To his critics – and many of his fans – Stan Zemanek was the rudest man on radio, a right-wing bigot who called Labor Party members "socialist criminals" and "dickhead trendies". He was mercilessly rude to talkback callers, calling them numb-nuts and halfwits. He would advise them to give themselves an uppercut, and if they hesitated he’d accuse them of having smoked "wacky-tobaccy".