Sunday, December 19, 2021

Bee-otch of the Day: the Broadcasting industry







Name: the broadcast industry
Age: ageless
Occupation: supposed entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: still putting people last
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The 1990s were a dark age for rock fans in northern Michigan. 

Castle Farms in Charlevoix shuttered, forcing people to drive hundreds of miles to see their favorite acts. Even worse, WKLT was the de facto rock station up north. Instead of allowing locals to hear the bands of the time, they had to play their daily quota of "Juke Box Hero".

Then, in 1998, somebody actually stepped up and gave KLT real competition. A Chicago firm called Calibre Communications announced that they were buying Del Reynolds' group of stations. They reformatted Del's classic rock stations - collectively known as WGFM - into The Bear. Since Reynolds was WGFM's morning man, he stepped aside and they newly-minted stations brought in the syndicated Bob and Tom Show.

Calibre knew that people were sick of classic rock, too. So, they flipped Reynolds' underperforming smooth jazz "Coast FM" stations to The Zone, Northern Michigan's Modern Rock. The good news was that finally, rock fans didn't have to sit through moldy oldies to hear new music. However, The Zone was just another soccer mom station. David Gariano, Calibre's president told the Traverse City Record-Eagle that northern Michigan simply wasn't a hard rock or metal market. For two years, The Zone was one of northern Michigan's lowest-rated FM stations.

Then, their new program director, Kimberly Fox, proved Gariano wrong.

When Calibre's buyout of Reynolds fell through, some of its backers formed Northern Star Broadcasting. With Fox at the helm of The Zone, obscure and forgettable beer break rock from no-namers like Sinead Lohan and Susan Tedeschi were out and bands that were ignored by KLT and the rest of northern Michigan radio were in.

With a playlist infused with a musical Jagerbomb, The Zone started whipping KLT's pitiful ass. Even KLT themselves started throwing their long-ignored Gen-Xer audience a bone by spinning bands like Disturbed, Nine Inch Nails and a few others. Of course, you had to sit through "Carry On Wayward Son" to get to "Because I Got High" by the great 2000s one-hit-wonder Afroman.

Boy, have times changed. The Zone begat to Rock 105 and 95-5 and KLT is almost 100% classic rock. Not to mention that both stations have had their ups and downs. It's typical of the radio world and in life itself. These days, KLT is almost at the top of the northern Michigan radio rat race. In the most-recent Nielsen ratings book, KLT was *almost* #1, only losing to Rock 105's country sister, Big Country 102.9 10.6 to 10.2.

Rock 105, however, is in a tough spot.

The active rocker was tied in 10th place with a dismal 1.9 with piss-powered adult hits 104.5 Bob FM. The station has been in a ratings free fall since longtime afternoon jock and Programming Director Nate "Smitty" Smith left the station a few years ago.

For years, fans of Rock 105 and The Zone have fought tooth and nail to support the station. Before it flipped to Rock 105, The Zone lost 94.5 in the Straits area, claiming that there were no ad dollars to support the station. It flipped to hot AC as "Star 94.5" to zero fanfare. When the switch to what was then called Real Rock 105 & 95-5 was made, fans were happy. However, musically, the station was a mixed bag of some new rock and a lot of butt rock already heard on KLT and The Bear, which took over the 94.5 spot. Eventually, the butt rock disappeared.

But then on April Fool's Day 2014, Traverse City listeners were pissed when 95.5 flipped to sleepy easy listening music as "Easy 95-5". Once one got south of TC, Fans of active rock were stuck with KLT or The Bear. Of course, It took owner Del Reynolds' wife to have a stroke to force him to sell his stations to a couple of former Greater Media Detroit execs and put rock back on 95.5. 

And yes, the bullshit a troll from KLT pulled that damn near killed Smitty's radio career. Of course, Black Diamond convinced advertisers that Smitty was the innocent one, so all was well. 

So, the question is, why in the hell is KLT scoring double digits while Rock 105 is doing so pitifully? Musically, Rock 105 - IMHO - is sounding great! Better than WGRD here in Grand Rapids, which plays too much stale shit that belongs on WLAV. Granted, KLT has a live and local morning show with Omelette, who attracts a lot of popular celebs - local and nationwide - on his show. Governor Whitmer is a frequent guest, and was on the show the day she was heckled by a loser who opposed her COVID-19 policies. 

Rock 105? Well, they have a 400-pound jerk who once aired a fake political ad blasting former Governor Jennifer Granholm for Michigan's economic woes in the 2000s, even though the fault was really BusHitler and his fake wars and tax cuts for the wealthy, which landed this country in the economic breakdown of 2008. Of course, I'm still not over the fact that he photoshopped a photo of himself peeing on 106 KHQ's promo vehicle, I posted it on a media-based internet message board and some jerk claimed that I was the one responsible for it. Ummmm, I posted it STRAIGHT from his MySpace page. Gee, ever hear of finding the page source? But since one of his then-co-workers was the aforementioned KLT troll, who has several handles on said board and now has no real job, well, there you go.

Oh, and said Rock 105 morning host is now based in Green Bay, WI where he handles afternoons on CHR WIXX as "Fife". Allegedly, he now pre-records his show for NoMi the night before. 

Voicetracked the night before from Packerland or live and local should be a no-brainer. But then again, I have SiriusXM on both my phone and vehicle. But, here's something to think about: is Nielsen telling the truth?

Big Country 102.9 is a station whose signal is scratchy in the Grand Traverse region. As a matter of fact, its city-grade signal fades south of Elk Rapids. Its transmitter is located north of Harbor Springs. Now, true, WTCM-FM - which fell to third place - has lost some listeners when Midwestern flipped 93.5 in the Petoskey region to a WKLT simulcast. But a 10.6? Something's fishy. 

Now, it's true that Nielsen and its predecessor Arbitron had issues when an employee at then-AC 106.7 WSRT sent in fake diaries to them, affecting their ratings. He was caught and fired while WSRT made a few format flips and fell silent when Northern Broadcast - which also owned KLT and The Fox - went belly-up. As for WSRT, MacDonald-Garber Broadcasting bought the station and is now Star Country 106.7, playing mostly country from the 90s and 00s. 

The good news is that 106.7 is back with a format that will definitely work for the Straits region. However, it will tack off a few points from Big Country and will give KLT an advantage when the next book comes out in early 2022. Or, was it all a flaw? 

Of course, anything can happen. With Smitty gone (again), The Bear's numbers could tank, new Traverse City signal and all. 106 KHQ's morning show also quit recently. At least Rock 105 is taking a shot at KLT by now calling themselves "The REAL Rock Station" as opposed to KLT's slogan, minus the word "Real".

Meanwhile, up north, viewers of co-owned NBC WPBN-TV 7&4 and WGTU ABC 29&8 recently noticed that the two stations had been looking like shit as of late. Commercials aren't being run, newscasts have been abbreviated and syndicated fare like Wheel of Fortune and Dr. Phil were being pre-empted for programming by the TBD Network. 

The reason was because the two stations' parent, Sinclair Broadcast Group had a major ransomware attack at their headquarters in Maryland a few months ago. Apparently, it encrypted a lot of their files, causing their stations to not air commercials, station IDs and syndicated programs. 

Here in west Michigan, Sinclair O&O CBS affiliate WWMT-3 seems to be back to normal. Other Sinclair stations haven't been so lucky. It's been reported that other Sinclair properties were also having similar issues.

WPBN's evening newscast had multiple glitches, such as the screen being off-center, an on-screen volume control on the screen and a frame that was on at the beginning of a commercial asking if they should proceed. Obviously, 7&4 was being run off of what appears to be a make-shift system.

Sinclair had been mum on what might have caused the issue, though many think that it's simple karma for making their stations a right-winged mouthpiece. They force them to air features like the Terrorism Alert Desk, which bashes brown-skinned people. They air commentary from Boris Epshteyn, a Russian-born attorney who spews right-winged horseshit. And so on.

Thankfully, Sinclair is hurting. The company is BILLIONS in debt because of many factors, such as their botched buyout of Tribune, which ended up with Nexstar. Remember when it was rumored that they wanted to transform WGN America into a news channel anchored by has-been Bill O'Reilly? Thankfully, Nexstar transformed that channel - which hadn't been relevant since the days of Bozo The Clown and when Empire Carpet was strictly a Chicago company - into NewsNation, which supposedly presents news sans bias. 

Of course, Sinclair also spent a pretty penny on Fox's regional sports networks, which they renamed Bally Sports after the chain of casinos. It's almost funny that they co-own Bally Sports with a company headed by comedian-turned-media mogul Byron Allen, who labels himself a "strong Democrat". Even he too is buying up TV stations left and right, such as Flint ABC stalwart WJRT-12.

Watching Sinclair's TV stations turn to shit is like watching a Detroit Lions game. I'll betcha the folks at 9&10 in Cadillac are having a field day. Unlike 7&4 and 29&8, they're locally-owned. However, 9&10 is far from perfect. After all, one reason why I started this blog in 1999 was because 9&10 dropped Howard Stern's already-doomed Saturday night TV show for NRA infomercials. In 2006, they yanked a CBS 9/11 documentary claiming that it contained too much profanity. However, CBS aired the documentary commercial-free and it was an election year. With Dick DeVos buying up ad time left and right, they simply wanted to sell their soul to someone who was worth billions and ended up losing the gubernatorial election as it was. Not to mention that 9&10 has been accused of airing paid spots as news stories in the past, an FCC no-no.

Tragically, northern Michigan is a tough spot when it comes to the media. Not only do you have four TV stations owned by two companies that have created fake companies to "own" their local sisters, but the radio dial has always been problematic. They, too, had turned their noses on Howard Stern, but most of the station owners in the area had at least one station airing Rush Limbaugh's hate-filled vitriol. Thankfully, only two of those radio groups - Midwestern Broadcasting (WTCM, WCCW, Z93, etc) and MacDonald-Garber (KHQ, Lite 96.3, Bob FM, etc) still exist. In Midwestern's case, speculation has it that the company could be sold to a bigger broadcaster in the coming years as company president Ross Biederman is now in his 80s and his stepson, Chris Warren is more of a bean counter than a broadcaster. In MacGar's case, Trish is training her sons to take over the ranch.

Recently, Midwestern fired longtime WATZ 99.3 Alpena jock Steve Wright after 32 years of service. His wife - also a WATZ staffer - was also terminated. Speculation has it that WATZ might be soon a simulcast of WTCM-FM, especially since former simulcast partner WRGZ 96.7 Rogers City is now simulcasting WKLT.

Since we made our first blog in 1999, the radio groups that have been put by the wayside included Northern Star Broadcasting (The Bear, The Zone, Big Country etc) which is now Black Diamond. I'm still amazed that Northern Broadcast (KLT, The Fox and ESPN Up North) went out of business when they ended up selling their properties one-by-one. Of course, karma hit them hard when they killed 106.7 The Peak for WSRT and Delilah, whose show sucks so bad that her own son killed himself. 

Here in Grand Rapids, the latest radio ratings book shows that B93 still rules with WCSG, WSNX and WOOD following. WGRD is in 5th place. Maybe it's time for them to shitcan the awful butt rock that needs to stay on LAV. The losers included Thunder 107.3 and of course, the former ESPN 96.1, now known as The Game, now at a .9. Sadly, they recently picked up the fat blowhard known as "Huge" Bill Simonson, who was on WBBL for 20 years. WBBL moved back to the AM with a weak FM translator not long ago, and apparently, the Big Fat Retard's owner, Marty Booher wanted a stronger affiliate in Grand Rapids. After all, he just lost WXYT-AM Detroit when they went to sports betting talk. When 96.1 had a local afternoon show, they beat the living shit out of Big Boy in the ratings.  

Also lacking ratings is 102.5 The Ride, now run by Tyrone Bynum. According to reliable sources, the station had WAY better ratings when it was Public Reality Radio. I shake my head knowing that Bob Goodrich simply gave Tyrone the keys to that station, especially since he already ran another station - 640 WMFN - into the ground. Why he continues to be on the radio is anyone's guess.

What's more depressing is the amount of good people LEAVING the Broadcasting biz. Here in Grand Rapids, we've lost too many good personalities as of late. WOOD-TV's Leon Hendrix now works for a hospital. Meteorologist Kyle Underwood - who came to WOOD-TV from Duluth's legendary WDIO - is now a financial advisor. Lynsey Mukhomel is now Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's press secretary. Sportscaster Larry Figurski is going to work for an interior designer. Reporter Heather Walker recently moved to Miami to work for NBC O&O WTVJ. It goes on and on.

Here in west Michigan, the Big Four TV stations - Sinclair's WWMT-3 (CBS), Nexstar's WOOD-TV 8 (NBC), TEGNA's WZZM-13 (ABC) and Scripps' WXMI Fox 17 - have been bought and sold multiple times over only the past few years. Undoubtedly, management changes have hurt the reporters and anchors of the aforementioned stations to The point of simply quitting and moving to another business. And some of those folks - like Larry Figurski - have been in broadcasting since the 80s.

Tragically, some people who stay in the business for too long suck.

Not long ago, I mentioned that I know someone who works in retail and one of their customers is a well-known news anchor here in Grand Rapids. This anchor in particular was on vacation last year and SCREAMED at said person on the phone because of their overinflated ego. Well, this person *was* close to retiring, but changed their mind because of financial concerns. Sadly, I see too many egomaniacs in the broadcast business while the decent people wise up and move on. 

It's sad that I see people who have broadcast degrees quit and move on. But, that's what happens when the FCC allows fewer ownership limits. It used to be that if you lost your job, you could go across the street. Not anymore.

Even worse are the amount of egomaniacs running the airwaves. How many years has "Huge" Bill Simonson been on the air here in Grand Rapids? Like twenty? And how many listeners does he have? Maybe three? Oh, and I know their last names: DeVos, Loeks and Brann. 

Thankfully, some shitty DJs do get fired, and even shittier managers like Matt Hanlon, who ran WKLQ into the ground. One asshole that comes to mind reminds me of an old 1928 silent MGM flick called "The Crowd".

In this movie, a man lives the American Dream of being married, having two kids and working a good-paying job. Early on in the film, he and his wife ridicule a poor man dressed as a clown and wearing a sandwich board. As the film progresses, the man's daughter is killed in an accident, has a nervous breakdown at work and quits because of poor performance and his wife leaves him. As he walks to a bridge to commit suicide, his son follows him and tells him that he likes him. That gives the man enough strength to move on. So, he goes to an employment agency, and guess what his new job is? A man dressed as a clown with a sandwich board.

Earlier, I mentioned that Smitty once again quit his position as the morning man at The Bear and is now working as a bartender at a small bar in Traverse City. He also hosts several podcasts. Recently, he started a GoFundMe page where he tried to raise funds to go to Ireland. On his YouTube page, one of his former competitors decided to troll him by saying that he'll donate if he went the week after and stayed for two years.

Yes, the same douche who had a competing afternoon show and ripped off Smitty's material. The same douche who helped to get Smitty canned from Rock 105 by allegedly creating a fake audio file of him playing a song loaded with the word "cunt" and sending it to their advertisers. And allegedly, the same asshole who many years ago called me an "$8 per hour loser" on a popular Broadcasting message board. This, of course, coming from someone who has been fired from six different radio stations and Broadcasting firms. One of his former coworkers even told me that in between radio jobs, he worked as a pizza delivery man and a blackjack dealer. 

And who's the $8 per hour loser now? I'm sure it's not gonna help feed his three kids' mouths. Plus, I have to wonder how his wife - the president of the Chamber of Commerce in a town where if a woman sees a black guy walking down the street, she would switch her purse to the opposite shoulder - feels about her husband - 14 years her senior - can handle having to take care of a 60-year-old douchebag who sits around all day spewing shit on a Broadcasting message board. 

The more I think about this loser, the more I feel happy about myself. When I was first on my own nearly 20 years ago, it was just after 9/11 and I was given an ultimatum: stay up north and make chicken shit wages or move downstate and make something of myself. Moving to Grand Rapids turned out to be the right move. Yes, my first boss here was an asshole, but, this past decade has been loaded with wage increases and upgrading from a shitty apartment to a decent house in a good part of town. Aside from my mortgage, I'm debt-free. 

Yes, the first ten years at my job sucked. I spent more than I earned thinking that raises were around the corner. I was wrong. I was lied to, and I was the one who paid the price. But, guess what? I wasn't alone. I knew a lot of people older than I was being forced to move back in with their parents because they were in worse shape than I was. People with college degrees were making $8 per hour at Walmart because of downsizing and outsourcing. And yes, the bottom fell out in 2008 thanks to the severe income inequality that has long besmirched us all.

Today, I'm doing well. As a matter of fact, I have more money than my parents COMBINED. True, I'm still single. But, I see the advantages. Most women these days only want losers. Plus, do I want to bring a kid into this world with all the SHIT going on? It's worth noting that my cousin's son attends the same school system whose high school was shot up by a troubled 15-year-old. It's even more daunting that his parents are asshole Drumpf supporters who bought him the Sig Sauer gun and made virtually no attempts to stop him.

This world is turning to the one the movie "Idiocracy" predicted, albeit sooner. I don't think I would want my offspring to see that kind of travesty that I know will happen in the future. Today, we still have companies that pay their workers starvation wages and force them into working in haphazard conditions like the candle factory in Kentucky that got blasted away by a tornado. I shook my head when Michael Strahan got to go to space thanks to Jeff Bezos just hours after six people were killed inside one of his fulfillment centers due to a tornado. 

Folks, this is why I don't trust a lot of baby boomers. In 1980, they voted to bust the unions. They voted to give the wealthy a tax break. They voted to stop raising the minimum wage. They voted to reduce freedom of speech in broadcasting and to create more monopolies. 

And this asshole allegedly called me an "$8 an hour loser"?

Look, I've never been fired from a job. Douchnozzle's been canned from six different stations because of his overinflated ego. My bosses love me because they know I bust my balls hard enough to deserve their trust and respect. This is why I'm successful while he-who-shalt-not-be-mentioned is a fucking has-been. 

Seriously, the one thing I'll never understand is the fact that people will cover up for the shit he's done. I've had two people telling me to call them so they can lie to me about his shenanigans. On the message board he frequents, one person defended him by saying that he's done "wonderful things for his community". The same asshole who ran The Bear into the ground by thinking that A Flock of Seagulls and Depeche Mode would work on a classic rock station. He was fired and now works at a country station in Shitstain, Indiana. The reality is, is that some in the broadcast business do post on there. But, they're usually the bottom feeders who work in tiny markets. Honestly, I think most big-league broadcasters have better things to do than to wear a tinfoil hat and post vitriol on a message board.

Smitty deserved better. He's seved this country in the military and gave Rock 105 some of its best ratings. For this loser to step out of his hole and lie to advertisers about what he does on the air was severely unprofessional of him. I hope to God that he's never heard on the air ever again. Instead of being a bully, he needs to be a man and support his wife and kids.

In the end, HE'S the one who needs to shut up.


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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Bee-otch of the Day: Pat Robertson

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Name: Pat Robertson
Age: 91
Occupation: former televangelist
Last Seen: Virginia Beach, VA
Bee-otched For: being on the air for too long
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End of an era? More like end of an error.

After 55 years, 91-year-old Pat Robertson has retired as the main host of the daily hour-long preach-fest The 700 Club. He made the official announcement on the 60th anniversary of the founding of his non-profit, the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Robertson's son Gordon is now co-hosting the show with Miss America 1973, Terry Meeusen.

The roots of the program go back to 1961 when Robertson, the son of a wealthy Senator purchased a silent TV station in Virginia. The station was rebranded as WYAH, for Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God. Since the station was at channel 27 during a time when most TV sets didn't go up past channel 13, WYAH had trouble staying on the air. So in 1966, Robertson told his audience that if 700 people could chip in $10 per month, it would keep the station afloat. He got his wish, and soon, Pat was building and buying stations in Boston, Atlanta and Dallas.

However in 1977, Robertson started up what would be his bread and butter: the CBN Channel. Years later, it would become The Family Channel. Robertson sold off his TV stations to help finance his cable network. Also in 1977, Robertson started CBN University which became Regent University in 1990.

However, Robertson got wealthy thanks to a barely legal deal with John Malone, the wealthy cable TV magnate who damn near killed the career of Guns 'N Roses. Not only that, he owns the Atlanta Braves, which is why I'm rooting for the Houston Astros to win the World Series. Anyway, they created International Family Entertainment, whose assets included The Family Channel, the Ice Capades and MTM Enterprises. Yes, dare I say it, Pat Robertson once owned The Mary Tyler Moore Show

In 1998, Robertson sold IFE to News Corporation for $1.5 billion. The deal included The Family Channel, which became Fox Family. After only three years, Fox sold it to Disney for $2.9 billion, including $2.3 billion in debt. The channel was rebranded as ABC Family and was rebranded again as Freeform in 2016. The channel is aimed at young adults 14-34. However, it's not their focus 24 hours per day because of an edict Robertson whipped up when he sold The Family Channel in 1998. 

That stipulation? No matter what name it is, that channel formerly CBN MUST air The 700 Club and other CBN-produced programs against their will. When Freeform was forced to air one of Patty's beg-a-thons several years ago, they posted on Facebook that they wished they'd looked at the contract before signing it. The network airs humorous bumpers before and after the show with phrases like "Freeform is not responsible for what's about to appear on your screen. We're very sorry anyway" and "Soooo, that happened. Welcome back to Freeform" afterward.

The sad truth is that The 700 Club doesn't just air on Freeform, but many TV stations around the globe. Here in Michigan, two secular TV stations - northern Michigan Fox outlet WFQX and Detroit's WMYD - air the show. Up north, WGTU ABC 29 & 8 once aired it until about 15 years ago. As a matter of fact, one former owner of WGTU was Tim Robertson, Pat's son. For years, the Traverse City ABC affiliate was forced to pre-empt everything from NBA games to golf to air the yearly 700 Club begathon every January. While packing boxes, I found an old newspaper article from the Traverse City Record-Eagle where a reporter talked to a manager at WGTU about them pre-empting a golf tournament for a 700 Club begathon. His response was that they had a tough contract with Robertson and there would be major consequences if they went with the rest of the ABC network and aired golf instead. Since northern Michigan is a haven for golfers, many complained to both the Record-Eagle and the station in disgust.

WGTU started airing The 700 Club in 1988, replacing another fraudulent religious gabfest: The PTL Club, which the station started airing in the 1970s. When the Bakkers were embroiled in scandal, the station flipped to The 700 Club, especially since Robertson was running for president at the time. Over the years, Robertson's practices have come into question, especially the fact that his - and other religious shows - rely on preaching the prosperity gospel. His show is noted for its stories of people who felt godless until they gave their last penny to CBN, then BOOM! They're wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. 

Folks, I once knew a family that lived in a shitty trailer on a backwoods dirt road in rural northern Michigan. Their property was an eyesore because they had another trailer in their backyard with its roof caved in. One reason I couldn't stand them was because they were Pentecostal and went to a shitty little church loaded with poor, white trash tongue talkers. And guess what I saw on their kitchen table one day? An envelope from The 700 Club. You know, if they were smart (which they weren't, especially since the man of the house couldn't drive due to having too many DUIs), they would have set that money they were giving to Pat aside and use it to clean up their property and buy a real house!! DUH!

Sadly, white trash make up a giant bulk of Robertson's audience. I have an uncle who also lives in a trailer and wastes his life watching crooked televangelists. One time, he gave me a cheap-ass statue of Jesus that he got from giving $25 to TBN. I tried to tell him about TBN and their scandals, everything from the fact that one male employee was fired for not having sex with founder Paul Crouch and that Crouch paid him $400,000 after he threatened to sue. Or the fact that the Crouches lived in luxurious mansions, flew in $60 million jets and even had a house for their dogs. Or even the worst of all, the Crouches refused to have the asshole who raped their 13-year-old granddaughter charged because they didn't want to sit in a courtroom. After Paul and Jan Crouch died several years ago, a court ordered TBN to pay the granddaughter, Carra Crouch $2 million. 

It's no secret that the world is LOADED with stupid people and televangelists love to brainwash them for a few dollars. It's the oldest trick in the book: spew out Bible verses and watch the money roll in. It's always the sign of a feeble mind: give money to a televangelist who thinks that Jebus will bless you if you give more and more. 

For more than six decades, that was Pat Robertson. He was a monster who preyed on the meek by claiming that if you're not white, straight or male, you're going to hell. Years ago during a break on Larry King Live, he referred to gays as "homos". He made a bullshit claim on his show that those with HIV in San Francisco spread the disease by wearing a special needle on their fingers to shake hands with one another. Just after 9/11, he and fellow bullshitter Jerry Falwell decided to be insensitive and blamed the attacks on everybody from the LGBTQ community, feminists, liberals and so on.

Of course, we can go on and on. Simply put, Pat Robertson won't be missed, and The 700 Club will keep going on to entertain the morons who actually watch that garbage and think that it's gospel. At the end of the day, I highly doubt that because one gives up their fortune - big or small - to CBN that they'll get into heaven quickly. Honestly, there's atheists who are better humans than Pat. It's too bad he's still alive, $100 million fortune, diamond mines and all.

As one once put it, "COME ON, GRIM REAPER!"


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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Bee-otch of the Day: Greg Abbott

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Name: Greg Abbott
Age: 63
Occupation: governor
Last Seen: Austin
Bee-otched For: being owned by a judge
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Ann Richards, if only you were still with us.

Recently, the state of Texas passed one of the strongest anti-abortion laws in America. Once a fetus has a heartbeat detected, it can not be aborted in the Lone Star State.

Even worse, the ultra-right-leaning Supreme Court allowed Texas to follow through with their absurd law, which bans abortions after six weeks. For most women, it means that the second she learns she's pregnant, she's fucked. 

Many groups have obviously put Texas, Abbott and the Supreme Court on blast, especially President Biden, who called the state's decision an "unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional rights". 

Of course, we live in a society where the right refutes science and when they get elected, we all pay the price. Because of this, we have the highest COVID-19 rate in the world and morons who think that livestock vaccine is a cure-all. Now, thanks to assholes like Greg Abbott, the world will be loaded with more unwanted, unplanned children who all will have a lousy life.

To be quite honest, I have more love for women who abort their mistakes than give birth to them. One of the most tragic problems on this Earth are the amount of women who date total losers. They don't practice birth control and their boyfriends don't wear condoms. Yep! They end up giving the world another unwanted loser who at the end of the day ends up being raised by others.

Case in point: my cousin's half-sister. In the late 80s, my uncle knocked up a young woman and she gave birth to a son. As a matter of fact, we didn't even know of his existence until he was six months old. Now, my uncle has always been kind of a jerk. He drinks heavily, has never had a steady job and relies on others - including me one time - financially. Well, she ended up hooking up with another man. However, he was WORSE than my uncle. He was pure white trash and tried to kill my cousin's mother. Even worse, she had a kid with this asshole. Because he was the sole cousin of mine who lived near me, I had to endure him and his half-sister throughout my teens. Granted, I was never a little kid person, especially as a teen. Thankfully, my cousin grew up and is doing quite well. 

However, his half-sister is a completely different story. 

I met her again for the first time in years some time ago and though she seemed nice, her Facebook page was a different story. She posted that she wished someone would assassinate President Obama. REALLY?!? Granted, her father was an asshole, but shit like this only makes her just as bad. It only made me want to kick her ass hard as a little girl for being an annoying little shit. 

Of course, the right will also cry that adoption is a great alternative to abortion. OK, so how many children are rotting away in orphanages and foster care? How about those who were raised by the system and then kicked out at 18? Some are lucky, some aren't. Hell, I grew up with an adopted boy who was a total asshole. He had the unfortunate honor of being the first person in my graduating class to have passed away. And guess where he died? In jail for stealing a gun. And guess how he died? The jail gave him the wrong medication for his mental problems. 

You see, the world is LOADED with too many unwanted humans and their mothers are to blame for getting knocked up by losers. Being the son of a divorced father, he not only made me babysit my cousin and his murderous half-sister, but he made me babysit the children of a bitch who burned down her boyfriend's home years later. 

Oh, and one of her babydaddys was a douchebag DJ from WKLT. Go figure. 

Granted, there are successful children of single mothers, like the aforementioned Obama and adoptees like former President Clinton. Funny I mention Clinton because it was his wife Hillary who wrote "It Takes A Village to Raise A Child". Well, it depends on the situation. If your little punk harasses me and you do nothing about it, I might do something to it that you might not like. The world needs good parents and not assholes like the parents of little Caleb from that King of the Hill episode. 

The good news is that people are telling Abbott and his fellow pro-lifers to shut up. A judge just ruled that the law is unconstitutional. Texas judge Robert Pittman - an Obama appointee - made the ruling. 

Folks, this is what Repukes want: TO RULE WOMEN. Pregnant? Sucks to be you. God forced that loser to put his cock in you because you're a slut. This is why I'm so proud that my governor is a Democratic woman. The earth doesn't need more kids who don't deserve to be born. But since Repukes don't listen to science and people in Texas are dumbasses, we get Greg Abbott. 

Will someone please kidnap him and toss him into the woods?

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

9.14.21 Bee-otches of the Day: non-vaxxers

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Names: various
Ages: various
Occupations: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: ignoring the facts about COVID-19
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Welcome to America, where we can't have nice things because of stupid people. 

We can't have single-payer universal healthcare because of the lie that it will raise taxes for everyone. In fact, countries that have it have lower healthcare costs than we do.

There's long lines at fast food restaurants because even though they rake in billions of dollars yearly, they don't pay their employees a living wage. Nobody wants to work there, so some have resorted to hiring 14-year-olds.

Now, it's the pure heartbreak that we are all afraid of: the pandemic ain't over. Over the summer, the delta variant reared its ugly spikes and infected many more people worldwide, especially those who think that the vaccines are all bunk.

Currently, 25% of all Americans have not had at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Hospitals are crammed with COVID patients again and some people are now missing out on critical life-saving surgeries because ICUs are loaded with morons who are too fucking dumb to get their free shot.

Yes, these retards' definition of "following the science" involves listening to some ultra-right-leaning talk prick who ends up getting COVID-19 themselves or some conspiracy theory site. It's pathetic that Julian Assange is now hiding in another country for telling the truth and yet, we have these dopes in tinfoil hats bitch about unproven lies on Facebook. 

Of course, Facebook went down on October 4th for six hours and some thought that the world was coming to an end. It didn't end. True, Facebook is fun for many, but it's a source of misinformation for those who think that the sky is falling.

It used to be that we had a fair and balanced media. Of course, that ended when Reagan eliminated the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 and Clinton made things worse with the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Yes, you can't say fuck on the radio and Kacey Musgraves couldn't move her guitar on SNL. But, some redneck asshole can get behind the mic and utter lies about vaccines. 

Look, we got rid of it all: polio, whooping cough, chicken pox, you name it. Why? Vaccines. However, some yokel decades ago started crying that vaccines actually kill. And because of this misinformation, we have those who listen to Dr. Jenny McCarthy vs. real doctors who know what the hell they're doing.

Funny story: last Summer, my cousin and I were at a concert when we started talking about a convo he had with another one of my cousins. She's anti-vaxx and sourced some weirdo bitch. Well, my cousin googled this bitch's name and it turns out that she was arrested at the insurrection! 

Even worse, this cousin of mine is one of those "Jesus will protect me!" types. Well, guess what? I fondly remember a woman who had cancer and died because she refused treatment. Instead, she was constantly giving money to fake televangelist Kenneth Copeland, who preaches against cancer treatment and even preached to unvaccinated and unmasked crowds. Tragically, people need to know that fake prophets like Copeland are DANGEROUS and using Jesus to take money from people is the most-inhumane thing possible.

Folks, we gotta stop the madness. COVID-19 is DEADLY and people need to take their damn vaccine, period. Knock it off with the lies. COVID-19 is REAL and already, I personally knew someone who died from the disease. 

People, please, stop the insanity (whatever happened to Susan Powter, anyway?)!


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Thursday, September 30, 2021

9.30.21 Hero of the Day: Norm Macdonald

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!



Name: Norm Macdonald
Age: was 61
Occupation: comedian
Last Seen: up there
Awarded For: being one of the funniest men alive... ever
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The world is seemingly less funny these days.

Comedy has always been like a balancing act on a thin string. Sometimes, one succeeds and sometimes, you fall flat on your ass. These days, the jokes one may tell may make one laugh in agony. However, some will cry that they offend. 

Look at "Blazing Saddles". Back in 1974, it broke many barriers. Today, a film like it could never be made. In an age where most movies released it seems are all reboots of superhero franchises and whatever ride is at Disneyland, there isn't much room for laughter. 

But as we all know, bad things come in threes. Jim Breuer is now a grade A asshole for not wanting to play venues that require COVID-19 vaccinations, Jay Leno has once again weasel his way back to television with a shitty reboot of Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life and now, we've lost Norm Macdonald.

Born and raised by schoolteachers in Quebec City, Macdonald rose to fame in the 80s appearing at comedy clubs all throughout Canada. In 1990, he made his TV debut on an episode of Star Search. It led him to a career in writing for sitcoms like Roseanne. However, he got his big break in 1993 when he was hired to be a new cast member of Saturday Night Live. A year later, he was hired to take over Weekend Update from Kevin Nealon, who left a year later. 

Macdonald also was known for his countless impersonations, including former presidential candidate Bob Dole, Larry King and Burt Reynolds on the Celebrity Jeopardy! sketches.

However, his tenure on SNL was not without controversy. In 1998, he was fired from WU not by SNL producer Lorne Michaels, but rather NBC West Coast president Don Ohlmeyer. Ohlmeyer claimed that Macdonald simply wasn't funny and that his ratings during the segment were abhorrent. However, it was revealed that Ohlmeyer was angry at Macdonald for his constant jokes against his friend, former football player and murder suspect O.J. Simpson. After his WU release, Macdonald appeared on The Howard Stern Show where he revealed that Ohlmeyer threw a party for the jurors at the Simpson trial as a thank you for keeping him free. Needless to say, there was plenty of backlash for Macdonald's firing. SNL's ratings plummeted, and competition from Fox's MadTV the syndicated Howard Stern Radio Show on Saturday nights gave that program a message.

But in the long run, Macdonald won over Ohlmeyer. Eventually, he left NBC and returned to ABC to helm Monday Night Football. However, he made the mistake of hiring Dennis Miller and ratings fell. Recently, it was revealed that Ohlmeyer tried to force Conan O'Brien to not book Macdonald on his show. However, Conan won that argument.

Thankfully, losing SNL wasn't the end of the world for Norm. He had movies ("Dirty Work", "Duece Bigalow: Male Gigalo" and "Billy Madison"), TV shows (The Norm ShowMike Tyson Mysteries and The Middle) and even a podcast. His stand-up act packed theaters and he was a frequent guest on many talk shows.

However, he had one secret: cancer.

When he died on September 14, most people didn't know that he had the disease. Maybe he didn't want sympathy while he was battling it. He just wanted people to laugh at his jokes out of the fact that he was funny and not out of sympathy. Yes, his death came as a shock. But, we'll always have the happy flashbacks of the great characters he gave us. 

Thanks, Norm. We'd to you to say hi to Mr. Ohlmeyer for us, but I don't think you're anywhere near him now.

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Monday, September 13, 2021

WE'RE BACK!

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WE'RE BACK!
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So, what is the American Dream? 

For some, it's getting married, buying a house and starting a family. For others, it's starting a business and steering clear of the man. Some want to be famous. Others simply enjoy their obscurity. 

But, that dream seems to be getting harder and harder to achieve. 

Over 50 years ago, Americans seemed to get that dream quite easily. Now, with skyrocketing home prices and a minimum wage that hasn't risen in 12 years, George Carlin was right. They call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe in it.

Sometimes, people have had the American Dream all along. I have a cousin who was a shining example. But, she fucked up. A few years ago, she was still living with her parents and was dating a loser druggie alcoholic. One night, the two were in bed and he impregnated her. They ended up with a healthy baby girl who now has two deal with two idiot parents. Late last year, she was home with her daughter when her father started walking up to the kitchen to talk to her. Bear in mind that my uncle is a heavy set man. Anyway, he slipped on the floor, knocked into my cousin who ended up knocking herself into her daughter, who fell onto the floor. Angry and standing in front of the knives, she grabbed one and threatened my uncle. He ended up pulling one in front of her and both pulled out their phones and called 911. The cops came and the two individually told their stories to them. In the end, my cousin ended up going to jail.

Apparently, my cousin went to counseling. There, she claimed that she didn't have a good childhood. When I heard this, my eyes rolled to the back of my head. This is a girl who grew up in a nice, big house, had two parents who had great jobs and a father who worked in the entertainment industry. She met major celebrities, went to at least one movie a week, went to many concerts and so much more.

And she didn't have a happy childhood?!?

I know. I look at those who took their own lives in recent years. Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park was worth millions, had a wife, children and millions of fans around the world. Yet, he battled depression that stemmed from being molested repeatedly as a young boy. For Chester, money and fame could not ease the pain of the past. The same goes with those like Kurt Cobain, Anthony Bourdain or Chris Cornell. 

My parents divorced when I was 12 while hers are still together after 43 years. Her parents had good jobs; her mom was a schoolteacher while her dad worked in the entertainment industry, hobnobbing with celebrities. Me? Well, my mom seemed to have a new job every other year while my father was a part-time bus driver. Instead of celebrities, I got to hang out with mean high school kids and got to ride on miles of bumpy-ass dirt roads because he was mandated to drop off white trash. Because I was the first one off and the last one on, it wouldn't shock me if I had the longest school day in the district. 

Remember the South Park episode where Stan's parents divorce? His mother, Sharon ends up with a boyfriend who only wants him to do chores and treats him like shit. When he bursts into tears, Sharon scolds Stan and tells him that when she tells him that he's the most-important thing to her, it really means that he's the most-important thing to her after her new relationships and her happiness. 

Sadly, Sharon was like my mother. 

Just eight days before my 12th birthday, my mom came home with her "friends". I was in my bedroom, playing Nintendo when I was cordoned to come to the living room. My dad told me that she and him were divorcing and I was going with her to live with her friend. My mom's new upstairs apartment was in an old house with only two bedrooms and a bathroom whose curtain didn't close all the way because of how the roof was shaped. The appliances in our tiny kitchen barely functioned, so mom had to buy a hot plate. My parents agreed to 50/50 custody of me. Good, because that apartment had no heat.

You see, my mom's so-called "friend" was a disgusting, 300-pound bitch who worked at a gas station. She obviously had mental issues that caused her to spend more money than she earned. She was in so much credit card debt that she had no choice but to get a roommate. Now, my parents weren't really meant to be, but I look back and wished that my parents could have been more amicable during my teenage years. 

You see, my mother married a douchebag who really wanted nothing to do with me, so I ended up living with dad full time. While living with him, he told me that I would always be allowed to live with him, even if I was 30. 

But then, he remarried. 

When that happened, dad announced that he and my new stepmother were moving to Kentucky of all places. As a result, he wanted me to work on getting along with my stepdad since I was going to tech school at the time. I graduated and, well, 9/11 hit. 

It took me a year to get a "grown up" job. Beforehand, I was washing dishes and working at a gas station. I hated both jobs. Then finally, just days after my 21st birthday, I got exciting news: I got a job.

In the beginning, my job showed lots of promise. I was told that I would be getting raises and opportunities to grow. Boy, was that a joke. And to make matters worse, the recession brought on by Dubya's fake wars and tax cuts for the wealthy made it tougher for me to get a better job and raises. I was stuck. Even worse, I was bullied for being broke and living in a cheap apartment... all by the assholes who voted him in.

By 2012, I was in an auto accident, got myself a car that had issues in the beginning (FUCK YOU COURTESY DODGE) and was now paying off three credit card bills per month. Even worse, I had moved to first shift kicking and screaming and was now making less than when I first started because I lost my shift premium. 

But thankfully, every cloud has a silver lining. 

On New Years Eve 2012, my asshole boss retired. Later, I learned that he was forced out of the company he started because profits were falling. He personally blamed the industry's conversion to digital. Well, he was wrong. For years, he belittled his employees and did everything to make us all feel miserable. Turnover was a disaster and when customers learned about his MO, they bailed on our company. According to insiders at my company, we were just months away from bankruptcy. 

Since then, I've gotten raises every year and now, my company just invested millions in new equipment. I've been working lots of overtime and all's well. Those debts I had slowly melted away. However, I was still stuck in the tinderbox apartment from hell.

Of course, the time since my ex-boss's retirement has had its ups and downs. The worst that happened was when the sole relative in Grand Rapids that I had, my aunt passed away in 2018 from cancer and my grandmother just a few months before. Not long before that, I had a horrid relationship with a heroin addict who took $1000 from me. Thankfully, karma was starting to be on my side. 

In the 2000s, my mother and stepdad's business near Phoenix failed. Shortly thereafter, she caught him cheating on her. So, they filed for divorce. However, he got busted for drunk driving and begged her for forgiveness. She did and they called off the divorce. Well, after he served some time in jail and was done blowing into some device to start his car, he finally asked for a divorce again. Turns out that he was seeing somebody else and eventually married that person, only to dump her for somebody else. Mom ended up living in a small apartment in Phoenix for a few years. However, her complex was sold and was priced out of her home. She made the tough decision to move back to Michigan and to be closer to me. 

But earlier this year, hell really froze over when I learned that I was getting a house.

Yep! I beat the odds and bought a house right smack dab during a time when buying a new home is out of the question for most. It's not a Taj Mahal by any means; it only has one bathroom and the kitchen's quite small. But, it has three bedrooms, a two-car garage and a big, fenced-in backyard that's perfect for any dog owner. So, how did all this happen? 

Dad.

It all started late last year when my dad's wife announced that her 98-year-old father was now out of money and needed to sell her family home in Leelanau County. She went up, watched a lot of baseball with her dad and then, he died. After the funeral, she cut contact with my father and come to find out, she wanted to keep the house, which was worth at least $400,000. Now, my dad was stuck in Kentucky with nobody except his dog. Well, we got to talking and one day, he called me and asked if I was interested in buying a house with him. The plan was to sell his Kentucky home and to use the proceeds as a down payment for a new home in Grand Rapids while I took over the mortgage. It would be a win-win, especially for me.

Today, I'm comfortably in my new home. I work during the day while Dad does chores. True, we have our differences. Dad is a neat freak while I'm not. Dad loves Drumpf and hates Biden with a passion, though we both hate Dubya for starting his fake wars. But, anything to get out of that nasty ass apartment. 

So, to the four people who care, the question has long been, why the lack of updates? 

Simply put, I needed some time away. With me working sometimes over ten hours a day plus Saturdays and putting together my new home, I simply had no time handing out the Bee-otch of the Day. Even more, I'm now spending more time with my father, who can be nosey. A lot of the time, he asks what I'm doing. If he thinks what I'm doing is weird, it turns into a long - sometimes boring - convo about me being wrong. Hell, he gets upset when I go to Costco because our house is small and thinks that everything from there is too big. Then again, I now live farther from any Costco while we have Meijer, Walmart, Aldi (which he hates), Dollar General, Family Fare and others within closer reach. True, but Costco treats their employees better.

The reality of living with someone else is that the rules change. The places you avoided are now the places you go to on a semi-regular basis. Before the move-in, I avoided Menards with a passion. Their founder and owner, John Menard, pays his employees shit wages and is a friend of Drumpf's. Well, we needed new stuff for the house, and politically, Menard is just as bad as everyone else who sells hammers and lawn mowers. At least Menards sells stuff you won't find at Lowe's and Home Depot, like food and jeans.

So now, the question is: is it the end of Bee-otch of the Day and Chuck69.com? Simply put, no.

When I started this blog and site 22 years ago, I promised myself that I would only discontinue it if I were to get married. Well, I'm still not, but now, I have my father to take care of. He wants me to have a life outside of work and I don't blame him. We do a lot of stuff together, plus I see my mom a lot, too.

However, the world still needs a hero.

Right now, we're still fighting COVID-19, even though many of us are 100% vaccinated. Simply put, people believe in lies spread by false sources who all claim that COVID-19 is a hoax and that we can all be cured by some medicine used for cattle. We have people who all believe that President Biden to blame over the catastrophe in Afghanistan, though the truth is that it really wasn't our problem in the first place. We were there only because we've stuck our nose in other people's business for centuries to please the militarial industrial complex. We spend more money on our military over building our nation and keeping food on our table. We have losers who deny climate change even though we had a major hurricane ravage a path from Louisiana to New York.

With that, I'm proud to say that yes, Bee-otch of the Day will continue. However, it might be less than usual because I have stuff to do at home and I need to have a life outside of work, too. The world needs to have a hero during this time of misinformation and lies spread by total assholes. People need to wake up and listen to what's wrong on this Earth. 

And that's where I come in, just not as much.



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Thursday, May 13, 2021

5.13.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Ellen DeGeneres

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Name: Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 63
Occupation: unfunny comedienne
Last Seen: Los Angeles
Bee-otched For: being a quitter
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It seems that not long ago, Ellen DeGeneres was on top of the world. 

Her daytime talk show was one of the highest-rated programs in syndication. Her guests were giant A-listers in Hollywood. The world was her oyster. 

And then, the bottom fell out. 

When she was spotted in George W. BusHitler's skybox at a Dallas Cowboys football game, many in the LGBTQ+ community called her a traitor for being a friend to somebody who was no friend to them. But of course, Ellen's fame took an even bigger nosedive when it was revealed that her show's workplace was very toxic. 

The reports regarding the culture at Ellen were damning. Producers told her fans things like not to look at her or even be smarter than her if they were playing one of her games. The backlash from the negativity regarding the behind-the-scenes hellhole caused the show to lose half of its viewers. 

Now, it's the end.

Ellen has officially announced that the 2021-22 season for the show will be its last. She claimed that she needed something new to challenge her and that the backstage melee had nothing to do with her discontinuing her program. She claims that she wants to do things related to her favorite causes, such as the environment. As a matter of fact, she recently narrated "Endangered", a documentary on Discovery +.

Not a whole lot of people defended Ellen through her situation, though she did find an ally in Howard Stern. When the backstage problems on her show were hot headlines, Stern stood up for her, claiming that he felt terrible when she lost her 1990s sitcom after she came out as gay in 1997, causing the show's ratings to decline and advertisers to pull their spots. 

Now, I'm one of those people who judges on talent and not by how different they are. Look at Bill Cosby: back in the 1960s, he was one of the first black comics to be accepted by white audiences. He was clean and was somebody the whole family could enjoy. Because of this, he was on many children's shows like Sesame Street and Captain Kangaroo. Hell, he even saved NBC when The Cosby Show became a ratings smash. Personally, I never found him funny. But, to each their own. IMHO, I think he used his race to get to places most other African Americans would never be allowed to go. And yes, he used his race to get what he wanted, like raping and drugging women.

When it comes to blacks, gays and just about everybody else, there's no "I hate this person because they're gay" or "this guy's black, so he must be in a gang". I know. I've dealt with too many assholes who are a part of a minority. One reason why I started this very blog was because when I was a teen in the 1990s, I lived in northern Michigan, where the only real rock station there avoided bands that I actually liked, like KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, Tool and others. Instead, the station was loaded with butt rock from the 70s and then-currents from soccer mom acts like Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls and Melissa Etheridge. One of the worst-kept secrets was that part of the reason why the station's new rock selections were limp was because their programming director and midday jock is a lesbian. Not only that, but the station even had a Saturday morning standup comedy show and they were load it up with crap from Ellen and the horrid Rosie O'Donnell. But, guess what? There's a TON of members of the LGBTQ+ family who know how to rock, namely the likes of Lzzy Hale, Billie Joe Armstrong and Otep, just to name a few. It's just that this woman was nothing more than a puppet for her bosses in North Dakota, who cared more about money than programming. 

The reality is that Ellen is simply not that funny and I get douche chills when I have to watch her horrible show. Simply put, good riddance. I kinda knew that something was up with her and it was all before her downfall. Now, she can spend time eating caviar with dictators and living a life where nobody has to look at her because she can live a private life with Portia and their millions.

Yes, Ellen wants us all to be kind to everybody. But, when that person doesn't want to give you a seat at the table, then, you can tell them to fuck off.



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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

5.12.21 Bee-otches of the Day: the media

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Name: the media
Age: ageless
Occupation: entertainers and informers of the world
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: ratings? What ratings?
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A few weeks ago in Grand Rapids (yeah, I know I'm late with all the moving and etc.), the Nielsen radio ratings were released.

WOOD-AM/FM won the book - probably because of Rush's death - while Christian WCSG was at #2. B93, GRD and LAV rounded the top five. 

However, there were a few embarrassments. WFGR had its worst book in a while, while The Q 94.5 had its worst book since its debut a few years ago. Urban stations seem to be the worst off of the bunch with Magic 104.9 registering at a 1.7 while the recently-launched 102.5 The Drive is nowhere to be seen, Steve Harvey and all. 

Of Grand Rapids' high-powered music stations, Thunder 107.3 continues to be a joke with a 1.7, though ratings are up for the floundering frequency. Sister sports station WJRW is also a joke with a paltry .7, tied with Muskegon rocker WMRR 101.7.

A few weeks ago in Traverse City, the Ticker website published an article about how the local radio stations are reshaping their formats in the age of the pandemic. They talked with Chris Warren, the general manager of Midwestern Broadcasting's cluster (WTCM-AM/FM, WCCW-AM/FM, Z93 and KLT) and claimed that when it comes to music, they can't compete with Pandora and others. So their top asset is something that one cannot get from streaming: local content. 

In the article, Warren talked about the importance of personalities at their stations, especially KLT's overrated Nina Blackwood wannabe Terri Ray, who has been KLT's programming director for some 25 years. Before Midwestern purchased KLT in December 2019, former owner Northern Broadcast fired most of the staff, save for Ray, who has been with KLT since 1984. Since Midwestern's purchase of KLT, the company rehired morning man Steve "Omelette" Normandin and moved Dean Berry over  from oldies sister station WCCW-FM 107.5. 

Warren also states that he had gotten a Nielsen report claiming that "good old fashioned radio listenership is stronger now than it's ever been" and that they've "always touted levels in the neighborhood of 90-92 percent of adults listening to local radio – whether it's 15 minutes a day, or 15 hours a day". Hmmmm.... OK, so how *is* Midwestern doing? According to the article, Warren claims that Midwestern "had a strong year". 

OK, so what about dem ratings? 

Since the pandemic began, only one major radio company in northern Michigan, Black Diamond Broadcasting, still subscribes to the Nielsen ratings. Their stations are doing quite well, though Rock 105/95-5 has lost some ground this past year. Now that WTCM-FM no longer has a signal in the Straits Area with 93.5 flipping to a KLT simulcast, Big Country 102.9 has been their best performer. Classic rocker The Bear has also improved, though recently, popular morning host Smitty exited the station and radio altogether.

Now, Midwestern is claiming that they have a hit on their hands with the return of Omelette. But, is it for real? Bear in mind that when he replaced the godawful Bob and Tom Show on The Bear, the station had lackluster ratings, which was why he was fired. Of course as mentioned, KLT is now on 93.5 in the Petoskey area and 96.7 near Alpena (98.9 was spun-off to a religious group because of FCC limits). How it's affected WTCM-FM is anyone's guess.

So, let's say that I owned a supermarket and one day, a Midwestern sales rep walked into my store. This is how the convo would go:

Midwestern Sales Rep: Hi! My name is Lou Skunt, and I'm a sales rep at Midwestern Broadcasting Co., the owners of WTCM, WCCW, Z93 and KLT. Are you the owner of this business? 
Me: Yes.
MSR: Great! Well, I'm here to talk to you about buying some air time at our wonderful group of stations here in the Grand Traverse Region. You know, Midwestern Broadcasting has been in business since 1939 and has been family-owned since day one! We have some of the highest-rated radio stations in the area and we feature some of the most-popular talent! Listen, King Chuck, did you know that according to Nielsen, radio listenership is as strong as ever and that around 90-92% of all adults in this area listen to the radio at any given time?
Me: Prove it.
MSR: Well, here's the article.
Me: Do you have the latest ratings?
MSR: Here you go!
Me: Ummmm... This is from before you rehired Omelette. This is not current. 
MSR: Well, um, books are, um, expensive. Um, well, you know that Omelette is the #1 morning show in northern Michigan, right? 
Me: Prove it. 
MSR: Well.... um.... he is! You know, right?
Me: Listen. What are you hearing?
MSR: Slow, symphonic music. Why?
Me: That's a channel called "Escape" on SiriusXM. It's calm and relaxing and perfect for my shoppers, many of whom are elderly folks over 50. And why do I have Sirius? It's because I'm a Howard Stern guy and you people would have never given him the time of day 20 years ago. 
MSR: Well, we have Omelette, and he's, um, like Stern...
Me: Yeah, he rips off everything he's done. And why you assholes were crying that he wouldn't sell up here, you were pumping horseshit from Rush and Dr. Laura on WTCM-AM who were more offensive than anything Howard's ever done. Look. Radio is dead. Quit spinning.
MSR: Look, I'll cut you a deal...
Me: (grabs cell phone to call the cops)

Meanwhile, the Ticker also talked with Jerry Coyne, who owns rocker Q100 and sports talker WGRY 101.1 - Up North Sports Sports Radio. Recently, WGRY's programming added on WJML 1110 Petoskey, WJNL 1210 Traverse City and the low-power translator at 101.1 in TC. According to Coyne, the stations will be the area's flagship for Detroit Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons sports while Q100 will handle the Lions. 

With the Tigers moving to UNSR, it ends 80 years of the baseball team's games being aired on any Traverse City station owned by Midwestern. Because of this, it's adding to the rumor mill that the for sale sign is shining brightly at the Radio Centre complex in downtown TC. Company president Ross Biederman is 80 years old and none of his biological children are involved with the company. Chris Warren, however, is his stepson, but unlike Ross, he's not a radio guy, but rather a bean counter. Now, I have talked with a former Midwestern employee who is still good pals with many at 314 E. Front St. and he told me that Ron Jolly is quashing the rumors because his show is a top biller at WTCM-AM. Granted, none of Detroit's teams - especially the Tigers at this current moment - are to die for. But the fact that northern Michigan's biggest Tiger affiliate is a daytimer with an FM translator station whose signal doesn't quite make it to Elk Rapids should be an embarrassment. After all, up until last year, nighttime games were on WCCW-FM 107.5. 

However, it is a good deal that because of the addition of sports talk on 1110/1210/101.1, it marks the end of 30 years of low-rated shitty conservative talk on WJML. Did WJML ever have a one share in the ratings ever as a talk station? Anyway, it leaves Dave Ramsey, Laura Ingraham and a bunch of low-ranked talkers off the air up north. True, WJML *did* have a few good talkers here and there at one time, like Mike Malloy and Ed Schultz. Hell, they even had a progressive talk sister in the 2000s, Kool 750! Of course, that station died a sad death when it was sold to a certain radio slumlord who is sitting on eggshells because his inflated ego cost him everything. 

The moral of the story is simple: radio is a business. You take care of people and they'll take care of you. I know, Nielsen ain't cheap. It sucks that only one major radio group up north is subscribing to the ratings while the rest pull shit out of their ass. It's hard to tell what really sucks up north when the lesser of all the radio evils subscribes to the book.

And that, my friend, is what makes them more evil.


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Monday, May 10, 2021

5.9.21 Bee-otch of the Day: the douchebag who heckled Governor Whitmer in Traverse City last week

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Name: unknown
Age: reportedly 39
Occupation: unknown
Last Seen: jail
Bee-otched For: ruining a visit from Whitmer
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Last Thursday was supposed to be an eventful day for the citizens of Traverse City, Michigan for all the right reasons. 

Governor Gretchen Whitmer came to Discovery Pier in nearby Grelickville and signed a bill into law on a kayak protecting our state's natural resources. However, while the Governor was speaking, a heckler was kind enough to scream and yell throughout her speech. He shouted obscenities and told her to "go back to Lansing". 

After the speech, Leelanau County Police showed up to confront the protestor, who was arguing with Rick Coates, part of rock station 97.5 WKLT's The Omelette Show. During the argument, the man was asked why he wouldn't run for office, and his response was "the only people who are elected to office are criminals like Whitmer". In front of officers, said douchenozzle took the microphone from the hand of WPBN-TV 7&4 reporter Natalie Spala and threw it across the parking lot. Then, after the cops arrested the man, he spat on Spala's cameraman. 

Currently, the man - whose name has not been revealed - is serving time in the Leelanau County Jail. 

Since the pandemic began, Governor Whitmer has been lauded for her state shutdowns, but has also been a target for violent conservatives who have threatened to kill her and her family. Last year, a militia group was caught planning to kill the Governor, even going as far as to stalk her vacation home near Elk Rapids, Michigan. This new attack on the Governor is just another threat from someone who doesn't understand how politics work.

To make matters worse, the radio and TV station that was there at the signing might have added to the man's actions. WKLT is owned by Midwestern Broadcasting, whose sister station, WTCM 580, has given northern Michigan the unholy noises of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and others for over three decades. Almost coincidentally, it was Midwestern who also founded 7&4, which after several ownership changes is now in the hands of the one and only Sinclair Broadcast Group. As many broadcasting geeks know, Sinclair is pretty much the Antichrist of journalism by turning local newscasts into ultra-right flaming piles of shit. 

It wouldn't shock me if this prick was brainwashed by all the fake news in the world. He probably thinks that science doesn't exist and that COVID-19 is a fairytale. In reality, we need to thank Governor Whitmer for putting our health first, even if it means that businesses have to close for good, big and small. Also, major props go out to Ms. Spala, who has been with 7&4 for three years. She took the jerk's slings and arrows and came out unscathed. I hope that test will allow her to move up in the broadcasting world, especially to bigger markets like Grand Rapids.

As for this loser, I hope he and his tinfoil hat rot in jail for a long, long time. What he did last week was inexcusable and made a poor example of the right. 

He needs to end up in a psych ward... with all the other assholes on the right with him.


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Thursday, May 6, 2021

5.4.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Bobby Paul Edwards

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Name: Bobby Paul Edwards
Age: 57
Occupation: former restaurant manager
Last Seen: jail
Bee-otched For: modern-day slavery
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To some people in the south, slavery is alive and well. 

But, the law is the law.

Bobby Paul Edwards is serving a ten-year jail sentence for forcing a mentally challenged black man to work for no pay at the restaurant he managed in Conway, South Carolina, which is by Myrtle Beach, J&J Cafeteria. He was sentenced in 2019 for beating cook John Smith multiple times with a belt and pots and pans and forced him to work over 100 hours per week without pay.

Now, a judge has ordered Edwards to pay Smith $546,000 for all the pain he caused him. Originally, he was only ordered to pay him $273,000, bit the Department of Justice ruled that overtime compensation and the delay of payment should be added to his settlement. 

Smith, who has an IQ of 70, started working at J&J when he was 12 in 1990. In 2009, Edwards started managing the restaurant and that's when the abuse began for Smith. Edwards ordered Smith to live in an attached apartment and ordered him to work without a day off. According to court documents, Smith was not allowed to take any time off. If he didn't comply with Edwards' orders, he threatened that he would be arrested. 

According to court documents, Edwards would dip metal tongs into hot oil and pressed it onto Smith's neck. He would also punch Smith and beat him with pots and pans. Smith's family would even come visit and Edwards would hide him because he had scars on his body. Thankfully in 2014, a concerned waitress finally spoke out and turned Edwards to a labor board.

In 2019, Edwards plead guilty for enslaving Smith and was given a ten-year jail sentence. With $546,000, Smith can live decently for a good while. However, it will not erase the scars he received from Edwards. 

As for J&J Cafeteria, they are still in business, though people have hounded Yelp with negativity surrounding its racist legacy. It might explain why it has no website or social media page.

You know, it's a shame that I've heard it all: bounced paychecks and abuse from bosses. Hell, when I was a teen, I worked at a restaurant myself and worked with a child molester with mental issues. However, he wasn't convicted yet, so he was still hirable... barely. 

The point is, is that I hope J&J has been sold since and that if they have new owners, they can return integrity into their business. Otherwise, I wouldn't be eating there if I were visiting Myrtle Beach. I hope that Bobby Paul Edwards will rot in hell for what he did and will receive torture worse than what he gave Smith. 

When slavery officially ended in 1863, some people didn't get the message. 

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

5.3.21 Bee-otch of the Day: those wanting to shut down WSOU

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: various, especially around New York City
Bee-otched For: wanting to kill rock 'n roll
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As Ozzy Osbourne once once sang, "You can't kill rock 'n roll, it's here to stay."

Or, can they? 

Once upon a time, the largest radio market in the USA, New York, hosted a heavy plethora of rock stations. Those stations had names like WPLJ, WNEW and K-Rock. Because of corporate stupidity, those stations are just a memory now. New York *does* have an alternative station, Audacy's Alt 92.3, where K-Rock and Howard Stern once graced their airwaves. Of course, some even ask if Audacy's definition of alternative *is* rock at all.

True, New York has at least one station playing Foo Fighters, Green Day and other harder alternative bands. However, that means having to sit through Billie Eilish, AJR, Mumford and Sons and other wimpy pop acts to get to them. But, if one wants to listen to true rock gods like Slipknot, Metallica, The Pretty Reckless and others, your options in the Big Apple include SiriusXM, internet streaming or WSOU 89.5. 

Since 1986, the station, nicknamed "Pirate Radio" has been at the forefront of hard rock and heavy metal. As other rock stations in the Big Apple folded over the years due to corporate BS, WSOU has remained at the forefront of rock, both new and old. 

But now, some people want to shut it down. 

A protest group called "Shutdown WSOU" are pressuring the station's owners to close it down because of them playing so-called "Satanic" music. So, why do they want WSOU to cease to exist? Because they're owned by Seton Hall University, which is a Catholic institution. 

Shutdown WSOU is headed by Richard Smaglick, who happens to live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He told TV station News 12 "This is a Catholic University. Catholic universities of America have lost track of their mission to an extreme. It's so bad that this Catholic university is airing Satanism to what they call a target audience of 12-year-olds in the largest media market in North America and that needs to end."

Sounds like someone's stuck in 1986.

A spokesperson for WSOU said, "WSOU's advisory board comprised of WSOU students and alumni along with Seton Hall University clergy and administrators, meets regularly to review the station's content and operating policies and standards. The goal is to ensure that WSOU continues to realize its mission, goals, and long-held operating procedures. Further incorporating and integrating Catholic mission and ministry into WSOU's wide-ranging and popular programming is always a priority."

WSOU is primarily active rock, though on the weekends, the station airs several Catholic-based public affairs programs, a Sunday mass and even a polka show. 

The strange connection between a religious institution and a secularly-programmed radio or TV station is as old as broadcasting itself. KSL Radio and TV has been connected to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints since it began nearly 100 years ago. Notoriously, KSL-TV has been known for pre-empting network shows they've long-found offensive. Currently, the station airs Days Of Our Lives at 1 a.m. because the program contains a gay couple. South Bend, IN NBC station WNDU-TV was once owned by Notre Dame University, but sold the station to Gray Television in 2005. Green Bay's WBAY-TV was started by the Norbertine Order of Priests, who owned the current ABC affiliate until 1974. 

Granted, Catholicism is imperfect, just like any other religion, especially one with ties to Christianity. People love to judge President Biden for his views, though unlike Drumpf, he actually goes to church on Sunday as opposed to getting brainwashed by a televangelist. People judge Cardi B. because of her megahit from last year, "WAP", which stands for "Wet Ass Pussy". Yet, she, like Biden is a practicing Catholic. Same thing with Slayer, who were criticized for years for their Satanic overtones in their music. And yet, lead singer Tom Araya is - you guessed it - Catholic. 

Here in Grand Rapids, we had a similar problem with Howard Stern. For many years, religious groups tried to push WKLQ into canceling the King of All Media. Well, they did, and KLQ ended up with multiple failed morning shows until the station itself signed off for good in 2009. Funny that these religious pricks had to get their way, yet, many of them are fans of WCSG, a radio station who had a pedophile as their morning show host for many years. Of course, that asshole, John Balyo is now serving a 35-year jail sentence for molesting two 12-year-old boys as part of a sex ring.

Granted, nobody's perfect, and neither are Catholics and rock stars alike. But, as long as people listen to WSOU and it makes money for Seton Hall, let it go. If Seton Hall wants to eliminate WSOU, that's fine, too. Personally, I think a dumbass from Wisconsin has better things to do than to tell a radio station in New Jersey what to do. 

Besides, playing death metal is definitely a more-Godly thing than to molest choir boys.

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

4.22.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Morrissey

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Name: Steven Patrick Morrissey
Age: 61
Occupation: the Ted Nugent of England
Last Seen: Los Angeles
Bee-otched For: Simpsons did it
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Years ago, I would never thought that I would hand the BOTD to someone like Morrissey. 

I'll admit that I used to like his music. Keyword: "used to". He and his band, The Smiths, helped to define post-punk music in the 1980s with tunes like "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "This Charming Man",  "The Headmaster Ritual", "Panic" and probably their best-known song, "How Soon Is Now?", which was their highest-charting US single, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Dance charts in 1985. With its iconic Bo Diddley-esque riff and music video featuring a cute, yet mysterious woman whose identity is still clandestine 36 years after it was made, their American label boss, Seymour Stein of Sire Records called "How Soon Is Now?" the "Stairway to Heaven" of the 1980s. In 1990, the British trio Soho went to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their sole American hit "Hippychick", which sampled "How Soon Is Now"'s riff. 

Since The Smiths disbanded in 1987, the group has enjoyed at least some degree of success with their own careers. Guitarist Johnny Marr went on to form Electronic with New Order's Bernard Summer, whose 1990 single "Getting Away With It" barely cracked the Top 40, peaking at #38. However, Morrissey has done well for himself with a score of hits on the Alternative Rock charts and even a hit on CHR radio in 1994 with "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get".

But sadly, Morrissey just can't seem to take a joke.

On Sunday's episode of The Simpsons, Lisa discovers the music of "Quilloughby", a 1980s alt-rock singer and his band, "The Snuffs". Immediately, Lisa accepts Quilloughby as an imaginary friend. However, when she sees the real Quilloughby in concert, she is beyond disappointed that he's an old, fat, meat-eating xenophobe. 

Quilloughby was portrayed by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch while Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie co-wrote the songs on the episode, titled "Panic In The Streets of Springfield" named after the lyrics of "Panic". 

Sadly, the show's producers have learned that Morrissey - and his manager - has no sense of humor.

On Monday, Peter Katsis wrote on Moz's Facebook page his disgust over The Simpsons' portrayal of him through the "Quilloughby" character. He stated that Morrissey is not a racist and that he even has "three Latinos" in his band (yeah, and Derek Chauvin isn't a racist because his now-ex-wife was Asian). He also pointed out the racism that the show has handled for years, especially with white actors voicing the parts of non-white characters. The example Katsis exposed was when show regular Hank Azaria apologized to Indians for his portrayal of Apu, the beloved manager of Kwik-E-Mart. Because of the fallout of recent tragedies such as the death of George Floyd, The Simpsons and other animated series announced that non-white characters would be recast. The 'Panic' episode featured Dr. Hibbert, who was voiced by Harry Shearer for 31 years until he was recast to Kevin Michael Richardson this past year. 

In his post, Katsis practically stood up for Morrissey, claiming that he still stands for animal rights and is a strict vegan. However, the comments on Moz's Facebook page says it all: "Don't be a whiner. It's comedy. We weren't offended. Don't be offended on behalf of other people. It shows very weak character." "It’s a cartoon, not a documentary. Take a deep breath." DJ Rob Smith even wrote, "The Simpsons haven’t produced any good content in years. Then again, neither has Morrissey. As you were."

Sadly, the only thing Katsis got right on was in regard to The Simpsons' declining ratings. Once watched by over 30 million viewers weekly, it now averages about 2.5 million viewers per week. However, the show was recently renewed to 2023.

A few days later, Moz himself chimed in to the Quilloughby controversy. 

On his website, he said that "The hatred shown towards me from the creators of The Simpsons is obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge." He continues, "Writing for The Simpsons, for example, evidently requires only complete ignorance. But all of these things are too easy for me to say. In a world obsessed with Hate Laws, there are none that protect me."

Morrissey himself has been under fire for calling Chinese people a "subspecies" for their treatment of animals and supporting the For Britain movement, an extreme far-right group that is known for the Neo-Nazi, anti-Islam and white nationalist beliefs. However, its leader, Anne Marie Waters is pro-LGBT; Morrissey - who kept mum about his sexuality for years - is now openly bisexual. 

Since announcing his support for the For Britain movement, Morrissey's record sales have plummeted and was dropped by his label, BMG last year. Many have even criticized him for poisoning The Smiths' legacy. 

Peter Katsis claims that he's looking into suing The Simpsons' producers. I say good luck with that. The show is a work of satire and the reality is that Morrissey wrote his own jokes. Why he would join this idiotic group and abandon his fans is beyond me. He did it to himself and jumped the shark doing so. 

Yes, Moz is human and needs to be loved just like everybody else does, but he dumbed himself out of position.

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