I didn't mind the Friday Show, but to me I thought the Friday' Show's mistake was in playing stuff that happened that week, they already covered those topics on the Wrap Up Show. I didn't mind hearing about the behind the scenes stuff, the Thursday meetings, that sort of thing, but I didn't think of the show as something that I had to listen to.
The thing about Best of the Week is that it is complete over kill. You get replays of the show all day after their initial broadcast, then you get them repeated all day over the weekend. Is it really necessary to edit together a Best of for Friday?
Gary and Jon could have come in on a Friday to do a live show after Master Tape had ended, say about 9:30 or so and then take calls about the Master Tape episode that just played. Gary's value to this end of the show would be enormous. They could talk about the show until a little after 10:00 and then spend the last couple of hours humoring the glorified interns like Jason and Will, J.D. and High Pitch Mike or salandrichard with the hilarious phone calls that haven't made the cut to the big show yet. In effect, they could have Master Tape AND the Friday Show. To me, that is the best idea that never was...or they could just cookie cut the show segments from the past week and reheat them at a warm temperature, serve them up and satisfy the multitudes of those that are learning to expect less and less from the radio they pay for.
