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Mr Hands Colon posted:So, Tan Mom got escorted out. Did she get arrested too? She probably shed her lay of leathery skin and slipped away.
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:Now that the Birthday Bash is over, I have to ask - in your opinion, what is the "Golden Era" of Stern? I was largely an E! viewer growing up and enjoyed Stern after he made the jump to Sirius. I'd love to go back and listen to old episodes but it's very intimidating - there's just so much to choose from. For me, the Golden Age is the Billy West years (1989-95). Although if you grab any show from the '90s, you should do pretty well. Even after Billy was gone, Jackie was still there and kept everybody in good form. (Exception: during movie making/release, when it was non-stop overkill movie talk)
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The entirety of the OJ stuff is the peak of the show to me. It's the perfect storm of talent, listener participation, and target of ridicule.
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prefect posted:For me, the Golden Age is the Billy West years (1989-95). Definitely Billy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-986P750s "I walked right up to her!"
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Feb 2, 2014 04:33
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Interesting to think of the show in eras. It is true in a sense. Golden age has not come and gone. I think it got more streamlined.
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Feb 2, 2014 10:10
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I thin the best "Golden Era" was 93-96. You had the tail end of Billy in there and also it was just about the time where Howard was taking off so the energy level and the guests that came in were amazing. As a added bonus you have OJ that is probably the single best era for the show. About the time where the movie is about to come out is where things started to fall apart a bit. If you had to pick a single year to listen to I would say 1995 is the best and still what I tend to pull out when I want to listen anymore. The early Artie years and the first year of Sirius are pretty good as well but don't hold a candle to the early 90s. Hell, the day after the Million Man March is probably the single funniest bit I have ever heard on the show ever, Howard impersonating Louis Farrakhan for almost 2 hours straight. It is the type of bit that isn't done anymore because there isn't the vibe in the studio anymore to roll with something that is funny just to keep trying to make each other laugh. http://youtu.be/uo3DoFfRAQo
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Personally I feel the "golden years" were about 95-2000/2001 You had the end of the Jackie years, but the start of the Artie years. You get the Jackie chair comic rotation that gave us some amazing days in the studio. That also gave us the AJ Benza/John fight. If you extend it a little bit you get the 9/11 show and then the Win Johns Job contest. Ok I just got sucked into the SS Munds Saga for about the 10000th time. "Ronnie, your gonna need to join the longshoreman's union just to be able to park that thing" Mr Lance Murdock fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Feb 2, 2014 |
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Feb 2, 2014 14:48
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Mr Lance Murdock posted:Personally I feel the "golden years" were about 95-2000/2001 The Hollywood Stern Era, 1997-2002 or so, was very good, but ultimately I agree completely with this: Djarum posted:I thin the best "Golden Era" was 93-96. You had the tail end of Billy in there and also it was just about the time where Howard was taking off so the energy level and the guests that came in were amazing. As a added bonus you have OJ that is probably the single best era for the show. About the time where the movie is about to come out is where things started to fall apart a bit. If you had to pick a single year to listen to I would say 1995 is the best and still what I tend to pull out when I want to listen anymore. Except that I would push that back a year to include 1992.
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Squashy Nipples posted:
92 is a stretch for me. Yes, you had the MTV awards and all that fallout, which was great. But, you still had the chance for a harrable bit like homocop, or some I love lucy sketch. Also, werent they still clapping a little in 91/92?
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Mr Lance Murdock posted:92 is a stretch for me. Yes, you had the MTV awards and all that fallout, which was great. But, you still had the chance for a harrable bit like homocop, or some I love lucy sketch. True. But I actually like that stuff, at least a little bit... the show was in transition then, in a good way. I started listening to Stern around 1988 or so, and so for the whole time I knew the show, it had been bit-heavy. Its was awesome to see it evolved beyond that. I also miss the "underground" feel the show had, where no one in Hollywood knew who Stern was, and Stuttering John as totally unknown even in NYC.
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Feb 2, 2014 15:21
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Squashy Nipples posted:True. But I actually like that stuff, at least a little bit... the show was in transition then, in a good way. I started listening to Stern around 1988 or so, and so for the whole time I knew the show, it had been bit-heavy. Its was awesome to see it evolved beyond that. I like some of those bits as well...but I think I have a better memory of hearing them for the first time, then I do about the actual bit. I started listening in 1990 so we share some of the same memories of the show. I think some of the best radio during that time was the LA syndication and all the press that surrounded it.
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My personal favorite is the early Sirius years, 2006 to 2009. You have Artie uncensored, Richard and Sal, and some particularly funny bits like Gary's pitch. Plus they don't clap after every single joke.
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Riosan posted:My personal favorite is the early Sirius years, 2006 to 2009. You have Artie uncensored, Richard and Sal, and some particularly funny bits like Gary's pitch. Plus they don't clap after every single joke. Yep. I started listening then, and I've listened to earlier 90's-2000's stuff, but it just doesn't compare. When they first really stretched their legs on sirius and took a leash of Artie and Richard and Sal, it was great. It fell off the second half of 2009 when Artie was really hosed up, and hasn't been the same. Also, those are the best ETM years.
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Riosan posted:My personal favorite is the early Sirius years, 2006 to 2009. You have Artie uncensored, Richard and Sal, and some particularly funny bits like Gary's pitch. Plus they don't clap after every single joke. I agree, as this is exactly when I started listening.
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Riosan posted:My personal favorite is the early Sirius years, 2006 to 2009. You have Artie uncensored, Richard and Sal, and some particularly funny bits like Gary's pitch. Plus they don't clap after every single joke. Sign me up to this exact group as well, and I also agree that it fell off/went to poo poo when Artie got really sick in '09.
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Feb 2, 2014 18:16
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I admit the only reason I even started listening to Stern was because I heard Artie was on it. I loved Dirty Work.
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Djarum posted:I thin the best "Golden Era" was 93-96. You had the tail end of Billy in there and also it was just about the time where Howard was taking off so the energy level and the guests that came in were amazing. As a added bonus you have OJ that is probably the single best era for the show. About the time where the movie is about to come out is where things started to fall apart a bit. If you had to pick a single year to listen to I would say 1995 is the best and still what I tend to pull out when I want to listen anymore. This is why I maintain that even with somebody as lovely as Shuli in the studio, it was better than nobody.
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Feb 2, 2014 19:07
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Anyone got the clip of high pitch talking like KC and saying something like "baseballs, footballs, your balls"?
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Feb 2, 2014 19:11
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AxeManiac posted:Anyone got the clip of high pitch talking like KC and saying something like "baseballs, footballs, your balls"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4acyl5bRls About 2:45 in. His KC impression is seriously one of the funniest things I've ever heard. "It's KC here! Nice!"
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Feb 2, 2014 19:21
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It's so great, thanks. I was having a hell of a time trying to search for it, all words involved are kind of huge search topics
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Feb 2, 2014 19:29
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For a complete idiot, High Pitch's impression of KC is surprisingly nuanced. Classic bit.
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Howard's on vacation, right? http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878?mg=reno64-wsj
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AxeManiac posted:It's so great, thanks. I was having a hell of a time trying to search for it, all words involved are kind of huge search topics I think I've posted that clip like, ten times in this thread because I still laugh as hard as I did the first time I heard it.
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Ether Frenzy posted:For a complete idiot, High Pitch's impression of KC is surprisingly nuanced. Classic bit. The Artie impression is hilarious, too. With this and the absolute classic "Who's High Pitch?!", he's got some amazingly memorable moments on the show from that era in this call. He's still an absolutely disgusting person, of course...
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Sand Monster posted:The Artie impression is hilarious, too. His best prank call is the one where he calls to ask about some cream for his twat. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Feb 2, 2014 |
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Feb 2, 2014 21:28
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Fiyahhhhhhghghhghghghhghg*gurgle*
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Ether Frenzy posted:Howard's on vacation, right? the curse.
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I always imagine that High Pitch is sitting there with Sal and Richard to get those calls done. I can't imagine him coming up with any of that himself.
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EngineerJoe posted:I always imagine that High Pitch is sitting there with Sal and Richard to get those calls done. I can't imagine him coming up with any of that himself. Yeah, I'm sure they go over it with him and cut out the dull air or bits where they are shouting into his ear. But honestly, it is still pretty amazing he could repeat that stuff and remember it and get it out right. I wouldn't even expect that from him.
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AxeManiac posted:Yeah, I'm sure they go over it with him and cut out the dull air or bits where they are shouting into his ear. They talked about that on the air once. High-pitch has clearly got some mental problems, but he's gifted when it comes to repeating words they tell him. It's the complete opposite of Beetlejuice.
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Yeah, it seems impossible but he is a very talented scam artist so he's not a total idiot.
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GenoCanSing posted:Yep. I started listening then, and I've listened to earlier 90's-2000's stuff, but it just doesn't compare. When they first really stretched their legs on sirius and took a leash of Artie and Richard and Sal, it was great. It fell off the second half of 2009 when Artie was really hosed up, and hasn't been the same. Same for me. I remember every day sitting at work praying to god Eric the Midget would call in and then sitting there for 20 minutes laughing my rear end off not doing poo poo. The rest of my office must have thought I was the biggest weirdo on Earth. I remember some calls going like an hour and doing nothing but praying I would not have to leave my desk. I love that midget. I still remember holding my sides the first time they played the Steve Langford Sour Shoes calls. Steve Langford has a huge penis, I want it inside my mouthhhhh, Oh-OH I still think that is the single greatest 8 minutes of audio ever created. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLFaDSIc-I
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Sour Shoes is the loving greatest. That Langford call is amazing even if the real genius was the Sal/Richard team using pre recorded Sour.
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I want you to go to jail. Langford was a beast.
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Also down for 2006-2009 or so being, if not a golden age, maybe a renaissance for the show. There was a fantastic dynamic. The ETM calls were great, Artie was hilarious, plus Baba Booey's first pitch and that book of his. I have vivid memories of driving through an old Civil War battlefield in the middle of the night, driving home, listening to a replay of Howard doing Gary explaining his Desert Island Albums and laughing so hard that I drove off the road. A little.
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I think Howard Stern stays on the radio so he can give his parents a big memorial when they die, just thinking
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Ockhams Crowbar posted:I have vivid memories of driving through an old Civil War battlefield in the middle of the night, driving home, listening to a replay of Howard doing Gary explaining his Desert Island Albums and laughing so hard that I drove off the road. A little. As much as I love Gary, I love it even more when he and his music get goofed on. BOFF, MY SONOS! BOFF, MY PIECES OF VINYL! BOFF, RECORD WORLD!
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Riosan posted:As much as I love Gary, I love it even more when he and his music get goofed on. Guys like Gary kill me. They spend thousands of dollars and hours of time configuring the latest audio equipment to play a 40 year old Steely Dan record that sounds like it was recorded on equipment from a Sears Catalog. These are the same guys you see in music stores buying any high priced gear they can so they can noodle around while trying to sound like SRV.
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My Sonos was expensive, and worth every penny. The hifi sound quality is nice (if you've got source material worthy of it), but what you are paying for is idiot proof integration with no wires.
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Sonos shelled out for that big Super Bowl ad and all I could think of during that commercial was "Sonos, bawf."
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