Why doesn't Rush take calls on "Open Line Friday"?

me | 09 August 2013 | kracker

[citizen]

Rush says every week that the Friday show is for whatever the callers want to talk about, us "rank amateurs." The Friday shows seem no different that the Monday-Thursday shows, where Rush talks, we listen and then he usually tries to squeeze in a few calls.

[citizen]

If it's really going to be advertised as "Open Line Friday", I think Rush should begin the program taking calls from his audience and continue doing that until the program ends.

[AdaGray]

He’s too busy telling how we are losing the war against the Left.

[Red Badger]

1st hour is normally ‘call free’........

[lynn4303]

It’s his show, he can do whatever he likes. I don’t know how he advertises it now, but it used to be open line, but only if you were talking about a subject he found interesting.

[Misplaced Texan]

If it's really going to be advertised as "Open Line Friday", I think Rush should begin the program taking calls from his audience and continue doing that until the program ends.

Because he knows most of us would rather listen to him than to callers. He only uses callers to set up something he wants to expound on.

[Jane Long]

Rush has been doing his radio show his way for over 15 years.

Now that you've posted this on FR, I'm sure he'll fix this issue ;)

[House Atreides]

He DOES take calls on Friday. It’s called Open Line Friday because the calls can be on any subject the caller wants. The rest of the week the daily calls are supposed to be on the subject(s) under discussion that day.

[oh8eleven]

He’s too busy telling how we are losing the war against the Left.
Country is being flushed down the crapper and that's all he does is talk.
And sell tea.

[apillar]

Back in Rush’s early days he use to take MANY more calls than he does now. In fact he would often have the first half hour as monologue then do little more than take calls for the rest of the show. I think the whole “Open Line Friday” is a throwback to that. Because he rarely takes more than a couple of calls anymore and some shows he’ll go the three hours and take none at all.

[onyx]

LOLOLOLOLOL.

[CodeToad]

Really? This has you in a “meltdown”? GenYMe are we?

[Gadsden1st]

I am ready to stop listening to Rush.

I have NEVER heard him discuss Cheese!

Tea, golf, football.....but never Cheese!

[citizen]

It’s his show for sure and I love it, however he wants to do it. Just saying...Rush says Friday is for calls but then not so much in practice.

He just opened the 2nd hour saying he wanted to take some calls the 1st hour but there was just too much news....such as (these are Rush’s words) such as about the man that killed his wife and posted a pic of her dead body on Facebook. He just had to cover that, lol!

[Dr. Sivana]

Rush is a talented talk radio host, but not always disciplined. I am sure the engineers have ALWAYS told him he runs too long in segments at the top of the hour. Very early in his national show he responded to complaints about not taking enough calls by having a 30 or 60 second timer for each caller, then a buzzer, and a lady with a thick, fake sounding southern accent saying “Yoo-ur Tahm is up!” And of course there was the whole caller abortion thing as well.

The calls are a prop, and he has never pretended otherwise. He will give special consideration to conservative minorities and recent immigrants, and to loons like Dorothy X from Detroit, and Mick of the High Mountains of New Mexico (RIP).

[RitaOK]

Friday can be news dump day. Thankfully, Rush “monologues” to cover the end runs by the administration goons trying to use the weekend to set the agenda for Mrs. Greenspan and Scarborough to hit the following week on pmsnbc.

Spare me from innocuous conversations from the sports and diet callers that “open line” invites. Just my opinion.

[citizen]

I think the whole “Open Line Friday” is a throwback to that.

I guess so. He does keep advertising that Friday is for the callers, though.

[Old Sarge]

Because he’s Rush.

And you’re not.

Don’t ever forget that, plebe.

Now go buy his tea.

[citizen]

I don’t think anyone used the word “meltdown” until you did. This is a discussion thread :)

I have no idea what genyme might mean. A typo, maybe.

[relictele]

Sorry to be contrary but callers are the worst aspect of his show. Prescreened by Snerdly, king of the frequent, annoying interruption, the callers add little of substance and too often present a boring litany of praise and thanks-for-talking-my-call.

New depths were plumbed when planted callers praised his silly ice tea.

If we are going to be subjected to callers on Friday then we should be entitled to a Callerless Wednesday.

[rarestia]

Don’t ever forget that, plebe. Now go buy his tea.

LMAO!

Hell, at least it's a consumable. I'm tired of being told to buy market commodities during a downturn because it's a hedge against inflation.

*gazes intently at Beck*

[FatherofFive]

Because he knows most of us would rather listen to him than to callers.

I get bored by most callers.

I just wish Paul Shanklin would have a daily song.

[citizen]

I do like tea!

And of course he is The Rush.

[JohnG45]

If it's really going to be advertised as "Open Line Friday", I think Rush should begin the program taking calls from his audience and continue doing that until the program ends.

He is too busy playing clips of someone (anyone) who happened to have mentioned his name on-air somewhere (anywhere).

I find myself switching to sports radio.

[Eric]

And...another uninformed voter is born. But you DO know about sports. That will help.

[Maelstorm]

Yes. He used to be focused on winning that war with wit, ridicule, and satire. Now I’m not sure what he is doing sometimes though I do appreciate him running against the grain of the RNC but he and all conservative media need to do more. They have become too comfortable I believe just like many of our Reps in congress.

[Old Sarge]

New depths were plumbed when planted callers praised his silly ice tea.

Oh, did he really stoop that low?

[citizen]

Those are some good points.

However, Snerdley could still select which calls to air and also he could warn them not to engage in a "boring litany of praise and thanks-for-talking-my-call."

I do get peeved at his "news story" advertisements for Life Lock. When I hear a tale of woe about some person getting financially impersonated, or whatever, I know it's almost 3PM and the program is over :)

[Old Sarge]

I just wish Paul Shanklin would have a daily song.

Now THAT would be a great thing!

[CodeToad]

Cheese? Dammit, Rush! It is the MILK we need discussed! I'll never listen to that windbag again! This country has gone to Hell! Rush is off topic again!

[novemberslady]

LOL!

[JohnG45]

And...another uninformed voter is born. But you DO know about sports. That will help.

And another clueless response ... Well done.

[citizen]

hahahah, funny pic, kids are always cute

Rush is taking a call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CodeToad]

Have you ever thought about the fact that people are idiots and maybe he simply doesn’t get many interesting callers? I cringe every time someone else is on the radio, Rush’s show or anyone else’s. It just proves what idiots are out there; from the slow talkers just wanting to hear themselves on the radio and suck up airtime to the idiots that ramble off the reservation and can’t finish a thought much less a sentence.

[Corey Ohlis]

He just started taking calls, and it’s “Ass Kissing Friday”.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And sell tea.

Have you tried that stuff? It sucks. And it sucks bad.

[Arthur McGowan]

I will believe that Rush, Hannity, Beck, Levin, et al., are serious about saving the country when they present the evidence of the forged B.C. and draft registration. The evidence has been compiled. All that stands between the evidence and getting rid of Obama is the cowardice of people who COULD compel the country to pay attention to it, but won’t—because they are making million$ even as the country goes down into oblivion.

[JohnG45]

I will believe that Rush, Hannity, Beck, Levin, et al., are serious about saving the country when they present the evidence of the forged B.C. and draft registration. The evidence has been compiled. All that stands between the evidence and getting rid of Obama is the cowardice of people who COULD compel the country to pay attention to it, but won’t—because they are making million$ even as the country goes down into oblivion.

Well stated.

[citizen]

Yeah, some of the callers can be bad at speaking, nervous, off-topic or whatever. That’s what the call screener is for, to select who to air.

I marvel at how Rush or any of the radio hosts can do what they do for 10, 15, 20 years withoug going nuts. Letting the callers carry the ball for most of one day during a week would be a bit of a rest, it seems to me.

[House Atreides]

And sell tea.

Have you tried that stuff? It sucks. And it sucks bad.
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Wow, I’ve ordered it a number of time and it has ALWAYS been very good.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The clown in the White Hut keeps cranking out new subjects to talk about faster than Rush can get thru them.

[novemberslady]

Have you tried that stuff? It sucks. And it sucks bad.

I don't believe you :)
I'm going to have to order some to try it. (if they have the blueberry again)

[citizen]

Yeah, our politicians are just as much of the problems as anything else.

We have discussed at work that the only way to get back control of the country is for the reset button to be hit by something truly awful happening: a whole world war, worldwide financial meltdown and depression, a geomagnetic pulse or storm which would bring about the preceeding two events, the horror of nuclear winter, another dinosaur killer meteor or comet....Any event where the status quo is forever erased.

Unfortunately, that would also mean billions of lives would be erased right along with the awful event and of course that’s no good. So, all in all, there really is no solution I can think of to get the world back on track. If half-way measures like 9-11 and the financial crisis five years ago didn’t wake people up I don’t know of anything other than utter ruin that would change things.

[citizen]

There is one thing that occurs to me: A new Ice Age (real, not the movie) where mankind would have to work together to survive. Still, not a very desirable scenario!

[Old Sarge]

I’d like to join Commander Riker in applauding your most excellent post:

[RandallFlagg]

Same here.

[JohnG45]

The clown in the White Hut keeps cranking out new subjects to talk about faster than Rush can get thru them.

So why did it seem like he wasted the whole first hour of his show today talking about Oprah Winfrey in Switzerland?

The GOP apparently willing to cave to Senate Democrats on illegal immigration, the possiblity that Obamacare could be defunded, IRS scandal, NSA scandal etc., and what do we get from Rush? Oprah.

[Old Sarge]

The Great Societal Reset.

I agree with you; there’s one coming, the only question is When.

[b4its2late]

It’s his show.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I guess our tasters are just different. I am used to the Arizona Diet Green Tea. Gallons or the 20 oz. tubes of the dry I get from Amazon.

My FIL gave me a bottle Two If By Tea and I really couldn't even finish it.

[llevrok]

He’s too busy telling how we are losing the war against the Left. selling two if by tea