Marshall Gilbert is best known for his conservative talk shows, which aired on a number of different radio stations in Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...

 for more than a dozen years.

Gilbert was born into a family of lawyers and for a brief time, considered the law himself. But being raised in Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together...

 and being exposed to the influence of his uncle, Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Milton Berlinger , better known as Milton Berle, was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , in 1948 he was the first major star of U.S. television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr...

, with whom he toured from 1978–79, Gilbert decided the microphone would be more fun than drawing up tort papers.

Gilbert moved to Palm Springs in the 1980s and soon discovered his other passion—conservative politics. He became close friends with entertainer Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono

Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...

 who was about to make a run for Palm Springs mayor. Gilbert served as campaign manager for Bono's successful run and remained a close friend of the family, being named godfather to two of Sonny and Mary Bono's children.

After Bono's election, he appointed Gilbert chairman of the Palm Springs Airport Commission. He was also appointed to serve on the tourism board, designed to bring visitors to the Coachella Valley as a vacation destination.

Gilbert's radio program aired on both KPSI and KNWZ

KNWZ

KNWZ-970 and KNWQ-1140 is a simulcast news/talk station owned by Morris Multimedia under the name Morris Desert Media. It has an affiliation with Fox News Radio...

 in Palm Springs, where he earned a reputation as a fiery defender of conservative causes, yet was unfailingly fair and respectful to his opponents.

A staunch conservative, Gilbert is pro-life, against amnesty for illegal aliens and is supportive of the Second Amendment.

He has interviewed every president from Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 to George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 and met with Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 in the Oval office. Political guests on his radio show included Vice President Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle

James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....

, feminist attorney Gloria Allred

Gloria Allred

Gloria Rachel Allred is an American lawyer noted for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particulary those involving the protection of women's rights.-Early life:...

, author Anne Rice

Anne Rice

Anne Rice is a best-selling Southern American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history...

, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....

, Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter

Ann Hart Coulter is an American lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events...

, Bill Press

Bill Press

William "Bill" Press is a US talk radio host, political commentator and author.-Career:Press has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Niagara University and Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and...

, Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the senior U.S. Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988....

 and Sen. Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer

Barbara Levy Boxer is the junior United States Senator from California . A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives ....

.

Gilbert also interviewed may show business personalities, including his uncle Berle, Shecky Green, Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar is an Emmy award winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.- Early life :Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York,...

, Henny Youngman

Henny Youngman

Henry "Henny" Youngman was a British-born American comedian and violinist famous for "one-liners", short, simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire...

, Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield , was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect!," "No respect, no respect at all... that's the story of my life" or "I get no respect, I tell ya" and his monologues on that theme...

, Morey Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdam was an American television actor and comedian, best known for the role of Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the early 1960s.-Early life:...

, Don Rickles

Don Rickles

Donald Jay "Don" Rickles is an American stand-up comedian and actor. A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic....

 and Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his critical assessments laced with pop culture references...

, to name a few.

Gilbert also used his microphone as a "Bully Pulpit" for worthy causes, such as helping to raise $365,000 for Hurricane Katrina victims.

Gilbert's outspokenness sometimes got him in trouble, most recently when discussing the fallout of the passage of Proposition 8, which outlawed gay marriage in California. He took a gay Palm Springs city councilmember, Ginny Foat

Ginny Foat

Virginia "Ginny" Foat is an American politician and feminist. Foat was acquitted in 1983 of having participated in a 1965 murder committed by her then-husband, but the publicity derailed her activist career at the time...

to task for calling for a boycott of businesses whose owners donated money to the Prop 8 cause. The councilmember denied calling for a boycott, but was caught on videotape doing just that by a news crew. Gilbert brought up the fact that this councilmenber had twice been tried for murder.

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