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The Mark Simone Show

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4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Rich from Myrtle Beach, SC, calls Mark to ask whether billionaire Ken Griffin could take legal action against Mamdani for slander over a commercial criticizing him on taxes. Neil from Brooklyn, NY, calls in to point out that broadcaster Dan Rather appeared to benefit from the media frenzy surrounding Congressman Gary Condit back in 2001, suggesting that controversy in the media world often ends up boosting the very figures at the center of it.

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0:05.3

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0:09.2

Now back to Mark Simone on WOR.

0:13.6

Hey, let's take some calls. Let's go to Sal in New Jersey. Sal, how you doing?

0:18.2

Good morning, Mark. Mark, when Mayor dani says he wants to tax the rich and

0:24.3

go after the rich he's going to end up hurting everybody because the rich they're the ones that

0:29.9

create the jobs i think i think we just we didn't we just say that yes oh okay thanks so uh you know

0:37.3

the other problem i don't think he's ever met with anybody, you know, the tax people. I don't think Mom Donnie ever sat down and said, show me where our taxes come from. I don't think he knows that the top 1% pays 40% of the tax in New York. I don't think he's aware of that. Let's go to Mike in Florida. Mike, how you doing?

0:55.8

Good morning, Mark. Yes, Mike.

0:58.2

I know Tom Driesen opened up for Sinatra. Was he the only comedian who opened for him? And did

1:05.4

Snatra have other singers ever opened for him during his career?

1:10.3

Always a comedian. It was Pat Henry for millions of years, a couple of decades. And then, what was his name? After Pat Henry was going, it was Jackie Gale for a while. Then it was Tom Driesen, who is a great guy, the nicest guy on the world. He may not be the top comedian of the world, but he's a nice guy.

1:28.2

No.

1:28.7

And the wife...

1:29.3

He's still alive, I saw it. Yeah, he's a good guy. Would it only be Vegas or would it be... Oh, no, no. Whenever he toured, he'd bring those guys long. No, you tour all over the world with him. And the wife loved Tom Drieson. That's one reason Sinatra kept them.

1:42.1

He kept the wife busy to hit a dinner.

1:44.3

And then he did

1:46.0

have a singer for a little while. There was a

1:48.1

cash crunch at one time

1:50.0

and Sanatria didn't have the

1:51.9

private jets. So you remember for a year or two

1:54.1

Pia Zadora was the opening act

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