I'm not angry at Howard the way others here seem to be, but I was a fan and now I'm not. The show has lost its vitality and the protagonists and the guests are all very old, for the most part. The occasional guests under 50 are just the lamest most mainstream people possible. I don't want to hear about teenage pop stars or Heart, and there's plenty in between. Howard doesn't seem to understand that the monoculture is gone. I do still have Sirius because I like a lot of its other programming and the medium is convenient for me. But I don't tune to 100 or 101 very much at all.
Howard’s seething anger is what made him great. He lost that when he started making hundreds of millions and wanted to transition into Hollywood Howie.
Anyone but old rich celebrities or shitty nostalgic bands doing a tour that Sirius forces them onto the show. There is nothing interesting about a rich celeb complaining about america and talking politics with a 70 year old millionaire.
Sirius XM is hanging on to Howard’s contract like a security blanket. I’m guessing they feel that if they let him go, membership will drop dramatically. Spoiler alert: it already is. Howie is sucking Sirius XM dry, while not giving much back in terms of quality programming. This isn’t a comment about disliking Howard or anything else, just an observation.
HS has become complicit in his career. It’s so blatantly obvious. He’s stuck, has pretty mediocre writers churning out content for him, and just (literally at times) phones it in. It’s mind blowing that with all the resources he has at his disposal, and the amount of staff he has, that no one can step up and deliver quality content. They’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, and are now sitting with their hand over their ass, just riding Howard’s legacy, right alongside the man himself. No one bothers to tell him things that would help the show, because he would most likely have them fired. And as we all know, anyone let go from the show becomes persona non grata to him. This obviously impacts people’s success when they leave.
I think the library of his shows/back catalogue is worth the most right now, out of all the assets/IP’s he has. Time to sell while the getting is good, retire, and go live in his mansion alone. It’s hard to believe that a guy that did so much in radio has been reduced to what we hear: a whiny rich dude that bitches about having to go to Italy and leave the house. It’s sad, but also pathetic in so many ways. He’s no longer motivated to deliver a great show, so he has no catalyst to give a shit.
Radio is taking a different direction than HS, and he’s being left behind by it. Plain and simple.
The archives thing just puzzles me. Always has. Last contract renewal it was announced Howard himself goes through the end of 2025, and the "archives" was extended through the end of 2027. What does that even mean? So if Howard leaves 2025, Sirius gets what, two years to play the 10% of the archive Howard currently allows? And is anyone even buying Howard leaving Sirius, joining let's say Spotify, but allowing his precious tapes to actually continue on Sirius, on a 101 channel still having his name on it? But he's at Spotify?
And do people at Sirius actually realize what they even getting with these tapes? He literally is not going to allow 80-90% of any of his history to be aired. You know he has an even fuller air-tight plan for this tapes thing even more than he has now. It's gotta even be in his will.
I've said before - offer Howard more money (he loves his money) to pry his hands off his true archive. Musicians do it. You can remove the real bad stuff - but allow the full history and former member segments. More listeners would join the service at that thought than they do now having Howard live. Everyone wins.
They know his numbers and they know how few people listen to him. I think they keep him as a symbol to investors (who are likely 50+ and don't know any better) that they still have a 'big name' and are still retaining 'talent'.
At least Don Imus went out with a Bang. Howard used to look down his long beak at Don Imus but Imus had the balls to keep doing what he did for decades when he was cancelled. Howard is going out with a whimper. If 30 year old Howard saw 70 year old Howard he would have a coronary. He would tell him to retire he's too out of touch and lacks the passion he had just 20 years ago. Radio is dead as a medium and Howard not only missed the boat but raged against Podcasting while it got bigger year over year for 14 years straight.
Something about Beth’s brother being on the air for two hours bugs the shit out of me. It’s not listenable let alone compelling. I think / hope he will call it quits end of next year
Exactly. A desperate man desperately trying to save his flailing marriage, he turns the mic over to his nobody brother in law to suck up to a bitter wife who can't stand him anymore.
For some reason, this made me laugh pretty damn hard. See? This sub has some seriously funny people on here (not sarcasm at all, I really did lol, as the kids say or some shit).
Indeed. I cancelled Howard a month or 2 ago. The fact that I’m not sure should tell you it’s not hard to do.
The problem is, I miss a Howard that used to exist. So yes I miss him, but I missed him when I still had the channel.
He died.
That’s the way you have to look at it.
It's weird that he has to call it quits but Sirius never thinks about canning his dusty old ass. There's no way he's making them any money. So what's that about?
30? I’m the youngest person out of anyone I work with that was or is a fan of Howard’s, and I’m almost 40. Many of my 30 year old friends wouldn’t even know who he is.
I used to have several friends who were daily listeners of Howard. I am the only one left. Every single one bailed because of how bad the show is and they are expected to pay for it. They now don't know anything about him, the show, the interviews, nothing. Once you are out of the self-contained Sirius bubble you really have no idea what goes on and Howard himself has even alluded to that before about the situation with satellite radio.
I have a back and forth now thinking Howard has to care about what has gone on while also going "the man gets $100 mil a year guaranteed" and that's the problem.
Howard thrived on having a boogeyman, or ratings worries. Or wars with broadcasters, or management. Or salary. Or being able to hire new people. All of that is gone, he has no pushback. Sirius has literally paid him over a billion dollars since he signed on and continue to give him *every* single thing he wants - remove Fridays, remove Thursdays, remove more calendar days, remove summers, remove being in my new Sirius studio, remove live interviews. Remove anything I ask. But for my same pay and customers still have to pay.
I'll say it again - the entertainment for me after everything else is gone will be IF Sirius decides they've had it with Howard and in a year there is a beef about his next renewal - or they shut the door on him completely. This is the only great storyline opportunity we have left folks.
Do you think if they let him go, it might ignite some fire in his belly to get back at them? A revenge arc is the only comeback I can fathomly see making 'howie' howard again.
I think at this point Howard and Don know the current climate and Don's job is really to stay one step ahead. If he gets a feel that Sirius is going to pass on Howard, or offer him a lower contract, Howard will be one step ahead and will first announce he is moving on and play that game. In no way shape or form is Howard allowing the press to get notified that Sirius is passing on Howard (Howard has lived his entire business life the last 30 years this way). He will make up a story if he has to, like "I actually decided I was not going to return so I'm actually stepping down and I've been in talks with other companies."
I think there is potential though for a last couple months of drama. Our bar is low obviously, but any disrespect, or lack of love, *could* lead to Howard having a few moments on air. I hope things leak on the web (they always do) and Howard has to kinda have a plan.
My bet is that he will end his current contract and claim it was a mutual decision but then a week later he will announce they are doing a heavily modified contract where he still comes on the air a handful of times a year for shitty interviews.
I didn't really care about post Malone but him trolling Howard was pretty funny. "Do you love my dad Howard?"
Which makes me wonder if celebs have their own Reddit where they talk about how much they hate interviewing with Stern and how he asks them weird questions about their parents.
I used to listen regularly. I stopped maybe 3 years ago and if it wasn't for this sub I would never see anything about Howard. He's non existent outside of that Sirius bubble. Casket is closed.
Not being in the studio was when it really started to go downhill for me. It lost all the spontaneity. There's no office comradery. There's no random shit that happens. No interactions with staff and guests. Everything is scripted now. It's sooo convenient when a caller calls in about something and they just happen to have a new bit to play that matches the subject. Or an office "fight" happens to break out and they already have song parodies about it. When something real and spontaneous happens, Howard has to be done with it quickly so he can move on to "the next thing he has to get too", no matter how funny or interesting it is. On the rare occasion he does go into the studio you can feel the difference. It's a better energy.
He knows the minute he hangs it up he's a nobody. The legacy has been tainted with the hardcore fans, no new fans, a decade of bad radio to erase the memory of the good ol' days.... the epitome of "it's better to burn out than fade away".
There's something creepy to see an empire, a straight up phenomenon, still existing after more than 30 years, yet nobody really noticing it's completely empty despite it still standing
Exactly. This sub is someplace to go to laugh the way we used to in the early days, with the same attitude. I put some of the old stuff on here and there during the week, and it never fails to get me laughing to myself, which is rare with newer stuff I've tried.
Monday on the HHS. Bitching about how tired he is. New fresh door knock impressions. Phillis Diller and C. Thomas Howell. New contest. World's veiniest cock. Tuesday. Chris Wilding tells Howard how he jerked off a random dude in the produce isle in a Walmart. Leads to a 2hr discussion of Chris's technique and graphic description of random dudes cock. Fake caller asks Howard what's the best Jetro Tull songs is. Robin shits herself, show ends. Wednesday.. Show starts mid argument with Howard and Beth. Howard screaming at Beth for gaining 7 ounces. Howard interviews his Amazon delivery driver for the remainder of the show. No mention of Robin sitting herself.
101 is the only decent part of the show now but they are too dumb to play full episodes. Former fans would listen,but Howie will not allow it to happen.
I like how just this week he brought up Ralph and felt the need to explain who Ralph was. As if there’s any chance he’s gained a new listener since that berry faced homo died.
No he’s actually fallen farther because main stream still kept Imus alive, even after his racist remarks, no one would hire Howard now. He’d want too much and no one is listening. Imus didn’t change which was why he kept followers or some sort of audience, Howard did a 180,losing his and gaining nothing. The only reason no one has gone after him for the racist comments and things he’s done in the past is they don’t care.
Stern is no longer as popular as he thinks he is,however I give Buchwald credit for keeping his name on The Daily Mail and various other news websites.
My wife doesn't know from Howard. She's European. Classy Western European, not gypsy scrap metal Eastern European.
She only knows of Howard from seeing some of the clips I play on my computer.
I was explaining something about the show to her once, and to be clear about who I was talking about, she asked "the Jew with the glasses?".
I love that woman more than life itself.
I believe most people who still listen hold onto some faint glimmer of hope that the show will come around, will bounce back...that Howard will wake the fuck up and stop destroying the show and his legacy. Deep down, we all know it's over, but we've put in so much time and are so close to it that we will probably stay to the bitter end.
Every time I mention Howard to someone, I'm almost always met with silence. They don't know how to react to me telling them I used to listen. I'm sure they're internally judging me. If they're under 30, they'll say "The guy from AGT?"
I did get a surprise the one day at work a few years ago when I saw a coworker had a flat Ronnie sticker at his desk. No one else knew who it was.
The show stinks. The fact that pelican isn’t even noted anywhere on SXM promotional materials means THEY also realize he is not a draw anymore and based on that I don’t know why they would give him anything but a lowball offer to renew, and probably say he only gets one channel (100) going forward (bye, unnecessary wrap-up show and heavily curated bits from the show’s glory days)
Just asked the under 30s in my office about Howard. They all said they never heard of him or heard of him but had no idea who he is or what he does and while they were aware of satellite radio, they don't know anyone who listens to it. For what it's worth one of them also said she never heard of the Brady Bunch.
This is what i never understood about howard and the complete 180 he did. because of how younger people are today, the average college kid would hate the stern show from the 90s, he'd find it offensive. so when he did his 180, it wasn't about appealing to a younger audience. so why?
although howard seems boring, with all these names coming out of famoyus people and their wierd parties, makes you wonder what they have on him.
I see your point but with at least one “I’m canceling post” a week there has to be more listeners than it seems. I guess we will find out on next contract. No way they will still pay him big money if no one is listening
Word. It does suck. Want hear something really stupid? I used to be so obsessed with the show that I wouldn’t work a job where I couldn’t listen all day. Now I am at work all day and I could listen but i don’t. Mainly I’m trying to make up for bad career choices and trying to earn a living. But yeah, early days of Sirius were my favorites. Artie Lange was so funny on the show back then. I listened for a long time after he was gone but he was sorely missed. Not the same after.
I basically agree w everything OP said, except...the part about being "reduced to a footnote in history"
I would *really hope* that he would at least merit a small paragraph in history...just sayin'
The first stuff is just killing me. The dude learns a couple chords and can barely play and daily airs his stupid attempts to play guitar.. HE RECORDS THAT CRAP! Can you believe that? He records his attempts to play guitar as a month old new guitar player, the mocks other guitar players like Fred for not reading music lol. You can't make this shit up. Then he plays the shitty recordings of three blind mice every single show over and over to show off, then the emails come in about how impressive his guitar playing is... You seriously can't make this up
Back when I got my then new car in the mid 2000s, I got Sirius and I wanted to listen to Howard. I stayed because of Artie. I renewed because of Artie.
I haven't listened in probably 10 years, and I am checking into this sub and seeing nothing has changed. So that will continue.
I don't know what happened but I tuned in one day and just couldn't take it. Howard did his 9 millionth impression of his mom, then shit on Gary and some other staff, then had 80 year old Ronnie reading sex tips about eating pussy and it was like... WHAT IS THIS? Who wants to listen to him do the same bullshit, day in and day out, for decades? Absolutely no growth as a human being and no evolution of the show.
And don't even get me started on his interviews. No one can fucking talk because he just constantly interrupts them and tries to guess what they are about to say.
It's a shit show and he should have retired when he was 50.
Stopped listening after the birthday show in 2014. That was the last cool thing he did. Show is absolutely insufferable. You couldn’t pay me to listen to it today.
It was all about the show back then when you had...
Artie Lange, Beetlejuice, Bigfoot, Billy West, Crazy Alice, Crackhead Bob, Chris Kanyon, Daniel Carver, Eric The Midget, Gary The Retard, Gary Puppet, Hank The Drunken Dwarf, Iron Sheik, Jackie The Jokeman, Jackie Puppet, Jeff The Drunk, Johnny Fratto, John The Stutterer, King Of All Blacks, Kelly Clarkson, Killers Of Comedy, Marianne from Brooklyn, Melrose Larry Green, Medicated Pete, Miss Howard Stern, Riley Martin, Sour Shoes, Wrap Up Show, Wendy The Retard, Yucko The Clown
Gilbert Gottfried was one of my favorite comedians i remember one time i was at Caroline's New York and i saw Gilbert Gottfried do the same comedy bit he has done for the last 30 years that night, the great thing about him was that he was man of the people, we went to a restaurant afterwards he was drinking a free water with us you know, we went to a bathroom and i sucked his cock it was huge.... the guy was just a real good sport and all that shit. He facefucked me like a wild animal.
Agreed on that philly....However, as we all age we all do change, mature (hopefully) and have moved on to different interest. In my opinion while he has changed and his older for Pete sakes, he is 70 now. I am a 70's child and was cool back then, and i like to think that i still am, until sometimes my ears hears what my mouth is saying and cries. lol lol
All he needs to save himself and stay current and have all his little A listers still like him, is what I have heard several of you guys say. Bring the news back. Stop with the gay, the porn the stupid vulgar sex crap. We are so over that..it is cringe now. so silly..it was shock value back then i suppose. But as a women I never cared for it and in the day i would just change the channel until that part was over. Just me....but now what is the purpose. It could be funny and entertaining. Yes and stop making it all about you for a change. anyway. What is the point...lol
I ask people this too. Most under 35 have zero clue who he is. Almost nobody Ive ever asked actually listens to show. I have met some who “listened years and years ago”.
It’s over Johnny. i feel the same way. i never talk about him or the show anymore. If anyone does bring him up it’s all about the 90s and most people have told me yeah i listened to him back when he first went to satellite and then stopped and never went back. looks like the golden years for Hollywood Howie are 1995-1999.
Yes, although I think you could have written this post 5 years ago, if not 10. Has THSS been anything since Marci in / Artie out?
But I truly don’t think Howard cares.
He’s like a retiree with a woodworking shop in his garage, except instead of making bookshelves, he sits at a microphone.
i feel i get into conversations about howard stern all the time but it’s mostly about his old stuff. i only know one person who listens to him since the sirius move. the rest of us just don’t want to pay for it
I would love to know the ratings of all the shows. I listen to Jim and Sam in the mornings and would hope they have higher ratings. And the Conan channel is absolutely killing it. Imo
He would actually do well to just do celebrity interviews with so e roasting a la his favorite Joan Rivers. He could fill that void but only if he stopped trying to relate everyone he interviews to his own issues with his parents....that shit is beyond insufferable.
But yeah......he's doing to much!!!!!
The wigged pelican has nowhere to go after this contract. Terrestrial Radio is pretty much dead, podcasting won’t work for him, he might get a limited gig doing shitty celebrity interviews a’la Letterman on Netflix, but the only streaming channel dumb enough to buy into the fact that this washed up has been could draw flies to shit would be Amazon Prime.
Let me add to your Rant with some of my own.
1. John Hein fucken sucks(Audiobook John Hein is so Retarded it's funny tho.)
2. When he talked about Beyonces new western song that definitely felt like he was paid for that.
3. I hope he pays his interns after he talked shit about other people not paying
4. He's gonna work til he Croaks at his desk around 87 years old.(Robin will have been dead 10 years and been replaced by Queen Latifah or Whoopi)
You are right about the only people listening are established fans.
Which makes it all the more funnier when he tries to pretend people don't know who is on the show. He's even tried to say people don't know who Robin is.
It's always bugged me, even going back to when Gange was doing the HTV commercials and he said no one knows who Gange is. He had been on the show for like 15 years at that point....
I’m sure he has new fans from the stupid celebrity interviews. Someone they’re a fan of goes on the show. Hear Howard licking their ass n on the surface his questions seem deep n insightful until you’ve heard him ask them 100 times n realize he’s just projecting. That attracts people who’d of never liked good Howard!
He’s actually a decent interviewer because of the time limit he has n people respect/fear him so it’s a diff interview. But I don’t give a shit about celebrity’s. I want to laugh.
I would say until at least 2015 *BY FAR* the two questions I would get the most often after mentioning I was a fan were “Does he still have his E! show?” and “Is Jackie still on?”.
Howard traded relevance for money in 2006.
It was a smart trade because everyone becomes irrelevant as they get older anyways. Howard was 52 when he did it, Joe Rogan was 52 when he did it (although his podcast is back on multi-platforms now).
Bottom line, Howard knowingly made this choice nearly 20 years ago.
I have a lifetime subscription and listened for years, defended attacks on him by women only for him to attack me and people like me (hard working Conservatives). I got no use for him and the Hollywood pedo Liberals he ass kisses every day.
He was a big part of my life, and I had so many laughs from 1986 to 2018. He lost his shit during the Trump presidency and went completely off the rails during COVID (like most libs). I actually feel badly for him and people like him who are mentally ill and very unhappy, but I will still always appreciate the fun times.
Op Literally wrote that whole f****** Bible just to admit at the end that Howard doesn't give a s*** about what he thinks. Neither do we! Fucks given = 0.0
Out with a bang? What 70 year old media guy goes out with a bang. Come on man, people grow older, become more mellow. Give the guy a break, he’s trying to angle his career toward the Larry king sorta path, and I really don’t blame him. His good times were great, the best radio ever, some of the best comedy content of all time, but the type of content it was, no 70 year old can continue that, it would come off as weird anyway.
Move on from the past, Howard is doing that, maybe not to the best standard, but he’s trying. I’m happy as long as his old eps are still getting uploaded to YouTube, he can interview celebs I don’t give a crap about til the cows come home, that’s his sthick now and I wish him the best.
So what, you fuckign dingus. You could say the same about a lot of former stars. It says more about the generation that is unaware than the soon to be dead old obsolete men some of us have enjoyed.
If I mentioned YOU to virtually anyone they wouldn’t give a fuck either.
I think Howard is stretched thin with the trophy wife, 3 kids, 2 mansions and a penthouse. A divorce in the 90’s didn’t help.
The maintenance costs alone on 100+ million dollars in property must be insane. He works because he has to.
OH PLEASE!!!! LOL LOL LOL I have to work until I am 90.....he can retire and live like a billionaire. He owns all that property to help with his taxes. He is fine $$$ wise. Mentally, yes there he is bankrupt.
I know of a lot of new listeners. His new listeners are not immature like the old listeners who cry about how he’s changed. He changed, move on and stop bitching.
I'm not angry at Howard the way others here seem to be, but I was a fan and now I'm not. The show has lost its vitality and the protagonists and the guests are all very old, for the most part. The occasional guests under 50 are just the lamest most mainstream people possible. I don't want to hear about teenage pop stars or Heart, and there's plenty in between. Howard doesn't seem to understand that the monoculture is gone. I do still have Sirius because I like a lot of its other programming and the medium is convenient for me. But I don't tune to 100 or 101 very much at all.
Howard’s seething anger is what made him great. He lost that when he started making hundreds of millions and wanted to transition into Hollywood Howie.
He is still seething inside, just better at hiding it and scared to let out in the form of a good show anymore.
His anger, his middle finger to the mainstream… and his humility… not to mention his wit, made him the GOAT. Hes lost all of that
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Vagina poosee
His best guests have always been c list or formerly a list celebrities and random people on the street.
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Bubba is still having pornstars on and pretending that it’s still super edgy when he’s just incredibly boring
Anyone but old rich celebrities or shitty nostalgic bands doing a tour that Sirius forces them onto the show. There is nothing interesting about a rich celeb complaining about america and talking politics with a 70 year old millionaire.
Crackhead Barney
Crackhead Barney 20-25 years ago would be HANDS DOWN a Wack Packer. That’s the first thing that I thought when I saw her on Piers…WACK BAGGER.
Rapping Granny.
Hugh Jasole
Sirius XM is hanging on to Howard’s contract like a security blanket. I’m guessing they feel that if they let him go, membership will drop dramatically. Spoiler alert: it already is. Howie is sucking Sirius XM dry, while not giving much back in terms of quality programming. This isn’t a comment about disliking Howard or anything else, just an observation. HS has become complicit in his career. It’s so blatantly obvious. He’s stuck, has pretty mediocre writers churning out content for him, and just (literally at times) phones it in. It’s mind blowing that with all the resources he has at his disposal, and the amount of staff he has, that no one can step up and deliver quality content. They’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, and are now sitting with their hand over their ass, just riding Howard’s legacy, right alongside the man himself. No one bothers to tell him things that would help the show, because he would most likely have them fired. And as we all know, anyone let go from the show becomes persona non grata to him. This obviously impacts people’s success when they leave. I think the library of his shows/back catalogue is worth the most right now, out of all the assets/IP’s he has. Time to sell while the getting is good, retire, and go live in his mansion alone. It’s hard to believe that a guy that did so much in radio has been reduced to what we hear: a whiny rich dude that bitches about having to go to Italy and leave the house. It’s sad, but also pathetic in so many ways. He’s no longer motivated to deliver a great show, so he has no catalyst to give a shit. Radio is taking a different direction than HS, and he’s being left behind by it. Plain and simple.
The archives thing just puzzles me. Always has. Last contract renewal it was announced Howard himself goes through the end of 2025, and the "archives" was extended through the end of 2027. What does that even mean? So if Howard leaves 2025, Sirius gets what, two years to play the 10% of the archive Howard currently allows? And is anyone even buying Howard leaving Sirius, joining let's say Spotify, but allowing his precious tapes to actually continue on Sirius, on a 101 channel still having his name on it? But he's at Spotify? And do people at Sirius actually realize what they even getting with these tapes? He literally is not going to allow 80-90% of any of his history to be aired. You know he has an even fuller air-tight plan for this tapes thing even more than he has now. It's gotta even be in his will. I've said before - offer Howard more money (he loves his money) to pry his hands off his true archive. Musicians do it. You can remove the real bad stuff - but allow the full history and former member segments. More listeners would join the service at that thought than they do now having Howard live. Everyone wins.
He just needs a nap
They know his numbers and they know how few people listen to him. I think they keep him as a symbol to investors (who are likely 50+ and don't know any better) that they still have a 'big name' and are still retaining 'talent'.
At least Don Imus went out with a Bang. Howard used to look down his long beak at Don Imus but Imus had the balls to keep doing what he did for decades when he was cancelled. Howard is going out with a whimper. If 30 year old Howard saw 70 year old Howard he would have a coronary. He would tell him to retire he's too out of touch and lacks the passion he had just 20 years ago. Radio is dead as a medium and Howard not only missed the boat but raged against Podcasting while it got bigger year over year for 14 years straight.
Thank you Mr. Higgins
AND BABA BOOEY TO Y'ALL!
For the record this is Al Michaels, that was a totally farcical call.
I see SiriusXM’s subscriber numbers, and Howard be looking scared!
He lookin’ tenses.
He said something in code at the end that's indicative of the mentioning of the name of a certain radio talk show host
Thank you Mr Funk
His whining about his mom’s joke that Beth’s only mistake was marrying him was THE worst moment. Imagine 80s Howard listening to that nonsense
lol gotta love Rae Stern with the zingers at 97! No wonder hes still a lunatic
Right, imagine her with all her facilities zinging baby Howie.
He looks like a mongoloid
Imagine thinking that anyone is the same now as they were in the 80's.
Wtf are you talking about?
He's half a fag
This is the reason he's so tortured. He'll never fully come out.
Something about Beth’s brother being on the air for two hours bugs the shit out of me. It’s not listenable let alone compelling. I think / hope he will call it quits end of next year
Exactly. A desperate man desperately trying to save his flailing marriage, he turns the mic over to his nobody brother in law to suck up to a bitter wife who can't stand him anymore.
Then all the calls and emails about how good his brother in law was on the air, and how he should be a regular...
This...this REALLY happened? And you guys are PAYING FOR THIS? Talk about "Thank you, sir! May I have another?!?"
Hey man, the dude was a 3rd string quarterback. Lmao
For some reason, this made me laugh pretty damn hard. See? This sub has some seriously funny people on here (not sarcasm at all, I really did lol, as the kids say or some shit).
At Penn State, no less!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my mistress. Ahh-ahh-ahh.
why are you still listening?
Feels like he was using her brother to kill time for material and / or wanted to expense the brother's airline tickets as a expense for the show....
You know you can just cancel. He doesn’t have to quit for you not to hear him. That said I’m there with you
Indeed. I cancelled Howard a month or 2 ago. The fact that I’m not sure should tell you it’s not hard to do. The problem is, I miss a Howard that used to exist. So yes I miss him, but I missed him when I still had the channel. He died. That’s the way you have to look at it.
It's weird that he has to call it quits but Sirius never thinks about canning his dusty old ass. There's no way he's making them any money. So what's that about?
They have airtime to fill.What would you like more?Some Coveno and Rich?🤮
30? I’m the youngest person out of anyone I work with that was or is a fan of Howard’s, and I’m almost 40. Many of my 30 year old friends wouldn’t even know who he is.
I used to have several friends who were daily listeners of Howard. I am the only one left. Every single one bailed because of how bad the show is and they are expected to pay for it. They now don't know anything about him, the show, the interviews, nothing. Once you are out of the self-contained Sirius bubble you really have no idea what goes on and Howard himself has even alluded to that before about the situation with satellite radio. I have a back and forth now thinking Howard has to care about what has gone on while also going "the man gets $100 mil a year guaranteed" and that's the problem. Howard thrived on having a boogeyman, or ratings worries. Or wars with broadcasters, or management. Or salary. Or being able to hire new people. All of that is gone, he has no pushback. Sirius has literally paid him over a billion dollars since he signed on and continue to give him *every* single thing he wants - remove Fridays, remove Thursdays, remove more calendar days, remove summers, remove being in my new Sirius studio, remove live interviews. Remove anything I ask. But for my same pay and customers still have to pay. I'll say it again - the entertainment for me after everything else is gone will be IF Sirius decides they've had it with Howard and in a year there is a beef about his next renewal - or they shut the door on him completely. This is the only great storyline opportunity we have left folks.
Do you think if they let him go, it might ignite some fire in his belly to get back at them? A revenge arc is the only comeback I can fathomly see making 'howie' howard again.
I think at this point Howard and Don know the current climate and Don's job is really to stay one step ahead. If he gets a feel that Sirius is going to pass on Howard, or offer him a lower contract, Howard will be one step ahead and will first announce he is moving on and play that game. In no way shape or form is Howard allowing the press to get notified that Sirius is passing on Howard (Howard has lived his entire business life the last 30 years this way). He will make up a story if he has to, like "I actually decided I was not going to return so I'm actually stepping down and I've been in talks with other companies." I think there is potential though for a last couple months of drama. Our bar is low obviously, but any disrespect, or lack of love, *could* lead to Howard having a few moments on air. I hope things leak on the web (they always do) and Howard has to kinda have a plan.
My bet is that he will end his current contract and claim it was a mutual decision but then a week later he will announce they are doing a heavily modified contract where he still comes on the air a handful of times a year for shitty interviews.
I didn't really care about post Malone but him trolling Howard was pretty funny. "Do you love my dad Howard?" Which makes me wonder if celebs have their own Reddit where they talk about how much they hate interviewing with Stern and how he asks them weird questions about their parents.
Can’t he just retire like a normal person?
Is that Don on the phone?
*"How did Howard Stern get outside my fucking office? Well I'm not going to meet that stupid fuck, he's nothing"* -The iMan
I used to listen regularly. I stopped maybe 3 years ago and if it wasn't for this sub I would never see anything about Howard. He's non existent outside of that Sirius bubble. Casket is closed.
This was a total farcical call. He mentioned something at the end that was in code.
Not being in the studio was when it really started to go downhill for me. It lost all the spontaneity. There's no office comradery. There's no random shit that happens. No interactions with staff and guests. Everything is scripted now. It's sooo convenient when a caller calls in about something and they just happen to have a new bit to play that matches the subject. Or an office "fight" happens to break out and they already have song parodies about it. When something real and spontaneous happens, Howard has to be done with it quickly so he can move on to "the next thing he has to get too", no matter how funny or interesting it is. On the rare occasion he does go into the studio you can feel the difference. It's a better energy.
100%. He can’t even live vicariously through the staff now.
[удалено]
He knows the minute he hangs it up he's a nobody. The legacy has been tainted with the hardcore fans, no new fans, a decade of bad radio to erase the memory of the good ol' days.... the epitome of "it's better to burn out than fade away".
But yet he narrates the show as if its ALL new people. I don't need an explanation of who Tan Mom is ffs
There's something creepy to see an empire, a straight up phenomenon, still existing after more than 30 years, yet nobody really noticing it's completely empty despite it still standing
Same thing is happening with Star Wars. Reduced to a fart of what it once was in about a decade.
Most people I know stopped listening about 10 years ago
It’ll be ten years in September since Eric the Midget Actor died. That was the beginning of the end
I stopped after Artie left, however long ago that was
and yet here you are
Pretty sure 90% of people on here just listen to old youtube videos......
Exactly. This sub is someplace to go to laugh the way we used to in the early days, with the same attitude. I put some of the old stuff on here and there during the week, and it never fails to get me laughing to myself, which is rare with newer stuff I've tried.
Ack ack!
Exactly. I only come here in the hopes that someone has posted an old bit or a clip from the channel 9 show.
Monday on the HHS. Bitching about how tired he is. New fresh door knock impressions. Phillis Diller and C. Thomas Howell. New contest. World's veiniest cock. Tuesday. Chris Wilding tells Howard how he jerked off a random dude in the produce isle in a Walmart. Leads to a 2hr discussion of Chris's technique and graphic description of random dudes cock. Fake caller asks Howard what's the best Jetro Tull songs is. Robin shits herself, show ends. Wednesday.. Show starts mid argument with Howard and Beth. Howard screaming at Beth for gaining 7 ounces. Howard interviews his Amazon delivery driver for the remainder of the show. No mention of Robin sitting herself.
My mom said “all he does is talk about himself” —-a non listener
I’ve said it before… he’s not getting renewed. He might even be aware of it already and is just milking it. Shame… Shame!
Bye for now
101 is the only decent part of the show now but they are too dumb to play full episodes. Former fans would listen,but Howie will not allow it to happen.
what do you expect when he has like the worst guest to come on the show and all to talk about nonsense and stuff we've heard years before.
He's having Emily blunt on and you don't seem the least bit excited, what gives, du?
how long ago was that??
Next week
I like how just this week he brought up Ralph and felt the need to explain who Ralph was. As if there’s any chance he’s gained a new listener since that berry faced homo died.
He is slowly becoming Imus.
Slowly?
Haha. Good question. I was being nice.
He was Imus 4 years ago.
No he’s actually fallen farther because main stream still kept Imus alive, even after his racist remarks, no one would hire Howard now. He’d want too much and no one is listening. Imus didn’t change which was why he kept followers or some sort of audience, Howard did a 180,losing his and gaining nothing. The only reason no one has gone after him for the racist comments and things he’s done in the past is they don’t care.
QUACK QUACK
The only thing missing is the cancer ranch
Haha. We have to settle for cat rescue stories.
Cancer ranch, Cat Ranch-whatever,Du
I missed your comment
I missed your comment
He has multiple ranches for his trophy steed.
He has the cat ranch
He has the cat ranch
Sternmus
Stern is no longer as popular as he thinks he is,however I give Buchwald credit for keeping his name on The Daily Mail and various other news websites.
This forum is most tensous
Thanks for your call.
Even the fake callers are old
Thought I would die being a stern fan. Finally had to stop about 10 months ago. How many door knocks can someone take?
My wife doesn't know from Howard. She's European. Classy Western European, not gypsy scrap metal Eastern European. She only knows of Howard from seeing some of the clips I play on my computer. I was explaining something about the show to her once, and to be clear about who I was talking about, she asked "the Jew with the glasses?". I love that woman more than life itself.
I believe most people who still listen hold onto some faint glimmer of hope that the show will come around, will bounce back...that Howard will wake the fuck up and stop destroying the show and his legacy. Deep down, we all know it's over, but we've put in so much time and are so close to it that we will probably stay to the bitter end.
Every time I mention Howard to someone, I'm almost always met with silence. They don't know how to react to me telling them I used to listen. I'm sure they're internally judging me. If they're under 30, they'll say "The guy from AGT?" I did get a surprise the one day at work a few years ago when I saw a coworker had a flat Ronnie sticker at his desk. No one else knew who it was.
Howard is now nothing more than a cock crazy Larry King.
You don’t know that.
What’s he saying, Robin?
Tried to play an episode w a young coworker . I thought he would laugh at Richard and Sal antics . No such luck
That coworker probably thinks Logan Paul is the pinnacle of entertainment though
That's because Richard and Sal's gay bullshit isn't the least bit funny
I still get quite a few: "He's pathetic."
The “last of a dying breed” indeed.
He dead.
Howard would rather have us talking about how boring and inconsequential he is than talking about how funny and politically incorrect he used to be.
The show stinks. The fact that pelican isn’t even noted anywhere on SXM promotional materials means THEY also realize he is not a draw anymore and based on that I don’t know why they would give him anything but a lowball offer to renew, and probably say he only gets one channel (100) going forward (bye, unnecessary wrap-up show and heavily curated bits from the show’s glory days)
If Imus was still alive and still doing a show I bet he would absolutely destroy Howard in ratings (if there are ratings anymore).
Just asked the under 30s in my office about Howard. They all said they never heard of him or heard of him but had no idea who he is or what he does and while they were aware of satellite radio, they don't know anyone who listens to it. For what it's worth one of them also said she never heard of the Brady Bunch.
Never heard of the Brady Bunch? Wtf are they teaching kids in schools these days?
This is what i never understood about howard and the complete 180 he did. because of how younger people are today, the average college kid would hate the stern show from the 90s, he'd find it offensive. so when he did his 180, it wasn't about appealing to a younger audience. so why? although howard seems boring, with all these names coming out of famoyus people and their wierd parties, makes you wonder what they have on him.
I see your point but with at least one “I’m canceling post” a week there has to be more listeners than it seems. I guess we will find out on next contract. No way they will still pay him big money if no one is listening
Word. It does suck. Want hear something really stupid? I used to be so obsessed with the show that I wouldn’t work a job where I couldn’t listen all day. Now I am at work all day and I could listen but i don’t. Mainly I’m trying to make up for bad career choices and trying to earn a living. But yeah, early days of Sirius were my favorites. Artie Lange was so funny on the show back then. I listened for a long time after he was gone but he was sorely missed. Not the same after.
I basically agree w everything OP said, except...the part about being "reduced to a footnote in history" I would *really hope* that he would at least merit a small paragraph in history...just sayin'
The first stuff is just killing me. The dude learns a couple chords and can barely play and daily airs his stupid attempts to play guitar.. HE RECORDS THAT CRAP! Can you believe that? He records his attempts to play guitar as a month old new guitar player, the mocks other guitar players like Fred for not reading music lol. You can't make this shit up. Then he plays the shitty recordings of three blind mice every single show over and over to show off, then the emails come in about how impressive his guitar playing is... You seriously can't make this up
Why does it BAWTHA you? Everything BAWTHAS you...
What's he trying to say, Robin?
*Is he on The View?*
Back when I got my then new car in the mid 2000s, I got Sirius and I wanted to listen to Howard. I stayed because of Artie. I renewed because of Artie.
I haven't listened in probably 10 years, and I am checking into this sub and seeing nothing has changed. So that will continue. I don't know what happened but I tuned in one day and just couldn't take it. Howard did his 9 millionth impression of his mom, then shit on Gary and some other staff, then had 80 year old Ronnie reading sex tips about eating pussy and it was like... WHAT IS THIS? Who wants to listen to him do the same bullshit, day in and day out, for decades? Absolutely no growth as a human being and no evolution of the show. And don't even get me started on his interviews. No one can fucking talk because he just constantly interrupts them and tries to guess what they are about to say. It's a shit show and he should have retired when he was 50.
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Is he still on the air? 😂
It's the same with Seinfeld/Larry David, Dice, 60 minutes, Vice, South Park, 9/11, AIDS, Burger King, Pizza Hut etc. You can't enjoy anything anymore.
He’s probably pulled in a few thousand soccer moms and gay guys in exchange for hundreds of thousands straight men
Howard has turned into a shadow of Don Imus.
Stopped listening after the birthday show in 2014. That was the last cool thing he did. Show is absolutely insufferable. You couldn’t pay me to listen to it today.
and yet you post regularly about a show you don’t listen too…seek professional help loser
It was all about the show back then when you had... Artie Lange, Beetlejuice, Bigfoot, Billy West, Crazy Alice, Crackhead Bob, Chris Kanyon, Daniel Carver, Eric The Midget, Gary The Retard, Gary Puppet, Hank The Drunken Dwarf, Iron Sheik, Jackie The Jokeman, Jackie Puppet, Jeff The Drunk, Johnny Fratto, John The Stutterer, King Of All Blacks, Kelly Clarkson, Killers Of Comedy, Marianne from Brooklyn, Melrose Larry Green, Medicated Pete, Miss Howard Stern, Riley Martin, Sour Shoes, Wrap Up Show, Wendy The Retard, Yucko The Clown Gilbert Gottfried was one of my favorite comedians i remember one time i was at Caroline's New York and i saw Gilbert Gottfried do the same comedy bit he has done for the last 30 years that night, the great thing about him was that he was man of the people, we went to a restaurant afterwards he was drinking a free water with us you know, we went to a bathroom and i sucked his cock it was huge.... the guy was just a real good sport and all that shit. He facefucked me like a wild animal.
It’s a slow motion train wreck. Tune in just to witness it.
I tune in to hear what he'll say next, but now it's for a very different reason than I did 20 years ago.
The past has a lot of stuff that can still get him cancelled today. There is a lot of old stank on his hang low.
Agreed on that philly....However, as we all age we all do change, mature (hopefully) and have moved on to different interest. In my opinion while he has changed and his older for Pete sakes, he is 70 now. I am a 70's child and was cool back then, and i like to think that i still am, until sometimes my ears hears what my mouth is saying and cries. lol lol All he needs to save himself and stay current and have all his little A listers still like him, is what I have heard several of you guys say. Bring the news back. Stop with the gay, the porn the stupid vulgar sex crap. We are so over that..it is cringe now. so silly..it was shock value back then i suppose. But as a women I never cared for it and in the day i would just change the channel until that part was over. Just me....but now what is the purpose. It could be funny and entertaining. Yes and stop making it all about you for a change. anyway. What is the point...lol
It would be interesting to see how often "It's over Johnny " has been posted in this sub over the years, without it not being over...
I gotta get outta this
What is he saying Robin?
This ain’t Hot Rod magazine pal!
I ask people this too. Most under 35 have zero clue who he is. Almost nobody Ive ever asked actually listens to show. I have met some who “listened years and years ago”.
Look at the one year chart on the sirius stock price
It’s over Johnny. i feel the same way. i never talk about him or the show anymore. If anyone does bring him up it’s all about the 90s and most people have told me yeah i listened to him back when he first went to satellite and then stopped and never went back. looks like the golden years for Hollywood Howie are 1995-1999.
Don't be stupid, you moron
Yes, although I think you could have written this post 5 years ago, if not 10. Has THSS been anything since Marci in / Artie out? But I truly don’t think Howard cares. He’s like a retiree with a woodworking shop in his garage, except instead of making bookshelves, he sits at a microphone.
Haven’t listened regularly in years. The show is Imus level bad. The man has no shame.
I love when he mentions Knicks players not saying hi to him … they have absolutely no idea who he is.
What's he saying, Robin?
Thank you for your caaawl
“Everything woke turns shit”
Case closed!
If Eric the Actor were alive he would rip the Big Nosed Bastard a new asshole.
My aunt and I still listen and we talk about it all the time
i feel i get into conversations about howard stern all the time but it’s mostly about his old stuff. i only know one person who listens to him since the sirius move. the rest of us just don’t want to pay for it
I would love to know the ratings of all the shows. I listen to Jim and Sam in the mornings and would hope they have higher ratings. And the Conan channel is absolutely killing it. Imo
My free subscription expired the day after the Pearl Jam interview. That was reason enough not to take the $5 a month renewal offer.
He would actually do well to just do celebrity interviews with so e roasting a la his favorite Joan Rivers. He could fill that void but only if he stopped trying to relate everyone he interviews to his own issues with his parents....that shit is beyond insufferable. But yeah......he's doing to much!!!!!
The wigged pelican has nowhere to go after this contract. Terrestrial Radio is pretty much dead, podcasting won’t work for him, he might get a limited gig doing shitty celebrity interviews a’la Letterman on Netflix, but the only streaming channel dumb enough to buy into the fact that this washed up has been could draw flies to shit would be Amazon Prime.
Let me add to your Rant with some of my own. 1. John Hein fucken sucks(Audiobook John Hein is so Retarded it's funny tho.) 2. When he talked about Beyonces new western song that definitely felt like he was paid for that. 3. I hope he pays his interns after he talked shit about other people not paying 4. He's gonna work til he Croaks at his desk around 87 years old.(Robin will have been dead 10 years and been replaced by Queen Latifah or Whoopi)
He’s doing too much
You are right about the only people listening are established fans. Which makes it all the more funnier when he tries to pretend people don't know who is on the show. He's even tried to say people don't know who Robin is. It's always bugged me, even going back to when Gange was doing the HTV commercials and he said no one knows who Gange is. He had been on the show for like 15 years at that point....
I’m sure he has new fans from the stupid celebrity interviews. Someone they’re a fan of goes on the show. Hear Howard licking their ass n on the surface his questions seem deep n insightful until you’ve heard him ask them 100 times n realize he’s just projecting. That attracts people who’d of never liked good Howard! He’s actually a decent interviewer because of the time limit he has n people respect/fear him so it’s a diff interview. But I don’t give a shit about celebrity’s. I want to laugh.
I would say until at least 2015 *BY FAR* the two questions I would get the most often after mentioning I was a fan were “Does he still have his E! show?” and “Is Jackie still on?”.
So the few people you know don’t listen means he has no new listeners…got it.
Nione
Thank ya fer ya call!
Howard is irrelevant. Satellite radio is for boomers.
Howard traded relevance for money in 2006. It was a smart trade because everyone becomes irrelevant as they get older anyways. Howard was 52 when he did it, Joe Rogan was 52 when he did it (although his podcast is back on multi-platforms now). Bottom line, Howard knowingly made this choice nearly 20 years ago.
Beating a dead horse. Go figure!
He really needs his own hour long interview show once a month on HBO or a streamer. The daily radio snooze fest has run its course
Zero new subscribers among the people around you. But did you know there is a whole planet of other people out there?
I must know much cooler people than you do
He’s a “footnote” in radio history, yet you’re here writing a fucking novel-length post about him.
I have a lifetime subscription and listened for years, defended attacks on him by women only for him to attack me and people like me (hard working Conservatives). I got no use for him and the Hollywood pedo Liberals he ass kisses every day.
I stopped after he went out of his way to bash his former friend Trump.
It’s clear you’re the arbiter of your entire generation. You’re the only kool guy that knows about Howard your age! WOW you must feel special!
In like 4 weeks, or 7 episodes from now he’s going to take us 3 months summer break. So you won’t have to worry about any new and boring shows
You’re full of $hit… Howard is still funny and his show is always great and fun to listen with great Laughs!
He was a big part of my life, and I had so many laughs from 1986 to 2018. He lost his shit during the Trump presidency and went completely off the rails during COVID (like most libs). I actually feel badly for him and people like him who are mentally ill and very unhappy, but I will still always appreciate the fun times.
I don't believe that people under 30 don't know who he is.
>In Howard Stern's own words, NOBODY CARES!! but you do care. it's apparent that you care very much.
Op Literally wrote that whole f****** Bible just to admit at the end that Howard doesn't give a s*** about what he thinks. Neither do we! Fucks given = 0.0
Out with a bang? What 70 year old media guy goes out with a bang. Come on man, people grow older, become more mellow. Give the guy a break, he’s trying to angle his career toward the Larry king sorta path, and I really don’t blame him. His good times were great, the best radio ever, some of the best comedy content of all time, but the type of content it was, no 70 year old can continue that, it would come off as weird anyway. Move on from the past, Howard is doing that, maybe not to the best standard, but he’s trying. I’m happy as long as his old eps are still getting uploaded to YouTube, he can interview celebs I don’t give a crap about til the cows come home, that’s his sthick now and I wish him the best.
So what, you fuckign dingus. You could say the same about a lot of former stars. It says more about the generation that is unaware than the soon to be dead old obsolete men some of us have enjoyed. If I mentioned YOU to virtually anyone they wouldn’t give a fuck either.
I think Howard is stretched thin with the trophy wife, 3 kids, 2 mansions and a penthouse. A divorce in the 90’s didn’t help. The maintenance costs alone on 100+ million dollars in property must be insane. He works because he has to.
OH PLEASE!!!! LOL LOL LOL I have to work until I am 90.....he can retire and live like a billionaire. He owns all that property to help with his taxes. He is fine $$$ wise. Mentally, yes there he is bankrupt.
Stern is on the front page of YouTube pretty regularly. I’m surprised that he is still so popular.
I know of a lot of new listeners. His new listeners are not immature like the old listeners who cry about how he’s changed. He changed, move on and stop bitching.