Eric called in today to talk about American Idol and Simon Cowell’s departure from the show. Here’s the recap from howardstern.com:

Eric the Midget called in to suggest that Weird Al Yankovic replace Simon Cowell on the next season of ‘American Idol,’ leading Howard to joke: “I never thought of Weird Al Yankovic as the solution to any problem.” Eric said Simon would be missed: “He’s the person who got the whole show started. Besides Nigel. And the other Simon.”

Eric has called in the last two days to promote Bubba the Love Sponge’s appearance on his favorite show, TNA. I don’t know if it was Eric or Hulk Hogan but apparently Spike’s TNA ratings went through the roof.

I didn’t catch all of this so maybe someone could help me out. I was listening to the wrap up show and it sounded like Eric called in to complain about how Artie wasn’t going to do the show in Sacramento. It sounded like Eric was counting on the money from the show to buy his family Christmas presents.

I know how Eric can make some money for the holidays. He should go to the Mall and get a seasonal job being one of Santa’s elves.