Rush Limbaugh's first TV interview from 1988 - Part 2 of 3

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

[@rubbersole79]

It's apparent to me that one of these dudes is a born "on air personality". RIP El Rushbo. You were really something.

[@Butcherguitars]

wow 6 hours of prep. whether you like him or not his work ethics and energy is inspirational

[@lonnieweddington2883]

It is very strange knowing Rush is gone and won't ever be back. The "big voice" is silent now and the "talent on loan from God" has sadly been recalled. Rush is sorely missed and has left some huge shoes to fill.

[@cheriangel60]

I have mourned everyday, since he passed, at 11:00.... I feel lost without him.😔 He is heaven now, RIP Rush.😇🙏

[@lonnieweddington2883]

@@cheriangel60 it's almost like losing a family member. A loss that will be felt for a very long time.

[@michaelweil824]

RIP, Rush. :'-(

[@lernwithgern]

Great from the beginning. RIP, El Rushbo

[@mrchapman2540]

Loved you.... and miss you Rush

[@65TossTrap]

Rush you liberated the airwaves !!!

[@slyguy752]

LOVE YOU RUSH 2021

[@Chile2011]

8:27 I miss Rush );

[@Srd1126]

This is almost 20 years old yet Rush still lays out the same premise. He is there to entertain and people like that. Air America failed because it just wanted to be oppisite of conservative radio. The best thing he ever said was why he is successful--that as a DJ you have to make people listen besides by playing records which anyone can do. Probably why he developed such a magnetic personality.

[@middlefinger1565]

Products of that hot mess Air America include Al Franken, Rachel Maddow and Stephanie Miller. One of them is a failed U.S. Senator and the other is a blowhard cable TV host that Christians on BOTH the left & right really dislike.

[@oefvetx2973]

Rush was a radio talk show icon before he knew he was, way back to his DJ days. RIP Rush. We love and miss you.

[@tmaddrummer]

Get well Rush.... God Bless You! Thank you Miggssb.... Thanks and Blessings!!!

[@mikemurman334]

Get well RUSH! Limbaugh

[@vee1126]

miss you rush ❤️🥺

[@rebeccathomas6613]

RIP Rush!

[@MacDragard]

Wow, you can tell this is old. Rush now does do interviews (on occassion) and has Open Line Friday.

[@patc6146]

radio legend

[@middlefinger1565]

Hey look everybody...it's MTV original VJ Mark Goodman's long lost twin brother 😂😂

[@alexsaitta4041]

This is 1988, so it must be December of 1988 because it was just before his Jan 12 birthday. He was only on NY radio only a few months at this point and already his show was taking off. His local show was 10 am to 12 noon WABC only. Then he did the national show from 12 noon to 2 pm, and that was not on WABC.

[@marinevetoneroman7232]

Rush was actually funny....

[@ashlostdastash767]

Definitely Jim Morrison. Big coincidence that the guy interviewing him looks similar to what Jim morrison looked like when he was young.

[@spideranansi929]

Jim Morrison died on 1971. Rush and Jim were 2 different guys. Facial features are totally different.

[@whoknowsidont.5147]

Its my birthday, right now.....did you hear that Rush.. oh is it. Ok moving on

[@trish7754]

LOL! That was funny.

[@whoknowsidont.5147]

Ole RUSHARD, GOT TO LOVE'EM and now unfortunately we have to miss HIM. I SAY BETTER TO HAVE LOVE LIVED AND LEARNED FROM OLE RUSHARD THAN TO HAVE NEVER GOTTEN TO AT ALL. WWW.USALL.LOVE RIP great one

[@jimmorrison9974]

No part 3?

[@michaelweil824]

"Mine's today (birthday)..." January 3rd?

[@myongsun1]

Not true! Not his first. Limbaugh appeared at least twice on "TV Lite", KCRA in Sacramento, in 1987.

[@keithwilson5229]

Of course he incorporates music into his program... that was his former profession after all....

[@carsondyle6116]

Rush Limbaugh being interviewed by the SNL Phil Hartman Character Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.

[@colinburroughs9871]

that look at 6:15/6:16- if life were a bit more fair, that'd be an all time meme

[@Garret00074]

This may be the most honest I've ever seen Rush. Obviously he thought no one was watching. He's compelling the 'nut jobs' to call!

[@Garret00074]

Not really. He's admitting in this interview that he says things not always because he believes them but to get people to react. I listen to him a bit as well.

[@TM_Stone]

The interviewer is about as energetic as a 100 year old woman.

[@miggsb]

You flatter me. I was a 110 year old woman at the time. Now, after years of injecting Oil of Olay and various hormones, I pass quite well as a handsome and frisky 98 year old man.

[@middlefinger1565]

I thought the host interviewing RL was MTV original VJ Mark Goodman.

[@adamsmith3413]

Rush is carrying the show....

[@Mark-kq6ch]

Wow, was he dead wrong about Gorbachev...I guess it's that 0.02% of the time that he's wrong...

[@billkeithchannel]

And Alex Jones put "visual radio" on the map.

[@spideranansi929]

Not sure why some people believe that Jim Morrison became Rush???

[@FacePaster]

how long did that vow never to mock people's ethnicity or religion last?

[@derrickbanes]

FacePaster 30 years since this interview and 5 years since you made this comment. when did mock?

[@mrt110883]

@@derrickbanes Recalling a stint as an `insult-radio` DJ in Pittsburgh, he admits feeling guilty about, for example, telling a black listener he could not understand to `take that bone out of your nose and call me back.` - Gehr, Richard (October 8, 1990). "Mouth At Work". Newsday. p. 4

[@Fred-gi4uz]

His whole career

[@marthaemery8402]

This interviewer was terrible

[@123rockfan]

Rush is a self professed Christian who was obsessed with only rich people calling into his show. Classy

[@Fred-gi4uz]

Apparently you never listened, play me one program where the caller was asked how much money they had during a call just one, im not gonna hold my breath because I know you cant

[@ashton564]

Two scoops of stupid in this comment.

[@123rockfan]

@@ashton564 have to admit, my comment was an exaggeration, in an interview Rush Limbaugh bragged about how his callers are usually rich republicans. He just sounded really elitist and out of touch. Jesus wasn’t exactly fond of the rich. Which is why I made my original comment. So my comment is not “two scoops of stupid”. Still has a grain of truth.

[@middlefinger1565]

@@123rockfan Lol Shove it, bub! Rush Limbaugh was being sarcastic.

[@123rockfan]

@@middlefinger1565 Lol “shove it bub”. Haven’t heard that one in a while. He may have been sarcastic I guess. But he’s said so many other dumb things it’s hard to count. And it’s funny how my comment made a good point about the philosophy of Jesus and you completely were triggered by that. It’s like conservatives actually don’t like the real teachings of Jesus