Rosie On The Radio

[Rosie]

I will be a guest on "Weekend With Joan and Arthur" on WOR 710 AM radio sometime on Saturday between 10 AM and noon. The show is being taped with a live audience on Thursday from 3 to 5 PM at Lloyds Furniture Store, 130 W Main St Somerville.

[Rosie]

Wanted to remind you to listen to "Weekend With Joan and Arthur" on Saturday from 10 to 12 noon on WOR 710 AM.

[dbrociner]

Could you give us a preview? I won't be able to listen to the show. Did you invite Arthur to the pig roast? Is Joan the big phoney I think she is?

[Rosie]

Ouch!! David--both Joan and Arthur are very sweet and down to earth. I spoke about restaurants in Somerville and other places both new and old that I could highly recommend. There was also an appraiser/auctioneer, owner of Lloyd's, and a representative from Flemington who showed us some great items that could be bought in the outlets. Will tell you more on Sunday. Hey--you could always have someone tape the show for you!

[dbrociner]

Here's my take on Joan: she's a big phoney. She comes on as a consumer advocate but she's a shill for whoever the WOR advertising staff sells air time to. Now you could say that this is part of her job and I'd agree up to a point. However, I have knowledge from someone who worked at the WOR advertising department that their policy is to take an ad from anyone who pays for the time and to pull it only if there are complaints. This person, a relative actually, told me that it was hard to deal with Arthur because he wouldn't do an ad if he knew that the place wasn't up to his standards. Joan bills herself as a consumer advocate so when she reads ad copy she is, in effect, giving her endorsement to that advertiser. I think she's trying to have it both ways and I respect Arthur for trying to hold on to his intergrity.

BTW, I'm sure she's a lovely person and I'm glad that they put you on their show. Your success from way back in the *P days is an inspiration.

[Rosie]

Actually David I was under the impression that Joan wouldn't accept an ad unless she approved of the product.

[dbrociner]

Actually David I was under the impression that Joan wouldn't accept an ad unless she approved of the product.

This is not my understanding, perhaps it has changed for the better.

[Helena Robinson]

I spoke about restaurants in Somerville and other places both new and old that I could highly recommend. There was also an appraiser/auctioneer, owner of Lloyd's, and a representative from Flemington who showed us some great items that could be bought in the outlets. Will tell you more on Sunday.  Hey--you could always have someone tape the show for you!

OK, if you didn't listen or tape the show...

We attended the taping. Since we're both still looking for work, figured it was something different to do. There were at least 40 people crammed on all sorts of sofas and chairs, as well as on a nearby stairway.

One of the first things Arthur and Joan brought up were memories of the old Horn & Hardart, inspired (!) by a batch of macaroni & cheese, along with rice pudding, sent by (I'm guessing) the folks running the recently-opened member of the chain a block or so down from Lloyd's in Somerville.

Rosie's recommendations are all familiar names to most regular eGullet members:

Martino's

Origin

Fascino

Zoe's By the Lake

Aladdin

Verve

Ryland Inn Bistro

Xora

No. 9

Hamilton's Grill Room

Sergeantsville Inn

Harvest Moon Inn

Village Green

Yes, I wrote them down.

Nice to see you again, Rosie!

[Rosie]

So good to see you again Helena and thank you for coming. It was a fun afternoon.

[Lreda]

Rosie's recommendations are all familiar names to most regular eGullet members:

Martino's

Origin

Fascino

Zoe's By the Lake

Aladdin

Verve

Ryland Inn Bistro

Xora

No. 9

Hamilton's Grill Room

Sergeantsville Inn

Harvest Moon Inn

Village Green

Yes, I wrote them down.

Nice to see you again, Rosie!

No love from Rosie for Lou.

Edited September 21, 2003 by Lreda (log)

[Rosie]

Hey Lou. Of course I send you love!! Love your restaurant also. Just couldn't get all the names in and they were interested in the Somerville/Somerset County area.

[menton1]

Here's my take on Joan: she's a big phoney. She comes on as a consumer advocate but she's a shill for whoever the WOR advertising staff sells air time to.

Amen!! Her entire show seems like one big commercial! I guess it has made her successful, and the sponsors like it, but she is impossible to listen to without getting nauseated.

(She still might be a nice person)

[albie]

Much the same can be said about Arthur; it's often hard to distinguishe between a legitimate restaurant review and a commercial. That being said, his breadth of knowledge is very impressive; on live call-in, I can't ever recall him being stumped or left at a loss for words or specific advice.

[tommy]

Village Green

it's good to see rosie still listening to me.