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Indolent Bastard posted:She may not be Howard rich, but if she lives in that apartment she is miles away from poor. I wish I was so well off that I could make poncy "art" projects and call that my profession, while living that life style. You should be working on your career at your age, you'd have to be an rear end in a top hat to bike around the world.
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Spacemonkey57 posted:You should be working on your career at your age, you'd have to be an rear end in a top hat to bike around the world. Did that guy end up going through with that?
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May 12, 2014 15:55
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Sand Monster posted:Did that guy end up going through with that? I think so, or at least started it. I think he even called into the show once from the road.
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May 12, 2014 15:57
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Yeah, he definitely did. I think it was revealed that he and his wife were basically biking from brewery to brewery and getting smashed.
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May 12, 2014 16:14
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Former Human posted:Eric is so unbelievably inept at math it's kind of shocking that he knows a little about history. Well, it's easier to sit around all day watching the History Channel than it is to sit around all day doing math. I'd think multiplication tables would be rote for most folks but I guess that ain't so. I'm still working on my relisten of the ETM Sirius packs and, man, it's amazing how in the tank he is for everything EXCEPT the Stern show. I crack up every time he says "WWE Superstars and Divas" and not, y'know, "wrestlers."
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May 12, 2014 16:27
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Am I the only one completely surprised that the birthday show will a) be available online and b) will be free?
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May 12, 2014 20:11
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Brocktoon posted:Am I the only one completely surprised that the birthday show will a) be available online and b) will be free? I'm not. Howard never really has sold stuff on the side to bolster his income. It's just the day and age we are in and I think he's really proud of the event.
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May 12, 2014 20:14
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I think it's just a sign that he can't get his poo poo together to make an online version of HowardTV.
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May 12, 2014 20:55
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EngineerJoe posted:I think it's just a sign that he can't get his poo poo together to make an online version of HowardTV. The internet just isn't to where he needs it to be yet.
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May 12, 2014 21:11
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hunter x az posted:I'm not. Howard never really has sold stuff on the side to bolster his income. Other than going to a paid service for his show, you mean.
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May 12, 2014 22:28
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Am I imagining this or are there people that think Howard not selling t-shirts or memorabilia somehow makes him a stand up guy? Makes absolutely zero sense to me.
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May 12, 2014 23:28
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It just shows that he values his brand way more than Rush or those other jackasses. He likes to say this is because he's a good guy who doesn't want to take advantage of his fans but really it's just him being smart about his brand.
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May 12, 2014 23:36
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Kelly posted:Other than going to a paid service for his show, you mean. Well, yeah -- I suppose, but the freedom gained when he first switched and the Artie years have been phenomenal. I can't imagine everything that we would have missed had it not been for satellite radio and HowardTV.
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May 13, 2014 00:06
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hunter x az posted:Well, yeah -- I suppose, but the freedom gained when he first switched and the Artie years have been phenomenal. I can't imagine everything that we would have missed had it not been for satellite radio and HowardTV. But when you balance it out against what the show lost -- crazy people calling in, ratings pressure forcing Howard to work, Tom Chiusano -- I'm not sure it's a net positive.
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May 13, 2014 00:33
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EATIN SHRIMP posted:Am I imagining this or are there people that think Howard not selling t-shirts or memorabilia somehow makes him a stand up guy? Makes absolutely zero sense to me. It doesn't make him a good guy, but it's one of his more justifiable quirks. The reverse end of the spectrum would be the Rooster Teeth guys, who put out 52 goddamn shirts a year, about a third of them just being something dopey the British guy said once. Obviously there's room for a lot of middle ground there, but I think its nice that Howard never really sought to bolster his income by flogging lovely shirts to the mouth-breathing loyalist idiots in his audience. Its not like flooding the world with more lovely t-shirts would make it a better place or anything.
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May 13, 2014 00:33
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I didn't listen when Jackie was on, but I know he shilled the hell out of his stuff. Like going to nice restaurants and sticking stickers for his dial-a-joke line in the stalls (coincidentally, the payphones where I grew up would let you dial *86 or something to listen to a joke... for free). Any other examples? It gets brought up from time to time on the show but it sounds like they could fill the entire four hours with ragging on Jackie's shilling alone.
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May 13, 2014 01:56
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That's always who Jackie was, though. He was hustling before he got on the show, it just became more amplified because he had a bigger platform. Howard was never that kind of person before he got famous, fame simply presents you that kind of opportunity, which he obviously turned down anyway for the most part.
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May 13, 2014 02:49
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People actually talking like adults is such a huge improvement I would take satellite over krock 10 times out of ten.
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May 13, 2014 02:50
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Crotch Bat posted:That's always who Jackie was, though. He was hustling before he got on the show, it just became more amplified because he had a bigger platform. Howard was never that kind of person before he got famous, fame simply presents you that kind of opportunity, which he obviously turned down anyway for the most part. Howard saw his money in the end game, not selling keychains to people, but he sold and shilled a lot. He was basically selling porn for awhile back on those pay per view specials, he stopped selling poo poo early because he had the placement to not do so, and of course he looks down on anyone who has to promote side gigs or other ventures now. But yeah, he never went full tilt like Rush did, selling people excellence in broadcasting sweaters and chairs and beer cozies
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May 13, 2014 08:05
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euphronius posted:People actually talking like adults is such a huge improvement I would take satellite over krock 10 times out of ten. Pittsburgh Pete: "Hey Howard, I watched the latest Sybian ride on Howard TV last night and it was great. Anyway, has Beth ever stuck a finger in your rear end?"
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May 13, 2014 08:32
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EATIN SHRIMP posted:Am I imagining this or are there people that think Howard not selling t-shirts or memorabilia somehow makes him a stand up guy? Makes absolutely zero sense to me. It is rare in radio. Look at Bubba back when he was on Sirius. Every other caller had to put over his merchandise, "Hey Bubba, I got those Full Trucker Effect Bubba Army mudflaps, anyway so what do you think about Brent getting knocked out in 9.3 seconds*" or a guy like Rush Limbaugh, who makes over 20 million a year and is still hawking El Rushbo Coffee Mugs and garbage like that. *which they made a shirt out of RommelMcDonald posted:Yeah, he definitely did.
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May 13, 2014 11:25
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Bubbba spent the better part of a year making his show a huge infomercial for his K5 box set.
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May 13, 2014 14:00
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Holy poo poo, Eric the Midget's list of demands about Gonzo Shitcock. I'm laughing so hard. Why the gently caress would e need to know Gonzo's FICO credit score and wife's bra size? hahahaha
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May 13, 2014 15:18
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Sweet, Sharon Osborne.
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May 13, 2014 15:43
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If that guy had just kept his job holding lights at Howard TV instead of biking around the world getting drunk he could have built his career to the point where he could have been fired with everyone else at Howard TV.
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May 13, 2014 16:02
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Spacemonkey57 posted:If that guy had just kept his job holding lights at Howard TV instead of biking around the world getting drunk he could have built his career to the point where he could have been fired with everyone else at Howard TV. I liked that line in Jimmy's poem, something like "what happened to Scott DePace?".
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May 13, 2014 16:41
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I need to hear this story, and how Artie tells it. It was extremely funny the first time he told the story on the air, but like every Artie joke he then went on to tell it approximately 7,000 times on various talk shows as if it was the first recounting of the tale, and it lost some of the charm.
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May 13, 2014 22:28
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Ether Frenzy posted:It was extremely funny the first time he told the story on the air, but like every Artie joke he then went on to tell it approximately 7,000 times on various talk shows as if it was the first recounting of the tale, and it lost some of the charm. This is how most comedians operate, they don't throw away good jokes and often have to do bits over and over for various audiences. Artie don't repeat too much and he is a hell of a story teller.
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May 14, 2014 02:31
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I saw Artie live at the Borgata a couple years ago with Amy Schumer and Jim Norton and he was by far my least favorite. I'd never seen/heard his stand-up before and literally his entire set was his jokes and stories from his DirecTV show 
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May 14, 2014 02:33
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May 14, 2014 02:41
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Yesterday's show with Jimmy Kimmel sitting in for the first half was really refreshing. Him and Ike Barinholtz sticking around after the interview made the studio feel more alive and bustling than it's been in a long while. Just hearing other fresh voices added to the mix was great. I hope that convinces Howard to finally fill in the Artie chair but we're probably in coast mode until it's time for the dubious resigning.
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moot the hopple posted:Yesterday's show with Jimmy Kimmel sitting in for the first half was really refreshing. Him and Ike Barinholtz sticking around after the interview made the studio feel more alive and bustling than it's been in a long while. Just hearing other fresh voices added to the mix was great. *ahem* The Shuli Chair
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AxeManiac posted:Was that just before he tried to kill himself or just after? I know you're joking but for anyone's curiosity this was in late 2012 iirc.
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moot the hopple posted:I hope that convinces Howard to finally fill in the Artie chair but we're probably in coast mode until it's time for the dubious resigning. It was a great dynamic, and once I saw that Kimmel was sitting in I knew it was going to be a must listen edition of the show, and I was not disappointed. Although, Howard repeating the same sentence over and over again during the Carolla interview about how he's a genius really made me think he's either A. not interested in Adam or B. just in full on coast mode.
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On the topic of stand up.. Does anyone find it difficult to watch comedians standup after you hear them in their natural state? For example, I've never enjoyed Artie's stand up because I find him to be so funny off the cuff. I listen to Joe Rogan's podcast and although it's not funny, I know what his natural "tone" is in regards to his voice and his standup is just so unnatural. Same goes for any other comedian with a podcast.
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Artie's standup is definitely not as funny as Artie being Artie. It's been a while since I've heard Rogan do standup but I thought it was funny. I'm really getting into his podcast lately. Dana Gould is another guy I love on podcasts, including his own, but couldn't get through one of his specials on Netflix. He used to crush on Carolla's morning radio show.
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ChaosMonkey posted:Artie's standup is definitely not as funny as Artie being Artie. It's been a while since I've heard Rogan do standup but I thought it was funny. I'm really getting into his podcast lately. George Carlin is one of the greatest stand-ups of all time and I don't think I've ever heard a funny interview with the guy. It's weird how that stuff works.
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May 15, 2014 06:47
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Earthquake's stand up is great and every time he comes in the studio I almost pass out laughing. I wish he was a bigger name. He is guilty of repeating his stories like you guys were talking about earlier, but every comedian does that. Testing out material on a radio or talk show is a bad idea, you have to do great when you go out there.
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DangerDummy! posted:George Carlin is one of the greatest stand-ups of all time and I don't think I've ever heard a funny interview with the guy. It's weird how that stuff works. He was one of the few comedians who didn't do bits off-stage. At least I never heard any.
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DangerDummy! posted:George Carlin is one of the greatest stand-ups of all time and I don't think I've ever heard a funny interview with the guy. It's weird how that stuff works. I'm an enormous Carlin fan, and I completely agree. Georgie's interviews were interesting, and occasionally amusing, but he absolutely did NOT do material when he wasn't actually performing his act. EDIT: The closest he got was once I heard him talking about his second heart attack on a radio show... "There are only two kinds of heart attacks, Mild and Massive." Super dark, but funny in context.
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