RIP Rush.
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Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
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@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
I've never understood Talk Radio.
If you spent a lot of time in a car, or in the cab of a forklift, or some other job where you had some attention to spare it was a godsend. Most people can only listen to so much music programming on radio all day.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
I've never understood Talk Radio.
If you spent a lot of time in a car, or in the cab of a forklift, or some other job where you had spare attention it was a godsend. Most people can only listen to so much music programming on radio all day.
I grew up with BBC Radio 4. There's panel programs, comedy, discussion, news, plays, all kinds of stuff, and no music. I'd have it on in the background almost all day if I was by myself, and it's wonderful if you're driving. It's one of the things I really miss about the UK. I know, I can stream it now, but I don't seem to ever do it for some reason.
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...and who can forget The BBC Shipping Forecast. It's got it all - suspense, sailors, a vague smell of fish, occasionally moderate!
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Who's going to pick up the mantle?
I first listened to him in maybe 88 or 89. He had just gone national I believe, or at least regional (carried on WLS).
At the time he had some qualifier he would use to say he was the biggest name in [qualfier] radio. I don't know if it was 'conservative', or 'political'. But it wasn't 'talk'.
Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Yet within a few years he was bigger than Williams ever was and now few of us even remember Williams.
I remember fondly Bruce Williams.
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@doctor-phibes said in RIP Rush.:
...and who can forget The BBC Shipping Forecast. It's got it all - suspense, sailors, a vague smell of fish, occasionally moderate!
Link to video
I prefer Question Time, honestly. It's like SNL but with more improv talent.
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I remember fondly Bruce Williams.
I do too. I used to laugh at some of the business ideas people would call in with.
One guy called in and wanted to start a fax service. If you needed to send a fax, instead of sending it to the final destination you'd just send it to him - via fax - along with the destination fax number and he would refax the fax there for you. Keep in mind this was back when plain-paper faxes were still a rarity. So this would all have been down with those paper rolls.
I thought Bruce was kind for not skewering this guy.
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Oh, and when Rush said this he did a great imitation of Bruce saying "I'm Bruce Williams [pause], and this is TalkNet."
What was the common phrase callers would use, "generally"? Bruce hated that. It was some word that indicated they weren't being specific. Bruce called them out over it every time.
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Because, he pointed out with awe, the biggest name in talk radio was Bruce Williams of TalkNet. He said it as if matching him was beyond his ambitions.
Oh, and when Rush said this he did a great imitation of Bruce saying "I'm Bruce Williams [pause], and this is TalkNet."
What was the common phrase callers would use, "generally"? Bruce hated that. It was some word that indicated they weren't being specific. Bruce called them out over it every time.
I remember. "Basically".
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Word choice depends on what tribe you belong to.
Hollywood Celebrities Celebrate Rush Limbaugh Death: ‘Cancer Killed the Cancer’
Left-wing Hollywood celebrities wasted little time in popping the champagne following news of Rush Limbaugh’s death. As Breitbart News reported, the 70-year-old conservative radio legend died Wednesday morning following a battle with advanced lung cancer, his wife, Kathryn Limbaugh, announced at the beginning of Wednesday’s radio program.
Ignoring any sense of taste or decorum, the stars piled on with nasty insults, including actress Amber Tamblyn, who wished Rush Limbaugh to “RIP” — “Rot In Purgatory,” and her husband, actor David Cross, who declared that “cancer killed the cancer.”
Other Hollywood elies who celebrated Limbaugh’s death include John Cusack, Marc Maron, Larry Charles, and Star Trek veteran George Takei.
David Cross and Amber Tamblyn led the Hollywood hate parade with matching his-and-her insults aimed at the late radio host.
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Yes, this is pop culture. Those of us who feel some responsibility for the ideas carried by everybody around them might want to fight against it.
If almost all celebrities are parroting exactly what you think, what exactly do you think you're doing by opening your mouth and telling us your words?
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Had he still been doing the show? Until how recently?
I’ve watched a lung cancer death and they’re not that pretty
I listened to him a couple of weeks ago.
No, Rush was bombastic, but he was not a nutter. He wasn't 100% right, but he helped restart the Conservative movement and molded it for many years.
And most people who actually knew him, said he was not loud or brash in person.
I enjoyed listening to him.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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he was not a nutter.
"They [black people] are 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act. ... This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."
"Holocaust 90 million Indians? Only four million left? They all have casinos, what's to complain about?"
