Crosses the Line Twice: Some years ago, he put a great deal of effort into faking an event where skydivers would throw cats out of airplanes and try to catch them. You can imagine how that went over. This actually caused a Media Research Failure: As related in Somebody's Gotta Say It, some time after the event a California newspaper reported the incident straight, not realizing it was a hoax.
Ensemble Darkhorse: Despite having lower overall listeners when put against higher ranking host in the same timeslot, Boortz notes that when put head to head in the same timeslot against these shows, he beats them in ratings.