The Howard Stern Show

Are Sal and Richard still doing the fake "phony phone calls" to fake "Tradio"? And are they still acting gay for "laughs"?

Personally I think he's retiring because several core members have moved away or are about to.

The show has been terrible since COVID.

Who left? I haven't listened lately.

COCKTOBER!

R3- Benji.

Didn't Schuli move to Alabama?

The Ronnie shit is so played out and tired. Plus he's voting for Trump.

Howard is only good if you stop listening to him for a few yrs. I just got a free restart of Siruis this week and found him pretty funny again...of course give me a couple of weeks and I'll tire of him again

Shuli has moved to Alabama, Ronnie is retiring in December and moving to Las Vegas, Gary is moving to Maine for the summers and Florida for the rest of the year.

With Gary gone, who will run the show?

Wiggy can't stop working, he has a gold-digger to support.

Howard is being replaced by Tan Mom. You heard it here first. Tan Mom - all day, all the time.

Tan Mom is genuinely funny and much better than Howard's fucking chauffeur.

I agree, I’m fucking sick of Ronnie. He really ought to retire. Even robin is phoning it in.

He is renewing though. He actually got a record deal to come back. To be announced shortly.

Glad to hear Ronnie is "retiring". I'm sure he'll be calling in every day. I think he's just gross.

I usually listen when I'm on the road for work. All day Sunday was nothing but Ronnie on both channels. Ralph and Chris Wilding giving him shit for supporting Trump that went on wayyyyyyyyyy too long. Back in the car today I figured I'd catch High Pitch or maybe Wendy for some laughs.

Nope. "Ronnie's Birthday"

I also can't stand Bobo. These people are not funny in the least.

retire ya old fart, ur ratings are down and we over u.....bye

I will always blame Howard Stern for promoting the trash culture that lead to Trump!

Not surprised to hear that Howard's show is all about white trash Ronnie, and it looks like it will forever be about him.

Sad to hear that Ba Ba Booey left.

Did Gary leave because of Covid?

Tan Mom amuses.

r18

he's still here

I was a Stern fan for a while. Back in the days of the E! TV show and then for a while once he went to Sirius. There was a time when I really enjoyed it, for various reasons. I just sort of naturally lost interest and listened less and less. I don't think I've listened at all in about 5 years and before that my listening had declined.

I'm a longtime listener and I'm shocked at the state of the show. It was already taking a downturn since Trump got elected but since the lockdown it's a disaster. Serioulsy, nothing works.

Robin spends the entire show fake-laughing at every single thing Howard says, to the point that it's become background noise. She no longer does the news. You could replace her with a laugh track.

Fred you never hear unless he's doing the "puppets" which are painfully overdone and unfunny ("Cunt! Cunt! Pussy!") I have no idea *WHO* thinks this is funny or why Fred has lost the ability to read the room. His sound drops are fewer and usually late (they're on zoom). Awful.

Ronnie is this old fuck who's incapable of taking any kind of preceived criticism, he shuts down and gives the silent treatment. He yells, he's abrasive, stupid and aggressive. Incapable of normal conversation. He refuses to say who he's voting for and it's become a problem with the others in the staff who justifiably call him a coward. They have him on constantly. Why?

They're not in the studio, and the entire Stern schtick was always Howard bullying staff members or orchestrating fights between them. Stern himself was never funny on his own unless he went on a rant on somebody in the public eye. The rare times he does that, the segment gets immediately cut out of replays.

Sal and Richard are MIA. JD is never on. Benji same. Nobody's writing anything funny that you can tell anymore. The whack pack is a thing of the past (read the country). Now it's just him. He spends the show repeating the same things about masks and Covid, and talking about 90s rock bands no one cares about, for hours. He doesn't know jackshit about music. He butchers their names. It's just bizarre.

When he has a guest on, he switches to his patronizing shrink voice and pushes them to say that everything they do/are is because of their father. Systematically. He speaks for them. He interrupts constantly. It's infuriating.

When he takes callers, they're either planned calls about scripted segments, or agressive Trumpers he immediately shuts down. Why bother taking them on if they can't talk ? Does he have ANY interesting callers not calling about politics anymore ? I don't understand any of it.

He doesn't leave his house nor sees anybody. He repeats himself. He freaks out when his wife gets a haircut. His OCD and tunnel vision are out of control. It's painful to listen to.

I have no idea why Sirius would give him a new contract at this point. The only people listening must be people like me, horrified longtime fans listening out of habit waiting for that shit to end. I don't see how it's fixable.

I think he'll re-sign but never come back into the studio.

Dude at R23? JD is on ALL the time. Benji got moved out of the studio so his presence was greatly reduced years ago. I'm not challenging you but you've got some things wrong.

I just turned on Howard 100 cause it said Robin's Song Parody, which is always funny hearing her sing.

But sure enough, it is Howard talking to Ronnie!

Anytime he has a actor on, he mentions when HE made HIS movie.

David BAHHHHH-WEEEE.

I still appreciate Howard. No idea why one would expect his show to be as smooth a s it was in the studio. Zoom sucks.

I love the show as well and think they are doing a great job within the limits of the pandemic. There are even times when it actually feels like they are in the studio. So happy to have the gang around during these times, and hope he re-signs!

Him not supporting Kathy Griffin (photo'd with fake severed Trump head) told me Howard Stern was over. (He said something like: she shouldn't have done that.) The old Howard Stern would have had a very strong free speech take on the KG situation. IIRC, free speech issues are why HS ended up on radio and off of E! TV. HS should be having more freedom on radio than he had on TV, but it seems like he got defanged.

The other really sad thing is Artie Lange and his falling apart before our eyes.

[quote] JD is on ALL the time. Benji got moved out of the studio so his presence was greatly reduced years ago.

I agree with you, what I meant was more that their work is nowhere to be seen anymore. JD is supposed to edit interesting clips from the media and Benji is supposed to write jokes.

Duh, Benji writes jokes daily that Howard uses throughout the show. They are not announced as his on the show and never have been. I constantly hear the Wack Pack on an almost daily basis-- games, wack pack happy hour, wack pack updates, etc. Sal and Richard as well. Just last week for example there was a full Sal segment shaving his shaft. Almost everything this poster said about the content of the show in his long diatribe is false, as if he is listening in an alternate universe. He just seems bitter and depressed and is projecting his personal mood onto the show and distorting facts.

I finally walked away from Stern, and Sirius for good about four months ago and haven't missed the routine nearly as much as I thought I would.

Stern really and truly does have nothing but disdain and disgust for anyone who isn't Jewish, wealthy and/or famous. His constant shilling of that little bug-eyed doctor friend of his, who's another one of those famewhore doctors, his constant sneering of his callers, even the sycophants who call to kiss his nasty ass. Even Robin, who went from Uncle Tom, Step-n-Fetchit to entitled, bitter cunt, became someone I couldn't handle listening to or paying for anymore.

It's not an "act" either. They've always weaseled out of accountability for the nasty things they do and day to people by indicating they're playing "characters". That's a load of bullshit. They're both unpleasant, nasty people. And yet, they've been so blessed and are so fortunate. They worked so hard to gain all of those fans and notoriety they built. Only to show their true colors the last few years.

I honestly grew to hate the man. The only thing he said/did that I could remotely appreciate in recent years was finally get rid of that psycho Brent guy.

R32 = Beth Stern. Shut the fuck up, Beth, and go clean something. You're not in the will by the way.

If you doubt that Entertainment Lawyer get his blind items from here, there’s this one that posted today. What a coincidence!

Have to say that if you haven't listened to the show in years, R23, gives a pretty spot-on review of it. It is exactly that. At least as of when I left a few months ago. It's kind of a miserable experience.

I'm still shocked he got no blowback for calling Wendy Williams a cunt last year when she called him "Hollywood Howie" on her show. Somehow, he gets a pass from all the MeToo and BLM stuff. And his little weasely BFF Jimmy Kimmel has also, somehow avoided karma for all his black face stunts.

The blind item says : This permanent A+ list radio star is just going to keep cashing checks while letting others on the show do all the talking. The day he does retire is the day he gets divorced.

It's nonsense. Howard is the one doing all the talking now which is why the show has become unbearable and I don't see why Beth would factor in his retirement.

[quote] If you doubt that Entertainment Lawyer get his blind items from here

Are you kidding ? Have you seen the Stern subreddit ? This is where things get leaked and laid out. DL never talks about Stern.

I don’t understand the part of the BI about getting divorced? Is there trouble in lockdown paradise with Beth?

That blind item can't be about Howard. It says he let's everyone else do the talking. That's not the Howard I listen to.

Imagine being on permanent lockdown with Howard and the 17 cats.

I genuinely liked Stern and laughed a lot at his show through the E! years and the first part of the Sirius years. It was fun and ridiculous. Hardcore fans made a lot about him "going Hollywood" and being friends and gaining the status of a lot of the people he used to skewer. He still worked for me after that - he became a pretty good "straight" interviewer - the interviews were less salacious and funny, but they were still informative and pretty good. And, some of the side stuff was still funny.

I didn't grow to hate him or anything, my interest just naturally diminished over time. One thing I did hate was when he was an AGT judge and he'd talk about AGT and the people and the production constantly. I'd always turn it off if he was in that mode.

I like Stern and Robin. And I respect Stern's loyalty to those who are loyal to him. But it is a just a skosh ironic that he turned into Imus. Younger, charity wife and all.

I stopped listening when K. C. left the show.

R38, do you have a link?

R5, is that true? Benji is gone?

I haven't listened in years. I was a fan during the K-Rock and E! show years. When Howard and company moved to Sirius, I refused to pay to listen to radio.

I gather Howard and Robin are skating on their past glories. I guess Jackie the Jokeman and Billy West are long gone. The show used tp be hysterical. Some of the best shows were the LIRR fight and other obscure bits which became classics. I would tape the show while getting ready for work, then bring the tapes into work, so everyone in my department could listen to the first two hours of the morning show.

An acquaintance's nephew was also part of the show, Gange, I think that was his last name. Gange was the guy who fucked some fug porn actress. This all seems like a hundred years ago!

I also heard that Crackhead Bob and Beetlejuice died.

Howard was the person who got Sting and Trudie to admit they were swingers, IIRC, that was the same interview where all the tantric sex rumors started. Sting later said it was a joke because Howard was being so relentless asking them about their sex life. Sting has really bad body odor, when Sting and Trudie left the studio, Robin kept joking that the place needed to be fumigated!

Beetlejuice is not dead.

Hey!

r45 it's not hard to type "stern" and "reddit" on google, seriously.

His Reddit is BRUTAL.

Full of angry white dudes who support Trump and constantly trash the show. They claim to not listen or canceled their subscriptions, but I call bullshit. Every now and then, I'll jump in on a thread about how all Howard does is trash Trump, and I just start drop-kicking fools left and right. They ALWAYS accuse me of being a staff member--Jason, specifically--who's being paid to fight off trolls.

These dudes just repeat EVERYTHING Trump says verbatim.

Don't generalize, r51. Far from the majority of disatisfied fans vote repug. Trump supporters among his fanbase certainly have amped up their yelling since the episode where Stern basically told them to stop listening and go away. I don't remember exactly what he said but I remember that it was antagonizing.FWIW I was glad to finally hear Stern speak up because he took his sweet time.

Howard has become to much of a Hollywood kiss ass. His interview with RDJ made want to vomit. He's not the same guy anymore.

I still love the show. I think Chris Wilding is a fantastic addition to the show. I share Howard's POV on life. I hope he stays... I am not ready to lose anything else in 2020. I also love Robin. Love Gary. Love Fred. Love Ronnie (how can you not think he is hilarious?) Love Tan Mom, Marianne, LOVE Underdog Lady and OMG, Sour Shoes!!!

Hate Sal. Richard is ok. Hate Benjy. Absolutely hate King of all Blacks. A little bit of High Pitch Eric goes a long way. Absolutely CANNOT listen to High Register Shawny... The minute he comes on, I turn it off.

He's flipped his wig.

Are his parents still alive?

Howard definitely has run out of ideas and he should retire and enjoy his wealth. He had a good long run and entertained a lot of people. He should rest on his achievements. I don't know what all the people who do podcasts slamming him will do if he retires. They're trying to ride on his coat tails to make a name for themselves. They are the lowest of the low. Maybe even one step below a wack packer.

[quote]Love Ronnie (how can you not think he is hilarious?)

Because they run him into the ground. It is not funny when it is Ronnie on the air 20 out of 24 hours every day.

He ain't Artie.

Howard turned me off when he became all about strippers and porn stars. My ex and I used to stay home on a Saturday night, smoke a little weed and watch his TV show on UPN-9. I have never laughed so hard in my life.

Is Underdog Lady still on the show? She was one of my favorites. And Kenneth Keith Kallenbach. Underdog Lady seems to have been autistic.

I don't listen as much as I once did, but I have no issue with Stern evolving. People do get to do that. Stern is in his late 60s now, beating porn chicks with baloney would be kind of lame. He pivoted to remain somewhat relevant and he did. I think therapy, Beth, and Robin's illness really had major effects on him.

Yes, his parents are still alive. Both are well into their 90s.

I love it when he pulls out the megaphone and pretends to be his mother.

He needs to STFU about eating meat and how smart cows are when he and his wife wear leather and all of those lackeys don't have the guts to call out his hypocrisy. Eating meat is no more barbaric than ripping its hide off to make your wife's handbag.

^ ^ call him, hon.

R62

Do you know there is fake leather right?

R64, they don't wear fake leather. I've seen Mrs. Stern at certain events. I doubt her Chanel bags were fake leather. And BTW, Stern has complained that he can no longer find some discontinued boot. Can't recall the name, but it was leather.

He's a hypocrite. So many examples of their glaring hypocrisy. He wants others to sacrifice, not himself.

Howard Stern never pretended to be a role model. Anything but. He's now a millionaire and an old man. His time has come and gone.Who really cares if he's a hypocrite and wants to stay home with his cats. No one is listening to him anymore. And about those Howard Stern related podcasts, what's the point? If no one cares about Stern anymore so why would anyone care about a podcast about him by people no one ever heard of?

R66, Stern’s ratings are still pretty good. With the advent of music radio over cellular networks, that’s all that SiriusXM has anyway.

"When Howard and company moved to Sirius, I refused to pay to listen to radio."

It's not like you're paying an arm and a leg..........

Stern’s ratings are indeed still high. He is all that I listen to in the car. And Sirius will always up the ante to keep him because they know most of their subscribers are only there for Howard.

[quote]subscribers are only there for Howard

EXACTLY

There for Howard, not his limo driver who has taken over the show.

Why isn’t Robin doing the news anymore? That segment and celebrity interviews were the best things about the show.

I heard an interview with Bill Maher who said something like "After I hit fifty, I told my writers we have to cool it with the models-in-the-hot-tub" material. It's gross for a man my age." He's right, and Howard is in the same position. To be a horny 65 year old man is pretty nauseating. Also, he's got a hot model wife so he has nothing to complain about. He had to find a new angle, and he found it as "Mr. Celebrity Empathy Man". Maybe you hate it (it can be super boring) but it's new.

I do really like his interviews, r72.

I do find myself listening to 101 more than 100... Kat-a Leen and JAson BIggs was on today and I couldn't stop laughing

[quote]I will always blame Howard Stern for promoting the trash culture that lead to Trump!

Howard's show was also responsible for normalizing the stripper and porn culture in the mainstream. When Howard began to talk about going to Scores and constantly having strippers and porn stars on his show it became mainstream which has lead to an overall downgrade in media and entertainment.

[quote]I don't listen as much as I once did, but I have no issue with Stern evolving. People do get to do that. Stern is in his late 60s now, beating porn chicks with baloney would be kind of lame. He pivoted to remain somewhat relevant and he did. I think therapy, Beth, and Robin's illness really had major effects on him.

Yeah, but it's similar to Kathy Griffin. If you build your career largely on being the edgy, non mainstream person who took the piss out of celebrity culture, it's not the same when you accept an invite into that club. The Sterns are (or were until COVID) very active in the Hamptons scene. Beth would host her charity events out there, and they would frequently mingle with the A listers at various parties.

The last time I tuned in to his show was his interview with Madonna, which was disappointing. They went after her for years, the second she came into the studio, it was a complete 180 and Robin was even gushing over how beautiful she was. They never mentioned their beef, he never asked about the book her sibling wrote about her. It was all very puff piece.

His interview with Rosie O Donnell was great because they both went into everything. They talked about the feud, they let it all hang out. That's when Howard is at his best.

He can be a great interviewer.

R76 Ro and Mo are two different monsters. Madonna can’t handle criticism and Rosie thrives on it.

It's one thing to evolve, it's another to have made your living mocking and ridiculing what you have then become. Imus and his wife come to mind.

Elegant Elliot Offen!

Just started up the car and sure enough...Ronnie fuckin' Mund!

"SIT DOWN...SHUT UUUUPPP....DON"T BE STUPID, YOU MORON!!"

I loved when Howard played the tapes of him and his sister at the studio where Ben Stern worked. I taped that show. I still have tons of Stern shows on cassette tapes. So many classic bits, but there's not enough the to re-listen to all of them.

Ben screaming at Howard was hysterical.

I cannot stand RonnieMund. I wish he had fucking retired before the pandemic and never heard from him again. He appeals to such trash. And he couldn't be more typical of a deplorable. Dumb, crass, bitter, selfish and ignorant.

Gutless that he can't admit he's trash like his NASCAR buddies. He shouldn't be afraid to admit he supports Trump, because liberals aren't the ones who send death threats if you dislike Biden.

I miss Eric the Shitcock.

I've been listening since WNNNNBBC and while I still listen, it's out of habit. I really don't like about 40% of the show now... many aspects have become irritating and annoying - Robin's forced quarantine laugh is really irritating but now it makes me want her gone, Ronnie Mund's geriatric sex stories are nauseating, and Fred doing the Ronnie puppet's raunchy chuckle. Has anyone else picked up on Ronnie's old man voice? It's quivery and shaky sounding. Yeah, it's time for him to go.

I don't mind the rest of the crew, who pop in when needed to add to a story or give info. If Howard does announce his retirement, I will get special pleasure in hearing Marianne from Brooklyn weep and wail. She's annoying too and I want to enjoy her pain.

Is it just easier for Howard to surrender the show to Ronnie now or what?

Howard has turned into his bitter father and some days the show sounds like you're locked up with your ranting grandfather. He pushes his opinions on his cowering staff and berates them for having a different opinion. He badgers grown men over their choices, like when he ranked on Gary for the way he set up his in-home theater and gets on Jason about his love of meat.

Lately, I've been annoyed when Howard talks about Beth - she sounds like his housekeeper instead of his wife. He "praises" her for all of the menial jobs she does - cat patrol, washing his strawberries, dusting, mopping, etc. Then Beth makes herself look like a doormat when she comes on and says oh, it's fine. Either she's the nicest woman on earth or she knows to keep playing the game and count the days until.... RIP Howie.

I think Howard give Ronnie so much air time because he is still in the mindset that sex is one topic that will keep the interest of a large majority of his audience (truckers, blue collar dudes, etc.) and Ronnie's disgusting stories are an easy way to fulfill that need. It's telling that Howard doesn't regale the listeners with stories of his hot sessions with Saint Beth, so he uses Ronnie as the go-to when things get slow. I am counting the days until Mr. Mund retires cause his stories make me gag.

I have noticed the change to Ronnie's voice - it's very shaky and tremulous. He needs to go and enjoy the time he has left.

In other words, nothing has changed, r86.

I love love Howard, but I don't always agree with him nor do I enjoy every single moment of the show. I think it is ridiculous to expect to. I'm quite sure he doesn't even like every minute of the show when he listens back. He produces 3-4 hours of content each show, a tremendous undertaking. He tries out ideas, some of which work and some of which don't. He has tons of different guests and topics, none of which every listener will enjoy. He can be moody or serious when some people want silliness or fun, or vice versa. Everyone who has SiriusXM has access to the app and can download every show, as I do. All you have to do if you don't like a guest, topic, or bit, is skip through it to something else. That's what I do every time I listen. Technology enables us to listen or not listen to whatever we want, no one's being forced to hear anything they don't like. Just appreciate that there's a lot of great content and be grateful for that.

Miss Cocktober Pageant is on now and of course Ronnie is a judge and... of course, Ronnie is dominating the conversation.

[quote]He produces 3-4 hours of content each show, a tremendous undertaking.

Not really when 85% of that time is Ronnie ranting about "cunt" and "pussy."

But it isnt. Thats a ridiculous claim. We get it, you don't like Ronnie Mund or get why other people do or find him funny. He's not my all time favorite, but I think he's amusing, especially when they fuck with him. In any case he isn't on the show anywhere near that much, that's just an outright lie. You seem obsessed with hating him thus your deluded impression that hes on 85% of the time. You can easily skip through the segments he is on and still have tons of content to enjoy.

Any dirt on Chris Wilding? The fact that he spends so much time with Ralph Cirella makes me wonder about his character judgments - can’t stand Ralph I turn it off whenever he calls - but curious about Chris.

Then why is it everytime I go to Channel 100 it is Ronnie this, Ronnie that?

Just a guess, but Robin probably isn't doing the news because they do the news pretty much in the first hour now. The format seems to be, catchup, news, something wacky from the staff, interview, then wrap up.

Do his daughters still speak to him?

R96, they speak with him, but I get the feeling the two older ones do not speak with Beth at all - they resent her. The youngest one was young enough when her parents divorced that she probably doesn't have the same resentment.

Howard Stern is pure trash and always will be. I'm not a fan of Wendy William's, but thought it was really weird just how upset he got at her last year or whenever that was, for her calling him Hollywood Howie. He was really disgusting and a bitch to her for saying the shit he said about her.

Their both shock jocks and you would think he would've taken it better than he did. Howard is a true bitch.

And he's very sensitive and emotionally abusive and unstable, fuck him.

The person above who made the comparison to Kathy Griffin makes a point. Kathy learned the hard way just how NOT in the club she was. I think Howard is the the club more so because that is what Beth wants. I think he prefers to just stay in the house.

Howard is also a nasty Jew too. He said he was glad about Rodney king getting beat by the police when it happened. To me that was fucked up. He's a nasty bitter Jew, who just like an earlier poster stated, he has pure disdain for anyone who is Jewish wealthy or famous etc. I don't care for people like him, he's one of those people who have extreme wealth fame and all of the material possessions anyone could want, but he's still very unhappy underneath it all.

That's why he can't let his stupid show go, he's knows without it he nothing. Even Oprah was smart enough to end her talk show after 25 years on the air, but she's also way richer than Howard could ever hope to be.

What a horrible human being Howard Stern is. Good Riddance to him.

F&F the anti-semite at r100 please

I just googled and saw this picture. Did the oldest daughter officiate her sister's wedding?

Here's a story about the oldest daughter.

Just flipped over and the segment is HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE.

All Ronnie, all talking about pussy.

R101 Howard Stern used the N word regularly on his show, so please stop with the bullshit. Jewish people are not above reproachment.

Joan Rivers was also very racist towards Michelle Obama right before she died, bet you have nothing to say about that either.

You're the one posting this hatred on DL, r105, not Howard Stern or Joan Rivers. Calling someone a "nasty bitter Jew " is antisemitic and unacceptable, no matter what anyone else has ever said or done.

R106 It still doesn't excuse them either. Howard has said some really horrific things in his career and no one bats an eye. I think if it's ok for him to say outrageous things along with Trump, then the gander is good for everyone else too.

DL is not innocent in saying inflammatory things. This site is just as provocative in the things it says about others as anywhere else on the internet.

I liked him years ago. I was younger, it was new. Listened regularly in the morning while getting ready for work. Didn't want to pay for him. Considered it but no. Actually mourned a bit. Sounds like I'm not missing much at the moment.

Who said it excuses them? Its the poster who called Howard a "nasty bitter Jew" that brought up and used their alleged behavior to excuse himself for doing so. And what does Trump have to do with this? And who said what he says is ok? There's nothing wrong with being "provocative" and disagreeing, even trashing someone you don't like. But unequivocally it is unacceptable to call someone a "nasty bitter Jew," same as it is to call someone the N word, etc.

Howard talks about his relationship with his daughters in his interview with David Letterman (on the Netflix show).

Care to give a quick summary R110? What is say?

R111 Pretty much that it took years of therapy and rigorous honesty on his part to rebuild his relationships with his daughters after the divorce.

BTW it was Howard's wife who left the marriage, not he. He wrote about how this gutted him.

Ronnie is getting a lot of attention now because of his birthday.

R52 So you CLEARLY don't go to the Stern Reddit because that's FAR from a generalization. 90% of those posters support Trump.

R101 Howard used the "N-word" ironically, but people like you make it sound like it was in casual conversations which is wrong.

R105^^Sorry

Howard's best show was when he announced his divorce and they talked about it the entire show. It was riveting.

I heard the show a couple of weeks ago where several Trump supporters were calling and whining about Howard's tepid attacks on Trump. Holy shit, you literally have to have no brain cells to be a Trump supporter. I was embarrassed for them because they don't have the capacity to be embarrassed.

They continue to defend the indefensible.

R115 Howard Stern is garbage, I don't give a fuck about what anyone says. The man is racist Trash, fuck him.

Howard's daughter seems like a real pill, and the Post massaged her quotes out the wazoo. Seems like a bullshit story to me.

Channel 101 right now is '10 Howard Mad At....RONNIE!

It's all Ronnie, all day!

[quote]BTW it was Howard's wife who left the marriage, not he. He wrote about how this gutted him.

Oh, yeah, he was "gutted" ... remember the condoms incident during the filming of Private Parts? That was no accident. Allison may have left, but after Howard gave her a little push. He wanted out of the marriage.

Thank God that fat racist pig Joey Boots is dead. Elderly black women riding the subway can now breathe a sigh of relief now that this waste of oxygen is no longer here to bully them for sitting in "his" handicapped seat.

It was shocking to me when it was revealed that Joey Boots was gay. He was one of the most homophobic wack packers on the show.

r122

what condom story?

[quote]It was shocking to me when it was revealed that Joey Boots was gay.

His best friend was High Pitch "I masturbate to Donnie Wahlberg" Erik!

[quote]It was shocking to me when it was revealed that Joey Boots was gay. He was one of the most homophobic wack packers on the show.

How is it shocking for something so typical?

It was just non stop with him. I guess that's why R127. But you're right, I guess those types tend to be the angriest.

For R125 - when Howard was making his movie, his wife found a list of hygiene items, etc. that Howard asked to be supplied in his trailer and one thing on that list was condoms. The thing is, Howard and Allison didn't use condoms and the implication was that Howard would be using them on other women. Howard came on the air and explained that he had left Ralph in charge that job and he said that Ralph made the list and put down a lot of things the Ralph wanted/planned to take for himself. Howard pointed out that the one thing that made his wife believe this was a Ralph fuckup is that the toothpaste that was on the list was not Howard's usual brand.

This condom calamity took up about 1-2 hours of the show. Howard got Ralph on the line and bitched him out for a good 45 minutes, then he got Allison on the air and she told how she got angry, then calmed down when Howard figured out that this list was Ralph's creation. Then he let the listeners call in and tell Howard how he should get rid of Ralph, then the ones who called in to bust his chops and say oh, sure Howard, those condoms were for Ralph :wink wink:.

I believe Howard when he said that he never cheated on Allison.

I forgot to add that Ralph said he put condoms on the list as a joke. He gave the list to Howard's assistant to pass onto whoever was supposed to order the requested supplies and never dreamed that the list was going to get into Allison's hands. Ralph is dumb.

[quote]I believe Howard when he said that he never cheated on Allison.

I don't. He has revealed his glaring hypocrisy and lies far too many times to believe him.

I recall him -after he divorced- inviting that biracial woman from his show "Son of the Beach" to his apt clearly to fuck her and when she revealed it in some article how he tried to impress her with his apt, he got her on the air to shame her and claiming she was there for professional reasons. A fucking moron could believe him. It was a disgusting display on his part to have done that to her.

There's no question Howard cheated on Allison.

Steve Schirripa was on once, and he asked Howard if he remembered Amber Smith, who played the lady who straddled the speaker in Private Parts. Howard said yeah, and Steve revealed that she told him that she and Howard had had sex. Now, I've been listening for a very long time, and Howard never gets rattled on-air. THIS rattled him. He tried to play it off, but you got the sense he was caught red handed.

Steve Grillo says he believes Howard also had an affair with Mary McCormick, who played his wife in Private Parts. Even before Steve said this, I always suspected it because of the way they interacted on air. Also, Howard was caught out to dinner with her one night before he and Allison broke up.

Also, again Howard was caught red handed by Allison when condoms were on the list of things for his trailer.

All wealthy, famous and powerful men cheat. Howard was absolutely no exception

Is Howard Stern a Billionaire? He has to be a Billionaire at this point, he's been making hundreds of millions of dollars for decades now. That kind of $ adds up really fast, even after taxes.

About 50 million per year for 15 years now...

OP--I switch over to Howard when I get bored with other SXM channels and have found him entertaining. But, after seeing your post, it seems every show is centered around Ronnie. This is Howard phoning it in. I suspect that in the next couple of months, he is going to retire.

[quote]Steve Grillo says he believes Howard also had an affair with Mary McCormick, who played his wife in Private Parts. Even before Steve said this, I always suspected it because of the way they interacted on air. Also, Howard was caught out to dinner with her one night before he and Allison broke up.

I absolutely believe they had an affair after filming; it was really obvious. Mary would just show up unannounced and sit in the studio. No one mentioned that she was there until Howard started acting weird and goopy towards her. A lot of people must've been talking about it, because he addressed it once on the air, in a "the lady doth protest too much, methinks" way: "How ridiculous would I look if I fell in love with the woman who played my wife in the movie? That would be pathetic".

Here's Russell Crowe being interviewed by Stuttering John for his movie Mystery, Alaska, which co-starred Mary McCormick. At around the 2:00 minute mark, Crowe says something about how McCormick "used to be Howard's girlfriend, you know", and John quickly changes the subject.

r136 No, every show is not centered around Ronnie. OP is obsessed with his hatred of Ronnie so imagines this is so, He constantly monitors both channels, waits until a Ronnie segment appears on 100 or 101 and then posts here to try and prove his point. The fact that you haven't noticed this yourself should usurp the musings of the anti-Ronnie troll.

If he brought KC back, I might consider tuning him back in....

I didn't know that he had an affair with Mary McCormack. But then again, I never followed the show that closely. That's kind of gross. I would guess he had sex with some of the many porn stars who were on his show, but the idea of someone seemingly normal having an affair with him seems worse. I guess Kat McPhee sleeping with her husband was payback.

R137 It was during filming. And after maybe.

Eli Roth (yes, the director) was a PA, and was given the exclusive job of guarding Howard in his trailer. Many nights, Howard would sleep in the trailer, while Roth worked on his screenplay for Cabin Fever all night. Eli Roth was never once down on the set, not did he interact with anyone but Howard.

Well, Steve Grillo was at the wrap party, and he saw Eli Roth greet Mary McCormick as if they were friendly and familiar. This made Grillo believe that Mary must have been spending time with Howard in his trailer after hours.

Another thing was, while Howard was still married, there was an item about Howard and a mystery lady at some restaurant. On the air, Howard played it off like "yeah, it was me, Mary, and my agent." Don Buchwald was definitely not at the table, but I think Howard realized he was spotted, and frantically called Don over to give him cover, because there was a picture of Howard and Don leaving together, with Mary nowhere to be seen.

R138 = Ronnie

[quote]He constantly monitors both channels, waits until a Ronnie segment appears on 100 or 101 and then posts here to try and prove his point.

But the frequency of the posts does kind of prove it.

That tired, no longer clever DL meme of calling the poster the person they're defending doesn't even work here. Ronnie doesn't express himself that way at all. He'd say something like "OP is a cunt and I don't give a shit."

R143 = Stephanie

By the way, the Wrap Up Show on 101 right now is Ronnie and politics.

R139 KC Armstrong hasn't been with the show in t decades. Move ON. BTW, he doesn't look like that anymore.

Eh, I’m more of a Bonfire gal. At least they’re gay-friendly, and they keep up with contemporary culture (so they can shit it on it). They target only obnoxious people who most deserve a beating. I also enjoy that they’re somewhat self-aware, unlike all these dopey ex-shock jocks.

Their Corey Feldman series of content is some of the best radio/podcast comedy ever recorded. It will make ten hours fly by in a blur of painful constant laughter.

Of a similar comedy style, I also enjoy This Is Not Happening with Jessa Reed.

I started watching Howard Stern in the summer of 1990 when he had a tv show on Channel 9 WOR. He was so FUCKIN FUNNY. Then I started listening to his radio show, which I loved - thru the late 1990's. After that I got tired of his show.

Just wondering, did any of you listen to Stern's rivals Opie and Anthony back then?

R149-No.

R149 *heavy Bob Kelly-ish intake of breath* Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh who wants to know, duuude?

I listened to O&A, R149

I listened to Howard exclusively until about 2004-5 when I got tired of his ego, always fighting with other DJ's. Then I switched to Opie and Anthony and stayed with them for about 4-5 years. I enjoyed their antics but Anthony's rampant and scary racism eventually drove me back to Howard. I sometimes wonder what is happening with the O&A wack packers, like Stalker Patty, Marion and Lady Di, (did Lady Di die?), Big A, Frenchy, Pat from Moonachie, etc.

R146-Well DUH, he still was hot back then. Buzz kill

[quote]I enjoyed their antics but Anthony's rampant and scary racism eventually drove me back to Howard.

He's a typical NY gindaloon. They express racism more than they breathe. God, and he might be one of the ugliest creatures to walk (knuckles dragging) the earth

R154 ah, there he is, the ol’ wetbrain soy-noodle hair goblin. He really always was so difficult to look at. Honestly I’d forgotten he existed, after the dissolution of the subreddit. Wonder if he’s still shadowbanned and sockpuppeting away the scant few years of his life remaining, with some delusional little T-girl scampering around his McMansion to keep him refreshed with Bud Lights..

Speaking of Stern and Corey Feldman, this clip is still one of the most bizarre I've seen.

R155, that description is perfection.

I've actually never heard their show, but I was familiar with their desperation to get Howard's attention. Despite my gripes with Howard, I always felt that any "shock jock" who attacked him was crying out for Howard's love. They knew he was the reason they could do what they did. They worshiped him and if he ever acknowledged them, they'd swoon.

R156 never gets old, man (is it bad I secretly like the song he does?) The Feldog is a goldmine of unintentional cringe humor, that I’m surprised Hoo-Hoo Howie never mined.

O&A went in on both Coreys a little bit, around the time they were doing their reality show (c.2007, and God was that a train wreck), but again largely left them alone. Guess by the standards of typical Stern/O&A guests, the Coreys were still relatively functional.

It took Haim dying, and the combined wit of Big Jay & Dan to really take down Feldman a peg.

For the people stating that Howard has a few million floating around, he still acts like he's a few dollars from the poorhouse. Yesterday he was talking about his parents and how his 90+ year old dad needs in-home care these days. Howard was bitching that because his dad is fixed in his routine of an early morning shower, Howard has been paying for a nurse to be in their house extra early. He whined that his mother says "your father has a routine and I can't talk him out of it!!" Howard's response was that if only his his parents weren't so old and set in their ways, he'd wouldn't have to keep shelling out money to pay for help to be at their house at the crack of dawn (off-shifts cost extra).

This guy is a penny-pincher.

For some reason I think that Howard's contract is for everything, meaning he gets a big lump sum and the production costs and salaries come out of that chunk. I could be wrong, but I thought I heard that.

Radio is dead. It's all podcasts now. Stern needs to hang it up. I always liked Opie and Anthony, mainly because of Anthony and the guests. Anthony really needed someone like Patrice O'Neil or Colin Quinn to temper his outrageous racism but he could pull classic bits out of nowhere. The only person who wasn't a closeted homosexual on that show was Opie. The other two looooooved trans dick. Ron and Fez was great too. I think about 'cakehorn' at least once a week.

O&A was the biggest Stern rip off of all the Stern rip offs. And it wasn't even a good rip off. They got exactly what they deserved.

For the person who thinks that the Ronnie hater is reaching, yesterday there were TWO segments with Ronnie. First one was to check in with Mund to see if he'd recovered from that last blow-up with Ralph and Jason. They talked a bit and Ronnie muttered that he didn't appreciate those guys telling him that they'd feel differently about him if he voted for Trump. The second segment featured Ralph on the phone trying to explain his side of Trumpgate to Ronnie. Both of these segments ate up about 45 minutes of airtime. I'll just be glad when Ronnie is gone,

I think Sal is turning into a religious nut. He has been talking about visions and ghosts and astral projection and spirituality a lot lately. Yesterday, he was on talking about crazy shit -- he promised his mother that he would not astral project anymore and that him and her would always be connected by "a silver umbilical cord". I loved how Howard countered his crazy with common sense, but Sal seems too far gone.

You Howard fans may want to listen to todays show... he's holding "The Prettiest Penis Contest". Not sure how it's being set up - over Zoom I guess? There is an app where you can view video of the show, so maybe you can see the contestants if you log on.

All that Sal shit is scripted. The show went off the rails years ago. Ronnie is the only thing they have left, so of course they're running it into the ground. It's the same thing they did to Brent last year. They scripted all this shit centered around Brent and his swinger wife and for a while it was comedy gold because Brent was such a complete tool that he couldn't help himself and acted like a five year old. What they didn't bank on was Brent's mental instability and drug use and the whole thing crashed and burned and Howard (or Marci Turk) had to fire Brent.

R161/R162 The appeal of O&A was the comedians, the hosts, the staff, and the callers, not just the weird cast of characters they attracted over the years a la Stern. Another great thing about O&A was the lack of filtering, colourful language, taboo subject matter, and the tendency of not only allowing bombs & flubs to happen but using them to make the show even funnier; they’d steer into it, hence ‘car crash comedy’.

This was one of few places comedians could ever really let themselves be funny and authentic in a relaxed setting, some of which include now-legendary names like the dear departed Patrice O'Neal, Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, etc. And O&A hit back any balls they were tossed harder than anyone, not just to pick on other shows or to be the typical shock-jocks, but with each other and their comic friends purely for the sake of making good radio comedy. They made ‘edgy’ comedians of the time look very tame, and hack e.g. Jeff Ross, the implied roast king, who very quickly got offended and uncomfortable in-studio when Jim Norton was just riffing (tsss) around. O&A & Friends were different to anyone else at the time; their show had elements of Stern, but so did everyone after him. Their show was the closest to what we bow think of as a podcast, sitting around with all your friends and just shooting the shit.

The best of O&A radio involved people who were either outside the show, or who were in the camp but somewhat reluctantly so. The pinnacle of their content is the time-honoured tradition of Jocktober (basically skewering terrible Morning Zoo radio shows nationwide), followed by: anything to do with Scorch (PFG/Weird News!); anything featuring guest comics Patrice aka Black Philip, drunk uncle Norm Macdonald, dumb lying mush-mouthed Rich Vos, or fat Bobby Kelly in the studio (Vos roasts and the relentless bashings they give poor Bawby are incredible); the many Steve C. (R.I.P. you huggable Bear) confrontations, and the frequent problems with the stupid entitled bootlicking interns, and; anything about Anthony’s trashy incestuous Italian family and disturbing impoverished upbringing on Long Island. The Jim Norton-led Bits can be a riot sometimes, but are usually highly overrated (though his early characters like Boardroom Jimmy, Ted Sheckler and RAMOOOOONE were gold), and between me and you silly geese & homosexual brothermen I don’t know why he was ever made a permanent third mic over all the other brilliant guest comics who became friends of the show (wormy desperation and availability, one supposes with hindsight).

For the record, Stern had a gag order put on O&A’s show for Infinity Broadcasting. Howard also later ordered O&A talent and staff not to address him or make eye contact with him or his staff while working in adjacent studios at Sirius XM. Howard may be a kingpin of NYC and he may have been the one who started it all, but he sure acted like a stuck-up insecure mean girl to his biggest and most successful disciple show for no good reason.

Hearing it live, the breakdown of Opie & Anthony’s relationship was really awkward, strange, and homoromantic at points. Listening to it back is excruciating; Opie was sobbing and getting depressed on air like a jilted husband/Fez Whatley by the end, and Anthony just sounded like a picked-bitter old vaudeville dame ready for the crook. It’s a pity, as they did have chemistry and did seem to be best friends for good few years back in the ‘90s/early ‘00s. Like any other rich old men, though, over time and with too much success they both got set in their ways as well as bone selfish and bored with their careers. Their political differences (Opie is Liberal/Democrat, Anthony is Libertarian/Republican) and their divergent sexual predilection (Opie is a vanilla married man who prefers older gender-normative lovers, Anthony...well, isn’t and doesn’t) may also have had a lot to do with it.

Oddly while I am a fan of the show (when it was great, it was unbeatable) I found their ramblings on radio inane a lot of the time, and felt they were at their most consistently endearing and entertaining as 30-somethings cutting douche-chilling “hey, fellow kids” skits and spots for Real Rock TV, and going on partisan talk shows like Hannity & Colmes to defend their more crass antics. Maybe a format to rein them in and the presence of other more reasonable adults in the room forces some professionalism and tight comedy out of them.

O&A came across like an awkward, homely, semi-closeted gay couple in a lot of their joint interviews c. the early-mid 00s. They weren’t, of course, but the energy was similar.

Did the full story of Brent’s departure ever come out?

There have been so many rumors and half truths about it that I doubt we'll ever get the full real story. But anyone who says Brett resigned and went willingly is lying to you.

Right now Howard 101 is airing: '18 Ronnie Might Be Bi

R161 Radio is dead because Howard literally killed it by leaving and the masses followed him to satellite radio. You tried it tho.

[quote] The only person who wasn't a closeted homosexual on that show was Opie.

True, but even though I’m straight as they come, other men still can’t resist my charms. I coulda been a model! *sniffs*

He is old and hasnt been relevant since 1995. Its weird that people still listen to him.

I’m surprised he never simulcast his show on a cable station. But there are 34 million SiriusXM subscribers, so that potential audience is much bigger.

r174

he used to have his own on demand channel

Dang, today's show started off with a very emotional outburst from Robin. One minute after the Howard said good morning, Robin said she got no sleep last night and then went on a rant about her friend Simona Dinnerstein. Yesterday, Robin gave a plug for SD, who is a pianist and was having a virtual concert soon. Howard downplayed it saying that nobody is interested in concerts now. Robin said that her friend still wants the arts available to people, so that's why.

Today, Robin came on with a quivering voice, to let Howard know that SD was upset that she's being portrayed as "a joke" by Howard. She spent about 10 minutes listing all of DS accomplishments. It was nice that Robin is sticking up for her friends and the arts, but she needs to not take Howard so seriously. Howard says he didn't think he had made fun of Robin's friend. They argued back and forth for quite a while before it dropped.

Ronnie argued politics with Fred for about 30 minutes.

I find this fascinating. Robbie, a limo driver, is debating politics with millionaires who by every stretch would probably benefit from Trump's tax cuts so much more than Ronnie ever would.

Someone up thread was spot on about Howard having daddy issues. He had Matthew McConaughey on as a guest today. He’s plugging a new book. Howard immediately started in on how abusive Matthew’s dad was and asked if he was in therapy. Matthew shot him down but Howard wouldn’t let it go. It was obvious McConaughey was getting annoyed and finally said there was a lot of love in his house growing up and tried to change the subject.

I’m getting tired of him, and honestly, wouldn’t care at this point if he ends the show in December.

Ronnie is low-life trash like every other Trump supporter. How the fuck else can anyone justify supporting Trump? Vile people support him. And they're idiots on top of everything else because they think that automatically means we worship Biden.

What does everyone think of Memet Walker? I can’t decide if he is hot or ugly

And Matthew M. sounded like he was high in coke during his interview.

Memet is adorbs, r181... but so dumb. So dumb.

He looks like he has terrible breath. It’s his mouth and his lips. Guys with that mouth and that gummy smile always have stank breath.

Memet is one of those typical, right-wing morons who calls liberals "snowflakes," meanwhile, he can't even handle social media comments that are negative. Projecting, hypocritical, thin-skinned bitch.

I think Chris Wilding is cute.

It really is turning into the Ronnie Mund show.

Memet is super hot. Chris Wilding is an ugly nerd who thinks he's way better looking than he is, and like most gay men, thinks he deserves 10s when he's only a 5.

Say what you want about the show now, but when Tan Mom is on it's pure gold. #tantalk

Ugh Memet is one of the more annoying staffers, although I'd rather listen to his whining than Ronnie. Actually, Steve Nowicki is one of my favorites. His impressions of Alex Jones (and Brent when he was there) always make me laugh. Plus, although straight, he is pretty nice to look at.

Ugh, right now on 101...

12 Ronnie Ugly App Anger

R152 Stalker Patty went on Opie’s solo show about three or four years ago, she seemed fine.

That little Neanderthal bootlicker Sam is doing well also, against all expectation. Who knew an addiction to pro-wrestling figurines could be so lucrative.

Stern is a revolting creepy ghoul of a man.

Listen; I get what shock jocks are all about and that the 90s were a different time(TM), but that whole deal with making actresses and pornstars come in to sit on a Sybian was totally gratuitous and had no merit even by sleazy entertainment standards.

I cant believe this guy is still on the air, shock jocks are so 90's. He's so old and gross he has literally become his arch rival Imus in the Morning.

R193 and Opie has become Brother Weaze.

Turnabout is PFG!

Right now on Howard 100...

RONNIE FOLLOW UP

Howard 101...

RONNIE'S SEX LIFE

R138, care to try and tell us how Ronnie isn't be shoved down our throats on both Stern channels?

I mean this kind of proves it, no?

Steve Nowicki is the most talented staffer. His impressions of Sal's dad alone are gold.

Memet is annoying but I could really see myself wanting to hate fuck him just once.

What I dislike about Howard is his rabid Zionism. Donald Trump has said/done horrible things and he has never gotten near the venom from Stern that he unleashed on Roger Waters, Lorde and Natalie Portman (when all she did was refuse to be at an event with Netanyahu - and who could blame her unless you're supremacist trash). None of them has expressed hatred of Jewish people, yet Howard has no problem with the pure, unadulterated hate Trump has spread because Jewish people are the ones who aren't on the receiving end and Howard has the mentality of a racist, violent settler. He shows his own racism, bigotry and revisionism when the subject comes up. He's no different than any Holocaust denier when he gets into the subject.

That and the hypocrisy on his animal rights stance are the two reasons I dislike him as a person. He's not as nice as he thinks he is. Like others, I still listen out of habit because I very rarely laugh at the show anymore. If he leaves, so be it. I doubt he will. This will be the easiest money he ever makes. Sitting home making a hundred mil./year He's be crazy to turn it down. He wouldn't.

He'd*

Howard 101 right now

'18 RONNIE AND STEPHANIE

Ron & Fez - The Cake Horn Saga. Great radio!

So much hate on this thread. I started listening to Stern in the late 90s through early 2000s and then picked back up off and on a few years ago. I started listening again regularly since covid and I'm finding comfort in his shows. I usually listen on delay and often fast forward through the gross Ronnie stuff - but I have appreciated him taking a stand during covid with regard to masks and his recent rants on Trump regarding the USPS insanity, among many other things. He has a large platform and many Trump supporting listeners so I love that he's taking time to hopefully change some minds. I've also found the conversations around the election and staff votes fascinating. It's a slower pace and a nice breather from all the "Breaking News" hype on TV, and provides insight into what people are really thinking and going through in these crazy times. I hope he renews.

^^ I agree.

Through the years Howard has always been there for a good laugh. I do miss the raunchier years, but Howard's ancient so its to be expected.

Can’t wait for it to be Xmas, or as I like to call it, Sleeves Season.

🎶Sleeping on the job like a la-la la la, Can’t drink responsibly, fa-la la la la Likes to fuck boygirls, fa-la la la la, Afraid of the world outside, fa-la la...🎶

Is Howard related to someone in the band Blue Oyster Cult? (Don't Fear the Reaper)

[quote]I usually listen on delay and often fast forward through the gross Ronnie stuff

So you only listen to about 8% of the total show?

lol r208 - some days it does feel like that!

r203: I loved Ron and Fez. Miss them.

I also love Howard and Steve Nowicki is great I love his Sals Dad impression but had no idea he was Alex Jones wow hes really funny and talented

R203/R210 Ron & Fez were truly in a league of their own. We will never see greatness like the Big Cat Fezzy again.

[quote] "Now the blueberry is not one to work on its own. It has to have something with it like the kiwi...it's not a standa...a stand.... sigh...standalone fruit."

R211, here are a few ............ for your next post. Clearly you need them.

Sternthology right now is airing Ronnie and his girlfriend talking about sticking dildos up his ass.

Why???

It's terrible. now. When Artie left that was the death knell.

I love this podcast about how bad the show is now and what a raging narcissist Howard is.

A vile human being. He knows he irrelevant now and hes hurt and pissed.

Howard is also a closet homosexual. There are several deep dives on this and while the evidence is circumstantial I don't know many men that claim a book on back pain can "cure homosexuality."

"Homosexuality is fixable. It's about men not wanting to face up to the rehabilitates of manhood. I know the guy who wrote the book and even he doesn't know it cures homosexuality!"

--Howard Stern on Dr. Sarnos book. How would he know its so good at "curing" it unless he used it to "cure" himself.

Hes a ridiculous person.

All of these comments about hating Howard remind me of this scene from the movie:

Researcher : The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.

Pig Vomit : How can that be?

Researcher : Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."

Pig Vomit : Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?

Researcher : Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.

Pig Vomit : But... if they hate him, why do they listen?

Researcher : Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."

Airing on channel 100 right now is "Fred, Ronnie & Politics"

Is Howard having sex with this man or what? Why the constant need to have him on the radio?

In these time Howard has decided that his audience is interested in 2 things - politics and sex.

Isn’t that Ronnie asshole a Dump lover? Who wants to hear that shit. The shows that aren’t the regular Stern show blow. It’s crappy clips of loser creeps.

Right now on 101:

'07 Ronnie's Limo Petcock

Who are you trolls? Howard is pro gay.

R223, Howard & his crew used to be VERY anti-gay, Artie Lange was the poster boy for the ultra-right wing crowd that used to be Howard's fan base. Howard himself is probably indifferent to gay people, he changed his public opinion because anti- gay bigotry is not as acceptable & profitable these days. I suspect Lange is a closet case, that's why he's so tortured & filled with self-hatred (Lange is in his fifties, never married, no children & the only woman in his life is his mother).

Fucking Ronnie is on again

Yep. Ronnie once again

R224 Howard is gay.

Beth is a beard. Allison wasn’t. Just a long deferring wife who tried to help and he treated her like dog shit.

Beth lets him walk all over her. It’s sad that all she cares about is money and removing cats eye balls.

As a nearly 40 year long listener, I can tell you there is something to this notion of Howard being gay. It's not quite as simple as saying "Howard secretly wants dick." I think he identifies much more with his mother than his father. But when he was coming of age, his mother would never in a million years have accepted his homosexuality. So, I'm not sure if it's something he's actively aware of and hides,or if it's so far suppressed he doesn't really realize it.

Early on when he first started going to therapy, he said his shrink would try to talk about he sexuality, and Howard would cut him off immediately. "You're barking up the wrong tree there." I'm the '90s, he seemed to have a lot of hostility toward women, and seemed to get off on violence toward them.

His relationship with Ralph is suspect. He met Ralph when Ralph was a teenager twink. And Will once had a laundry list of reasons he thought Howard was in love with KC Armstrong. Howard actually seemed a bit rattled because Will was convincing.

No way in hell this is a gay man...

Eh. Dopie and/or Tranthony I could see as closeted in some degree, or at least open to fucking men (Ant is halfway there already). Hoo-hoo feels like a bit of a stretch, though.

Not really seeing it. So, would you say the whole premise of his entire show for a long time - the porn stars, the hot women, the constant sex talk - was akin to Rosie when she used to freak out about guys?

There was only one time when I wondered if Howard might be gay. That was when JFK Jr. appeared on his show. JFK Jr. was jokingly reminding Howard of the insults that Howard had thrown his way on the air over the years. "You said that it was my job to date!" Howard was giggling like a little schoolgirl. He sounded like he had a crush.

If you flip to Howard right now guess what you'll hear....

RONNIE UPDATE

Ronnie is having a major meltdown yelling and screaming at Chris Wilding, "Go back to your fuckin' country!"

Now he is screaming at callers telling them to "shut the fuck up" and "fuck off."

Why is this unfunny lowlife on all the time now???

I think you've thoroughly established that it's a lot of Ronnie. We believe you.

My opinion: Ronnie is being showcased so much now because he is loud and causes drama and the show needs any kind of energy to lift it out its current stupor. Howard talking about Covid, cats, painting, The Bachelorette, etc. is not the stuff that keeps an audience excited. Ronnie screaming at people about politics and his sex life is about the best they can do to keep things moving. NOTE: I am not a Ronnie fan.

It's all they have left. No Brent, no Benjy, Chris Wilding can't go out and chase guys who are out of his league, Richard can't go out and get drunk at Eagles or Chiefs parties. Howard is the dullest part of The Howard Stern Show these days. It's Ronnie or bust.

Howard says Ronnie is such a star because he is an open book.

Then references Ronnie sticking two fingers up his asshole to fish out some shit.

Howard proclaimed that Ronnie "is a real fucking STAR."

Then he brings up how open Ronnie was by allowing the family dog to lick his asshole while he fucked a broad.

Sounds like Ronnie isn't retiring at the end of the year. He loves being on-air "talent" and is addicted to the fame. This was pretty evident when he was screaming at Chris Wilding that he doesn't have nearly the fans/followers that he does.

Sirius could save a boatload of money by laying off Robin and Fred "for the duration". Their jobs are so irrelevant now. Since she no longer does the news, it seems that she has gone into overdrive with the empty laugh -- she is doing her hyena thing like crazy to show she's still part of the show and that cackle is just grating now. Fred is a silent void until the dreaded Ronnie comes on, then Fred does his despicable Ronnie puppet shtick. Cut 'em loose.

I would imagine that Howard controls the main staff - Sirius can't lay them off absent his approval. And does Sirius pay them driectly or does Sirius give Howard a production budget and he doles out the money to staff - at least the big players like Robin?

Robin and Fred ain’t going anywhere unless it’s following Howard out the door.

R233 - I've taken to switching between Netflix is a Joke and CNN and this evening decided to check out Howard. Sure enough "Ronnie Update". And it was Ronnie screaming at Chris.

What the heck is this hold Ronnie has on Howard? It's really ruining the show.

I cannt listen to Ronnie. He’s a limo driver - he’s no Bernie X (national Lampoon magazine). Ronnie’s a maga person there to scream. Who needs that ugliness.. The past few days I’ve watched old Stern on Youtube. It’s sometimes comforting to have him on in the background. I haven’t heard anything recent of his. I do t have serius radio. (I get it in rental cars though) I’d get XM if the show was worth it. I just don’t wanna hear any maga energy. Ronnie is nothing but. I’ve seen Ronnie on youtube. He’s a jerk. I’d love to hear Stern rip on Dump daily. I guess that isn’t him. It’s always funny when he goes off on his parents. I enjoyed his movie.

Both channels 100 and 101 are featuring Ronnie right now.

And turn on the live show this morning and it’s Ronnie Follow-Up. I give up.

Channel 100 right now....

RALPH & RONNIE

Another Ronnie follow up on right now.

OP instead of hyperfocused hate-listening to something you used to enjoy or think was good, why not find something new to listen to, on which you don’t have to dwell so negatively?

This can’t be good for you.

Maryanne from Brooklyn is a cunt Trump supporter.

Maryanne from Brooklyn is a cunt Trump supporter.

I agree 100 percent r249, this poster is compulsively obsessed with reporting each incident of Ronnie's appearance, making this thread his own personal Ronnie hate journal. We get it already, Ronnie is on the air way more than he prefers, and he doesn't like Ronnie. Ronnie is living rent free in his head, and it's no fun for us either to have a non- constructive constant real time update of Ronnie segments rather than a well-rounded discussion of Howard Stern and his show with different opinions and points of view.

Howard should get Tatum O’Neal in. Get to the bottom of her issues with Ryan.

"OP instead of hyperfocused hate-listening to something you used to enjoy or think was good, why not find something new to listen to, on which you don’t have to dwell so negatively? "

I question if he actually hates it.

In defense of the Ronnie hater, you don't really have to listen to the show to know what's on it. When I had Sirius/XM, two of my 12 presets were Howard 100/101, and when I'd station surf, the name of the bit would come up on the readout (at least on Howard 101. On Howard 100 it would just be the show/date since that's all they would play.

However, if you're looking at the app, I know they would break down the daily show by topic which was super helpful since towards the end of my listening to it, there were fewer and fewer segments I was interested in (and I ALWAYS listened to the Ronnie ones).

But I haven't listened to S/XM since quarantine because I rarely drive my car anymore, and when my subscription lapsed a couple months back, I didn't bother to renew, so I have no idea how they're labeling the show on the readout these days.

Unless I caught a re-run today, the topic tomorrow will be whether Gay Ralph will come out as Gay if Ronnie announces who he will vote for.

Which makes me wonder, why will SXM pay millions to renew Howard's contract when they can get Ronnie for a couple hundred a week.

I dropped SiriusXM in January 2020 because to me Howard was too negative and it was effecting my day . His poor me , poor me attitude just grew unbearable. I did enjoy Underdog Lady , Sals dad , Howard’s mimicking of his parents ( actually my favorite part of the show ) and The Ronnie puppet . The stuff with Brent was sooo boring . We get it you have a half attractive wife but you are ugly as f**k and you add nothing to the discussion . Richard and Sal phony phone calls were funny but Richards lack of hygiene just grossed me out entirely . I am glad Benjy is gone and hope Mehmet leaves soon too ( he was such a maga snowflake pussy ) . Chris Wilding was somewhat interesting .

To me it’s not worth the money , especially since I am in Covid captivity since March . Truthfully I don’t miss them at all .

Maryanne is a Brooklyn Deplorable who just had a COVID 60th birthday party for her husband, Sopranos themed.

I just pulled up the app with my phone and I'll be damned if it isn't "Ralph VS Ronnie"

Yes it was hysterical today. Ultimately Ralph agreed to disclose tomorrow if he has ever had gay sex if Ronnie agrees to vote for Biden. Everyone weighed in, Maryann, King of All Blacks, Wendy the slow adult (on tape), Chris Wilding, fake Trump, fake Biden etc. Jeff The Drunk made the most sense of anyone when explaining why he was voting for Biden. Tan Mom is undecided and still cannot pronunce Biden's name or even come close. Perfect way to mix the serious and the silly, capturing the current angst over the election while making everyone laugh. Great show and cant wait to hear how it turns out tomorrow!

R258: SiriusXM isn't all Howard Stern

What has Crazy Alice been up to?

It doesn’t matter!

Crazy Alice became Angry Alice when Howie went all PC. Now she's just gone.

R261 I'll def tune in tomorrow. Thanks.

Howard only works monday to wednesday and never more than three weeks in a row, r266. It gives the impression that he works half the week and that he's on vacation half the year.

He's a lazy fuck who doesn't deserve all those megamillions.

Howard on homosexuals

And from his other book :

r268

If he really felt this way(and he always used to just say shit to get attention), he doesn't feel that way anymore. Are you the same person that you were almost 30 years ago? My parents were very homophobic growing up. We live in new england and one summer we went to the Cape and went to P-town one day, I still remember my parents saying don't get too close to those type of people(2 men were holding hands)... fast forward a few years, one of my aunts came out a lesbian( not sure why this was a shock those, she is a girl version of my dad) and they started to come around and defended my aunt to the rest of the family who all but disowned her. About 6-7 years later when I came out to them, they were supportive but also suggested therapy to fix me. After meeting my BF and another close family friend coming out, their tune completely changed and now my parents would go on a gay pride/PFLAG float if I asked them to(all the while voting for Trump which is deeply disturbing to me)... my point is people change... Howard is allowed to grow and change like every other human

Howard Stern is a complete & utter shit.

Question: Would R270 be more of a “fanboi ”, or a “sycophant”?

Either way, that’s some major spinning h/she’s doing.

I think people can evolve, and that includes Howard. Who would have ever thought he would one day be friends with Rosie and Kathie Lee Gifford.

Airing right now: Ronnie's Decision

As someone who listened religiously in the 1980s and early 90s, all I can say is he was a VERY different guy back then. The 180 he did was stunning. I cant stand him now.

R269 sis he really said 'back pain' i'm crying

He's got a thing about back pain and Dr. Sarno.

"Calls On Ronnie" just started on Howard 100.

Looks to be another Ronnie-packed day on Sirius!

I want to listen to Howard - been a fan since WNBC, but I just can't stand Ronnie. His belligerent, paranoid, obstinate, backwards, loud, cantankerous, stupid rants make my blood pressure rise, then his disgusting sex stories make me want to hurl. Now that he's the STAR of the show, it's driving me away from tuning in.

R277...really doesn't get the Bit, huh?

Clever innuendo is sorta our deal, around these parts.

Ralph and Ronnie on yet again....

Who the fuck would make Ronnie the star of ANYTHING?? I can only assume it’s a role cast to placate Dump supporter listeners.

ASS STREAKS!!!!

I think the Ronnie thing is just Howard being lazy and phoning it in. It will be interesting to see how the contract negotiations will end. It could be Howard has no reason not to just pack it in, rather than become another Imus.

100 right now is airing "Ronnie Update"

Now it is "Calls On Ronnie"

101's Wrap Up Show now is "Eliot Glazer on Ronnie"

Why is he so obsessed with Ralph’s sexual orientation? That whole thing with Ronnie and Ralph was boring AF. I don’t care about either subject.

Bring back Brent!

100 now... "Ronnie Follow Up"

When Artie was fired from the show, about 65% of the show content went with him. To fill the time, Howard increasingly relied on Eric the Midget. Eric, with Johnny Fratto basically writing "story lines" for him, was maybe 35-40% of the show from 2010 to 2014. If Eric wasn't on the payroll, he really should've been. He filled up so much air time for them.

When poor little Eric died, the show was spun into a a crisis. This was when previously unheard staffers like Memet and Brent started taking up more and more airtime. Unfortunately, especially now that Brent is gone, a huge amount of itfalls on Ronnie.

I REALLY fucking hate those goddamned unfunny puppets. Shuli as Tan Mom might be the most grating, pointless, unfunny thing in the history of the show.

I also hate those fake fucking Rocky Pensergast calls. They suck.

Yet you have followed and continue to trail after every character for decades. Okay.

r292, you are so on point with this. Howard Stern must have the most deranged, miserable hate-listeners in all of entertainment. They bizarrely feel like they are personally owed something by Howard and the show. They cant possibly imagine and accept that there are a huge majority of people who actually like and enjoy the things they criticize. If something I used to like is in my opinion not good anymore, I just stop watching/listening. I wonder if these people ever realize that its themselves projecting and not the show itself.

The Ronnie overload is becoming quite unbearable.

He is on now.

Listened today. Howard slapped down Trump. Marianne did the same. Great show. Funny as hell.

Has Wendy the Retard been on recently?

Did Howard ever explain why he finally let Artie go?

Haven’t you noticed that rich people rarely retire? They often die either on the job or work until they’re too physically or mentally degraded to do it.

Most other people spend their entire working lives saving for the day they hope to retire and one day relax and often don’t make it. The irony.

Because Artie was drugged out of mind and eventually tried to kill himself. I think Howard ignored it for as long as he could. Artie himself used to always say that thing would end on bad note with him and the show and it did.

The whole so and so is gay... so and so will be made to come out... wtf. They are old men. Why this obsession all these years later. The Ronnie talk is maga level yelling. I cannot believe that the show has “writers” is that the crap they write? It’s on a level of just drain circling with this bullshit. Why all the love for this loser with nascar and bud light posters all over his zoom room? How unfun. How dirge like. Damn.

Speaking of gay... I will always believe that the root cause of all of Artie's trouble was that he was gay and either deeply closeted or just couldn't face it and it ate him alive. That plus his scumbag father's death who he worshiped.

r301

100% agree

Artie also attacked one of his assistants at the show.

I don't care if Ralph is gay or not and I find it weird that in 2020 this topic is taking up hours of the show.

In the past, Howard and crew had made it something shameful to be gay - remember how they ragged on KC back in the day, calling him gay like it was embarrassing and nasty and gross. Then Artie went in on High Pitch Mike, to the point where Mike lied about being gay for years because he knew that the rest of the bozos on the staff would make his life miserable, throwing "gay" around as a put down or dig. They also used to berate High Pitch Eric all the time, calling him gay and him denying. I think HPE is most likely gay (but in denial) but has learned that gay people get made fun of on the show and protests the accusations.

Howard has eased up on the rampant homophobia/using gay as a slur. He made friends with George Takei, Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen, etc. and became an advocate. It's admirable that Howard has changed but this new thing with Ralph is a step back.

The show is literally nothing but Ronnie be run into the ground over and over and over and over and over....

^ Hon, call the show. Maybe Ronnie will let you suck his cock.

I just heard on the show that Ronnie just had a birthday - he is now 71 years old. Howard better wake up -- I know he is loyal to this fossil but how safe can he feel having a bodyguard that age.

of the many Ronnie conversations this week, the fact that Ronnie likes to be pegged... I do not think that makes him any kinda gay if a girl is doing it. It can be pleasurable to have your prostate massaged... Does the fact that a man is pegged by a woman make someone gay? Thoughts?

Benji left or Benji got fired?

r309

he was on this week

R308, on one hand, how can a sex act between a man & a woman be gay? On the other hand, Ronnie has something common with gay men who bottom: he likes getting that prostate warmed up.

r311 warmed up? he gets fucked by dildos.

After castigating Ronnie on today's show for not revealing who he's voting for and making him the villain in this "Is Ralph Gay?" mess, why doesn't he get on Ralph for not stepping up and doing the reveal for the good of the show?

Ronnie is clearly voting for Trump again and is too afraid to admit it because he knows he would look stupid voting for that asshole a second time, knowing what we know now.

He won't even admit to his own girlfriend who he's voting for. He's fucked in the head.

On a relatively recent show before Covid they tried to make him draw a clock because it's a test they give to old people to check whether they have dementia and that old fuck couldn't. He couldnt draw a *clock*.

They've been doing is Ralph gay for like 20 years. What reason would he have to be in the closet at almost 60?

[quote] why doesn't he get on Ralph for not stepping up and doing the reveal for the good of the show?

Because there's no incentive anymore.

Seems as though people are getting sick of Ronnie...

[quote]Steven Graziano: RIP Howard Stern show

[quote]Mark Bixler: Why spend so much time on this on the air?

[quote]Heidi Mackhoul: What a buzzkill Ronnie has become 😩

[quote]Ralph Ruiz: Goodbye Ronnie, it's time.

[quote]Chris GW: This subject is getting tiresome and Ronnie is just shitting down more. Let him take his dildos to Vegas and be done already.

[quote]Steve Kaspar: Shows really getting dull

[quote]Matt Hurtubise: Ronnie is a show killer. At least when Bobo kills the show he isn’t collecting a paycheck. #fireronnie

[quote]Lonnie Denton Jr.: This bit went on way too long.

r304 - well not really. They ragged on KC because he had sexual fantasies about men, Howard would not call him gay as a put down but rather because he was obviously at least bi and refused to admit it. You are forgetting Gay Rich. He was an intern on the show back when it was on E! and he got tons of air time. He was never put down and even asked to rate the staff men. Fred most likely made out with him at his bachelor party (Fred's Bachelor party - they held at Scores. He was so drunk he kept getting Rich on his lap, Howard swore they made out).

Fred is hot. Sue me.

Is Robin the size of a planet again?

r321

I think she is... I know she went through a huge ordeal and I'm sure the meds are wrecking her body but she just looks different now

r320

I agree with you

Howard was, hilariously, imitating his parents again this morning.

It was funny and a welcome switch from Ronnie.

I watched his movie to get my mind off of the election.

Is Wendy still calling into the show? I always found her amusing but at the same time thought Howard calling her a "retard" was heinous, seeing that she was deprived of oxygen when being born due to the umbilical being wrapped around her neck.

The biggest joke was that Howard never seems that much brighter than Wendy, when it comes down to it.

I didn't know that was what caused Wendy's "slowness."

She has like one or two teeth left in her head after all the Mt. Dew and Wendy's Sweet Tea over the years.

The Wack Pack was for Trump.

bababooey?

R327 - Did you know the latest about Wendy? She was in a car accident about a year ago and spent months in a rehab center, regaining the use of her leg(s). I forget if the news came from Shuli or Howard called her directly, but they spoke to her from the facility and she told that she had to use a wheelchair for a while. It was not made clear if Wendy will walk again or permanently consigned to a chair.

That was before Covid, and if there was any other updates/calls from Wendy, I missed them.

[quote]That was before Covid, and if there was any other updates/calls from Wendy, I missed them.

I believe she is mobile now but in any event last I heard, she had lost a lot of weight, the diabetic sores on her legs healed...in other words, the stay in rehab was very beneficial to her health.

I believe Jason went down to visit her in the rehab center.

Too bad he didn't stay for a while. He could stand to lose a few...hundred.

Good forWendy... she'll be dumpster-diving again in no time!

Wendy, Hi Pitch and Tan Mom keep me tuning in.

Poeple never understood Howard Loves Wendy and appreciate's her thought process. They moved from Wendy the Retard to Wendy the Slow Adult. He would make Wendy the judge when resolving disputes between the other wack packers. She was surprisingly astute.

Wendy's slow mind is further damaged by her white trash family who are typical racist Republicans on welfare. She depends on govt assistance and her family has the fucking nerve to be Republicans while collecting Medicaid.

The only redeeming one on the show is Ralph. I love when he calls in and calls out Ronnie's cowardice. There is no "right" and "left" when it comes to Trump. You're either scum or anti-Trump. If Trump said the kind of shit about Jews that he says about others, Howard wouldn't be so tepid in his criticism. Such a fucking hypocrite and selfish.

And Benji's a turd - there's your "intolerant left," fuckface, Trump supporters are such creeps.

I, too, sometimes get frustrated with how tepid Howard can be when criticizing Trump. It’s like, dude, there’s no way that whatever friendship you two had pre-2016 could ever be the same again after these last four years of hell. He kind of got out on Trump today, though. I will give him that. I just hate it when he says thing like, “All I want is for him to come back to the show and start rating women again.” Fuck that!

Ronnie is spineless. You can’t convince me that he didn’t vote for Drumpf again.

[quote]It’s like, dude, there’s no way that whatever friendship you two had pre-2016 could ever be the same again after these last four years of hell.

Oh, I don’t believe that at all. I’m sure they’re still friends.

r339 Tepid? He has called him a liar. Pointed out his lies. I mean is he supposed to stamp up and ?

Tepid in that he sometimes gives Trump just a tad bit of leeway. It should be "I can't stand his guts" all the time, not "If only he'd give up the presidency and come back on the show to rate hot chicks with AJ Benza."

Howard's movie was spectacular. I got to see it in theaters and it was one of those filled theaters where the audience was roaring. Didn't need to be a fan or know anything about him to enjoy it. and it holds up. Kinda glad he didn't go back and do more film work. He was very lucky how well it turned out.

It's unfortunate that in the run up to the 2016 election, and through most of his term, Howard wasn't at all vocal about Trump. He'd been very harsh in his criticism of both Bushes, Mario Cuomo, and David Dinkins. I believe it's because Howard is thin-skinned, and he didn't want Trump tweeting about him.

With Covid, Howard's been much more vocal. He leveled some harsh criticism of him over the summer, and Don Jr. tweeted that Howard's show has sucked since Artie left. After that Howard kinda backed off until this morning. Today, he really let Trump have it, and it was great.

Sarah Silverman is on tomorrow for the first time since she called Howard out. Should be interesting.

Oh great, two former comedians who went full tilt PC and stopped being funny sitting down to talk. Bring a shovel. The bullshit is gonna get deep.

R345 Trump is scum. If you support Trump, at this point after everything, I assume you're scum as well.

I have my problems with Howard and his show. I think stuff like calling Wendy "slow adult" after all these years is dumb. But, as with the Wolfie Van Halen interview today, the show can still be good at times.

I love Sarah Silverman. I think she's still funny. She's smart, and you can tell she actually cares about Americans. There are politically active actors/ comedians I'm cynical about, but she's not one of them.

Asshole at R346, where did I even mentioned Trump? I think you have Trump on the brain. Not everything revolves around him.

Howard told Trump he supported Hillary to his face on air. At that point they were still friends. Once Trump went all Trump Howard started attacking him. He insisted Donald did not want to be president. He knew he was not pro choice said it a million times on the air.

He never attacked Trump -ever. Frankly, his only issue with Trump is his handling of COVID. The years of racism, bigotry, conspiracy shit never got a real rebuke from Howard. In fact, even as the years went by and Trump was putrid, Howard would talk about wanting Trump back on the show, or hanging out, . An actual "attack" from Howard these days is solely reserved for anyone who deigns to criticize Israel. He's a psycho-level Zionist. Compare his comments about Natalie Portman to anything he says about Trump.

Portman's "crime" was that she didn't want to be at event with a corrupt war criminal like Netanyahu. Howard said she should STFU and called her a "cunt" for that. She didn't even go after Israel (where she was born), only after Netanyahu. Has he ever remotely been that vicious in his comments on Trump for all of his racism and bigotry and destructive behavior? Never. Howard's a selfish, myopic tool.

Are you insane? Howard has been going on Anti-Trump rants for the last 4 years! r349 has some serious "fake news" anti-semetic agenda all his own.

Has Ronnie left yet?

Has Howard said he would invite Donald back on his show?

[quote] Are you insane? Howard has been going on Anti-Trump rants for the last 4 years!

That's not true, you remember wrong. For three years after Trump was elected Howard was saying nothing except that he didn't want to give the Trump tapes from the show to publications. There were many people calling him a coward because he wouldn't speak up, saying if it had been anybody else than Trump, the show would have goofed and ragged on the administration non-stop.

It wasn't until Covid that Howard started criticizing the administration, angry calls started coming from Magats and Howard finally said to Trump supporters on the air 'I don't hate Donald, I hate you' and that was in March of this year. Later on he said he despised Trump voters and didn't want them as his listeners. Telling them to fuck off basically.

It took a LONG time for Howard to say anything, and note that it's never personal, it's always the mail, or Covid, or that the country is a shithole. He's never gone on a rant about Trump himself.

[quote] The Wack Pack was for Trump.

no surprise there.

R353 is 100% correct.

He is.

Would you Howard Stern fanatics cut the crap? Howard knows exactly what kind of person Trump is, because he is the same type of person. They are both total money-hungry, narcissistic opportunists. Howard might have 30 IQ points on Trump, but other than that, they are the same. Howard knows that Trump is great radio because he is a rich and famous person who is total trash, so he excused all his shit behavior. As soon as he felt there might be some blowback to supporting Trump, he started attacking him.

r349 that is a lie. I listen to him every day. There are days he goes off on Trump - he even pointed out that he started out his presidency with a lie and such a trivial lie (the size of the crowd at his inauguration). Does he rant every day about Trump, nope, but he went as far as to Have Hillary on and even told her she probably would have won if she came on his show.

Stern should wrap it up. He clearly doesn't care about the show or its quality anymore. He's got more $$$ than he'll ever need, but he's a money grubber like many in his tribe.

Nah R358. He doesn’t go off on Trump like he did George W Bush. He called Bush an asshole. You’d never hear that out of Howard about Trump. They’re friends.

r360

he talks shit about Trump ALL THE TIME

Does he call him an asshole? Does he call him a maniac?

r362

he does...do you actually listen to him?

No he does not R363.

I also listen regularly and confer that he does

He does not call Trump an asshole. He may call his supporters assholes but not Trump. The difference between Bush and Trump is night and day. He has a soft spot for Trump.

Howard never really laid into Trump until Covid. Now, he's very harsh on him, on almost every show.

Howard never really laid into Trump until Covid. Now, he's very harsh on him, on almost every show.

I feel like bababooey is listening to a show by Howard K Stern

Howard is alienating his base.

R342 AJ and Trump fought on Stern over AJ's ex Kara Young who became Trump's girlfriend. Trump made moves on Kara after AJ moved to LA. Trump put pussy above his friendship AND gossip sharing with AJ. That is part of his MO.

Stern is afraid of Dump.

Stern started doing an announcement and then blanked the radio.

R373 what does that mean?

Howard thought it would be funny to pretend to make an anouncement regarding the future of the show only to pull a Soprano ending.

Which means ? The show is brutally ending in December ?

I went to Marksfriggin website and saw that Howard made an announcement about his contract yesterday. Problem for me is that Mark's website is a pay site now and the full recap of the show isn't posted for a week unless you pay up. I imagine Howard must have renewed, or some entertainment site would have been blasting that infamous jock Howard is finally leaving the airwaves. Just curious, though... what's the story? How many more years did Howie sign on for?

His audience is now so small it could dance in the head of a pin.

You didn't understand Howard's joke, r377. He didn't announce anything on the show, he cut abruptly like they did in the Sopranos finale. Nobody knows anything yet.

Okay R379. I didn't connect R373's comment to whatever happened on the show. I hadn't listen to the show when I checked out Marksfriggin, and I still haven't as of today. I go to Marksfriggin and check out if anything interesting went down for each day, and decide if it's worth checking out - that's where I saw the line about an announcement.

One key factor to Howard's "announcement" that people are leaving out. He played Don't Stop Believing by Journey as he was leading up to it. Same song as on The Sopranos finale.

Howard had Elton John on this week (wednesday show).

I kind of winced when Elton quoted everybody who hurt him with their comments about him (Rod Stewart, David Bowie, The Stones, others I forget) but painted himself as this saint who takes it all with grace, when in reality he still remembers eveything word for word and has had no problem for decades publicly attacking other artists waaaaay harder than this, notably Madonna and other women.

He's a typical fag in that sense, vicioucly attacks women but sit down and cries when men make a slight comment toward him.

I can see why nobody takes this queen seriously in the business.

[quote]He's a typical fag...

The irony.

r378 sadly mistaken, Sirius is not shelling out hundreds of millions for an audience that can fit on the head of a pin - he has two channels dedicated to him. He is a huge part of the profit for Sirius xm - if he left i know I would cancel.

R384 is right. Sirius had 34 million subscribers as of Dec 2019. Yes, they play games with subscription costs, and yes, they pay Howard millions, but that’s an incredible number of listeners, and I bet more than half keep their subscriptions for Howard. Sirius has detailed listening data, so he’s making them money for sure. Gross profit was 3.8 BILLION in 2019. Satellite providers have huge profit. Arguing. Once the cost of the satellite is paid for, it’s all profit.

Hah whoops, don’t k ow how the word “arguing” ended up in my post at r385.

I would absolutely cancel my Sirius subscription if Howard were to leave.

I think Howard is going to resign because he wants the money. Even though he keeps saying he wants to paint full time and clean cat litter boxes with Beth, he has the mentality of a poor person I can recall many times Howard has lamented how he came from nothing, and how much money he spends now on his responsibilities. Twice in the last month he went on about the cost of taking care of his parents - he pays for their home and for people that assist with bathing, cooking, doctor visits, etc. He said that as the son he feels obligated to take care of all of their issues and it's expensive.

I think as long as Rae and Ben are around, Howard will feel that he needs to keep a paycheck coming in so he's able to be the good son. Add in all of the guilt his mother has thrown at his feet and his father drilling into Howard about his work ethic, Howard is hooked for life. Even with being a multi-millionaire and having at least two luxury homes, Howard always seems to have one eye on his bank account.

To clarify, I mean Howard will re-sign, as in renew his contract. I just realized it can read as 'resign', as in leave.

He should move beyond radio. YouTube interviews occasionally. But he should retire.

Once he retires I am getting rid of that expensive All-Access Sirius plan. They have cheaper subscriptions with just the music channels which is what I’ll get.

r391 you can call them and "threaten" to cancel, they'll offer you a much better plan immediately. Many members of the Stern subreddit have done that, willing to actually cancel, but stayed on when they offered to renew for peanuts.

r/howardstern is one of the most homophobic subs on reddit. It’s shocking to me that sub is still around after reddit got rid of all the hate subs. That sub has been reported to against hate subreddits countless times.

I recommend calling to cancel if you want to get a discount. I had a three month trial and decided the 3 days a week of Howard weren't worth keeping the service anymore. They offered me a new deal of $1.00 a month for 6 months, which was too great to pass up. NOTE: I listen online - not sure if they are offering such sweet deals if you have a car or in-home radio.

My 6 month deal runs out 11/23 - I wish I knew what Howard is going to do before then. I only have Sirius for Howard -- I won't need it if he's leaving. I'm kinda hoping he leaves so I can hear the Wackpack melting down. Suck it, Maryann from Brooklyn!

r387

same but I may still keep it if they replay old eps like howard 101 does

Here is what I THINK he will do. Resign for three more years on the agreement that at the end of his three yeas Howard owns all his material, back log etc - every bit of it. Then he either does a deal with Netflix or another Streamer like Letterman did and do 6-8 interviews a year - as well as setting up his own streaming site- internet radio. Lets say one-third of that 34 million are stern fams who would move - and he charges 4.99 a month for access to all of his content, every show, every interview, every episode - that is 50 million dollars a month. Even if it is 1 million he is pulling in 5 million a month and he can sell advertising.

Listened this evening to Howard interviewing Elton John. It was fascinating. Like Elton's book. (And I'm not a big Elton John fan.)

Of course, the thing I found most interesting was the interview lasted for over an hour and Howard never once mentioned Ronnie.

Doesn’t he own it now, r396? Wasn’t that something he insisted on after his experience with NBC?

Why the hell should he retire if he has millions of listeners? Don't listen if you no longer care for him.

r353, i just so happened to catch the 10-27-20 show yesterday... his anti-Trump rant was epic... and I am telling you it's every day.. I am a few weeks behind...

A trump rant after four years is four years too late. Fuck Stern. He should have spoken up instead of being a silent old lady in a fucking wig. He let his Trump employees have the floor for four years.

r401 who are you Stuttering John? Stern complained about Trump right after his first lie about his inaguaration crowd. They constantly had the ivanka impersonator call in making fun of all his policies - What was he supposed to do? Shoot Trump to make you happy?

Yeah, r401 you've got some kind of personal issue with Stern. He's been ragging Trump regularly over the last four years.

Also agree that Howard has gone pretty hard after Trump, especially during the last two years or so.

The person you should worry about is Robyn.

Robin is no Trump fan, and has been making it a point on the show and on Twitter to make that known. She is, however, a little lax when holding people like Ronnie to the fire for obviously voting for Dump a second time, although it’s kind of moot now because Dump lost.

I love Stuttering John’s YouTube station. Just watched Scaramucci a few minutes ago. Awesome interview. Mooch and Noel Casler are great. Howard was good for going after Trump but he kinda sold out years ago. It’s a shame. They used to be a good team.

I was listening to old clips and heard the one when Howard was still on WXRK and KC called in from California and KC went into details of his being terminated from the show. KC revealed that he was a drunk, drug user and had done a stint in a mental ward while on the show, but he hid all of this mess for a long time, until he totally lost it and he had to be let go. During the call, KC went on a tirade about Tom Chiusano not hiring him back after a rehab stint, and the whole segment got ugly because of KC's anger and mental illness. .

The revelation for me was KC admitting that he had also attempted suicide during those dark days, particularly around the time the lost the $330K he'd won on Golden Palace. That's heavy, that KC went so low that he was ready to take his own life. Had anyone ever heard about this before?

After a weeks vacation, he came back leaving everyone hanging about any contract signing. He did another prank like he was going to announce his decision and cut to a commercial before saying anything. Psych!

r407 yeah , people always asked what happened to kc but Howard would never talk about it because it was KC's demons to talk about - then he called in the show to talk about it. Howard still thinks he has issues because he is gay but cannot admit it.

[quote]Also agree that Howard has gone pretty hard after Trump, especially during the last two years or so.

Howard would have Trump back on his show so fast, and he would use the excuse “he’s interesting”.

Say Howard does retire when his contract expires the end of the month, do you think we'll ever hear from Robin, Fred or Gary again? Do you think any of those three will try to continue to have a place in the entertainment field, like a creating a podcast or Youtube channel?

What I foresee for Benjy is doing things like disrupting televised Covid-19 updates, shouting inane crap to get airtime and thinking it may lead to something. Nope -- he will fade away or probably end up with a Cameo account, getting Stern fans to give him money.

[quote]do you think we'll ever hear from Robin, Fred or Gary again?

Probably not Fred. Robin maybe with Youtube. Gary possibly with something on a niche television channel. Maybe something sports.

I think Howard should retire.

Benjy will be tied to the Howard Stern subreddit alone and only ever talked about there.

I honestly think very few of his people will be able to find jobs if he retires - at least in the entertainment industry. Given what we know about the likes of Benjy or Sal or Richard I have a hard time thinking employers would taker a shot on them.

Bababooey

Howard should retire just because he’ll be too tempted to have Trump back on his show so he should probably just end it.

Does Fred still have a band? Maybe he'll tour whenever clubs start allowing concerts.

I think most of the staff will end up on Cameo, especially after knowing how much money High Pitch Eric and Jeff the Drunk are making - HPE is able to travel, buy cars, etc. all from his Cameo income so 2nd-level Stern staff should be able to pull in customers, I would think. I do think some will be more successful getting takers for Cameo videos - JD can mumble, Sal and Richard can make parodies of their phony phone calls; they will do fine. Memet, Jason Kaplan, Will Murray, John Hein may have a tougher time of it.

Will Murray and John Hein are employable outside of the Stern show

Hein made some money before he joined the show. Maybe he invested well.

Robin will retire for sure when Howard leaves. She has no interest in doing anything else.

Howard's not going any where now that he has the home studio. He loves the work and this set up.

He resigned for five more years.

He was never going to leave. He can't give up the $$$.

Datalounge likes Jews. Look at R424. You’re crazy if you thought Datalounge didn’t like Jews!

[quote]He resigned for five more years.

I would be elated if Trump was banned from the show but I suspect Trump will be back for the sake of “interesting”.

Ronnie is still retiring, right?

R425 I thought the pic in R424 was Stern without wig and makeup, not a racial thing.

Huh.

Obviously he still has an audience if he managed to re-up for that many years, but I honestly don't know anyone who still listens to him. The only time I ever read about him is when people bring up the things he has said about Trump. Is this dinosaur still bragging about his sex like with his wife Beth?

I like when he pretends to be his mother.

Me too. When he pretends to be his mother and father is probably the best part about the show these days. It's hilarious.

Gary, Robin, and Fred are all close in age - and would probably retire when Howard does. I am sure their crew can find work - they are crew people. Sal and Richard? Probably if they stuck together and did a prank show. Benji? He will die alone.

High Pitch ate $75 worth of wings on Thanksgiving and ran around that dude's house naked.

I about pissed myself from laughing when Shuli talked about one Thanksgiving, where after dinner, Joey Boots took a wicked "shit bomb" and Shuli's relatives were puking from the stench. And that High Pitch's cat had chewed through the screen door to escape.

r434 omg I heard him tell that before about Joey Boots taking a nuclear level shit.

I rarely listen anymore, because I am working from home and am never in my car. The app is horrible. How are you guys listening?

Sirius XM app, R436

[quote]I rarely listen anymore, because I am working from home and am never in my car. The app is horrible. How are you guys listening?

I am working from home now too, but still listen on my computer. Just go to Siriusxm.com and sign in.

I listen to Sirius through Alexa at home.

I just listen on my phone at home. You can also listen to Sirius on a smart TV or an Alexa device.

I listen in the car and on app on my phone and on laptop. All work great, the phone app used to be a lot worse, it's quite good now. You can download the last 30 or so Howard Stern shows from the app and then you can listen anytime, but even listening live is relatively unbuggy, with a glitch here and there that requires a simple refresh.

I was listening to a KCArmstrong compilation - 5 hours of clips from KC's time on the show. One clip was the show when Howard got annoyed because the carts weren't rewound and he told KC he was taking this chore away and giving it to Jason. KC "snapped" and started yelling about it not being his job and why was he the scapegoat for this mistake. The staff got nervous, seeing KC turn into a rage-filled lunatic and discussed the incident afterward. Howard mumbled "didn't KC almost go to jail for killing a guy and I hired him?". Then Gary said "I didn't know about that when I interviewed him".

KC killed a guy? I know there was a story about him beating up a guy in college and having to pay the guy money as restitution, but killing? Anyone know the details?

KC is a nutcase. I'm so sick of queens still talking about that trash all because of his looks. Get some dignity. He's a scam artist, a thief and has been drinking so much in his life his organs are half failing.

Move on bitches

Is Ronnie gone to Vegas yet?

They were all enamoured of KC's looks. ALL of them. Men and women. Howard, Gary, Robin, Ann Marie. I honestly never found him that attractive.

RIP to musician and friend of the show Leslie West.

Is he really not doing the news anymore? Sheesh that was the only reason to listen to the show.

R212 I hope Fez is enjoying his retirement with a supple young Latino twunk.

r447

I thought it was weird as well... maybe they realize that the world is already too dark and bleak at the moment to highlight even more shit in the news

Howard Stern is the stereotype that gives Jews a bad name. He's Human waste, literally. Him and that Uncle Tom nigresse sidekick of his. Take a listen sometime. They are truly vulgar, evil people.

[quote]maybe they realize that the world is already too dark and bleak at the moment to highlight even more shit in the news

No they’re friends with Trump. It’s weird and sad that people ignore this. Trump is a good, GOOD friend of the show.

r451

ARE YOU FUCKING EVEN LISTENING TO THE SHOW?

Trump was a frequent guest on the Stern show TWENTY YEARS AGO. Howard and Robin hate Trump now, they didn't vote for him, and they've spoken out about his incompetence as President since day one.

[quote]Trump was a frequent guest on the Stern show TWENTY YEARS AGO.

20 years ago? That’s so dishonest. Trump has been on the show more than 40 times. Maybe 50. Gary’s booking him as we speak.

r454 - he had Geraldo on a while back- they talked about Trump, how Gerlado has dinner with him once a month. Howard told him that when he ran and Howard told him he was voting for Hillary that was kind of it. Then he thought Howard went after him which he says "Look I have hours and hours of tape on him that would make him look like the shittiest person in the world but no one ever came to us to get it and I was not going to put it out."

[quote]"Look I have hours and hours of tape on him that would make him look like the shittiest person in the world but no one ever came to us to get it and I was not going to put it out."

Yes. Of course. They’re all friends. Donald Trump is very good friends of the show. Baba booey even took issue with Rosie because of her feud with Trump. I don’t get Rosie being friends with them or Ellen, but I don’t live in the world of rich, famous people. When Trump calls in again, and he will, what are people going to say? They’ll defend him and Stern will defend a Trump claiming “he’s interesting” and “he has all kinds of people on”. Do you think these people just stop being friends? No.

Bill and Hillary Clinton also went to Trump's wedding to Whorelania back in the day. Do you think they're still friends with him? Neither is Howard.

I’m sure Ivanka has Chelsea’s children’s book, yes.

It doesn’t matter, when Trump goes back on the show, you’ll be right here defending him. 🙃

[quote]you’ll be right here defending him.

You’ll be defending Stern and Trump. You’ll say, “oh wow, Donald is sad. He’s so damaged by his dad. Howard made him sound so human and I sympathize with him so much. Wow.” I mean, it’s fake. Grifters—all of them. Frauds.

Speaking of frauds, there was a video of Howard Stern claiming you could catch AIDS just by being in the same room with a gay man. It was from a documentary in the 80s about HIV. There was an AIDS group protesting him in 80s. They were featured in the documentary. I saw it but now it’s gone. If anyone knows, please post it.

*the 80s.

Does anyone know if Shuli was fired or if he left the show?

Ron and Fez was better than Stern

[quote]they've spoken out about his incompetence as President since day one.

LIE.

Howard's criticism only started after Trump's handling of Covid was obviously atrocious. Prior to that, he was VERY tepid in his criticism.

When opening the next live show after the Capitol insurrection, Howard began by talking about Alec Baldwin and how people were hassling him to come out and say something about the Hilaria scandal. He said that he's too close to Alec and admires him too much to dig in about that, then he sort of compared that whole thing to his relationship with Donald, but I don't think he'd ever have Donald back on, and he's certainly not averse to talking about how horrible Donald's presidency was. I really do wish old Howard would come back for just a day though, so he could go absolutely ham on the Orange Fatfuck.

[quote]I really do wish old Howard would come back for just a day though, so he could go absolutely ham on the Orange Fatfuck.

You mean love him? He still does.

Listened to Stern this morning - if you think Howard likes Trump here is a direct quote "Watchin Biden get sworn it, it felt like we had defeated Darth Vader."

Not Satan?

Did Ronnie retire?

Could have swore I heard that old unfunny fuck going on and on the other day about not getting vaccinated.

Yeah, Howard going in on Trump today should lay to rest any notion that he's still in the Orange Asshole's corner. I loved the segment where they talked about that deranged hillbilly woman who was crying and begging Trump to "save us!" LOL.

[quote]Howard going in on Trump today should lay to rest any notion that he's still in the Orange Asshole's corner.

Has he called him an asshole like he did Bush? He called him “Darth Vader”. Ouch.

R469, I never said he was still in Trump's corner. I said it took Covid for Howard to actually start to give a shit about what Trump was doing. Howard didn't mind every other thing Trump did or said over the years. He didn't give a shit about the bigotry and racism Trump spread (because Howard only really gives a shit if you say anything about Jews or Israel - even when the criticism is valid, he gives a putrid reaction to it). He didn't care how many women came forward to accuse Trump of assault.

It was only when Howard was personally affected that he gave a shit.

Howard is in a unique position because much of his audience is working-class white males, which has a lot of overlap with Trump's base.

Today, Howard said Trump supporters were part of a cult. A woman called to protest. Howard said "You're right, I don't think you're in a cult, I think you're stupid." And he listed the reasons why Trump supporters are stupid. It was great.

Going after his supporters is one thing but going after Trump on a personal level is another. His attacks on Bush and Trump are night and day. He would get real personal with Bush. He’d call him a piece of shit, a fucking asshole, he’d go after his family, his IQ. His religious beliefs. He’s called Trump “Darth Vader”. C’mon. That’s cute. He hasn’t even had his niece on. He won’t go there because he’s FRIENDS with Trump. The mental gymnastics you’re performing is admirable. I admire that.

And come back to me when Howard has a geriatric porn star pretend to be Donald Trump’s mother calling guys wanting to stick her finger in their ass.

He shit talks the supporters but stays closedmouth on The Dump

There'd be good headlines for Howard if he did go after Trump on a personal level.

I’d like to hear geriatric porn star Kathy Jones as Mary Trump calling a radiator shop to have her car fixed because her teeth flew down the radiator pipe after she was fucked doggy style on the hood of her car. But that would never, ever, EVER happen.

R476

I feel like we are listening to completely different shows

I’m not R476 but he’s not wrong. At all.

Loved hearing Chris Wilding's ex Max call in the show today. It was very sweet. Chris should give him another chance. Mary Ann from Brooklyn is a cunt.

My god Howard just needs to die already, he looks like he died three years ago and just sat there and shriveled up, like a corpse in a chair. He looks worse than the Queen and Prince Phillip if that's even possible.

I noticed Ralph called in to badmouth Chris’ ex right away — totally jealous. Of everyone connected to the show, Ralph is the absolute worst.

I just saw that Shuli left the show. When did that happen?

r484

I thought he was on last week... he did move to Alabama or somewhere around there

So in other words r482 Howard has become Larry King and now needs to follow in his footsteps?

Shuli used to crack me up with tan mom impressions. Why is he gone?

According to the Stern thread on Reddit (view at your own risk), Shuli has left the show and is doing his own podcast and will be discussing his exit on it this evening. However it’s through Patreon so you would have to pay. Not worth it....

That Stern sub is SO homophobic. It is awful.

Shuli left the show because he wanted the in-studio Benji chair, which Howard dangled in front of him but Gary does not like Shuli so he killed Shuli getting in the studio - so he quit. Took the family to Alabama to do a pod cast and he still does his stand up.

r474 "He hasn't even had his niece on" - Who said Mary Trump wanted to go on that show? She may be grossed out by Stern considering she was a young lesbian in New York when he was at his most juvenile behavior

R490, are you guessing or is that confirmed?

Shuli and Gary were fighting about it the other week.

Excuses excuses R491.

He sort of threw out the idea of booking Trump again this morning and Robin 86'd that shit real quick. For those who thought that Howard would never book The Orange Menace after the last horrible four years, you might be wrong.

r495

There is no way Trump would come on anyway

Yep R495. Of course he would. That’s the whole reason he re-signed.

R410, R416, and R426.

If he ever had that asshole back on again, I would have to stop listening.

They are FRIENDS. That whole Donald Jr spat was so fake. Trump has been the show 50 times.

They were friends, but when Howard refused Cheeto's invite to speak at the RNC, Cheeto cut off all communication. He will be a spoiled, petty, petulant brat until the day that he croaks.

They weren't friends. Howard is media. Trump is obsessed with media. He was a great guest. They did not socialize.

Lol ^^

That’s why they live in the same community in Palm Beach.

[quote]They did not socialize.

They did, actually. Howard often speaks of having dinner with Trump and Melania at Mar-A-Lago. Trump was at his wedding to Beth. They were more than just sociable.

Howard Stern was unlistenable twenty years ago

I believe the reason he re-signed was to interview Trump. I am 100% convinced of that. He should have retired. That would have been the noble thing to do.

Howard doesn't seem that intelligent, but goes on and on about how talented, smart, and hardworking he is.

Wendy the Retard is probably closer in intelligence to him than he realizes.

r507

he doesn't claim to be very smart, in fact he is afraid of taking the IQ test like almost everyone else has because of that... he is hardworking though

Trump would do it. Hillary did Stern so Trump would want to do it, just to get his point out.

I thought Ronnie retired, yet I still hear his stupid, unfunny ass on the air often.

Howard had better retire before these Gen Z idiots dig up any of his (radio & TV) shows from the Early 80s on up to 2010 or so (when he was actually entertaining) and "cancel" him for his past racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and any other Ism & Phobia they can think of!

I think Howard is pretty cancel-proof. It hasn't happened yet, and on satellite he can maintain a low enough profile off the radar of the woke crew

R511 They've tried that already--along with Trumptards after Stern started bashing Trump last year--and failed.

[quote]Early 80s on up to 2010 or so (when he was actually entertaining) and "cancel" him for his past racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and any other Ism & Phobia they can think of!

I saw a video of an AIDS rights group in the 80s who protested Howard and NBC over his comments that you could catch AIDS just by being in the same room with a gay man. I can’t find the video again. I’m sure it’s out there.

Historically, Howard has said WAY worse things about gays than Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh had the AIDS song but Stern said that homosexuality was a choice, it was curable, gay sex was the equivalent to having sex with a garbage can, gay men didn’t want to grow up and have responsibilities like getting married and having kids, you could catch AIDS just by being near a gay man, his favorite comedians are Sam Kinnison, Eddie Murphy and Andrew Dice Clay (not so much Clay) but he gets a pass cause he votes Democrat. That’s just the way gay minds work.

[quote]That’s just the way gay minds work.

People are allowed to evolve. I am sure that that there are more than a few of you on here who had parents and/or family members who were not all that supportive when you came out and eventually came around. A lot of crappy things have been said and done about gays and other minorities by people who eventually became allies.

No one is clean. We all have probably done and said things in the past that we regret and wish not to be used against us in the present. As the saying goes, when you know better, you do better.

[quote]People are allowed to evolve.

🙄 only people who vote Democrat.

I have never watched a single Stern show. I used to catch brief little snippets about him asking women about their breast size. Just sounds like a retarded basic straight guy.

And it’s why nobody respects gay people. The trans stuff and conflate itself with gay rights, even revise gay history. Gay Pride can be cancelled in place of black liberation and god knows what else—that’s the way it works in the gay world. It’s sad but that’s the reality and you have to adjust to it.

*can conflate

I think the difference with Stern and others is that is open about his past and how he is changed... he owns up to it... people are allowed to change and evolve over 20-30 years!

Right 🤷‍♂️. It’s the way it is. I must accept it.

Anyone who was a fan in the 80s and early 90s would hardly recognize Howard today. I’m amazed he hasn’t been canceled. I guess he pivoted just in time.

[quote]) but he gets a pass cause he votes Democrat.

Howard does not always vote Democrat. He's constantly gone on the record as stating that he not only has many conservative views, but that he's voted for various Republicans in the past (he was a big Giuliani fan). He is totally gay friendly these days and often champions gay rights on the air.

[quote] Gay Pride can be cancelled in place of black liberation

One is not the same as the other. As a gay man of color, I can attest to that.

I would think Howard would be in more trouble with women than with any other group for his old stuff.

[quote]One is not the same as the other. As a gay man of color, I can attest to that.

Doesn’t matter. It’s gone!

[quote] people are allowed to change and evolve over 20-30 years!

A luxury given ONLY to certain people. There are posters on this site who hated Donna Summer for 30 plus years for comments she supposedly made in the early 80s.

IMO Howard benefited by having Robin Quivers as a sidekick. Not only because she's Black, but because she a woman. The optics of it excluded him from a lot of Racism/Sexism flack.

[quote] I would think Howard would be in more trouble with women than with any other group for his old stuff.

R525, if Don Imus got canceled for one "nappy headed hoes" crack and Chris Harrison & Sharon Osbourne are canceled for simply being apologists for people accused of racism SURELY Howard has left enough material out there to label himself a racist on par with David Duke!

I distinctly remember listening to Howard's radio show back in the late 90s when (during one of Robin's news segments) he went on a 5 minute plus tirade about how the cities with the most crime are that way because "they can't keep their Blacks in line". As usual Robin nervously laughed him off and said "Oh, Howard stop."

Please don't misunderstand me. I'm by no means calling for the cancellation of Stern. I was a longtime fan and laughed my ass off throughout his Non PC Years. But the hypocrisy & fake outrage of today's Cancel Culture is sickening. One person can practically author "Mein Kampf" and walk away unscratched. While another can do little to nothing and be "canceled", dragged through the mud, etc.

I've been hate listening for the last X years, and I question why I keep tuning in. Lately, I'm hating on more and more people... I'm constantly wincing whenever Robin chimes in with her autopilot chuckle/laugh. She is like a robot - Howard says something and she puts in the annoying fake snicker.

I've been hating on Ronnie for a while too, because I cringe at hearing about a 70 year old man's sex life and Howard is letting him talk about this subject more and more. Now I dread whenever Fred chimes in with his Ronnie impressions - one Ronnie is enough, but having to hear Fred tossing in lines about dildos, squirting, sex in his "dirty old man Ronnie" voice is nauseating. They are starting to give Ralph too much airtime recently... ugh.

R528, we've watched Howard's show become as dry and stale as the later-day Carson Show that he used to spoof. It's sad.

The show really hit an all time low this week. Just garbage.

Howard seems lately to pretty exclusively use unfunny hack Chris Wilding to do characters on voices. I hate it. He does this old lady voice that's so fucking annoying, and all his characters sound the same.

Howard seems to think that a 72 year old man talking about having sex in vulgar terms is a fucking scream. It really, really isn't. "When yer fuckin' some slit up the ass, insert your thumb up her goddamned motherfuckin' twat.." ouch my sides. And they found a way to make it even worse by having Fred imitate him, only screaming it.

Another awful aspect is that Howard will seem to take a spontaneous call, or stumble on to a topic that they talk about for a few minutes. Then, Chris Wilding calls in as a regular caller with a scripted bit. You realize the entire fucking thing, including Howard's "funny" "off the cuff" remarks are scripted. And not funny in the least.

Worst of all, Howard now runs out of air toward the end of his sentences. He gets quieter, you can hear him straining to get all the words out, and he goes into vocal fry. He actually seems to think it's cute. Also, you can hear his choppers rattling around.

I've been listening for 39 years. It's time to END it. I honestly cannot imagine him finishing out his current contract. I predict the loss of one of his parents will prompt him to retire.

He should pivot to just doing celebrity interviews — he’s brilliant at that.

Not anymore, r531, not remotely. Every interview for the last few years have been Howard projecting on the interviewee that everything they do and wanted to become in their career is all about their father, the relationship with their father, and their need for their father's approval. He's hanging his personal issues on everybody's tits and actually doesn't seem to realize how obnoxious and pathetic it is.

He interrupts constantly to put words in guests' mouth and doesn't listen to their answer. He has no conversation going anymore.

He's a hack with crippling daddy issues.

I thought Ronnie retired to Vegas?

Did he not go?

Ronnie is a piece of shit. Biker groupie.

I can’t believe reading that Ronnie is a big part of the show. Back when I listened in the late 80s and early 90s, he was the most minor of characters, a passing reference maybe once a month.

r517 when you evolve you vote democrat.

All morning it has been Ronnie talking about fucking pussy, eating some girl's asshole to "get her wet." Then Fred chimed in with Ronnie impressions, then lame assed BoBo called in, then Ralph.... the show is awful and not funny at all.

This thread is 6 months old and looks like nothing has changed.

R538 It's gotten worse, which I hadn't thought possible.

Did Ronnie not go to Vegas with that young girl?

Just turned it on. It is Blaine the Escort with Ronnie.

Did Ronnie take Artie's spot?

Ronnie says when he tongue fucks a girl's asshole, he can lick her pancreas.

Fred is now pretending to be Ronnie. Screaming, "Yeah, I'll lick your intestines. Yeah!"

Ronnie is now calling himself "The Ass Whisperer."

I thought Ronnie would be gone by now, but he just keeps being showcased for some nauseating reason. I don't want to dislike Fred but his Ronnie impression makes my skin crawl and he keeps cramming it into the show.

This is morbid but when Howard came on on Monday whining and went on and on how he was sick and felt like he was about to die, I kept thinking "stop bitching and die already, you punkass".

He used to be so fresh and exciting and irreverent and subversive, there was nothing like him anywhere. Sounds insufferable now.

New segment now...

Email, RONNIE & Jason

Howard says they are introducing a new "Ask Ronnie" ongoing segment where he will regularly answer listener's questions and emails.

Looks like Ronnie is here to stay with an expanded role on the show.

He said on Monday that he wasn't feeling well and that he had a fever after visiting his dentist over the weekend, so that could be the reason for the dull week. I absolutely love it when he mimics his parents' voices. It's brilliant, and probably the funniest schtick that he does these days. I also don't mind Fred's Ronnie imitations (I find Fred to be hot, and hearing him say all those dirty words kinda turns me on), but Ronnie himself is totally annoying. It's not only his nasally New Yawk accent, but his quick temper and the fact that he refused to say who he was voting for back before the election (I still think he voted for Trump a second time). Robin's giggling is also more grating than it used to be, particularly because you can tell she's phoning it in most of the time, like someone upthread said. She also has a tendency to interrupt whoever is talking, which can be annoying when you were waiting for the other person to finish his sentence. The fact that they haven't been doing her news segments since the COVID quarantine sucks, because it was one of the things I would tune in to hear.

Howard101 is currently airing:

2019 RONNIE'S WEEKEND

The only funny parts of the show these days are his parents, High Pitch and Wendy.

They get about 1/8 of the airtime Ronnie does.

When Shuli left/was fired he said Howard wanted to feature the WackPack less. I guess he doesn’t need them when he has his own WackPacker on the payroll with Ronnie.

I dislike Ronnie, but really hate Ralph. For someone who doesn’t have a real job and has spent most of his adult life leaching off Howard he has a lot to say about what everyone else does.

How the hell old are his parents now? He was using them for schtick in the 1980s FFS.

His dad is in his late 90s. Mom early 90s I believe.

r549

Where did SHuli say that?

RONNIE THE ROBOT ON 101

RONNIE'S PSYCH EXAM on 100 now...

Besides all the sex talk, Ronnie is irritating to listen to when he gets belligerent and argumentative for no apparent reason. His unreasonableness is off the charts, so much so, that sometimes I think he plays it up for airtime. No one can be that dense, right? I don't know why it affects me so much, but there have been times when I've had to tune away from Ronnie's foolishness because I could feel my blood pressure rising.

After Shuli left he did some podcast thing.

Someone summarized it in the Stern thread on reddit - which I usually avoid because it's just awful, but I will go there to try and get info on the show - like when Brent left etc.

I tried to link directly to the post to spare you from having the wade through the cesspool of a subreddit.

What was the deal with Brent? Was it the wife and porn star deal or what?

Why is Howard so enamored with Ronnie?

Ronnie is the last stand. Howard has burned so many bridges there is nothing left, no avenues to turn down. He should have quit years ago. Now he is a somehow more pathetic version of Don Imus, and even he was more cutting edge at the end. I still rember Hanzi telling howard, years back, " you've gotten just old enough to become Don Imus" and howard flipped out hung up on him. Guess it struck a chord.

R557 no one really knows the deal with Brent leaving the show. I believe I know the thing that began his downward spiral though.

Brent's niche on the show was being one of the intelligent ones. Basically, Howard considered Fred, Jan Hein, and Brent to me the brains on the staff. Howard would often ask Brent for facts about politics, and for his political opinions, which Howard seemed to regard highly.

This aspect of Brent's character on the show ended abruptly in March of 2018. The staff took IQ tests. Memet Walker was talking tons of shit to Brent, saying he was going to have the higher IQ. Memet and Brent sparred for weeks leading up to the reveal. Many bets were taken, including a HUGE bet for Howard that Brent was smarter.

It was finally revealed that Memet had pretty great an IQ of 121, and Brent had a pretty average IQ of 112. Brent was CRUSHED. Howard paid lip service to the notion that the result didn't mean anything, but it clearly did. Brent was never again asked for political information or opinions. Never. I was obvious Howard lost.. I don't want to say respect, but Howard no longer held him in high regard.

So, Brent had to ditch the "Intelligent hillbilly" routine and find another in for air time. He started talking about his gross swinging habits with his ugly pig of a wife. It was a huge turnoff, because Brent is also hideously ugly. Which was fine when he was "smart political hillbilly" but not when he was "swingin' Brent." The though of anyone having sex with either of those two inbred looking fatasses churned my stomach.

Brent couldn't quite handle knowing his wife was being banged by a male porn star. I think it sent him into a downward spiral. Ronnie basically accused him of doing huge amounts of cocaine when they were in Los Angeles. Very unusual for this to get called out on the Stern Show. That's one topic that's basically never addressed, so I think Ronnie bringing it up on air was planned by Howard and management. Brent was gone shortly thereafter.

If Brent ever Googles his name and finds this- Brent, I want to tell you. You're not a bad broadcaster. But you are one of the ugliest people I've ever seen. Any talk show were one of the topics is any kind of sex with you will fail. So, don't do it. I heard one episode of your twitch show, and the stories of sex with you and your wife were absolutely disgusting.

As to the next question, Howard is taken with Ronnie for the same reason he was taken with Eric the midget/actor. They both filled in MASSIVE amounts of airtime, for little compensation.

Eric the Actor was just painful to listen to.

But, unlike Ronnie, could be funny.

Wow - have not listened much since Covid. Brent is gone an Shuli? Shuli was the best with underdog lady and bigfoot. Is Benji Bronk still there? What about that gay guy?

Brent and Shuli are the only recent departures.

Benji, Chris Wilding, Sal and Richard, Jason, JD, Memet, Jon Hein, and cutie Steve Nowicki are still around.

I remember when Chris threw himself at Andy Cohen, they went on a date and he came back and said Andy blew him off, was disinterested and not into Chris.

Hey R530, I feel stupid because I thought that the calls from "listeners" were random and that the guys in the back office were just extremely quick witted and that they did most of those call-in characters and skits were spur of the moment. When you lay the facts out in those terms, I can now totally see that the show is not as spontaneous as I used to believe. I want twenty lashes for being so deluded.

R564 Don't feel stupid. They're good at making it seem organic, for the most part. I can't just tell because I've been listening for 38 years at this point.

*that should read "I CAN tell bc I've been listening for 38 years."

Guess who's on Howard 100 right now.

Ronnie

Ronnie is on now, too.

Ronnie died three years ago. This is a Ronnie impersonator.

Howard has always been a whiner, but the last year has just ramped up his level of pathetic. He is more aware of his age and the clock ticking and he turns into a morose downer. Monday he was a little sick and he made it sound like he was going to keel over any second. And yet I listen - it's a 20+ year habit that's hard to break.

Beth must love cats like crazy to put up with his mess.

[quote]Beth must love money like crazy to put up with his mess.

FTFY

r571 actually Beth is the animal lover she got Howard into rescuing cats.

Is cats code for pussy for threesomes?

I always wonder what their houses must smell like with all those fucking cats.

More Ronnie/ass kissing celeb interviews and less Whack Pack is totally Beth's doing.

She wants to expand her social circles and people like Beetlejuice and High Pitch don't help.

At first I side-eyed Beth being with Howard. I mean, this young, hot blonde being with gangly old Howard had to be a money grab on her part, right? Now I totally think she’s really in love with him.

I wonder if Beth and Melania still talk. Probably.

Just flipped on Howard and sure enough it is Ronnie.

I love the show and enjoy Ronnie when hes' on, I don't find it too much or too little. There were a few weeks when Ronnie was hardly on and the hate Ronnie troll stopped posting, but now that he's been featured a lot lately, he's back to try and prove the show is all Ronnie 24/7 all year long.

Its amazing to me that certain people hate-listen to the show on a regular basis. You have to be pretty twisted and miserable person to obsessively subject yourself for hours to material you actively disike and feel angered/upset by, then spend more time on line constantly complaining about it.

I love Howard as do many people I know and we all feel super grateful he's still on the air. I don't find any element of the show dull, except the occasional celebrity interview with someone I'm not really interested in. Like many, I actually enjoyed this past week when he was just having some low key interesting conversations with Robin., those are some of the best parts of the show even though they may not be the most high-energy or "exciting".

Hi Ronnie, how's Vegas?

Ronnie could possibly be okay in small doses but when they let him and some guy rant on for hours about whether Ronnie's girlfriend was eating Lucky Charms or not shit is ridiculous. Howard let that crap go on for 2-3 days, and for him to think that was entertaining just shows that he's checked out and will grasp at any straw to cover the airtime he's required to fill.

What do y'all think about Sal's weird new mindset? In the past Sal has confessed to other weird beliefs, like floating off his bed, but this new spin is kooky too.

He has turned into this spiritual freak who thinks that animals are communicating with him and seeing "signs" everywhere. He talked about cardinals coming to his window and seeing dimes on the ground are signs that nature wants him to know things are good and that dead relatives are letting him know they're good in the afterlife. It seems like that bootleg hair growing goop he used back in the day or the unregulated vape juice he got imported from India has finally rotted his brain.

I thought it was pretty interesting when Howard confronted Sal last week about his new behavior. Howard told Sal that most likely his experience of seeing signs everywhere is like how Sal's father saw signs and translated them to picking winning numbers for the lottery. Howard told Sal that he's doing all this to be like his father and to earn his fathers attention, which Sal never got as a child. I'm not describing it as detailed as Howard did, but I thought he showed great insight of someone's subconscious thoughts, probably due to his years of seeing a psychiatrist.

Sal didn't seem to want to agree with Howard's assessment, just that he felt more connected to the spiritual world. I wonder if Sal had some kind of mental break, to change from the raunchy creep that he was for years to this guy who looks for signs from birds and dogs and trees. I also wonder if he is just doing this all for schtick and airtime. To quote Bubble on AbFab, Who can say....

Sounds more like Howard was transposing his own Daddy issues onto Sal.

I stopped listing decades ago, wasn’t Sal some guy that called into the show?

Howard 101 is airing Ronnie having sex with a Real Doll now.

Ronnie and the doll....again.

Sirius wanted Donald Trump on their radio and that’s why he re-signed. He has no other reason to be there. This contract is all about getting Trump back on the show. He’s done after this contract.

If he ever brings Orange Julius back on the show, I will stop listening. I would be surprised if Robin didn't revolt.

Did anyone listen to the Rappaport segment today? I missed it and find him hard to listen to. Anyway, apparently Brent came up and I was curious what was said. Can anyone summarize, so I don't have to go back and listen?

[quote]If he ever brings Orange Julius back on the show, I will stop listening.

I stopped listening to him after I saw a video, that I’m pretty certain was posted on the Howard Stern subreddit where AIDS rights group protested him after he said you could catch AIDS just by being in the same room with a gay man. And I’ve always known about his homophobia and his horrible comments about gays, and I always felt guilty listening to him as a gay man, but that was enough for me to be done with him. Maybe it’s my age, but at 41, I just don’t forgive or put up with that shit anymore.

[quote]Anyway, apparently Brent came up and I was curious what was said.

Nothing really.

Rappaport called Howard out somewhere about Brent and claimed even some staffers wanted Howard to discuss Brent on the air but Howard will not talk about people who leave the show because "they are not there to speak for themselves."

It was kind of glossed over quickly.

Sal is the dumbest human on the planet. Next to Richard.

r588 Explain this theory please? Howard re-signed with Sirius because Sirius wants to make a deal with Trump? What does one have to do with the other?

[quote]Howard re-signed with Sirius because Sirius wants to make a deal with Trump?

Yes. Because they want an ex-president interviewed. With the two being friends, this works to their benefit. Trump will be calling in soon.

It will never happen. Howard is on record calling him a liar and obsessed with Hillary and conspiracy.. Trump considers him an enemy.

Trump would never call in again. Howard has said if he ever did it would be contentious. Trump would never allow himself to be confronted like that, by someone using common sense.

What the hell was wrong with Howard Stern when he had Suzanne Vega on the show? What a nasty creep!

Since this thread is about to his 600 posts, here's a new one.