Unfunny Bop

Time for another rant. Maybe it's just me, but I doubt it. . . Is there anything as annoying as DJs on radio shows playing comedy bits and laughing so loud over top of it that you can't even hear the #$(%*@# jokes or song or whatever?? Your mic has an OFF mode, too, you know. I hate that because if you have to tell someone when to laugh, it's not funny. While I truly do understand that you are more psychologically ready to laugh if you hear someone else doing it, hearing the DJs cacophonous gaffaws drowning out whatever mild humor is actually there makes me want to drive over to the station and choke them with the mic cords. On the way home one day last week, I heard a (supposedly) funny parody song that sounded like this "She went up to . . " "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA AHHHHH! WHooo!!" ". . .and saw her . . ." "WHOOOOOO HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHHAHAHA" I couldn't hear a single entire line of the song, because the DJ, apparently knowing what was coming, would start to howl before the joke was completely told. Urrrrgggggh!!! Look, I've been a DJ, and I've done drive-time shows (not on any station you've listened to, unless you're my faithful listener Lori) and I get the pressure to be "on" and to really get people into the show. However, hearing you hoot and cackle over the material is not making me feel like I'm part of the action and even if I hear the joke first, I don't want to hear you braying in my headphones. Turn your mic down - better, turn it OFF. Good comedy doesn't need your "help" and if it's not good, why are you airing it?