He's totally hung up on himself. The other day, on the way home from work, some lady called him. She started the call quite excited and asked how he was doing. There was this very long uncomfortable silence before she asked if he was there. He then scolded her for asking how he was doing and asked her to state her question. She then, a bit less enthusiastically, told him how much she liked his show.
I was so embarassed for Savage that I turned off the program. Hewitt, Rush, and Sean Hannity NEVER do that. They are courteous ALWAYS to their callers.
Michael Medved and Savage both have a POLICY about "how are you today". I called Medved's show once and the screener warned me TWICE not to ask how Medved was doing....Neither warrant my listnership. I don't like rude holier than though talk show hosts.
Its not uncommon to hear Charley ask "is there anything else?" and for the callers to say "um, no".
Granted it is a night time show but its really good to hear....
ALTHOUGH I once heard him reading a column almost verbatum and taking it as his own comments. That made me mad 'cuz I like Krauthamer(sic)
At least if you forget and ask Medved "how are you?", he dooesn't throw a hissy-fit.