Rush Limbaugh's first TV interview from 1988 - Part 1 of 3

Rare Rush Limbaugh interview on popular Connecticut Public Access TV show, Miggs B on TV from 1988

[@mr.anderson8306]

El Rushbo, with talent on loan form God, never really left us. Every voice you hear on the radio, the internet, or Pod casts is due to Rush's legacy. He single handedly saved the AM dial and paved the way for all of our favorite content providers we listed to now. RIP Rush. Our nation owes you a debt of gratitude.

[@tylerfrost7681]

Had to come back and watch his first broadcast. RIP Rush. Best radio host to ever live

[@walkerdirtbikeranger3425]

Same I think I will watch all three parts

[@Fred-gi4uz]

I've rewatched all kinds of his stuff over the last few days

[@brendaorozco1203]

“DITTOS” . Rush was the Greatest of all time!

[@intheburgh4293]

big pos racist

[@jackipark9659]

There never gonna be another one like Rush.Thank you for everything you have don. RIP Rush.

[@africanconservative2897]

Thank you El Rushbo for the yrs of true conservatism you preached everyday!!💯 RIP Big Guy😢

[@filmaker256]

you mean jim

[@WalkingRoscoe]

Miss him a lot. Very brilliant man.

[@jerseymike4135]

His radio shows were riveting. I met him twice and he was as personable in private as he was in public.

[@davidaliberti5742]

I miss him too. The hate from the left after he passed shows how evil they really are.

[@chriscanada175]

The best three hours of my day are now gone. RIP Rush😇

[@ed9492]

They rerun episodes of Mr Rogers, why not Rush?

[@Solaniin]

@@ed9492 Because Mr Rogers cared about educating children to be loving and caring--not sexist and bigoted

[@TheArmchairPriest]

@@Solaniin sexist and bigoted... because you say so??? He wasnt a politician and if you took him 100% serious then you need to take a step back and look at what you do take serious. Was his sense of humour very um..... racial? Yes. Some people like racial humor because its shocking. I dont, but im also not here to rant about how “sexist” he was because the media told me he was sexist

[@Solaniin]

@@TheArmchairPriest I can share with you links to him, not any media, saying sexist jokes.

[@TheArmchairPriest]

@@Solaniin i already explained a joke is a joke. Some people think he is point blank a sexist. If you think hes just sexist for making a sexist joke then you have a different sense of humor (and i agree with you)

[@rcobb5081]

Rush Limbaugh... the fastest 3 decades in radio history.

[@luckstar4550]

Well done!

[@jondoe6273]

That statement is so true that it's profound. In contrast, the Biden presidency already fells longer than Rush's radio carreer.

[@rcobb5081]

@@jondoe6273 well said... it does

[@davidaliberti5742]

Great Comment

[@rcobb5081]

@@jondoe6273 I concur.

[@joyswartz7469]

I love you Rush. Thank you for what you did for the voice of conservatives. There will never be another one like you.

[@mikemurman334]

I LOVE. Rush LIMBABG

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@mikemurman334 Enough to learn how to spell it?

[@RyDawg084]

Rest In Peace Rush! I’m gonna miss not hearing you on the radio! What A Legend!

[@jaimemendoza5163]

He was part of my day too on the radio!

[@mikemurman334]

He was a good man. The best. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robertfury295]

Will be missed immensely. I still can’t believe it.

[@SedriqMiers]

ZzZzZzZzZzZz.

[@snail2734]

He was the GOAT

[@colleenoldham1245]

What a wonderful man . Miss him so much. RIP Rush you were loved by many!

[@alexsaitta4041]

This is a wonderful interview. When he came to NYC, he was on local radio only 10 am to 12 noon on WABC. His national show was not on WABC at first. At noon he did his national show of 56 stations and WABC was not one of them.

[@clintonmorgan5627]

Seeing him in this interview hurts!! RIP Rush. You will surely be missed!! 🙏🏾

[@tracybranch2955]

RIP Rush. We love you. You taught us well !

[@Funnyweirdediter]

He taught you to embrace the worst inside of you.

[@tracybranch2955]

@@Funnyweirdediter your words drip with self hatred and hostility. Have a nice life.

[@davidaliberti5742]

There is a lot of hate from the most tolerant left. Rush always said Democrats want to eliminate/steal elections and they finally did.

[@tracybranch2955]

@@davidaliberti5742 yes, David, they did. And, during this past year of aftermath and the serial attacks against the American people, our Constitution, ALL FROM WITHIN, STARTING AT O'BIDEN, I am glad Rush is in Heaven with our Father and does not have to witness what we are witnessing.

[@1960BobD]

He was a racist - did he teach you that or did you already know?

[@johncamp7679]

I was told growing up “we’re democrats”. I worked in Atlanta and needed to hear the traffic, only place was talk radio. Listening to Rush, I quickly realized I wasn’t a Democrat.

[@bagelj]

Me too. My father was a Roosevelt / Truman Democratic for decades until he left the party. He and I voted for Regan together. He became independent, me eventually a Republican because of Rush

[@johncamp7679]

I guess to be fair, my grandmother’s blue collar Democrat party is today’s Republican Party

[@jackipark9659]

Rush was a a very kind MAN. He sure was a gentleman.

[@nathankoroush7918]

I also learned that I was not a democrat after listening to Rush.

[@Funnyweirdediter]

@@bagelj Limbaugh never even voted for Reagan. He never voted at all until he was 36 years old.

[@smitty195]

Man, this is a real gem! This was before the country knew who he was. I love Rush----a classy guy who loves his country. I don't understand the hate that people have towards him.

[@kriswilson5305]

I realize this comment is five years old. But I've never understood that myself. The guy is massively intuitive and really strikes me as pretty fair.

[@bradfordnugen7973]

Gotta love Rush! Highly intelligent and funny.

[@whowawoo]

Rush Limbaugh is s bastard racist bigot mysognist draft dodger, welfare sucking liar. He avoided the draft because of an oozing penile cyst. He was kicked off tv on his sports analysts debut, CBS sports kicked him off because he said racist crap about Donovan McNabb on his debut. Limbaugh try to buy his way into the NFL as an owner but nobody wanted his this racist money. if Limbaugh's So loved. How come he can't ever come on television or going to public without an instant protest popping up. He has stage 4 cancer and yet still says that cigarette smoking doesn't cause cancer. now he says the coronavirus is just the common cold well tell that to those people of died of it. Coronavirus is just something to get Trump. Limbaugh put your money where your mouth is take a trip to Italy and China on the way this those "common cold", take Trump with you. Morons

[@kevinj.p.6277]

The media created lies about him and made him the boogeyman liberals are scared of.

[@strikerone6991]

@Jimmy STUDZZ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕💩

[@kathrynbraun2073]

Mr. Limbaugh a great patriot

[@victorbasta7359]

He sure was.

[@BigMikeRobinsonFJB]

@@aaa71699 he kept you and your fellow soy boys triggered. That’s one reason why.

[@kathrynbraun2073]

@@aaa71699 Rush Limbaugh defended our Founders, Framers and Constitution

[@victorbasta7359]

@@aaa71699 because he was everything the left isn’t

[@jeffreyhutchins6527]

@@aaa71699 how about you go back and listen to some of his shows and speeches and figure it out for yourself.

[@Joker-qr5se]

Man I miss Rush already.

[@fionaclong]

Me too 🥺

[@davidaliberti5742]

He knew the agenda of the left so well and exposed them. Even to this day the hate from the most tolerant left is spewed by low life's. All you have to do is read the hate on these comments

[@MrBuckoP]

RIP RUSH. Thank you for your insight.

[@trish7754]

WE LOVE YOU RUSH!! WE MISS YOU! WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. RIP RUSH

[@YA-qj8fx]

LOVE YOU, Rush! RIP.

[@slyguy752]

WE LOVE & MISS YOU RUSH. 2021

[@AStrangersBaby]

Thanks Miggs- interesting moment in time captured

[@mjwells100]

I can see that Rush was ALWAYS entertaining! He was back then just as he is now. I love listening to him.

[@cynthianolder8587]

Some folks do love being entertained by lies, and keeping their heads in the sand

[@Afurthyclays]

@@cynthianolder8587 Found the butt hurt Communist. 😎

[@reynolds8532]

I appreciate that only the right speaker plays audio... that’s how pure the message is.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

There never was until and there will never be another Rush Limbaugh. Nobody who has ever been on the air could, as I call it, "waltz with the radio" and connect with the audience like Rush could. And there is no "close second". Rush was not only "head and shoulders" above any other talk show host who has ever been or is now, he was standing full body over them. Talk radio was made for Rush, and vice-versa. G Gordon Liddy was great, as is Mark Levin. But there is only one Rush. Miss you, big guy.

[@chrisizq]

Thanks for putting this up, can't listen to Rush a lot but when I do, he's great, I highly recommend anyone to give his show a chance before you start hatin' on it.

[@fool1shmortal]

His reasoning plus grace converted me from liberalism in my freshman or sophomore year of HS. It’s tempered by my faith, such as freedom being the freedom to do what you ought, because misused freedom and godless fiscal-focused conservatism is what has produced so many spoiled kids who liked the sexual liberation preached by the Left. Their godless dystopias gets turned around by soulless liberties of other kinds and you get that vicious cycle. Rush addressed all kinds of conservatism. Thanks!

[@dobermanpac1064]

One of America’s smartest men. 31 years as #1 personality on Radio 👍🏻

[@randyhill4872]

@Trumpdumper don the con Sarcasm is the lowest form if wit.

[@gsp49]

Actually he was number 2, Savage has always edged him out.

[@garysolorzano3216]

@Trumpdumper don the con Hmmmm no. Actually that was YOU saying that. Moron.

[@ronaldallen1252]

@@gsp49 not even close. Rush hands down. Savage is a scared old man that loves to hear his own voice.

[@gsp49]

@@ronaldallen1252 I'm going by the Nielsen survey ratings. Seems like Rush was the one that told me this. It doesn't really matter because they were both conservatives who got along. No division or Democrats hate and power tripping. I know I listened to Savage more because his show came on at prime time at night, not after dinner when I was at work.

[@carlosmedrano7005]

Rush is a brilliant person.

[@KrunchyTheClown78]

Brilliant at being a fraud, and spreading propaganda. It's why no one listens to him anymore.

[@blainjones2372]

+Krunchy The Clown tens of millions people in cluding millions mor

[@blainjones2372]

+Krunchy The Clown tens of millions of people in the states and millions more around the world.

[@redfish9809]

Carlos Medrano what???

[@redfish9809]

Krunchy The Clown 20 million people, do

[@ladyusa6647]

Thanks so much for making this available

[@robertdelaloye7865]

Such a truly sad day.

[@iantheorem]

It’s quite ironic how the guy in the yellow shirt has the appearance and overall looks of Rush’s former persona of Jim Morrison and this is Rush’s supposed first TV appearance, or so they say. It’s as though metaphorically his old self is saying goodbye and welcoming the new persona onboard.

[@hendo337]

All the talk about music, the guy mocks his name a couple times, "Rush" says "They warned me about you." After the first time. He's very animated and does voices, he deflects when asked if interested in acting... It's Jim.

[@bobbymata5515]

Glad you caught that too! 💯

[@yvotyme]

I love you Rush! you are the best!

[@vinthony24hourcinema67]

Thanks to the BEST.

[@davidcross701]

Wow... stuff I've never seen from Rush... Rest in peace patriot!♥

[@1960BobD]

He was no patriot

[@ronaldallen1252]

@@1960BobD sounds like you’re mad that you e been wrong you’re whole life and you hate your parents. Rush was a better man than any leftist you might idolize.

[@dougcollison1213]

Thanks for posting....RIP Rush!

[@davidaliberti5742]

Miss you already RUSH. The loan from God was called In. Heaven needed you. R.I.P.

[@troyevitt2437]

Right, because making fun of AIDS patients and sexist remarks about women epitomize the teachings of Jesus Christ. "Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord".....not.

[@davidaliberti5742]

Jesus loves you even though you have hate in your heart.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

@@troyevitt2437 Exactly. Rush made bigotry & hated of women great again. I remember when he called Sandra Fluke a slut. I was actually glad bc I always knew that conservatives were misogynists. But they only whispered the rape jokes & disgusting comments in private where women had to listen. Rush’s celebration of that attitude at showed us all what they were really like. It was no surprise that they loved and elected a man who boasted about being a sexual predator. Perhaps Rush & Roger Ailes are both in the same circle of hell.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

@@davidaliberti5742 WRONG- only when you repent & as far as I knew, Rush was proud of being a woman hater.

[@davidaliberti5742]

So much love from the most tolerant. Let's Go Brandon!

[@donaldhamilton5345]

Thank you God for lending Rush to us . Do you have a golden microphone up there ?

[@alexmaverick6647]

He left it in Hell where Rush is lol

[@Lmddrs02]

@@alexmaverick6647 You must have a very boring life to search out all Rush videos just so you can make lame comments.

[@NCVETTEMAN]

@@alexmaverick6647 Apparently up is down in your world. It must suck when one man exposes decades of liberal lies. The golden EIB microphone is in daily use by Heaven's anchor man. Have fun explaining the millions of aborted lives on judgement day.

[@coolmomization]

I miss Rush every single day.

[@captainemeritus5927]

I miss Rush everyday at 12:06 pm. GOD bless and keep you, Rushbo.

[@johncarter1137]

One of the most humble and caring persons in private life. His on screen personality was created to annoy a certain segment of our population.

[@synon9m]

An overnight success 20 years in the making

[@carrollgraham9133]

The voice of Reason.... See you on the other side Rush.

[@goldenoak8164]

Rush you are your own man. We loved you then and we love you as much now.

[@ClassicRock-SER]

Pray for Rush’s Health and Complete Healing 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️🙌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼✝️💪🏼

[@tumbleweed576]

Miss you Rush ~ You’re still the man ~

[@eddiekulp1241]

Listened to rush for years, liberals hated him because he exposed there B.S. rest in peace

[@themartialartsapproach8786]

It's amazing how much BS he spewed in his career, but as long as it's in line with the conservative mind set, they don't care. They're quick to eat up anything that says the other side is the only one full of crap, no matter what part of it is true or not.

[@Lmddrs02]

@@themartialartsapproach8786 You've either never listened to him longer than a minute or you don't like to hear common sense truths. #rushlimbaughforever

[@themartialartsapproach8786]

@@Lmddrs02 I could make a comparable claim about you. I think you and I naturally have different world views through which we process incoming info. I might not understand how you reach your conclusions, and vice versa, but it's just the way the world works. It's largely a roll of the dice.

[@johnadams9044]

God bless Rush Limbaugh.

[@newill7732]

Thanks for the great interview with the great one.

[@jeffersonfjeld]

RIP Rush... You will be missed.

[@scottbrown7497]

I miss this the 80s

[@DuaneHHLyon]

Rush..🐐.

[@CBR1000RRPilot]

RIP Rush

[@CoCojoy420]

Rush plays the interviewer like a fiddle, Rush changed roles, made the interviewer look good.

[@PEPEdela110]

Rush... all-energy. dude with the hair... no-energy

[@jamesjmh]

@Glenn Beck Here's a link to a youtube video of Miggs from last year- kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqqzomapbtmlptE

[@dannoagent8688]

The hair guy could never make it on Commercial TV or radio. You only find him on public TV

[@vegansaxon3962]

I work at a big auto parts warehouse and most of the young employees walk around like they are members of the half dead club.

[@vegansaxon3962]

@Glenn Beck I agree with your assessment and have thought the same because they act so arrogant and almost every one of them are always playing loud rap music in their cars....the "new" southern boys even listen to it in their trucks..its like some kind of zombie plague or Invasion of the body snatchers

[@bradsmack1]

@Glenn Beck "Woke" is the new studied indifference.

[@willettej7988]

I loved him and am terribly sad. No one like him.

[@BudsCartoon]

I still tell people, "If you didn't speak English, you could still enjoy his show." Besides the content, the voice, the pacing, the pauses. It's so relaxing and inviting. Not many men can occupy a microphone alone for hours. I am a HUGE talk radio fan. When I'm in the bay, I'll listen to 800am (liberal) if the host is good. Rarely is though. Now I can only listen to RedBar Radio.

[@rw4022]

I absolutely love Rush!!!

[@jaimemendoza5163]

Get well soon Rush!

[@Jaydog11]

Rip to Rush

[@swami1]

There’s a gaping hole in the day now, from 12:07 to 3PM. RIP, Rush.

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

I think that's going to be hardest to get used to.

[@jonburrows2684]

And marks accent drives me nuts

[@hendo337]

I never heard of Rush until the winter of 1992, there was something about the guy, I can't believe he was the proto Alex Jones and was Jim Morrison.

[@danielwanner8708]

2 professionals at work . One doing it so much better with less to no effort , it just comes naturally to him .

[@charleyfolkes]

What a guy. Radio royalty, the Winston Churchill of America .. lightning in a bottle. We love you Rush. Thanks for what you did.

[@publikenemi49]

This vid is a great find. As a guy from CT who’s seen this state slide left for last 30 years , this is amazing to see - A public radio guy who gives major credit to , and admires Rush ? Wow !

[@alanrosenberg8770]

Rush Limbaugh kicks butt with one hand behind his back. Been listening to your brilliance since 1992. We will always have your back.

[@gocolts82]

Thanks, seshwondo, this comes up now when searching for Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer! Ha!

[@matthewparsons1497]

Chuck Fletcher Hah! You are so right. We need a side by side comparison.

[@amandabeadle6982]

Stupid people

[@lonnieledford]

I value those on the left. They are a constant reminder of why being a Conservative is so much fun. I ❤ The United States of America! Faith. Family. Friends. Flag. Firearms. #LonnieLedford #rushlimbaugh

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I'm on the left and I believe in those things you mentioned too

[@frankdiscussion2069]

Freedom

[@ckendall67]

Right, having xenophobic and racist views on the radio is so much 'fun'. :-\

[@horsepower2011]

@@ckendall67 why are here?

[@lonnieledford]

@@ckendall67 damn, that's dumb. #BidenVoters

[@nicolasvaraspianista2611]

Thank u jimbo

[@jake1776]

Visited his grave recently. I miss you Rush!

[@Aaron-cy6pu]

Rushbo ❤️

[@MultiJimmyb]

Wow, never saw any Rush from the eighties. I think this was his first year on radio with his own show.

[@baseballmomof8]

MultiJimmyb he had his own show in Sacramento from 85-88. We had him to ourselves.... it was tough losing him to the nation.... but a blessing to the country.

[@mrs.schmenkman]

He tore it up here. We FINALLY had someone to speak what we thought!

[@timhallas4275]

Hell, I remember when Rush was a radio DJ in McKeesport Pa.

[@MrTruth76]

Let’s make #PanacurC #RushLimbaugh trend! Get well.

[@anthonybatulis6516]

Somebody said Rush was the Babe Ruth of talk radio. I completely agree.

[@murphy6424]

Rip Rush 💔🙏

[@clarkbutts2210]

Rush limbaugh in heaven now with Jesus he will be missed

[@themartialartsapproach8786]

God created everybody and has a grand plan. He's omnipotent. He hates most people he created, however, and Rush got that. They were close buddies, he and God. They've got some reach-around catching up to do for sure.

[@stevenhuckaby2902]

A very valuable American Icon

[@Oldfatbastard57]

In your heart you know he’s right

[@jimwerther]

Yesterday YT suggested Rush's "60 Minutes" interview from 1991. Rush must have put on 100 lbs between 1988 and 1991.

[@jarmyvicious]

Salut Miggs, Thank You so much for this awesome upload! ....I think both You and Rush would make a great team in the "real world", but perhaps not this current place, of this falsified realm, era of history, ruled by a skewed divergence of time. May I be so forward to request your opinion on a matter, some "in the know" would rather laugh at my ridiculous query than let loose the honest answer.... So here goes; Do you know of any particular cases of persons famous that are daid to have "passed away", only to return to familiarity, but under a new name and a wholly different persona? Have you noticed this sort of thing in your worldly dealings to address the question and add any depth of plausibility? Cheers and Blessings, MIGGS! Be well!

[@alanbourbeau24]

Rush Limbaugh, born 1/12/1951. Died 2/17/2021. A well respected conservative radio talk show host. When I first heard that he died, I was deeply emotionally hurt and upset. And even though I'm not a registered Republican voter. I'm now a registered independent voter who might consider voting for any Republican candidate for any political office position. State Governor, President, Town Mayor or State Senator. The State I live in is CT and truth to be told, It has become too Liberal. But if a Republican candidate were to run for State governor of CT, I would gladly vote for that candidate and the same thing for President. As for you Rush Limbaugh, Rest In Peace. You'll be dearly missed. And I would like to point out that I have two of his books that inspired me. 1. The way things ought to be. 2. See I told you so.

[@1028dianemarie]

Rush Love of my life 💜💜💜

[@mychan3734]

RUSHFOREVER 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@toamataafa9463]

Get well soon Rush👈🙏🙏👍

[@bobbymata5515]

Jim Morrison is Rush Limbaugh

[@xander7ful]

Thanks Miggs for posting this interview. The thing I miss about Rush's program are the various updates set to music: the FemiNazis, the Environmentalist Whackos etc. I don't remember the Homeless Updates. I don't necessarily agree with his politics but he used to be a good entertainer.

[@hendo337]

You can really tell it's Jim Morrison.

[@guidosanchez5695]

Amazin'!

[@jeremyreagan9085]

Interesting 1988 what exciting eara.

[@stevestrickland7314]

willing to bet i was one of rush's first 100 fans .. he was broadcasting from sacramento at the time... was only a 2 hr show then i was running loads up and down 15 out salt lake at the time and am radio was about the only thing i could get

[@vincentvango5338]

Yes...going to miss your intellect..your truth...but mostly for me your wit ! Eat your heart out Howard Stern ! RIP RUSH.

[@matrixkernel]

I liked listening to him in high school. I didn’t agree with everything he said, but he had personality and was interesting.

[@roborob767]

"Talent on loan from God"

[@michelemarie8346]

Yes! I forgot that! Thank u for sharing!

[@TaxTheChurches.]

He went out into the real world-sports. You can’t get more real than sports.

[@Khultan]

At that time in 1980, I was an adolescent northern California kid, I never heard of Rush Limbaugh. That wouldn't happen until way into the 21st century.

[@markc5771]

He looks like he's in his mid to late forties here. But he's only 36 ?

[@YA-qj8fx]

I think Rush looked better as he aged.

[@bonnie.comwhite6223]

Jim , is at peace .

[@spacecatholmes6460]

Lol look at that hair!!! Fuck yes.

[@bobsaget7659]

my left ear enjoyed that

[@MikeHunt-dt2dz]

Talent on loan from God!!!

[@bluefeatherlf7992]

Ditto heads remember he was a patriot first. He never sought to divide us. Divided we are doomed. United we have a chance.

[@barbarabudden7811]

I hope to meet you Rush, in