Been going on for some time - Savage used to snark at Levin, too. Dunno about recently.
If it’s a battle of wits, it will be short. Can’t stand Savage.
They’ve been taking shots at each other for while. I think it got started when Savage called Hannity names as Levin and Hannity are buds.
This is an on again, off again thing that means utterly nothing. When Savage has a book to sell, he gets a little lippy towards the others and if you listen to Savage, you know sometimes his mouth gets just a little ahead of him.
Granted, I’m more a Levin fan than Savage...
If you want to hear about how tasty a meatball is, listen to Savage.
OTOH, if more interested in fixing the Republic by using the Constitution, then Levin.
I never really put it together. But yea, Mark’s comments about restaurants and food and such do fit Savage’s format.
I’m no fan of Savage. I appreciate that he is out there. But he is genuienely pompass and self absorbed. On the rare occassions when I happened to land on his talk show, I hear him explaining his own PHDs and credentials.
Sometimes I think it's all in jest for the purpose of ratings because I will hear Mark rag on Savage for talking about his dogs or his personal life and then come back doing just that. I don't understand it, but maybe some of the Levin Lounge regulars I've found can help...
Savage used to lie on air about his ratings being better than Mark Levin’s in the same time slot. That’s before Savage lost his time slot. Mark took umbrage and it’s gone on from there. That’s why Mark takes shots at Savage talking about his meatball recipes, supplements he hawks and other nonsense he gets into.
Savage has always been critical of almost every top 10 conservative talk hosts, his criticism increased ten fold when Savage was banned from Britain, and no talk show hosts stood up for him, or even mentioned it.
I first heard Savage right after 911, I like him very much then, not so much now, tune in maybe 3 or 4 times a year, never make it through an entire show.
Haven’t had the chance to listen to either of them recently, but Savage COULD be really good if he could get over himself for 5 minutes at a time. Mike, we don’t need to hear about how SMART you are... that’s Joe Biden’s schtick. It causes ears to close and channels to be changed.
Mark Levine is always spot on, even though he sounds like an angry bird at times. You can’t refute him.
It has been going on a long time.
It is rather petty on the parts of both. The only thing that makes me change a talkradio program faster is when the host is hawking a book. [That had included Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, Levin, et al.]
They replaced Hannity with Savage in DC on WMAL...granted Sean was wearing thin IMO but I have to turn Savage off, he contradicts himself so much and I cant stand the constant extreme fear mongering to sell his crappy books. Levin, to his detriment, can get a little shrill sometimes but his mind is so damn sharp you get an education from his take on things judicial and political. No other host can match the Levin intellect IMO.
First, head to head, Savage is trouncing Levin’s friend, Hannity in major or all of the major markets they compete in. Levin makes fun of Savage’s meatballs and dogs, yet he speaks of his dog at his feet and his love for a great steak, but he can not pull it off like Savage. He can’t tell a story like Savage either.
Years ago, before ISIS, Savage said the end of ME hostilities requires Israel and USA to decisively defeat Islamism. Levin is just warming to that of late.
Yea, there is jealousy there.
I used to like Savage until it came out that he gave $5,000—the maximum contribution allowed by law—to Jerry Brown, aka Governor Moonbeam, in his campaign for state attorney general. Brown is now our governor and he’s bringing California into the Third World.
Savage’s conservative credentials are as phony as his name.
I can’t stand either one. Levine’s screeching delivery annoys me and Savage tends to be a little pompous too much of the time.
Levin can be grating, but he is very bright. The rest, for the most part, are primarily entertainers.
Levin used to be on the radio with Ron Kirby, a self-professed Communist. Kuby is also very bright, and I found their conversations to be fascinating.
Savage will feud with anybody.
Both good in their own way.
Levin makes fun of Savage for talking about food. Also for cavorting naked in the surf with Alan Ginsburg, and for being “snaggle-toothed,” and “short.” Also for actually being named “Weiner.”
Savage makes fun of Levin for sounding like Fredo, or “like Goucho Marx’s aunt having a hysterectomy without anesthesia.” And for being chummy with Hannity and Rush.
I think they have some philosophical differences, but i don’t know what those are.