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Tom Leykis is back LIVE at 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern on Monday, 4/2

Started by Marc.Knight, March 29, 2012, 12:49:59 AM


Eddie Coyle


             I'd use to crank call him all the time when he was WRKO in Boston nearly 20 years ago. He had a little incident involving a domestic dispute with one of his ex-wives after a Christmas party. Pretty much ended his career here.

          I used to tape him saying "outrageous" things (calling people "dicks") and then call his show as "Tommy from Boston" and then play the tape of him...he'd get pissed at his producer for letting "that a-hole through"

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on March 29, 2012, 12:58:56 AM
          I used to tape him saying "outrageous" things (calling people "dicks") and then call his show as "Tommy from Boston" and then play the tape of him...he'd get pissed at his producer for letting "that a-hole through"




that shit makes me laugh

fysisist

A few years ago when Leykis was on in the LA market on a now defunct (I think) FM talk station, there was another show called Conway & Whitman.  Brian Whitman did a spot-on Leykis impression, which apparently irritated the beJesus out of Leykis and they had a big on the air fight over it.  It was all really quite entertaining.  What we need is for Noory to interview Leykis and Whitman on C2C, that would be worth listening to.


Frys Girl

Quote from: fysisist on March 29, 2012, 01:03:03 PM
A few years ago when Leykis was on in the LA market on a now defunct (I think) FM talk station, there was another show called Conway & Whitman.  Brian Whitman did a spot-on Leykis impression, which apparently irritated the beJesus out of Leykis and they had a big on the air fight over it.  It was all really quite entertaining.  What we need is for Noory to interview Leykis and Whitman on C2C, that would be worth listening to.
Ahhh yes I remember this. By the way, the station you're referring to was part of the CBS radio FREE empire. When that station shut down it took Adam Corrolla with it.... He's moved on and succeeded in the podcast market though.


venkman71

Quote from: fysisist on March 29, 2012, 01:03:03 PM
A few years ago when Leykis was on in the LA market on a now defunct (I think) FM talk station, there was another show called Conway & Whitman.  Brian Whitman did a spot-on Leykis impression, which apparently irritated the beJesus out of Leykis and they had a big on the air fight over it.  It was all really quite entertaining.  What we need is for Noory to interview Leykis and Whitman on C2C, that would be worth listening to.

97.1 La's FM talk station!

Leykis became a caricature of himself by the time that station mercifully went down. For my money, Conway and Steckler were a THOUSAND times funnier. When Whitman came in all they did was recycle bits from when Steckler was on the show.
I'm not sure why Doug Steckler left the show but I know the downfall started when that little dick-biscuit Ricky rackman took a swing at him.

For you fellow radio buffs, that was a golden time in talk radio. The rundown went like this,...

Howard till noon.

Johnny B rebroadcast, (from his show in Chicago on "The Loop"), till three.

Leykis from Three to Six

Conway and Steckler from six to nine.

And Art-Goddam-Bell from 10-2.

wash-rinse-repeat,...for like,....four years from sunup to sundown and it was AWESOME.

You could hear radios in our cubicles at Disney all simulcasting and all of us pissing ourselves laughing,....and then it aaaaaaalllll fell apart.

Howard went to Sirius and started phoning it in,...

Johnny B was replaced by "The Triplets" aka Heidi Frosty and Frank,.....just saying their names makes me wanna kick a kitten through an electric fan,... >:(

We can thank 98.7 in LA for indirectly saddling us with that lot,...spinning off from that God-awful Jamie-Frosty and Frank in which Heidi was the weather girl. They shit-canned Frosty and Frank, they took Heidi with them and put Danny Bonaducce on with Jamie,...all unlistenable.

Leykis became a pandering, abusive, abrasive, (even more so), 800lb gorilla.

Steckler is replaced with Whitman on the Conway and Steckler show and the worst part of all,....

Art Bell retires.

It aaaaaalllll fell apart at once. From Camelot to Mordor in five easy steps. :(

"Take me out JFK junior-style, Tom!" I guess we can look forward to more of that horseshit or the opposite,..."Take me out Selena-style, Tom!"

"Uh,...we don't do that here, Mike!" (hangs up)

Ah Tom's selective offending,......pander, pander, pander to your target demographic in your particular region.

I used to love him but he lost his way hard. Maybe he'll freshen up for his comeback.

Marc.Knight

Quote from: venkman71 on March 30, 2012, 08:54:56 AM
Leykis became a pandering, abusive, abrasive, (even more so), 800lb gorilla.

I think now he will be the 1000lb gorilla without FCC regulation.  We need more brazen entertainment to counteract some of the rampant PC taking over our everyday lives.  Good for ole Leykis.

venkman71

Where is he doing his show from/with? I couldn't really see anything on his site, (though I have not had coffee yet and I could be missing it), if you say it's without FCC it can only be satellite or podcast.

Either way, it'll be interesting to hear him unchained. Wonder if his voice has gotten any better?

I long for the old days. Why is Art in retirement? He HAS to be bored. HAS to BE!

MV/Liberace!

Quote from: M. Knight on March 30, 2012, 09:34:25 AM
I think now he will be the 1000lb gorilla without FCC regulation. 


the fcc isn't the problem, nor has it been in the last decade.  the problem broadcasters face is public interest groups who pressure their advertisers to bail and who pressure the corporations who employ broadcasters to fire them.

Eddie Coyle

Quote from: venkman71 on March 30, 2012, 10:13:49 AM


Why is Art in retirement? He HAS to be bored. HAS to BE!
His wife is 40 years younger than he...why do I suspect he isn't bored.

venkman71

Damn your logic.

"I reject your reality and freely substitute my own!"

fysisist

Quote from: venkman71 on March 30, 2012, 08:54:56 AM
97.1 La's FM talk station!

Leykis became a caricature of himself by the time that station mercifully went down. For my money, Conway and Steckler were a THOUSAND times funnier. When Whitman came in all they did was recycle bits from when Steckler was on the show.
I'm not sure why Doug Steckler left the show but I know the downfall started when that little dick-biscuit Ricky rackman took a swing at him.


Yeah that's it, 97.1 FM Talk.  I caught probably the last 2 yrs of Conway & Steckler.  That absolutely was a funny-ass show.  Now, Steckler comes on Conway's show on KFI on Friday nights, as you probably already know.  I no longer live in SoCal but I got so accustomed to Conway & whoever that I have continued to stream his KFI show over the years.  Conway & Whitman had their moments, mostly around Whitman's apparent insecurity, depression and OCD tendencies, but it did get monotonous after awhile.  But Whitman did some spot-on impressions, you have to admit.  I never cared much for Leykis and his misogynistic rants and arrogant jackass persona, not my cup o' tea. 

venkman71

Oh ABSOLUTELY.
I have zero problem with Whitman. He is very talented but it was kinda like Kirstie Alley coming in for Shelly Long or Dick Sargent replacing Dick York, (I mean, REALLY, how did Samantha not notice?).

I was just partial to Steckler and the way he would scream, "Awwwww,....EFFFF!!!!!!" when he got insanely mad. He was a good egg. My kind of intelligent/funny.

That being said,....Whitman does amazing impressions and is a very funny cat. His Leykis isn't bad but Hendrie still holds the Leykis-bashing crown with his comb-over boy routine.

"We have a hip young show..................(endless pause),.................the problem is,.......(endless pause),.......................I'm fifty-two!"

I would bust my shit laughing riding home from work.

I have to agree with you on Leykis. There used to be a real person in there. In the early days he was political and funny like early Bill Maher and the great St. George Carlin. He was provocative in the truest sense of the medium and peppered in the occasional "battle of the sexes" stuff.
Then he flipped and it was 24 hours of,...

"HOW much do you weigh?"

"135, Tom!"

"And you're HOW tall?"

"Five foot thre-"

"You're FAT dear!"

"Spit or swallow?"

"Pink or Brown?"

Are you kidding me? I mean, there's a place for that but after a while, Leykis 101 and Flash Friday just started to go over like a fart in a hurricane.

And for the record, not ONE CHICK flashed me during the four years I drove around every Goddam Friday with my lights on!

..................stoopid Leykis,....*wanders away muttering*

MV/Liberace!

also, the "flash friday" concept was lifted from opie and anthony's "whip 'em out wednesday."  leykis just thought nobody would notice his theft of their concept since he's on the opposite coast.  dummy.

fysisist

Quote from: venkman71 on March 30, 2012, 08:39:37 PM

And for the record, not ONE CHICK flashed me during the four years I drove around every Goddam Friday with my lights on!

..................stoopid Leykis,....*wanders away muttering*

Really?? That sucks.  I would often cruise around Orange County on Friday afternoons, you know, because I had nothing better to do, top down, Leykis blaring on my Bose 11 speaker sound system (not radio... a SOUND SYSTEM), HID Xenon headlights on high beam, sluts with enormous breasts virtually all around me, some asking me to sign their racks...  Well, actually that didn't happen, but from the callers it sounded like it was going on all over SoCal, so I figured maybe I was just on the wrong freeway. 

Frys Girl

Quote from: fysisist on April 03, 2012, 01:28:46 PM
Really?? That sucks.  I would often cruise around Orange County on Friday afternoons, you know, because I had nothing better to do, top down, Leykis blaring on my Bose 11 speaker sound system (not radio... a SOUND SYSTEM), HID Xenon headlights on high beam, sluts with enormous breasts virtually all around me, some asking me to sign their racks...  Well, actually that didn't happen, but from the callers it sounded like it was going on all over SoCal, so I figured maybe I was just on the wrong freeway.
Leykis was a good scammer. I felt sorry for guys who followed his "method." It was a fantasy/entertainment and it worked for a while, but it got so old. I also heard that he may be gay.

venkman71

QuoteWell, actually that didn't happen, but from the callers it sounded like it was going on all over SoCal, so I figured maybe I was just on the wrong freeway.

LOL! You and me BOTH.

Hey Fry's girl,....I'd heard that implied by some of his detractors as well and with the way he hates on women it wouldn't surprise me but that Leykis 101 bullshit is nothing but Jerry Springer radio. It can be provocative sometimes and even hysterical on a good day with the right vibe and, (God forbid), a few unscreened callers but after a while it was just the same old shit,...

"Never pay more than forty dollars for a dinner date"

"Always order a salad because women will never eat more than the man"

Blah, blah, blah. Every Friday got to be the same thing and that's fine dating advice if you're in LA and looking for a one night stand after dropping shitloads of X in some nightclub in Silverlake but for anyone who wants a relationship that lasts more than one rotation and doesn't need penicillin afterward "The professor's" advice, (which he does NOT seem to follow himself), is useless.

Those were some damn fun radio days though,....

Oh,...and here's some ancient history,...

TOM LEYKIS PART 3

Eddie Coyle

Quote from: Frys Girl on April 03, 2012, 05:25:29 PM
I also heard that he may be gay.

              That would be the worst thing to happen to them since Andrew Cunanan,and possibly worse than AIDS.
             


BigDave

Leykis is a hateful nutball spouting psychotic s*it about Conservatives and Republicans in general >:(

MV/Liberace!

Quote from: BigDave on September 17, 2012, 11:32:27 AM
Leykis is a hateful nutball spouting psychotic s*it about Conservatives and Republicans in general >:(


i know nothing about leykis' politics, but i DO know he couldn't get laid by a $2 whore with a $100 bill... yet he insists on presenting himself as some "love 'em and leave 'em" player who knows how to "handle" women.  i'll bet this guy masturbates to gay pornography while gently weeping.

Eddie Coyle

Quote from: MV on September 19, 2012, 11:30:35 PM

i know nothing about leykis' politics, but i DO know he couldn't get laid by a $2 whore with a $100 bill... yet he insists on presenting himself as some "love 'em and leave 'em" player who knows how to "handle" women.  i'll bet this guy masturbates to gay pornography while gently weeping.
He looks like a product of a sperm donation between Elton John and Corky..and Ian Punnett and Louie Anderson. When he talks about "chicks", it's cringe worthy.

            When he was in Boston in '93, he had a little incident after a Christmas Party involving his wife being thrown into a fireplace. Basically ended his gig...but did shock the populace by the revelation he actually appeared to have a heterosexual relationship.

Frys Girl

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on September 19, 2012, 11:50:07 PM
          looks like a product of a sperm donation between Elton John and Corky..and Ian Punnett and Louie Anderson. When he talks about "chicks", it's cringe worthy.
Spot on and funny. Leykis is a slob. However, he found a way to make a living out of it for a short time.


I remember he used to brag about having mansions and ferraris all because he makes chicks pay for their own drinks. What an idiot. lol.

Eddie Coyle

Quote from: Frys Girl on September 22, 2012, 08:12:53 AM
Spot on and funny. Leykis is a slob. However, he found a way to make a living out of it for a short time.


I remember he used to brag about having mansions and ferraris all because he makes chicks pay for their own drinks. What an idiot. lol.
I haven't heard him in years, but I was also amazed that anybody would fall for his schtick, especially once you see him. It's revenge of the nerd, he probably was a virgin at 26, was laughed at/ignored by ALL women...then he got semi-famous and he turned the tables. What a creep.

Tom Leykis is back LIVE at 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern on Monday, 4/2

And he still sucks. I can only take so much woman-banging talk before I need something of substance. The only thing that made his terrestrial program work for me was the haters who called. Now that he's streaming, it's mostly Tom Leykis sycophants. Furthermore, Leykis tends to lift his material from other successful hosts. Money Monday is a blatant ripoff of the Dave Ramsey Show.

Blinko

I can remember listening to Tom Leykis when he was hosting the standard political talk show. He would introduce some current event...some topic perhaps give his opinion on it then introduce a guest or open up the lines for callers and discuss.

It was pretty boring.

Then he created the Persona he became famous for.

It was worse.

I'd rather listen to Snoory than Leykis. I'd rather listen to Saul Kripke give a four hour lecture than listen to Leykis...

But I dont take him too seriously , it is just an act.


Eddie Coyle

Quote from: TheGrimCreeper1 on November 03, 2012, 09:50:30 PM
I think this video parody pretty much sums it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwjEN70nLwM

        That's Phil at his best. He hasn't done a live "comb over boy" in ages(that I know of)...it's like his C2C bits. Brutally funny.

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