1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. He's the host of his self titled 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: radio program Hurt Nationwide. Here's Michael Berry in for Clay 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: Travis said Buck Sexton. Hello America, this is Donald Trump, 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: your favorite president, I hope, and I just want to 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: give a big shout out to Michael Berry, who's doing 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: a fantastic job. You all know he's from Houston, but 8 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: he's guest hosting and he's going to make it a 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: very merry Christmas and a happy New Year for everybody. 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: So Michael, do a great job today. Merry Christmas to you. 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: I'll be filling in for Clay and Buck today and 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: all of next week. Today will be a very special 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: tribute to Rush Limball, and I'll explain why in just 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: a moment. Next week we'll be back to the traditional 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: format of pointing out how Joe Biden and the Democrats 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: are ruining the country. Rush Limball used to say that 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: you should find your joy not in the news, politicians, celebrities, musicians, athletes. 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: Find your joy inside yourself and your family and your faith, 19 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: the people around you, the influences, the special joys and remembrances, 20 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: and today that will be what we do. We will 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: not talk about politics today. I will ask you to 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: give that a break, as Rush always did on Christmas Eve. 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: But first I want to thank Clay Travis and Buck 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: Sexton for the incredible opportunity to speak to Limball Nation, 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: particularly on this the most important day since Russia. Limball 26 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: is passing on February seventeenth, to talk about Rush Limball 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: because of what happened last year. And I'll get into 28 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: that in a moment. I want to thank Clay and 29 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: Buck for giving me this great opportunity. I want to 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: thank them for being willing to do something that everyone 31 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: in radio wanted to do, but there was so much 32 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: fear to do, and that is to follow Rush Limball. 33 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: Nobody can replace him. Think they've done a wonderful job. 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: I think they get better by the day. They're pouring 35 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: their hearts and souls into it. And if you've noticed, 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: every day is in some way or another some form 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: of tribute to Rush Limball and his listeners. And there 38 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: are a lot of people to thank for that. And 39 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: that's the folks who gave us an opportunity to be 40 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: here today. That's Ali Murroch, Murachkovski, Murachkovsky, that's a long name. 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: That's why they just call her Ali Engineer Crash, Mike Carragliano, 42 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: engineer Mike Maman. These are the folks that we're with 43 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: Rush throughout. Julie Talbot, the head of Premier Craig Kitchen, 44 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: Rush's conciliary, the folks who were with Rush till the end. 45 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: They are the Rush Limball Show. Along with the folks 46 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: that you knew, Cookie Dawn, George Coco, all those folks. 47 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: It's an incredibly talented team and getting ready for today. 48 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: You see the passion and commitment they have not just 49 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: to make great radio, but to make great radio that 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: would be proud of excellence in broadcasting. And you can't 51 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: mention that without talking about bos Nerdly how special he 52 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: was to Rush, and he will be our guest coming 53 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: up in the next hour. He has a new book out, 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: Rush on the Radio, but we're going to talk about 55 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: what Rush meant to him personally. A year ago, Rush 56 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: Limbaugh did his Christmas Eve broadcast and he talked about 57 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: why Christmas was important to him. Rush viewed Christmas as 58 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: even more important than Thanksgiving as a time to be grateful, 59 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: to be thankful, and he talked a lot about that. 60 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: In preparing for the show, Ali, one of his producers, said, 61 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: you know, Rush would get would get giddy like a 62 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: child over Christmas. He was, he was like a child. 63 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: His brother David Limbaugh tells the story that he would 64 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: fly into Missouri on his jet full of presence for 65 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: all the kids, and he was like a big Santa 66 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: Claus and at the parties he would be caroling and 67 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: singing and having such a great time. This was a 68 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: very joyous occasion. And you're going to hear some of 69 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,839 Speaker 1: his remarks on that last broadcast of the year last year, 70 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: and that's why it was so special that we would 71 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: get to be with you here. This is not my 72 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: show today, this is yours, and this is an opportunity 73 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: for you to share what Rush meant to you over 74 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: all those years, and to tell you going back and 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: listening to the shows, to the Christmas shows that meant 76 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: so much to him, and hearing how he was affected, 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: especially that last Christmas a year ago, how he was 78 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: affected by what you meant to him and what he 79 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: meant to you, and hearing those stories, and I thought 80 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: we'd do that again. Today, Rush's team said, Hey, you know, 81 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: we're honored to have you guest host, but would you 82 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: mind that first day on Christmas Eve because of this 83 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: is the first Christmas Eve for us and for Limball 84 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: Nation without Rush, would you mind you this opportunity to 85 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 1: let the listeners tell their stories and let this be 86 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: absolutely of course, what an honor to get to be here. 87 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: So this is your show. What would you tell Rush 88 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: if you could talk to him today? I like to 89 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: think he's listening. One eight hundred two eight two to 90 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: eight eight two one eight hundred two eight two eight 91 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: eight two. Of course Rush was talented. Of course he 92 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: was the greatest of all time. There'll never be anyone 93 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: like him. He set a whole different bar. He saved 94 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: the AM radio five Marconi's it could have been five thousand. 95 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: It's an incredible story. He was not just America's anchorman. 96 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: He was our teacher, our coach, our mentor, our friend, 97 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: our adviser, our inspiration, our motivation, our guidance. It was everything. 98 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: He was bigger than a show or a man. He 99 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: was a movement. The Medal of Freedom when it was 100 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: given had an entire nation gathering together and say Yes, 101 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: this is President Trump. What we've wanted for this man, 102 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: the entire nation honoring him. The woman on the other 103 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: end of the phone when you call one eight hundred 104 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: two eight two two eight eight two today is Ali 105 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: who was there with Rush all along. And I can 106 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: tell you she's had some tearful moments since February seventeenth 107 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: and before, but I can assure you that this week 108 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: she's had tissue at hand. As we've gone through, clip 109 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: by clip by clip, winnowing them down. How do you 110 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: find those special, precious few moments of Rush telling you 111 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: what you meant to him, and listening to you as 112 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: to what he meant to you, and seeing his reaction, 113 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: hearing his reaction. But it's the ear of the mind. 114 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: You can see his reaction. It's been a tough week 115 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: for a lot of folks, but today is a celebration. 116 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: It is a celebration, and I hope this makes for 117 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: a very special Christmas for you. That's the gift Rush 118 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: gave us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rush's 119 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: immediate family on this Christmas Eve. This has to be 120 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: a tough time, especially his bride Katherine, his dear brother David, Limbaugh, 121 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: his close friends and family. Throughout the show, you will 122 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: hear the musical stylings of Mannheim Steamroller, and you probably 123 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: heard because Rush would often tell He once said, Manheim Steamroller, 124 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: it's all instrumental. I have a bit of an emotional 125 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: attachment to it. It happened to be some of the 126 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: first Christmas music I by happenstance. Happened to be listening 127 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: to it upon learning of the death of my father. 128 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: And he told the story about He's at thirty five 129 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: thousand feet in a flight going to la and his 130 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: father's just passed and he's listening to Mannheim Steamroller and 131 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: how much that meant to him. And so that is 132 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: why Ali in his honor, plays Mannheim Steamroller songs from 133 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: Christmas to New Year at every bump. That's what Rush wanted, 134 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: and his legacy lives on in that music. I'd tell 135 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: you an interesting backstory to Mannheim Steamroller and the connection 136 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: Rush Limball had to Chip Davis, the founder, And there's 137 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: a real interesting Heartland of America connection between the two 138 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: of them that I bet you didn't know that I'm 139 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: going to be sharing with you in just a few moments. 140 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: But today is going to be a lot of Rush Limbaugh, 141 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: a lot of your calls, some boast, nerdly, maybe some tears, 142 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: but a lot of joy celebrating the life of Rush Limball. 143 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm Michael Urian for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Time 144 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: slots on loan from Rush, Clay Travis, and Buck Sexton 145 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: on the EIB Network. I'm Michael Berryan for Clay and Buck. 146 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: We are paying tribute to Rush Limbaugh after one of 147 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: his greatest broadcasts of all time, certainly a very emotional 148 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: broadcast to him last year on Christmas Eve, and the 149 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: team asked if we would do that again, absolutely our honor. 150 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: You know you're lucky if you're calling in today because 151 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: Ali is a very kind call screener. Compared to James 152 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 1: Golden aka Bosnrdley, who will be our guest coming up 153 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: in the beginning of the next hour, James Golden said 154 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: that he was very tough on callers and that Rush 155 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: would often tell him he was being too tough, but 156 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: his thought was, you're getting on the Rush Limball Show, 157 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: You've got to be the best you can be. You're 158 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: going through a little boot camp and if you're not 159 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: good enough, you're not on the show. Before we get 160 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: to the calls real quick, you will notice the musical 161 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: stylings of Mannheim Steamroller to begin every segment. There's an 162 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: interesting little history about that. I'd like to read to 163 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: you a statement that Rush limball. Most years he would 164 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: explain why you did that. Chip Vis is the founder 165 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: of Manheim Steamroller. Rush said, Chip Davis and Manheim Steamroller 166 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: in the Carol of the Bells. You know where I 167 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: first discovered Manheim Steamroller music. Two things. I was in Sacramento, 168 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: it was eighty five or eighty six, and it was 169 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: Christmas time. I'm watching an NFL playoff game. It might 170 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: have been the last week or two of the regular season, 171 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: but it was during the Christmas season, and they were 172 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: using Steamroller tunes as bumpers going into Christmas breaks, but 173 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: only five or six seconds of it. I said, man, 174 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: that's cool. What is that? So I started investigating and 175 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: I found out it was Mannheim Steamroller. I remember being 176 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: on an airplane shortly after my father had passed away 177 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: at thirty five thousand feet on the way to LA 178 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: It was pitch black and I was listening to Steamroller 179 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: in the headphones. That's when I could hear, and I 180 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: don't know, listening to it created a connection between me 181 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: and my dad. So whenever I hear this steamroller stuff, 182 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: oh man, it has instant sentimentality to it. And my 183 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: father never even heard it. I mean he didn't even 184 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: know about it. I don't know that he would have 185 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: even liked it. He was a big classical music aficionado, 186 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: so he might have thought it a bastardization. He was 187 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: that way a purist, like I played him for. I 188 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: played him Waldo de los Rios Mozart Symphony number forty 189 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: kind of discoized, and it just ticked him off. And 190 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: then Rush starts laughing. It made him so mad. He said, 191 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: how can they do this to a great piece of 192 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: art like that? Now, the irony of all this. That's 193 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: the end of the quote. Mannheim steamroller. Mannheim is the 194 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: city where Mozart lived, and Mannheim steamroller is an eighteenth 195 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: century musical technique known as the crescendo. I'm sure Rush 196 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: knew that, but I don't think his father would have 197 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: been so bothered as a purist if he'd known that 198 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: this was a tribute to classical music in a modern form. 199 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: Other little tidbit on Mannheim Steamroller that Rush loved so much. 200 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: Chip Davis, the founder, came to be a friend of Rush, 201 00:11:55,840 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: but they had so much in common. Chip Davis, the 202 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: founder of Manheim Steamroller, started as a jingle writer in Omaha, Nebraska, 203 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: and he was writing spots for a local bakery named 204 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: Metz Bakery. And he was writing those spots with a 205 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: fellow named William Frees, who if you met him, you'd 206 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: think he's c. W. McCall because he was the voice 207 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: of the fictionalized trucker that they would put in these 208 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: spots for mets Bakery. And that fictionalized trucker was c. W. McCall. Well, 209 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: that character started getting bigger and bigger. He was just 210 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: an ad character that the two of them, Chip Davis 211 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: and William Frees had created. And then they released Convoy, 212 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: which went to the top of the charts and made 213 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: them both famous. But Chip Davis, who continued writing songs 214 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: for c. W. McCall the character and the band he 215 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: at the same time, seventy four to seventy six Era 216 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: creates Manheim Steamroller and they have some success. So this 217 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: mid American boy, just like Rush from Missouri, has some 218 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: success and he wants to pay tribute to Christmas. The 219 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: music industry, he said, told him Christmas albums mean it's 220 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: the end of your career. When you do that, that's 221 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: the graveyard of your musical career. Well, he went on 222 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: to sell forty one million albums, thirty one million of 223 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: them Christmas Music, the all time greatest Christmas music selling album, 224 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: followed by Elvis with half that. That's pretty good company 225 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: to be in. Upon Russia's passing, Chip Davis had some 226 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 1: very kind words for his friend, who was such a 227 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: big fan. Let's get to your calls, Paul in Denver. 228 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: You're up, Paul, go ahead, Yes, Hi, Michael. I wanted 229 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: to call and just say that I listened to Rush 230 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 1: for thirty years and always suspected that he had a 231 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: deep spiritual nature based upon some of the political issues 232 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: he talked about. That it was only in the last 233 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: several months of his life on the radio that I 234 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: think that we really saw explicitly that spiritual that he 235 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: come out. It was really a beautiful thing to to experience. 236 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: My wife and I prayed daily, and we certainly prayed 237 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: for Russia and his family during that time, but it 238 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: was just so beautiful and I know that the whole 239 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: point of his program and his his strategy was not 240 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: really to get into that part of it. But but 241 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: he did at the end, and it was made it 242 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: incredibly meaningful for I think all of the listeners out here, 243 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: because we were lifting him up in prayer and we 244 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: just loved him very much. And I can't tell you, 245 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: you know, we just missed him a lot. What do 246 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: you miss most? Golly? His you know, his insightfulness when 247 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: he talked about reading the stitching on the fastball, and 248 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: he would he would call things out beforehand, you know, politically, 249 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: uh you know, and people rush, are you Is that right? 250 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: I mean, can that be? And sure enough, you know, 251 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: whether it was a couple of weeks or a couple 252 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: of months later, he was reading the stitches on the fastball. 253 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: But then the humor too, and I know that over 254 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: thirty years. You know, at the beginning of that thirty 255 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: year run, he had a lot of humor Inzaninists, but 256 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: he really buckled down and got extraordinarily insightful and prescient, 257 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: you know, the last few years, because I mean he 258 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: was talking about some serious stuff and so but really 259 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: miss his his ability to kind of read you know 260 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: see where the where the left was going. Thank you 261 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: for your call, Paul in uh Denver, Colorado. I read 262 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: and listened to so many people, and there's so many 263 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: resources out there, websites, you name it that can provide 264 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: you the news stories. But never before or after have 265 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: I tuned into anyone that I learned so many things 266 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: that no one else had written, and no one else 267 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: was saying. There was real pure analysis. There was there 268 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: was a perspective that I had not considered. And it 269 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: wasn't just because he had great sources. He did, and 270 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't just because he'd been around a long time 271 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,119 Speaker 1: lots of us have. It was because he could see 272 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: what others couldn't see and he was willing to share that. 273 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: And you walked away from that. You could read all 274 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: the headlines from all the news sites, the writers, the talkers. 275 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: It didn't matter. When you listened to Rush. You walked 276 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: away knowing that you understood what was going on. This 277 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: next segment is going to be all Rush Limbaugh, and 278 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: the segment after that we'll get back to the calls. 279 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: If you're on hold, hang tight, but you're gonna want 280 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: to hear this. I'm Michael Berry and for Clay Travis 281 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: and Buck Sexton. You're listening to Clay Travis and Buck 282 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: Sexton on the EIB Network from Houston, Texas. On the 283 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: EIB Network, here's Michael Barry in for Clay Travis and 284 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton. This next clip Rush's team has carefully curated 285 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: for you. These are folks all he's been with him 286 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: over twenty years. These are folks that held Rush so 287 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: dear Mike Ragliano known as Crash, Michael Mamone, Craig Kitchen, 288 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: Julie Talbot, all these folks that These clips are carefully 289 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: curated to remind you of what Rush was going through 290 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: a year ago today and how much you meant to him. 291 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: We would lose him seven weeks later. This is a 292 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: longer clip than we would normally play, but it's Russia's show, 293 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: in Russia's moment, and I want you to hear I 294 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: want you to hear him really opening up to you. 295 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: Go ahead. Greetings to you music lover's, thrill seekers, conversationalists 296 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: on across the fruited plane. It is great to have 297 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: you here today. Great to be with you. Russia. Limbaugh, 298 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: the EIB Network and the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Studies 299 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: of all Things that matter. Telephone number eight hundred two 300 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: eight two, eight eight two if you want to be 301 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: on the program. We're going to do a version of 302 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: open Line Friday today, mister Snerdley. Whatever people want to 303 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: call about, whatever they want to ask about, whatever they 304 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: want to say anything about, let them have at it. 305 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: And it's since we're not going to be here on Friday, 306 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: this is in fact the last program of the year 307 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: for me, and folks, I want to tell you at 308 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: the outset here to me, this is a very important program. 309 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: I have very much that i want to say to 310 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: all of you today, and I'm feeling very pressured. Not pressured, 311 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: I'm feeling stage fright kind of thing. I so much 312 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: I want to say, and I want to say it correctly. 313 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: I want to convey my feelings and I want to 314 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: do it right. I want to do it to the 315 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: best of my ability. And I have found in circumstances 316 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: like this that the best thing to do is not 317 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: to think about it. Don't make it more pressure packed 318 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: than it already is. But it's very important. You all 319 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: are very important. My family is very important to me. 320 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: I've had I've had a year now to reflect on 321 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: the things that really matter, a year to reflect on 322 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: the things that are completely relevant and important to me. 323 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: And all of you were in that large conglomeration of 324 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: people and things that are very important to me. I 325 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: want to go back. Normally, by the way, I wait 326 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: until the third hour of the program too. As always 327 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: said that I usually use the Christmas program such as 328 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: this one to engage in my thank yous and my 329 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: thankfulness for the year, rather than at Thanksgiving. And I 330 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: don't know why. Something about Christmas, my childhood memories of it, 331 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: the family is getting together and the children making it 332 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: what it was. My feelings of thankfulness always surface, my 333 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: feelings of great gratitude always surface at the Christmas time 334 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: of year, and it's no different this year. Now. In 335 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: January of this year, towards the end of the month, 336 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: I received a die ignosis you all know, but either's 337 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: something I want to say about it. Stage four advanced 338 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: lung cancer, terminal diagnosis. The objective of everybody involved was 339 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: to extend life for as long as possible, as enjoyably 340 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: as possible. Now, many of you have been through this, 341 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Lots of you have been through this as individuals as families. 342 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 1: And you know what that means. Medical treatment that is 343 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: designed to attack the disease as greatly as possible while 344 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: maintaining a quality of life that makes it worth it. 345 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: Some people can't deal with the side effects of chemo 346 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 1: or other forms of treatment. Well back in late January 347 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: when I received this diagnosis and I was shocked. I 348 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: was stunned, and I was in denial for about a week. 349 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm rush limbough, I'm I missed her big 350 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: the vast right wing conspiracy. I mean, I'm indestructible as 351 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: it can't be right what it was. And what I 352 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: didn't know at the time that I learned later in 353 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: the course of the year was that I wasn't expected 354 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: to be alive today. I wasn't expected to make it 355 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: to October, and then to November, and then to December. 356 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: And yet here I am, and today I've got some problems. 357 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: If I'm feeling pretty good today, God's with me today. 358 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: God knows how important this program is to me today. 359 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: And I'm feeling natural in terms of energy, normal in 360 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: terms of energy, and I'm feeling entirely capable of doing 361 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: it today. I have been blessed I've mentioned to all 362 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: of you back in the early days. Sometime. I guess 363 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: this might have been in February. It was around It was, 364 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: I think either during or shortly after I had received 365 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: the Presidential Medal of Freedom at this year's State of 366 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 1: the Union address by President Trump in the House Chamber. 367 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: By the way, something I really hoped at. President He 368 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: had a marvelous speech last night, four minute speech on 369 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: the COVID relief debacle coming out of the Congress that 370 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: should be studied in a master's course in communication. It 371 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: was clear, it was concise, it was well paced, it 372 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: was powerful, it was on brand, and it was classic. 373 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: It was the kind of speech only an outsider could 374 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: have made. And I really hoped that Trump would sit 375 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: down and start ripping up the bill as Pelosi ripped 376 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: up his speech. You know when she began to rip 377 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: up his speech is when he began the presentation of 378 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: the metal to me, seated next to his wife, the 379 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: First Lady Milania, and I turned my back to her, 380 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: which is proper. She was the one who actually put 381 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: the metal around my neck. And I thought it'd been 382 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: great if if Trump would have ripped up that bill, 383 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: But he didn't. And that's that's understandable as well. But 384 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: I remember I remember saying to all of you that 385 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: at that time that I had a a little bit 386 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: of understanding of something that had perplexed me for a 387 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: lot of my life, and that was is Lou Garrig. 388 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: Lou Garrick, the Iron Horse New York Yankees set the 389 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: record for consecutive games played until Cal Ripken came along 390 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: decades later and broke it. And on the day that 391 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: Ripkin Are, the day that Lou Garrig announced that he 392 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: had his disease that was forcing him to retire from 393 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, he said to the sold out Yankee 394 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: Stadium today, I feel like the luckiest man on the 395 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: face of the earth. And I didn't understand that. I mean, 396 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: here's a guy who had just been diagnosed with the 397 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: most terminal of terminal diseases. And I said, this can't be. 398 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: You can't really think he's the luckiest guy in the world. 399 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: This is just something to be saying because it will 400 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: play well, it'll mean to be insulting. Lou Garret, don't misunderstand. 401 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking that, how in the world, if you're 402 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: being honest, can you feel like you're the luckiest man 403 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: on the face of the earth. Well, when I got 404 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: my diagnosis and when I began to receive all of 405 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: the outpouring of love and affection from everywhere in my life, 406 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: from so many of you in so many ways, and 407 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: from my family who man, they have supported me my 408 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: entire career, even during times it would have been understandable 409 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: and easy for them to say rush who, we don't 410 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: know this guy, But that never happened. I mean, I've 411 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: been totally supported by virtually everybody in my family. I've 412 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: been propped up, I have been defended, I've been made 413 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: to look better than I am. My my lovely wife 414 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Catherine has done so much in that regard. She has 415 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: done so much with Russia, limbaughd dot com and with 416 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: the charitable efforts that we have engaged in, and all 417 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 1: of it has been in my benefit. All of it 418 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: has been for the h and yours. It's the benefit 419 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: of people who are the recipients of our efforts. So 420 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: many people have put me first in all of this, 421 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 1: And I understand now what Luke Erig meant, because I 422 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: certainly feel like that. I feel extremely fortunate and lucky, 423 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: and because I have outlived the diagnosis. I've been able 424 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: to receive and here and process some of the most 425 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 1: why wonderful nice things about me that I might not 426 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:11,919 Speaker 1: have ever heard, and I have not gotten thick iann. 427 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: I think how many people who pass away never hear 428 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:22,239 Speaker 1: the eulogies, never hear the the thank yous. I've been 429 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: very lucky, folks. And I can't tell you how many 430 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: how many ways as you and your family prepare for Christmas, 431 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: our gift to you remembrance of Rush Limbaugh. Your calls 432 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: coming up. I'm Michael Berry and for Clay Travis and 433 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: Buck Sexton. Clay Travis said Buck Sexton culture they can't 434 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:55,959 Speaker 1: cancel fund the EIB network. There is a wonderful editorial 435 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: that was written in eighteen ninety seven in the New 436 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: York Sun. If you have kids, I would encourage you 437 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: to read it for yourself. It's entitled is There a 438 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: Santa Claus? It's a letter to the editor asking please 439 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: tell me the truth? Is there a Santa Claus? It's 440 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: from an eight year old girl to the editor and 441 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: the response is absolutely beautiful. And if you have young children, 442 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: I would urge you to read that to them. Your 443 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: calls Tom in Mount Vernon, Ohio. You're on with me, 444 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: Michael Berry paying tribute on the Clay and Buck Show 445 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: to Rush Limbaugh. Go ahead, my man, Hello Michael, it's 446 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: great to talk to you in here. Russa's voice again 447 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: just took me back. I just wanted to tell you 448 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: what he meant to me for almost thirty years of 449 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: my listening. He was and he is the embodiment of 450 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: the American spirit and character. He just modeled the spirit 451 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: of Emersonian self reliance and rugged individualism so well. He 452 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: was the start and stripes on the radio to me. 453 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to say that. You know, Tom, 454 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember. Rush read a piece 455 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: I don't know how long it could have been, five years, 456 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: could have been ten years ago by a guy named 457 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: Angelo Kodavillas that ring a bell. He used the phrasing 458 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: of the country class and the political class. He's the 459 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: one who wrote the piece that said, look, it's not 460 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: democrats versus Republicans, it's the inside the Beltway folks versus 461 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: the rest of the country. And he gave he gave 462 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: the vernacular to talk about that. And Rush did something 463 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: he rarely did. He read the entire piece was six 464 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: or seven minutes of it, and I tuned in and 465 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: as we often do, you know, you get in the car, 466 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: you turn on the radio, and I tuned in in 467 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: the middle of it, and I went back and looked 468 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: it up. And it wasn't until a couple of years 469 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: ago that I got a chance to interview Angelo Kodavilla, 470 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: and I told him that I first learned of him 471 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: from Rush reading that and that I've reread that piece 472 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: multiple times, and that it was beautiful, it was wonderful, 473 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: It was so it encapsulated everything so perfectly. And he said, 474 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: Rush reading that piece was more important to my career 475 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: than anything else that ever happened. That's where people discovered me. 476 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,719 Speaker 1: And I bet he was probably seventy years old at 477 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: the time this happened, and that that just catapulted him 478 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: to another level. This is a great story. Mac in Columbus, Georgia, Europe. 479 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: I think, sir, thank you for taking my call, but 480 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: I know my time is limited. I just want to 481 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: say I was lucky enough to come across Rush one 482 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: day on our TVR, on our radio program that that 483 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: Rush started to appeal on there. Rush changed my life 484 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: on how I feel about things. He introduced me to 485 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: how things are in the world today, and I could 486 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: not wait until twelve or five or twelve or six 487 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: every day for him to come on. I drove a 488 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: truck for looton and he made my job a lot easier. 489 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: His passing even to today, it's passing. That day when 490 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: Catherine came on and announced it was it was a 491 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: difficult day for me amongst a lot of people. A 492 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: lot of people miss that man. And I thank you 493 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: for the show that you're doing today and dedicated it 494 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: to Rush um um and Uh, I just want to say, 495 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: just once again, thank you Mary. Christmas do you Uh 496 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 1: Mary Christmas? To Catherine, I hope for Christmas is going 497 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: as good as possible and in the family and uh 498 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: that that man opened my eyes. Yes are in the world, sir. 499 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: Thank you for your call, Sir. I appreciate you sharing that. 500 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,959 Speaker 1: I know a lot of other people across the country 501 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: share the same sentiment. Every call represents thousands and thousands 502 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: of other people who feel the same way. I've been 503 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: doing talk radio for fifteen years and the two inspirations 504 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: I had were Paul Harvey and Rush Limbaugh, the masters 505 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: of telling stories on the air, very different deliveries, very 506 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: different approaches. But you know, I've often said and since 507 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: you're a truck driver, you made me think of it. 508 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: And I know Rush knew this to be the case 509 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: and experienced it. Truck drivers are the best callers to 510 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: talk radio you'll ever find. And if you've never thought 511 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: about this before, think about it the next time someone 512 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: tells you they're a truck driver. And the reason they're 513 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: never as educated, they're never maybe as eloquent. They didn't 514 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: do college debate, they're not lawyers, they're not presenters, but 515 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: they have a lot of time alone to think, and 516 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: so their arguments tend to be very well structured and 517 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: well presented. Even if their voice is quivering a touch, 518 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: they tend to be very well presented. I am delighted 519 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,040 Speaker 1: and honored that our guest coming up in the next 520 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,719 Speaker 1: segment is James Golden, who you know and Rush loved 521 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: as both nerdly. I'm Michael Berry in for Clay Travis 522 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: and Buck Sexton. It's coming up. You're listening to Clay 523 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: Travis and Buck Sexton on the EIB Network.