Howard Stern Show Megathread: 5 More years of complaining

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Gadget Gary.

Will these tablets work in a ski lodge?

# ¿ Jan 6, 2011 13:09

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 01:16

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Howard totally used internet technology to it fullest when his website had an embedded clip from the show discussing Spread, the amazing new movie from Howard's Hamptons buddy Ashton Kutcher.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2011 16:32

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Windows 95? Pfft. OS/2 is the future.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2011 20:41

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musclecoder posted:

Yup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGMUtmELFPQ

And eventual apology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gEvAavioWo

As I recall, Ralph said she shouldn't have to apologize since it's "not a big deal", just to remind everyone Ralph is great as a caller, but a creepy human being.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2011 20:50

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AxeManiac posted:

Seems more like his mom wasn't genuine about that, it was like a "thing" for her. Like how vegans run around telling people about how vegan their diet is.

I think his mother had good intentions. Specifically, that they weren't going to engage in white flight. But Howard bore the brunt of her cause and I don't think she ever realized that. Mom looks like a hero but Howie's still scared of the blaeks.

At least based on Howard's recollections, anyway. Keep in mind, he still believes he was the victim in the Gary dinner party fiasco. BETH LET'S GOOOOOOOO!

# ¿ Jan 29, 2011 15:09

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Also, HowardTV pretty much blew their yearly budget making the fake rocketship for Gary to get into.

Howard: "How did you guys make that ship?"
Doug: "Well we have real great fabricator we work with..."
Artie: "...and they were busy?"

# ¿ Jan 31, 2011 04:05

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Mr Lance Murdock posted:

*wears white dress at someone else's wedding*

~34~

# ¿ Feb 2, 2011 20:30

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scapulataf posted:

Things I learned about being healthy from Robin

Dump coffee into your rear end every day
Don't eat fruit its nothing but sugar
Milk is BAD for you

You know if congress would just get off their asses and modify this nation's founding document so it could include trendy health food tips from fly-by-night diet planners, we wouldn't be so ignorant.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2011 14:42

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Howard's hosed up, but his shrink also doesn't idolize him (I assume) and he's legally obligated to both listen not to rat him out to the press. That's probably rare in his world. Sure most people have trusted friends, but Howard doesn't have the best judgment when it comes to that. The man was BFF with Crazy Cabbie for chrissakes.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2011 02:53

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pkd88 posted:

If you can explain it to me, I will sing There Goes My Hero acoustically about you.

Hahah for some reason this reminded me of that time Sheryl Crow came in and sang "Strong Enough" but she kept crowbarring Howard's name in. Not even in a subtle way. Like "Are you strong enough to be my man... HOWARD". It was pretty douchey and just about solidified my opinion that she was the A-lister from the bathroom blowjob story.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2011 17:50

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There's the other side too. He could absolutely do stand-up for ever, but TV and movie producers will be extremely wary of taking on an unpredictable suicidal addict prone to violent outbursts. Especially post-Charlie Sheen. The meager TV gigs he got even at his peak were mostly due to the inevitable Stern plugs. If he got his poo poo together, he could return and make a good living doing road gigs, but he's set himself waaaay back from his ultimate dream of a cush sitcom gig.

This is a great quote too:

quote:

It was a weird spot, because [Artie] was really famous and sold out theaters and his book did well, but it was all Stern fans. A lot of them were Stern fans.

Artie used to always diminish Richard and Sal's standup pointing out exactly this.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2011 17:24

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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:

And has Robin ever really broken down on the show before? I usually judge her patience by her psychotic laugh, but I don't think I've ever seen her go nuts on the show outside of walking off and banning the replay from mocking her.

One of the Fight Weeks has a great clip of Robin becoming unhinged after losing to Dominic Barbara in basketball. She didn't even make an attempt to play it off with nervous laughter like she usually does. It was straight up screaming at everybody.

There was also Robin getting so exasperated by Stuttering John that she wanted to crap in his mouth, but I get the feeling that's actually a normal reaction to spending time with John.

# ¿ May 23, 2011 19:22

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Szyznyk posted:

Nobody expects perfect casting in a porno parody, but is the guy playing Sal Filipino?

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find an actual Indian pornstar?

chiz posted:

Yeah she's a douche but I'm just thinking that Howard could pull a good interview out of her, no?

I dunno. I'm a fan of hers but everyone's right - she's a persona and that's who will be answering questions. Besides, her entire thing is open sexuality. Howard's probably not going to dig up any gold since she already wears all 24k on her sleeve.

~mixed metaphors~

# ¿ Jun 6, 2011 01:25

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Vakal posted:

midlife_crisis.jpg

# ¿ Jun 9, 2011 01:47

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Bonzo posted:

Can I tell you my favorite Beth o story?

The fact that her high school principal took her out to dinner and cried when she graduated just freaks me out.

Compounding that fact is Beth thinking he acted this way because he was a sweet guy and a good friend.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2011 12:09

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Djarum posted:

After he had the offer solidly in place he came out and told Viacom about it and they could not offer him anything to stay.

I think John told Viacom about it after he accepted the offer. That was the beef from what I remember. Because it was a done deal by that point, the company didn't have the opportunity to offer him anything. Not that they would ever come close to paying him half a million a year or whatever it was.

I do agree that Howard was angry in part because he hates seeing people successful without him, but I didn't care in that case because it was such a pleasure hearing John getting destroyed by everyone and listening to him unravel.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2011 21:27

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Hi I'd like to make a post about Howard Stern...

...well actually hold on a second I'm loving a catcher's mitt right now and

# ¿ Aug 21, 2011 19:41

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lynch_69 posted:

Fred will never be heard from again.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2011 13:26

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Former Human posted:

Lange talks about his experience playing Scrabble in the psychiatric ward with an 80 pound methamphetamine addict and a 400 pound schizophrenic man who was late for his dose of thorazine.

"You haven't lived until you've played Scrabble in a psych ward," Lange told the live audience at the taping.

Arrie! Breffest!

# ¿ Sep 27, 2011 02:55

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Kelly posted:

Now, in the case of Sirius they may welcome the promotion unlike K-Rock since it's a subscription based service.

"Hey Howard, I want to ask a question about America's Got Eh-Eh-Eh"

# ¿ Jan 13, 2012 16:25

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I'm listening to old ETM clips and I get way too irritated about how much the crew loves Fratto. Howard normally hates schticky plug whores and he gets fiercely territorial whenever someone outside the show gloms onto a member of the wack pack. Unfortunately, he also develops a man-crush on any dope who has a whiff of mafia on them.

I'm an Eric the Midget purist.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2012 15:36

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Former Human posted:

Richard called Artie two-faced and Richard was completely right. One day Artie was Sal and Richard's friend and invited them to open for his comedy gigs, and the next Artie was calling them hacks on the air. Richard is the nicest person on the show by far and Artie saying "you're not as talented as me, your bits and phone calls suck, I'm better than you" is really tasteless. It was unjustified but then again it may have been the drugs talking.

It's really jarring listening back to when they announced the winner to Get John's Job. It's peak "just happy to be here" Artie and he is tripping over himself to say that Richard and Sal are genuinely funny guys, Bob Levy is an amazing joke writer, and he actually calls Yucko "brilliant" at one point. In the beginning, Artie a had an obvious soft spot for his paisan Sal. A few years later he's wishing AIDS on Sal's kids.

Also I'd like to remind everyone that Shuli was dead last in that competition. SHALOM BEEYOTCH :haw:

# ¿ Jun 23, 2012 13:18

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Artie's "Oh, absolutely" is a nice bonus.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2012 04:35

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I thought this was the one book where Baba Booey went from being a pop producer to becoming the producer we all know and remember them for

# ¿ Aug 20, 2012 22:49

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Yeah the short answer is Republicans have been the Hooray for Money party for a while. Then in the 60s, the blue collar south switched to Republicanism because Democrats were making them play nice with black folk, and they took their old time religion with along with them. In 1980, Reagan and the GOP made those old timey values the official platform of the Republican Party so America is currently stuck with a bizarre mix of Love Jesus/Hate The Poor.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2012 00:30

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Also the blayck is a better ath-a-lete to begin with because his slave owner would breed his big blayck to his big woman.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2012 00:35

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for seven years.

I love that Eric always sounds like he took a Sarcasm for Beginners course.

"uhhh gee Robin, maybe it's because I was acting?"

# ¿ Oct 18, 2012 23:20

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prefect posted:

Nope, AJ was hanging around well before "Win John's Job". And as much as I hate Stuttering John's guts, getting rid of AJ was one of the best things he ever did. It was like having Chuck Zito sitting in on the show every day, and it was bad.

Listening back to that show, I find myself agreeing with Stuttering John, Donald Trump, and an executive decision by Tom Chiusano. That's how stupid AJ was.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2012 05:23

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It's cute and kitschy and probably stands out from other boring/douchey family Christmas cards, but the subtext makes it hilarious. Everyone who gets this card, regardless of how familiar they are with Howard or Beth, will immediately think "Poor girl really wants kids."

Plus there's no way Howard composed that shot.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2012 15:09

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kylej posted:

hey it's better than vinny's tape. he could've been bouncing on a cock on video and it would've been less embarrassing than that debby poo poo

Absolutely. Gary's tape was embarrassing but I don't even know what the hell Vinny was doing. There are women who like hearing things like "I lost a lover and a best friend" but I can't think of one who wants to hear how they will benefit from a chubby guy's balls "OH so much."

# ¿ Dec 20, 2012 05:32

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haljordan posted:

Been replaying this wonderful bit a lot lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hhrk1qG50

Best part is when Baba Booey remarks "You know that if Sal was a girl, he'd have blown everyone in this story" and Artie comes back with "I still think that might've actually happened."

"So wet 'em, spread 'em, and make 'em nice and wide" :barf:

Available for a mere 99 cents.

Someone pointed out in another yootoob that there's no way Sal was only 16 when he got suckered into this. He was 16 in the early 80s but this type of music is straight up 90s.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2013 01:42

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He probably learned some Hamptons friend of a friend is involved with the show. Either that or Beth really likes the show and she got super mad at him.

The fact that a fat woman will occasionally get naked on a TV show is a dumb thing to complain about though.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2013 00:26

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Manifest posted:

Don't fool yourselves. Artie will be a mess until he takes his addiction seriously and goes into recovery, which seems about as likely as him getting his old job back.

I remember there were a couple weeks where Artie talked about wanting a kid because he thought it would help him get his poo poo together. He kept saying things like about how he wanted to see the kid's reaction the first time he took him to Yankee Stadium. I felt bad for that unborn baby Baby Gorilla. :ohdear:

# ¿ Feb 7, 2013 04:21

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O&A have some funny stuff, but I'm not really into them. The clips I really like are generally dominated by great comedians who are sitting in.

Remember when Howard left terrestrial and the radio industry was trying to figure out where all his millions of listeners who didn't subscribe to Sirius would land? It turned out they just kind of evaporated. There are a lot of people who don't care about shock jock radio but specifically liked Howard's show. I guess I'm similar that way. I'm not a rabid Stern loyalist or anything, it's just that after I stopped listening I never felt like I had a void that needed to be filled by another radio show.

# ¿ May 7, 2013 00:14

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I get the feeling the entertainment industry is full of Ralphs. Whether all of them also routinely break washing machines and copiously vomit several pounds of partially-digested peanuts on thousand dollar bedsheets is an open question.

# ¿ May 15, 2013 01:08

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DeadBonesBrook posted:

The best part of that day was when Howard says "J.D Harmeyer has to live in an abandoned Mole Hill" and Artie shouts "LES MISERABLES!"

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

# ¿ May 16, 2013 00:12

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I like when Eric claimed that unless Fratto gave him EIGHT GRAAAAAND after his trip to LA, he'd literally starve. It led to one of my favorite Artie lines: "Imelda Marcos over here wants name-brand bread."

# ¿ Jun 7, 2013 00:40

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Hahahaha his Following list

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tits 'n' rear end
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stop online bullying

# ¿ Jun 17, 2013 00:07

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Welcome to the Saloon! Come by The Bar and have a brew. Maybe check out some babes in the Hot Chicks forum. :eyepop:

But stay away from the Hoochie Bin! (that's where we keep the faggy threads.)

# ¿ Jul 30, 2013 23:56

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 01:16

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prefect posted:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4239#.UqX1ZEBPQ64

They were up to two stars at one point, but it looks like they've slid back to one. They're an organization primarily dedicated to publicity events and paying their CEO a lot of money.

Contributions from Fundraising events - $161,794
Expenses from Fundraising Events - $11,503,922

:homebrew:

# ¿ Dec 9, 2013 18:53

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