The Howard Stern Thread

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― big baller eating steaks every day (jeff), Sunday, 23 January 2011 01:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Very worried about Howard Stern's credibility. How can I trust his fart jokes, now?

― Kaolin Warrior (KMS), Sunday, 23 January 2011 05:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

When you make ONE movie near the height of your fame and it's an autobiographical ode to how much you love your wife... well, who's the ninny when ya ditch her?

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 January 2011 05:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

ditch her, i.e. giving her half your assets and agreeing to never talk about her on air again?

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 23 January 2011 07:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

grading on the universal divorce curve

life wd be so much easier if hets didnt swear eternal love (lol)

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 January 2011 09:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

i love howard stern and i'm still a ninny.

as for him losing credibility b/c he divorced his first wife ... really, that's so old hat that i don't feel like discussing it. if HS is to be believed, though, and without access to the divorce/property settlement papers, it had more to do with his workaholism than anything else. and just b/c he's divorced doesn't mean that he still doesn't love his original wife.

― i want to eat unicorn meat (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 January 2011 10:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

i mean, really, Howard is like an older brother that i never had but always wished that i did. and it didn't hurt that he was (is?) really kind of a nerdy guy himself (THAT gives him more credibility to many of his longtime fans than his marital status). sort of a "it gets better" for teenage hetero males in the NYC or Philly metro areas who grew up during the late 80s/early 90s. or that's what i think anyway.

― i want to eat unicorn meat (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 January 2011 10:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

i guess I just remember his AIDS jokes of the mid '80s

and that he doesnt know about anything except showbiz, there's that

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 January 2011 11:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

oh, i don't dispute that he's said plenty of questionable (and downright ugly) things over the years. that's part of the price of admission, i suppose.

that he's become relatively gay-friendly in his middle age may be a sort of atonement for the AIDS jokes. though he still isn't above telling a gay joke.

― i want to eat unicorn meat (Eisbaer), Sunday, 23 January 2011 11:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

He was screaming about Palin being a C**T last week, so he's okay with me on some level.

― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Sunday, 23 January 2011 12:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Didn't he have something to say about Piers Morgan, or was that newspaper misrepresentation (UK Press division)

― Mark G, Monday, 24 January 2011 10:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

When you make ONE movie near the height of your fame and it's an autobiographical ode to how much you love your wife... well, who's the ninny when ya ditch her?

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 January 2011 05:30 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Well, this is it: A statement 'needs' to be made about this, specifically because he made such an issue about it during this film and the book.

Which he may well have done, so I don't know.

I bought the book on my first visit to NY (read it on the flight back), and rented the movie some time after it came out, he's not that big over here (although he's been on the Chris Evans TFIFriday prog, eventually deciding they both were kindred spirits after all (and then left each other alone, thank F)...

― Mark G, Monday, 24 January 2011 10:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

He did an interview with Piers last week for his new show, it's worth having a look as PM tries to be all combative at first and Stern just blows through it all, like he's heard it all a million times before, kinda funny.

― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Monday, 24 January 2011 12:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

I watched the first half hour of the interview. Howard came off well I thought, deflecting Piers without much difficulty. The next day on Howard's show he was saying in retrospect that he was sorry he didn't get to talk about what he was promoting until much later in the interview. Having the guest schill for their product is standard interview practice in America -- perhaps this is not the case in England, so they may have been playing different ballgames to start with. So no one came out the winner. Sweeping the camera around the ground, shooting up, and the weird blue 80s vibe of Piers' studio were somewhat distracting.

― calstars, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

Also awaiting judgemental commentary from Howard about Oprah's sister

― calstars, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Having the guest schill for their product is standard interview practice in America

It is here, also, but then again, the ones PMorg does here are more "shill by association", i.e. the artists (eg) has a new album out, everyone kinda knows, but there's no need to produce it/wave it around..

As opposed to the Graham Norton one, where he produces the book and says I've been fascnated by this, and the guest goes o rly, thx....

― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 09:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

At the minute the show is really coasting, losing Artie, and not bringing people into his chair on a temp basis like they did with Jackie is a big mistake as the focus is on Howard and Robin's personal lives which are both hella boring at the minute. Also, there's also a curious disconnect wrt the second tier people, very little of the interpersonal backroom stuff is happening, which is the stuff that I like to hear to be honest.

― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 11:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

Career highlight for Will today, as he comes in at the end of Howard's rant about not knowing what to eat for lunch, and says, "Soup with beans?"

― blackcoffeeredsun, Thursday, 3 February 2011 01:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

Benjy also on fire, high on ambien and asking out Lisa - "we have a nice connection"

― blackcoffeeredsun, Thursday, 3 February 2011 01:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

still love the show but god damn is howard coasting. every day with ben and rae. i can't take it.

― dr more bs (jeff), Thursday, 3 February 2011 01:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I know right? Time for a Dr Remulak revival.

― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Thursday, 3 February 2011 13:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

JD excellent today talking about Twitter:

Jon Hein: Why is being verified so important to you?
JD: You're someone sort of in the world

― blackcoffeeredsun, Friday, 4 February 2011 00:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

Then Howard and Fred took over:

Howard: I feel invisible
Fred: I'm not me until I'm verified
Howard: I'm not at the next level
Fred: I feel like a shadow of myself

― blackcoffeeredsun, Friday, 4 February 2011 00:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

i kind of love how cranky howard is getting when it comes to robin butting in.

― jeff, Friday, 4 February 2011 01:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

― dylannn, Sunday, 24 April 2011 09:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

How has it been recently? I've clicked out completely. I even sometimes listen to the Wrap-Up first and if it sounds dull I skip it. Shame when the WUS is more interesting than the Stern show.

― bRon To Run (MaresNest), Sunday, 24 April 2011 10:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ben listening to 'Geek Time' though.

― bRon To Run (MaresNest), Sunday, 24 April 2011 10:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Pete the Asian virgin lol

― calstars, Sunday, 24 April 2011 13:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

stop listening a month or so ago. just got tired of howard's apple talk, parent talk, same guests, etc etc.

― jeff, Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Moment of the week was Crazy Alice on the phone on Wednesday:

Alice: Hello Fred
Fred: Hi!
Alice: I love you so much
Fred: Thank you

― calstars, Sunday, 22 May 2011 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

Moment of the week so far (I'm up to Wednesday) was Howard doing his Don Corleone impression: "Eh...now you have something to promote, you want to come on the show...eh, but I don't get any favors, I don't get a card at Christmas..."

― calstars, Sunday, 29 May 2011 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

COMPLETE ARTIE LANGE ADDICTION SAGA - 128K

i've heard most of this stuff before but it's still completely engrossing
to listen to it in its entirety

― dylannn, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 07:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

wow

I miss Artie

― calstars, Thursday, 16 June 2011 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

he does this thing, where, before he relates some heartwrenching detail of his life
he laughs hysterically

he sounds like he's on the verge of tears
everyone else catches the laughter for a second, especially robin, but then even she quiets down as it
goes on a bit too long

then he tells the story of buying teeth for his """bodyguard""""
whose teeth were rotted out from years of drug abuse, postnasal cocaine drip

or the story of being in the hospital after smashing his forehead, fucked up on heroin
and the phone ringing-- the nurse answers and says, "oh that's horrible."
artie breaks into his almost-crying laughter here and can't say what the person on the other end said
"he said he was your brother."
"i don't have a brother. what he say?"
"he called you a tub of lard"

― dylannn, Friday, 17 June 2011 06:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

goddamn, i hope that guy is fine

― dylannn, Friday, 17 June 2011 06:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

― dylannn, Sunday, 24 July 2011 08:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

― calstars, Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

when elliot offen appears at around the 2 minute mark with his story about busting up joey corsin jaw at the stage delicatessen...

I LEFT HIM FOR DEAD ... RIGHT? three hundred terrified, horrified witnesses saw me leave joe corsin for dead

― dylannn, Saturday, 3 September 2011 07:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

favorite elliot moment was when he was in a car on the street, opened the door without looking - a car shears the door off and he just laughs hysterically

― calstars, Sunday, 4 September 2011 01:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

he's amazing....

it wasn't mentioned here and it's been about a month but it was great to hear artie and nick dipaolo talking sports and artie talking seriously about being a little more healthy.

― dylannn, Sunday, 4 September 2011 03:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

for sheer dumb brute funniness i love shit like carefully staged bigfoot prank calls

there are some richard and sal pranks that are like i don't want to sound like stockhausen on 9/11 but they're so artfully carefully staged and they knock me out.

― dylannn, Sunday, 4 September 2011 04:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah i think Richard in particular has had some really creative ones. my all-time fave is when he layered his voice so that he was saying multiple things at the same time and the poor person on the other line didnt know which one to respond to!

― ryan, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

Norma Stitz

― calstars, Monday, 5 September 2011 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ethel

Rusty

― calstars, Monday, 5 September 2011 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

right, right... i love that simultaneous voices prank. i guess that's what comes from having salaried prank callers.

― dylannn, Monday, 5 September 2011 03:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

okay, now... this is so good

― dylannn, Monday, 5 September 2011 03:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

i've heard it many times and i get anticipatory giggles for the first minute.

"two very healthy RUNNING BACKS, right?!"

― dylannn, Monday, 5 September 2011 03:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

"it's jeff bierbauer." "you the one that cuts hair?" this is another prank that's, i think, perfect in conception performance and editing.

― dylannn, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 08:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

― estela, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 08:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

i love the goofing in broadcaster voices and
when you realize the tradio guy is talking to himself

― dylannn, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 01:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

yes, the babapology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xij1cfhyj48

― calstars, Sunday, 25 November 2012 22:16 (5 months ago) Permalink

i can't get enough of sour shoes doing gary, riffing on his playlist song intros, his noines, referencing obscure promotional events from the late-80s.

― dylannn, Monday, 26 November 2012 04:28 (5 months ago) Permalink

Howard peeing in the bathroom on Monday - trying to follow the caller's advice on how to get rid of the dribble - with the remote mic was pretty funny.

― calstars, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 13:37 (5 months ago) Permalink

XP - Gary's 'real quick' = genius

― MaresNest, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:51 (5 months ago) Permalink

i missed the dribble! first hour was pretty slow.

― dylannn, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:58 (5 months ago) Permalink

i seriously just watched the stuttering john vs. cabbie fight for the first time.

i knew the outcome and i think i listened to the audio. but what a great fight. no matter what john is up to now, i hope he's doing okay. (and i think he's like a fake writer for leno, still... so good luck with that)

― dylannn, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:01 (5 months ago) Permalink

dribbling was during the news, out of nowhere

― calstars, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:07 (5 months ago) Permalink

Nice move going to ETM when discussing possible replacements for the kid on Two and a Half Men.

― calstars, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:08 (5 months ago) Permalink

okay my favorite thing this week was coming out of a tradio call, playing "legs" and hitting the post, then doing drops for every radio station ever. "southern new england's best rock. come on, everybody. 24 days until the world ends. let's try to give some tickets away. YEAHHH comin at you. i'm johnny dark."

― dylannn, Saturday, 1 December 2012 23:25 (5 months ago) Permalink

http://www.teddwebb.com/showcase/where_are_they_now/johnny_dark.html

― dylannn, Saturday, 1 December 2012 23:27 (5 months ago) Permalink

great bill hicks interview from oct 93

― black redhead (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 2 December 2012 05:37 (5 months ago) Permalink

Does anybody know a decent t0rr3nt site where I could get some other 101 shows like the back office radio show? Now d3m0n0id is gone I'm a little lost.

― MaresNest, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:18 (5 months ago) Permalink

i would love a torrent source of the embedded show with medicated pete.

can't get enough medicated pete.

― dylannn, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:37 (5 months ago) Permalink

who else is excited for the beautiful penis contest?

― dylannn, Sunday, 2 December 2012 12:39 (5 months ago) Permalink

black on black is worth checking out, too, if you've ever wanted to hear king of all blacks sing bobby womack.

― dylannn, Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:12 (5 months ago) Permalink

Does anybody know a decent t0rr3nt site where I could get some other 101 shows like the back office radio show? Now d3m0n0id is gone I'm a little lost.

― MaresNest, Sunday, December 2, 2012 12:18 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― calstars, Sunday, 2 December 2012 16:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

two great interviews from this week. they both start out normally and gradually you find out 1) dave attell hasn't gotten laid in a year and spends "night and day" working on a vintage porn show, watching porn all day and jerking off ~3 times a day , and 2) fred armisen is a horrible boyfriend

― you are my capitalism (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 6 January 2013 09:08 (4 months ago) Permalink