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Howard Stern - 2 years later
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amfmhd
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Whats he doing?
4 shows a week, 40 weeks a year?
About 160 new shows a year.
Nothing new really shows up in these programs.
How many repete copy cat phony phone calls can Sal and Richard keep making?
The best talent on the show is looking for some way out of getting up at 5 in the morning.
Howard's best days are behind him. Just like his old WNBC buddy Imus.
It looks like his buddy Bubba saw the light at the end of the tunnel and realized it was a train.
So ol' Bubba has set up an exit plan.
4 shows a week, 40 weeks a year?
About 160 new shows a year.
Nothing new really shows up in these programs.
How many repete copy cat phony phone calls can Sal and Richard keep making?
The best talent on the show is looking for some way out of getting up at 5 in the morning.
Howard's best days are behind him. Just like his old WNBC buddy Imus.
It looks like his buddy Bubba saw the light at the end of the tunnel and realized it was a train.
So ol' Bubba has set up an exit plan.
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Radioman40
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Wow! I'm thinking this Guy either hasn't listened to Howard on Sirius much or just likes trashing him for the heck of it. Either way you're dead wrong! Stern is much different than years ago. Whether he's better or worse is in the ears of the beholder. He's certainly had a hand in helping Sirius go from under 1 million listeners to over 8 Million! Maybe you don't listen, but someone sure is!
Just my opinion
Just my opinion
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wxgirl
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i will give howard all the credit in the world for getting sirius to 8 million listeners. he was great when he started - but now, the show just seems stale. i am sick and tired of richard and sal's phony phone calls. i feel that howard takes every opportunity to take the day off. when listeners were calling last year about his not working on fridays - he vehemently said, i'm not f-ing working on fridays. when he first started at sirius, he said we'll take an occassional friday off. do you think the company is happy with him that he's robbing them blind?
wxgirl said:
I'd give the auto industry a lot of the credit for the 8 million "susbscribers"...funny, they never subtract any subscriptions when people do not renew after their free subscription expires...the #s are so inflated...if those #s were legit, they (and XM) would not be in dire need of a merger...But needless to say, I do love the show, except on Fridays.
What really is new?
Boring guests ,he needs to do more original shows ,you know the ones he promised when he came over to sat.
More women ,seems hes interviewing more men (more annoying guests lately)
Stop taking so many vacations.Geez did I hear repeats instead of a live show the other day ?
Come on Howie,dont be so cheap.
Boring guests ,he needs to do more original shows ,you know the ones he promised when he came over to sat.
More women ,seems hes interviewing more men (more annoying guests lately)
Stop taking so many vacations.Geez did I hear repeats instead of a live show the other day ?
Come on Howie,dont be so cheap.
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raydofan
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wxgirl said:
I don't think he's robbing them blind. They were in the room when the contract was signed.
I think the show is brilliant when it's live (and when Artie is there even more so) I don't listen to the Master Tape Theatre-the older K-Rock shows make me cringe sometimes. Not to mention the sound quality is horrendous-that 3M stock did not hold up. I did like the Friday show.
You have to admit that 'History' show was BRILLIANT. And I was surprised by some of the NBC stuff in how cutting edge it still sounded. Even the DC 101 stuff was great.
I could've lived without the comedians special, but there is much more to offer the audience with a devoted channel-it's like a long-form comedy record.
Love it for the most part.
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radio220
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WOW Caveman!..totally on target with that. So refreshing to hear someone else say what I've been thinking. Good man.
...two things that keep me coming back to Howard 100: the way Howard sounds without the CBS brass or the FCC breathing down his neck, and his interaction with Artie Lange. The Master Tape stuff usually loses me (most Friday mornings I find myself switching to Alex Bennett on 164 or Andrea Lowell on 198). But the show Howard does now is what he could only hint at when he was on Infinity/CBS (and having Jackie Martling chime in every few minutes)...
On occasion the show is great. But mostly it's not very good. When it started I didn't miss it but two years later 'stale' is a good word to describe it. His interviews are still great. Sometimes there is a good guest. And Fridays are horrible. And yes, Stern does take a lot of time off. Not good for the show. Very uneven. Mostly it's become so about the very dysfunctional cast and crew that it's not funny. They are not interesting. Sal alone will make me turn off the show as he is so low level a person as to be a turn off because he is more sad, not funny, but really, really sad. Stern talks about going to therapy but hearing this show now makes me realize he can't get any further in his therapy as long as this group is around him and he accepts their mental unhealthiness. The phone calls have really good ones on occasion, but it's gotten boring overall and stale to and is too much a bit on the show. This show has become too much an inside joke about itself and I'm just not that interested in the cast as much as Stern seems to be. While it was good when it started on Sirius, it's clear Stern answers to no one so doesn't have a need to be fresh and think different. Advertising doesn't drive ratings so I see why. Lang's recent incident shows just how sad the show has gotten. He is clearly taking some drug or drinking as there are days he slurs like a drunk on air. It's clear his mental and physical health have deteriorated to the point where he simply is not funny anymore. And all they do is make fun of his weight and need to sleep, and desire to do drugs. Very sad radio at this point and I know find myself tuning in like I do to certain stations only to see if a good song is playing but have found other stations that have more interesting overall talk and interest than Stern.
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nativeatlanta
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I wish that Howard would cut back on airtime with The Wack Packers. Does Eric The Midget have to be on every other day? Yes,I know is short and in a wheelchair. But,he comes across as a ungrateful,low self esteem,sad,angry young man.
What happen to so called Celebrity Friends of the show ???
On wikipedia,there is a list of celebrites who called in and/or been in the studio.
With the expectation of dead celebrities: JFK Jr,Anna Nicole Smith etc. It seems like the celebrity friends have quit calling or dropping by.
Has Howard pissed some of them off? Are there agents telling them not to go on the show??
What happen to so called Celebrity Friends of the show ???
On wikipedia,there is a list of celebrites who called in and/or been in the studio.
With the expectation of dead celebrities: JFK Jr,Anna Nicole Smith etc. It seems like the celebrity friends have quit calling or dropping by.
Has Howard pissed some of them off? Are there agents telling them not to go on the show??
I subscribed for Howard and I enjoy his show four days a week. I don't really feel bad about his taking Fridays off because on Friday I just listen to music, something I don't do as often on other weekdays because I don't want to miss Howard.
For those who thing Howard has lost a step... yes I guess that's true. He NEVER does produced material anymore. No more "I Shred Lucy" or "Leave It to Beaver." He depends on others, like Sal and Richard, to do the produced material so he can be out the door faster. Oh well. It's still the funniest show by far on the radio, so I'll forgive this sin. Howard's 54. Now that Letterman is in his 60s, he and Paul don't do produced material anymore either. No more comedy bits on the streets of NYC or in Central Park. He also has surrogates do the work. None of us is as young or hungry as we were in our 30s.
And for those who hate the show and think it appeals to the lowest common denominator... well that's Howard's genius. He managed to break ratings records because he appealed to both me AND the guys at working at Jiffy Lube, even though we probably would never agree on anything or anyone else on the radio.
I'm an intelligent person and I simply don't listen to the stripper interviews or tales of Beetle Juice having an "accident" in the bathroom. That's for another audience. Basically, if you like silly humor, listen from 7-9:30. If you like Howard and Robin and the crew talking among themselves or discussing the news as I do, listen in the first hour or the last hour. Hearing them skew Oprah or Tom Cruise still makes me laugh!
Luckily there are many music channels as well as Sirius Left, Indie and NPR channels I like, so having Howard only Mon.-Thurs. is not a hardship.
Gregg
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For those who thing Howard has lost a step... yes I guess that's true. He NEVER does produced material anymore. No more "I Shred Lucy" or "Leave It to Beaver." He depends on others, like Sal and Richard, to do the produced material so he can be out the door faster. Oh well. It's still the funniest show by far on the radio, so I'll forgive this sin. Howard's 54. Now that Letterman is in his 60s, he and Paul don't do produced material anymore either. No more comedy bits on the streets of NYC or in Central Park. He also has surrogates do the work. None of us is as young or hungry as we were in our 30s.
And for those who hate the show and think it appeals to the lowest common denominator... well that's Howard's genius. He managed to break ratings records because he appealed to both me AND the guys at working at Jiffy Lube, even though we probably would never agree on anything or anyone else on the radio.
I'm an intelligent person and I simply don't listen to the stripper interviews or tales of Beetle Juice having an "accident" in the bathroom. That's for another audience. Basically, if you like silly humor, listen from 7-9:30. If you like Howard and Robin and the crew talking among themselves or discussing the news as I do, listen in the first hour or the last hour. Hearing them skew Oprah or Tom Cruise still makes me laugh!
Luckily there are many music channels as well as Sirius Left, Indie and NPR channels I like, so having Howard only Mon.-Thurs. is not a hardship.
Gregg
[email protected]
Perceptions are interesting. I've listened for over 10 years and don't think there is any fall-off of celebs, the show never catered to them there has always only been a few can handle it and are selected.
They do produce a lot fewer radio bits, think its due to 1) departure of martling who was the main writer and was basically replaced by 3 non-writers; artie , sal and richard 2) Howards other pre-occupations, 3) need to produce video content for howard tv.
I always bristle though when people start equating job or income with "taste". I think that analyis is way off. I'm a pretty educated guy with a high income and nothing makes me laugh more then when Beetljuice ----- his pants and blames it on someone else and there are a lot of other guys who don't work at Jiffy Lube laughing too.
They do produce a lot fewer radio bits, think its due to 1) departure of martling who was the main writer and was basically replaced by 3 non-writers; artie , sal and richard 2) Howards other pre-occupations, 3) need to produce video content for howard tv.
I always bristle though when people start equating job or income with "taste". I think that analyis is way off. I'm a pretty educated guy with a high income and nothing makes me laugh more then when Beetljuice ----- his pants and blames it on someone else and there are a lot of other guys who don't work at Jiffy Lube laughing too.
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raydofan
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stljohn said:
I think they've permutated from the 5-minute bits to segments and people-as-bits.The latter I find really entertaining. My favorite: Eric the midget-the whole dynamic-a goldmine.
Today showed me just how bad this show has gotten. First Howard couldn't get staff members to play anal ring toss. They simply didn't want to do what he wanted them to if they lost. It was embarrassing as he spent 45 minutes trying to get anyone to play. Then he had Richard stick his nose in Sal's a*s just after he took a ----. That pretty much will be the last HS show I listen to for a while. And I don't think the Jiffy Lube guys appreciated it either. Pathetic radio.
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Walking On
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Yep, that was a fine investment Sirius made. ??? Howard sucks even more than Opie and Anthony, which means his sucks per dollar ratio is higher, too. This is one of the reasons why I see Sirius as the weaker of the two if they have to survive on their own merit. To try to boost subscriber numbers to get in XM's ballpark, they spent tons of money on "talent". I don't know how Oprah's paying off, but they paid way too much for NASCAR (whose popularity climb is petering out), from which XM had already gotten a benefit (at a much smaller price tag). If Sirius went under, XM will be naming it's price for NASCAR, because NASCAR will need them more than the other way around. But, time will tell...
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