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<\/p>\nRUSH: We\u2019re gonna go back to the phones to Phoenix, Arizona, and we have somebody here, folks… For those of you who have been lifers, we used to have a semi-regular caller came in over the transom way, way back. One was Mick from the high mountains of New Mexico. The guy was a classic, he was an American classic, and he instantly became an audience favorite here. We have Matthew from Phoenix. You are Mick\u2019s son? Is that right? Or grandson?<\/p>\n
CALLER: (garbled cell connection) No, I\u2019m his son.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You\u2019re his son.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, I am.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, this is amazing. You know, I met your dad at Dan\u2019s Bake Sale. He showed up. That was the only time I ever met him — and, I tell you, Matthew, he looked exactly the way he sounded.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yep, he did. Just one quick question to you. Do you still have the elk skin that hung on your back wall with your TV set?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Do I still have the elk skin?<\/p>\n
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CALLER: The one he sent you.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, yeah, we still have that. It\u2019s just like the Legacybox. I do not throw that stuff away.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Great. I\u2019m one of four generations that have been listening to you. My Millennial son listens to you. He\u2019s an avid follower, solid conservative, his wife also. And then my three grandsons, every time that they\u2019re in the kitchen, you know, with the radio on, they\u2019ve got you on. And I just wanted to thank you, you know, for educating America and also, you know, every time you have an anniversary show, I hear my dad\u2019s clips on there and it just brings a smile to my face. And, you know, thank you for educating America. But my old man would have backed Trump a hundred percent. There\u2019s no doubt in the world.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Matthew, how old would you have been back in the early nineties when he was calling here on a regular basis?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I was about 26, 25, 26. I\u2019m 55, 56 now.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay. So you were an adult when he was making those calls.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I mean, you had to be laughing yourself silly every time he got through \u2019cause the guy was a genuine American classic.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Rush, I actually got on the show with him and with you, and we talked about his stories, you know, talking about, you know, some of the things he talked about, (garbled), you know, things like that. And, you know, he was — he was genuinely a great character, and just a great man.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, he was. Folks, I\u2019ll just give you one example. He would call here and describe how to prepare roadkill and make it edible, or the latest animal he had killed for food. Just irritating the animal rights crowd. The animal rights crowd was huge back then, and he tweaked them out the wazoo and he made it sound like it was the most natural thing in the world to go out and slaughter wildlife to convert it to food and so forth. He was just an original — and you\u2019re right. When we do anniversary shows, sometimes we go back and play clips and stuff from previous shows, and he\u2019s always a highlight. So he was calling from the high mountains of New Mexico. You live in Phoenix now. Is that right?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I do. And, you know, to be honest with you, I\u2019m getting up early and I\u2019m carting myself up to northern Arizona, picking up my son, and we\u2019re gonna go squirrel huntin\u2019. And, you know, this is what we do.<\/p>\n
RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n
CALLER: So, you know, I\u2019m passing on my legacy. This is what we do.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Squirrel hunting? Who goes squirrel hunting?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I promise you! I\u2019m not lying to you.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I know you\u2019re not. I\u2019m not trying to express disbelief. I\u2019m just… (laughing) Squirrels, everybody has \u2019em in the yard. Who has to go squirrel hunting? But there you are out hunting the things. Anyway, Matthew, I\u2019m glad you called. I\u2019m glad you waited. We all loved your dad here. Like I say, he was a classic. Folks, he was so good that people initially thought he was a paid actor and character on the program, and he wasn\u2019t. None of his calls were ever staged.<\/p>\n
Whenever he appeared on the program, he had taken the trouble to get through. We never stage calls. We have never done that. Sometimes we move people to the front of the line, but we do not call people unless we held somebody on for so long and couldn\u2019t get to them, we\u2019ll ask permission to call \u2019em the next day. But in terms of setting things up as actors and scripts and stuff, it doesn\u2019t happen. Matthew, thanks for the call. It\u2019s really gratifying to know that you and the whole family are still out there. That\u2019s tremendous. I appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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