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@LingerLonger brought up an excellent point, and it should be addressed. Im going to be repeating some stuff from the original post, and wanted to give some credit.
Once Jim was settled in, I believe Opie gave him some leeway to invite his friends. There were some real stinkers (Sean Rouse, Yoshi, etc). An ensuing on air fight occurred with Opie rightfully telling Jim he had a shit comic in. That in turn was Opie making comics wait to come in the studio. Only a couple comics could carry the whole show, actually just 1 or 2. Those being Burr, Oneal (sometimes), Voss, and the great Colin Quinn. Bobby Kelly and Joe Derosa were guests, and rightfully so. Jim was bad enough that XM wanted a replacement for him, I think maybe a year into them joining.
Why did Jim think he had the authority to invite comics on the show ? Colin called him out, and rightfully so. You are not the booker, and it is not your show.
De Rosa, Birbiglia, Kelly, etc were not in that zone. They were on because Norton knew they were "below" him.
Norton was a gatekeeper, and it was a 1 way street. If you had nothing to offer, good luck bro. Otto was the victim of this, a year would go by without him on.
It's all over the place, but should be addressed. One more thing, DL motherfucked him due to the fact that Vice show was garbage. I will give credit, he is/was funny too see live.
Once Jim was settled in, I believe Opie gave him some leeway to invite his friends. There were some real stinkers (Sean Rouse, Yoshi, etc). An ensuing on air fight occurred with Opie rightfully telling Jim he had a shit comic in. That in turn was Opie making comics wait to come in the studio. Only a couple comics could carry the whole show, actually just 1 or 2. Those being Burr, Oneal (sometimes), Voss, and the great Colin Quinn. Bobby Kelly and Joe Derosa were guests, and rightfully so. Jim was bad enough that XM wanted a replacement for him, I think maybe a year into them joining.
Why did Jim think he had the authority to invite comics on the show ? Colin called him out, and rightfully so. You are not the booker, and it is not your show.
De Rosa, Birbiglia, Kelly, etc were not in that zone. They were on because Norton knew they were "below" him.
Norton was a gatekeeper, and it was a 1 way street. If you had nothing to offer, good luck bro. Otto was the victim of this, a year would go by without him on.
It's all over the place, but should be addressed. One more thing, DL motherfucked him due to the fact that Vice show was garbage. I will give credit, he is/was funny too see live.
