Mr. Leonard lives a couple miles from us, but I don't know him.
Good read! Love the insights about his life.
A great read. Thanks!
” ...”All I know for sure, Rush, is that I am still driving the same car as I was five years ago, but I am willing to bet you $100 you aren’t.” He laughed uproariously, and the table did the same. “
“It is only a matter of time before you are going to fire me.”
Says someone who plans on either unemployment checks or self-employment in the near future.
Today as I was thinking about Rush, and missing him...I remembered, this is the guy who often ended each hour with “another one for the Archives.” There is a huge library of his material available because he was prescient ... amazing.
Very nice.
Rush had more drive than UPS, FedEx, DHL, and all the rest of
the delivery services.
He was a force of nature. I’m glad he was on our side.
Imagine 32 years with someone that good playing for the other
team.
Gonna miss the guy, but he’ll never be far from my
remembrances.
Good stuff! Thanks!
El Rushbo a class act all the way.
This is a fun piece. And a great reminder that what seem like personal setbacks (e.g., getting fired) can sometimes work out for the best... in a big way.
As a young guy in radio at exactly that same wonderful time, I can relate to all of this. What a great post, thank you. Being on-air myself with an afternoon AM rock show and my own comments and fake commercials (the station owner — a Dickensian gem of a man who started in radio in the 50’s fresh out of the service — once smilingly told me, “I never listen from one to six.”), I would never fire Rush ... But I ended up doing double-duty, my afternoon show and engineering Rush’s broadcast from nine to noon Pacific on the FM, where I learned so much from the Maha-Rushie. :) ) ... Just beautiful times. Thank you, Rush. Radio rules. Still.
Excellent
I love these stories. The airwaves aren’t the same. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks so much for posting – – another Rush tribute that has moved me to tears😭
Under the circumstances, I think Mr. Leonard felt a lot of pressure that he had to fire Rush, but I also think Rush was probably smart enough to know that what he said was a fireable offense. But I think Rush really just wanted to be himself, and be unrestrained, so was willing to take chances. I’m glad it worked out so well for Rush, and I think Mr. Leonard probably did alright too.
All I have to say is the guy was a great sport about firing Rush and the Results that came of it.
Great sports on both ends. Mr.Leonard and Rush Limbaugh.
Great story. Thanks you for sharing.
Bkmk
Very nice
This guy goes down in history along with the GM who traded Babe Ruth and the scouts who said Tom Brady was not NFL material.
The professor I worked for became the first person to see C-60. It later became known as Buckyball . It is pleasing to me that I was the guy who fixed the equipment that made his discovery possible.
$32,000 a year in Kansas City in 1984 was a comfortable pay check for a married guy with no kids and the Reagan tax cut.
That is $81,000 in 2020 dollars.