Former NYSE chair Dick Grasso recently left a voicemail for Charlie Gasparino. Know what it said? “Happy holidays.” Why did this seemingly innocuous message scare the fuck out of Charlie, who takes no shit or prisoners, and who is known for yelling at/cutting off/berating his colleagues on air (especially Joe Kernen, but let’s face it, that guy has it coming) and leaning so far up into the camera that you feel as though he’s about to grab you by the collar, shove you up against the wall and demand to know where his “fucking money” is*? I don’t know, apparently it has something to do with a book he wrote calling the Grass-man a midget and implying that he has illegitimate children up and down the Eastern Seaboard. “It was a little scary,” Gasparino told Page Six. But looked himself in the mirror and said, “You’re fucking Charlie Gasparino, you don’t take no shit or prisoners, make the call.” And it turned out they “had a perfectly nice conversation.” Don’t you love happy endings between two boys from the old neighborhood?
Thick-skinned [New York Post]
*BTW, we'd like to see more of this dynamic style from CNBC's on air-talent, especially from Trish Regan and Mark Haines, who would be naturals.
Posted by Jman , Dec 06, 2007 10:37AM
He was calling gasparino to tell him what a giant tool he is and that he will crush him if he doesnt pipe down.
Trish Regan is ridiculously hot, I dont care what she says.
Posted by nailed it , Dec 06, 2007 10:50AM
that's exactly how i feel watching charlie
Posted by Need to get over the hump , Dec 06, 2007 11:14AM
My head hurts and I'm on the verge of puking gelt.
A pic of Trish or the Carrot Squeezer, and a R rated post, please?
Posted by , Dec 06, 2007 11:29AM
Gasparino is more smug and annoying every time he's on the air. He constanly interrupts whoever else is talking with the resulting shouting matches hurting my ears to the point that I have to reach for the mute. I can't listen to him any more.
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Dec 06, 2007 11:49AM
I would pay good money to see Gasparino and Ratigan go off on guests and each other while in a half-drunken stupor.
Posted by Jman , Dec 06, 2007 12:10PM
He looks like Private Pyle with that stupid buzzcut.
I agree Calgary, have them sit at the bar poundin Jaeger and arguing about Subdime and Reg Shu, two of my favorits Gasparino mispronunciations.
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Dec 06, 2007 12:15PM
I also think that Bob Pisani needs to be able show some edge... dropping his shoulder into some of the guys on the floor, maybe...
"Citi is down and SO! ARE! YOU!"
Posted by Happy Gilmore , Dec 06, 2007 12:37PM
Pisani would have to get the construction nails out of his ass. One more time, when will the homebuilders get saved?
Posted by bizwriter , Dec 06, 2007 2:19PM
i read the book and i thought it was donaldson's supposed love child that charlie went on and on about, not a grasso bastard. the book does show some warts but all in all is a giant bj for dickie remington-lasix.
Posted by Ugh , Dec 06, 2007 2:56PM
Gasparino has some resemblance to Homer Simpson, I'm sure Grasso is not his father.
Posted by slimjim , Dec 06, 2007 3:46PM
Looks like the guy that used to pay kids for their dirty underwear.
Posted by Midas , Dec 06, 2007 4:58PM
the one person that realy annoys me in CNBC is that immature and arrogant dick head Jim Cramer.Erin Burnett starts to annoy me,too, with her non stop licking %$@# of those Arab men.That woman hasn't gotten over yet with her experience in Dubai.Looks like an "affair" to remember. Oh, she isn't that stunning in person at all.
Posted by Craig , Dec 08, 2007 4:40PM
Erin Burnett is starting to become a legend....in her own mind.