Boers and Bernstein


Boers and Bernstein was an afternoon drive-time sports talk show on Chicago's WSCR hosted by former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Terry Boers and Dan Bernstein. The pairing debuted in 1999 and originally aired from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., then aired from 10a-2p and 2p-6p until moving to its final 1p-6p time slot in 2009, making it the longest-running sports talk program in Chicago. Boers and Bernstein's final show was officially December 22, 2016.

Segments

"Who Ya Crappin'?"

The program was best known for its signature segment, "Who Ya Crappin'?" that usually aired on Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. unless preempted. The segment took its name from an interview that co-host Terry Boers did with then-Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, in which Boers criticized Ditka for being resigned to his imminent dismissal, and Ditka responded that Boers previously chided Ditka by saying that having a fiery demeanor was "the wrong thing to do, so who ya crappin?" In the spirit of the initial confrontation, listeners were asked to expose—by calling, emailing, or TEXTING —a member of or beyond the sports world who has "lied, misled, told a half-truth, a complete falsehood" or, best capturing the essence of the segment, "engaged in an act of verbal hypocrisy." Participants tried to earn the hosts' tacit or sometimes overt approval through well constructed and presented entries, with the key catch phrase concluding each entry. As in everything else on the show, Terry always deferred to Dan on the callers' statements. Callers who failed to approach the exercise correctly or took too much time to arrive at the conclusion were taken off the air and chided for their inability to complete the task, usually with the gunshot sound effect previously employed during High Noon.
A list of regular "crappers" at one time included, but wasn't limited to: Gary in Evanston, Ten-Foot Midget, Black Physicist, Blind Chauffeur, Stonecutter, Bichiro, Bill Walton's Buck Teeth, Unemployed Lawyer, Government Fromage, North Side Fro Dog, Mr. Mouth, NIU Dave, Steve in Bolingbrook, Quit Playin, and K-Man Pilkers in DeKalb. Gary in Evanston received much publicity from WSCR staff and other local media personnel following his death in July 2013.
First time callers were greeted with the prerecorded "Good luck with your first crap," a quote from the Dennis Franz character, Andy Sipowicz, from NYPD Blue.
B&B at one time gave gift certificates for the "Crapper of the Week," the best caller during the segment, and for the "Best First Time Crapper," to a new caller.
If Who Ya Crappin? is preempted, it often becomes the theme for that week's Friday Fung.

Quote of the Year

Every year, typically in December, they compile a list of the best quotes from that given year. They also hand out other consolation prizes and the ultimate winner of the quote of the year is inscribed on the 'Larry Horse's Ass Trophy'.
Previous winners of QOTY include:
The Person of the Year award honors the person who had impacted the show the most throughout the past year. The inaugural award, voted on by listeners, was given to Gary from Evanston who had died earlier in the year.
Every year, during the College Basketball tournament, a list of bad events, news stories, etc. are compiled and organized into a bracket that listeners are given the chance to vote on, ultimately selecting the winner. For 2012, the Tournament of Bad is using user suggested events/contestants to form the brackets. Go to to submit your idea.
Previous winners of the Tournament of Bad include: