I always like it when Lino says "I just said something." It's always humorous, and it usually comes after he makes a really great spiritual point.

However, on Monday's show, he really did say something. And it was nutso.

For those who weren't listening (shame on you), he dedicated the show to a beautiful woman he saw at daily mass. Dark, handsome, the way he described her, you'd think he peered into the future and was describing the woman he'll eventually marry. I imagined her looking like this.

So picture that woman sitting in Mass. Lino, ever single, decides to go talk to her. After all, she's beautiful, and loves the faith enough to go to Mass. Perfect start to a relationship, right?

Not so fast. When Maureen asked if he talked to her after Mass, Lino scoffed and said that he never talks to girls at Mass.

Lino, are you crazy???

I rolled my eyes when I heard him say that. I really do think that Lino is called to marriage, and he's made it clear that having someone who shares his faith is important. So why not talk to a girl at Mass? I think he'd be more successful doing that instead of talking to someone at a bar, on a dating web site, on the Subway, etc.

We love you Lino. And so does God. MAYBE, just maybe, He put her at that Mass for a reason.

Here's hoping and praying that Lino drops the foolish rules that his brain makes up next time he sees her in church.

This article appeared in Minnesota Monthly on Feb. 1, 2002

Minnesota's eligible singles are one impressive lot: savvy, smart, funny, articulate, and fascinating. Though a list could go on and on, we picked 18 special people you'd like to hear about, single or not, just because they're interesting people. They didn't volunteer-we sought them out and did a little sweet-talking. So if you are single and interested, know that these singles are also humble. Very humble. Drop us an e-mail and we'll forward it on to the eligible of your choice.

February 2002

Lino Rulli

Age: 30

Occupation: Television host of Metro Cable Channel 6 "Generation Cross"

Mothers of good Catholic girls everywhere: Your search is over. Lino Rulli is the one-that is, if your daughter is interested in traveling to Italy, eating good food, and being part of a loud, loving, extended family. And she should be Catholic. "She doesn't have to be. I mean, it's not a requirement, but if she's an Italian Catholic, that wouldn't be a bad thing," says Rulli, who has a cult following for his wacky and religious (yes, both) cable TV show. On any given episode, Rulli may go rock-climbing with a priest, swing dancing with a nun, or road-tripping across Europe, visiting cathedrals in France or the Vatican in Rome. "It's funny, it's not serious," he says of his show's mission. But if he isn't serious about religion, nonstop jokester Rulli is serious about love. "I'm ready to lock down," he says. "I'm looking for the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I'm ready to buy rings galore. A lot of people think it's fun to date. That's not fun. That's the opposite of fun!" Rulli wants a woman who knows what she stands for, and who is smart, funny, and cute. And it wouldn't hurt if she loved art. "I want somebody who is totally herself," he says.

It's really simple...here's the beginning of a story about Lino. I'll write a few sentences, then in the comment section, you post no more than five sentences of your own to continue the story. Tomorrow morning before work, I'll add the final wrap-up to the story, and publish it in its entirety. Sound fun? Hope you think so!

Lino at the singles conference
by Lino's fans at catholicguyshow.com


Lino was single. And it made him cry in his pillow every night before he went to sleep at 10:30 p.m. (his bedtime). "Why must you mock me, Oh Lord?" Lino would cry out, until his lucky day arrived: Lino would get to go to the singles conference full of beautiful princesses that he could fall in love with! So Lino packed his bags, and headed to the magical land of San Diego, where he hoped to fulfill the hole that love had left in his heart...

(continued with your submissions in the comment section)

by dustin (The Boston Celtics fan)

This post is destroying Doug's symbolism, yes, but it had to be done eventually. And if you get a chance, watch the video, "The devil don't like Channel 159" in the earlier post. Great video!

I thought today's show was good. So good that I fell asleep during the third hour!

Yep, I missed it, and am listening to the replay to catch up. Some quick highlights of the show for you:

• Lino has a brain and Lou does not. Why? Lou is doing something so stupid, words cannot describe his lack of common sense and decision-making. Lou thinks the Celtics will NOT win the NBA championship.

Dumb pick, Lou. Just a bad assumption all around! The Celtics will win the Finals, defeating the Lakers just like the good old days. Mark these words!

I felt for Lino during the first hour of the show. He told the listeners about his evening at Old Chicago, eating alone on a Saturday night. Then, these bratty kids start throwing food at him. And instead of correcting the kids, the parents did nothing. So Lino had a bad dinner on top of a terrible evening, thanks to undisciplined children and apathetic parents.

Lino, I know it's tough to stand up to people (I understand a lot of people can be unsettled when it comes to telling parents to keep their kids in check), but when someone's children are ruining your evening, you've got to stand up and put your foot down. You aren't being rude, rather, if you inform a parent that their children are acting unruly and ass-like, you might prevent some real embarrassment for them down the road (they can correct the problem before the kids act even worse in the future).

The whole story got me thinking though, and I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on this, but Lino talks about being alone on Saturday. Going to eat by himself. True, New York City is a huge place to be, but Lino is bound to have fans that will recognize him in public. I wonder how many times a fan sees him and comes up to talk to him. I'll bet that he doesn't eat alone that often: if I saw him at Old Chicago that night, I'd definitely order a round of Samuel Adams for the two of us. And I know I can't be the only one who would make that purchase.

The other thing that caught my ear in this show was Lino talking about a book deal. I wish I would have called and told them my thoughts, but I think Lino should do the book, but for each chapter or topic, have Lou give his thoughts in a "sidebar." I think Lino writing a book with Lou would be a wonderful read.

Good show. Witty banter all around. We'll hopefully recover from Memorial Day to keep the blog churning and updated more often that it has been in the next few days!

Lino Rulli appeared on Speak Now with Dave and Susan Konig (the best three hours of morning Radio) today, to discuss, among other things, his woes with the ladies.

"I have nothing else to say about Catholicism," Lino said when asked by Dave if he enjoyed talking about catholocism on the radio. "I ran out of things after the first three weeks...I just repeat things...It's like my dating life, Susan. I'm great right out of the gates, three or four dates, girls think I'm wonderful...then they break up with me," Lino said. "I have nothing new to offer, the same old nose jokes.

Lino also discussed confession, talking about saying his confession on the air yesterday (the confession in question was confessing to objectifying women).

"I like looking at people as objects," Lino confessed. "What can I get from them? Horrible life I live...Is that a mortal sin, is that a venial sin, who knows...I'm going just in case, to get it out of my conscience."

When asked about the changes to the personnel, Lino said that his demeanor might be at fault.

"I must be so miserable to work with, that they run out of the studio," Rulli said of the crew members Tom and Maureen leaving the show.

When asked if the show was going to change, Lino revealed a new format.

"Here's the new plan. We're going to hire two new people, and I'm going to start firing people," Lino said. "Every week there will be a new firing. I wanna be like, Lou is it your turn to get fired?" Rulli said that he couldn't do it this week because there was only one crew member.

Lino also got Dave four tickets to the Mets tonight, which was a nice gesture.

This marks the second week in a row in which a member of the crew from The Catholic Guy show appeared on Speak Now, with former producer Maureen appearing last week.

"Dave and Susan put on a great show, and your trying to ruin it intentionally!" Rulli said of producer Adam "Hammer" Hamway booking himself and Maureen last week.

Nice hour of radio. More on the afternoon show later today.

by dustin (the Boston Celtics fan)
(Dan's making us put our names at the top of the post so they will show up on linofans.com. So despite my name appearing at the bottom of each post, I am not being repetitive on purpose)

Talk about starting off the show on a down note.

"Sorry about the loss of your show." Funny, I heard the show for an additional three hours after hearing that e-mail.

Far be it from me to rip into someone for criticizing the show. I sometimes doze off during the Wheel of News segments, but I attribute that to having to deal with these same news stories all day. So yeah, there's my criticism, but it doesn't mean that the end of the show is near.

Now, I know that the person who wrote that emailed it to the show, meaning that they have some sort of internet access, and could read this. If they do, I want them to know that The Catholic Guy Show (TCGS) will live on despite the departure of Maureen (even Maureen would agree with this).

After that, we heard from Brett, filling in as a phone answerer, and from there, we had several intriguing developments. Lino almost met a girl, Brett did pushups for prayers (fifty!), and about four playings of Metallica's "Turn The Page," which inspired me to download the song from iTunes when I got back home from the newspaper.

But yeah, Lino nearly met the girl, but when he tried to speak to her, she turned away, completely ignoring the man in a cold fashion reminiscent of 7th grade, when I asked Casey to skate with me during a romantic song at the roller-rink. The look of disdain given to me was the same look anyone would have during a Hugh Jackman movie: utter disdain.

But anywho, the woman missed out on a great guy. I agree with Dan in the earlier post: don't beat yourself up Lino. It will hit you when you least expect it: Casey and I finally did take that skating venture, and true love blossomed shortly thereafter, culminating in a beautiful example of .... actually no. There was no blossoming second chance at love with Casey. Still dateless.

Anywho, after listening to the show today, I think that Lou should get the promotion and become producer. To everyone saying that something good can come from Maureen leaving, Lou getting a promotion and raise by earning the producer position would be a beautiful thing.

We can hope, can't we?

On a side note, I will be picking up my sister from the airport tomorrow, and she will be listening to the show for the first time (for at least an hour). Hopefully we will have an excellent show tomorrow, and my dear sister won't think her brothe was so crazy for converting to the true faith.

No running diary today (we save those for big events).

I thought Lou and Lino—the True Crew as Doug in Kansas so eloquently stated—did a pretty good job today. Although Lino, not writing to that child that you sponsor is pretty heartless: you should definitely devote some of Friday to doing so. Although, who am I to criticize? I don't even sponsor a child..so maybe I should shut my yap and be a man of action first.

At any rate, I think Rulli will write back.

I always enjoy Lets Make A Catholic Deal...the cheesy music, and wondering if people will get Haterade behind door number two is just fun to listen to.

Also, per Lino's criticisms today (he was extremely hard to please!), our blog's URL was too complicated for you to reach. Therefore, we've given it a domain name, as you can probably tell from the header. It's www.catholicguyshow.com. You can continue to access it via catholicguyshow.blogspot.com, but I have to agree, catholicguyshow.com is much easier to remember. There's also the email address, cath...@yahoo.com . Click on the ... to see the full address (this prevents spam)

These improvements will hopefully make this blog run smoothly.

It's off to bed for me, as I ponder whether or not any woman would ever let me name our daughter "Pink Floyd Faber." C'mon, it's got a nice flow to it, right? First I need to get a date, and judging by the fact the face I see in the mirror, that could take a while.

Also, Lino has the day off Friday so they are replaying Maureen's final show, all three hours of fun!. For fun, follow along our diary and let us know how if we came close to emulating the excitement!

Take care. We'll see you later today.