I was a casual listener until I heard them spend almost an entire show ripping apart the Bra Bombing and Sperm Bowl tapes. First time I just sat there in my car, parked, laughing like a buffoon.

That XM/E-Lo period had such consistently solid shows, and when comedians came on they'd hang for a whole show.

2011: was a huge patrice fan, couldnt find anything on him and found black phillip had the 12 on repeat. wanted more found a torrent with all of his O&A shows and throught listening to 145 3-4 hour show just loved em and wanted more. downloaded a bunch of old collections and got hooked..would listen to old shows at work and waited for the new show in the afternoon

I randomly stumbled across a YouTube video of Ant doing his Reagan impression, and when he was talking about JFK being the life of the party in heaven by going around with the Doritos and salsa in his head, I fucking fell apart laughing.

This was maybe two years ago when I first heard it.

I uploaded that one. One of my favorites.

Thanks man, great upload! Essentially, you got me into O&A!

I was a big wrestling fan when I was in college in the late 90s, and I would always see wrestling message boards recap O&A interviews with wwf wrestlers. In 1999 I had an internship in NYC and listened to the boys on the train home. I wasn't a Superfan but they kept me entertained enough to try to find them on syndication underground when I went back to school. With 14 years of hindsight this sounds hack as fuck, but Frank Caliendo's first appearance before Super Bowl XXXV is what hooked me. The Madden shit is played as fuck now, but it was completely unique at the time, and the way O&A handled it made it a big hit on... sigh... napster. I'm old as fuck.

I'm old too and I feel your pain

Proud to say I go wayyyyy back. I'm talking like year 2000 probably. When they were on WNEW and WOW was cool, and "100 GRAND" was a Napster sensation. And one of the first things I remember hearing them do was having some really hot young chick on that just turned 18 and having her repeat sexual hot things. I always remembered this cuz it was so hot to me and my 15 year old dick

Jesus I heard the 100 Grand bit live when they were syndicated in my area. Thought they were the biggest hacks and the listeners were even worse for believing it.

Then I heard some of the interviews they did and was surprised with the quality of guests and unscripted style. Slowly got hooked after that... until they were dropped in my area.

Years later when I upgraded (lol) to satellite radio I found them again and here we are.

2002 wnew. A plumber was doing work at my buddies house and we asked him what that WOW sticker was on the back of his truck.

For me it was 2006 can't remember a specific bit but I think it was a wrestling interview

It was a younger, fatter jimmy on tough crowd making some joke about taking pictures in dealey plaza i think. Then I found them as soon as they hit xm.

I think it was around 2000. The first bits I remember were the Don West ones. Britney Spears virginity!

Sometime in 2009. The bits that hooked me were the Pizza Man story and some jocktober.

I think around 2007-2008. Brother left his radio in the tractor and patrice was enraged about something. A daily live show eats a huge chunk out of the day and nobody does it better. Except maybe Ronnie B, but I didnt even appreciate his show until probably 2009. It still bothers me that I would usually switch to a music channel and I could have heard more of those great ron and fez moments, except that I didnt know who anyone was or what was going on..

I started listening about 3 years ago I think. I was on YouTube and stumbled on to some Angry Vince bits and it had me rolling. I started listening to random clips like Patrice talking about Chinese food and their racism and some of the early Ted bits. I first remember seeing them on the Daily Show many years ago for that voyeur bus stunt, and heard about them here and there while listening to Stern.

July 23, 2012. Anthony talking about how he enjoys a nice dress sock is what I distinctly remember. Since then, I've listened to their older bits and loved them.

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2012 was when I first started listening to O&A. Found them through youtube. Was getting tired of Hampton's Howie and I always knew O&A were the #2. Gave them a shot by listening to some Louie CK appearances and never went back.

Nov. 2012. I started by searching Louis Ck on youtube and enjoyed the radio show chemistry. Got hooked from Jim reading Goofus and Gallent and how the old lady's cunt was stinking up the room in the context of a children's comic.

I almost stopped listening and wrote Anthony off as a bigot, but I'm glad to say that I am now a little more tolerant of other people's views that may contradict my own.

2001-2002ish. When they first came to WYSP in philly. I think one of the first bits i heard was grease-ola crayons.

I'm in the same boat, tuned in the 6 o'clock queef by accident and it piqued my interest.

1999 I would listen occasionally when I could catch the show after school (still in high school) and I haven't missed a show since late 2000 (although I certainly didn't listen to them all live.) One of the first bits I can remember telling my friends "you have to hear this" was back in 2000 or 2001 when Adam Ferrara was in studio and they were going over HBO's "Middle School Confessions." I'll try to find it on youtube and link it.

Maxwell saga.

I found Louis' appearances on YouTube and now I'm hooked. I think the first one was the Lizard bit.

Mel Gibson tapes was it for me. Their breakdown of the calls got shared around on a few sites b/c it was so hilarious. That was it for me. Been a fan since 2010. Started uploading some classic bits on youtube b/c a few of the uploaders had their accounts suspended and my hits got some popularity. I still have a bit or two I'm too lazy to upload and hoping maybe Stevey or Jasonayeiter will one day get to them.

The first thing I heard that really got me into it was Jimmy making fun of an interview with the wizard of oz midgets, and he was saying he wanted to take his two fingers and poke their chests. I've looked for the clip since and can't find it.

My brother listened to O&A and told me they were funny so I thought I would check them out.

First bit I remember listening to was the Dilbert comic strip bit. Shit had me rolling.

2007/2008 they were talking about the chimp who ate some lady's face off. Hilarious.

Louis CK

I listened to them on Free FM when they had the "drama" with JV and Elvis. I was a big Doghouse fan at the time (didn't get up early enough to listen to OandA) Then a couple years later my chick and I had a baby and I got laid off. I was up early and listening to the show. Then I started watching tons of old stuff on YouTube. Been listening every day since.

The listener was Bobo and he thought, and probably still thinks, that dripping precum is the same thing as having an orgasm and ejaculating because of it.

About 3 years ago. I remember listening to them in the early 2000s when they were on in Boston but hadn't heard them for years until I was searching out all of the Bill Burr appearances on YouTube which led to discovering appearances of Louis, Colin, Jefferies... and now I listen everyday.

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For me it was when they explained that they wanted to get more black listeners so they started talking slang and playing DMX and had shootouts (instead of shoutouts) where callers would send a shootout to shaniqua or tyrone or whoever and ant would play gunshot clips fallowed by awww yea nigga, etc

I started listening when I moved to DC for college and they had the split FM/XM show with the walkover. The first bit I clearly remembering listening to was a throwaway thing where they were playing old cigarette ads and cracking jokes about them. I just put "Opie Anthony Cigarette" into youtube and came up with this from Nov 10, 2006 so this was probably it... the internet is magic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt77M4D0PiM

I was listening to the show for several months leading up to the Scarlett Johanssen/ 9/11 bit. Thats the one that had me crying from laughter.

I already liked the show but Ant's racist rants and constant anti-Obama shit was a bit off putting at first. Now I actually enjoy the racist bits and I can tolerate the Obama stuff because he's been right all along.

Now I listen daily to the full show and download older episodes as well. I think maybe I listen too much now.

For me, the bit was Andrew Dice Gay.
I had just gotten an XM radio because I has just sick of listening to the same shit songs on local radio. I was convinced to get the package with High Voltage (as it was called back in the day). I was sad because Tough Crowd was cancelled, but I was told those comedians regularly appeared on O&A. After Andrew Dice Gay, I was all in. Been a loyal fan ever since...

I don't know if you're trolling or not with your Bobo story, but I first listened in 2002 when the US was invading Afganistan. The boys were talking about the Hadji's trying to read the wow stickers on the JDam bombs as they were coming down.

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