Yet while the possibility of losing his radio spot seems to signal an accelerating slide into broadcast past, the old lion won't give up easy. He'll continue to swing wildly at imagined enemies of mankind and Christmas, but, if I might milk the proverbial, feline-istic metaphor, Bill's claws are now as dangerous as a recently-neutered pussycat waving its anesthetized claw. It's cute but it won't be drawing any blood.
Disclaimer: Steve Young is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com)and his "All The News That's Fit To Spoof" appears in L.A. Daily News opeds every Sunday (www.dailynews.com/steveyoung), right next to Bill's...really
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