
Posted by: Jim Smith | August 01, 2011 at 12:47 PM
I had to endure a small portion of "the john curley show" a few days ago. I was waiting for Coast to Coast AM. Anyway, him and some other guy were talking about how great they are for the planet, because they ride bicycles (to work? I don't know) And Curley said with the most smug voice...that he spent 7 or 8 thousand dollars on his bike. Who the hell does that? He's a moron, don't like him...never have...he's GAY.
Posted by: Robert | December 26, 2011 at 06:31 AM