Savage sickness

[johnbasalla]

Michael Savage, by his own admission, has to keep an eye on his health. Last year, he was out a lot during a spell. He admitted to needing oral surgery, which may have messed up his speaking.
Then he got sick after going into one of his patented angry tirades. The very next day he mentioned how after this broadcast, he had a sick feeling which stayed with him for a whole day... might have been a bit of light-headedness. He let the listeners know that he's going to have to "mellow out" a bit (my words).

Most of this week, he's been on-the-air with laryngitis. It got so bad on one of the days that I noticed that the last segment of his first hour was probably a re-run, as he goes to commercial with a hoarse tone, and some coughing, and then comes back sounding all cured.

One of his problems is he doesn't let the listeners help him. In most cases he takes a call, tells the caller, "Go ahead and talk, I can't do it as well today anyway."... but then he jumps in quickly when he doesn't agree with them or has a question. One of the times he did let a caller go on for awhile, the caller wasn't interesting and just blabbered on and on.

 

[DToTheJ]

Michael Savage... got sick after going into one of his patented angry tirades.

Maybe that's a sign that he should ease up a bit.

 

[Signal_Faded]

In the four book diary days there was time that hosts could take off and lighten the load without much impact but with PPM that is not the case. Each month is an new set of numbers and while Savage may need time off he may not be able to afford too much away. If he were to take two weeks away then it might really impact the numbers.

 

[FTL_Ian]

All that anger can't be good for him.

Though in the long run, it could be good for FTL's affiliate count.

 

[mr_arbitron]

Jerry Doyle is still out.. You oughtta call TRN and tell them you have a much better attendance record than JD.

(I'm kinda stunned right now. I have to assume there is some kinda refunds going back to advertisers who spent money on
JD's time slot.. I think he died a month ago)

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Mr. Arbitron

 

[mr_arbitron]

I forgot to mention that the fill in host, Dwight Schultz, (aka Barclay, in Star Trek, TNG) also asked the listeners to pray for JD.

 

[DavidKaye]

Then he got sick after going into one of his patented angry tirades. The very next day he mentioned how after this broadcast, he had a sick feeling which stayed with him for a whole day... might have been a bit of light-headedness. He let the listeners know that he's going to have to "mellow out" a bit (my words).

I think that reducing stress and being a good guy instead of being nasty and impossible to deal with will get him MANY more years of life than all the "nutritional supplements" he sells (aka various kinds of Rock Star energy drink) and his herbal remedies, etc.

 

[Talk_Dude]

I realize that bona-fide anger is bad for one's health, but isn't most of Savage's "anger" just schtick, like Morton Downey, Jr. used to do on his old TV show?

 

[DonTheTrucker]

I realize that bona-fide anger is bad for one's health, but isn't most of Savage's "anger" just schtick, like Morton Downey, Jr. used to do on his old TV show?

I've been saying this for years. Look at the guy's background and tell me how he became some super-conservative guy? When he talks about non-political issues he definitely shifts out of angry-conservative mode. Especially when talking about nature and animals. He's an entertaining host, and definitely well read, but the production values of the show throw me off. Obvious taped interviews and hard commercial cuts are very distracting to me.

 

[UpstateNYBill]

Then he got sick after going into one of his patented angry tirades. The very next day he mentioned how after this broadcast, he had a sick feeling which stayed with him for a whole day... might have been a bit of light-headedness. He let the listeners know that he's going to have to "mellow out" a bit (my words).

I think that reducing stress and being a good guy instead of being nasty and impossible to deal with will get him MANY more years of life than all the "nutritional supplements" he sells (aka various kinds of Rock Star energy drink) and his herbal remedies, etc.

You do know that his wife and son are owners of Rock Star? interesting that his son has made political contributions to moderate Democratic candidates like Mayor Gavin Newsome of San Fransicko. Maybe that is what causes him some stress too.

 

[UpstateNYBill]

I realize that bona-fide anger is bad for one's health, but isn't most of Savage's "anger" just schtick, like Morton Downey, Jr. used to do on his old TV show?

No it's real. That is his real personality if you look at his various blowups off the radio show and the testimony of some of his aquaitances and friends from his left wing days.

 

[Newshawk]

Jerry Doyle is still out.. You oughtta call TRN and tell them you have a much better attendance record than JD.

(I'm kinda stunned right now. I have to assume there is some kinda refunds going back to advertisers who spent money on
JD's time slot.. I think he died a month ago.

To borrow from Samuel Clemens, the rumors of Jerry Doyle's death were greatly exaggerated (but nearly true).

http://www.jerrydoyle.com/doyle-absence

 

[Silkie]

Anger does not hurt anyone's health. Rather, the manner in which the anger is expressed might play a little bit of havoc, depending. The kinds of people who are upsetting Savage are not worth being angry or upset about. They are, at the very least, under the influence of some sort of drug - whether legal or not. Some in a different area are all about using the venue for other not so savory activities. It all comes out sooner or later. They are one of those facts of life that go away at some point. And it is guaranteed that they will go away.

 

[SRGuide]

The only substantive reason Savage consistently gives for his conversion from a North Beach hippie who wanted to be the next Charles Darwin into a Conservative firebrand was he was told by his alma mater (UC Berkeley) that he would not be hired to be a professor because he was white and male (That's his version of events). Nothing in his background up to that point screams "Conservative". I have asked more than once if Michael Weiner had been given that job if Michael Savage would exist today. His second theme is that of the issue of immigrants coming into the country being carriers of contagious diseases like TB.

When he grasps for a literary or cultural reference to make a point, he invariably brings up French philsophers, Marxists or left wing writers. It's what he knows. He doesn't bring up WIlliam F Buckley, Ronald Reagan, Austrian Economics, David Horowitz, The Laffer Curve, Barry Goldwater, Newt Gingrich, or any other generally recognized Conservative thinkers or activists. He speaks out repeatedly in the most vile terms against all the other Conservative talk hosts as not being up to his standard of being a Conservative. He even went after the milk toast Dennis Prager in October 2008 for "stealing his ideas" - a frequent complaint. The recent Republican Pledge to America was largely "stolen" from his book, which at that time had not yet been released.

Lately, he fancies himself as the spiritual leader of the Tea Party movement, but hates Sarah Palin with a passion. It's becoming quite hard to follow his line of reasoning.

 

[koolestcat]

The only substantive reason Savage consistently gives for his conversion from a North Beach hippie who wanted to be the next Charles Darwin into a Conservative firebrand was he was told by his alma mater (UC Berkeley) that he would not be hired to be a professor because he was white and male (That's his version of events). Nothing in his background up to that point screams "Conservative". I have asked more than once if Michael Weiner had been given that job if Michael Savage would exist today. His second theme is that of the issue of immigrants coming into the country being carriers of contagious diseases like TB.

When he grasps for a literary or cultural reference to make a point, he invariably brings up French philsophers, Marxists or left wing writers. It's what he knows. He doesn't bring up WIlliam F Buckley, Ronald Reagan, Austrian Economics, David Horowitz, The Laffer Curve, Barry Goldwater, Newt Gingrich, or any other generally recognized Conservative thinkers or activists. He speaks out repeatedly in the most vile terms against all the other Conservative talk hosts as not being up to his standard of being a Conservative. He even went after the milk toast Dennis Prager in October 2008 for "stealing his ideas" - a frequent complaint. The recent Republican Pledge to America was largely "stolen" from his book, which at that time had not yet been released.

Lately, he fancies himself as the spiritual leader of the Tea Party movement, but hates Sarah Palin with a passion. It's becoming quite hard to follow his line of reasoning.

I think that is just where he feels he has to be to rate with his demo.