The Howard Stern Thread

Stark contrast in interviews last week: Billy Corgan was on last Monday, and it was great- flow was really good, & whenever it's him, Howard, and Robin, they get pretty deep into childhood trauma and abuse stuff and dealing with it as an adult. Fascinating even if you're not a fan of Billy or the Pumpkins. So many of his issues & hangups dovetail with Howard and Robin's. Billy's been on the show at least half a dozen times, so they're already comfortable with each other, & there's a mutual respect there.

Then Robert Plant came in on Tuesday. It was a disaster. Howard could not read the room and wouldn't shut the fuck up. RP was really fed up pretty early on, and actually walked out when Howard started asking something about money. Howard wasn't picking up on the hint that RP did not want to talk about Jimmy Page or Led Zeppelin even, yet he persisted with these inane, almost pre-interview level trivia questions. Even Robin was like "shut the fuck up Howard, let him talk." Painful to listen to.

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It became esp apparent at the end when Plant gave Stern some sage advice:
"If you want to make friends and influence people, SHUT THE FUCK UP"
I lolled so hard I had to replay that shit three times.

Rosie O interview today was fun

In general still think Howard Stern is a waste of time, not because of him, really, but because of all the other shit/skit/characters around him. Anyway, I heard the Jon Stewart interview today, and it was great. The secret, per the above, I think is just having Robin and Howard there. The rest is bullshit.

there's very little spontaneity left in the show, the prerecorded bits & forced segments where Richard/Sal/Ronnie/et al. are brought in are totally stale. interviews are still great but he's been fucking up lately (robert plant especially). then again idk if you'd like the more freewheeling years (basically anything pre-2015) when Wrap Up was still good & provided fodder for the show (Sal "two monkeys running" or the human resources apology). Artie's suicide attempt, the block parties, and Eric the Actor dying had a lot more to do with Howard phoning it in then Ms. Turk.

I miss KC

I'm old enough and east coast enough that I grew up with HS on the (terrestrial) radio, in the '80s early '90s, and I honestly never dug it then. Stuttering John, Bababooey, dumb stunts and women talking about their boobs, whatever. I agree with Jon Stewart that once he settled into his own skin he became a better personality, less shock jock and more wizened vet.

ah gotcha. yeah i grew up in NYC & have lived on the east coast my whole life so Howard has always just been 'in the air' but i didn't become a fan until 2011. there are still great moments of spontaneity on the show though that aren't sophomoric or forced- particularly when George Takei admitted to groping men on the first show after the Weinstein story broke. I remember listening to this last month and just thinking "wtf..." naturally then it comes out, and this clip is used as a source

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLtw9Tpg9Pg

"...Do we need to call the police?"

I'm just happy he's still making radio

same

Agree, very stale and uninspired atm
My favorite bits are when he discusses life at home, normal, unscripted moments
Also Sour is still the best but they give him less than a minute whenever they pick up

Also Ronnie - and Fred goofing on him - still good but very samey...

the new on air writers (lump guy, learn japanese guy) are soooooo fucking terrible

horrible. Lee King Snatch makes me want to jump off a fucking bridge

also Howard really driving the Millie Bobbie Brown's agent bit into the ground

I really like the bits they've done re: poor Scott and how horribly unlucky he is.

i dont mind the agent thing because howard is genuinely inspired when doing them. the scott's terrible days recorded bits ARE GREAT and full of a pathos that was rarely found in the show.

Yes
“There was only one bagel left,,,and it was pumpernickel”

the popcorn lung song

Also JD still gold, though he doesn’t seem to be on much anymore. I still think he should take the Jackie / Artie chair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWB5hLODnUk

so good

best show in awhile on 11/16. Like the old days when there were a whole bunch of guys in the studio, all egging on H

show's been p good the past few months. staff have been in studio regularly past few weeks. Kendrick Lamar interview on 12/12 was surprisingly great.

https://youtu.be/k38wf2VeU0A

aj benza vs trump.

such a classic. i love benjy, still really bummed he got kicked out of the studio. the whole anna nicole smith saga is incredible

he names a lot of names in his podcast

benjy has a podcast?

lmao i realized this morning that said aj benza but my comments about benjy's genius stand

... aj benza has a podcast?

i want an evil dave series. someone go interview him at the blood bank

i know it's a bit trite at this point to make this observation but: one of the men in that clip went on to become president and the other up until a year ago was selling tvs at best buy.

Loved the interview with Robin, she is so out to lunch.

Howard - “the Tagline of robinquivers.com is ‘choose to win’”

Robin - “and It’s a choice, Howard”

H - “I don’t know what you’re talking about”

Oh my god

"I want you to go to jail for this"
"Ooh!"

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

Robin: “Deaf people love the Grammys!”

Black Robin

Her performance of “greatest hair of all” almost brought me to tears

5/14 - king of all blacks judges staff clothing

he's in his early 60s, seems to wear mostly deadstock private hoard rocawear and generic fat people clothes
i do trust him on bathroom fixtures, home furnishings, kitchen countertops

his obsession with Moen faucets as a marker of true success

fred playing smashing pumpkins to start yesterdays show was looool

lol was it Robin singing 1979

I ditched my subscription & stopped listening earlier this year, though I did check out the Pumpkins interview. I missed Robin singing 1979 after the break. Or it might've been a parody song

nah fred claimed he was as good or better at guitar than billy so howard had him learn bullet w/ butterfly wings and he performed a verse and a chorus and howard cut him off

lmao

poor fred

Hi Fred

The Letterman interview on Netflix is horrible and ends super awkwardly and abruptly for some odd reason.

Jay z interview was a train wreck as well

RIP Evil Dave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqyvAl633Vg

my favorite wack packer

Aw no