I'm revisiting THIS Thread. I haven't posted since Post #51........Which was at the time of the beginning of the show..............It's Sunday night and I'm waiting for Drudge to start while listening to Booknotes on C-Spam.
My impression: I gave it my full attention AND have never heard Savage before (as I mention in #51). My impression was that the show could use some work but had potential. One of the major things I noticed first off was that Savage introduced 5 or more topics. This was really confusing. He needs to focus on a limited number of messages (if thats in fact what he wants to do with the show, if you see what I mean). If he just wants to rant, then go for it, but the show will 'wander'. Maybe limit it to a topic per segment and riff off of THAT. Rush does this on his radio show: By and large limits his presentation to one or two topics, or group of related news stories per hour.
The set was cheap but that doesn't matter if its presented properly. I really enjoyed the lighting in Drudge's show........kinda like a single overhead light in a smokey jazz-bar. It was intimate and gave a 'performance' ambiance. Maybe this is what he should shoot for. All in all a good first shot.