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Old 03-24-2011, 10:07 AM
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If they had to make cuts, then Mr. B, Kotulak, and Stauffer made the most sense. Those 3 were the weakest links of the show. While some of the others they kept on are annoying, they bring on entertainment value.
Perhaps, but Ken Rudolphs value as an unintentional entertainer wears thin really quick.
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Old 03-24-2011, 10:27 AM
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Perhaps, but Ken Rudolphs value as an unintentional entertainer wears thin really quick.
Yeah...not saying I like Rudolph as he is a grade I jacka$$, but he stirs things up with his stupidity.
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Old 03-24-2011, 11:19 AM
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Yeah...not saying I like Rudolph as he is a grade I jacka$$, but he stirs things up with his stupidity.
But some of the stuff he and Greg Wolf say makes you wonder about them though. They have been working there for almost ten years, and it is like they haven't picked up a single piece of knowledge on their own. I should include Simon Bray also. I get that alot of trainers don't know a lick about wagering / ticket structure, but the stuff Bray says sometimes makes me think he is missing some chromosomes.
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Old 03-24-2011, 02:02 PM
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But some of the stuff he and Greg Wolf say makes you wonder about them though. They have been working there for almost ten years, and it is like they haven't picked up a single piece of knowledge on their own. I should include Simon Bray also. I get that alot of trainers don't know a lick about wagering / ticket structure, but the stuff Bray says sometimes makes me think he is missing some chromosomes.
yeah...Rudolph, Wolf, Schrupp are absolutely horrible. But TVG never has been concerned with the real horseplayers. They are a gimmick channel. So to them having idiots babble on about nothing to do with racing is their goal. Simon Bray is an embarassment....you would think a guy who was a trainer (an average one at best) would have some horse racing knowledge....but he doesn't.

Right now it's 2 min to post Race 3 at AQU and Shcrupp and Wolf are on tv talking about coffee.
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Old 03-24-2011, 04:53 PM
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TVG lays off several staff members
By Matt Hegarty

Television Games Network has fired approximately 20 workers, including several of its on-air commentators, as part of an effort to reduce costs, the company’s chief executive confirmed on Thursday. Although company officials would not comment beyond a statement acknowledging the firings, the biographies of four television hosts – Bob Baedeker, Chris Kotulak, Frank Lyons, and Frank Mirahmadi – were no longer available on the company’s website on Thursday.
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TVG lays off several staff members
By Matt Hegarty

Television Games Network has fired approximately 20 workers, including several of its on-air commentators, as part of an effort to reduce costs, the company’s chief executive confirmed on Thursday. Although company officials would not comment beyond a statement acknowledging the firings, the biographies of four television hosts – Bob Baedeker, Chris Kotulak, Frank Lyons, and Frank Mirahmadi – were no longer available on the company’s website on Thursday.


THAT sucks.
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Old 03-24-2011, 05:04 PM
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This is devastating news!

Charlie Sheen. Fired.
Bob Baedeker. Fired.
Frank Lyons. Fired. Two months later: Dies in a pool of his own vomit, piss, and s.hit.
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Old 03-25-2011, 08:00 AM
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Cmon boyz...Michelle Yu rules..all that body art, without a clue...isn't that is what a TV analist..ha..should be???? TVG...GET REAL!
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ken 'supah fly' rude stays..igga please..
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Cmon boyz...Michelle Yu rules..all that body art, without a clue...isn't that is what a TV analist..ha..should be???? TVG...GET REAL!
I guess I wasn't the only one who saw Michelle Yu show off her bare feet on live air?

Who was she trying to attract - Rex Ryan? I never really got the whole foot fetish thing.

I have to think someone at the network put her up to that. When you can whip out your feet and show them off on tv ... that's job security I suppose.

Imagine if Jason Blewitt - or Kurt Hoover - or god forbid the big guy from Mountaineer decided to flaunt some foot to the camera in between races?
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Old 03-25-2011, 08:47 AM
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Imagine if Jason Blewitt - or Kurt Hoover - or god forbid the big guy from Mountaineer decided to flaunt some foot to the camera in between races?


With Andy sitting next to him? That would make it even funnier.

I understand that people get tattoos, I'm not judgmental, but Michelle Yu's are really gross when you see her in person.
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:55 AM
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With Andy sitting next to him? That would make it even funnier.
Yeah - that kind of would be worth seeing now that I think about it.
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With Andy sitting next to him? That would make it even funnier.

I understand that people get tattoos, I'm not judgmental, but Michelle Yu's are really gross when you see her in person.
Agree. She's just not very good looking in person, and when your job is to be eye candy you better be.
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I guess I wasn't the only one who saw Michelle Yu show off her bare feet on live air?

Who was she trying to attract - Rex Ryan? I never really got the whole foot fetish thing.
I have to think someone at the network put her up to that. When you can whip out your feet and show them off on tv ... that's job security I suppose.

Imagine if Jason Blewitt - or Kurt Hoover - or god forbid the big guy from Mountaineer decided to flaunt some foot to the camera in between races?
so you just have a sock fetish?
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Old 03-25-2011, 08:57 AM
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It has to land on top of something.

You wouldn't understand.
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