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What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by anusface »

oldmanjay wrote: post #14
olivermarks wrote: post #11

What an odd article to be posted on hacker news. Stern is the consumate shape shifting media personality, in turns erudite, vulgar, brash, sensitive - all to keep the listeners tuned in and consuming the ads. He's a variant of the Kardashians - famous for being famous having adopted the style of an eighties rock musician. Anything to stay in the limelight...

Well he's actually famous for having run a really popular radio show for a few decades. I'm not sure you're giving him even a minimum of credit here.

Two more cents from the peanut gallery: I really just don't like the guy, and don't like his show.

I think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented. And worse of those who emulate him.

I've watched lots of Howard Stern, I've watched a lot of pornography too. I've watched beheading videos, and videos of people being humilated and tortured to death across the unholiest realms of the internet.

I watch these things and listen to them, as bald facts of life, and they have been engrossing at times. But I wish hell upon all of it, and Howard Stern's shit falls into the same category.

I'd make so much of all that disappear, if I could, no matter whether it were right or wrong to do so.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by Hannan »

colordrops wrote: post #29
degenerate wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any specific interview you recommend? The few I tried listening to were not worth finishing... simply un-interesting. I'd like to hear one or two of the memorable ones that his fans really enjoyed.

This is not a new one, but dives into a world most aren't familiar with, that of the independent cartoonist. This particular interview is with the creator of Ren and Stimpy, and his antagonist, the voice of Stimpy, who had a major falling out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PheypE68BKc

Just watched all of that, thanks for posting. As an old (young?) Ren & Stimpy fan, I had no idea of the backstory. Also, even though Howard Stern's dad weighed in, I'm not sure who I side with. I can honestly see both sides to the argument and that's... unsettling.

Bonus Godwin's Law reference for those that didn't want to watch, it's about 45 seconds from this start: https://youtu.be/PheypE68BKc?t=30m32s

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by pfarnsworth »

leftnode wrote: post #20
MrMullen wrote: post #15

Late career Howard Stern show is a fantastic show. Yes, there are the usual collections of low-brow humor, stunts and fart jokes. However, every now and then there will be an A or B level movie/TV/sport star on and Howard can spend an hour or hour and half extracting every little juicy story out of them. He can get people to tell all kinds of stories about their lives and keeps them on task and focused on telling the…

What's ironic is that most longtime fans hate the late career Howard Stern. I've been a daily listener since 1997 and enjoy both pre-Sirius and post-Sirius shows immensely.

I don't think this is true. Everyone of my vintage still loves Howard, and I've been listening for 25+ years.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by bombtrack »

schlarpc wrote: post #34
bombtrack wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where do you listen to the interviews? I was recently obsessed with finding the interview he did with Larry David, but could not find it anywhere. Someone posted it on YouTube when it originally aired, but it has since been taken down. I found no official channels to pay for access to his catalogue or anything.

If you're a SiriusXM subscriber there's a catalog of 252 interviews available on demand: https://player.siriusxm.com/ The list is also available without signing up here: http://www.siriusxm.com/servlet/Satellite?c=SXM_PageDetail_C...

Ah, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by jnicholasp »

xyzzy4 wrote: post #4
tnuoccapass wrote: post #2

“What stops us from looking at ourselves and seeing ourselves is that we’re kind of ugly, if we really, if we look really hard,” Mr. Murray replied. “We’re not who we think we are. We’re not, uh we’re not as wonderful as we think we are.” Classic example of an ugly person who has limited awareness of the fact that he is an individual who is individual from other people.

I'm sure you are making a point but I don't have enough reading comprehension to understand it.

Nobody does. It's ripe for submission to a literary theory journal.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by trappedintime »

NYT can't go a single, off-topic article without crap-smearing Trump. When a media outlet covers a person 100% negatively, at what point does its readership begin to realize there may be a conflict of interest? Or does the collective cognitive dissonance take care of that all by itself?

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by brokenmachine »

anusface wrote: post #51
oldmanjay wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well he's actually famous for having run a really popular radio show for a few decades. I'm not sure you're giving him even a minimum of credit here.

Two more cents from the peanut gallery: I really just don't like the guy, and don't like his show. I think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented. And worse of those who emulate him. I've watched lots of Howard Stern, I've watched a lot of pornography too. I've watched beheading videos, and videos of people being humilated and tortured to death across the unholiest realms of the internet. I watch these…

Wow, someone needs to chill. Did you just try to equate a light entertainment/comedy/interview show to beheadings and torture?

Here's a suggestion, how about not watching all those horrible things that you are so against?

You must be really fun at parties...

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by DonHopkins »

anusface wrote: post #51
oldmanjay wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well he's actually famous for having run a really popular radio show for a few decades. I'm not sure you're giving him even a minimum of credit here.

Two more cents from the peanut gallery: I really just don't like the guy, and don't like his show. I think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented. And worse of those who emulate him. I've watched lots of Howard Stern, I've watched a lot of pornography too. I've watched beheading videos, and videos of people being humilated and tortured to death across the unholiest realms of the internet. I watch these…

I think a whole hell of lot less of people who watch beheading videos and videos of people being humiliated and tortured to death, than you think less of people who champion Howard Stern as talented or emulate him.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by bogomipz »

oldmanjay wrote: post #13
tnuoccapass wrote: post #2

“What stops us from looking at ourselves and seeing ourselves is that we’re kind of ugly, if we really, if we look really hard,” Mr. Murray replied. “We’re not who we think we are. We’re not, uh we’re not as wonderful as we think we are.” Classic example of an ugly person who has limited awareness of the fact that he is an individual who is individual from other people.

Bill Murray has a legitimate problem most of us can't even imagine. He is a living legend. Every interaction he has is burdened by outsized expectations he cannot control. Where you deride, I feel only sympathy.

Living legend is a meaningless oxymoron. He's a successful actor, full stop. He has made lots of movies, some good some complete crap. What "legitimate problem" does he have? Shallow "meme culture" has built him up just as they have done with Betty White, Chuck Norris and bacon. He seems to be a individual who cherishes his privacy and shuns celebrity culture and for this mainstream media brands him "an enigma." This "living legend" BS is also a very recent phenomenon, there was a good 10 to 12 year period between say "Groundhog Day" and "Lost in Translation"that nobody talked about him at all.

Re: What Happened to Howard Stern?

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Post by hellbanTHIS »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #30
username3 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did Howard pull out of Phil? Coincidence?

Took some digging, but here you go: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3lgWD6rUo9JaR31UDa

"So this is the woman you're going to spend the rest of eternity with". Hoo boy
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