Sid Rosenberg vs. Dukie Lang Round 2

For those of you who don't know the backstory... here's the original set of circumstances...

http://dukielang.blogspot.com/2010/08/radio-daze.html


This morning Sid Rosenberg was the media guest at the Miami Dolphins Touchdown Club.

After the show, Sid and I met (not pictured).
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I considered not talking to him.

Perhaps there was bad blood.

I didn't know what he initially said, but I got the gist.

He wasn't a fan of what I said on facebook.

But I figured, here's drive-time host in Miami vs. unknown ghost writer, what the hell do I have to lose?
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So I walk up to Sid and say, "Sid Rosenberg, Dukie Lang."

He immediately begins to laugh and blush a bit, like his hands were just caught in the cookie jar.

After a moment, Sid extends a big bro-hug and an apology.

'I'm sorry I talked about you on my show. I felt bad. It was my producer Victor who told me about it.'

My response was, honestly, I don't care.

I think it's great, but, next time you talk about me, could you plug the blog?
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We continued to talk about his show.

Captain Curtis walked over and told me, don't chicken out.

Sid said, 'Nope, he's telling me what he doesn't like about my show.'

I offered my main criticism which is, there's too much bombast. The natural silences are filled with 'me-me-me.'

Sid took the criticism well and with a great deal of humility.

I couldn't help but think of the Howard Stern movie.

On the air, Howard was as in-your-face and offensive as you can get.

But as soon as the red light goes off, he was just a dude.

Sid seems the same way.

He knows his schtick.

I think one of his greatest gifts as a broadcast is utter self-awareness.

He's positioned himself in Miami as a New Yorker, who is a Miami fan, but not really a Miami fan, who is a Giants fan, but says nice things about the Jets.

Basically, he's trying to be an instigator on the air.
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Off-the-air though, I can say first-hand, he's a man of his word.

Sid said he would plug my blog, and low-and-behold, first block of his show, Sid starts by giving out the URL and mentioning our encounter.

I may not always like Sid's schtick on the air, but as a person, he gained my respect.

Question to you blog readers: Did I let him off too easy?