AIR AMERICA? NEVER AGAIN
OK ... that makes two times now I've accepted an invitation to be a guest on Al Franken's show on Air America. You know what they say: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Well .... shame on me. What an idiot for accepting that second invitation.
As I've said from the beginning ... I want Air America to succeed. If Air America fails the left will use that failure as yet another excuse to try to limit, control, reign in or otherwise bring down conservative talk radio by a notch or to. So ... my thought was that if I could help Air America by appearing on the air with Franken once in a while ... no problem! Let's do it.
Well ... just about 20 minutes ago I finished my second and my last Franken segment. There was no "Hey, Neal. Thanks for being on the show!" No "How are things going?" It was just attack attack attack from the minute I came on the air. Franken seems to be obsessed over whether or not I did or did not invite him to host my show at some time in the past. I do remember asking those clowns from Democratic Talk Radio to host the show once, but they demanded full control of all production aspects and the phone calls, and we said no. All Franken could talk about was whether or not I had specifically invited him! You know what? Frankly, I can't really remember. After 35 years of talk radio how in the hell can you remember who you did and who you didn't ask to guest host. Besides .. it's really just not that important! So ... just to get the record straight, I went ahead and invited Franken to host the show while I was on the air with him today. His answer? "No." Then he segued into essentially calling me a liar and somehow changed the topic into whether or not Democrats were opposed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Wow! Compelling stuff!
This is supposed to be fun, folks! We're supposed to be entertaining listeners. I do guest shots with talk show hosts, conservative, libertarian and leftist, virtually every week. Most of these people are professionals who know how to entertain. Al Franken approaches his show with a nasty demeanor and mean temperament. No wonder he's working for free! Life's too short, Al. See ya later. Don't call me, I'll call you. Maybe.
What a dope for going on the first time let alone the second.
Boortz just lost at least one listener, me, when and if I am in a city in which he is heard.
What a sap.
AV
"This is supposed to be fun, folks! We're supposed to be entertaining listeners. I do guest shots with talk show hosts, conservative, libertarian and leftist, virtually every week. Most of these people are professionals who know how to entertain. Al Franken approaches his show with a nasty demeanor and mean temperament. No wonder he's working for free! Life's too short, Al. See ya later. Don't call me, I'll call you. Maybe."
As Howie Carr would say, "When the phone don't ring, you know it will be me."