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But for crying out loud, this is ridiculous. The Kremlinology going on here is batshit insane! It's like reading the National Enquirer, only with less real information!
Hell, it could be nothing more than Dan & John's schedules no longer syncing up.
What a bunch of gossipy hens.
it's just a shame that John isn't respectful enough of his readers/listeners to just admit what happened to break up his relationship with Dan.
The Talk Show was started by John and Dan in 2007. The website (thetalkshow.net) is registered to Dan and was most likely coded by him as well. Dan has just as much invested into The Talk Show as Gruber. It would've been much classier to leave 5by5 and start an entire new show.
The Talk Show is Dan and John. Period.
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Just more gossip, but the first thing that comes to mind whenever I think of @Mike_FTW is "Fuck You, Pay Me". Which in principle isn't bad, but ...
That's the big difference I see between Dan Benjamin and Mike Monteiro. Dan is a professional and has my respect, where as Monteiro makes cheap vulgar jokes. I know which attitude I prefer to support.
Hard to tell if I'm biased or if this new format is as boring as it seems. Will have to try again tomorrow. Got about 10 minutes in tonight.
Last fall, Dan, John Siracusa, Merlin, and Marco were enchanted by his new producer, Faith Korpi. A couple of months later she disappeared. Jake Erickson wrote the following on Quora: "She and Dan had a falling out. She was fired from 5by5, but was given Geek Friday back as a concession to Dan's other hosts. They are not speaking any more."
The fact that within the span of a few months Dan lost Let's Make Mistakes, The Talk Show, and the producer that his other hosts stuck up for strongly hints that there is something about Dan's off-air personality that rubs people the wrong way.
looks like Gruber has scrubbed the links to The Talk Show from Daring Fireball (other than the links from today to the new show). it's just a shame that John isn't respectful enough of his readers/listeners to just admit what happened to break up his relationship with Dan.
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/09/30/the-talk-show-61