Mancow
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Mancow is the stage name of Eric Muller, a former "shock jock" from Chicago who has since claimed his "shock" bits were not his idea and he was forced by management to do them. He now tries to pass himself off as a conservative talk host, similar to Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, and is trying to get other shock jocks off the air. Following comments made by Homeless Charlie on The Opie and Anthony Show, Mancow has appeared on a number of shows calling for their firing.
Fun Facts
- Jim Norton once appeared on Mancow's show in the late 1990s. He pretended to be a rapist for a bit where Mancow tried to come off as a do-gooder, even though the entire bit was staged.
- Mancow plagiarized the famous Opie and Anthony "WOW" campaign with his own bit, titled "Whip It Out Wednesday".
- Was a dick to Patrice Oneal in February 2006 when he hung up on Patrice while he was doing plugs for his VH1 Show Web Junk 20.
- When O&A were fired for the Sex for Sam 3 stunt, Mancow was outspokenly critical of the duo in a number of media outlets, going so far as to post a scathing article about them in Newsmax. A link to the article can be found at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/8/28/23841.shtml .
- Was kicked off his flagship station in Chicago and now broadcasts to a small number of (mostly) insignificant markets. O&A did a bit based on this where they discuss what goes on in "Mancow Country" - which sounded similar to Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might Be a Redneck" routine.
- Mancow's phone screener tells callers to say "Mancow, love you. Love your show." when they get on the air with him.
- After an interview with Inside Radio where Mancow trashed O&A, Anthony called into the show and tried to confront Mancow on air (March 29, 2007). Anthony's call went through, and he started by discussing a serious topic with him before trying to reveal who he was. Mancow described Anthony's call as "brilliant", addressed his topic, and hung up on him before Anthony had a chance to reveal himself and confront him. What made this even worse was the fact that Anthony inadvertently helped Mancow out by giving him a good call.
