| 2 Sense News |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|07:41 pm] |
I'd like to apologize for the delay in the 2 Sense Shows. For those of you who know the craziness that is AnthroCon, you'll hopefully understand. But just to let you know, 2 Sense will be back next Wednesday as usual.
Now, a tough subject.
A few of you have been asking what has happened to Nik. It's been quite a while since he hosted the show with me. I'd really been leaving it to him to decide the level of publicity he wanted on the subject and he has decided to bring it to the attention of everyone. He made a post about it here...
http://nikvulper.livejournal.com/164380.html
So since he's apparently comfortable with letting everyone know, I'll tell you what really happened.
First off, I'm not going to go into past drama between he and I because that's just petty shit and has nothing to do with the subject at hand. The simple fact is that for the past half a year or so, Nik and I haven't gotten along very well. Ultimately, I kicked Nik off the show. He didn't leave on his own, and in fact expressed to me that he wanted to continue doing them. So don't blame Nik. This is my own doing.
There are a great many things that I respect Nik for, but there are also some core values (or lack thereof) he has that I am completely at odds with. He's very quick witted, which is what caused me to want him for the show in the first place. However, our senses of humor just don't agree. It was only a few months before I realized that most of his jokes had been regurgitated from old movies and Scrubs episodes, or were in-jokes that only he and a couple other people understood.
Often, when he was on the show, he would keep me waiting for him while he had a second dinner or something and, perhaps it shouldn't have affected me that much, but it did become frustrating.
However, these things alone weren't enough to make me want to put Nik off the show.
A couple of episodes into the latest season, I called Nik to come and do the show. Jibba had asked to be there to watch, and since Nik was going to be ready around the time Jibba was getting here from work, I didn't see a problem with anything.
Now, here is the part Nik left out of his post. I had made a mistake that night. I thought Nik was going to be ready later than he said he would. So when he called, I asked if we could wait for Jibba. At this point, Nik threw a fit. He said he felt *degraded* to have to wait for Jibba. He felt upset that I never informed him when Jibba's shows would be recorded, even though he never ASKED me to let him know... just expected to be told.
At this point, I tried to accommodate him and I told him to forget Jibba and that we could do the show whenever he wanted to. I invited him over right that very moment if that's what he wanted. But this was summarily ignored. In response, he outright refused to do the show at all! He said he just didn't feel like it anymore. Luckily, Jibba dutifully put off the plans he had for the night and filled in for Nik.
Now, I realize that even without going into irrelevant past crap, this is STILL some drama. And I apologize for that. I don't hate Nik. Nik is not a dumbass or a moron or a retard. In fact, I do believe that Nik is the first person I can remember whom I've disliked and still had respect for in my life. But in my opinion, when it came to the 2 Sense Show, he was something of a primadona. There are piles of people out there who would love to have his position. And for him to just refuse to do the show because of some silly little thing like this... well, that's something I just don't need and can't work with. In my opinion, he did not enjoy or appreciate his job on the show enough to keep it. And in the end, that and only that, is the reason he's not being asked back to do more shows.
Now, I know a lot of you out there enjoyed Nik co-hosting, and I'm sorry about this. But so much tension has grown between Nik and I that it simply wouldn't be possible for us to work together in an entertainment capacity.
If you would like to send letters to Nik and let him know how much you enjoyed his work on the show, or even to tell him how buggered I am for putting him off the show, I'm sure he would appreciate it very much. One thing I do know about Nik is that during the time he was on the show, he very much appreciated your letters and knowing that he was entertaining you.
In any case, that's what happened. But, as the old saying goes, the show must go on. |
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