In this engaging episode, Mike Gallagher takes listeners on a journey from the perceived political biases in the media to real-life impacts on celebrities stemming from political changes. Unpack the reasons behind Stephen Colbert’s show struggles while understanding the broader narrative of Hollywood figures like Ellen DeGeneres adapting to unexpected life turns in response to political events. This conversation weaves together humor, societal critique, and a call to action for supporting flood-ravaged Texas, highlighting the show’s commitment to audience engagement and civic responsibility.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide and seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
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Trying to figure out the conversation I could be having with my executives, my bosses here at this company. Mike, you’re losing $40 million a year, and we’re going to have to make a change here. Well, wait a minute. I have important things to say. I bash all the right people. What do you mean? MAGA loves me. Yeah, but Mike, you’re losing $40 million a year. But my show is important. I get good ratings. This Colbert story is wild. Watching the left melt down over CBS, getting rid of a show that is an albatross around their neck, $40 million a year, and you don’t understand why they’re pulling the plug? Yeah. If the show was making $40 million a year, he’d be fine. What’s hard to understand about? Well, it’s because he is a Trump critic, don’t you know? So when you’re a Trump critic, you can’t be messed with. You know what’s strange? There was a protest, by the way, outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. And it’s the funniest protest in the history of protests. These dummies standing out in front of the theater with signs that say, Colbert must stay, Trump must go. You made a sign for that? Colbert stays, Trump must go. And there’s like 30, it’s the same look of the same protesters everywhere in America. Miserable white hippies. White boomers, they’re all white, standing outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, clapping their hands, saying Colbert stays, Trump must go. I mean, first of all, let’s just stipulate, Trump has absolutely, completely broken many, many people in the United States. Broke them. Broke them. I don’t care what Democrat got elected in our lifetime. None of them broke us. Joe Biden’s election in 2020 was the stuff of nightmares with COVID and all that horrible time we lived through. Didn’t break anybody. We didn’t lose our marbles. We didn’t go bat crap crazy. Rosie O’Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres fleeing the country. Ellen is now, I’m not kidding you, minding chickens on a farm in the UK. That’s Ellen DeGeneres. She’s been reduced to fleeing to England where she has a chicken farm. And she’s, I give you my word, I’m not making this up, she’s petting and talking to chickens that she has named. I saw the video last night. She’s got short, dark, dark hair. Evidently, she always dyed her hair. Okay. Or maybe she dyed it dark. Who knows? Who cares? Ellen DeGeneres, famous comedian. She’s living on a chicken farm, talking to the chickens. I think we’ve got to find that clip, Christian, because I saw that last night. I almost fell off the couch. Rosie O’Donnell in Ireland, hiding out, but posting anti-Trump videos like a madwoman. You could almost see the spittle coming out of her mouth. It’s like, wait a minute, you left the country, okay, you got the means to do that. And let’s give a little bit of a shout-out to them. I mean, a little acknowledgement. If you say you’re going to leave the country if an election doesn’t go your way, well, then good. Leave the country and then go away. But Rosie can’t stop because she’s been broken. These are broken, damaged, deranged people. Here’s Colbert last night. with one of the stupidest questions any broadcaster has ever asked. Now, Stephen Colbert has been around long enough to understand how this works. If you’ve got a talk show, you’ve got to make money for your company. You can’t lose tens of millions of dollars a year and expect, I mean, does Stephen Colbert think losing $40 million is good for business? Here he was last night because these imbeciles at CBS are going to let him spout off for the next 10 months. Here he was just last night.
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CBS, our network, CBS, who I want to reiterate have always been great partners, put out a statement saying a very, you know, very nice things about me and about the show. And thank you to them for that. They clarified that the cancellation was purely a financial decision. But how could it purely be a financial decision if The Late Show is number one in ratings? A lot of folks.
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Yeah, that’s right. Hear for me a little louder. Well, you know what that means that you’ve got the highest ratings? You’re the tallest dwarf. That means you’re the tallest dwarf because late night TV on the networks, they’re getting their butts kicked. Greg Gutfeld is kicking their butts. Cable news beats them. YouTube beats them. It’s not what it used to be. Now, maybe he’s got an internal beef with CBS. All right, he thinks he’s got good ratings. Why aren’t they monetizing that? That’s a relatively reasonable thing to ask. Maybe because you’re toxic. Maybe because advertisers don’t want to come near you with your… unhinged, wild-eyed, unfunny rants against Republicans every night. Maybe that’s what it is. You’re supposed to be a late-night variety show, and your headliners are dolts like Adam Schiff and Hakeem Jeffries. Wow. What a weird, weird time to be alive. And here’s Stephen Colbert trying to be funny responding to Trump mocking Colbert’s cancellation.
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Friday, Donald Trump posted, I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.
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How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself.
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Now, I know that’s an attempt at humor, but I will tell you this. If you’re watching the clip along with us playing it here on Salem News Channel, you see complete rage in his face. Him telling Trump to go F himself, disguised as a joke, was sheer venom. He is so angry, so melted down, so broken, and… I’m just astounded at CBS saying, you’re going to give us 10 more months of this. Look, CBS, you’re going to deserve all the crap that he gives you. And he did. He ripped into Paramount. He ripped into the deal, the $16 million settlement, all this stuff. He’s going to do this for 10 months. And so he ran the late night show on CBS into the ground, causing it to hemorrhage money. It’s unfunny. It’s just MSNBC on CBS on late night. And now CBS is going to reward this guy with 10 more months of attacks. Boy, it makes a lot of sense. Makes a lot of sense. You think I’m kidding about the Ellen DeGeneres thing? Where do you see and hear the clip of Ellen DeGeneres? who is now living on a chicken farm, minding the chickens. In England. I’ll bet you didn’t know that. You do now. PhD weight loss has changed my life. And I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition. A proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off. Like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com. reasonable could say why do we care about Ellen DeGeneres or Rosie O’Donnell look I have a confession to make I mean I think Ellen DeGeneres is a talented lady I like her I mean I like her work I don’t know I don’t care about her politics and I understand there’s plenty of people who say look I wouldn’t spend a nickel to see Ellen DeGeneres I get that that’s okay if I stopped going to movies or watching TV shows or you know engaging in the culture over people that I don’t align with politically, I’d never leave the House. And I like to be entertained, and I find her entertaining. I admit it. And to see what she’s been reduced to is wild to me. I mean, to see the way Trump has broken these people amazes me. I want to play this clip. This is on social media. And evidently she’s proud of this. And she confirmed that right after the election, she left the United States for the UK. She fled the country. She became so disillusioned with America. Because let’s face it, these people who are leaving the country because of Trump, it’s not because of Trump, it’s because of the American people. Because they’re in the minority. Most people favor a secure border. Most people voted for mass deportations. Most people want the rule of law returned, restored. Most people want a better economy. Most people want a roaring stock market and low unemployment. These are the things people voted for that they didn’t get from Democrats. But okay, you didn’t get what you wanted, so you say, I’m going to pick up my marbles and I’m going to go to another country. Here’s Ellen DeGeneres. I want to play this video for you. And again, she posted this proudly, evidently, on social media. This is in the UK. Hit it. Here she is.
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Ow, these things are sharp even through the gloves.
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She’s got a pair of shears and she’s trimming back bushes in the UK. Now she’s got a weed whacker. Okay, she’s standing there with the weed whacker and a mask on. Of course, with the mask. I’m probably left over from her collection during COVID. There she is and she’s nodding and she’s… Now here comes the best part. There she is with the chickens. She’s calling the chickens. Bring it up full, Eric. They’re all gathering. She’s feeding the chickens. Here, chicken, chicken. Here, chicky, chicky.
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Linda likes to go straight to the source.
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Linda.
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She’s got one of them named.
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She named one of them Linda Blair. Come on, Mabel. Mabel. She’s got another one named Mabel. She’s named the chickens in her chicken coop. She’s literally got a chicken coop now. Look, she’s petting Mabel. She’s now petting the chicken. Wow. So, again, you bring it back to me. Honest to gosh, I mean this from the heart. Do you ever stop, and maybe you never even give people like Ellen DeGeneres a second thought, and I understand that. But isn’t, I love observing people. I do. When I’m in a mall, I like to sit on the bench and just watch the world go by. I like to figure out stories. I like to look at this lady with her husband or the family. I just like that. And human nature intrigues me. Human psychology fascinates me. Are you not fascinated by the way people are broken by a political outcome that they don’t like? Do you understand the political nature of of people broken like this. Do you get that? Because I honestly don’t. I think we ought to have a little bit of empathy, maybe a little bit of compassion. I mean, there are people who say that their whole life has been destroyed by the outcome of an election. And I feel, in a way, very sorry for them. So I want you to give me your thoughts on this as well. Is it just me? And I can move on. There’s a lot of breaking news today. We’ve got all kinds of stuff to cover. But can you just tell me your thoughts about people like Ellen DeGeneres? reduced to fleeing the country and living with chickens on a farm in the UK, all because the election didn’t go the way she wanted it to go. 1-800-655-MIKE. We’re partnering with our friends at the non-profit relief agency Food for the Poor and rushing emergency relief kits to these flood-ravaged parts of the world. 128 people confirmed dead. Many, many more are still missing. As you know, President Trump and the first lady visited the flood zone in Texas over the weekend. As you can hear, he was pretty emotional. You can hear in the sound of his voice about what he witnessed. They lost their child or two children.
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Here’s my question for you, and then I promise we’re going to get on to a lot of other stuff that we have covered for you today. But this is what intrigues me, and Michael from Kentucky just put it in proper perspective. He said, look, people that let an election ruin their lives need psychiatric help. No other explanation needed. These are people who are mentally unwell. So my question for you is, I mean, number one, do you agree with that? Do you think that people who are this shattered by the Trump presidency and by Republicans being in charge again are mentally ill? And were they already mentally unwell prior to the election? And this just turbocharged their challenges? Or did the election cause them to become mentally mentally ill. I’m telling you, I’m fascinated by this kind of stuff. I love talking about human behavior, why people do what they do. I could watch videos. I go to bed at night sometimes and I watch videos of people interacting with other people. You know, the Karen videos always get a lot of airplay. You know, they always get tons of, you know, viral attention. People that are just… The behavior of human beings… when it’s awful, just intrigues me. So let me just ask you that question. Is Michael in Kentucky right that these are people who are mentally ill, they’ve got severe, or maybe not even severe, but they’ve got some psychological, and I’m not trying to mock mental illness or mental health challenges. That’s not something that, you know, I’m making fun of. I’m just wondering if you think that the Ellen DeGeneres, and it’s not about her. So I got a couple of text messages. Nobody cares about it. I get it. I know that. I know that I’m not talking about Ellen. I’m talking about anybody who got broken by November 2024. You know people like this. I know people like this. I’ve got people in my life. I’ll probably never speak to them again. They don’t want to talk to me ever again. And I’m not sure the friendship is ever coming back. There are families fractured all over America. Kids who aren’t talking to their parents. Parents who aren’t talking to their kids. Brothers who aren’t talking to their sisters. I’m not trying to be glib here. Is it mental illness? Is that what’s behind it? Tell me what you think. And again, five more minutes on this and we’ll dive in. 800-655-MIKE, 23 minutes before the hour, 800-655-6453. Your call’s coming up after I remind you about an extraordinary achievement. We passed $50,000 online in donations to our Food for the Poor campaign. You can see it on the counter to help the victims of the flooding in Texas. You want to feel a little better today? And to me, that’s the simplest reminder. If you want a little goodness in your life, then do God’s work. We’re continuing our efforts through your support to help Food for the Poor reach people throughout the flooded region of Central Texas, Kerr County. Kerrville, Texas, the Camp Mystic, Cypress Lake, horrible event. A gift of $50 will rush an emergency relief kit to a hurting family displaced by the Texas floods. Right now, look at the screen. You’ll see the counter, and I love that counter. If you go to MikeOnline.com and click on the Help Texas banner, you’ll see right now we have raised $50,112 online. That doesn’t even include the phone donations. Thank you for taking us to that level. Let’s keep it going. Please go to MikeOnline.com where you can make a donation to help us rush emergency relief kits containing hygiene items, diapers, emergency medical supplies, bottled water to the victims of the Texas flooding. And thank you to Food for the Poor, this beautiful Christian ministry, truly doing God’s work. Want to do a little bit of God’s work? Go to MikeOnline.com right now and thank you for your support. MikeOnline.com. You could also call 844-860-HOPE. 844-860-4673. Here’s Marianne, Marshall, Michigan. Marianne, thanks for your patience. Welcome to the show. How are you?
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I’m good, Mike. Thanks. I appreciate you listening to my comment about Ellen and Rosie.
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Sure.
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And I guess I just want to say, first of all, Trump didn’t go out and just start battering them. They battered him.
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Correct.
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And he’s struck back. And he has But I really liked Rosie. I still like her. And I wish the best for both of them. And I like Ellen, too. But nobody makes you move out of the country. We’re talking about millionaires here. And the way you worded that Trump broke them, they broke themselves. Yeah, yeah. If they want to leave the country for such ridiculous reasons… That’s fine. I wish the best for them.
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But Marianne, let me ask you. Do you think it’s Michael in Kentucky who texted me that it’s just mental illness? Is that oversimplification? Or do you think he’s right?
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I believe that most people that have a need to be famous and be seen have some type of mental illness in the fact that they need attention.
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And you know what it is, Marianne, and I can speak from experience, I know some famous people, and I’m not trying to bag on them. I’ve got some very good friends who have had plenty of fame in their life. It’s narcissism. You’re right, Marianne. There’s a narcissism. There’s a need to be loved. I think it has to do with all the rejection. Look, Ellen DeGeneres came up through the comedy clubs, and I’m sure they were nice. She was rejected. And Rosie O’Donnell, same with her. Actors and famous people, they get rejected for jobs all the time. They want to be loved. They want to be liked. And they need that affection. And so maybe it is a type of mental health issue. Hey, great hearing from you again, Marianne. Thank you. Claire in Texas. Claire, how are you? I’m fine. How are you, Mike? I’m great. I’m great. I hope you don’t mind me going off on this tangent a little bit, but I’m just so fascinated by human nature, and I want to see what you think.
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Well, I called in because I’m fascinated as well with TDS. I’m a huge Trump supporter. I know a lot of people and relatives who have very veritable symptoms of TDS. But my opinion is that many of them, yes, had already pre-existing psychiatric conditions that you might find in the DSM-5 manual of the American Psychiatric Association. TDS is not listed in DSM-5 manual, but symptoms of it are, and my opinion is that TDS is also a form of social mass hysteria, which has been very much spread through social media and media. So in our generation, the spread of information is so instantaneous. I think people learn and adapt and start mimicking as well. and playing into the whole hysteria.
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Well, you get caught up in it, Claire, and I find myself getting that way too. I’ll be on social media, and I start to get anxious and stressed, and everything seems to be kind of, it’s so dark, and it’s so desperate, and it’s so sad. I mean, people are just so angry, and there’s such viciousness. But it’s addictive, you know? I mean, I’ll go down that rabbit hole, and I’ll stay down there a long time. And look, I don’t want to get swept up in it. I don’t want to get caught up in that kind of darkness. And we ought to avoid that. We ought to look at light, goodness and light. This kid, I say kid, he was in his 50s, Malcolm Jamal Warner, apparently drowned accidentally. He was on vacation with his family. in Costa Rica. If you were a fan of the Cosby show, you remember young Theo, right? Bill Cosby, Bill and Felicia Rashad’s son. And this guy was beloved. I mean, just, it’s such a heartbreaking loss. He was 54 years old. And just days before he died, he posted something on social media. And I, it’s chilling because it’s, Well, let me play it for you. I do this with complete respect. I hope this doesn’t come off as being morbid. But Malcolm Jamal Warner posted on his Instagram account this message shortly before his accidental drowning death in front of his family, tragically, in Costa Rica.
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What’s good? I got the flower in my hair. Today’s my daughter’s birthday. She put the flower there, so I’m rocking it. What? It’s a beautiful day here in Atlanta. I just wanted to shout out and just spread some love and some good cheer. And, you know, life is out here lifin’, right, for me and for everybody else. But just wanted to remind you, as I remind myself, that no matter what’s going on, there’s always a reason to smile. Like, if you just take a minute to stop and take stock, I guarantee you can find at least one reason to smile. And if for some reason you can’t find a reason to smile, then that’s probably the best time to be the reason for somebody else to smile. So, find a smile for yourself and be a reason for someone else to smile. That’s all I got. Listen to love because it’s been a minute. Peace and love and I’ll be back soon.
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Gosh. Isn’t that heartbreaking? Isn’t that heartbreaking? I’ll be back soon. And tragically, he will not. And yet, his last message on social media is one that we all ought to take to heart. That we ought to smile. We ought to take time to appreciate a little flower that our daughter gives us. He put it over his ear for his daughter’s birthday. Driving a car in Atlanta, Georgia. And that’s such a powerful reminder of how we all ought to take stock, appreciate all the blessings that God has bestowed upon us, not get so swept up in politics and who won this election or who lost that election. There’s a beauty in Malcolm Jamal Warner’s final post I wanted to share that with you today. Do something nice for somebody. Hug your family. Hey, maybe pop in a donation to help these devastated families in Texas through our Food for the Poor campaign. Maybe we’re giving you the tools to do just what he asked for. Again, thank you for your support and going to MikeOnline.com. Let’s remember to smile and remember to keep things in perspective. For me, it’s perspective, perspective, perspective. Portions of our show brought to you by MyPillow and Big Deal. Two sales in one. First, they’re having a closeout sale on the percale bedsheets. Any size, any color, $25. You can get Queens, Kings, Split Kings, California Kings, any size, any color, $25. It’s a crazy sale from MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Special Square. The second sale, Mike Lindell has introduced a brand new energy drink called Rev7. It’s a premium energy drink that’s good for you. It tastes great, gives you energy all day. I sampled it yesterday for the first time. It is delicious. No sugar, no caffeine. Rev7 is so special because it’s powered with a premium nootropic that helps fuel your mind. MyPillow is so confident you’re going to love Rev7 that for a limited time you can try their introductory three-pack absolutely free. Now, these offers aren’t going to last long. So go to MyPillow.com. Use the promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Sing along with me. For the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world, visit MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide and seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
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My producer, Tracy, just ran into the studio and said, all right, we’ve now gone to complete Looneyville and Letitia James, the New York Attorney General. This is hot off the presses, breaking news. This is this lunatic activist, Alvin Bragg, Attorney General. I mean, Soros-inspired AG and these prosecutors and these folks that are all over the country trying to wreck this great country of ours by their lawfare. Because don’t forget, it’s all about the power. It’s all about the power. Well, Letitia James is being asked by the Writers Guild of America to investigate the cancellation of the late show with Stephen Colbert. And you know the wildest part? You know she’ll do it. She would love this. The New York Sun writes this. This could present an opportunity for the prosecutor to gain an advantage in her clash with President Trump. The Guild, which represents film and television writers and is one of the most powerful unions in the media business, declared in a statement that its membership harbors significant concerns that the late show’s cancellation is a bribe sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump administration as the company seeks merger approval. Now, every bit of the reporting suggests that this show was losing between $40 and $50 million a year. Only in a lunatic leftist’s world is losing $40 million a year good for business. As long as you’re critical of the right things, as long as you can call out Donald Trump, it doesn’t matter how much you lose. Run CBS into bankruptcy. They don’t care. You can have fun saying F you to Donald Trump every night, which is essentially what he does. He did it last night. He told Trump to go F himself, that this wise sage of late-night television. That’s what passes for late-night entertainment. I’m picturing Johnny Carson not liking a president in his era. Who was around during the car—Richard Nixon. Let’s say Johnny Carson didn’t like Richard Nixon. And Johnny Carson looked into the camera and said— Hey, President Nixon. Hey, Tricky Dick. Go F yourself. And then the audience would cheer. They would take Johnny Carson away in a straitjacket. Have you ever seen the clip of Carson sitting down with Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes? Saying that people don’t want to be lectured and they don’t want to go to bed late at night by hearing politics. They want to be entertained. They want to smile. They want to laugh. And I’ve been thinking a little bit about that yesteryear application as it applies to today’s version of comedy. Because to the left, that’s comedy. Telling Donald Trump to go F himself? Telling the President of the United States to go F off? They think that’s funny. They think that’s comic. They think he’s genius. They’re out there protesting. There are protesters in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater saying, Trump has to go, Stephen Colbert must stay. They think that this nagging, partisan scold, this hack, who believes that Adam Schiff is a good headline guest, he’s more important in their world than the actual president of the United States. So this should get good, because I can’t wait until Big Tish goes after Big Stephen, or goes after Big Trump, because Big Stephen is big mad. The Writers Guild of America. And the only reason they’re calling on her is because they know she’s stupid enough to go for it. She might accept it. She might say, yep, we have to have a full scale. I’ll bet they’ve already begun the investigation. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Oh, my gosh. Here is a writer. They rounded up a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to appear on CNN. I don’t even know what the writer’s name is. Some no-name writer went whining to CNN about how mean and awful it is that CBS would pull the plug on their show that is clearly tanking. You lose $40 million a year, something is going wrong. And I can speak from experience. I’m a decades-long broadcaster. I’ve been at this for, you know, 40-plus years. No one is going to hire you to host a talk show. And look, it could be at the level that I’m at, or it could be at a TV network level like Stephen Colbert. You don’t get to stay if you’re hemorrhaging money. It doesn’t work. Nobody stands by a show that is bleeding money, right? But check out this writer, a guest on CNN, explaining, well, Stephen Colbert brings an awful lot to the table. Reportedly, the show lost up to $40 million last year.
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Okay, so that’s a lot of money. But as I said, it is the top-rated show. I mean, when you hear, this is financial, this is financial, there’s nothing else to see here, do you think that’s right?
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No, I don’t. And I don’t for a couple of reasons. I mean, first, this show has not taken any of the steps that other late night shows have taken to cut costs to stay on the air. And also, you know, profit and loss reports don’t account for a lot of ways in which a show like The Late Show with Stephen Colbert brings value to CBS and to Paramount. The Late Show is referenced in almost every quarterly Paramount investor call that we could find.
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Right.
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Oh, wow. And I think that the right and that’s because of the tremendous brand value that this has for the company. When you think about CBS, one of the first people you think about is Stephen Colbert. And so I think that the right the wrong question is, was this was their financial problems? I think the question is, why was this canceled?
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Was it because of a. Well, and as you point out, if you have the top rated show with something that is part of pop culture and, you know, ubiquitous in American culture, then would you try to do everything you could to keep it? As opposed to jettisoning it so quickly.
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You know the wildest part of that clip? The CNN interviewer is acknowledging that the show is losing $40 million a year. No one’s pushing back against that. Have you noticed that? Nobody’s saying, oh, that’s not true. We’re breaking even. We’re making a little bit. We’re making $5, $10 million a year for CBS. No, no. They all acknowledge it’s losing $40 million a year, and then they’re all… stomping their feet and throwing a hissy fit because the show’s being canceled. Don’t worry. Do you think Jimmy Kimmel is going to criticize Trump any less? How about Jimmy Fallon? How about MSNBC, CNN, all the rest of them? Don’t worry. There’s not going to be a shortage of Trump criticism because this pompous ass, Stephen Colbert, gets the boot. Don’t worry. The anti-Trump mindset in America is going strong, and it ain’t going to go away. Gosh, you know, I come back to a very highly sophisticated technical rule that I think applies to these people. I say it ever so often. I believe it with all of my heart. These people are nuts. These people are absolutely crazy. They’re nuts. They’re out of their minds. 800-655-MIKE. Look, I don’t want to spend two minutes on Stephen Colbert. I don’t care. I have never, I can honestly tell you this. I have watched one second of Stephen Colbert’s late show in my entire life. We’ve played, I guess, clips on this show. Never in my life have I watched Stephen Colbert. Maybe you have. And maybe he really is a beloved genius. Yeah, here’s a beloved genius. Here he was last night.
SPEAKER 09 :
Friday, Donald Trump posted, I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings.
SPEAKER 10 :
How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself.
SPEAKER 12 :
And incidentally, I know that on paper, you know, it sounds like a joke. Oh, look how witty I am and sophisticated in telling Trump to go f*** himself. But the look of rage on his face, it’s more than a little unnerving. Oh, no, no, this guy’s unhinged. You know how people, you can joke, sometimes you tell a joke and you think, well, I’m just kidding, but you’re really trying. He’s filled with rage. This guy has got almost a look of violence on his face when he turned into that close-up and he said, hey, Trump, go F yourself. Oh, no, no, the hatred that these people have in their hearts is kind of scary. Because they’re capable of anything. Look, never forget, all about power, all about maintaining control. And in Stephen Colbert’s case, he wants to control the hearts and minds of people who are watching him into thinking that we all should hate Trump with this wild sickness that they have the way they do. $40 million a year. And the smart kids are sitting around saying, well, it’s more than just that. Oh, no, no, no. To CBS, it’s just that. Now, thankfully, on my level, in our world… I’m not losing millions of dollars, and I’m not because of your support, and I’m not because of this audience, and I’m not because of sponsors like Americans for a Balanced Budget, where we can deliver a message every day, reach a lot of people, and take action. Congress secured a historic victory for President Trump by passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but that win is sort of in jeopardy right now because a massive health care tax hike looms if Congress fails to act. Americans for a Balanced Budget is sounding the alarm. Key health care tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year. If that happens, 24 million Americans could face skyrocketing health care costs. Millions could lose coverage altogether. Congress has to act, and you can be a part of this. Americans for a Balanced Budget is calling on Congress to protect the full promise of the one big beautiful bill by preventing a devastating health care tax hike. Your vote counts. Your voice matters. Just visit StopHealthCostHikes.com to deliver your voice to Congress, protect tax credits, stop rising costs, act before it’s too late. Go to StopHealthCostHikes.com. HealthCostHikes.com.
SPEAKER 05 :
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SPEAKER 03 :
Life in the talk show fast lane. It’s the Eminem Experience. Howdy, Mike. So that’s some Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane, Hotel California, an album that will turn 50 next year. The great Don Henley on the vocal up front, Don Henley of the Eagles, is 78 today. Lots of Dallas connections for Henley, so happy birthday to him.
SPEAKER 12 :
Very cool, very cool.
SPEAKER 03 :
Did you see Eagles at the Sphere? I did, no.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, I saw them at the Sphere, and I also saw them at that… Remember that 70s reunion thing they had at Met Stadium?
SPEAKER 03 :
I’m still conflicted about the Sphere. Everybody tells me I’ve got to go to Vegas, got to see some act, some musical act at the Sphere. And I hold it at arm’s length because I think it would just be sensory overload. It’s a lot. I mean, it’s essentially, can you even see the band when you’re surrounded by 360 degrees of massive graphics? I mean, I bet it’s awesome in a lot of ways. Yeah. I don’t know.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t know. Yeah, it’s fun. It’s an unusual experience.
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, it’s a lot to see. It’s a lot to take in.
SPEAKER 03 :
And maybe this is a me thing, and I don’t know if it’s part of growing up. I don’t know if I need all that sensory overload. I don’t know if I can do IMAX movies anymore. Have you seen or heard of Brad Pitt in the F1 movie? Have you heard about this? Nope. No, no thing about it. Wow. Only showbiz Mike, most talked about movie of the year, short of Mission Impossible. The F1 movie? Formula One racing. He’s a racer, supposedly a little bit past his prime. Has he got one more victory in him? And the direction of it, and they put you in the car, which is lovely for five minutes. Is the movie any good is my question. It apparently is. And everybody says, oh, you’ve got to go see it in IMAX. You’ve got to go see it in IMAX. I think my brain would explode. So give me the thing with the recliner and bring me some food and I’m happy. Or better yet, come to my house.
SPEAKER 12 :
We talk about movies and stuff in the culture that interests us. I swear when I saw Trump’s tweet yesterday about Brian Kohlberger, I thought, this man is my spirit animal. I’m telling you. You told me about this the other day.
SPEAKER 03 :
You told me about the true crime doc about this the other day.
SPEAKER 12 :
He’s as into this as I am because I think the whole world wants to know, why did this smart guy do what he did? Why?
SPEAKER 03 :
Because you know, this is also like Chinese to me as well. I mean, I paid attention to the news.
SPEAKER 12 :
The Idaho murders.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes. So tell everybody what that was.
SPEAKER 12 :
Four college kids in the middle of the night, brutally, brutally slaughtered in Idaho on a college campus, off-campus housing, a little typical off-campus kind of townhouses. And it was a big mystery. They got this guy based on the DNA that he left behind. And he was a crime aficionado. He was a…
SPEAKER 03 :
You know, like a forensic criminal forensic to be some kind of criminologist.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. I mean, he was he wanted to. And he apparently just randomly picked these kids. And in the middle of the night, went in and one by one, there were two of them that slept through the whole thing. There were six college kids in the house. And look, they were all drunk. So that was part of it. I mean, that doesn’t help. And they didn’t even call 911 until noon the next day almost. But there’s President Trump saying, all right, this guy got a plea deal. He avoids the death penalty. He pled guilty. He admits he did it. But Trump is saying, as part of the negotiation, if he’s going to get off the hook, you’ve got to at least explain why you did it. I mean, which I think is true. He’s right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay, but why does Trump give this five seconds of his time?
SPEAKER 12 :
Because he’s a renaissance man.
SPEAKER 03 :
He’s got time for a lot of things. His multitasking is like nothing. He has more screens and more windows open than any… I’m telling you, he’s my spirit animal.
SPEAKER 12 :
Like him, I love my Diet Cokes. Like him, I’ve never missed a Big Mac that I didn’t love. And like him, I’m into true crime, and I want to know why Brian Kohlberger did it. Do you ever stop, Mark, and think about what this one individual named Donald J. Trump… goes through on an hourly basis, just over and over and over again, the judiciary coming at him, the media, Colbert last night telling him to go blank himself and all that nonsense. I mean, but every day, Iran, there’s a headline I talked about yesterday, Iran is absolutely hell-bent on assassinating him. Sure. They’re not going to stop. They want to kill him. They tried to kill him in Butler, Pennsylvania. Could a mere mortal survive everything that Donald Trump has been put through?
SPEAKER 03 :
And do it not just with this kind of resiliency, but this kind of energy. It’s like he turns it into a locomotive. Fuel. It’s like he thrives on it. It’s like, oh yeah, you bring it, I’m going to make you like the things I do, and he’s
SPEAKER 12 :
He seems to enjoy it. He sure does. He seems to like it. I mean, I’d be in the fetal position under the bed for the rest of my life to be put through what he’s been put through, and it never stops. They never let up. I mean, it’s like every day.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, he wears it like a badge of honor. He sure does. And he should. He has what we call the right enemies.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely. And you can be judged by that. I was listening to a fascinating chat. Prior to listening to you this morning, Chris Stegall interviewed Julie Kelly, and Chris said what you and I talked about yesterday, I do too, and you and I talked about, and my theory is they’re going to go you-know-what to the wall on this whole Obama, Hillary, Russia gate thing. They’re going to go you-know-what to the wall because of the Epstein thing, the way that was kind of fumbled by Pam Bondi. She ain’t going to fumble this. They’re not going to find this has already been referred to her for criminal prosecution. I think there’s going to be some people that are going to be facing some arrests. We’re going to see. Because think about this. And Chris made a point that was so profound that, you know, they used an arcane. statute from the Civil War era to try to nail people on January 6th. And the exact specific one, it’s escaping me right now, but essentially if they could use some arcane law from the Civil War to prosecute January Sixers who were walking through the Capitol Surely they can do this over the coup that they attempted against Donald Trump. This ongoing treasonous conspiracy to handcuff and hamper and damage and sabotage his first term. And by the way, we never even talk about this. Maybe 2020. Because when you’ve got Russia hanging over your head, when you’ve got the idea of a fake, phony, collusion, steel dossier bunch of crooks, Strap hanging over your head. Maybe that cost you some votes in 2022. Could very well have. So this is all coming. How about Hunter Biden yesterday, Mark? Holy moly.
SPEAKER 03 :
I may surprise you on this.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, I know what you’re going to say. You’re going to pull a Greg Gutfeld. Oh, he’s real. He’s honest. He’s genuine. He’s authentic. Yeah, you go ahead with that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Go with that, Skippy. I think I’ll phrase it a little differently. So for those that don’t know, Hunter Biden sat down with some guys, a Pennsylvania, Philadelphia based podcast. They’re sitting outside under a tree and Hunter just goes absolutely profanely. Just just goes post that crap. Yep. Just F bombs every three seconds. Now, if some of his gripes are they came after his dad and he’s angry that they came after his dad. He’s angry at George Clooney. He’s angry at the party, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so, yes. And of course, Hunter is full of it and he’s a lunatic. And he also said, basically, F you, America, if you don’t like illegal immigration, who do you think cleans your hotel rooms? Who’s going to clean your toilet? Just absolutely. He’s wrong about everything, just like his dad. But the point that I did make, and then I did find out that Gutfeld had said the same thing, was that as I watched that, I said, wow, this guy is crazy. But there is something he brings to the table that AOC never will. Schumer never will. Gavin Newsom never will. It’s a kind of an odd guttural authenticity. He seems sincere. He means what he says.
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, he’s sincere.
SPEAKER 03 :
And I’m not saying that to try to elevate him to credibility. Well, but you are.
SPEAKER 12 :
But you are. Because they’re already calling for that. They’re already saying Hunter 2028. And what do we think of that? Well, don’t help it. Which means you think I have a point.
SPEAKER 13 :
I don’t know if you have a point or not. Yeah, he’s an authentic crackhead. Yeah. Then you shouldn’t worry, should you?
SPEAKER 12 :
And by the way, that’s not a pejorative. He literally, in that same interview, made a convincing case for why crack cocaine isn’t so bad. Yeah. I’m not kidding you. He sat there and said it’s cleaner than other types of cocaine. I mean, oh, yeah, that’s a presidential fodder, all right. But you know what? But in the world of Zoran Mamdani and Omar Fatah, this isn’t beyond the pale.
SPEAKER 03 :
This is what I mean. Is there any candidate that will make Democrats go, oh, no, that’s just too much?
SPEAKER 12 :
No, no, there’s not. And see, this is what I mean about the course correction. They are trying to course correct what they think is the craziness of the Trump era. They think that it’s so crazy on the right. Well, let’s just go crazy on the left. Let’s get a self-professed Marxist to be the leading candidate for mayor in a big city. And let’s put Hunter Biden up there because you know what? People like Mark Davis and Greg Gutfeld claim he’s authentic. Yeah, he’s authentic. Hemorrhoids are authentic. Yes, they are. Give me a break. Authenticity. I mean, what a lunatic. You know what? And what’s infuriating about Hunter Biden, the bottom line is, he’s only not in prison because his daddy wrote him a pardon. Well, or the auto pen did. That’s the one that he did.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, that’s the one he did. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
He carried out a $20 million shakedown of shady foreign interests with the consent and participation of daddy. He paid no taxes on it. He had the fake painting. This guy is scum of the earth.
SPEAKER 13 :
Hunter 2028.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. He’s authentic. Oh, he’s real. He’s real. Oh, I like his authenticity, says Mark Davis.
SPEAKER 03 :
Keeping it effing real. Hunter 2028. Keep it real.
SPEAKER 12 :
Keeping crack clean again. Making crack great again. Oh, my Lord in heaven. I’m telling you what. I’m loading up one bus. I can make it to the border by midnight.
SPEAKER 03 :
I’m out of here. I’m gone.
SPEAKER 12 :
I’m gone. Hey, by the way, how about the Trump threatening to hold back the stadium deal for your beloved Washington Redskins?
SPEAKER 03 :
Love it. Love it. I grew up eating Burgundy and gold. I came to Texas. I got better. John Riggins was not a Redskins. Sonny Jurgens, excuse me, was not a Commander. Art Monk was not a Commander. This and Cleveland Indians need to be brought back. Little things mean a lot. Do you follow John Rocker on social media? I don’t, but I know his history is kind of a free spirit. He got himself in trouble for some things.
SPEAKER 12 :
He’s authentic. He’s authentic. So John Rocker, the former, he gets really edgy on social media. But here’s what he wrote. Here’s what he wrote. Former pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Very, very politically incorrect. Far right guy. Here’s what he writes. Have you ever met an Indian actually offended by a professional sports team named after an Indian? No. Hint. He says, hint, it’s not the Indians. It’s liberal white people. Of course. The same people who want to pay out reparations. Of course. The same people with Ukraine flags hanging next to their front doors. The same people who drink soy milk and take Ozempic. The same people who pray for George Floyd every night. The same people who watch Jimmy Kimmel and I’d add Stephen Colbert. These are those who don’t know a thing about baseball or football.
SPEAKER 03 :
Indians. Indian communities, actual Native American communities. It was an actual Native American, proud Native American, who crafted and drew that proud Redskin Indian hand logo. It is a purging of the… And here’s what’s weird. Redskins and Indians had to go, but Seminoles, Chiefs, Braves are still there. Yeah, why is that? Why is that? Because those franchises have a spine and respect their history.
SPEAKER 12 :
Those franchises told the white liberals to go pound salt.
SPEAKER 03 :
They sure did, and good for them for doing it.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely. All right, we’re fired up. Happy Tuesday.
SPEAKER 03 :
Here we go. Mike is ready for his Tuesday program soon as we are done. 10 o’clock right here on 660 AM.
