Posted on 05/03/2022 11:24:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Everything you said.
Rush does things on the fly, legitimate thinker. Tucker probably has a lot of his words written for him
Maybe he respects Limbaugh too much.
People change companies all the time. Contracts come up for renewel; people move on to new things.
This might be a legit point. While I don't think Tucker has his words written FOR him, I do think he has his words written BY him.
But, Rush did this too. He had his Top Of The Hour monologues. If you split Tucker's 25 minutes up, Tucker could cover all those monologue times... the real key would be if he could handle callers.
Rush always had horrible fill-in hosts.
Absolutely. Not the same. Not the same level of charm and wit.
However, Tucker has maybe 75% of that same level.... and that, to my mind, is as close or closer than anyone else.
Neither could Rush, which was why there was so many commercials. He squeezed 40 minutes of commentary into 3 hours
Sure. But in his situation why bother with that. Radio is dying, no reason to leave a high profile high paid contract he’s got to still work for somebody, and in an industry that might not last. If he’s going to move on to something better to build his brand now and move on to something he owns. If he really wants to hit radio build a company, compete with Rush’s company, defeat it. Nothing’s more Rush Limbaugh than straight up capitalism.
The slot is already filled by Bongino.
Not in my listening area.
Hi guy.
Mark Steyn declined the show.
I don’t know.
Difficult to follow a legend.
For example, when you meet your expiration date, there will never be another Laz.
5.56mm
Nothing says 'respect' quite as much as carrying the torch forward (as best as you can).
It’s very likely that TV in cars already does cause auto accidents.
In MOST states, having a display within view of the driver that shows video while the vehicle is in motion is illegal.
IOW, this is legal in certain states, at least as recently as in year 2020.
I’d listen to Tucker if he had a radio show. But I don’t think he’s as good as Michael Berry out of Houston, TX.
Michael knows how to mix the serious, the humour, and great guests. And he’s definitely a conservative. He doesn’t have a co-host. His call screener will use a desk bell or (rarely) sound effect to reinforce or counter what Michael is saying. I know most probably folks haven’t even heard of Michael Berry. But I wish everyone could.
I like Clay and Buck. LIKE. But Buck falls into the trap I hear in a lot of shows with an active co-host: he thinks he has to have the last word and will talk over his co-host to beat him to the point or the punchline. It is not fun to listen to.
Maybe it comed down to experience. Michael has it and broadcasts in way no else I listen to does. It’s a refreshing change from all those mentioned and from Savage, Levin, Pags, Hannity, Kilmead, Crowder, and some others.
Now I understand why Rush never had a co-host. It wasn’t necessary and potentially distracting. He’d just share the thoughts of his staff as it applied.
I'm sure you are right.
But it is another venue and a solid vector to reach the masses. Tucker might get 10 times his audience. Rush was HUGE. Tucker is less so, at least right now.
And Tucker could also approach it less like tagging on to a legacy, and more like extending his own legacy.
It’s a step down in pay. It’s a step down in terms of audience Total Available Market TAM.
I use to occasionally watched Rush’s TV show and enjoyed it very much. The reason I say “occasionally watched” was that the stationed that aired it in Washington, DC, put it on at 2 am.
Hard to build an audience when the leftist TV programmers schedule your show to be on when most people are asleep.
Thus, to me, the leftists conspired to make him fail. But it was on for 3 or 4 years.
And the world sings, "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!"
LOL
I dunno, I thought Rush was KILLING it financially!
Perhaps in terms of TAM you are correct. I don't know much about such things.
Agree on all you wrote.
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