Comments on: Five* Minutes You’ll Never Get Back

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:19:46 +0000

Dishing out French in Paris, I suppose. Five Minutes are awful indeed. I wish Riggoletto would spare citizens his arias in the future.

Ernest, wouldn't it be charming to go out? I long for an opera.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:10:51 +0000

Say, Reid, why don't y o u call Riggs?... The two of you will hit it off just fine.

Now, where's that award winning Jules Verne of Bumsville, PA?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:28:13 +0000

In person? That would be insupportable. Too risky, you see. What if you emanate offensive odor?

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:26:52 +0000

Ernie's posts are so much more amusing when you imagine them being spoken in Malcolm McDowell's voice. They have all the fine craftsmanship of a short story written by a high school sophomore who just discovered the thesaurus function in Microsoft Word.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:18:33 +0000

Ernest, you have to call in--you must! You can harass me in person.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:14:05 +0000

Amanda, I can see your lips moving but all that's coming out is a kind of "moooooooooo" sound. Could you elaborate?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:04:37 +0000

Next week ?!... How about now, Riggoletto? Resign now. Because it would spare you further embarrassment.
See how well it sounds?

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:22:55 +0000

Ernest: Call-in segment?

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:12:19 +0000

Does that mean you'll tune in next week? Because it would mean a lot to me if you did.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:45:59 +0000

One may be tempted to assume that upon hearing the new feature the readers will savor the City Desk with fresh wonder or at least some curiosity. Well, one shouldn’t because the podcast disappoints. Both the content and delivery are, like, remarkably lame – exactly what I’d expect of Riggs, by the way. Five Minutes is an exercise I mediocrity readers can safely ignore.