The Howard Stern Thread

Also awaiting judgemental commentary from Howard about Oprah's sister

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....

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.

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?"

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

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

I know right? Time for a Dr Remulak revival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJ3AlJrgv4

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylu_2OSGAmE

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.

Ben listening to 'Geek Time' though.

Pete the Asian virgin lol

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

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

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..."

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

wow

I miss Artie

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"

goddamn, i hope that guy is fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCtOAUxeYl0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jG6h2Ab9Yo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6DcfGRAOWs

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

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

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.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpEDSUUH7Qo

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.

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!

Norma Stitz

Ethel

Rusty

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

okay, now... this is so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qVwSthOAuY

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

"two very healthy RUNNING BACKS, right?!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3yFxauiGSY

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTJhnuQMbL8&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbG28LyNTpc

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

on, goddamnit

really didn't espect the next lesson on the de facto limits of free speech to come from Tony Bennett.

morbius do you remember when you said that howard stern is "generally worshipped by hipsters"? that was pretty weird, i still puzzle over that.

the last thing I want to hear is an interview with T. Bennett. Is it worth listening to?

really didn't espect the next lesson on the de facto limits of free speech to come from Tony Bennett.

― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

can you explain this pls

Any suggestion by a public figure that 9/11 was, as Malcolm X surely would have said, a case of "the chickens coming home to roost" must follow it up within 24 hours with an abject apology.

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

"wnbc, this one's for dana, sent in by mr. artie lange over in jersey, on our all request weekend. dana, hope you're listening. artie says he's sorry for the three strippers" [ELO - telephone line]

W N B C."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a2DHd9uv84

i've been digging into old tapes of wnbc and older stuff on youtube. what is the best source for deep crates stuff? has someone archived stuff like robin's first appearance?

i also just watched private parts for the first time.

but i mean, how great is that second video up there? why is it great? the hitting the post routine... "okay we got some music for you. wnbc."

redskunk has yearly archives. Sort by size.
http://redskunk.org/torrents-search.php?all=1&sort=4&type=desc

Apparently Monday is the start date for the Nick and Artie show.
http://nickandartie.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2RnFAfoLzE

This shit is still killing me.

I believe this is the “we lost Cronkite” moment

Understandable. The show is a shadow of its former self.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzH8ATSp9Jk