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== Jargon ==
== Air America ==


Under the AFRTS section I have delted the information on Air America:
If anyone else knows any of the jargon previously used on Rush's show, please add it to the page - this appears to be the best comprehensive list that I've seen so far.
1. Air America is a liberal talk network, not a show, thus it is not on AFRTS. Note it now appears that Al Franken is on both.
[[User:EddieH|EddieH]] 06:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
2. The allegation that the U.S. military blocks Air America's website for soldiers, needs citation.
: It seems that there are other opinions on who Snerdly is. For example, some believe he is simply whoever the show's producer happens to be. Does anyone have more information on this? [[User:Orthografer|Orthografer]] 17:35, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
jme[[User:66.72.215.225|66.72.215.225]]
:: I wish I had a good source for this... I'm sure that one time I heard Rush explain that "Bo Snerdly" was a character that he created in his early days of radio. Whenever he would get a "brain-lock" and wouldn't be sure exactly what to say or where to go with the conversation, he feign a one-sided "conversation" with his broadcast engineer "Mr. Snerdly". Sometimes the stalling tactic would give Rush an opportunity to get his thoughts together before going on with the topic. Sometimes he would use it to deflect arguments that he knew his audience was going to have with him. He would present the counterpoint as if Bo was talking in his ear. That would give him a chance to refute the argument on his own terms before someone in his audience had a chance to make the point. If I had a good source for this, I'd put it in the article. I think it needs to be mentioned, but perhaps by somebody with more credibility than just my anecdotal recollections. [[User:Joedeshon|Joe]] 15:02, 28 September 2005 (UTC)


The section header infers the terms are all Rush's, but (for example) the "Breck Girl" was apparently not coined by Rush (see [http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_08_03_archive.html]). Should these just be explained when found, or should the section intro be changed to indicate they're terms commonly used on the show but not necessarily invented by Rush? -- [[User:RandallJones|RandallJones]] 17:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)


== dan's bake sale more than just random event ==
: Randall Jones:


Dan's Bake Sale came to represent an ideal of how the American capitalist system is supposed to work. It was discussed on the show as a model, both economically and to some degree philosophically of what economic conservatism is supposed to be about, not only in the '90s but even in the 2000s. Chapter 9 of Limbaugh's book, "See I Told You So" is dedicated to it. The treatment it's given in this article suggests it was some kind of random event that happened as a series of totally unrelated coincidences from which no specific meaning was drawn. Not so.
: Two things. First, I've changed the section intro per your request. Second, "infers" should be "implies": "inferring" is the act of reading between the lines and can only be done by sentient beings, while "implying" is the act of suggesting something without explicitly stating it.


--
: Cheers! — [[User:DLJessup|DLJessup]] ([[User talk:DLJessup|talk]]) 17:41, 2 September 2005 (UTC)


Can confirm - it wasn't just a random event. I drove across the country to attend. It was really odd the way the weather cleared up, and the clouds parted just before Rush's scheduled appearance, and the sun shone upon him. (Pure coincidence, I know... but wow...) It was a cultural event I'll never forget... though I did eventually wear out the T-shirt. -- MikeWarot <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:MikeWarot|MikeWarot]] ([[User talk:MikeWarot#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/MikeWarot|contribs]]) 21:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Third Wikipedia mention ==


== Environmentalist wacko NFL picks ==
Is there anything to back up the statement that Limbaugh said he would add words to Wikipedia? Did anyone out there hear him say it? It seems a little trivial for a national talk show host. [[User:DJ Clayworth|DJ Clayworth]] 19:26, 5 May 2005 (UTC)


Rush Limbaugh (in the past) predicted many games with humor. In the current political environment, he says he doesn't have the same time and interest. Only with the broadcast today, just before the Super Bowl 50 does he honor is history in NFL humor, saying:
: I heard it. From now until the end of the month, anyone can hear it by subscribing to Limbaugh's 24/7 service and listening to the audio archives for May 3. (Limbaugh's website maintains the previous four weeks' shows.)


RUSH: On Super Bowl Sunday, we have the predatory Carolina Panthers against the Denver Broncos -- and they're horses and they may be wild horses, but they're still victims. They're not predators. Panthers, mountain lions, cougars, what have you, they are predators. That would give you a hint as to the environmentalist wacko way to look at the game.
: As for its triviality: the hoorah from Rush's first mention of Wikipedia is still fresh, so it served as a sort of inside joke for regular listeners. It was also a one-sentence, five-second aside; it isn't as if Rush wasted 5 minutes of air time on it. Honestly, the mention would be too trivial for Wikipedia if it weren't about Wikipedia. &mdash; [[User:DLJessup|DLJessup]] 23:05, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
<br> http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/02/05/quick_hits_page <br> [[User:AstroU|AstroU]] ([[User talk:AstroU|talk]]) 06:31, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
::Did Rush Limbaugh just pick the Carolina Panthers over the Denver Broncos (and QB Payton Manning) in the Super Bowl this Sunday? -- [[User:Charles Edwin Shipp|Charles Edwin Shipp]] ([[User talk:Charles Edwin Shipp|talk]]) 06:35, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
:::Actually, he just said what a 'wacko' would think in just a sentence or two. He didn't imply who would win. -- [[User:Charles Edwin Shipp|Charles Edwin Shipp]] ([[User talk:Charles Edwin Shipp|talk]]) 06:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/02/05/quick_hits_page goes into details. -- [[User:Charles Edwin Shipp|Charles Edwin Shipp]] ([[User talk:Charles Edwin Shipp|talk]]) 16:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)


== Hearing Loss ==
== The most dangerous man alive ==


I’m wondering why Limbaugh’s hearing loss isn’t in his “Show” article. As I understand it, it cost him broadcast time and has changed the tenor of his voice. And, I wonder if there is any projection of how it will effect future shows.[[User:Wcgerken|Wcgerken]] ([[User talk:Wcgerken|talk]]) 19:15, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
I distinctively remember someone giving this title to Limbaugh, and I distinctly remember Limbaugh using it as a gimmick until passing it on to President Clinton. I think he passed it on to Clinton on his TV show. Anyone have an idea? &mdash; '''[[User:Philwelch|Phil]]''' ''[[User_talk:Philwelch|Welch]]'' 8 July 2005 22:58 (UTC)
:That does deserve to be mentioned but since he passed away in 2021 there is no reason to speculate on how it will effect his show going forward though we can include any reports on how it reflected his show during the last year or so of his show. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Notcharliechaplin|Notcharliechaplin]] ([[User talk:Notcharliechaplin#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Notcharliechaplin|contribs]]) 01:57, 27 November 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


== Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2021 ==
== Affiliate stations ==


{{edit semi-protected|The Rush Limbaugh Show|answered=yes}}
[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/rush.member.all.html Rush's own website] lists only 592 affiliate stations.
Add to the Guest host section:


Paul W. Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_W._Smith Smith was an occasional guest host for The Rush Limbaugh Show, a nationally syndicated show carried by WJR. [[Special:Contributions/35.128.41.4|35.128.41.4]] ([[User talk:35.128.41.4|talk]]) 21:27, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
— [[User:DLJessup|DLJessup]] ([[User talk:DLJessup|talk]]) 22:25, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
: [[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' please provide [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] that support the change you want to be made.<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:Ganbaruby|<span style="color:#960596">◢</span> <b><i style="background-color:#F7E3F7; color:#960596"> Ganbaruby! </i></b>]] <small>([[User talk:Ganbaruby|Say hi!]])</small> 00:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

== Uber-man ==

I don't have an online transcript to back me up on this, but Uber-man is in fact a self-imposed or staff-imposed nickname for Rush. This is quite evident by one of the bumper themes in which a parody of classic TV music is in the background to an announcer saying "The .. Adventures of Uber-man!" (followed by the typical "Rush Limbaugh" chorus). Therefore I'm reentering the nickname into the page based on my having heard it several times on the show. The knowledge of this may be limited since some radio stations clip the bumpers off, and it has only aired maybe 5 times I'm guessing, but Rush 24/7 subscribers (including me) hear all the bumpers in the audio stream.
[[User:EddieH|EddieH]]

: I'm actually a 24/7 subscriber as well, but I use it to time-shift the programs, so I've always listened on either streaming audio or podcast, where you don't get the bumpers. I'll take your word on it, though; I presume that if I'm wrong, somebody who does listen to the live audio feed will correct this soon enough. Sorry to have reverted you, but we get a lot of vandals around here.

: — [[User:DLJessup|DLJessup]] ([[User talk:DLJessup|talk]]) 01:21, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

:: [[Ironically]], far from exemplifying [[Nietzsche]]'s concept of the [[Ubermensch]], Limbaugh instead is a perfect example of the ignorant, moronic, self-satisfied [[Last man]] described in [[Thus Spake Zarathustra]].

::: Only an ignorant elitist would disregard that Rush has on several occasions attributed his talent and understanding to God - so obviously he's not *self-satisfied*, though obviously he is proud of what God has made him. And taking the opportunity to call him ignorant and moronic is a good attempt at insults, but I'm afraid that "ur mom" would be a more intelligent slight. [[User:EddieH|EddieH]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 4 March 2024


Air America

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Under the AFRTS section I have delted the information on Air America: 1. Air America is a liberal talk network, not a show, thus it is not on AFRTS. Note it now appears that Al Franken is on both. 2. The allegation that the U.S. military blocks Air America's website for soldiers, needs citation. jme66.72.215.225


dan's bake sale more than just random event

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Dan's Bake Sale came to represent an ideal of how the American capitalist system is supposed to work. It was discussed on the show as a model, both economically and to some degree philosophically of what economic conservatism is supposed to be about, not only in the '90s but even in the 2000s. Chapter 9 of Limbaugh's book, "See I Told You So" is dedicated to it. The treatment it's given in this article suggests it was some kind of random event that happened as a series of totally unrelated coincidences from which no specific meaning was drawn. Not so.

--

Can confirm - it wasn't just a random event. I drove across the country to attend. It was really odd the way the weather cleared up, and the clouds parted just before Rush's scheduled appearance, and the sun shone upon him. (Pure coincidence, I know... but wow...) It was a cultural event I'll never forget... though I did eventually wear out the T-shirt. -- MikeWarot — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeWarot (talk • contribs) 21:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Environmentalist wacko NFL picks

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Rush Limbaugh (in the past) predicted many games with humor. In the current political environment, he says he doesn't have the same time and interest. Only with the broadcast today, just before the Super Bowl 50 does he honor is history in NFL humor, saying:

RUSH: On Super Bowl Sunday, we have the predatory Carolina Panthers against the Denver Broncos -- and they're horses and they may be wild horses, but they're still victims. They're not predators. Panthers, mountain lions, cougars, what have you, they are predators. That would give you a hint as to the environmentalist wacko way to look at the game.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/02/05/quick_hits_page
AstroU (talk) 06:31, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Did Rush Limbaugh just pick the Carolina Panthers over the Denver Broncos (and QB Payton Manning) in the Super Bowl this Sunday? -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 06:35, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, he just said what a 'wacko' would think in just a sentence or two. He didn't imply who would win. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 06:16, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/02/05/quick_hits_page goes into details. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 16:02, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing Loss

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I’m wondering why Limbaugh’s hearing loss isn’t in his “Show” article. As I understand it, it cost him broadcast time and has changed the tenor of his voice. And, I wonder if there is any projection of how it will effect future shows.Wcgerken (talk) 19:15, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That does deserve to be mentioned but since he passed away in 2021 there is no reason to speculate on how it will effect his show going forward though we can include any reports on how it reflected his show during the last year or so of his show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notcharliechaplin (talk • contribs) 01:57, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2021

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Add to the Guest host section:

Paul W. Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_W._Smith Smith was an occasional guest host for The Rush Limbaugh Show, a nationally syndicated show carried by WJR. 35.128.41.4 (talk) 21:27, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 00:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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