Howard Stern Is Wrong

The 11/13/2007 Show

2007-11-22T15:12:00.000-08:00

A caller said that Howard didn’t his picture on the website shirtless like the rest of his crew. Everyone else was shirtless. Howard said that he probably was e-mailed to approve the photo and he never replied. Sounds like bullshit. He probably just didn’t want his picture up there shirtless. But it was okay if others would embarrass themselves. Hypocrite.

Another caller said that Howard has mellowed down with his anti-black humor. I mentioned that in previous posts. I agree with the caller. Howard is a lot softer. Again, he’s probably just afraid of black waiters in restaurants spitting in his food or something like that. HA!

The 11/12/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:57:00.000-08:00

Wolfie called and mentioned that Howard never mentioned the name of the actor who he was jealous of because Beth has kissed him. Another example of how he wants his guests to name famous people but the same standard is not applicable to him.

Howard also has girls for Howard TV that doesn’t even like Howard’s like of work, degrading women and such. I mean the girl for Howard TV was contradicting herself but the selection should be at least of women who don’t hate what Howard does. Hot chicks are dime a dozen, just pick Girls Gone Wild.

Howard cuts short the parody song to "Jump". Too bad, it was quite funny. Also, Howard mentions that he enjoys smelling his own dirty underwear. So gross. I mean what's the obsession there? That can't smell like roses.

The 11/08/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:52:00.000-08:00

Howard refers to Pro Choise as “Pro Abortion” (Freudian Slip perhaps) when discussing Giuliani’s endorsement by Pat Robertson. There is no “Pro Abortion”, only Pro Choice.

Coming back from the break, Fred was playing Metallica. Howard was saying how great they were in the S and M tour. I was at that concert and you could barely hear the orchestra playing. Their album was different, you could hear the symphony great, but not in the live concert.

The 11/07/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Howard gave Sal hard time for not being available when he needed him in the studio. Sal was in the bathroom at the time. I mean it's a long show, and if someone needs to be in the bathroom then Howard has no right to be such a Nazi about it. Everyone works past the show hours. What a control freak.

Howard hailed Artie for being the peacemaker in the whole Sal/Richard and Artie fight. Obviously Howard didn't want to step on Artie’s feet so he was kissing his ass. Meanwhile, Sal/Richard weren't fully to be blamed and were gracious and non-combative when Artie berated them. But of course, they didn't receive any praise for their restraint. Completely unfair.

Howard said that many guys don't look well dressed as women. I guess he never seen a Thai Ladyboy show. Those guys are indecipherable than genetic girls (unless of course you look for the Adam's apple). In fact few years ago he had a "girl" on a show which everyone in the studio thought was a girl and "she" turned out to be a transsexual who hid her cock between her legs. I believe her name was Gia Darling. Howard needs to start paying attention to his own show. But probably even Howard doesn't listen to himself.

The 11/06/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:37:00.000-08:00

Howard recalls how he was once hired for $40,000 a year but fumbles in recalling how much he was offered when he got an 8-share. Howard just avoid talking about making big figures. I don’t think he doesn’t remember or can’t approximate. I think by only mentioning lower dollar amounts he can somehow appear to be one of the regular Joes, when he’s just the opposite. Also if he cleared $100,000 (which is much less than what he makes today, in the millions) it would still be much more than what the rest of the audience makes.

The 11/05/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:35:00.000-08:00

Howard was bashing Chazz Palminteri's revival of "A Bronx Tale" (which Robin, Artie, his sister and mom gone to see). He’s just not impressed by it, but fails to mention if it’s from personal experience or just ignorance. He just whines and complains that it probably sucked.

The 11/01/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

Howard put a moratorium on the discussion of the Artie and Sal/Richard fight. Another example of how Howard is loosing his edge. Well, at least it it’s better than whatever else is available...so...This was a great fight and at least all the peripheral shows should be able to analyze/discuss it.

What is up with Howard’s focus on guy’s penises? When he interviewed Cousin Brucie he made a comment that he must have a big penis due to his deep voice. Sure, it’s funny, but it’s not the first time that Howard goes down that route. Maybe it’s time to start giving Sal and Richard such a hard time about being gay and start reflecting on his own sexuality. At the very least, Howard Stern is bisexual.

The 10/31/2007 Show

2007-11-22T14:30:00.000-08:00

Howard criticized Artie for being a bad gift receiver. Artie did a good job defending himself because at least Artie doesn’t publicly humiliate people for the gifts they give. Sure it’s a great bit, but to say Howard is a good gift recipient is a bit delusional.

Howard rips on Jerry Seinfeld in regards to the controversy surrounding Jessica Seinfeld's new book. Here’s a smaller, less known person trying to piggy-back on a celebrity’s book. So Seinfeld had full right defending his wife’s name and Howard would have done the same for Beth if some whacko was coming after her. But Beth is a model, who makes her money on looks, so writing might be a challenge for such a person. Besides, Howard calls people on his show whackos for much less.

Howard also mentioned that bipolar disorder manifests itself as having multiple personalities. Which is incorrect.

The 10/30/2007 Show

2007-11-17T15:02:00.000-08:00

Howard started the show by saying that he’s tired and didn’t sleep well because he got lots on his mind. Now why didn’t anyone query Howard on what’s is going on, and why wasn’t Howard offering any information on this? Sounded like something to talk about, especially if it’s not being talked about. The Howard 101 News team should have at least asked him about it. Once again, Mr. Honesty doesn’t get into his personal stuff. Another good radio moment avoided.

In passing, Howard said that Thomas Edison invented electricity. Actually Edison discovered electricity, not invent it. Now, if Sal said something dumb like this Howard would be all over him. This came up during the discussion of the BBC documentary about bestiality.

Howard said that Elvis made shitty music. Elvis is certainly more known worldwide than any of the bands from the 60’s. And frankly much of the music Howard listens to is a piece of crap. I’m not an Elvis fan, but what’s fair is fair. Elvis is an icon to many and certainly in his day he was considered revolutionary to that generation. Just as the music from the 60’s were revolutionary at to that generation. So what is crap to Howard, is crap to a younger generation. Maybe Howard just can’t stand the fact that Elvis is more famous than he is. Stardom envy?

The 10/29/2007 Show

2007-11-17T15:01:00.000-08:00

Too much Ralph. When Ralph called and incorrectly accused people for not putting up the names of the contestants at The Penthouse Pet Beauty Pageant, it turned out that Ralph was wrong. The names were there along with the photos. I would have been a good bit if it was true, but why not pass the call to Gary or someone and verify this first. Anyway, I still don’t know what kind of secret Ralph is holding over Howard. There’s no reason to have Ralph one the show so often. He contributes nothing except trying to poorly incite fights and argue just for the sake of arguing. Howard needs to find someone else and stop wasting our time with Ralph. Ralph in moderation is fine.

The 10/25/2007 Show

2007-11-17T14:27:00.000-08:00

Robin reported during the news that Maxim Magazine named Sarah Jessica Parker as “Unsexiest Woman”. Howard said he disagrees and thinks she is sexy. But she does look like she has a horse face. Well, I guess Howard has an affinity to horse-like faces. Since most of us just listen to his show and not see it on Howard TV, he gets away with calling many women on his show hot. But when I visit the HowardStern.com website and look at the photos of the guests that suppose to be hot, often they’re just average. I see hotter chicks just walking down the street. They went on to name women who “hit the wall” in the looks department. Pamela Anderson’s name came up. Howard is certainly on a war path with Pamela. As I mentioned before, this is probably because she doesn’t come to his show. Oy vey.

The 10/24/2007 Show

2007-11-17T14:25:00.000-08:00

Howard made a really dumb statement, as usual. He said that musicians must be great at math. He made this comment during the Shaw-Blades interview. Even they seemed to be surprised at this comment. I mean, wtf?!?! Artists are pretty bad at sciences normally. At least in my opinions many are bad at it. Good scientist, rarely make good artists and vice versa. That’s much closer to the truth than Howard’s ignorant comment.

The 10/23/2007 Show

2007-11-17T14:19:00.000-08:00

Yes, second time where Howard chooses chess over Beth’s. It’s untreatable once, but twice? This is crazy. Sounds like this relationship has run its course. When Beth asked Howard what he was up to in the next room (when she was taking a bath), he said he was playing chess. I guess the boy just doesn’t learn. What a retard. It was his cue for sex just like last time. I know I’m not alone on this one, but I wonder how long it will take before he divorces Beth (assuming they will be getting married and nothing else comes up to prevent them from doing so in the first place).

Howard criticizes Gilbert Gottfried for not being able to drive, that it keeps him “infantile”. Here he goes again playing psychologist. It is so annoying. How about the fact that he lives in NYC and having a car in NYC is not necessary. Perhaps it’s nice to have one, but unlike any other city public transportation and cabs are easily available in NYC. Having a car is a burden if anything. And I’m sure if Gilbert does his gigs, he either has someone pick him up at the airport or what not.

Next Howard goes on to censor Gilbert and Fred for jokingly saying the n-word. They were both on a roll just to have Howard censor them. This is the most dumb shit he can do. I said this before, Howard, in spite of being a “shock jock”, he has issues with race humor when it comes to blacks. Gilbert was on a roll and super funny, just to be shut down. Good going there Howard. Who knows, maybe its some kind of guilt. Who knows, maybe it’s just fear.

In the same vein, Howard banned a bit about “black haunted house” as he felt was in bad taste. Since when “in good taste” was the policy of this show? He played some of it at a caller’s request (the little that was played was funny). Oy fucking vey.

The 10/22/2007 Show

2007-11-04T21:37:00.000-08:00

Howard mentioned that LeAnn Rimes was at Sirius (fishbowl). They were goofing on an old song of hers and they couldn’t figure out how her name is spelled. When a system was devised to search for items in the database, why can’t Howard insist that he gets something like a what google does with it searches. When something is misspelled you get a suggestion for a correction. I bet he can even insist on having such thing happen if he was a bit knowledgeable about basic technology. It certainly will make everyone’s job better when they can find something quickly before a bit goes too old. A while ago, when the Jackie Puppet couldn’t be found, it was due to a similar issue. Howard need to get these people in line and give him a technology that gets the job done right.

When Ms. Howard TV came in today Howard encouraged Artie to make some moves, albeit, jokingly. Howard has a very conflicting attitude with Artie. On one end he wants him to slim down and take a good care of himself. On the other hand he takes him out to a glutinous eating and drinking on his birthday. Artie does have a last say on what he wants to do with his life, but Howard certainly flip flops a lot on whether he should be for Artie’s health or for the humor, obviously the latter often wins.

The 10/18/2007 Show

2007-11-04T12:07:00.000-08:00

Not much to comment today, but although Howard agrees with the fact that Ellen DeGeneres is a nut with all her dog saga, he doesn’t help his support for Mutts and Moms by saying they have too many stupid rules; referring to the fact that if an owner can’t keep the dog they must return it to Mutts and Moms.

The 10/17/2007 Show

2007-11-04T11:56:00.001-08:00

Howard told Joey Boots not to call women on SFN “skanks”. What’s the big deal. What a prude. He calls women worse things on his show. Besides, there are plenty of skans out there that need to be told. Just look around you. So many chicks walking around with the sense of entitlement, just take take take from men. No wonder guys are a-holes, the skanks make us that way. But I digress.

The 10/16/2007 Show

2007-10-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

A Hispanic guy called and told Howard to put his foot down with Beth. Howard just got to stop defending women and be a man. I mean, in today’s society women does have an advantage over guys and that’s a fact. Society and feminism went just too far by giving women lots of rights and barely none of the responsibilities.

Howard telling John Hein not to discuss his issues with Beth on the wrap up show for too long. Howard caught some heat from Artie for this comment for acting as a censor of the show. Howard criticized other shows for avoiding topics that have interest to people, and finally he has a great topic and he doesn’t want to really get into it. Meanwhile analyzing other people on the show is fine. Good move. Avoid talking about a topic that everyone wants to hear about.

The 10/15/2007 Show

2007-10-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

Howard rips into Gary for noting the amount of food Howard was eating. He gets on his rant only to then have Artie admit that he was the one who remarked how many slices of pizza Howard ate. Of course, Howard didn’t care because in his mind Gary was to be blamed (also when there’s nothing to blame on Gary).

Howard mentioned that he told his fiancé Beth to wait until he finishes his blitz chess game before they got busy in bed. Initially he said that Beth went to take a bath and that’s why he started the game. He claimed to be surprised that she came out so quickly. I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t take 5 minutes to take a bath, unless you’re taking a Puerto Rican shower (i.e., douse yourself with perfume). It sounds like the timeline that Howard is providing is not correct. At any rate, if it only took him couple of minutes to finish the game then she should have waited and not get out of the lingerie she wore to “punish” Howard. I mean he need to get some balls and tell her to wait if chess was more important than sex to him. Frankly sex should have been the top priority but who knows, maybe if Beth had a cock he would find that more appealing. Nevertheless, if he had some cajones he wouldn’t have let her manipulate him like that. As the frequently sound clip that is played on the show from the Godfather goes “You can act like a man!”

The 10/11/2007 Show

2007-10-23T20:55:00.000-07:00

Howard was quick to rip into Sal for making a remark about Pat Cooper's girlfriend, Joanne. You have adults coming into the Howard Stern show and not supposedly some watered down Jay Leno type of show. Obviously censorship is alive and well on the totally uncensored Howard Stern show. It just seems like certain people should not be made fun of, and at the top of the list is Howard Stern himself. G-d forbid someone hurt his little feeling and shatters his glass world that he lives in. I wonder if Howard’s therapist is on the top 5 on his speed dial. I’m guessing yes. Good going on curbing the show once again (just when things get interesting). Oy vey!

Howard exploded on Ronnie and Scott for “pranking” Steve Langford to enter the studio while Howard was talking. Granted this was a lame “prank”. There was no reason for him to explode. Okay, so Steve entered when he wasn’t suppose to. The smart thing to do is just to ignore Steve until Howard is read to talk with him. Is Howard that easily distracted? Again, just let Steve stand there until you’re ready to talk with him. No one in the audience would have known Steve was even there if Howard didn’t explode. It certainly made a good bit, and I hope it was, otherwise Howard should sue his therapist and try to get as much of his money back. That old coot.

It was mentioned that Carmen Luvana will be stripping at Gallaghers 2000 (in Long Island City, Queens). Howard basically scoffs at making a trip to Queens from his precious Manhattan. Another Elitist Manhattanite attitude. I guess some people just love looking down their cosmetically altered noses.

The 10/10/2007 Show

2007-10-23T20:52:00.000-07:00

Howard hosted the Old Porn Stars vs. Young Porn Stars “Family Feud”-style contest. Now it’s too bad he didn’t go over the rules of the game. He had to be reminded by Robin that at the face off when a contestant doesn’t get the top answer the other person gets a shot at the top answer for the “steal”. Of course he admitted that he wasn’t on top of things with the above but it certainly didn’t stop him from saying “Did anybody explain the game to you ahead of time?” to one of the porn star who gave a weird answer to one of the questions.

The 10/09/07 Show

2007-10-23T20:19:00.000-07:00

Yet, another example of Howard’s xenophobia. This was a quick reference to the Yankee player Wang. The tone in which Howard referred to him was very condescending. Frankly, this I do not think is an act on his part. The tone implied, in my opinion, was “What is that Chinese guy doing playing for the Yankees?”, but I’m sure Howard would have referred to him as a “chink”.

The 10/08/07 Show

2007-10-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

Who else here feels that Howard was probably rejected one too many times by Pamela Anderson? Boy was he unkind to her. Especially now that he had Kid Rock in the studio. Howard known to bash people when they are not around. I bet his tune would be different if Pam was in the studio. I guess Pam been distancing herself from Howard and he now reacts like a toddler and throws a temper tantrum. Whaaaa!

Now thank g-d that Howard blurted the announcement Crackhead Bob was about to make and not Gary. There was a big build up to the big announcement that Crackhead Bob was about to make. And right before Crackhead Bob came into the studio Howard blurted that Crackhead will no longer will be on the show. Imagine the hell Gary would have to put up with if he let that slip.

The 10/04/07 Show

2007-10-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

Howard can’t off anymore on the Danny Bonaduce. Okay, so Jonny Fairplay is someone people love to hate. Big deal. Fred and Artie were absolutely right that this was excessive force. And excessive force is a factor when police determines action. Obviously Danny wasn’t in any danger , he wasn’t surprised by Jonny’s move, or anything. Sure it’s a douche move to make on Jonny’s part, but then again, Danny instigated it by coming on stage. Any reasonable jury would see that. Of course it’s up to the jury to determine what is reasonable, but with the help of the video I think they can come to a quick conclusion. Serving as a juror myself on a criminal case, I know it’s hard to reach a consensus with eleven other jurors, but in this case I think it will be easier. Howard claimed that if anyone on the street jumped on him, he could use any force at his disposal to neural that person. But this is not the same comparison. There was no immediate threat here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wK2hFmxT4

Yet another example of Howard Stern’s xenophobia. While talking about the buttered bagel that Artie ordered, Howard made an Indian accent. I’ve been to the Café Metro on 48th Street. The guys there are Hispanic. Although there are small number of Indians there, it’s mostly Hispanic. Speaking of accents that are way off, Howard shows his lack of knowledge of the world outside the United States in a very typical-American way. Unfortunately this is one of the reasons many outside the U.S. hate us. Howard is a prime example. Not everyone in the Middle East sound Indian. People in India sound like Indian. If you’re going for humor, how about learning to make an Arabic accent, or a Persian accent. Howard sound highly uneducated xenophobe. America is great but there is a world outside the U.S. too. Pick up a book and educate yourself Mr. Educated Liberal. But I guess this is the unfortunate circumstances in this country. Most people living here are absolutely clueless about the rest of the world.

The 10/03/07 Show

2007-10-23T20:01:00.000-07:00

Howard was breaking Scott’s balls for playing Halo 3 for too long. Meanwhile Howard himself admits how he plays chess for hours. So hypocritical. Scott is just horrible at defending himself. Just as he is at defending the republican party. He’s the worst person to represent the republican point of view.

The 10/02/07 Show

2007-10-23T19:55:00.000-07:00

Howard mentioned today that he spoke very honestly to Beth about their relationship after watching the HBO show “Tell me you love me”. But he never went into discussing what exactly they talked about. It sounded like something deep that would be interesting for everyone to hear. But he never went into it nor did anyone from his crew even asked him what was discussed. I mean Howard expects all his guests to tell all, but I suppose different rules applies to him. Why not make the show interesting and tell a bit more about his dating life after his divorce. BTW, I’m willing to bet that some swinging or as close to it, happened between John Stamos/Rebecca Romijn and Howard/Beth.

Howard suggested that people would say what each bought for Secret Santa. Now isn’t the whole purpose of the Secret Santa to be secretive? Besides, wouldn’t it be better that people would feel free to buy cheap gifts? If everyone were to reveal what they got, then they might not buy gifts that are within their budget and might end up spending more. Howard also said he got a crappy digital frame from Artie. Frankly that’s a great gift. The problem here is that Howard is an old fart and probably can’t figure it out. So much for being intelligent. I don’t need to explain digital frames to anyone, I hope, but it sure is a great way to display several photos rather than only static photos.

The 10/01/07 Show

2007-10-23T19:41:00.000-07:00

Boy for an intellectual chess player Howard can’t do simple math. It happens too often and happened again on today’s show.

Why does Howard keep Ralph around. I’m thinking that Ralph much have some big secret of Howard’s. How can such a “Type A” personality keep inept people in his circle? I doubt Howard knows himself well enough to even classify himself as “Type A”. Maybe a “Type A minus”. Sure incompetent people provide great comedy, but why even have them around outside of work life? Same goes with Artie. A nice guy, but his contribution certainly do not outweigh his burden to the show. There are plenty of funny comedians out there that couldn’t be as incompetent as Artie. I’ll refrain from making an “outweigh” joke here.

Speaking of inept, I hate it when an interview can be so royally fucked-up. Just like the Roasts, the interview of Sal and Christine was a total bore-fest. I seriously almost dozed off. All the hype about the interview and nothing. Aside from Lisa Lampanelli and couple of other good jokes from the others, the roasts are boring, just as today’s much anticipated interview.

The 9/27/07 Show

2007-10-18T20:24:00.000-07:00

Howard again displays the lack of spine when facing the people he is ripping on. In this case Mark Cronin. When he got Mark on the phone Howard barely ripped into him as he did when Mark was not on the phone. Howard is only brave when he's not confronted with the person he's complaining about. Otherwise he tucks his tail between his legs.

During Sal's "Traction" segment, Howard sounded a bit unhappy when Artie said that he would keep Sal's acting lessons a secret. Well, if the policy is to not keep any secrets on the show (and apparently off the show in Sal's case) so let's apply this policy to everyone. But it sounds like Howard is the only one that is off limits (unless he sanctions it, as in the roast, and even then it's comes with strings attached). Specifically, Howard wasn't too fond of the "horse" reference to Beth made by Sal. So Howard needs to be consistent, if he's going to be unhappy with Artie for holding Sal's secret then he needs to start putting all his cards on the table and stop filtering the show.

The 9/26/07 Show

2007-10-13T13:16:00.000-07:00

Howard got on a rant about how everyone steals his original ideas. Of course, here he could have provided some information about this experience but of course he didn’t. No one of his crew really pressed him to talk about this. Granted perhaps it’s old news, but I guess he didn’t really want to talk about it because he either lost the lawsuit or it was thrown out of court. But more likely his lawyers clarified to him that he has no case.

I guess it’s clarified to everyone on the show what Howard will talk about and what he will not. Great going Mr. Honesty. Blocked another interesting topic from being discussed. Meanwhile he loves busting other people’s for not being open with their lives and not being “honest”. He may want to lookup the definition for the word “Honest”, and see if it applied to his life.

The 9/25/07 Show

2007-10-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

Howard told Nikki Sixx that he will want to get married again. Howard assumes that just because he said he won't get married and changed his mind then so will Nikki. Once again Howard is a know-it-all, at least in his own world. We all heard how Howard made a speech to one of his people against marriage and how dumb they were for getting married. Howard, who was convinced by his therapist, as being a master manipulator, will most likely be convinced into having children. Slowly but surely he’ll be manipulated into this.

What’s up with telling Artie to buy drugs in bulk? He claims that he won’t have to chase a dealer if he had a bunch of it around. Yeah, let’s just make drugs even more accessible for Artie. Also, what’s up with Howard sighs “oy vey” when talking about Ronnie’s dumb T-shirts that have the stupid catch phrase “Let’s fuck some whores!”. I mean big deal, let the guy make some cash.

The 9/24/07 Show

2007-09-26T22:58:00.000-07:00

During the show Howard was giving Ronnie a hard time (which is always funny) and he, once again, made a psychoanalysis comment. He said Ronnie’s anger stems from mother/father issues. Frankly, Freudian psychoanalysis is a bunch crap. I’ll say it again, I think it’s for people who just have too much money to spare and those who need to be coddled all the time. “You Can Act Like a Man!” (from the Godfather). Time to try another therapy, the current one isn't working too well.

Gary’s call on not pushing Kevin into the OutQ studio was completely right. Don’t get me wrong, the OutQ show was an absolute bore. But if you think about it, they had an important issue that was being discussed and perhaps showing a tiny bit of respect was the right thing to do. All of Howard’s audience, including me, would have loved to see Kevin go in. But the timing was wrong.

Just because everyone knows that the OutQ show was a total bore doesn’t warrant a disruption of a discussion of a solider considering suicide. Howard makes enough gems and interrupting their show would have been a great disrespect to his fellow broadcasters (who work for the same company nonetheless). I'm sure he can get them during a different segment.

It was suggested to put something racist on Kevin's face and send him to the Shade 45 studio. So let me understand this. You can insult gays, Jews, and any other group but the blacks are a special case that do not need to be messed with? Of course Howard is “scared” of that channel but come on, be an equal opportunity offender. Also, let’s be honest here. There are as many black DJs on that Shade 45 channel as there are blacks at a Klansmen gathering. I remember that when Howard invited Shade 45 broadcasters into his studio, there were no blacks in the group (maybe a half black). But I wonder if it’s widespread throughout Sirius. Even on the Howard Stern Show, there isn’t much of a minority representation, aside from Robin who been with Howard for decades. But for the most part it’s a very light skinned crowd, white operation over there. This makes me wonder a bit of the hiring practices at Sirius and the Howard Stern Show.

Here’s another genius move by Howard. He decided to play a clip of the pantomime Marcel Marceau, who has recently passed away. He plays some clips, but there’s only one problem. We can only listen to Sirius and not see it. He was playing a clip of a pantomime, which is completely a visual thing, over the radio. Smooth move there.

The 9/20/07 Show

2007-09-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

Although I think Robin is nuts, she was completely right on voting for seeing Haydn Porter disrobe. I mean, has Howard aged so much to a point that his testosterone levels have depleted to be essentially non-existent? Wow. This is a Playboy model. She’s been naked and she’s certainly no innocent little girl. She obviously has been around the block (maybe not as much as some other female guests) but nonetheless, we’re not talking about a pure virgin who never heard of sex in her life. If you’re in Playboy, then all the bets are off. I guess the resemblance is too close to Howard’s own daughters which causes him to avoid seeing Haydn naked. I do know that Howard said it’s partially because he has daughters himself. I assume it’s some over-analysis of the deep meaning behind it. But that’s a bit hypocritical. He certainly doesn’t wait long to get anyone else naked quickly (which is appreciated, btw).

Howard loves to play amateur psychologist. I love hearing his analysis of people psyche. I guess after going to a shrink for a decade he can’t avoid that. But the fact is that he’s lacking the actual formal training. Perhaps it’s a simpler explanation. Maybe when a guy watches too much dancing with the stars and rather play chess than play with his fiancé then that the results we can expect. It sounds like Howard’s shrink is the Freudian type shrink. I don’t know how much stock I would put in it. This type of therapy has many critics and it’s generally ineffective. With the years, time and money spent with his shrink I doubt if any positive change was caused by the therapist. Obviously Howard’s parents didn’t pay much attention to him as a child, so now, for a large sum, he can buy this attention. Any positive changes were most likely created by Howard himself. He most likely the one who wanted the change to happen and, at minimum (if that much at all) with the help of his shrink.

A side note, it was a bit hypocritical for Howard to berate fa-fa for installing a software to track internet use of his children. Regardless of whether fa-fa was right or wrong, Howard berated him and his parenting skills like there’s no tomorrow. I think fights on the show are awesome and funny. But Gary’s kids will one day hear the show and witness their father being made to a fool. So if Howard is having a change of hearts with Haydn because of his own daughters then perhaps scale back just a tad the attacks on Gary’s parenting skill. If Howard is such a great parent then he would have done a better job with his oldest daughter, Emily. Dropping her top at some off Broadway show which received horrible reviews? So Howard needs to keep that in mind the next time he criticizes Gary and his wife’s parenting skills.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_2122848.shtml

Lastly and less importantly, Howard said Maureen McCormick has revealed that she had an affair with Eve Plum when they were child stars on the “The Brady Bunch. Her book name is “Here’s a Story” and no one aside from Artie made the connection (to the show’s opening song). Isn’t this show from Howard’s generation…humm…I suppose those neurons are not functioning as well as they used to.

The 9/19/07 Show

2007-09-26T20:38:00.000-07:00

Howard claims that he’s an intelligent man (and for the most part he is). But on this show he really asked a dumb question. He considered getting a vasectomy. Wouldn’t someone who is thinking about it would even try to find out the most basic information about it? Obviously he’s concerned that the amount of his ejaculate would diminish if he goes through with it. So why not look this simple info up. Also, why can’t he figure out that if the “piping” that deliver the seed are cut off then it’s logical to assume that this already will reduce the amount of the ejaculate? Also, I assume he knows that the semen is produced in the prostate gland. Therefore, simple math, ejaculate minus sperm equals semen. Oy Vey!

Howard loves to berate his staff for not being able to figure out simple stuff, but apparently he also tends to be few cards short of a full deck. I know, it provides great comedy when he berates fa-fa, but boy he’s sometimes just misses the mark.

As a final note for today, he was looking for the D.L. Hughley clip where fa-fa talks Ebonics to D.L. I certainly never seen their database system, but boy is it shitty. It should be easy to find stuff like the above mentioned. Remember when the Jackie puppet couldn’t be found and then it turns out it was exactly where they left it? The reason it couldn’t be found: the search system does case sensitive searches. Now this is either a bad database application (if its made in house) or it’s an ID-10-T situation (spells “IDIOT”). Get some competent people to at lease create a system that works.

The 9/18/07 Show

2007-09-26T20:33:00.001-07:00

Brad Garrett entered the studio punching. I don’t think he’s particularly funny but he started ripping into Beth out of nowhere. He questioned whether she was on par intellectually with Howard. Of course Howard defended her, but let’s be honest, to think they’re both on par intellectually is irrational. Beth certainly comes off as a good person, helping animals which is always cool. But she’s also fits the bill of being a model who concerned with things in life that are trivial. One example would be as Howard pointed out that she’s practically obsessed with reading all gossip magazines. Now that can’t be too intellectually stimulating. So Brad hit the nail right on the head there. I’m surprised Howard didn’t attack Brad back. Howard is known to be able to attack twice as harshly at his critics. But Howard only marginally defended Beth and moved on. Is it possible that Howard deep inside actually agrees with Brad?

Later Howard talked with Chevy Chase and his wife Janey. He said how they patched things up and that Chevy said sorry, but Howard seem to have just stopped short of admitting he also said sorry to Chevy. Perhaps he didn’t, and if that’s the case, it’s even worse. If he did say sorry and couldn’t bring himself to admit he said it, then I feel that this is an additional topic to explore with his shrink.

Mission Statement

2007-09-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

I would like to start the blog by stating that I am a Howard Stern fan. He has the best comedy show bar none. But enough of kissing butt.

Every so often Howard says things that are so erroneous, in my opinion, that I must point it out. Yes, some are made in jest or to spark a discussion (at a World War III caliber) but others, I feel, are the way he truly feels.

Often I hear Howard state things that make one feel that his 1500 chess score is more at the level of 800. I'll point out topics such as his views of race, politics, world heritage, family, psychology, technology, etc.

Anyone who listens to his show knows that Howard portrays himself as a know-it-all. He has built an empire, therefore, this view of being an all-knowing comes easy to him. Howard Stern is often self-deprecating, but by the same token he's also self-important individual. He once admitted on his show that he discovered in therapy that he's a master manipulator.

Although I do believe that Howard Stern is the "King of All Media" my blog is dedicated to present my opposing opinions to what Howard Stern says on his show. I wanted to create this blog for quite some time. I probably have missed some good opportunities to point out his errors and misguided point of view in the past, but I'm sure I'll get new chances. He certainly lends himself to such situations often enough. So come check this blog often as I will update it frequently.

QP