[2] Hendrie began doing voices on his program at KVEN in Ventura, California during the Gulf War when he created "Raj Fahneen," an Egyptian who demanded that George H. W. Bush wash Saddam Hussein's feet with his hair.

[3] After leaving KVEN in 1992, Hendrie did a short stint as an evening host at WSB in Atlanta before moving to WCCO in Minneapolis.

John Ziegler, a local Los Angeles conservative talk show host, moved into his slot on KFI.

He said that he felt he had reached the limits of what he could do in “terrestrial talk radio” and expressing a desire to shift his career focus toward acting.

Talk Radio Network cancelled The Phil Hendrie Show in June 2013 amid significant acrimony.

[7] Hendrie signed a distribution deal with Dial Global (which rebranded itself as Westwood One later that year) shortly after his contract with TRN had been cancelled.

The number of these segments devoted to political commentary increased following the September 11, 2001 attacks, as he has become a staunch supporter of President Bush's war on terrorism.

For example, Steve Bosell is an emotionally fragile business owner who files frivolous lawsuits which he discusses in a quavering voice, while Jay Santos is a self-appointed neighborhood watch commander who oversteps his authority—often to satisfy his own sexual kinks.

A new and outrageous element was usually introduced at that point, and by the final segment, an even larger item of controversy entered the conversation.

Hendrie playing the role of good cop/bad cop, feigning indignation at the character's comments and finally hanging up on his guest.

"[8] To accomplish this illusion, Hendrie switched back and forth between a studio microphone and a conventional telephone while speaking, creating the impression that his "guest" was a random caller.

[3] The illusion was reinforced by recorded background noises that simulated various locations, such as a bowling alley, the kitchen of a restaurant, or, on at least one occasion, a washroom.

Hendrie's only regular in-studio characters were Bud Dickman, a brain-damaged intern with a cartoonish Kermit the Frog-like voice, and Robert Leonard, a black security guard.