Name That Tune

[mayorofawesometown]

I'm not sure NTT is gone for good, but it will be a retooling.

The thoughts on this second guessing our motives are pretty amazing. Why would I go out of my way to kill what was my favorite segment? Or maybe you think I was lying then?

For those who say we don't listen, why do you think it came back at all? Because you spoke out.

As for other changes, let me speak to several of them:

Bleeping truncated swear words: This was easy. We PROBABLY wouldn't have gotten in trouble for them. But they also don't add anything to the show. In the meantime, doing it actively kept us from adding several stations. And ultimately, that's the goal. The show is still the same, the topics are still the same.

As for dumping NTT to have a more planned show, having NTT every Friday made that the easiest day to plan on of the week. I loved having that to lean on every Friday.

I can't say that you should like any changes or you shouldn't. After all, we spend 5 hours a day judging everything and everyone else, so you are certainly welcome to judge us. But in the end, I'd prefer people didn't always assume we're someone how doing stuff for all the worst reasons possible. Sometimes its just what we think is best. Sometimes we're right and sometimes we're wrong. Just like like we have been for the first 13 years we've done the show. These are all changes that we've considered for a long time, we merely decided to stop moving at a glacial pace. You'll see when the new website debuts.

In the end, thanks for continued listening and for caring enough to post!

I appreciate you at least responding. I'm sure we all do. But I have to ask, why was NTT retooled in the first place? What prompted the original change? It seems to me that NTT worked the best when Joe did the list every week or when the four of you alternated who did the list based on who won (no offense to Kurt Busch.) So I'm just wondering what made you think moving it to Monday with different rules would be a better idea then kicking it old skool? I agree that the show should always move forward but it's still really nice to have a few tried and true bits every week like NTT, Dumber Than Zane and Joe stunts. (Yes, even What Hot Wings Thinks even though I don't care for it.)

If there was some actual research that went into these changes I'd love to pick your brain a little bit and hear about what goes into making these decisions.

I also agree that people shouldn't jump to conclusions and make assumptions but it is a natural reaction for people to assume the worst. You guys are very busy and I know you mentioned on the show that you're going to do blogs on the revamped website which sounds tremendous. But until then I think it'd be really cool if you guys posted more thoughts here. You readily admit that the show is going through a lot of changes right now so this should be the time when you have a lot to say.

Look at us. We're your super nerdy, hardcore fanbase that will probably never go away even if you were off the air in our markets. More than anyone, we'd love to know what's up. Thanks for the time and keep up the great work. I really can't wait for the new website.