He always struck me as cruel.

You're not wrong, Ripley. But I don't know if that was real or part of his schtick. Guessing real.

Pretty much can't stand him. Adios.

I was a regular listener back in the day. Loved his work. He was, and might still be, one of the greatest interviews ever to wield a mic. But as others have noted, he turned the other direction at some point. Maybe covid, maybe Trump: I'm not sure, but he lost me as a listener.

The epitome of White Trash.

Yeah, we was a big hit as "Fartman".

It was great when he would interview musicians and tell them what the meaning of their song(s) was, despite them trying to tactfully tell him he was wrong.

Listened to him on terrestrial, and to satellite. He lost his charm after Artie left, and he got political. And his content was getting stale.

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Originally posted by egregore:
For Howard Wasteofsperm to have a downfall implies that he was up at some point.

Obviously you don't like him, but it's hard to deny that he was at the top of radio for a long time.

I was a fan but also soured on him. His germaphobe nonsense consumed him during covid, and his anti Trump shit was the final nail in his coffin. Just my opinion.

I found him entertaining as a teenager. the move to Sirius killed his popularity in the broader zeitgeist.

He became what he once railed against in the 80’s and 90’s.

He always struck me as an asshole.

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Originally posted by Lunasee:
He always struck me as an asshole.

Exactly!

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Originally posted by PASig:
He became what he once railed against in the 80’s and 90’s.

So true. Man, if Don Imus could hear him now.

Stern was funny at one time, yeah edgy, pushy, yeah juvenile, over the top, but at the time there wasn't a lot of people doing what he did, and you couldn't get his show outside of the NY City metro area so his going on XM got his national access.

But yeah he devolved into a shrieking libtard and is the main reason I won't subscribe to XM, I'm not funding this arrogant ass's pocketbook.

Not true, he was syndicated all over. He was on In Chicago. He is white trash. A perpetual 4th grader that couldn’t seem to get over fart jokes combined with the hormonal maturity of a 7th grader. He had about as much class as those idiots from Jackass. Couldn’t stand them either. Adios! Steve Dahl was better and that man could make you fall asleep behind the wheel.

I was never impressed with the man, ever. I first heard him on a NYC radio station in the late 80s. I was traveling there on business and randomly picked him up. He was interviewing an actress or model, I don't recall which, but some young female. He asked her if she had "dingle berries". I was a young adult, presumably "hip" for the time, and I thought that was probably the most lame attempt at humor I had ever heard from someone older than 11 or 12.

I had just moved from Houston and I was accustomed to "shock jocks" like Moby in the Morning, so I "got" what Stern was doing, but I found it pathetic. He was using 4th-5th grade bathroom humor, which required zero talent.

How this clown became popular is beyond me. He must have struck some Faustian deal, but as sig2392 said, he isn't going to be in a free cheese line any time soon. He should be over-the-top grateful for what he pulled off. He won the lottery.



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Originally posted by PASig:
He became what he once railed against in the 80’s and 90’s.

Yep, that's when I gave up for good.

I can remember the first time I heard him, coming home on the late bus after basketball try outs in Jr High.. so 1982 (quick look says he's only been on WNBC a couple of months then). Same thing the next day I turned it on when I got home. Back then there was a lot less "show", it was more like regular radio, it wasn't pure "talk radio", wasn't just him talking for hours. I listened until he got fired, rehired elsewhere and moved to mornings, when I couldn't really listen because I was in school.

Back then, when he couldn't say anything, I think he was the funniest. But also back then he did what would be considered FAR more offensive today. Not much sex stuff. Lots more ethnic/racial stuff that would never fly in today's snowflake cancel culture. (gay characters/humor too that wouldn't go over well) I can still remember bits, songs and parodies from 40 years ago. Things I cringe thinking about people hearing today.

I'd listen off and on as life allowed. But when the show started to expand, and to syndicate, the show became about the show, and I found it uninteresting and tedious. I didn't miss it when I stopped listening.

Listed a while years later on satellite, but the guy who'd always been kind of secretly conservative, no longer was. He'd reinvented himself and swung 180 on so many things.


I guess Stern is a lot like Letterman. In the early days I loved the show. In later years he was unbearable. We both changed.

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Originally posted by TigerDore:
but as sig2392 said, he isn't going to be in a free cheese line any time soon. He should be over-the-top grateful for what he pulled off. He won the lottery.

Some people in this thread think he got canceled, quite the opposite; not only did he sign a new three-year deal, he is reportedly getting more money ($120 million/year), and getting more vacation time, apparently entire summers off (he currently broadcasts Monday thru Wed.) Gotta admit, that is a sweetheart deal for a commie asshole.

That says something about his faithful followers doesn’t it?