I can't think of a nastier rivalry right now than between Mike Savage and Mark Levin. This week Savage mocked Levin by saying he talks like a woman. He than started talking in a feminine sing-song voice " How can anyone listen to me when I sound like this?" The following day Levin calling Savage by his real name Weiner called him a bully and jerk. Months ago Savage called Levin a screecher, and Levin said Weiners schtick is basically having a nervous breakdown on air every day. It's all very amusing especially since Levin and Savage basically agree on most of the major issues. They both hate democrats, they both are anti-abortion, both anti-gun control, and both want to secure the borders and deport illegal immigrants. Their only difference that I've noticed is on Iraq. Levin believes we should stay the course and be patient. Savage believes the president has screwed up the war and we should either leave or bomb them back to the stone-age.
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The Savage-Levin wars
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The "war" between the two makes for some good radio...I would just question how genuine and sincere it really is. I suspect that if the two bumped into each other at a party, there would be no real animosity.
Remember, Savage also lambastes Sean Hannity on a regular basis and Levin is Hannity's protege. This could have something to do with it.
Savage is not a "lockstep" guy and normally takes other hosts to taks when they don't dissent from a party line. Hannity and Levin, for all of their popularity, rarely break from the Republican party line.
Savage is not a "lockstep" guy and normally takes other hosts to taks when they don't dissent from a party line. Hannity and Levin, for all of their popularity, rarely break from the Republican party line.
Lando Griffin said:
Journalist intergrity is at an all time low in TV and radio. You would think there would be at least one news channel on TV/radio that just reports that facts and adheres to a non-partisan policy.
I like the fact that Savage calls all these people out on their [EDIT]
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I've found myself listening to Savage a lot more lately. Didn't care for him when I first heard him on WABC. I think he is by far the most entertaining of the bunch. Hannity and Levin are way too predictable. And while I like Savage, I certainly would take everything he says with a grain of salt too. Remember...the mission is to entertain first, inform second.
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THE MOST OBVIOUS THING EVERYONE MISSED IS THAT LEVIN STOLE SAVAGES ACT AND DOES IT BADLY. A PIECE OF ADVICE FOR MARK LEVIN YOU NEED TO UNSEAL YOUR LIPS FROM HANNITYS AND BUSHS BUT SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO MORE RECORDINGS OF SAVAGE AND TRY TO POLISH UP YOUR BAD IMITATION OF HIM.
I like them both and think the "rivalry" is an outgrowth of their being competitors in NYC. I hear them both in Cincinnati on the same station (WKRC) and it comes off like an inter-office rivalry here, which is ok.
Savage's manicness is part of his appeal, and I love the fact that the subject changes seemingly every five seconds. With anyone else, this would be like watching a train wreck in slo-mo, but Savage seems to pull it off. My only problem with Savage is his frequent absences. When I hear the "encore broadcast" disclaimer, I'm gone. He really needs to get his act together enough to do the whole show every day and not bail out for the third hour as he does way too frequently. He could also back off on all the self-serving comments (but enough about me, let's talk about me) and the plugs for Rockstar energy drink (his son's product). Otherwise, listening to Savage is like being back in Brooklyn again.
At least his show isn't a three hour plug for his TV show, as Hannity and Glenn Beck's shows have become.
As for Levin copying Savage, to quote Shelly Berman in "Boston Legal", poopycock. Levin has been Levin for a lot longer than anyone in the radio universe knows.
Savage's manicness is part of his appeal, and I love the fact that the subject changes seemingly every five seconds. With anyone else, this would be like watching a train wreck in slo-mo, but Savage seems to pull it off. My only problem with Savage is his frequent absences. When I hear the "encore broadcast" disclaimer, I'm gone. He really needs to get his act together enough to do the whole show every day and not bail out for the third hour as he does way too frequently. He could also back off on all the self-serving comments (but enough about me, let's talk about me) and the plugs for Rockstar energy drink (his son's product). Otherwise, listening to Savage is like being back in Brooklyn again.
At least his show isn't a three hour plug for his TV show, as Hannity and Glenn Beck's shows have become.
As for Levin copying Savage, to quote Shelly Berman in "Boston Legal", poopycock. Levin has been Levin for a lot longer than anyone in the radio universe knows.
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Savage rules!!!!!
Beacon of hope in a boring, unoriginal, predictable, schill for the party, radio talk show world.
Beacon of hope in a boring, unoriginal, predictable, schill for the party, radio talk show world.
"......bomb them back to the stone age".
Who? The Iraqis?
I thought we were liberating them and spreading freedom.
I didn't know that they were the enemy.
Oh well, we've changed our "mission story" so many times that it is no wonder that we've got the players all mixed up! One survey showed that
40% of the American public thinks that Hussein bombed the Trade Center!
Who? The Iraqis?
I thought we were liberating them and spreading freedom.
I didn't know that they were the enemy.
Oh well, we've changed our "mission story" so many times that it is no wonder that we've got the players all mixed up! One survey showed that
40% of the American public thinks that Hussein bombed the Trade Center!
After taking a beating for years Charlie Schumer phoned up the Savage show on one occasion --I doubt they called him-- and quickly had Michael muttering to himself. He just put Savage away, forthwith!
I'm not buying the hostility: even though Savage- Levin are tribe mates they are competitors. Each want's that end slice of the prime rib.
I'm not buying the hostility: even though Savage- Levin are tribe mates they are competitors. Each want's that end slice of the prime rib.
I think I remember that call. If memory serves me correctly that phone call actually was cordial because for once Savage and Schumer for the first and only time actually agreed on something. That was during the whole Bush debacle when he had both parties up in arms by proposing to turn the ports over to terrorist nation Dubai. It was only through conservative radio and biparisan outrage that Bush was forced to scrap plans to turn the ports over to the terrorist government of Dubai and an extremely major disaster was averted.
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