Rev. Ken Hutcherson on the medved show

(photo: Rev. Ken Hutcherson with (state's) rights activist, Gov.George Wallace)

In America, if a man puts something into another man, it had better be a bullet. ~Bill Maher

Rev. Ken Hutcherson on the Michael Medved Show (KTTH m-f 12-3p) said Tuesday that the Rabbi Daniel Lapin told him to fear not, the Hebrew language has no word for tolerance- that things therefore, were either right or wrong, bad or good. In other words, tolerance is not biblical.

(We're not that good on the Bible, but we didn't need a rabbinical scholar to tell us how intolerant the Rab and Rev are).

Hutcherson, a black, evangelical megachurch pastor who's fundraising schtick is fag-baiting and threatening guilt-ridden white corporations, slaked his mighty thirst for self-promotion once more.

The former Seahawk came on the show as the victim of persecution endured while speaking at a local high school where he was booed gay students, and asked by a teacher, who's also the advisor of the Gay Club, "How can this man be here when he doesn't believe in equal rights for everyone?"

All the humble Christian preacher wanted to talk about was tolerance and Martin Luther King. Read about that kerfuffle, here.

Hutch was the intolerant yet arrogant victim, today. A role only he could pull off...

But not without the help of Michael Medved who played the straight man (not difficult for the Cultural Crusader), "There's nobody stronger [than Hutcherson] in the defense of traditional marriage," he said.

Hutch told Michael he hated Dr. King growing up in Alabama but learned to love when after he was saved as a Christian. (Hutch told us once he was born-again at the age of 14 after watching Roy Rogers on TV).

Back in the day, King was despised by right-wingers who think like Hutch, Lapin and Medved. Her was reviled as a Commie and an insurrectionist. (Medved, famously, is still mad about the 1964 Civil Rights Act). Now that King's been canonized by history, conservatives pretend they love him as much as we do and harken to his role as a Baptist preacher.

Hutcherson has maintained for years that there's no comparison between the gay rights struggle and the African-American rights struggle.

"I never seen no homosexuals-only drinking fountains." he says.

Comments

[sparky]

Who knew that watching Roy Rodgers was a religious experience. I would have thought that Sky King would have been a more appropriate show for that kind of thing.

[jamesb]

The picture is an amazing foretelling of Hutch’s future.

[ZANZIBAR]

I have given Luke Burbank's show 2.5 weeks now, a fair chance, and it's not going anywhere. I permanently switched the audio stream to KNGY-FM in SFO at 9:13PM this evening when he started in on a 60 minute filler segment where he just starts playing songs from his IPod and describing why they're on his IPod. Talk about narcisscism. I'd rather hear about Frank's daughter's trip to the circus 1000 more times.

If his friend needs to sell his book so badly in the Seattle market his friend should buy some commercial stock, not just rely on Luke to schill it every single night on the airwaves! An interview or a mention is one thing, constantly referencing the guy in excrutiating detail on a nightly basis is, among other things, just too exasperating.

BTW, I am in the show's supposed demographic!

[abob]

Ken Hutcherson told Medved the homosexuals own Hollywood. Hutcherson sounds disturbingly like the racist anti-semitic bigots who claim the Jews own Hollywood.

[ZANZIBAR]

Oh wait, I forgot Suits is on. Goodbye KNGY, hello KFI 640 AM / More Stimulating Talk.

[wutitiz]

Zanzibar, I can't disagree w/ you, but I think LB is just heading up a steep learning curve, and he will get plenty time given KIRO's problems w/ getting that 3rd viable host.

But the guy has genuine wit, and I reiterate, Jen is infectious and a sweetheart, and I have rarely seen such a natural fit between host & co-host.

In a year or so, listeners are going to be wondering how KIRO made it pre-TBTL.

[Andrew]

Jen and Luke have good personalities and they talk about interesting pop culture topics with far more authority and curiousity than the other hosts who sound uncomfortable deviating from myopic local politics and sports trivia. To put it another way, if you miss Frank Shiers you have serious problems. You probably have a bomb shelter to.

[wutitiz]

Rite on Andrew

[abob]

Rev. Ken Hutcherson belongs with the Westboro Baptist Church. Hutcherson and the 'Gods Hates Fags' people are birds of the same feather.

[Duffman]

..and, as an aside: on the White House scene Oh My!!

[ZANZIBAR]

>talk about interesting
>pop culture topics

There's a difference between talking about interesting pop culture topics and discussing interesting pop culture topics.

Three hours of Jen and Luke giggle back and forth at each - interspersed with Luke musing about what train keeps passing his apartment - does not make good radio whether you're 8 or 80.

Meanwhile, in The Angels --

--- Bryan Suits was a guest on the Bill Handel Show this morning where Bill asked Bryan if he ever got an erection when he'd shot at people. Bryan made a crack about Bill's balding, Bill made a crack about Heath Ledger and drugs (a more rollicking good time, generally, than Luke & Jen's on-air wake last night), Bryan sent some zingers back involving vaginas, Bill said "Bryan, you're too funny - shut up," and much more hijinx and hilarity.

And, frankly, what a refreshing change from listening to Kirby, Karleen and Matt quote scripture and analyze which chapter of Judges Barrack's name is from --- hey guys, Salem Communications called, they want their format back. A shame Seattle can't have a decent AM radio show - or late PM radio show.

[AuthenticAndrew]

I agree, the train thing and the none-of-our-business details of how Jen breaks down her husband into the broken quiet submissive he seems to be are not of interest to me, however the stuff that is of interest is MUST LISTEN RADIO.

[sparky]

Im so glad I dont live in LA

[ZANZIBAR]

And, sorry, but what's up with their "Awesome" / "Not Awesome" segment? It's like Almost Live's "Lame List" on valium. It comes across as this very lumbering, stilted attempt at morning Zoo Crew radio by two people broadcasting at 9PM on AM Radio ... I guess it is.

LUKE: "The next segment scheduled on our program clock is what we call "Awesome / Not Awesome". This is the point when we really let our hair down and have fun and get a little crazy."

JEFF POGILA: "You're late for the news again."

LUKE: "Sorry, Jeff. Okay, we will engage in spontaneous fun once we're back from the news with Jeff."

LUKE: "This is how this crazy segment works. At the point that I say something is 'awesome', Sean our engineer will activate this sound effect in our NewsBoss sound effect computer - Sean?"

LUKE: "That is the crazy sound effect we play when things get crazy here. Do you understand how this fun will happen now?"

Jesus, Carl Jeffers doesn't take that long to explain how his show works.

[sarkos]

Michael, where did you get that pic of Hutcherson and George Wallace? it's priceless.

[AuthenticAndrew]

Cheers and Jeers? What's Hot What's Not? Best and Worst Picks? You don't stray far from AM radio huh?

[ZANZIBAR]

"Cheers and Jeers? What's Hot What's Not? Best and Worst Picks? You don't stray far from AM radio huh?"

The difference is:

(1) Luke Burbank keeps trying to stress how non-formulaic he is before going into a formula,

(2) "Awesome/Not Awesome" is incredibly stilted and forced,

[sammy]

You are all right about TBTL, but I can't stop listening.

[BART]

Me too, sammy, I swear I won't listen anymore and end up turning it on again the next night. It's kind of like the low level jones you get from cough syrup.

[AuthenticAndrew]

You're realy grasping at straws. I can't think of another radio show that does a cheers/jeers segment. Just because somebody somewhere did something once upon a time doesn't make it formulaic.