The Howard Stern Show

[Warrik]

Originally Posted by Malice

Radio at its finest, and I know Stern is supposed to be a shock jock and whatever, but he's just as much to blame as Artie for inciting the fucking riot on the show. That's fine, that's how that kind of radio works, but to act all concerned and innocent afterwards is galling in the extreme.

Artie said it right...you wanted a fight and you got one. He called it spot on.

[Jenison]

Originally Posted by Laven

Opie and Anthony > Howard Stern, nuff said. I used to listen to both and once stern went to sirius he just pretty much got more boring then when he was on FM. And anyone that wants to listen to OA, their FM+XM shows can be found here Search results for opie and anthony - Mininova

zero...point....zero

Opie and fuckhead are terrible.

[Phelps McManus]

Originally Posted by Jenison

zero...point....zero

Opie and fuckhead are terrible.

LMFAO. I agree 100%.

I love it when Artie breaks out that Animal House quote. He is the fucking man at quoting movies (especially Godfather).

edit: Warrik is also correct. Howard totally instigated it. I do believe he honestly thought it would be typical of every other argument on the show (radio gold). I think he underestimated Artie's temperament and is probably feeling pretty bad about it right now. Especially if he has listened to the replay. Artie gave a lot of signals that something wasn't right.

[Laven]

Originally Posted by Jenison

zero...point....zero

Opie and fuckhead are terrible.

yeah and Stern is SOOO much better

[Seig]

I'm pretty convinced that Artie quitting was a bit. They've done similar things that seemed so realistic you'd say theres no way that's fake. But I remember an extreme act, a couple of years ago they had Benjy freak out and threaten to beat up a staff member in defense of Anna Nicole... they had to hold him back from lunging at someone.

And it was all an act to make Anna like Benjy and it sort of worked he got a little bit of action from her when she was still a cow.
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They fakely tasered a guy every time a hot girl got a question wrong in a quiz game, in order to get her clothes off through guilt.

They had a mentalist on and if you have Howard TV you could see how they cheated through every trick because of bad camera angles. Through all of this Howard was pretty convincing he's actually a good actor.

[Astrocreep]

cant believe people listen to howard anymore. The show lost appeal when Hank died, Stern's wife left him and Jackie left. i was a huge sternie since the mid 80s and was even a guest on the channel 9 TV show yet i cant stand to hear it anymore. its boring.

[Locithon]

Howard really hasn't been funny for a while now, although Artie's rants/stories are still gold. Been listening to O&A more lately and Jim Norton is funnier than anyone that goes on Howard's show.

[Jenison]

Originally Posted by Locithon

Howard really hasn't been funny for a while now, although Artie's rants/stories are still gold. Been listening to O&A more lately and Jim Norton is funnier than anyone that goes on Howard's show.

Crazy Alice and a lot of the whack-pack still do it for me. Sal and Richard are gold.

and for those who dont know, the 0.0 refers to O&A ratings in 2 different cities. You could put a midget playing bagpipes on FM and 0.3 rating.

[Laven]

The only time I heard O&A had a 0.0 were in Chicago and Vegas, both of which the ratings came out right after they came onto the air in those areas, which obviously doesnt mean shit. And yes Jimmy Norton > all the douches that come on howards show.

[Phelps McManus]

How did O&A stack up in ratings compared to Howard?

I found this article discussing their ratings on CBS stations, using the same slot Howard had.

Originally Posted by TFA

So O&A, who were already doing mornings on XM, came in and ratings improved. But neither the ratings nor the ad dollars ever approached Stern levels – a bar that is almost impossibly high – and they were eventually dropped in several other cities where they had been syndicated.

Then there is this article comparing satellite ratings. O&A had roughly half the listeners as Howards second channel (pacific feed) and about 20% of his main channel. If you want, we can talk about how Sirius came from behind to almost double new subscription rates of XM and are now in the process of acquiring XM as part of the merger. There is no way to avoid crediting Stern for Sirius's turnaround.

Meanwhile, O&A were mostly along for the ride with the company that had the subscriber advantage. Which is not surprising given XMs superior music programming (my wife has it), which most people care about far more than talk radio.

[Jenison]

looks like Artie is back.
I'm kind of surprised really...

[Astrocreep]

it was all most likely staged

[Jenison]

Originally Posted by Astrocreep

it was all most likely staged

I'm debating this really. I'm listening to the wrap up show and hearing artie talking about all the details, about who he talked too and what they said. Like not just his friends but the big wigs at Sirius.

Will be on howard tv tonight...I cant wait...maybe. Blame Gary for saying that.

[Grimmlokk]

In the spirit of plugging radio shows.

Adam Corolla replaced Stern in some West Coast markets. He even went on Stern and got his blessing or some shit before. I've been listening to some of the podcasts of the show lately and he is, as always, hilarious when he's not working scripted.

He was always crazy awkward in interview and heavily scripted type segments on shows before, and always completely awesome when free to just rant and rave. So if you want something else to listen to I guess, give it a whirl. Always thought he was one of the funniest guests on Stern back in the day.

[Brutul Tarew Marr]

Shock jock radio makes the E Network look like Shakespeare. Lowest form of entertainment possible.