Talk:Andrew Wilkow

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Not sure whether it merits a mention here or not, but this is absolutely hilarious. I found it while checking on notability when the article had a prod tag. -Colin Kimbrell 05:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Mike Stark, the guy who asked Wilkow the petri dish question, is a troll who makes a living making prank calls on conservative radio hosts. Stark asked the question knowing damn well that whatever answer Wilkow gave, it would still be wrong. As Wilkow himself explained, if he chose to save the petri dishes, which contained fertilized eggs, from a clinic fire, he would be considered insane for leaving the two-year-old girl to die. Keep in mind that in the question Stark asked, Wilkow couldn't save both the petri dishes, and the girl, and therefore had to choose between either one. And, if Wilkow chose to save the girl from said fire, then he would not be a considered a real pro-lifer in the eyes of Stark, because Wilkow left the petri dishes behind.

In short, it was an impossible question to answer. 69.118.97.26 02:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I am not so sure that Mr. Stark is a troll, and I'm certain he doesn't "make a living off of prank calls" (that's a hobby, not a profession). Either way, what Colin may have been suggesting is that this incident, and the fact that Mr. Wilkow got excessively angry (the source of the humor) be incorporated into the article. I'm not sure how that can be done in a NPOV matter without weasel words, though. --Benfergy 17:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Given that much of Mr. Wilkow's fame has originated with this call, I decided to include it in the links section. ----williss

I'm not sure that it can.
Also, the contention that "much of Mr. Wilkow's fame" stems from the call of a professional instigator-yes, there are leftists, and even leftist organizations, which derive a living from the practice of tape-recording conservative talk shows and confronting conservative talk show hosts under assumed names-rather than the fact that he hosted a talk show on the most-listened to radio station in the country for over a year, is patently absurd.
In all of the discussions of Andrew Wilkow's career-whether they involved criticism or praise-this is the first time that I've seen this topic crop up.

Just a quick edit made...The article says Mr. Wilkow was "unborn to an unwed mother".....i'm just going to take the "un" out of "unborn" Ruthfulbarbarity 20:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The paragraph about not having his picture taken is unsourced, speculative, and possibly libelous if untrue. Please provide a source if you decide to put the paragraph back in.StreamingRadioGuide 00:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name of show?

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his show on sirius patriot 144 is the wikow majority not the andrew wilkow show —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardlpryor (talk • contribs) 01:03, 23 March 2008