Your tag line reminded me of a door mat we have. “Well butter my butt and call me a bisquit, look who’s here.”
By huge chance I first heard Savage when he was a late-night sub on KGO. I even have heard his taped promo, “Immigrants & Epidemics” when he was trying to break into the biz.
Later he went to KSFO (3 meters away) in non-prime-time, and then shortly later when they switched his slot to drive-time. During part of this time his loyal wife Janet (who gave him 2 great kids) worked as his producer.
Mike frequently tongue-lashed her on the air, usually in a completely needless manner, and usually when a called asked him something like, “How are you”, or 5 or so stupid things which actually bother me also.
Later KSFO foolishly fired him, and he went across the bay to Oakland. Then finally he was syndicated nationally. Not only did he hold onto his conservative followers but his show had strong crossover appeal to young people, prisoners, and most unlikely, minorities.
Wisely, Mike steered clear of the penchant some of his colleagues had to constantly give out numbers for activists to call regarding senate bills, and so on. He also grasped that his listeners really liked his rough-hewn vignettes from his youth.
But I think that’s when Mike got greedy and believed that he could take the whole enchilada; conservatives and also maaaaany liberals.
In fact to a great extent this also was prescient because that’s also true of the Tea Party —there are maaaaany angry libs also there.
Mike is nasty to work with and he’s also inconsistent, although moody I do not mind. Mike is also a hypocrite and MIGHT be an alcoholic —it is possible.
Without his family Mike would be NOTHING. Gradually he’s getting there anyway in spite of them.
P.S. Mike —Knowing what stereoisomers are makes you a scientist? Oh, please.