> > It actually started before Downey. E.g., Joe Pyne on TV and Long John
>Nebel
>> and Barry Farber on radio, but I guess they were all pretty genteel by
>> today's standards.
>>
>> Carl
>
>In the late-80s, I was a regular on Farber's nightly radio show in NY. He's
>pretty right-wing and could get testy, but overall he was quite considerate
>and polite.
>
>He used to taunt me in that Southern voice -- "Deeeennnis! Ronald Reagan's
>president and you can't staaaand it!"
>
>"No, I can't, Barry," was my only comeback.
Oddly enough, Barry's daughter Celia is a good friend of Alexander Cockburn's daughter Daisy.
Doug