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Ken Doll and his Cabin Boy –updated–

“Hannity is the Larry Flynt of talk-radio.”

This is too hilarious not to share. Alec Baldwin was being interviewed
last night, when Sean Hannity called up to complain that he didn't come on his
show first. In tow was Hannity's runt Mark Levin. Below is what ensued.

First, here's some foreshadowing: It took two right-wing radio hacks to
take down Alec Baldwin, and they had to do it by bringing up his divorce. Classic stuff.

Baldwin was 30 minutes into a planned
two-hour-plus sitdown with WABC Radio's Brian Whitman when Hannity called
in.

The fireworks commenced almost immediately.

HANNITY: Alec, I wanted to give you an official WABC
welcome considering you were supposed to come on my program last week and
you didn't show up. What happened?

BALDWIN: No, I wasn't supposed to come on your program,
Sean Hannity.

HANNITY: No, actually you were supposed to come on
the program because a deal was made with your agent that if you were going
to come on with Brian, first you'd come on with me.

BALDWIN: I wouldn't dream of coming on your program,
Sean Hannity. I'm here with Brian. I'm here with a really talented broadcaster.

HANNITY: [Crosstalk] that you are, you don't tell the
truth.

BALDWIN: Why would I want to come on the show with
a no-talent, former construction worker hack like you?

HANNITY: Are you the guy that said of our vice president,
while we're at war, while we're leading troops in harm's way – are you the
reckless, third-rate Hollywood actor who said that Dick Cheney is a terrorist?
Are you the guy . . .

BALDWIN: Yes I am.

HANNITY: … who said to stone Henry Hyde to death?
Are you the guy who said our president is a CIA mass murderer? I wanted you
to come on the program and defend that, you gutless coward.

BALDWIN: At first I thought this was a joke. But you
can hear all the acid venom spewing hatred. It is Sean Hannity. [END EXCERPT]

The exchange got even hotter when Mark Levin joined
in.

LEVIN: We've only just begun – are you 40 or 50 pounds
overweight now?

WHITMAN: Oh, C'mon now . . . .

HANNITY: Once and for all you need to be challenged.
You want to call our vice president a terrorist – fine. You want to talk about
stoning people to death, say it on my program. If you want to be irresponsible
and call our president a mass murderer while he's at war leading troops in
harm's way …

BALDWIN: And what are you gonna do about it, Sean Hannity?

HANNITY: You don't have the courage to answer questions.

BALDWIN: And what are you gonna do? And what are you
going to do about it, Sean Hannity. If I come on your program, what are you
going to do?

LEVIN: He's going to show that you have a two digit
IQ – that's what he's gonna do.

BALWIN: What are you going to do?

LEVIN: I just told you – you've got a two digit IQ.

BALDWIN: And who's that – who's your little cabin boy
there with you.

LEVIN: I'm not a cabin boy, butt-boy.

BALDWIN: What are you doing there, cabin boy? … I
now dub you Sean Hannity's cabin boy.

LEVIN: And you know what you are? You're “Brokeback”
Alec. [END EXCERPT]

The confrontation continued to spiral out of control,
with Whitman intermittently trying to make peace and Baldwin repeatedly urging
him to move on to other callers.

BALDWIN: Listen, Sean – you incredibly ignorant boob
from Long Island …

HANNITY: Oh, ouch, Alec.

BALDWIN: No, no, no, you've spoken, let me talk, Sean.
Cause you've been spewing your …

HANNITY: You're a third-rate Hollywood egomaniac.

BALDWIN: You're a no-talent, ignorant fool from Long
Island. You should go back to building houses in Hempstead.

LEVIN: Why was your [former] wife [Kim Basinger] so
pissed off at you, anyway?

WHITMAN: Now, c'mon guys.

BALDWIN: OK. We're done. [Gets up and leaves the studio]

WHITMAN: Come back. Come back. Alec? They're gone.
Alec? Alec has walked out of the studio. Alec, please come back.

UPDATE: Crooks & Liars now has the audio up.