Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 2:22 AM posted to Adam and Drew's Loveline group The other day, I listened to a recording of a Loveline episode from 1992,
when Drew's co-host was Poor Man. It was very interesting to hear what it
used to be like. Since it was not syndicated yet, they made a lot more references to KROQ.
They apperently let random listeners into the studio to hang out, and the
guest had more of a pre-defined role of helping with the calls ("Andy
Partridge from XTC is here to answer your love questions.") Also, Poor Man
frequently answered a call by saying the caller's name and location (they
usually don't announce the location anymore) and saying, "What's your love
problem?" Also, the overall tone of the show was a lot more non-confrontational. For
example, there was one female caller who said that she masturbated many
times every day, sometimes when it would be inappropriate, such as while she
was driving. Poor Man asked her if she had masturbated during the course of
the show, and much of the call was taken up by his reaction to the fact that
she had. It wasn't until near the end of the call that Drew mentioned that
her compulsion might not be the healthiest thing. If she had called more
recently, Adam and Drew would have started gambling on her past within the
first minute of the call. Here are a few other examples of this non-confrontationalness: One caller who was asking about the long-term effects of LSD was not
speaking very clearly, and Poor Man said, "I don't mean to be rude, but it
kind of sounds like you're mumbling." Another caller who was not only asking a stupid question, but could barely
articulate it was given a lot of time to explain himself, and when the call
was over, Poor Man even said, "That was a good call, because he was honest." Also, they played a lot more music, and when and what they decided to play
at least seemed to be somewhat spontaneous. One of the songs they played
wasn't even by the guest. And they ended the show with a half-hour block of
semi-obscure XTC songs. Overall, I think the show was not nearly as entertaining as it's current
incarnation, and I doubt that the show would be as popular today if it were
not for Adam Carolla. Aaron A. —adamanddrewsloveline | 
