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prefect posted:I also like the part where Howard is trying to get Fred hired in Washington. "He's electric! He's all personality!" And then the Greyhound bus pulls away and there's Fred, stone-faced. I still get a good laugh out of Howard's fake Vietnam stories. I finally found the actual clips that was inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsLasoDfpPw
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haljordan posted:So basically Gary's choice was be a sycophant or actually stand up to Howard and be fired. It wasn't like that, I think Howard is one of those guys who wants people to disagree with him from time to time. Boff is boff to Gary and he doesn't want to rock the boat. beep by grandpa posted:Just to nitpick here didn't he say Gary got kicked out of his office for Marci and THEN they made it bigger? That's so disgusting to me to do to someone who's worked for you for 30 years. I believe I've heard that before. The bullpen is the same size in recent pics so I think what they did was take one of the two guest rooms (located on the left and right side of the hallway immediately outside the main studio door) and knock down the wall between Gary's office and that and just expand the room. The brutal part is Gary's never had a window view (even at KROCK) and I know for a fact that the guest room that got knocked down is the one with the window view. beep by grandpa posted:Does Private Parts still hold up? I think it always will. It only slightly delves into the shock jock stuff of the 80s-90s at a level beyond plot exposition. Usually those parts of the movie like the woman having an orgasm, naked girl, them sneaking the 7 Dirty Words on the air were done to show what Stern was fighting against back then. The only part that never really fit in was the lesbian story where they had the dream sequence and everything. Everything outside of that is just a sappy rom-com of sorts. It's a good movie for what it was and it never tried to be anything else so I think it'll always be a good but not great movie.
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Lifespan posted:I watched it a year ago and... meh. I enjoyed it when it came out and it still has some funny stuff, but it is definitely Howard celebrating himself and the "heartfelt" ending about his devotion to his wife is pretty funny given what happened shortly after the film released. I'm pretty sure Howard said that the marriage was more or less over while the movie was being filmed and that he was hoping Allison would hold off on filing for divorce until way after the film was released.
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haljordan posted:I still get a good laugh out of Howard's fake Vietnam stories. I finally found the actual clips that was inspired by: I know one time he said he buried the corpses with their hands sticking out, so they were waving good-bye. And another time they were buried butts-out, and he stuck business cards in the cracks.  Edit: apparently I misremembered, and they used the buttcracks to hold napkins, not business cards. prefect fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Bonzo posted:I'm pretty sure Howard said that the marriage was more or less over while the movie was being filmed and that he was hoping Allison would hold off on filing for divorce until way after the film was released. His relationship with Mary Mccormack is probably healthier than with his ex-wife. Why did they divorce again? Could she just not stand him anymore? Did anything specifically happen?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:His relationship with Mary Mccormack is probably healthier than with his ex-wife. His official story is that he was too focused on his job and not on his family.
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When you watch it now, you can think about Howard getting an erection every time he's in a scene with Mary Mccormack.
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prefect posted:His official story is that he was too focused on his job and not on his family. I buy it if he really locked himself in the basement. I don't blame Gary for eating some poo poo. He's 55, he's got one kid in college and one about to go. He seems to be a slow-witted, lazy (according to Howard), untalented man who makes enough money being a yes man to pay to live in greenwich, which based on my viewing of house hunters is apparently one of the most expensive places to live in the country. Why rock the boat?
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Spacemonkey57 posted:I buy it if he really locked himself in the basement. He's also not going to make money at another show -- he used to say he could get a job on a show like Letterman, but other producers would point out that he's never done anything with a budget. Booey's not a real "producer" by the standards at all the other shows that have that job.
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some guy on the bus posted:When you watch it now, you can think about Howard getting an erection every time he's in a scene with Mary Mccormack. Hard as a loving rock, Robin. I mean, I had to go beat off.
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Someone should compile a list of all the crazy ideas from King of All Blacks.
Justin Bieber's album is the greatest album of all time. All real black men have mustaches. Moen faucets are high-end luxury items worthy of bragging about on national radio.
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Spacemonkey57 posted:I don't blame Gary for eating some poo poo. He's 55, he's got one kid in college and one about to go. He seems to be a slow-witted, lazy (according to Howard), untalented man who makes enough money being a yes man to pay to live in greenwich, which based on my viewing of house hunters is apparently one of the most expensive places to live in the country. Why rock the boat? Agree 100%. Few people are smart enough to recognize when they've got it good and just keep their mouths shut, especially when they sometimes have to eat some poo poo and pride gets involved.
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Maybe it's because I'm someone looking in from the outside, but it seems to me that Gary has one of the safest positions on the show. He fits the JD role in that he can be dragged into the studio and mocked for an hour to kill time. A new producer might make the show run smoother, but they couldn't provide that level of entertainment. Gary probably doesn't see it that way, or at least doesn't want to risk it cos of the wife/kids. On listening to the Artie clip again, I think him calling Turk a "red-headed oval office" is out of line. She's just a woman doing the job assigned to her. Isn't the show on for three days a week now? If that? Why is there such a big push to make the show more efficient when it is barely on anymore? I'm starting to get the impression that this is Howard doing George from Seinfeld "Looking worried to make people think you are busy at work". He's trying to look busy in order to justify his salary in face of his reduced time.
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DeadBonesBrook posted:Isn't the show on for three days a week now? If that? Why is there such a big push to make the show more efficient when it is barely on anymore? I'm starting to get the impression that this is Howard doing George from Seinfeld "Looking worried to make people think you are busy at work". He's trying to look busy in order to justify his salary in face of his reduced time. Making the show "more efficient" means "less that Howard needs to pay attention to", so there's always room for efficiency, even if it were only one day a month.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:
I believe Howard said that Allison called him "cold and distant". At least that's what I remember him saying when the separation was announced. When I read the first few chapters of Miss America I had an idea that his marriage wasn't going well since he was locked away in the basement trying to have cybersex on Compuserve. Howard's marriage always seemed a bit strained, even if some of it was exaggerated for radio. Robin played a marriage counselor many times over the years. I'm a also certain that the youngest daughter was the result of trying to make things work again. I'm pretty sure he never spent much time with his daughters either and has some ongoing relationship issues. I think him being in therapy a few times a week has helped. I know we bust his balls about Beth but he is definitely trying to be a better husband to her. prefect posted:He's also not going to make money at another show -- he used to say he could get a job on a show like Letterman, but other producers would point out that he's never done anything with a budget. Booey's not a real "producer" by the standards at all the other shows that have that job. No one is going to hire Gary unless its for an infomercial or some VH1 show. Would anyone under 30 even know who he is? The only reason Gary got anywhere is that, as an intern, he had the ability to read Howard's mind and could sometimes do things for Howard before he was asked. He also took a massive amount of abuse from Stern, Fred, Robin, and Jackie but never complained which earned him some respect.
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Listening to the 12-10-07 show, and it's the only time I've ever heard it but at about 44 mins in they play the original version of George singing 'Brad's Big Balls' that he made Richard & Sal re-write for being 'too offensive'. Too offensive for even George is impressive. Howard made a big deal about how R&S pissed him off by kidnapping George and making him sing those songs, and then Howard played all of it and laughed at all of the songs, then Dominic Barbera, Bloated Attorney called in to tell Howard he was being a terrible disciplinarian. I have to tip my hat to those two idiots, they wrote some pretty ridiculously complex gay-joke lyrics that fit the meter of various Xmas songs very well. I feel like Private Parts aged better if you've read the book and watch the movie as a sort of abridged version of the entire book.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Why did they divorce again? Could she just not stand him anymore? Did anything specifically happen? Howard having condoms in his trailer while filming the movie probably helped accelerate the process. Oh, I forgot, that was a joke that Ralph played on him.  Nevermind!
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Bonzo posted:
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Former Human posted:Moen faucets are high-end luxury items worthy of bragging about on national radio.[/list] That still makes me laugh on how petty it is. Isn't this the same fucker that thought 'your computer is still beige' is a deadly insult? I guess KOAB can't afford a Mac. 
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:That still makes me laugh on how petty it is. Isn't this the same fucker that thought 'your computer is still beige' is a deadly insult? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEGNcxL86rU&t=1664shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV3fjTs0CSA&t=1035s Bumpy Johnson fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Dec 13, 2016 |
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:That still makes me laugh on how petty it is. Isn't this the same fucker that thought 'your computer is still beige' is a deadly insult? Yeah that's another one.
A one year old car is too old If you have prominent veins in your penis it means you love your wife  and , especially for that last one.
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Matthew Berry (Fantasy Football guy) let it out on the air that he was told in private conversations by Will/Jason that no one is allowed to mention Marci, Howard's first wife, or his kids on the air. They all played it off (as per usual) and then Robin started to chime in and stick up for Howard. It was pretty juicy stuff if you're into that kind of thing. Edit: here's a clip https://clyp.it/50trfrxd
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Moniker posted:Matthew Berry (Fantasy Football guy) let it out on the air that he was told in private conversations by Will/Jason that no one is allowed to mention Marci, Howard's first wife, or his kids on the air. They all played it off (as per usual) and then Robin started to chime in and stick up for Howard. It was pretty juicy stuff if you're into that kind of thing. Howard is so transparent on the Marci thing, it's really sad. She's been there for years and has never been mentioned, with Howard dumping Hanzi when he brought her up. During that Brent/Ronnie argument from around a month or two ago, Ronnie kept referring to Marci in an extremely vague way, like he was deliberately trying to avoid using her name (certainly gives credence to the apparent directive that she can't be mentioned). Then Artie has that podcast where he lets loose on the subject and talks about how Marci can't be mentioned on air. A few days later, Howard goes out of his way to crowbar her name into a discussion three times in the span of a few minutes, and now is trying to act like it's not forbidden. "No more bullshit" indeed.
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Sand Monster posted:A few days later, Howard goes out of his way to crowbar her name into a discussion three times in the span of a few minutes, and now is trying to act like it's not forbidden. That was SO loving cringey that I could barely stand it.
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Sand Monster posted:Howard is so transparent on the Marci thing, it's really sad. She's been there for years and has never been mentioned, with Howard dumping Hanzi when he brought her up. During that Brent/Ronnie argument from around a month or two ago, Ronnie kept referring to Marci in an extremely vague way, like he was deliberately trying to avoid using her name (certainly gives credence to the apparent directive that she can't be mentioned). Then Artie has that podcast where he lets loose on the subject and talks about how Marci can't be mentioned on air. A few days later, Howard goes out of his way to crowbar her name into a discussion three times in the span of a few minutes, and now is trying to act like it's not forbidden. To add to your perfect summary, if you went on to listen to the wrap up show, or any other discussions after Howard crowbarred her name in, they all went out of their way not to mention her. They'd say "..and Ronnie made a great point that there are other people in charge of aspects of the back office" and weird comments like that.
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DeadBonesBrook posted:
Remember this is Artie and he probably sees her as the person who is singlehandedly destroying the show that he's had an enormous emotional attachment to his entire life
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She never helped him get off heroin, in fact, she probably would have FIRED HIM if he had been on heroin during the show. Therefor, she's a oval office. Not like the angels that Daner, his mom, and his sister have been.
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Angels, cunts and whores are the only classification he understands and the smallest injustice will get you demoted in no time flat
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You guys are totally wrong. Artie has a lot of respect for broads...
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Lifespan posted:You guys are totally wrong. Artie has a lot of respect for broads... He totally respects gays too guys, for real.
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Jesus, I didn't realize Artie's last day on the show was seven years ago. I wonder if he'll ever move on and stop talking about it.
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haljordan posted:Jesus, I didn't realize Artie's last day on the show was seven years ago. I wonder if he'll ever move on and stop talking about it. I keep seeing this but I don't get it. He was a huge fan of the show before ever being a part of it. Then his dream came true. Then he crashed and burned. Surely any normal person who was once on their favorite radio show of all time would still talk about : 1) Their time on the show 2) How the show has changed and how it's not as good as it was. Hell, half the thread is dedicated to #2 and we were never part of the show.
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Moniker posted:2) How the show has changed and how it's not as good as it was. I was gonna say this part. 
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Mr Lance Murdock posted:She might be the hottest loving broad ever. Oh man, lookit those tiddies. Sheesh, you got quite a body on you. Does Howard still do this?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Oh man, lookit those tiddies. Sheesh, you got quite a body on you. He doesn't have porn stars or strippers on anymore, so, no, unless it's to Ellen or Amy Schumer or Lena Dunham.
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Hasn't Allison been off limits since the divorce? I thought I remembered hearing that as part of the settlement she had to be edited out of any old bits.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RXhcqdewf0 Never saw this before, but ETA got a call-out 
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haljordan posted:Hasn't Allison been off limits since the divorce? I thought I remembered hearing that as part of the settlement she had to be edited out of any old bits. I don't know if it's legally mandated, but he's said he doesn't want to poo poo on his daughters' mother, so he doesn't talk about her if he can avoid it. Which, as much of a bummer as it is (those old bits were gold), makes sense, since Howard used to say some pretty mean things about Alison.
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