But be prepared to be doing a lot of this:
Spot on. Listening to the replay of today’s show and as usual, it’s a riot. Coming up, the Lenten Song Parody of the day.But be prepared to be doing a lot of this:
It seems to be:
old.usccb.org/ccc/lol090810.shtml
I listened to the whole thing and it was hilarious. Thanks!
I second that one. Nobody said being Catholic couldn’t be fun.But be prepared to be doing a lot of this:
).No problem. I don’t have a Sirius radio per say, however, I tried their free online/smart phone pass for 7 days and Lino’s show is one of the reasons why I upgraded to a paid subscription.I listened to the whole thing and it was hilarious. Thanks!
Catholic Digest:
ahh, the Big Boned Tuesday (Phat Tuesday) show, my first time listening to Lino. The priest in question is Fr. Jim, Lino’s co-host. Those two should’ve had their man cards pulled on the spot for drinking wine coolers
There’s nothing wrong with having fun, but it seems his idea of fun is ridiculing people, especially his fellow Catholics. Seriously, in every segment I have listened to he’s either calling Al Kresta and the rest of EWTN’s lineup “old and boring,” calling someone who disagrees with him “a jerk” and “a loser,” saying he “doesn’t have the stones” (using rather crude anatomical slang in a supposedly faith-based show doesn’t seem very appropriate to me) to say something to his face, etc. The only thing that seems to be Catholic about his show is that he constantly says he’s Catholic, name drops John Paul II and makes sure to point out how much more Catholic he is than other people (“Where were you when John Paul II got sick? Did you fly to Rome to be there?”) I don’t find him funny at all. Steven Wright is funny. Mitch Hedberg was funny. Bill Cosby is funny. Steve Martin is funny. Jerry Seinfeld is funny. Sinbad is funny. Heck, Andy Griffith was funny. Patrick Coffin and Jimmy Akin can even be pretty funny. But Lino Rulli… not funny. Ripping on other Catholics who enjoy discussing their faith… (“These people actually, like, talk about [insert Church-related topic here.] Seriously?”] Not funny. Just mean. All it shows me is that he has nothing worhtwhile to say. Using ridicule to get laughs is the bottom of the barrel as far as comedy goes.Good grief, are Catholics allowed to have any fun at all? Lino’s show is downright hilarious.
Straight from Lino’s website, an endorsement from the Catholic News Service:
Catholic Digest:
ahh, the Big Boned Tuesday (Phat Tuesday) show, my first time listening to Lino. The priest in question is Fr. Jim, Lino’s co-host. Those two should’ve had their man cards pulled on the spot for drinking wine coolers
I second that.
We’re Catholics, not Calvinists. Next we’ll have threads complaining about dancing and movies and the theatre. 
If you want to ignore my point and act like I’m attacking “fun,” fine. The fact of the mattet is I love laughing, dancing, movies, music, games, and anything else most people would consider fun. My problem is that this guy is plain mean and promotes some morally problematic things on his supposedly “Catholic” show. Calling your fellow Catholics losers and making fun of them is not comedy. Openly promoting and supporting absolute trash like The Howard Stern Show on a national religious forum is not appropriate. Please, no more straw man responses.I second that.
Being Catholic doesn’t mean we can’t have fun.
This is my point exactly. Imagine that person’s family was listening. Would they find him making jokes about the funeral funny? Or the people he meets at Catholic parties who he calls “boring”, “uptight” “losers”? If they were listening, would they be amused or hurt? The guy can be a real jerk.
IIRC, the priest in question was Fr. Rob. The casket was already closed and the deceased had a name that could be either female or male and Fr. Rob was given a prepared eulogy and he had to take a stab in the dark as to the sex of the deceased. They BOTH were joking about the awkward situation. I guess my skin is too thick because I was laughing along with them.