What Happened to Howard Stern?

[Desolate]

Howard Stern grew up, became a responsible, normal and well-adjusted individual, unlike most of you fuckers

if by that you meant to say a PC, lame, liberal, fagget then I'm with you 100%

ROTFLMAO!

Howard Stern was never who he said he was. His sole purpose was to desecrate on middle class America and help push the extreme leftist agenda. Now that he's an old man, he went home to his handlers in Hollywood and is being rewarded for a job well done by the witches and warlocks that control him...

This. ^

100%.

[tom joad]

[bigkid]

Howard has totally lost his mind.  He only caters to liberal elitists like himself who live in echo chambers.  His guests the last couple weeks:  Anderson Copper, George Stephanopoulos, Rosie, Whoopi, Alec Baldwin.  Totally pathetic.  Guy has the worst TDS I've ever seen. Praises Cuomo every day, while NY is an unmitigated disaster.

[Megalodon]

Wig-wearing toucan built his career as a man of the people only to haughtily flip on them after signing a 1/2 billion dollar Sirius deal.

Matt Drudge 180'd as well recently.

[Humble Narcissist]

Wig-wearing toucan built his career as a man of the people only to haughtily flip on them after signing a 1/2 billion dollar Sirius deal.

Matt Drudge 180'd as well recently.

Stern has been a huge disappointment for a few years now.  The Drudge Report has totally flipped I agree.  Did they get sold or something?

[Svengoolie]

Says the guy told Scott the Engineer, after having worked for Howard for over 30 years "you know you're not supposed to talk to me" one day when Scott approached him. The funniest thing about this diatribe is the implication that I guess wealthy democrats would welcome me to their fancy places? Hilary or Biden wouldn't look at me like a poor piece of shit? I might not be welcome at Maralago, but I also know up fron I can't afford to be there, so why should I be? It's not the fucking YMCA.

[Megalodon]

Stern has been a huge disappointment for a few years now.  The Drudge Report has totally flipped I agree.  Did they get sold or something?

Until recently, Drudge had a description on his Twitter page that could be taken several different ways.

[Humble Narcissist]

Maybe Soros bought it because it has definitely changed for the worst.

[Anna Recksiek]

Great hair for 65 years old.

I’m pretty sure dude has been wearing a wig for the past 30 years. Not a cheap wig, looks real, but a wig..

[Kwon]

He went bald in the 80s

[basil]

he seemed to lose his prestige when he went to satellite radio, big celebrities no longer cared to go on his show

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Quite the opposite, actually.  He gets bigger name guests now than he ever did.

I still really like the show.  I couldn’t care less about most of the celeb interviews, but the music-related  guests are winners.  Although the show is a bit tamer than his early satellite years, i still find it funny as hell. 

[funk51]

[BB]

The show is mostly garbage now. It lost its balls when all the old guys left or got fired, and then Marci Turk stepped in and it got worse. The show was the best when you had Jackie, Fred, Stuttering John, Robin, etc.... willing to call Stern out on his bullshit. Now the show is yes men, who show up for a pay check.

Also Stern got too old, all these "shock jock" shows have a lifespan that lasts until the hosts are about in their early 50's. There comes a point in all these shows where a lot of the hi-jinx becomes driven by the back office crew, interns, etc...., after about 50, it becomes too hard for the hosts to relate to the younger crowd. They're simply too old, moneyed, and sheltered to relate. It happened with Stern, it happen with Opie and Anthony, etc....

Also the loss of public radio and the rise of podcasts hurt these types of shows. A lot of Stern's best stuff was when some odd ball, etc.... just called in. Nuts don't pay for satellite .

[Mr Anabolic]

Hampton Howard.

[Tapeworm]

The show is mostly garbage now. It lost its balls when all the old guys left or got fired, and then Marci Turk stepped in and it got worse. The show was the best when you had Jackie, Fred, Stuttering John, Robin, etc.... willing to call Stern out on his bullshit. Now the show is yes men, who show up for a pay check.

Also Stern got too old, all these "shock jock" shows have a lifespan that lasts until the hosts are about in their early 50's. There comes a point in all these shows where a lot of the hi-jinx becomes driven by the back office crew, interns, etc...., after about 50, it becomes too hard for the hosts to relate to the younger crowd. They're simply too old, moneyed, and sheltered to relate. It happened with Stern, it happen with Opie and Anthony, etc....

Also the loss of public radio and the rise of podcasts hurt these types of shows. A lot of Stern's best stuff was when some odd ball, etc.... just called in. Nuts don't pay for satellite .

Think you're in Jersey. I used to endure Stern on 92.3 K-rock in the late 80s in friend's cars on the way to school. This was after breakfast where the old man thought Imus describing a guy as "a very attractive man" was the apex of wit.

Stern sold out? I agree. Every minute of every broadcast I ever heard was Howard desperately crafting remarks to bolster his shock-brand. I recall accurately predicting what he'd say next and nailing it verbatim. Should have dubbed him an Obvious Jock. His schtick was played out in the first 5 minutes. How anyone fell for it is a mystery. Dude was knowingly and shamelessly hack, day after day. Yeah, he sold out. Not later. Immediately.

I guess he brought people joy, so right on. Made money doing it. Nice work if you can get it. Me, I never saw the appeal and I was right at the epicenter. Howard taught me that people are easily amused, and will insist that anything you feed them over and over is necessary delicious. Also that I'm a joyless bastard, and always have been. My buddies ate it up. Haven't seen them since. We had little in common.

[hardgainerj]

The show is mostly garbage now. It lost its balls when all the old guys left or got fired, and then Marci Turk stepped in and it got worse. The show was the best when you had Jackie, Fred, Stuttering John, Robin, etc.... willing to call Stern out on his bullshit. Now the show is yes men, who show up for a pay check.

Also Stern got too old, all these "shock jock" shows have a lifespan that lasts until the hosts are about in their early 50's. There comes a point in all these shows where a lot of the hi-jinx becomes driven by the back office crew, interns, etc...., after about 50, it becomes too hard for the hosts to relate to the younger crowd. They're simply too old, moneyed, and sheltered to relate. It happened with Stern, it happen with Opie and Anthony, etc....

Also the loss of public radio and the rise of podcasts hurt these types of shows. A lot of Stern's best stuff was when some odd ball, etc.... just called in. Nuts don't pay for satellite .

shock radio went out of style long ago but shock radio's golden years were under stern's mic im certain that keeps those two hacks up at night

[CT_Muscle]

Hampton Howard Howie.

[Humble Narcissist]

The show is mostly garbage now. It lost its balls when all the old guys left or got fired, and then Marci Turk stepped in and it got worse. The show was the best when you had Jackie, Fred, Stuttering John, Robin, etc.... willing to call Stern out on his bullshit. Now the show is yes men, who show up for a pay check.

Also Stern got too old, all these "shock jock" shows have a lifespan that lasts until the hosts are about in their early 50's. There comes a point in all these shows where a lot of the hi-jinx becomes driven by the back office crew, interns, etc...., after about 50, it becomes too hard for the hosts to relate to the younger crowd. They're simply too old, moneyed, and sheltered to relate. It happened with Stern, it happen with Opie and Anthony, etc....

Also the loss of public radio and the rise of podcasts hurt these types of shows. A lot of Stern's best stuff was when some odd ball, etc.... just called in. Nuts don't pay for satellite .

All good points.

[Earl1972]

Quite the opposite, actually.  He gets bigger name guests now than he ever did.

I still really like the show.  I couldn’t care less about most of the celeb interviews, but the music-related  guests are winners.  Although the show is a bit tamer than his early satellite years, i still find it funny as hell.

like who?  i just follow his youtube channel and all his guests seem to be has beens

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[basil]

like who?  i just follow his youtube channel and all his guests seem to be has beens

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Over the last few (3 or so), he’s had big names in music (Paul McCartney, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Ringo, U2, Snoop, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Miley Cyrus, Robert Plant and a ton more).  Movies/TV he’s had Paltrow, Johnny Knoxville, Claire Danes, Amy Schumer, Jennifer Lawrence, Colbert, James Franco, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Letterman, Seth Rogan, McConaughey, Downey Jr.). That off the top of my head.  He had Hillary Clinton this year.    The big names dont necessarily make a good show (i’d actually rather hear prank calls and  crass stuff). My point is that the guests he gets now are bigger names than in years past, most likely b/c his show is more refined and somewhat tamer than the Artie Lange years and anything earlier. 

[Earl1972]

Over the last few (3 or so), he’s had big names in music (Paul McCartney, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Ringo, U2, Snoop, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Miley Cyrus, Robert Plant and a ton more).  Movies/TV he’s had Paltrow, Johnny Knoxville, Claire Danes, Amy Schumer, Jennifer Lawrence, Colbert, James Franco, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Letterman, Seth Rogan, McConaughey, Downey Jr.). That off the top of my head.  He had Hillary Clinton this year.    The big names dont necessarily make a good show (i’d actually rather hear prank calls and  crass stuff). My point is that the guests he gets now are bigger names than in years past, most likely b/c his show is more refined and somewhat tamer than the Artie Lange years and anything earlier.

most of them look like has beens to me though i might just be out of the loop,  hilary was a big guest

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[BB]

Maroon 5, Seinfeld, Ringo, Snoop, Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Knoxville, Jon Stewart, Letterman, McConaughey all came in during the Artie or KRock years. Most of the rest weren't really famous till after Artie, etc....

[basil]

most of them look like has beens to me though i might just be out of the loop,  hilary was a big guest

E

Maybe he was going for highest net worth with his guest choice.  Out of curiosity, who do you consider A list these days?  Brandon Currie and the Edmonds fella?  I think Arnie and Tom Brady were on this year.

[Irongrip400]

He got old. Peak was mid 90’s when the movie came out. Then it brought him too much noterity where he became a caricature of himself.

[Earl1972]

Maybe he was going for highest net worth with his guest choice.  Out of curiosity, who do you consider A list these days?  Brandon Currie and the Edmonds fella?  I think Arnie and Tom Brady were on this year.

i forgot about brady, that was a big interview for him as tom seems to shun most of the sport radio guys

i now remember he had the kardashians on a few years ago and khloe was on a few months ago, they are just as famous as anybody these days

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