First, it’s either radio gold and they have the entire audience fooled so no one gets mad that the show is going to be on vacation for the next TEN days! TEN DAYS! Ugh! Anyway, under this scenario they’ll have the entire satellite radio audience chomping at the bit to hear what the outcome is as soon as their next show starts.

My second thought, though, is that this was brutally real and Artie may be out of a regular gig. Artie gets very weird about money – he’s got that old Italian in him. If this scenario is true then I think Howard owes Artie, Teddy, and his audience a gigantic apology. There was no reason for him to bring Artie’s private business relationship with Teddy on the air. I understand that he likes “reality,” but it’s Artie we’re talking about – he goes crazy about everything. As I was listening to this I heard it building up and I actually started saying out loud, “That’s enough, that’s enough.”

Either way – Artie was the focus of radio gold on Wednesday when he fell asleep on the air!