Eric dying and Artie flaming out were the one two punch that killed the show.
I hung on until they started giving that homosexual staffer Memmet daily airtime.
>constantly make fun of artie for being a heroin addict >fire him when he tries to kill himself >never talk to him or mention him on the show ever again
wdhmbt?
I am an old frick. He was cringe as frick unless you were an actual boomer. I remember going to see Private Parts in theaters and knew when he praised black chicks in the first 5 mins that this dude sucked.
easily, but Howard slowly neutered them and gave them less and less airtime lest sal say something off the cuff. last time i listened was when the chiefs lost the superbowl, there was a bet going that if they lost, everyone would take turns whacking off on Richard's chiefs hat that his dad gave him, and he'd have to wear it. as an example of how pathetic the show had gotten by then, they gave the hat to the staff to begin the process... and that was the last we heard of it. a few weeks later Howard offhand mentioned "whatever happened to that hat?" then put the kibosh on the whole thing. a great microcosm of how the show as a whole was at that point, thank god it was someone else's subscription.
He was paid 100 million dollars to go to satellite. He was probably worth more than that before he even left terrestrial radio. If that’s not the top what is?
Spotify even offered him joe rogan money on his last contract IIRC. Howard is an idiot curmudgeon who refused to recognize podcasts as legitimate until joe rogan's podcast took his place.
He never wanted the show to be downloadable and archiveable. I bet he lives in fear of autistic former fans trawling through the old shows for cancelworthy shit.
Early 90s up to the movie was one peak. Classic era.
Then there was a pretty awful period from Jackie leaving up through 2004, just entire shows b***hing about the fcc for years on end.
Then the first few years at Sirius were gold up until Artie fell apart and Stern started suing Sirius over bonus money. It became total garbage at that point, maybe 2009 and never recovered in any way.
The thing about all these cool israeli counter-culture antifacist dudes you love so much is that there never was anything behind what they were selling to you. It was always only a matter of buying time until the situation was at a point where they could take their masks off. The vaxxocaust was such a time, a tipping point they thought would avalanche. But it did not, and now they scramble to close Pandora's box, but it is too late. Never stop reminding them, never let it slip into obscurity.
Around 2015
i was already phasing out when the show became "boomer guitarist #4827282" interviews, but the covid stuff broke his brain. so a little after
for me
When ETM (king of the wack pack) died
Eric dying and Artie flaming out were the one two punch that killed the show.
I hung on until they started giving that homosexual staffer Memmet daily airtime.
Oh and also when Howie put the kibosh on wrap up show bickering and staff drama because it was more entertaining than the main show
that memmet must be howards new buthole licker now that ralph is dead
>constantly make fun of artie for being a heroin addict
>fire him when he tries to kill himself
>never talk to him or mention him on the show ever again
wdhmbt?
Probably when he literally became the thing he spent his life fighting against.
He was never good, you just had a bunch of morons tell you he was.
This thread is for old people who actually listened, please don’t make a mockery of this
I am an old frick. He was cringe as frick unless you were an actual boomer. I remember going to see Private Parts in theaters and knew when he praised black chicks in the first 5 mins that this dude sucked.
wieners, not chicks. the man LOVES the sight of bbc
Howard was the ringmaster, not the circus
Around 1975. He never made anything worth listening to.
When Billy West left
The only good part of his show was Beets.
who me?
Yes, you.
i haven’t listened in like 8 years but richard and sal were the funniest part of the show when i stopped listening
easily, but Howard slowly neutered them and gave them less and less airtime lest sal say something off the cuff. last time i listened was when the chiefs lost the superbowl, there was a bet going that if they lost, everyone would take turns whacking off on Richard's chiefs hat that his dad gave him, and he'd have to wear it. as an example of how pathetic the show had gotten by then, they gave the hat to the staff to begin the process... and that was the last we heard of it. a few weeks later Howard offhand mentioned "whatever happened to that hat?" then put the kibosh on the whole thing. a great microcosm of how the show as a whole was at that point, thank god it was someone else's subscription.
When Stuttering John left, John Melendez carried Stern
hi John get any good super chats lately?
SKOAL!
It was a Monday, of that helps narrow it down
*GUFFA-HAW-HAW-HAW*
jackie was always based. the best years of the show by far
Can't fall off if he never was at the top.
He was paid 100 million dollars to go to satellite. He was probably worth more than that before he even left terrestrial radio. If that’s not the top what is?
he went to satellite radio
nobody has that except for rich boomers who own expensive luxury sedans
Spotify even offered him joe rogan money on his last contract IIRC. Howard is an idiot curmudgeon who refused to recognize podcasts as legitimate until joe rogan's podcast took his place.
He never wanted the show to be downloadable and archiveable. I bet he lives in fear of autistic former fans trawling through the old shows for cancelworthy shit.
Early 90s up to the movie was one peak. Classic era.
Then there was a pretty awful period from Jackie leaving up through 2004, just entire shows b***hing about the fcc for years on end.
Then the first few years at Sirius were gold up until Artie fell apart and Stern started suing Sirius over bonus money. It became total garbage at that point, maybe 2009 and never recovered in any way.
the day he went to satellite
the bit when they were talking about how they were going to cast eric the midget in a movie and make him a trash can was funny
The thing about all these cool israeli counter-culture antifacist dudes you love so much is that there never was anything behind what they were selling to you. It was always only a matter of buying time until the situation was at a point where they could take their masks off. The vaxxocaust was such a time, a tipping point they thought would avalanche. But it did not, and now they scramble to close Pandora's box, but it is too late. Never stop reminding them, never let it slip into obscurity.
2009-2010
Around the time they fired Artie Lange marked the beginning of the The End.
Yeah I would've said around 2011 or so
He didn't fall off. He, and his listeners just got old. Nobody under 40 is listening to him.
When he pooped his pants live on air
RALPH! Bring me my poofies wig
Howard fell off in 2005 when he moved to Sirius. O&A PARTY ROCK
>Hoo hoo tell em Fred
HOO HOO Tell ‘em Ralph. Uh Ralph?