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I'm surprised he doesn't mention why they split as he did in the podcast anyway. Might have cleared it up if he'd just said 'I thought I should get more take, I
by nicholassmith 14y ago
I'm surprised he doesn't mention why they split as he did in the podcast anyway. Might have cleared it up if he'd just said 'I thought I should get more take, I was lead host, it's a job', we can all relate. Skipping round the topic makes it seem like he doesn't want to come out and say it.
- guywithabike 14y agoBecause it was a business dispute, I think he (rightly) wants to move past that instead of emphasizing it over and over.
- nicholassmith 14y agoYeah but if he'd said 'we disagreed over x but we're still going to be friends' then we'd all go 'oh well he can't have been that out of line'. Sometimes the uncomfortable discussion is worth having.
- slantyyz 14y agoI'm curious to know what percentage of the audience listened to the show because of Dan. I listened to the original Talk Show (pre 5x5) and I could not stand Gruber's constant "y'knows" and stopped after 2 episodes. After 5by5 started and I was listening to his other podcasts, I gave the Talk Show a second chance because I like Dan, and thankfully Gruber worked on his verbal tics. In the end, however, the Gruber part of the show wasn't interesting enough to me, and I stopped listening.
- nicholassmith 14y agoI've tried all the shows on 5by5 and with few exceptions if Dan doesn't cohost I'm not as interested. He dumbs himself down at times and acts as a foil, it works and extracts more from the cohost. From his writing he is a really smart guy but he plays the role that he has too.