Howard Stern - former shock jock and current jock strap for the anti-Trump forces - is getting the Colbert treatment: "SiriusXM Plans to End Howard Stern Show After 20 Years".
I rarely listened to him - couldn't stand his relentless vulgarity and self-indulgent tastelessness - and simply had him marked down as another loose rock in the wall of civilization. On top of that was his sheer hysteria over COVID, which drove him repeatedly to his fainting couch, the bold anarchist of radio reduced to a lump of quaking, paranoid Jell-O. Good riddance.
Not only did I rarely listen to him, I've never listened to his show even once. I've heard short clips of his show played on another show, and that was enough for my taste.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, vulgar, tasteless, ignorant. I can't imagine who would listen to him, except other vulgar, tasteless, ignorant people.
Actually, short clips are the only thing I believe I ever listened to, also.
DeleteMeh, he can always do podcasts. There are plenty of idiots willing to pay for that sort of "entertainment".
ReplyDeleteIn the late Eighties I was aboard a ship based at Leonardo, NJ. Just inside Sandy Hook, and you could look north and see the Statue of liberty when the air was clear.
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes I'd enter a space and the guys would be listening to an obnoxious shock radio program. I asked, and it was some guy named Stern. Takes all kinds, I though, and that was it.
And then a year or two later he was syndicated nationally.
I used to listen to him all the time when he was on the radio.
ReplyDeleteHe was hilarious, lower brow than Benny Hill but darn funny. I still remember a few of his bits.
I'd be stuck in 395 traffic in northern VA and look over at another car and the guy in that car was laughing hysterically too.
I heard when he went to Sirius he got too vulgar, he tried to substitute being 'dirty' for being funny, then he went insane.
I will respect him for not releasing any interviews with Trump, Stern was the best interviewer I've ever heard, but he got people to talk about sexual stuff.
At the peak of his career, I think he was something resembling an actual libertarian. Maybe COVID and Donald Trump broke him (not sure what his beef with Trump is).
DeleteAs someone at Ace's said, he had 15 good years in his 50 year career.
DeleteHe never touched politics when I listened. Even when he ran for gov.
The funniest part was he had a good chance of winning except it was a bit so he bailed when it looked as if he might win.
OT, but this is darn funny.
In a post on the WNBA/dildo brouhaha, I wrote
They want to be paid what they're worth, so some fans step up and they get upset.
Geez, some people are never happy.
Someone responded with a hilarious take on an old meme.
Here's the link.
https://instapundit.com/736832/#comment-6748778205