Modified On December 10, 2004
We couldn’t let the passing of David Brudnoy go without some sort of comment. He was the best radio talk show host in America. His night time talk show on 50,000-watt WBZ blanketed 28 states. He died sometime in the last 24 hours, after a short bout with a vicious form of cancer.
If we need to justify his inclusion in this magazine, well, comics spend a lot of time in cars (and elsewhere) listening to talk radio. Plus, John Curtin, a Boston comic who did some hard time in the radio biz, has written a brief tribute to Brudnoy here. We second what Mr. Curtin said.