Miss You Rush!

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I miss seeing Don Imus too. I used to enjoy having him on TV in the mornings as I’d get ready for work each day. 1678500925035.jpeg
 
I was missing Larry Glick (WBZ, Boston) before missing any of these guys was cool.
 
We had some really good ones when we lived in Minnesota, but, I can't recall their names! They were on par with Rush!
 
I know it might sound like sacrilege, but the Harlan county, Kentuckian IFB deacon that I have mentioned on here who was my adult Father figure-mentor was a huge Rush fan and when we rode together to work in his car, he always played Limbaugh. I was a little more liberal in my late 20s and early 30s but was moderately conservative, and I couldn’t stand that guy. His smugness and pomposity turned me off. He toned it down as he got older but the damage was done in my estimation of the value of listening to him. Sorry😕
 
ALAYMAN said:
I know it might sound like sacrilege, but the Harlan county, Kentuckian IFB deacon that I have mentioned on here who was my adult Father figure-mentor was a huge Rush fan and when we rode together to work in his car, he always played Limbaugh. I was a little more liberal in my late 20s and early 30s but was moderately conservative, and I couldn’t stand that guy. His smugness and pomposity turned me off. He toned it down as he got older but the damage was done in my estimation of the value of listening to him. Sorry😕
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He had a shtick. He wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but even in my younger liberal years, I found him amusing. First and foremost, Rush Limbaugh was an entertainer, and he got rich from listeners and sponsors. I know he was the “voice of the conservative,” but I often wondered if he truly believed everything he was preaching.
 
Rush was a performer above all else!
 
I don't miss Rush. An IFB pastor pressured me to listen to him, but I never did. I sometimes read through his pronouncements on his official web site, but I found them to be incomprehensible and I couldn't figure out what point of view he was trying to get across. I suppose he was a great entertainer, but I didn't have time to waste on Rush or anyone else who couldn't clearly communicate his views and tell me what it was that he wanted me to believe.

I felt that it was unwise and a bad testimony for us as fundamentalists to identify ourselves too closely with Rush Limbaugh. Too many issues - drug problems, lots of divorces and remarriages, having Elton John perform at his 4th wedding, he said he was a Christian because he was born into the Methodist Church, etc., etc. For those interested, here is David Cloud's take on Rush Limbaugh (admittedly it's outdated material, mostly from 1993):

Rush Limbaugh & Christian Dittoheads

Rush Limbaugh & Christian Dittoheads
www.wayoflife.org
 
illinoisguy said:
I felt that it was unwise and a bad testimony for us as fundamentalists to identify ourselves too closely with Rush Limbaugh.
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I don’t think he had a cult following with anyone in my circles growing up, but he would often be played on the radio when we were running around town. I do recall he’d sometimes get a little too colorful with his language and jokes and my dad would turn the channel for a couple minutes until he felt the rant had stopped.
 
Huk said:
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of him.
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Larry Glick was a radio legend. He had a talk show on WBZ in Boston for 20 years from the 60s to the 80s. WBZ was (is?) one of the big clear-channel AM stations, meaning they could broadcast at full power after dark. Glick's program went from something like 9pm - 1am, so most of the continental US and eastern Canada could hear him. I lived in northern Ontario, and WBZ was the most powerful signal apart from our local station.

He wasn't political; he just had a talent for talking to ordinary people and making it entertaining. People would call the show and talk about whatever they wanted. Occasionally he'd do interviews. Sometimes he'd just ring up phone booths and talk to whoever answered. A lot of this was driven by caller suggestions, and if they worked out, he'd send them a "Glick University" T-shirt, which became quite a collector's item.

Probably his most popular gimmick was a shotgun sound effect, which he'd use to dispatch callers who got annoying or weird. People would call in just to be shot off the air.
 
Huk said:
He had a shtick. He wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but even in my younger liberal years, I found him amusing. First and foremost, Rush Limbaugh was an entertainer, and he got rich from listeners and sponsors. I know he was the “voice of the conservative,” but I often wondered if he truly believed everything he was preaching.
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I feel the same way these days about Tucker Carlson. He’s entertaining and makes me laugh. He supposedly is a convictional Episcopalian, which explains some of his opposition to abortion and advocacy of other morally conservative issues.
 
Ransom said:
Larry Glick was a radio legend. He had a talk show on WBZ in Boston for 20 years from the 60s to the 80s. WBZ was (is?) one of the big clear-channel AM stations, meaning they could broadcast at full power after dark. Glick's program went from something like 9pm - 1am, so most of the continental US and eastern Canada could hear him. I lived in northern Ontario, and WBZ was the most powerful signal apart from our local station.

He wasn't political; he just had a talent for talking to ordinary people and making it entertaining. People would call the show and talk about whatever they wanted. Occasionally he'd do interviews. Sometimes he'd just ring up phone booths and talk to whoever answered. A lot of this was driven by caller suggestions, and if they worked out, he'd send them a "Glick University" T-shirt, which became quite a collector's item.

Probably his most popular gimmick was a shotgun sound effect, which he'd use to dispatch callers who got annoying or weird. People would call in just to be shot off the air.
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It sounds like he was a clean version of Howard Stern.
 
Huk said:
It sounds like he was a clean version of Howard Stern.
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Definitely clean. I have no basis of comparison with Howard Stern; my one and only exposure to him is a YouTube clip of Metallica playing "Master of Puppets" on his program.

(Apropos to this thread, Stern and Limbaugh shared the same birthday.)
 
Ransom said:
Definitely clean. I have no basis of comparison with Howard Stern; my one and only exposure to him is a YouTube clip of Metallica playing "Master of Puppets" on his program.

(Apropos to this thread, Stern and Limbaugh shared the same birthday.)
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You’re not missing much. I’ve never been a Stern fan. He’s extremely crude and not really funny in my opinion. Bubba the Love Sponge was also crude like Stern, but he was slightly more palatable.
 
I can't say I was ever a true "fan" of either Limbaugh or Stern. They had some good content at times, but, they both were just wanting to be lightning rods!
 
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