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jase1 posted:Been listening the Todd packer stuff and this is so far my favorite Eric the Midget prank call with Carrie Underwood. One of the amazing things about Eric is how they pulled this move probably 99 times before, yet the 100th time he fell for it again.
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Yes, I'm referring to The run up to Eric being on the show, and it's absolutely worth listening to. Werewolves indeed.
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Sep 26, 2014 00:12
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I have to admit, as a recent inductee into this world, I'm so so jealous of those of you that were around when Artie, Jackie, Bigfoot, and now Eric were around. Listening to older shows it just sounds like everyone had more fun. People got more worked up, tempers flared, and it made for great radio. Now Howard pauses before he says anything like he wasn't paying attention, he sounds distant and bored, Robin is hardly even there and when she speaks up she has the most vapid and pointless opinions on everything. Before she actually got involved in the interviews and bits, going so far as to voice her opinion and yell at people, now she only speaks when spoken to and you can tell she wasn't listening. I can't tell when clips on Sirius are from a recent show or from years ago since they don't really have a date in the title anymore, but the only things that bring me joy from the show is Howard goofing on Gary or Ronnie and that never seems to happen anymore.
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Sep 26, 2014 02:35
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As much as I loved the old KROQ days (been a daily listener since 1992), I have to say the show really was it's best in the post 9/11 era, until Artie left.
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Sep 26, 2014 11:09
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Ether Frenzy posted:As much as I loved the old KROQ days (been a daily listener since 1992), I have to say the show really was it's best in the post 9/11 era, until Artie left. I'll agree, this period was the best overall, but I feel like the late Billy West period (OJ, Jackie Puppet) is almost as good. EDIT: Although, some of that is contextual; back then he was really transgressive, in that popular culture hadn't caught up with him then. It's hard to describe HOW BAD mainstream radio was then.
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Sep 26, 2014 12:18
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Squashy Nipples posted:I'll agree, this period was the best overall, but I feel like the late Billy West period (OJ, Jackie Puppet) is almost as good. There's some goddamn good Billy West content during his whole tenure on the Stern show. Check out the bits of Larry Fine at Woodstock and Billy playing a sick and dying Lucille Ball. And mainstream terrestrial radio has always been, is, and will always be terrible.
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Sep 26, 2014 13:43
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So many great years. It's hard to say what was the best. It's all so subjective. The funny part is, it's so divided as far as what made what great for what reason(s). Billy West being there from 1990-1995 was fantastic, it was also a time when Stern would be really off-wall on humor relating to the handicapped, race relations, women, etc. The time from 1997-2001 was also awesome because of the fact that he started getting 'gently caress you' money, but it didn't phase him because he had no ability to enjoy it - being married and all. Basically I feel the Artie-era on K-Rock was the best, because it was relentless ball-busting, yet Stern was still stifled. The FCC was really gunning for him to get off the air, plus it was Bush's tenure and he was just...well, insane. You can really hear the vitrol around 2004-2005. The first three years of satellite were good, but I feel could've been better. I think it was just bad timing due to Stern getting so much money, getting older and getting more 'aware' of what his role in everything SHOULD be. In his opinion. I mean, when you listen to the Sirius era and Bubba's show - hear me out, I know hearing about redneck poo poo, wrestling and NASCAR can only go so far - doing the insane poo poo they were doing, who was really pushing the envelope and doing hilarious radio? At least the difference is 99% of the stunts on Bubba were faked. tl;dr I miss Artie. 
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Sep 26, 2014 16:09
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Cliche Guevara posted:So many great years. It's hard to say what was the best. It's all so subjective. The funny part is, it's so divided as far as what made what great for what reason(s). Billy West being there from 1990-1995 was fantastic, it was also a time when Stern would be really off-wall on humor relating to the handicapped, race relations, women, etc. The marriage ended in 1999, actually. From 1997-1999, he would occasionally go on exceptionally vicious rants about how men and women weren't meant to live together -- things like that. In retrospect, it should have been more obvious what was going on.
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Sep 26, 2014 16:12
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prefect posted:The marriage ended in 1999, actually. From 1997-1999, he would occasionally go on exceptionally vicious rants about how men and women weren't meant to live together -- things like that. In retrospect, it should have been more obvious what was going on. Yeah, plus the third kid is much younger then the first two, clearly an attempt to patch the marriage back up... and she born in 1993! Stern admitted to this when he announced his divorce: Jackie suggested they have a another kid, and he said, "We already tried that." From Wikipedia: They have three daughters: Emily Beth (b. 1983) Debra Jennifer (b. 1986), and Ashley Jade (b. 1993) LOL, didn't know that his first born shares a name with the new wife. Emily must hate that.
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Sep 26, 2014 16:18
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Advice posted:I have to admit, as a recent inductee into this world, I'm so so jealous of those of you that were around when Artie, Jackie, Bigfoot, and now Eric were around. Did something happen to Bigfoot?
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Sep 26, 2014 17:55
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YeahTubaMike posted:Did something happen to Bigfoot? The original Bigfoot wasn't insane, just a really tall guy with huge feet and an incredibly deep voice. He went to Hollywood and might have even gotten a couple of minor acting jobs before he died.
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Sep 26, 2014 17:57
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Cliche Guevara posted:Basically I feel the Artie-era on K-Rock was the best, because it was relentless ball-busting, yet Stern was still stifled. The FCC was really gunning for him to get off the air, plus it was Bush's tenure and he was just...well, insane. You can really hear the vitrol around 2004-2005. K.C. and Stuttering John were always entertaining, too.
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Sep 26, 2014 18:35
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prefect posted:The original Bigfoot wasn't insane, just a really tall guy with huge feet and an incredibly deep voice. He went to Hollywood and might have even gotten a couple of minor acting jobs before he died. Ah right! I forget that there was more than Big "it is" Foot and Bigfoot Jr. (who I hate).
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Sep 26, 2014 18:38
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prefect posted:The original Bigfoot wasn't insane, just a really tall guy with huge feet and an incredibly deep voice. He went to Hollywood and might have even gotten a couple of minor acting jobs before he died. He was in HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, a pretty major minor role.
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Sep 26, 2014 19:00
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ChaosMonkey posted:He was in HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, a pretty major minor role. He had a substantial role in Big Fish, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McGrory
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Sep 26, 2014 19:34
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The first few satellite years were at the best during a few periods, first was after the initial year of Sirius where Howard was constantly shilling them and talking about regular radio trying to bury them with legislature and anti-satellite/stern sentiment. After that died down the show was at full form until the merger which was over a year of constant complaining about the FCC and the Government. Once the merger was final the show was good again until Artie left. That coupled with Howard constantly bringing up how the news was reporting he was going to be in American Idol (despite it coming off as a Buchwald agency plant in his last Sirius contract signing) was what finally convinced me to stop listening.
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Sep 26, 2014 21:58
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Oh god, I forgot about the merger garbage. I had to quit listening daily when Artie left. I occasionally listen to youtube when a good guest came in. What is funny was I was listening to the Eric the Midget show and I seriously considered subscribing again. Then they got off the subject and the show went like this 20 minutes about will Howard go back to America's Got Talent straight into a Robin rant about "how could you still eat meat" (and apparently Howard is a vegetarian now except for seafood?) and I basically did this
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Sep 27, 2014 00:06
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Oh yeah, just the other day Howard was berating Robin for going to "VegFest" but it was so devoid of emotion. She knew she was being poked fun at so she didn't give serious responses and just checked her email or something while pretending to participate in the conversation. There was nobody else in the studio to make jokes like Artie, Jackie, or Billy so Howard just patronized her without even really insulting her. I almost fell asleep driving.
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Sep 27, 2014 00:15
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DeadBonesBrook posted:The first few satellite years were at the best during a few periods, first was after the initial year of Sirius where Howard was constantly shilling them and talking about regular radio trying to bury them with legislature and anti-satellite/stern sentiment. After that died down the show was at full form until the merger which was over a year of constant complaining about the FCC and the Government. Once the merger was final the show was good again until Artie left. That coupled with Howard constantly bringing up how the news was reporting he was going to be in American Idol (despite it coming off as a Buchwald agency plant in his last Sirius contract signing) was what finally convinced me to stop listening. The last year on terrestrial was rough, because it was a non-stop commercial for Sirius.
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Sep 27, 2014 00:16
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Advice posted:Oh yeah, just the other day Howard was berating Robin for going to "VegFest" but it was so devoid of emotion. She knew she was being poked fun at so she didn't give serious responses and just checked her email or something while pretending to participate in the conversation. There was nobody else in the studio to make jokes like Artie, Jackie, or Billy so Howard just patronized her without even really insulting her. I almost fell asleep driving. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Jackie's writing was great, but his greatest contribution was being an irritant to everybody, and being funny about all of it.
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Sep 27, 2014 00:17
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Yes, I'm referring to The run up to Eric being on the show, and it's absolutely worth listening to. Werewolves indeed. The werewolves of london remake is amazing. The good times we had with that little butterball will never go away.
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Sep 27, 2014 00:24
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AxeManiac posted:The werewolves of london remake is amazing. The good times we had with that little butterball will never go away. The more I listen to him (I've gone through Todd Packer's stuff and am now in 2012), the sadder I get that he died. I can't believe that before February of this year, I didn't know who anyone was on the show, aside from Howard and Robin (and I was aware that Artie had been a part of it, but didn't really know that much about him). I have a job that allows me to listen to whatever I want for 35 hours a week and just decided one day to check out some Howard Stern clips.
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Sep 27, 2014 01:20
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prefect posted:The last year on terrestrial was rough, because it was a non-stop commercial for Sirius. I didn't start listening until the beginning of Sirius but the last Tom C clip on Todd Packer (Part 4 I think) is mainly just Howard fighting KROQ, interesting in hindsight but I can imagine how grating it must have been to hear every day.
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Sep 27, 2014 01:24
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I mostly enjoy the years 89-95 especially 91-93 where it seemed like the whole show was Howard taking callers and just making bits out of all the calls he still did other bits and interview but the phone calls were the majority of the show. The people he would talk to or argue with were fascinating and it was before people were really shilling stuff so it was real whacked out people. When I listen to the satellite years it seems like everyone is doing some type of thought out shtick or fake character where as earlier it was more organic and real to me.
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Sep 27, 2014 01:57
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Cliche Guevara posted:So many great years. It's hard to say what was the best. It's all so subjective. The funny part is, it's so divided as far as what made what great for what reason(s). Billy West being there from 1990-1995 was fantastic, it was also a time when Stern would be really off-wall on humor relating to the handicapped, race relations, women, etc. This is an excellent analysis which is completely correct.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:01
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Making fun of Jackie's jetty and homes was the apex of the show. Fred Norris only lived to make fun of Jackie.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:02
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Billy West years to me are by far the most interesting because those broadcasts still sound outrageous and unique 20 years later. I mean, Stuttering John was sent out to ask questions about Richard Gere's disappointing penis size during a fundraiser for pediatric AIDS, and that was just one 10 minute segment on a random weekday. I still to this day have never experienced a form of mass entertainment that was so wild and entertaining. I also don't think it could ever happen again because these days if Howard was doing that material with the same size audience, there'd be 20,000 idiots on Twitter starting hashtag campaigns against him and 500 YouTube videos of a particularly offensive segment.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:33
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:The more I listen to him (I've gone through Todd Packer's stuff and am now in 2012), the sadder I get that he died. That and traffic are really the only reasons to listen to the show
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Sep 27, 2014 04:07
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DeadBonesBrook posted:That coupled with Howard constantly bringing up how the news was reporting he was going to be in American Idol (despite it coming off as a Buchwald agency plant in his last Sirius contract signing) was what finally convinced me to stop listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvpWQUJ3ACY
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Sep 27, 2014 05:16
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I loved the first couple years on Satellite. Seemed like everyone had a ton of energy and put a lot into the show. I was a sporadic listener before that point so I couldn't pinpoint the best time for the show. My favorite moment still remains the Gary apology tape. I skipped class to listen to the conclusion of that and don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life. The build-up to it was great and it ended perfectly.
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You know who didn't get enough poo poo? Mary Flaflaflooey. Gary did everything for that family and I mean everything. She brought in no income and passed the kids off the second Gary walked home and rode his rear end every weekend about the kids so she could sleep in and do what she wanted. I'm not saying that being a lovely dad like Howard or a lovely husband like John is OK but Mary treated Gary like poo poo and never took it hard enough for it because in a strange turn of events it eventually became about busting on Gary for not standing up for himself.
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Sep 27, 2014 07:25
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Howard is a good dad. I know because I saw the last 2 minutes of Private Parts
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Sep 27, 2014 12:36
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A Keg posted:Howard is a good dad. I know because I saw the last 2 minutes of Private Parts Does a good dad lock himself in his basement office and jerk it to babysitter porn 24/7? I need to know this in case I ever have kids (dear god no).
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Sep 27, 2014 13:49
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Cliche Guevara posted:tl;dr euphronius posted:Fred Norris only lived to make fun of Jackie. With Artie off the show my favorite part of Monday's Midget Mourning was hearing Fred laugh remembering the little slug.
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Sep 27, 2014 21:39
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Artie broke up with his fiance and has been rambling on Twitter for the past couple of days. https://twitter.com/artiequitter Seems like he's back on the sauce.
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Sep 29, 2014 02:43
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kylej posted:Artie broke up with his fiance and has been rambling on Twitter for the past couple of days. Back? He clearly never quit.
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Someone tweeted at Norm MacDonald "whats the most followers you have lost in one day? Artie is trying to break the record right now" and I guess this is what he meant.
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Sep 29, 2014 06:11
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I forgot all about Robin tanking $3600 to Howard as they bet on a stripper knowing general knowledge stuff. It's a great piece of radio. http://youtu.be/jz-ISrNp5IA?t=9h39m50s
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kylej posted:Artie broke up with his fiance and has been rambling on Twitter for the past couple of days. Man.. that is really depressing  Artie really is a case of himself being his own worst enemy. But addiction is so tricky that I don't doubt some people may fly there personal life into the ground (maybe even unconciously) just as a rationalization to keep using
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