# Good bye, Mark and Brian **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783 "2012-08-17T15:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/1 "2012-08-17T15:13:46Z")
I am sitting here listening to the very last _Mark and Brian Show_. I’ve been a fan for over twenty years, and I’m damnsad that all I have to listen to every morning from now on is traffic reports and Rush Limbaugh wannabes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/2 "2012-08-17T16:04:55Z")
Brian Phelps said that he will continue sometime in the near future via podcasts with new partner Jill Whelan(yes-the one from _Love Boat_). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/3 "2012-08-17T16:47:53Z")
Those guys began their show in Birmingham, AL when I was in high school. I used to listen to them every morning before school. Their show was so funny I actually looked forward to getting up and listening to them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/4 "2012-08-17T17:35:35Z")
Didn’t they have a reality show on NBC years back? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/5 "2012-08-17T18:06:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Brian Phelps said that he will continue sometime in the near future via podcasts with new partner Jill Whelan(yes-the one from _Love Boat_). Wait – Captain Stubing’s _daughter?_ Also did you listen to the show on KLOS, or a syndicated station? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/6 "2012-08-17T18:07:37Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Didn’t they have a reality show on NBC years back? Yes. Arguably the _first_ reality show, _The Adventures of Mark and Brian_. They won an Emmy for it. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/7 "2012-08-17T18:09:14Z")
not that i listen to either; see if Bob and Tom get broadcast near you, it might be similar. [http://www.bobandtom.com/affiliates](http://www.bobandtom.com/affiliates) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/8 "2012-08-17T18:10:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wait – Captain Stubing’s _daughter?_ > > Also did you listen to the show on KLOS, or a syndicated station? Their first syndicated station, KGON in Portland OR. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/9 "2012-08-17T18:19:05Z")
I just found them again after many years of not being available in my area and now it’s over. Darn it. Bob and Tom can be funny too, but they repeat too much. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/10 "2012-08-17T18:20:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Their first syndicated station, KGON in Portland OR. Check your PMs. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/11 "2012-08-17T18:52:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Yes. Arguably the _first_ reality show, _The Adventures of Mark and Brian_. They won an Emmy for it. Not even close to the first reality show. That was An American Family in 1971 or possibly Candid Camera in the 1950s. I haven’t listened to those guys since the min-90’s. They had a great run. Why did they decide to retire? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/12 "2012-08-17T20:55:46Z")
I’ve been listening to the guys since 95 or so when I was in junior high. They are the best morning show that I’ve ever found. I got to listen to about an hour of it this morning before work called me away ( I stream from the klos iPhone app) I did get to hear Brian’s goodbye but not Marks. I’m not sure what I’ll listen to in the mornings now and considering when negoations fell through with Brian I’m kind of curious what will be aired on Monday morning. For everyone who got to listen was there any word what the rest of the group plan on doing from now on? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/13 "2012-08-17T22:01:05Z")
I always preferred Kevin & Bean. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/14 "2012-08-17T23:03:40Z")
I listened in the late eighties while in LA for college, and in the 90s via syndication. I loved “You just can’t win” and their football bets - especially the bet payoffs. Listening to one loser trying to get a booger from a stranger - I nearly died laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/15 "2012-08-17T23:33:04Z")
I was on the Mark and Brian show when I was in high school ('97 or '98, I think?). Our marching band played some tunes with Slash from Guns’n’Roses. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/16 "2012-08-17T23:45:19Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Those guys began their show in Birmingham, AL when I was in high school. I used to listen to them every morning before school. Their show was so funny I actually looked forward to getting up and listening to them. 😉 I was in middle school when I listened to Mark and Brian on I-95. I didn’t realize they were still together after so many years. I’m sorry I have missed out on their more recent broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/17 "2012-08-18T05:06:22Z")
> [@Tara57](#): > > I was in middle school when I listened to Mark and Brian on I-95. I didn’t realize they were still together after so many years. I’m sorry I have missed out on their more recent broadcasts. Yeah, AFAIK, none of the Birmingham stations carried their show after they left for LA and later went into syndication. I remember seeing a couple of episodes of their TV show but never really listened to them after they left Birmingham. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/18 "2012-08-18T05:16:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I always preferred Kevin & Bean. Yup way better show. ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/19 "2012-08-18T05:53:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I always preferred Kevin & Bean. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783/20 "2012-08-19T19:24:00Z")
> [@Mole](#): > > Ditto. Yep. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-mark-and-brian/631783.md?page=2)