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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Cabbie was never the same after he left TheScore. He was awesome there. When he tried replicating it on TSN it just didn't come off as funny or original.
Much like Jay and Dan on TSN were awesome the first time around. Now it seems forced.
Maybe I'm just weird.
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No, not just you. That's almost always the case when personalities have a natural, organic thing going. It usually works on the first station they're on because they grew into naturally and it was "extra" per say to their work.
Then when quirky/funny/unique personalities get poached they're basically hired with "everyone loves this schtik you do so this contract is for you to focus on that and even take it to a new level" and then they feel pressure to do it all the time and exaggerate who they were.
You saw it with Jay and Dan in the US. On TSN they had a show and then every once and a while they'd get weird or go on tangents and it was hilarious. Then in the US it was like the "acting" stuff became their only goal and actually hosting a sports show was just the lead up to some funny or crazy thing that was going to happen.