The Howard Stern Thread

i never got benjy and he brings next to nothing to the table as an on-air personality (hard to judge his talents as a writer, since a lot is done behind the scenes, right? so, i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt). shuli just doesn't get the rhythm of the show, has a grating personality, isn't quick on his feet on-air, and his voice annoys me.

is robin back in the studio for the recent shows?

i can watch artie ripping shuli in that clip over and
over and over
and over
again.

he claims, "i've been doing standup for 13 years." :(

"wow, shuli's like a chick."

Robin is still home and there was a great moment from 10/31 when Robin screamed at Richard I WAS HERE A WEEK AFTER A 12 HOUR OPERATION

see, that's why i wondered. she kept talking about being there....

same show, i think, howard was talking about how he had gotten an isdn line ready to do the show during the storm, just in case. how about this? let everyone stay at home. conference call it.

ISDN would work fine I think. I was lucky enough to hear their live test, about 5 years ago, around 7 or 8 at night. Everyone was on, even Artie. Sounded just like the regular show.

i just got in my car to buy a tin and some spinach dip and heard a few minutes of the replay... ahhhhh, sour shoes BACK.

Sour is so awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgtYsRUKO2U

The Wrap Up show is just too short, it's often much better than the actual show, the JD/Jason situation and the fallout from the What Annoys You Most About Howard game, for instance.

i hate gary on the radio. i hate when he runs into the studio to ask a guest some useless fucking question. i hate the lame jokes about him. i hate his voice on the dumb microphone in his office. i hate jon hein. i hate any show that allows steve brandano to broadcast his voice. i hate the black keys.

but i love hearing jd.

and i still listen to the wrap up show. but that's where i draw the line. no intern show or back room radio or whatever the hell they've got now.

http://www.youtube.com/user/IWantYouToGoToJail

lots of howard tv clipx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3elM-yPldQ

Heh, the only person that drives me crazy is Scott DePace, mostly the fact that he's a total dummy.

"My professional life is a noine, but my personal life's a two ."

The video to his ex?

yes, the babapology

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

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.

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.

XP - Gary's 'real quick' = genius

i missed the dribble! first hour was pretty slow.

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)

dribbling was during the news, out of nowhere

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

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."

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

great bill hicks interview from oct 93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mZsn__pgbM

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.

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

can't get enough medicated pete.

who else is excited for the beautiful penis contest?

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

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

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GJr1LCJ6K0, and 2) fred armisen is a horrible boyfriend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXI6gkoRzwg

I think Marianne was right -- Lisa G's book should have been called 'Cookie Ho'

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CrgeqAuTL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

Ick.

Just had a quick look on Amazon, true to form the SFN types are brutal in the reviews section.

What's the show like at the minute? I've been listening to the odd one, maybe once a month, just checking in. It still seems so dry without another comedian in the room. I might not ever click back in, is Robin still broadcasting from home/ill?

It is pretty great that it has only sold 28 copies in June on Amazon so far. I can't stand her.

it's about as good as it possibly can be
really toned down if you haven't heard it in a few years or five years
trenchant serious as hell interviews
wildest shit is like ronnie kissing lisa g
thankfully his fucking talent show is over
robin is back in studio
definitely a vastly different show than 2006 or 1996 or 1986
i listen pretty often but no major impressions of it at this moment

Robin is not back in studio.

oh, fuck. i felt like the last month or so she was there but... not sure what i based that on, less mention of her being at home... i dunno.

* Howard Up Late Watching The Bachelorette. 06/18/13. 6:00am
* Jimmy Fallon Appearance Clips. 06/18/13. 6:15am
* Top 5 Songs, Phone Calls, A Benjy Game And More. 06/18/13. 6:25am
* Nick Cannon Visits. 06/18/13. 6:50am
* Jonah Falcon And Chris Rock Visit. 06/18/13. 8:10am
* Various News, Phone Calls And More. 06/18/13. 8:55am
* Robin's News. 06/18/13. 9:10am
* Wrap Up Show - Big Penis Tuesday. 06/18/13. 10:10am
* Wrap Up Show - The Benjy Game And Jonah Falcon. 06/18/13. 10:25am
* Wrap Up Show - Ronnie And Alyssa Milano. 06/18/13. 10:30am

is it true that he's publicly repented of some of his megalomania & bigotry in the '80s?

re the dave attell thing, i knew him as a standup and have no doubt

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/sorts/fmknPdY_zpsffe85f41.jpg

Ugh.

i'm not that familiar with pre-satellite stern, so this is just from digging into krock/wnbc stern. also my credibility has been destroyed by not realizing robin wasn't even in the studio.

his megalomania, not at all
his bigotry, i guess so. compared to bits from the 80s and 90s, it wouldn't be hard to look tolerant. the one thing that puts me off about old stern, when i dig into it, is the racist and homophobic shit mostly because it's just the dumbest fucking shit and doesn't fulfill my requirements for comedy, like insight or novelty. there's less bigotry on the show and people like sal that say genuinely racist shit are mocked for their beliefs-- even if the shit sal says would look tame compared to dumb racist shit on oldschool stern. his approach to women over the years has moderated. i think part of this is: divorce + his daughters growing up + beth turning him into a bitch.

on air, i think the change has come not so much from howard's explicit bigotry, which i don't think there was ever a lot of and always seemed insincere but more i think deciding not to keep dudes like jackie around. (what's the difference between jackie doing fag jokes/black people steal tv jokes and artie on high pitch mike?)

i mean... it ain't npr but compared to a lot of the second rate motherfuckers that came after howard and still basically do a version of howard's show and even compared to my local morning zoo, it's pretty tame.

My thought is now that he's part of the establishment, he doesn't have to resort to some of his old tricks. However, there's still some fire left in him. Those moments when he just fucking loses it and yells are magic.

Also he talks about retirement all the time but dude will be in front of a microphone somewhere 'til he dies.

Robin is not back in studio.

― svend, Saturday, June 22, 2013 9:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The tell is that when she misses the cue to come back from a break, Howard doesn't ask the crew if she's in the bathroom or the hallway.

Courtney Love interview from a few weeks ago was supposedly decent, but I didn't get to hear it yet. The last show I heard was the one where Sour Shoes played in the studio which must have been last November.

Scott Thorson interview from last week was good. ZZ Top one worth tracking down.