The Irv Homer Message Board

I just wanted to create a place on this website where people who love Irv Homer can leave their fond memories of him after our losing him so suddenly.

Here is what I would like to say about Irv Homer:

A great mind has left our world. Irv is a wise soul who generously shared his insights with all fortunate enough to hear his voice. You taught me so much! Irv, we will all miss you and hope to meet you in the next world.

You had so many wonderful funny insightful witicisms like "Sheeple" and "Boo-bus-Americanus" you really worked hard to wake us up. Wisdom mixed with humor, the best combination to make a point and make it memorable.

You, Jim Corea, Murry Needleman, and Russ Miller were truly the highlights of WWDB for me; each of you truly enriched my life with so much practical wisdom. It left a hole when it went all music (like Philadelphia needed yet another music station!)--WWDB was unique for being the only talk radio station on FM in this area.

I'm glad I got to shake your hand once, when you did a WWDB broadcast from Media. Your "Evil Irv" moniker really belied the fact, that you were someone who always told the truth as he saw it, and did so because you really cared about the rest of us. I also witnessed your growth as you discarded opinions which no longer fit; never locked in by your past words, you were open to new ideas, not just defending your old ideas. You truly earned my respect.

Just an example of your influence: you were the one who convinced me that the only real solution to the massive illegal drug problem in this country would be the legalization of ALL drugs because that alone would take the profit motive out of the whole thing, just as the repeal of prohibition put most of the gangsters out of business. This is just one example of the really far-reaching wisdom you shared with us all. Irv, you were a great teacher, and I am glad I had a chance to be your pupil.

I know that I speak for thousands of people who feel as I do about you when I say, Irv, thank you for a life beautifully lived and shared. We are all richer for having known you. May we be privileged to meet you again in the next world.

Now you are with Queenie.

Thank you Uncle Irv.

--Keith C. Johns

I remember when Irv started on WWDB. It was the jazz station in Philly. When they changed to talk many were not happy, but with the lineup they had (Irv Homer, Wynn Moore, et al.) they won us over. Irv always had the most interesting people as guests and callers. Glenn from Center City, Pete from Bristol, Polly from Levittown, Shifra Hoffmann, G. Edward Griffin, Bo Gritz and so many others that I can't begin to list them. He had people wanted by the police turn themselves into him. He broke big stories and affected the outcome, (Neil Ferber). He interviewed some big names and didn't care if he stepped on their toes. For 25 years he came out on top of the talk wars and this was when talk shows had real competition. I'd like to see anyone do what he did. He retired from big market talk on his terms when they went too far south. Only now, after 30 years are people actually trying to do something about the Fed and the US money system. Irv was a lone wolf crying in the wilderness. I'm glad he saw vidication before he passed. And he died with his boots on. Speaking about the Fed to an audience who wanted to learn. We will talk of and remember him for a long long time. Rest easy, my friend, you did good.

The founding fathers gave us our freedom, the Constitution and our Bill of Rights. It was people like Irv Homer who taught us how to keep our Freedoms. Like it or not Irv was one of a kind and he was usually 100% right.

Thanks Irv, You taught me well over the 31 years of listening to you. I will do the best I can to keep the message alive.

I have listened to Irv for a few decades also. The first time I called him I was shaking like a leaf and he calmed me down saying there was no one else listening, it was just the two of us.
I learned to speak on the air without being nervous and it led to public speaking when I was part of a civic group. I learned to look for the hook in the story, and how to get to the point without rambling. Years later when I was addressing my local council at a meeting I was asked if I was a lawyer. I said no, but it gave me thoughts of going back to school and studying law. It never came to be. My interest in the constitution was/is insatiable, and I have thought about taking classes to study it but never followed through. Somehow life got in the way.
One of the many questions Irv asked was: "Is the constitution a liberal or conservative document?" He never gave his own answer, and I finally figured it out, it is neither. He made me think about important issues even when I was up to the elbows in housecleaning and laundry.
I recall when he was discussing the proposed income tax on social security income I had a copy of a story about Robert Doles pension. It was from MONEY magazine. I sent it to Irv and he read it on air and went ballistic because the Dole pensions add up to millions and Dole was quoted as saying "no one should have a double dip". Sometime later when Irv was doing a remote from a local store in Levittown, I went over to see him, on a break I told him who I was and he jumped up, came around the table and gave me a hug and a kiss. I never forgot that. He thanked me for sending him news articles on topics of interest to him, stuff about OPIC, child labor in China and Mexico, etc. The last few years have been very hard for me, I lost my husband, my mother, several friends and relatives that were part of my life going back to childhood and I miss them all so much that I feel abandoned. I could listen to Irv and feel connected. I recall him discussing asbestosis and I called him to tell him how it affected my husband and he asked how my husband died and I told him and he was so kind. I felt he validated my husband who was a union construction boilermaker, a working man like so many others who did not get the respect from industry that they deserved. I would take a break from my daily routine at 1 and sit and have a cup of tea or a glass of wine and put my feet up and listen to Irv. It was like having an old friend visit with me. I will miss him as much as I miss the others. And I will miss the callers that were long time loyal friends of Irv. Was it Katherine or Polly that used to discuss the constitution with him? I can't remember. I remember an elderly lady used to call him and make him laugh, and the calls stopped. Irv missed her, and asked if anyone knew her...and he learned she had died. He expressed his regrets and said he would miss her.
What a guy. What a guy. He was one in a million and now he belongs to the ages. These are wretched times.
C'mon comet.
Susan Gibbons

Susan, That was wonderful. Irv had such a great effect on people. He was truly one of a kind.