Artie Lange on Opie radio show - annihilates Howard Stern

[edjr 5,547]

 

 

 

Has there ever been a person that has done more of a 180 than Howard Stern?

 

Went from attacking everyone to being the biggest poser of all time. Pathetic.

 

 

 

 

 

how is Artie still alive?

[Sho Nuff 719]

 

 

 

 

 

 

how is Artie still alive?

 

No way is he human.

[hoytdwow 202]

Was this before or after the fart jokes?

[Voltaire 4,554]

I saw 37 minutes and groaned but I went ahead and listened to the whole thing, didn't mind at all. Artie still brings it.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Not exactly annihilating Stern. He said that he changed and that some broad is the one that is causing the shift. Artie said how good Stern was to him over the years and that he was a multi-time druggie fockchop.

 

I think that Artie forgets that he burned some bridges and that Stern is in his 60's with a shifting demographic. While Artie is still trying to appeal to the 20-somethings, Howard has moved on to the 40+ crowd.

[edjr 5,547]

Not exactly annihilating Stern. He said that he changed and that some broad is the one that is causing the shift. Artie said how good Stern was to him over the years and that he was a multi-time druggie fockchop.

 

I think that Artie forgets that he burned some bridges and that Stern is in his 60's with a shifting demographic. While Artie is still trying to appeal to the 20-somethings, Howard has moved on to the 40+ crowd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

No doubt that having Ellen and Rosie in after eviscerating them in the past makes for some strange conversations, but he also gets access to people that he never had access to before. There are far less strippers and Sybian rides, but some of the interviews with the people that he gets now are far better than you will hear elsewhere. I also think that you can see and hear far worse with strippers now on the Internet, so you don't need it on the radio. Times change.

[edjr 5,547]

No doubt that having Ellen and Rosie in after eviscerating them in the past makes for some strange conversations, but he also gets access to people that he never had access to before. There are far less strippers and Sybian rides, but some of the interviews with the people that he gets now are far better than you will hear elsewhere. I also think that you can see and hear far worse with strippers now on the Internet, so you don't need it on the radio. Times change.

 

I haven't listened to him in 15 years probably.. well let me think.. I used to drive 90 minutes to and fro work around 1997 and 1998, so almost 20 years.

 

I am going off what Kirk and Gerry say. I Kirk.

[tanatastic 2,061]

 

I haven't listened to him in 15 years probably.. well let me think.. I used to drive 90 minutes to and fro work around 1997 and 1998, so almost 20 years.

 

I am going off what Kirk and Gerry say. I Kirk.

That is one hell of a commute man. Like the mental fortutide to get up in the morning knowing thats ahead of you is daunting enough.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

 

I haven't listened to him in 15 years probably.. well let me think.. I used to drive 90 minutes to and fro work around 1997 and 1998, so almost 20 years.

 

I am going off what Kirk and Gerry say. I Kirk.

 

Kirk and Gerry are morons. They can't even win their timeslot in Boston

[edjr 5,547]

That is one hell of a commute man. Like the mental fortutide to get up in the morning knowing thats ahead of you is daunting enough.

 

it was focking brutal.

 

 

 

From Gloucester, MA

To Westborough, MA

1 h 31 min (66.3 mi) via MA-128 S and I-95 S

 

 

some friday's coming home would hit 2:30+

 

I only did it for 3 months, but I think that is what made me the lunatic I am today

[edjr 5,547]

 

Kirk and Gerry are morons. They can't even win their timeslot in Boston

 

considering where they were before Kirk showed up, 2nd place isn't bad.

 

T&R are terrible, I can't stand how little they know about sports. not funny

[Voltaire 4,554]

I live in a time loop to December 2001 and remain totally, pleasantly ignorant of anything going on with the new Howard Stern. I like the Howard Stern of my memory well enough, thanks.

[dain11279 927]

 

it was focking brutal.

 

 

 

 

 

some friday's coming home would hit 2:30+

 

I only did it for 3 months, but I think that is what made me the lunatic I am today

When I go out to visit my dad in SoCal he has roughly a 45 minute commute to work and he said that's less then normal

 

My 5 minute commute makes me wanna run people off the road some days

[edjr 5,547]

When I go out to visit my dad in SoCal he has roughly a 45 minute commute to work and he said that's less then normal

 

My 5 minute commute makes me wanna run people off the road some days

 

Right now.

 

I leave the house at 6:45 drive 14 miles to the train, take the 7:09 train to Boston and get to work at 7:50 any number of things can happen to make that 8:15. so between an hour and hour 30

 

I leave work at 5:15, take the 5:30 train to my car and usually get home around 6:25

 

12 hour day. i do get an hour of OT for not taking a lunch, so there is that.

[vuduchile 1,940]

 

Right now.

 

I leave the house at 6:45 drive 14 miles to the train, take the 7:09 train to Boston and get to work at 7:50 any number of things can happen to make that 8:15. so between an hour and hour 30

 

I leave work at 5:15, take the 5:30 train to my car and usually get home around 6:25

 

12 hour day. i do get an hour of OT for not taking a lunch, so there is that.

I thought you rode some sorta sissycycle to work?

[edjr 5,547]

I thought you rode some sorta sissycycle to work?

 

 

I only used that to and fro the train. it's under repairs, loose wire.

 

it saved me 20 precious minutes a day

[Voltaire 4,554]

Artie didn't 'annihilate' Howard Stern. He's actually quite fair and complimentary. He clearly doesn't like the lady screening calls nor the guy that refused to air the ad for his book. The only real criticism he sends Howard's way is two parts: Howard not only doesn't hang with his old friends at all any more, he doesn't want anything to do with them, and also that he's disappointed Howard can't find it in himself to forgive him.

[Hardcore troubadour 12,588]

I read that useless fat focks book. He whined for 200 pages. Threw it right in the garbage when I was finished. I was kinda pissed, there was nothing funny in it. My daddy, Yankees, fat, heroin blah blah blah

[vuduchile 1,940]

No question Howard has morphed into something completely different. As mentioned, his demo has also shifted.

 

Artie and Opie also pointed out that he wants his legacy to be about his interviewing skills.

 

All that is fine. It's just not funny or particularly entertaining to me.

 

I'm an older guy and I still find Artie pretty funny, so it IS possible to evolve AND be funny at the same time.

 

Howard clearly went all in on the evolving and forgot to be funny.

[vuduchile 1,940]

 

 

I only used that to and fro the train. it's under repairs, loose wire.

 

it saved me 20 precious minutes a day

Long commutes suck. When I lived in CT and worked in NYC, it was 2-2.5 each way. And, if you didn't get there early enough, you might be standing for some or all of it.

 

Car to metro north in Fairield.

Train from Fairfield to Grand Central.

Subway from Grand Central to Times Square

Walk from Times Square to 11 Penn Plaza

 

Reverse.

[mighty_thor 115]

I haven't listened to Howard in years (since he went satellite). But he'll always be part of an unforgettable morning for me. I was listening to Howard Stern during a commute when I first heard about the planes crashing into the WTC.

 

He is a very underrated interviewer.

[Voltaire 4,554]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tj33RYaxQY

 

Speaking of Howard Stern and commutes, in this segment I had to pull my car over to the side of the road, I was laughing so hard. When I found it years later on the internet, I was so happy. It comes in three parts.

[BunnysBastatrds 1,909]

No question Howard has morphed into something completely different. As mentioned, his demo has also shifted.

 

Artie and Opie also pointed out that he wants his legacy to be about his interviewing skills.

 

All that is fine. It's just not funny or particularly entertaining to me.

 

I'm an older guy and I still find Artie pretty funny, so it IS possible to evolve AND be funny at the same time.

 

Howard clearly went all in on the evolving and forgot to be funny.

And he left the ones that made him funny long ago for money. Outside of Robin, who got paid? Ditching Jackie for monetary reasons is when I quit listening.

 

Growing up is one thing. But letting go of funny loyal productive friends is another. I lost interst. If the talent surrounding him sucked, I'd have agreed with the move. It was about respect and money. Share the wealth.

[rholio 339]

I saw 37 minutes and groaned but I went ahead and listened to the whole thing, didn't mind at all. Artie still brings it.

You made it about 35 minutes further than I did.

[vuduchile 1,940]

And he left the ones that made him funny long ago for money. Outside of Robin, who got paid? Ditching Jackie for monetary reasons is when I quit listening.

 

Growing up is one thing. But letting go of funny loyal productive friends is another. I lost interst. If the talent surrounding him sucked, I'd have agreed with the move. It was about respect and money. Share the wealth.

Yeah. Jackie doesn't get enough credit. Much of Howard's "spontaneous wit" was actually written by Jackie.

 

The flip side is that Jackie really isn't great at delivering the lines he writes. Howard used to know how to deliver a great line in real time.

[Voltaire 4,554]

Yeah. Jackie doesn't get enough credit. Much of Howard's "spontaneous wit" was actually written by Jackie.

 

The flip side is that Jackie really isn't great at delivering the lines he writes. Howard used to know how to deliver a great line in real time.

How is that possible? Howard can't wait for Jackie, he has to do it himself. The opportunity for the joke crops up for the moment, if you let the moment pass, the conversation shifts, you're off talking about something else while Jackie writes/hands over a line for Howard to deliver.

 

I dunno, maybe you can explain in better detail.

[vuduchile 1,940]

How is that possible? Howard can't wait for Jackie, he has to do it himself. The opportunity for the joke crops up for the moment, if you let the moment pass, the conversation shifts, you're off talking about something else while Jackie writes/hands over a line for Howard to deliver.

 

I dunno, maybe you can explain in better detail.

Jackie's explanation:

 

The way I look at it, hes driving the car and Im reading the road map. You know, I got the time to sit there and think of crazy, funny things because hes carrying the ball. Two minds are better than one, plus once I was passing notes, it freed up a conduit so if Fred had an idea he could hand it to me and I could hand it to Howard. So now he had three guys going. Imagine Howard, Robin, and me are sitting there talking, you know Im a funny guy, if I have something funny to add to the conversation, instead of saying it, I would write it down and give it to him. Once in a while I would say it myself, but he could work it in so seamlessly that nobody had any idea for a long, long time. We didnt talk about it, but we didnt not talk about it. It was a very grey area. And then when people found out the extent of it, they were very, very surprised. Because people would say, God, I cant believe the crap Howard says to you. I would say, Yeah, but half of it I wrote.

 

People just couldnt wrap their brains around it. But hes very, very funny and so is Fred, so Id come home and Nancy, my wife would say, Oh that was so funny when you said the cat jumped over the barnyard, that was the best thing you wrote today. And Id go, Well I didnt write that, Howard said that on his own. I mean that didnt happen all the time. And theyd go Oh, but you laughed at that. I laughed as hard if something was funny. Of course I thought a lot of what I wrote was funny, but I thought a lot of what Fred wrote and Howard wrote was funny, too. I didnt judge by who wrote it. I judged by what kind of laugh it deserved. I was very fair about it. But was I roaring at my own stuff? Yes, because a lot of it was funny. But if it hadnt been funny, I wouldnt have been sitting there getting paid to do it. The reason it was a muddy area is because I had a real good laugh and they really liked to with me, so that almost warranted me being there. Meanwhile, my main thing was making him funny. People didnt know that.

[vuduchile 1,940]

He also had a guy named Benji writing for him in a similar capacity for several years. Not sure if he's still there.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

He also had a guy named Benji writing for him in a similar capacity for several years. Not sure if he's still there.

 

Benji may be unemployed as of today. He keeps showing up to work late. I think that Howard is better at the spontaneous stuff than you think. He will come up with some really good ones with the interviews that he is doing and there is no way that they are written because there isn't any gap in time.

 

They do far less bits than they used to as well which is where Artie filled in well. He could throw in stories that could help keep the conversation moving. Jackie was never half as funny as he thought he was. The show is better without him. When they replay the old shows with Jackie, you can really tell that the show is better now.