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Title: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: bic_staedtler on February 02, 2009, 12:15:19 AM
...anybody know why he's no longer the exec. editor of FLEX?  Just checked, and his last editorial was the Jan issue, he spoke nothing of his impending departure.

I've done some searches but only found fat jokes.

Anybody know what happened?
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: HTexan on February 02, 2009, 12:17:05 AM
took ben's death hard?  ???
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: WillGrant on February 02, 2009, 12:22:22 AM


 but only found fat jokes.


Watch your mouth , Peters not Fat hes just big boned.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: kiwiol on February 02, 2009, 01:22:37 AM
Peter is my favorite bodybuilding writer, along with John Little and David Koepp
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: LatsMcGee on February 02, 2009, 01:49:26 AM
Peter started his own real estate business and an MMA hobby.  It left no time for Flex Rag.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: Triple-H_2005 on February 02, 2009, 06:45:13 AM
His articles suck lately...

Peter "I can't write without using a pun in every other sentence" McGough is almost as bad as Julian "I can't wirte withoug my trusty Thesaurus" Schmidt was...
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: TruthHurts on February 02, 2009, 06:49:43 AM
 He was asked, politely, to leave.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: danielson on February 02, 2009, 08:02:28 AM
Pretty good build on that guy from what I have heard.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: The Showstoppa on February 02, 2009, 08:07:49 AM
(http://money.cnn.com/blogs/browser/uploaded_images/McAfee%20McGruff%20Logo-758214.jpg)
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: Ron on February 02, 2009, 06:00:21 PM

Peter resigned, and other people took over.  Of course, speculation as why or what happened abounds... Change happens.

Here was the announcement...

http://www.getbig.com/headlines/2008/10/31/american-media-inc-names-chris-lockwood-mike-carlson-and-allan-donnelly-to-lead-editorial-teams-at-enthusiast-group-of-fitness-titles/
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: LurkerNoMore on February 02, 2009, 08:51:39 PM
blechman fired him for having carbs in his diet.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: G o a t b o y on February 02, 2009, 09:06:10 PM
Last I heard, McGough and Romano were shit-faced together in some two-bit bar in Cabo doing body shots of rotgut taquilla off some $5 Mexican whore.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: chaos on February 02, 2009, 09:17:32 PM
Last I heard, McGough and Romano were shit-faced together in some two-bit bar in Cabo doing body shots of rotgut taquilla off some $5 Mexican whore.
Sounds like a good time, what's the issue?
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: G o a t b o y on February 02, 2009, 09:22:33 PM
Sounds like a good time, what's the issue?


Southwest tried to make McGough buy two seats on the flight back, one for each ass cheek.  And Romano couldn't even afford one seat.
Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: bic_staedtler on February 02, 2009, 09:24:14 PM
Peter resigned, and other people took over.  Of course, speculation as why or what happened abounds... Change happens.

Here was the announcement...

http://www.getbig.com/headlines/2008/10/31/american-media-inc-names-chris-lockwood-mike-carlson-and-allan-donnelly-to-lead-editorial-teams-at-enthusiast-group-of-fitness-titles/

Thanks Ron.  I guess that's their way of saying that new folks are in, but it doesn't really say that Pete's out.  Maybve they'll mention it on PBBW radio...ol' Bob might mention it.

I think that it's a good thing, perhaps FLEX will bounce back with some newer formats and less of the Julian Schmidt penned thesaurus articles.  Seriously, we all know that pro DON'T TALK LIKE DAT...and there's better ways around it.

I see one of two things happening...it gets a lot better (even though I noticed that Peter penned the latest article about the history of the Arnold) and updated and smarter...or they end up just insulting the readers intelligence with light, lame interviews and worse training articles.  And then FLEX will probably just dry up and go away.

Which wouldn't be so great, in my opinion.  

FLEX readers shouldn't have to buy M&F for their better contest article footage.  I mean, why does that mag get the hardcore stuff at ALL?...put it in FLEX.  

Title: Re: Seriously, what happened with Peter McGough?
Post by: G o a t b o y on February 02, 2009, 09:30:17 PM
...anybody know why he's no longer the exec. editor of FLEX?  Just checked, and his last editorial was the Jan issue, he spoke nothing of his impending departure.

I've done some searches but only found fat jokes.

Anybody know what happened?


Used to be a time that making "Peter McGough fat jokes" was verboten around here, but then he got PNG'ed up in Woodland Hills, and a new day of cellulite comedy dawned on Getbig.com!  :D