Miller assigned Weiss the moniker early in their time working together, due to his purported resemblance to Sir Salman Rushdie.
He was also referred to as "Count Dracu-sal" and an eerie organ music cue (Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor) was played whenever he made funny and/or cryptic remarks that reflected his penchant for black comedy.
Miller also frequently referred to "Sal" as his "go-to Jew", when he needed some inside information on Jewish culture and customs.
On February 17, 2009, after not missing a radio show for the first two years, Dennis Miller nicknamed the dark-humored comic the "Cal Ripken of Hate".
He is married to television writer and story editor Joan Binder Weiss.