Updates (Rush Limbaugh)

Updates were comedy routines done by Rush Limbaugh on his radio programme. Each mocked a different person or group he disagreed with. While still part of the program, they are featured much less frequently than in the early to mid-1990s.

The Homeless Update: The earliest of updates has Clarence "Frogman" Henry sing "Ain't Got No Home" about a lonely homeless frog.

The Animal Rights Update: Features the "Born Free" song mixed with gunfire and animal sounds.

The Feminazi Update: prefaced by The Forrester Sisters (who attended Wesleyan College in Macon GA) singing, "Men" amid a progressively distorted voice saying, "We're feminists, and we're in your face" and accompanying laughter.

The Gorbasm (Gorbachev Update): another early update, using the "Imperial March / Darth Vader Theme" by John Williams from Star Wars. Updates were not only about Gorbachev, but also about the reaction of the American Left to Gorbachev - i.e., the "Gorbasm", that joyful feeling that Gorbachev's actions gave them.

Kennedy Update: features old Paul Shanklin song prefacing the update. Song is a parody of "The Wanderer" called "The Philanderer" done in Senator Edward Kennedy's voice. At one time (1998) a soap opera organ style instrumental prefaced this update directed at the Kennedy Clan.

McCain Update: Moderate Republican Senator John McCain's update is prefaced by song by Paul Shanklin in John McCain's voice (2001) called "Double Talk on the Wild Side"

Barney Frank Update: Barney Frank was alleged to have been in a pedophilia-related scandal; thus "My Boy Lollipop" prefaces this.

The Timber Update: A Jackyl song with a chain saw sound effect prefaces this.

The Gay Update: has an Eighties version of "You Don't Own Me" done by a male New Wave vocalist.

AIDS Update: Rush featured Dionne Warwick's rendition of "I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again" as his AIDS Update theme song.

The Liberal Update: Rarely done, it has the song "Gimme Dat Ding" to characterize the Robin Hood attitude liberals are said to have.

The Hillary Update: of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator of NY, has "Born a Woman" by Sandy Posey from the Sixties.

All updates started with Rush saying, "Daddalup Daddalup Daddalup" (borrowed from "Superjock" Larry Lujack, who preceded his "Klunk Letter of the Day" with the same verbal fanfare) which he states is a fanfare horn section. The song for the update came next with news particular to the associated genre.

Rush's "Caller Abortion" was not, strictly speaking, an update, as it had no fanfare, only the screams of the caller being aborted.