Joe Pyne - Quotes

Quotes

• Pyne was a chain-smoker who referred to his cigarettes as "coffin nails".
• As an audience member approached the microphone Joe Pyne would say "State your beef."
• Pyne's signature line was, "Take a walk," ( a line still used by Michael Savage) and he would normally put a rude but not vulgar epithet at the end of the phrase: "jerk," "dummy," "jackass," or some other pejorative. Often, he would stand when he said it, adding a subtle threat to the situation. He always wore a suit, and his jacket would be open when he stood, giving him the mien of a plain-clothes cop.
• Pyne once suggested a caller "take your false teeth out, put them in backwards and bite yourself in the neck."
• Another retort he used was "Go gargle with razor blades!"
• "Look, lady, every time you call this program and open your mouth to speak, nothing but garbage falls out. Get OFF THE LINE, YOU CREEP." (This "get off the line, you..." line continues to be used today by hosts such as Bob Grant, Mark Levin and WFMU's Tom Scharpling.)
• “I could make a monkey out of you, but why should I take the credit?”
• "Why don't you go out and play on the freeway?"
• "Why don't you take a long walk on a short pier?"
• "I have no respect for anyone who would come on this show."
• Pyne would also end each of his show's with the slogan "straight ahead!" as well, most recently picked up again by Bob Grant.