I think I was in seventh grade when Rush had the TV show. I never missed it -- had to stay up late to watch. With the rise of cable news I'm sure the show would have been more successful today.
I was the biggest Dittohead in those days. As a high school freshman, having planned it for weeks, I waited until finals in December (since with the half day I could make it home in time) to call the radio show on Open Line Friday. I dialed more than 100 times before I got through. My scout leaders who had started me listening were surprised to hear me on the show.
I still listen to the Maha-Rushie, though not every day, and without the obsessiveness I had as a young skull full of mush.