He constantly is talking over them. Rambles about unfunny, boring shit without letting them get a word in. Anytime Jim and Ant get on a comedy roll he takes a call or "changes gears" to stop it. He has literally shushed each of them on different occasions and has even started doing some of their old bits and nuances. I'm starting to get the feeling that Jim won't be on the show in November and Ant is being groomed to become a Robin/Redban type "yes man" to Opie's hacky/whinny/unfunny horseshit.