Craig Mustard is co-host of the weekend “Mustard and Johnson” program (aka The Preacher and the Teacher) on WEEI.

During the week, he is also a Wellesley High School English teacher.

Mustard was one of the original crew of WEEI, back when the station first went to the all sports format. In fact, he was one of the “stars” of the station, teaming with Tom Doyle for the Mustard and Doyle show.

Known as a huge Roger Clemens fan, Mustard severed his allegiance with the Red Sox and became a Yankees fan. His program with Larry Johnson on the weekends is dominated by Yankees talk, with Yankee fans calling into the program constantly.

He was also a Drew Bledsoe fan, but didn’t switch over to following the Bills when Bledsoe was traded.

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129 thoughts on “Approval Ratings – Craig Mustard”

  1. It is a statement about the strength of 'EEI (regardless of the reasons for it) that there is discussion of the weekend guy(s) at all. The guy is a freakin' schoolteacher during the week for chrisakes. In NY, Philly and DC most people probably don't even know the names of the weekend hosts (except that the FAN makes their weekday hosts work a decent number of weekends which would lead to a strike at 'EEI).

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  2. NAOP, I think Mustard changing his allegiance from Sox to Yanks is actually a reason to approve of the guy because the Sox didn't start winning championships till he jumped off their bandwagon.

    Big Ed, I may have agreed with you at one point in time about his being up on sports but I think the combination of his teaching job and raising his young children now makes sports a low priority in his life.

    With Clemens no longer pitching I don't think Mustard watches baseball or is even much a Yankees fan anymore. He only watches sports that interests him and does little-to-no homework on whatever the hot topics might be. He also has a terrible habit of recycling old Big Show material or referencing old obscure bits from that show nobody can remembers. He collects his minute EEI paycheck these days and probably finds it amusing that so many folks here devote so much time critiquing him since he started mailing it so long ago.

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  3. I despise the town of Wellesley just because Mustard teaches and lives there. DISAPPROVE MIGHTILY!!!!

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    1. Ahhhh…a school teacher in the public school system. That explains a lot of what I don’t like about this guy.

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      1. There are many reasons to dislike this guy. But his profession? Would you prefer everyone be home schooled?!?!?

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    2. Hey,lay off Mustard. The guy is intelligent and has a life outside of sports and you people kill him for that. Take his politics with a grain of salt.

      He is hardly condesending compared to many of the of the self-absorbed ‘experts’ around the country and right at EEI. He’s a huge Celtic fan as I am and I enjoy we he talks about some of the old great green teams.

      I really don’t care that he’s a Yankees fan as he does give the Sox due credit (most of the time). Larry hammers him a little too much for no reason.

      You people really oughta lighten up and get a life.

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  4. I’m out of the closet— I like Craig Mustard.

    Belittles callers like Danny from Quincy; familiar with 80’s hockey; worked 13 years with Larry Johnson and is lighter now than when he started.

    Guilty Pleasure. “Approve!”

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  5. The current Saturday morning show is abysmal. Larry Johnson’s limited knowledge coupled with Mustard’s condescending tone make for just absolute dreadful listening.

    Disapprove.

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  6. The problem with all of you people voting disapprove is that you don’t the ability to remove yourself from the process like I do. If you took a step back and analyzed this OBJECTIVELY you would realize the talents of this man.

    He’s smarmy, obtuse, and lazy. Didn’t have cable because his wife wouldn’t allow him to have it. A perfect example of the failings of the “detached fan.” Disapprove on a Stearns/Halloran/Burton/Meter level.

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  7. While he gets a modicum of sympathy from me for having to share the studio with the muumuu-wearing Bible thumper, he’s still a smarmy, condesceding jerk. I’d prefer to get a sharp stick in the eye than listen to that train wreck of a radio show. DISAPPROVE!

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  8. Disapprove for the simple fact that he hasn’t choked the life out of that gelatinous tub of goo he shares the airwaves with.

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  9. Ughhhhhh. Another arrogant academic hidden from the real world who’s hell bent on schooling us on the world according to him. Even has the irritating, condescending voice to match. Why anyone would listen to him and Johnson – much less CALL them – is beyond any degree of rational thought.

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    1. calling mustard an ‘academic’ is like calling glen ordway an ‘nba coach’, john dennis a ‘pga golfer’, gerry callahan a ‘writer’, larry johnson an ‘artist’, mike adams ‘funny’.

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      1. The only flaw in Fishercat’s sarcasm is that Callahan IS a writer, and a damn good one. Opinions and politics aside, his writing is provocative as hell and I wish he’d do more of it (and less right wing dogma, but that’s beside the point).

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  10. Now that Wellesley’s brothels have been closed down, Mustard is the town leader in doing shameful things for money by hosting an alleged ‘sports show’ with the Reverend Mumu. Oh the humanity.

    The only upside is that his show is on Saturdays when I never have cause to listen to WEEI outside of the radio broadcast of Red Sox infomercials.. er.. ‘games’.

    Disapprove.

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  11. The MCAS was instituted to make sure people like this do their jobs.

    It’s too bad there is no MCAS for sports radio hosts.

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  13. As noted above there are plenty of reasons to disapprove Col. Mustard. The fact that he claimed to have switched loyalties from the Red Sox to the Yankees back in 1997 because Duquette let Clemens walk is reason to disapprove 1000x. He’s a complete fraud. He failed miserably at hosting the morning show and in desperation latched on to Larry Johnson (Larry freakin’ Johnson!) as a way to remain on the radio. Anyone with even a modicum of self-respect would have quietly faded away. Larry Johnson?! Crack whores have more pride in their work. DISAPPROVE!

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  14. Probably the single biggest disapprove yet. I can’t even imagine why anyone would vote otherwise.

    (Anyone that would EVER switch allegiances between the Sox and the Yanks short of a relative joining the team is a fraud and has nothing in common with real sports fans. You hear that Shepherd?)

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  15. Just awful. Smarmy personality, extremely limited knowledge of anything sports-related, and a complete bore.

    DISAPPROVE

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  17. This is a smarmy, supercillious, condescending piece of amphibious crap. There is not one thing I can stand about this twerp. He has no inside information or sports expertise. Why is he on the air?

    He’s completely out of step with everyone else at ‘EEI and all of the listeners. Even his little band of Yankee callers seem to have contempt for him.

    I sometimes think that ‘EEI keeps him and the Putrid Preacher on the air just to show everyone that they can do whatever they want.

    His political views fit the profile of the liberal elitist that he most assuredly is. What’s bothersome is if he spews this crap on a 50,000 watt radio station, what does he talk to his high school students about. I’d never seen a picture of him before; he even looks like an a**hole.

    DISAPPROVE……..with extreme prejudice

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  18. Sorry to be the Halloran Contrarian here kids but ‘EEI has far worse problems than Mustard and regardless of his Clemens act and being paired with LJ he knows his sh*t.

    I always felt he could carry a regular show and comes across as someone who actually pays attention to sports on a national level unlike the full time clowns at the station. It’s unfortunate he has a partner who doesnt know what he is doing and that kills him.

    Approve.

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    1. Mustard doesn’t know a damn thing about sports. It doesn’t take much beyond a brain the size of a pea to see that. You’ve been outed as a Mustard mole.

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  19. Where do you start with this guy? Previous posts mentioned his smarminess and condescension, but they’re only the beginning.

    The only person who knows less about sports is Larry Johnson. He thinks knowledge of a few obscure sports facts passes for being a sports expert. By comparison, Butch Stearns and Steve Burton look like oracles and that’s no small feat.

    Every show he’s ever done has been torture. The show with Tom Doyle nearly killed ‘EEI before the station got started. While hosting the show he’d ridicule Dale Arnold for encouraging hockey talk. A few weeks later, he and Doyle were gone in favor of Imus.

    He strikes me as the kind of guy who can con high school kids who come to realize what a fool he is as soon as they reach maturity.

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  20. DISAPPROVE….seems to HATE SPORTS….CHANGED from Red Sox to “Yankee fan” just so it would give him his “radio schtick”…..The WORST HOST on WEEI and it ain’t even close….Only thing he likes to talk about is Red Sox-Yankees ALL YEAR ROUND….knows NOTHING of other sports…..SIMPLY HORRIBLE!

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  21. I DESPISE this man.

    His unrequited Clemens love is reason enough to hate him. It should be abundantly clear to everyone at this point that the Texas Con Man was, in fact, “in the twilight of his career” when Duquette let him walk–and then he found the steroid Fountain of Youth.

    Last December, Mustard, predictably, latched on to the suggestion from the Mitchell Report that Clemens didn’t start ‘roiding until 1998 as “proof” that Duquette was wrong, because the Con Man still had a great 1997 season, “without steroids.”

    Well, that’s debatable, but what’s NOT debatable is the fact that before his first season in Toronto, Clemens lost 30 pounds and got rid of the three chins he was wearing during his final four, incredibly mediocre years in Boston. Those four years, by the way, are also completely lied about by the Clemens enablers in the press, like Mustard. His numbers were mediocre, across-the-board; it wasn’t just his won-lost record that was mediocre from 1993-96, as his defenders and enablers have tried to argue. EVERY relevant pitching statistic for Clemens during those four years was decidedly “off” compared to the rest of his career. Never before, or after, were his numbers as mediocre as they were from 1993-96.

    The fact that Mustard ignores or glosses over Clemens’ mediocre performance during the last few years in Boston, and his dramatic weight loss before joining the Blue Jays, is just typical of this pathetic Clemens apologist.

    And don’t get me started on his politics.

    If D&C can be reviled here for their “right wing” antics, then this imbecile certainly can be taken to the woodshed for constantly preaching his tired, hackneyed, liberal cliches every single chance he gets. And the “snark” with which he delivers those cliches is just another reason to dislike him.

    The very fact that Mustard makes the airwaves safe every Saturday for the likes of Mike from Canton and Joey from the North End should be enough reason to completely despise this jackass.

    DISAPPROVE, with extreme prejudice.

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    2. Interesting to note both Clemens and Mustard were once fat and then lost significant weight around the same time. That might be more than just a coincidence.

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    3. i agree those yankee callers are the biggest losers on the radio and craig allows it too happen he gives that loudmouth arrogant joey of the northend 10 min. of air time to put down redsox nation.. its a disgrace

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  22. Mustard really knows very little about baseball. Being a Yankee schill (sic) in Boston doesn’t help matters. What is amazing is that he claims to be a Yankee fan but couldn’t tell you two things about the team beyond endless praise of Jeter, and the endless hatred of A-Rod.

    He also thinks Pulp Fiction is a top 5 all time movie. I don’t see how anyone could give this guy an approve, he makes Saturday Morning radio totally unlistenable.

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  23. This guy seldom watches sports, has nothing insightful to add and has the kind of voice quality that makes you want to smack him. His sole value is as a contrarian. It could be worse, you could be in his classroom.

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  24. You know, we joke around a lot on the show about how Craig has no friends and that he’s henpecked and his teeth look like yellow corn niblets and that his students voted him Most Likely Teacher to be Targeted in a Homicidal School Rampage and how his neighbors in Canton have organized a petition to run him out of the neighborhood. No, really. They did. We joke around but if I could be serious for just a minute. After all, this is the toy department and it’s a place for us to come to get away from life. When I had my health problems a while back, Craig was one of the first one hundred people to call. He sent a delicious Edible Arrangements Junior to my house within a month after I got out of the hospital. Craig is a true angel. Hey, speaking of making angels, here’s Joey from the North End! BAHAHAHAHA! Joey, howahya?

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    1. hey larry johnson first of all i doubt you have 100 hundred friends that called you. your suppose to be a revrend and you associate yourself with joey? some revrend

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  26. He was not good or funny when he hosted that abortion of a morning show when ‘EEI first launched as a sports station. He is not good or even close to being entertaining with Larry Johnson on the weekends.

    I’m sure Entercom continually goes to Mustard because he is a warm body to occupy one of the worst shifts on the weekends. Awful. Terrible. Horrible.

    Eighty six THUMBS DOWN for this turncoat.

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  27. My life is infinitely better since I stopped listening to the crap that is WEEI’s weekend programming. In fact, I have pretty much stopped listening to WEEI completely.

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  28. I can’t believe how emotional people get about a guy who is on the air four hours a week. I give him credit…he lost his full-time radio gig, so he decided to go back to grad school to become a school teacher and contribute to society, rather than let radio rule his life. OOOH…that makes him Satan. I wonder how Ted Sarandis fills his days since he lost his full-time gig.

    He is much more cerebral than most of the hosts on the station…so that makes him a bad guy? The Yankee fan role is just that, but most of the listeners aren’t smart enough to figure that out. If you listen you can tell that Mustard knows sports, but doesn’t let it rule his life. I am sure that Jason Wolfe is happy with the amount of buzz that this little weekend show generates.

    With that said, I have the courage to say APPROVE. Who would you rather listen to…John Rooke and Bob Halloran?

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    1. Teddy Sarandis has dedicated his life to playing war games and supporting our troops overseas while marking down the days until Al Skinner opens up the BC hoops camp each year.

      I find nothing wrong with Mustard being a teacher, but I do find problems with him being an ill-informed arsewipe paired with a jabbering old lonely “cartoonist” that badly needs to be accepted by the “cool guys” at WEEI.

      The “celebrity” callers they slobber over each weekend have made several listeners drive off cliffs to their death.

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    3. Well said Pete. I enjoy the Saturday show and the interaction between the 2 hosts. They did a show a few years back when the Reading hockey-dad incident happened that no other EEI hosts would ever do.

      You can take all the other hosts except Holley and bury them under nuclear waste. Unfortunately most of them would problem survive.

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      1. all of ’em suck except for those two & HOLLEY???? Are you kiddin’ me?? well, now we know where YOU’RE at……..bor-ing city!!

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    4. What exactly makes him cerebral? Is it his ivy league degree, english lessons, his knowledge of Pulp Fiction? Because it isn’t baseball, I can tell you that much.

      Which is sad because whats the point of a radio show if you can’t even talk about sports in a knowledgeable manner?

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  29. Nothing worse than the phony & patronizing “hmmmmm” he utters when a caller makes a point not obvious enough to have been made by Frank from Gloucester. He’s unctuousness personified. Disapprove.

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  30. I liken this guy to a welfare hack…someone who ‘hangs on’ to a paycheck by every means possible without giving much of anything back to society. Mustard’s mere linkage to Johnson earns him a ‘DISAPPROVE’ rating right off the bat; an entire arsenal of annoying habits and mannerisms cements it for him.

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    1. exactly, Chris. He seems to hate sports, hate fans, ESPECIALLY the listeners, hate everyone else at ‘EEI, so why stay there (other than to whore the paycheck for his kid’s college fund)? If you don’t have the time to immerse yourself in sports so you can stay prepared because of teaching, family, etc. fine, understandable….just move out & let someone else do it who DOES!! I’d do it for 1/2 the $$, be better & more entertaining at it than Ego-boy!

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      1. Ghost, just because you do a show in your basement with cardboard cut-outs of Fred Smerlas and Steve DeOssie it does not make you a talk show host. What you need to do is stalk Jason Wolfe and Julie Kahn until they become aware of your tremendous talent.
        The only problem is your mom does not let you out much except to do your paper route.

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  34. Umm, I’d rather listen to Rooke and Halloran that Golf Boy and the Giant Forehead. I’d rather listen to beluga whales having intercourse than Yankee Talk. To hell with the celebrity EEI callers!
    Disapprove.

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  35. Call me crazy, but I never minded the Mustard-Johnson show on Saturday AM. I use past-tense because I gave up ‘EEI cold turkey after a recent Super Bowl upset. That’s the one show I do miss along with the occasional Whiner Line if I’m in my car at 5:45-6:00. It got me through my Saturday morning chores. I can’t say the same for the other weekenders like Wallach, Dickerson, Butch Stearns and the ultra flunkeys whose names I can’t remember. I never took either Mustard or Johnson seriously so it felt more like a standard sports argument you might have with your friends.
    What I don’t miss is the daily create-a-controversy that drove the other programs. Ignorance can be bliss sometimes. For example, I still haven’t heard the Shaq rap that everyone is talking about. Or remember such BS topics like Manny not standing for the anthem or meeting his Yankee friend in a bar. Craig in particular tried to avoid the topics that have been well warmed over during the week.

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  36. Looking at Mustard’s approval rating at 2:40pm, it’s 107 ‘APPROVE’ and 284 ‘DISAPPROVE.’ That’s one ‘APPROVE’ for every ‘DISAPPROVE.’ Yet the comments do not reflect that distribution; they are universally ‘DISAPPROVE.’ So what we have here is a typical union ploy to stuff the ballot box…probably with his family, friends, and students (who aren’t commenting because the schools probably haven’t taught them how to write).

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    1. What we have here is the fairly believable notions that most people vote and don’t comment (I have done that many times) and that people with a negative opinion are far more likely to be moved to comment than those with a positive opinion.

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  37. Finally …Craig Mustard Day!!

    Disapprove. I might have approved a few years ago, but a big fat disapproval today.

    While I think Mustard is the smartest guy working at WEEI, is very articulate, well read, quick witted and pretty knowledgeable about the Boston teams and sports in general, I had to vote disapprove because his weekend ‘mustard and johnson’ show has rapidly deteriorated over the past few years. I used to really enjoy his show and listening to those two talk about sports. However over the years Mustard and Johnson has become unlistenable.
    It’s the most annoying show imagineable.

    It seems like the entire show consists of the same old tired celebrity callers calling in, telling the same jokes and talking about the same stuff. Mike from Canton, Danny from Quincy, and so on…

    Larry and Craig talk over each other all the time.

    It’s not intersting, dynamic talk radio. It’s the same tired show and format every week. blahhhhh

    The two of them seem to spend way too much time arguing about who said what, when. Who predicted what..who took what side of the argument…aggghh.. I honestly can’t take listening to the show anymore. Those two could be so much better if they could only listen to the themselves and hear how they sound.

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    1. I think you’re the one whose been clamoring for the Craig Mustard rating all these weeks and when that special day arrives you post…that?

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        1. Have to agree JA, was expecting more of a comment from you after all the whiny buildup. As for it being the same tired show and format every week, (1) it works and (2) if you really hate it at least it’s only on once a week. One day a week beats five, right?

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  38. A smarmy, supercillious, condescending piece of amphibious excrement. The kind of person that I’d backhand after about ten minutes of listening to his smart mouth remarks.

    I don’t understand why he’s on the air. The Putrid Preacher is at least worth some affirmative action points. He has no insider information or expertise.

    The classic elitist liberal. He thinks he’s above all other ‘EEI employees, listeners, and society in general. Can you imagine what kind of Marxist rhetoric that he spews to his high school students.

    I had never seen a picture of him…….he even looks like an a**hole.

    DISAPPROVE……….with extreme prejudice.

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  39. Well….I have been waiting too but for an entirely different reason then the so called fans here have. I truly wish The Mustard & Johnson Show was on each weekday. I for one find them incredibly entertaining & amusing & find it THE best sportstalk by far on EEI. Mustard’s talent to me is obvious…smart, quick witted & one who knows his stuff. The things he can remember & his knowledge is second to none. Its a show that has stood the test of time……i only wish it had the 10-2 shift on EEI! You can have the condescending Dale & ranting Holley all you want. I will take Boston’s best radio team: Mustard & Johnson!

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    1. ….WOW….you can’t be serious…I know everybody has different tastes but, you know, I mean…good lord..Mustard and Johnson, “incredibly entertaining”???….Mustard, “smart, quick witted & one who knows his stuff”???….what are smoking on Saturday mornings?…..I WANT SOME!

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    2. Duke I agree with you 100%. The fact there is so much said about a four hour weekend host tells you that the majority here listen to him and Johnson. It makes my ride to work on Saturday fairly enjoyable. Rooke and Halloran are boring and awful and Butch Stearns is simply the dumbest person on two legs. Hey Butch when is Ty Law going to sign with the Patriots? He said this two months ago when he said it is right around the corner. Mutnansky is pretty good and the Baseball Show is tolerable. Mustard and Johnson are the best on the weekend by far.

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  40. I think that my main issue with the (un-) esteemed Mr. Mustard is that he doesn’t seem to like his job. I’m surrounded at work by people like that, and thet are usually unpleasant to listen to. He comes across the same way.

    The fact that I listen to their show on my way to the transfer station with my recyclables seems to be a sort of cosmic convergence.

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  41. You know what would be awesome? Let’s vote on EEI’s celebrity callers! Wouldn’t you love to slam Mike from Canton, Frank from Gloucester, Danny from Quincy, Jim the Wrestling Goon and that blubbering turd Angry Bill?
    I can’t wait!

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  42. Hey AOB……I guess you want to get your information & “facts” from Mikey Adams. He’s your favorite I guess…
    well I would take Mr.Mustard in a neo-second over the likes of him & Arnold & Dennis etc. What are you smoking you Aristotle you????

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  44. At least he can string a few sentences together, unlike most of the fringe hosts on 850. Has a RainManish ability to recall obscure facts and lineups from long ago. And finally, he is a contrarian who is not afraid of the Big O and in fact relishes (sorry) calling out the Big Fraud. That means APPROVE at this address.

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  45. For some wierd reason Mustard’s sweater reminds me of the old Atari game Frogger – DISAPPROVE!!!

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  46. Nothing but schtick. He and the Preacher sound like Borscht Belt comedians who performed to the busboys setting up the tables. Just a smarmy, condescending prick. Mocks people for being into sports on what is ostensibly a sports station. every troglodyte who is able to mash the weei number on their phones with their hooves gets 20 minutes to talk about Mickey God damned Rivers. I couldn’t have more thumbs pointing down if I was Vishnu. Worst thing about WEEI, by a lot, and considering the drool cups employed there…

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    2. beautiful, Chico. may they repair your old ambulance & restore your old sitcom with “The Man”

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  47. I don’t mind him going back to grad. school and than becoming a teacher – that’s fine. (Big liberal Craig did however, escape the troubled Boston Public Schools for the mean streets of Wellesley post haste).

    Like Deval, it’s about the children with Craig.

    That’s why he works tirelessly 8 months out of the year preparing his film class and than telling me about it.

    He’s the reason I vote against every prop 2 1/2 override every chance I get.

    Typical whiny liberal – i work harder than you and i know what’s best for you.

    F-him and F-Larry

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  48. APPROVE! He is by far the best voice on EEI too bad its only once-a-week which is the best time of the week for sportstalk in this city!

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  49. God forbid someone in this town has a dissenting voice & doesn’t go with the masses. He is a talent & his talents should be on the air more than just once a week! He has more knowledge than any two other EEI hosts put together!

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    1. You’re more than welcome to have a dissenting voice DD, but you really don’t think the M&J show has gotten a bit repetitive, falling back on “celebrity” callers who themselves don’t bring as much as to the table as they used to? The hosts and callers all fall back on the same schtick these days.

      I listen to bits and pieces of M&J from time to time and I honestly believe they could rerun a show from 6, 12 or 18 months ago this Saturday and most people wouldn’t know the difference.

      And as for Craig’s knowledge of obscure sports history, it’s more like he recalls a few things from the days when he enjoyed following sports but I don’t think he keeps up as much on the current stuff.

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  50. no way is he the worst on weei. kind of like the toilet paper that’s sitting on top off a fresh shit. there’s a tiny corner that is still clean that you would touch if you had to but it’s best to just pull the handle flushing him down the drain and walk away. loves the sound of his own voice, thinks pro basketball ended in 1991 and started up again in 2008. would probably be in dale arnold territory if he had sucked up to the right people. spouting whatever talking points his latest employer wanted him to. mike adams went to sell cars at stoneham fraud while mustard cashed hin his trust fund and went back to school. once talked about a yanks sox game and it’s particulars and later divulged that he watched less than an inning at the bar before he took his table for dinner. this was the night before his show.

    considers himself a film buff and the only evidence he’s given of his expertise is citizen kane and pulp fiction.

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