Roseanne Barr Radio Talk Show, KCAA

ALL TALKED OUT?

Another Celeb Finds She Can't Handle Talk's Pace







In what has become one of the industry's most annoying trends, yet another celebrity has found hosting a radio talk show much more difficult than expected.

This time, it's none other than Roseanne Barr, who lasted just three months on the air before giving up the show and heading for Hawaii (hat tip: Perry Simon).

You say you didn't know Roseanne had a talk show? Neither did your Radio Equalizer.

Apparently, it was hosted from Las Vegas and heard on just one station, KCAA 1050 AM in San Bernadino. It's pretty clear this was an attempt to create a nationally- syndicated talk show.

It featured all of Barr's radical leftist viewpoints, including generous helpings of Bush- bashing.

In recent years, we've seen a number of Hollywood types "play radio" in between gigs they consider more important, only to find that hosting a daily show requires an incredible amount of prep work.

From the Riverside Press- Enterprise:

Roseanne Barr's show has gone off the air again.

The comedienne broadcast the final edition of her "Roseanne Talk Live" radio show for KCAA 1050 AM on Friday.

She started the show, which aired from 5 to 6 p.m. on weekdays, on March 15.

Station officials said Barr pulled the plug on her show.

"She needed a rest and went off to Hawaii," said Todd Rowan, the station's sales director.

He said for now the show is on temporary hiatus.

The Emmy-winning actress, who previously starred in her own top television show, broadcast her weekday radio gig with sidekick Johnny Argent from Las Vegas, where Barr was performing a show.

KCAA's studios are in the Carousel Mall in San Bernardino.

"Play some blues because we're sad," Barr said in the opening moments of her final show. Sidekick Johnny Argent obliged, playing a blues riff on a keyboard.

"Better to quit before we get fired," Argent joked.

Barr had no qualms about tackling controversial issues on her show, from religion to homosexuality to the war in Iraq. Sometimes, she battled critics and other times fielded calls from supporters.

"If we could put all those differences aside and just join up together, I mean it would be like the mightiest roar that would set this country straight again," Barr said on her final show.

Adios, Rosie, we have little doubt there are a dozen other celebs right behind you ready to give radio a try in a moment of career panic. And without fail, there will be just as many corporate suits willing to help them out. Why doesn't this industry ever learn from its mistakes?


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