Michael Savage doesn’t like Larry David
Driving home from work yesterday, I caught a few minutes of Michael Savage’s radio show, as sometimes happens as I spin around the dial while sitting in traffic. (It’s a long story… the radio stations in DC have changed so much in recent years; I think the station used to be all-sports years ago and it’s still saved in my car radio pre-sets…)
Anywho… I sometimes will stop for a few minutes to see about which “socialist-fascist-Maoist clown” Savage is warning his listeners at the top of his lungs, and I was a little taken aback to find out that — this week — it’s Larry David, co-creator of “Seinfeld” and star of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Per Savage, Larry David is not only hell-bent on destroying traditional American culture, but his so-called “humor” would make Hitler smile. Strong stuff indeed…
Here — in particular — is what set Savage off yesterday on such a tirade (the first scene in the bathroom is the key scene, the rest you can skip; it wasn’t the greatest episode of “Curb” — a little manic, silly and forced…):
And here is Savage’s reaction to it (edited together with a nice montage of illustrative photos from a helpful YouTube user):
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Mike has for a long time had a problem with Larry David via Seinfeld. He has said it has self-hating Jewish humor. With the exception of some of the gross content, I always thought it was funny, but then I’m not Jewish.
After hearing a decade and a half of Savage complaining about being spoiled by his mother, and abused by his father (aka hard work cleaning patina off his dad’s antiques as a youth), I often wondered if the dynamic between George and his parents didn’t somehow hit a nerve.
A scene from “The Fire” epsidode comes to mind:
“We see a flashback of George at seven, sitting in front of a birthday cake with a shocked expression on his face, while Frank and Estelle scream at him:
FRANK: Blow out the candles! Blow out the candles, I said! Blow out the damn candles!
ESTELLE: Stop it, Frank! You’re killing him!”
How I would love to see the a film of some of those same kind of moments
Michael himself has described, such as sitting down to many a Ma Savage provided Steak, French Fry and Ice Cream dinner in front of the TV only to have his father come home and tell his mother he’s spoiling (killing?) him!
I haven’t seen what set Michael off on Mr. David this time, but considering some of the other TV garbage he complains about, yet continues to watch, like The Sopranos on HBO, I wouldn’t put much stock in his most recent tirade.
If Mike was really worried about filth, he wouldn’t have often bragged on attending Hollywood Star parties at his own son Russell’s multi-million dollar Rock Star Mansion then described the young women attendees like they were at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion.