Who would make the best 3rd mic other than Jim?

[Jims_Maroon_Pants]

mario cantone? that fuckin faggot? What the fuck? sherrod? mario cantone? who the fuck are you people?

Mario was great back in the day, he was legit funny

 

[DMAN]

I'm gonna offer one more guy and this is going way back but Mario Cantone might have worked too, of course this was before all the woke shit so it may not have worked now

mario cantone? that fuckin faggot? What the fuck? sherrod? mario cantone? who the fuck are you people?

Mario Cantone was classic. If you don't even know that, you shouldn't be allowed on this site.

 

[DMAN]

You're right, but...nice essay, stupid.

Nice complaining about reading you little fucking faggot, how about instead of commenting on length you reply to anything I said? Do you come here to type 2 word answers nobody wants to read? Or do you come here to talk to people about obscurity? yOU ILLITERATE WHITE NIGGERS ALWAYS CRYING ABOUT POST LENGTHS BUT I NEVER SEE YOU BASHING COVIDCUMIA. FAGGOT

 

[lowend73]

(I'm wearing a nice shirt right now stupid

Fancy man!

 

[lowend73]

O&A didn't need a third mic. I was always in favor of the stations dumping Norton, or reducing him to a weekly guest. I wasn't listening to the show to hear about his juicy BBC penis obsessions and other various perversions. I was trying to listen to Opie & Anthony and this faggot got in the way.

With O&A you only made for good radio if you were willing to always sink lower than them, and throw more fuel to the fire.

Bobby was just enough like Norton that it would have worked, and without Norton's irritating quirks... Bobby's stupid quirks aren't malicious. He's like an abused dog that just wants approval. He still has dumb molestation stories, bald pixar animation appearance, violent fantasies, etc. The only thing Norton has on Bobby is he's got no limits. He was willing to roll with anything. At times Bobby was speechless or jokingly offended (like Benoit) and then he doesn't know what to contribute. Bobby would have softened the show's tone a tad.

Part of the reason why Norton did fit into his role was also that he was just as uninformed and retarded as O&A. He was constantly out of the loop and asking stupid ass questions which was amusing to hear them kick around things that most people my age think of with reverence. O&A misunderstand and try to fathom basic pop culture trends was like live action Beavis & Butthead, but you can't write the shit they would come up with.

The truth is Patrice was a hit or miss listen when you were a live listener at the time. I would generally skip the live show and wait for the replay to see if it was a Patrice episode worth skipping around or not. Revisionist history says everyone loved Patrice. I can listen to Patrice rant for hours, but only because its by choice. Sometimes you just don't need to listen to Patrice Oneal at 7 in the morning. You want a normal O&A show and it's bad enough Norton was usually there to shit things up.

Kevin Hart also would have been better than Patrice, Norton, or Bobby. I'm surprised Kevin Hart hasn't used Bob Kelly in some fashion, they could have one of those Obama/Biden BFF reddit memes going together. But why do that when Kevin is trying to date upwards with The Rock.

Bill Burr added an interesting dynamic to O&A moreso than the others, and more similar to what Louis CK would often bring out of them. You could tell by the way Burr and Louis interacted with O&A that they were smart businessmen who were going to go farther than the others... Yes they were participating in the show, but even during their appearances it felt like they were constantly commenting on and analyzing the concept of what O&A did, rather than just stupidly following them, like a Lewis Black. Patrice would just blather for hours about his movie observations. Louis and Burr would let the show happen and then talk about why it was brilliant. Burr still goes on Rogan to talk about O&A despite everything else.

Brian Regan would have been better than Bill Burr. Regan would floor the entire studio at WNEW just by acting like a retard without cursing or saying anything even remotely offensive to anyone. That would have probably been the best case scenario for O&A... Regan still never ended up being a huge mainstream star even though he was hilarious and had it all. O&A would have been a good boost for him, but I don't know where he lived at the time. Probably didn't want to move his wife and kids around.

Jay Mohr was like the white Patrice. He always tends to crash the show and just go on about himself, which is fine because it means they have material. But after a few minutes it becomes clear "This is a Jay Mohr episode" and sometimes you just don't feel like listening to his shit either for 3 hours.

I never really tuned into Florentine episodes because my girlfriend at the time despised Florentine and all the hosts from the VH1 Metal Show that he was on, so I would just turn it off to avoid her sperg rage which was hilarious to witness but not while driving. But whenever I hear Florentine on O&A it's some episode where you find out he's there in the middle of the segment when he has some random comment or someone asks him something. Which is ideal for a third mic, but he never really delivers. Otto & George were great in their first few appearances until Otto started just being a panelist who never said anything.

I don't think Vos had the energy in later years to be third mic. He was like a tired old boxer who started losing fights late in his career. Vos basically raised O&A to be successful in New York. He beat the hack out of them, and then started bringing guys like Patrice who would carry on that roasting shit that everyone loved.

At the end of the day, the only true answer is the impossible answer that never could happen ... Colin Quinn. He personified all the positive qualities of everyone I just described, with almost none of the negatives. Colin would always roll with the show, when necessary he wouldn't say a peep, and whenever he did say something it was usually a death blow to someone, even to the show itself at times. Norton stole from CQ the most out of anyone, so it would follow that CQ would have been the most beneficial for the role. The sad fact is that he was too lazy and non-commital to even do a low effort phone podcast with his 280 lb friend, or a radio show with Nick Dipalo, or a movie with Mike Meyers, etc.

I wonder how Artie Lange in his prime would have complemented O&A... Norton became the official third mic around the same time Artie became Stern's third mic. If those roles were reversed, Norton would have lasted a few months before Stern got sick of him being lazy and not paying attention. Norton wouldn't like being treated like a Wack Packer but he probably would have done it for the road money.

Colin did understand the ego stoking that was required when working with a Radio Legend He also maintained a relationship with the gargoyle, so Colin can be a team player.

 

[RoTheHo69]

Mario Cantone was classic. If you don't even know that, you shouldn't be allowed on this site.

I'm not familiar with much more than what I saw on NBC or some shit 20 years ago so you'll have to take it up with the admin

 

[DMAN]

I'm not familiar with much more than what I saw on NBC or some shit 20 years ago so you'll have to take it up with the admin

NBC what? Go listen to him on O&A.

 

[RoTheHo69]

NBC what? Go listen to him on O&A.

Yeah it was some last comic standing shit before digital TV. I just remember him being really gay and loud but I never heard him on da showwww. That might change everything. I'll check it out.

 

[Meownaw]

Mario was great back in the day, he was legit funny

He was great although a bit too hyper at times.

 

[Lamont & Tonelli]

Jay Mohr was like the white Patrice. He always tends to crash the show and just go on about himself, which is fine because it means they have material. But after a few minutes it becomes clear "This is a Jay Mohr episode" and sometimes you just don't feel like listening to his shit either for 3 hours.

Thank you fer sayin' whut need ta be sayed! I like Jay Mohrs well enough but he got tiring. Patrice too, but I prefer his stinkfaced "I'm better than you" energy to Jay's Jack Russell dynamism.
Knowing what your voice sounds like adds a whole new dimension to your lectures, real Theatre of the Mind hours.

 

[JoeCumiawearsDIAPERS]

I voted Patrice and generally love when he would talk movies, about his childhood, etc.

I know it’s super unpopular here but I genuinely enjoy Joe DeRosa. He was a punching bag but he was a good sport about it. I think he would have worked well

 

[ElectricJigaboo]

Dennis Falcone

 

[Brooke Shields]

I remember Dipaolo episodes being good, why not him?

 

[Meownaw]

I remember Dipaolo episodes being good, why not him?

It would just be race rants all day. I like Dipalo but let's be honest here.

 

[guest]

Even after Anthony supposedly hated opie, 2013 or so, there were some no faggot Norton shows and they still killed it. The worm and Sam killed o and a. And they should be put to death.

Don’t ban me @admin

 

[Mr. Faggotry]

People hate him for some reason but I loved when DeRosa was on the show. Anthony and him had great chemistry. Theoretically Patrice was the best third mic but if he were in 4/5 days per week he would eventually tell Opie to go fuck himself after the 100th time Opie shushed or snapped his fingers at him.

 

[Papa Goldendick]

I voted Patrice and generally love when he would talk movies, about his childhood, etc.

I know it’s super unpopular here but I genuinely enjoy Joe DeRosa. He was a punching bag but he was a good sport about it. I think he would have worked well

So do I. I know it's got nothing to do with being funny but, like Bobby, DeRosa seems like a nice guy to be around and comes across as someone who'd be a genuine and sincere friend.

It's why I cut him some slack in the verbal losses against Troy Quan and Doctor Steve. Like Bobby (who can be mean) DeRosa was seldom, if at all, truly nasty. Both guys have a sweetness (FAAAAAAG) to them so I'm surprised they were in that circle as long as they were.

 

[Brooke Shields]

It would just be race rants all day. I like Dipalo but let's be honest here.

 

[BUBBLER]

Out of that list, probably Patrice or Florentine. I liked Bobby and Vos on the show, but they were better as "extra comic in the room" rather than third mics

Patrice would have been second mic because of his dominance. Color commentator just like Ant

Cause they're both niggers

 

[Meownaw]

People hate him for some reason but I loved when DeRosa was on the show. Anthony and him had great chemistry. Theoretically Patrice was the best third mic but if he were in 4/5 days per week he would eventually tell Opie to go fuck himself after the 100th time Opie shushed or snapped his fingers at him.

I like this one when Joe finally reveals the age of the broad and Anthony loses it.