The Howard Stern Thread

shuli's tan mom impression is good but it got on my nerves really quick. shuli bugs me

getting nervous about no word re: future plans. five shows left... if he's leaving Sirius, he won't mention it at all for fear of being sued... i really hope he's not doing a TV show

no way he'll retire. he's been doing 'the show' in one form another since he was 8 years old.

even with a paycut, or if he has to go elsewhere...he'll still be around

I don't think he's going to retire, I'm nervous he'll leave Sirius, but even more nervous that he'll radically alter the structure/format/length of the show. An interviews only TV show would be such a bummer.

and oh my god, i love tan mom but listening to this fight today is fucking torture

the ben carson call from yesterday? was the first time i really heard howard doing that kind of letterman self-deprecating thing coming out of a bit, like, "another classic, robin ... you won't hear entertainment like that outside of jeff the drunk's show."

i haven't listened in a long time, though.

he's made lots of comments like that as long as I've been listening (~2011). For what it's worth, today's show went until noon.

lol @ H and Beth mispronouncing "Net a Porter" and no one on the whole show knowing

I guess none of Beth's friends know either, otherwise they would have told her...unless she never actually speaks to them

I've never gotten the impression that Stern is terribly bright (other than in a business sense)

still no announcement, teasing next week's christmas special with "ah yes Robin, just three shows left until we say goodbye to our audience forever and fade into the ether..." Robin: "We're going into ether?"

hahaha
I'm a couple days behind...looking forward to master cheese maker don Henley

im guessing the staff and everyone knows whats happening and laying low. there would be way more freaking out if not.

Loved hearing high pitch's remarks about terrorism while at a diner

Is it really possible that Wendy got trapped in a dumpster for an hour?

Rae impersonation: "Howard does meditation. Your sister does meditation. I do meditation. AND WE ARE ALL RELAXED. "

lol @ WBLS over Kendrick Lamar

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/is-howard-stern-going-soft-or-just-getting-sharper/2015/12/13/691d8cfe-9ddc-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html

The angry ex-fans, who hate-listen and catalogue Stern’s about-faces and political correctness, call the host “Hollywood Howard” and “Hamptons Howard” and (oof) “James Lipton with a radio mic.”

Anyone that thinks the show has become politically correct is dumb as a wall. Richard pouring beer into his asshole, Tan Mom vs. a transgendered ex-cop, Caitlyn Jenner jokes, ISIS hotline, cancelling all visas... Artie's comments are spot on in that piece - it's a personal & artistic evolution. His Dylan comparison is apt.

https://www.google.co.jp/logos/doodles/2015/chihiro-iwasakis-97th-birthday-5092723400900608-hp.jpg

i'm relistening to the entire 2008 year again. the thing i notice most when i listen to recent shows is, the room sounds smaller and quieter, usually. it's mostly stern's voice, bit of robin. the way the studio sounded through the 2000s, it's often people talking over each other, fred hitting drops over that.

i recently listened to the entire year of 1995 stern shows, too, when he was -- as the article mentions -- wishing aids on his enemies. there was a chicago station that was refusing to pay him, decided to take him to court, and he over and over again calls for the station manager to get aids and then cut himself shaving and bleed into his childrens cornflakes. as well, he was in the middle of his beef with mancow, and he would get into 20-40 minute raps about how he was going to exhume the recently deceased father of mancow and fist him. 1995 is also deep in the oj trial, so you also get lots of racist impressions of johnny cochrane in amos n andy voice + 40 minutes on a "weekend at oj's" bit. jackie is relatively quiet unless called upon, and you can forget billy west is even there. if you sit and listen to the full 1995 shows, it's a quieter studio than the sirius golden years, too. and howard is boring and self-centered and lame as he is 20 years later and you notice it more when the studio has fewer voices.

i haven't listened enough recently, maybe.

Five more years!

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/howard-stern-extends-siriusxm-deal-plans-streaming-video-app-20151215

"As a broadcaster, it does not get better than working at SiriusXM and I'm truly excited for the future with this great company," Stern said in a statement. "I happen to think that its best days are ahead. So, if you are not listening to SiriusXM and The Howard Stern Show, then you are really more like a zombie, a rotting corpse monster, living half a life, deadened and blackened inside. It's as if you were still watching black and white television while shopping in actual stores on your way to the post office to fax a memo."

Stern was especially excited about the visual component of his new deal, which would result in a streaming video app that will feature both his daily Howard Stern Show as well as episodes and specials from the vaults.

xp I started listening right after the Artie era, and I can't stand how everyone is talking over each other on the older shows. I really like the relaxed pace of the show now. Howard has become a better broadcaster & interviewer since he's mellowed out, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXrsMllJbz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVSLfvQ8uQ

cumia is a dirtbag facing domestic abuse charges, which he jokes about during the show opening. levy, jackie, stuttering john and grillo are some of the unfunniest losers associated with the howard stern show. enjoy!

sample:

stuttering john: "you know what they say... go black... you know... go black never back."
cumia: "something like that."
stuttering john: "well, that's true 'cause i once banged a black chick and she never came back."
bob levy: "she already had your wallet, why would she?"

fantasizing about drone-launched hellfire missile through a skylight of cumia's long island mcmansion.

jackie and levy look ancient

baffles me how these dudes make a living anymore

KC washed up on shore here too

yeah that video is so fucking grating. they deserve each other. except KC. i feel bad for him. sounds like he went through some pretty intense medical shit recently (aneurysm?? pancreatitis???). KC is the only one that isn't a total fucking scumbag.

10 Yrs on Satellite special has been great, never heard Artie reciting The Godfather

lollin' at H doing his Robert Plant falsetto while Billy Joel plays Zeppelin covers

news is just breaking over here. rest in peace, riley martin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9OgijAzeo

Bailey the Bedbug is the greatest thing to happen on the show in ages.

anytime Scott the Engineer is abused, im happy

Props to Howard for helping out Scott Ferrall way back when, Scott is a national treasure (until I find out he did/said shifty stuff)

Amazing bit from 9/23/99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9w_UKYE6Vs

so good

Eileen Yulick

oh no, Robin has a cold...

"I'm keeping myself healthy and alive for you Howard!"
-Maryann

RADIO GRAFFITI GO AHEAD!!!

what? i'm missing out on too much to get these references.

i mean, i get the reference, but did howard mention radio graffiti?
*punches bag of cans*
I GET THE REFERENCE. ENACT MARTIAL LAW. DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY. NEVER TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY.

crackhead bob :(

feels like every other show these days starts with an hour long eulogy for a rock star or a wack packer :(

good tip, i should check them out. bummer circumstances, but at least they're guaranteed to be interesting.

lol @ Jeff getting stoned and depressed - "being in the wack pack's not all it's cracked up to be"