Howard Stern...Entertainment or Smut?

[FearlessLeader2]

Smut is entertainment. That said, he should have been blackballed by the FCC ages ago.

 

[Pirate]

Howard used to be funny. Now he's tired and boring. He's waaaaaaaaaaaay past his prime and is really just sad. The amount of dead air on his show is appalling and Robin leads him through practically every interview. Everything on that show he has said and done a billion times before and he just needs to disappear gracefully. Smut is at least exciting. The Howard Stern Show is one big yawn.

<edit> (This is especially evident when they replay old tapes from several years ago and he is actually alive.)

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

I didn't enjoy him, but the FCC banning his show just because he spoke out against Bush is just another form of censorship.

 

[El Justo]

Howard used to be funny. Now he's tired and boring. He's waaaaaaaaaaaay past his prime and is really just sad. The amount of dead air on his show is appalling and Robin leads him through practically every interview. Everything on that show he has said and done a billion times before and he just needs to disappear gracefully. Smut is at least exciting. The Howard Stern Show is one big yawn.

<edit> (This is especially evident when they replay old tapes from several years ago and he is actually alive.)

i disagree. he's spawned dozens of copycats over the yrs and we all know that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

dead air? you haven't listened to his show then.

that dork Ali G is on the show this morning. good stuff indeed

 

[Pirate]

i disagree. he's spawned dozens of copycats over the yrs and we all know that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

dead air? you haven't listened to his show then.

that dork Ali G is on the show this morning. good stuff indeed

I have listened to his show, and recently too. I agree that there are plenty of shock-jock copycats. And I will admit that politics gets him fired up and makes him interesting. But when he is not ranting about Bush the show is just full of his staff arguing with each other and him complaining about how he wants out of his contract and wants to quit, followed by a sigh and several seconds of silence before Artie finally realizes that the show is tanking and tries to make a funny comment to save it. Maybe he's been better recently because he's angry at Bush, but in general the old man is all washed up.

 

[El Justo]

i certainly don't listen to his show for his political views. he's just another one of the flip-floppers but his interviews and guests are quite funny IMO.

still the top rated shock jock in the country. doesn't sound like he's going downhill to me.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

As soon as he hit it big he lost his edge. He jumped the shark when his movie came out. He only got interesting again when he got political, but he's toned down the political stuff lately so I stopped listening again.

 

[El Justo]

stern's politics are hallow and shallow. that's why i tune him out when he starts crying about the bush admin.

he still has funny guests on and they are quite humorous

pamela anderson
mr t
the ozbournes
kid rock
porn stars

 

[Pirate]

Porn stars as guests are tired. We've heard it a million times before. There is nothing new that he can do. Plus look at the other guests you mentioned. They were big years ago. Stern hasn't done anything original since the mid 1990's (which makes his imitators that much more tedious). Maybe his fans are young and don't know what he used to be like or are hearing it for the first time. (Or they are in NYC where there is NOTHING else good on the radio. Ever.)

 

[philippe]

Why trying to shut him down?
If the Conservatives don't like him then change channels!
land of the free, remember?

 

[El Justo]

Porn stars as guests are tired. We've heard it a million times before. There is nothing new that he can do. Plus look at the other guests you mentioned. They were big years ago. Stern hasn't done anything original since the mid 1990's (which makes his imitators that much more tedious). Maybe his fans are young and don't know what he used to be like or are hearing it for the first time. (Or they are in NYC where there is NOTHING else good on the radio. Ever.)

i've been listening to/watching him for 15 yrs and still find him rather funny

 

[Sims2789]

Occasionally he's hilarious, like the time he invited an anti-Secular religous nut on the air and asked him questions. What he really reminds me of is an ounce of gold in a garbage dump, but that moment was the gold.

[This is an excerpt. Note these are not the exact words nor is this the complete segment.]
Stern: Is it a sin for a man to sleep with another man?
Nut: Yes it is. It is a sin and it can be treated.
Stern: What if the man is Jesus?
Nut: Well, that would still be homosexuality.

Although I dislike his show, I do not think that the government has the right to censor it or kick him off the air.

 

[dgfred]

Sometimes he is great- very, very funny . He should stay out of
all political arenas and just do what he does best .

 

[Bozo Erectus]

After 15 years of listening to him almost every day, now even porn stars are boring. Ive heard him do the same exact 'interview' a million times. I still catch the E Show when I remember its on.

 

[El Justo]

After 15 years of listening to him almost every day, now even porn stars are boring. Ive heard him do the same exact 'interview' a million times. I still catch the E Show when I remember its on.

i agree some material is a little dull but every once in a while he has a guest on that is quite funny; ali g yesterday.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Maybe I can catch Ali G on the E show. Gilbert Gottfried is hilarious on the show, they have a good chemistry. Belzer was great too but he stopped doing the show when he sold out and got that dumb cop show, or lawyer show, whatever it is.

 

[El Justo]

you know that beetlejuice can be rented out for parties don't you?

i know a dude who was at a party where he showed up and i can say that 'beet' would like your username

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Justo, he's funny on the radio, but in real life, he'd make my skin crawl.

For the benefit of people outside the U.S., heres Beetlejuice:

(Note: this isnt a doctored photo, thats REALLY Beetlejuice )

 

[El Justo]

haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

now that's a party favor!

 

[philippe]

who? white guy or black guy?