The Howard Stern Thread

no, not for nearly a decade. howard's mellowed out and "evolved" so to speak, which most longtime fans hate, but he's better than ever imo. good example from 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11btbEpS4rY

that's good to hear

ugh, he's gotta be gutted over Garry Shandling. Feels like every other show recently has started with an RIP segment.

xp He's def mellower in that area. Thank his daughters and Beth O.

http://i.imgur.com/5oN09aN.jpg

I would love to tour the southland
In a travelling minstrel show
Yes I'd love to tour the southland
In a traveling minstrel show

Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh
Sound just like a record on the phonograph
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah, yeah, yeah

I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time
I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time, yes I do

'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill
They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

I stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said, "You must be joking son
Where did you get those shoes?
Where did you get those shoes?"

Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show
They say the times are changing but I just don't know
These things are gone forever
Over a long time ago

what are his thoughts on trump? he's not supporting him is he

he's been joking about having access to the white house or being appointed to the supreme court by trump, but he's a long-time hilary supporter. maybe he's playing coy in the hopes trump will call in or something.

Trump called in last August.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQO77AczAw

Howard so down on himself today. "I look like a dried out praying mantis."

ahahaha i fucking love Evil Dave, pronouncing "hymen" as "hyenas." how is he not wack pack?

thank god they finally banned Hanzi for life. HPE is still radio death.

loved Mariann in the studio yesterday singing about 30 million subscribers - "She's more crow than woman!"

HPE makes me laugh sometimes but Howard does get obsessed with him.

Why did they ban hanzi? Guess I need to catch up.

i feel like he hasn't gotten on the air since 2014. they talked to him today and banned him because they don't like him anymore. called Howard a zionist, told Robin to shut up because she just wanted his cock. Fucking asshole.

HPE i just can't stand. I think he's a total con artist. I feel bad for Joey Boots.

Hanzi wished death on H's kids and insulted Beth. So yeah.

ugh too much politics coming up on the show. hope the whole summer isnt like this. find howard's incoherent politics kind of excrutiating to listen to.

He's a documented financial supporter of Hillary.

oh i know, but it's just debating yahoos on the phone or his weird second amendment fetishism. it's tiresome. it's ok, i just mute it for a few minutes.

Michael Rapaport on the WUS today, and mentioned a lot during the actual show because Juliette Lewis was the guest, apparently they're old friends. Rapaport is the best new recurring character by a long shot.

Howard still so down on himself and his looks lately. From today's show: "I look like a warlock with cancer. When I was visiting Robin in the hospital, they put me in a bed immediately and started giving me chemo. I said 'No no no, I'm visiting my friend, my longtime on air partner.' They go 'Sir, you're delusional. You're obviously in Stage Four something or other. Let us help you."

The Louie interview drew attention to the possibility of some inventive, collaborative projects H could be involved in if he reached out to his peers.

https://d26b02a2hyzk9o.cloudfront.net/photos/2016/04/11/55-31107-ronnie-limitless-770-1460393674.png

Great caffeinated first hour 4/19 with goofing on robin and Gary

i could listen to howard's parents and howard imitating his parents forever

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

"Your father's father was beaten over and over again, repeatedly."
"Mom I'm only 5, it's scaring me."
"Listen..."

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

MAURY POVICH

1984 called, they want their show back

Medicated Pete: what are your interests?

High drunk girl: My friend is leaving!

p: sounds good

Howard and Robin pretending to be interns yesterday when the woman didn't believe them was fucking amazing. "And hey, don't tell anyone this...but I saw Howard...I saw him hit Gary once."

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

Phenomenal interview with Steve Martin today, probably the best of the big 'prestige' interviews of the past few years. Great show overall today too, with Jimmy Kimmel on in the first hour, then playing clips during the news of him on Kelly Ripa's show asking her the questions Howard gave him earlier.

this steve martin interview is so wonderful. meghan trainor seems like an awful person.

yeah the Meghan Trainor interview was awful. Torturous. Not much Howard could do.

That Harry Reid moment was devastating

revisiting the Benjy/Elisa saga, he's such a fucking mystery to me, I could live in the vortex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFZCFP3av4c

I think Benjy's best bits are behind him. But I guess you could say the same about the rest of the staff as well.

Man, did any of you guys hear the beginning of the show today? What the fuck is Ralph so stressed about? Total mystery...him and Howard were just laughing about but "really can't say what it is..." Obviously not an illness or anything financial... could he have knocked someone up?

i think gary guessed correctly.

also, re: Benjy - his Periscope account is worth following. Over the weekend I saw him run up to a tour bus near Central Park and start yelling at all the people on the top, just shouting "HEY! HEY! HEY! I'M FAMOUS! STOP THE BUS! YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FAMOUS PERSON! FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @BRONK! I'M FAMOUS!"

yah thats not worth it for me.

but Ralph said himself if he knocked someone off, it's not a big deal going to PP and getting an abortion. unless it was too late

any ralph content is good content. guy is a trainwreck

that benji bit is pretty good. It would be cool if the shows aired his best 'scope bits

I'm curious as to what Howard thinks about DJT. The silence on his part is deafening when Robin talks about DJT during the news. It's impossible to discern what he really thinks of anyone, being that nearly every relationship he has is doubtless situational: he doesn't have anything to do with Artie (that epic fight in 2006-2007 was the only time I know of when Howard was outmatched; Artie had his number, didn't back down and Howard was defeated on his own turf, the only one he will step on) and his conduct when he was rude to Gary at his party that he deigned to go to was maddening(even Beth seemed furious with him).

I wonder if he has any affection for DJT, or if its game recognizes game and he wants to protect him as a favored guest, or if he fears him. The Stern mooks would lose vs the Alt right/ twitter lunatics/masterbates to anime cohort. but obv. there is massive overlap.

DJT?

Trump

he wants to protect him as a favored guest

this is my feeling about. he's been outspoken for hillary.

He's talked a lot about Trump and Hillary this year. Several callers have asked him who he supports. He's donated to HRC's campaign but they want nothing to do with him- on the other hand he's personal friends with Trump (last appearance on the show, a call in, was August 25, 2015), and he talks all the time about how if Trump wins him and Robin are going to basically have carte blanche at the White House, they'll get to visit Camp David and see what's doing, etc. He hasn't been quiet about Trump, and vice versa (remember when Trump referred to Howard as "my good friend, and yours" to Megyn Kelly in one of the million debates this year?)

Fiona Simmons

JD and Ronnie 4 life

The only time I laugh theze dayz

And Sour of course!!!

“When I said the pelican thing, it was over. No one ever said that. And I was out of line, quite frankly. But when he said, ‘do you think I look like a pelican?’ And I said ‘yes,’ there was no going back, it was a matter of time.”

http://uproxx.com/webculture/artie-lange-howard-stern/3/

I'm going through all six hours of the Beetlejuice episode of Wack History Month and making ringtones. Figured I'd at least channel my current aimless depressive energy into something obsessive.