I'm ok with Opie and Jim continuing on... I wish them success, as I wish Anthony success as well.

Plus everyone is jumping to conclusion. For all we know we could have the most honest discussion on air ever about the company coming. I'm personally hoping Opie the destroyer shows his face once again and burns it to the ground.

Who knows though. It could end up being a reinvention and a very good thing. I'm up in the air at this point until I hear some word from O&J and Ant about the whole ordeal.

Implying here, but according to Sam Opie was at the compound party possibly. Game plans I'm sure were discussed. It's going to be interesting!

Doomsday Contingency Plan: Opie and Jimmy continue the show. Ant is a permanent dialed in caller. Can't even imagine how much that would piss off the little doggy company.

They may have something like that in mind.

If they can keep cutie boy Troy off the air they can keep Ant off.

Troy is still an employee, Anthony is not.

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If only the building were shaped like a pinball machine.

This. None of the yammering housewives have produced anything but gossip.

Let's all take a deep breath.

I'm with you here on this. It's going to seem like forever until next Monday. I have no idea what to expect and I can't wait to hear it.

Same here, Ant made his bed and has to lie in it, why should everyone else on the show have to lose their jobs as well?

I'm looking forward to hearing what they bring to the table next week. They are basically auditioning for their post-Ant career so they really need to bring it. Reinvent the show, call it O&J, bring in someone else to sit in Ant's chair, whatever it takes to keep this going. If they can make entertaining radio without him, they have a shot at staying on some mainstream radio format whether it be satellite or terrestrial. If the show absolutely sucks without Ant, then I guess they'll need to hitch their wagons back with Ant and do some dinky podcast. Corolla doing it is one thing, trying to split the free podcast pot between O&A and Jimmy is not going to be viable IMO.

People are forgetting that jimmy and opie both also have contractual obligations.

They can't just give a big fuck you to SXM and walk off without getting sued. It's a sticky situation.

It's a very difficult sit-chu-AYY-shun.

But dude they know how to get out of those contracts MMAAHHHHNNN... Just call people cunts on Twitter.. or something. /sarcasm

but really if they openly did something now to get out of there contracts it would probably be a breach of it and they could be sued. I love peoples poor logic around here.

People are also forgetting they get nice checks from SXM every month which they would like to continue receiving.

I think too much is made of this "getting sued" thing. It goes like this: Opie and Jimmy walk in and say that they don't want to do the show without Anthony. What will it take to make that happen? They simply negotiate. If Sirius won't negotiate, they can only make them show up to work each day. That's pretty much it. It's the same with musical acts. The label can tell you that you owe them a record. They can't make it be a good one. Which is why they usually pay you to go away or give you a big advance to stay. IOW - If Opie and Jimmy make a go at this (and I think they will) it's because they want to.

Of course. And I don't think anyone can say they're being disloyal at all to honour their contracts. It's either going to be an interesting or mediocre 4 months until contract renewal, at which point I think they'll have figured something else out involving Ant, and hopefully the rest of the team.

I'm just not buying the suggestion that this is the end of Ant's role in the show for good. I'm not just being optimistic either - they all know the 3 of them together nail it; they already hated working at Sirius before, now they're going to be fucking furious at the entire management structure, paycheck or not, and they've pretty much got enough fuck-you money now (and 4 months of planning time) to go where they like and do whatever show they want with whoever they want. (I know people (especially staff) have families and want job security, but actually it doesn't seem like particularly secure employment anymore! Any behind-the-scenes guy could get fired for much less! (Troy? East Side Dave?))

... Obviously terrestrial radio is out... Satellite is out (SiriusXM have the monopoly on satellite radio right?)... IMO as an engineer they're both dying formats anyway - they're already pointless in urban areas, and long range moderate-bandwidth mobile internet will eventually extend all the way out to trucker-land, making a podcast (subscription or ad-funded) the only sensible format worth pursuing long-term anyway.

Time to go to the phones.

Let's say hello to Tony from Long Island...

Hey b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-

Uhh, first time caller, love the show. I'm just sitting here by my pool at my house on Long Island...

Happy Birthday Jimmy

Hey Opie, Jim. Love you love the show, man.

Hey'd I wanna like to talk about this Brittain situation with the sailor's who have been taken hostage.

Spchl Endevrrrrr

Like a bunch of babies, numerous redditors make a lot of noise when they don't get exactly what they want.

Eat my balls son

They taste bitter, babydoll.

the rest of the staff all have livelihoods too, and bills to pay. Travis has kids, and both Sam and Erock are married.

and Roland's monthly food bill must go into the five figures

His shirt size certainly does.

...not counting when he eats out

It's easy for others to preach loyalty when you aren't the one's in the situation Op and Jimmy are in. I for one am hot and cold on the Opster, love Jimmy, but I canceled my sub Friday morning because i dont feel like the situation was handled correctly on the part of Sirius. They had a knee jerk reaction when i think they should've give it the long weekend and the "offended" parties with the memory of a gnat would've forgotten about it or at least pointed their verbal righteous guns at someone else like Joan Rivers. If by some crazy chance Ant does return then I'd consider getting my sub back, but I don't see that happening. I wish Jimmy and Op nothing but the best on the show, I'll download it and try to enjoy it but I can't line the pockets of a company like Sirius anymore.

Jesus Christ son, there's they're and there's their. Fuck me stupid....

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Continued success

Thoughts and prayers

Love ya, miss ya.

Good luck, bro.

Opie and Jim should continue with the show. If possible, pick up someone like Bill Burr to join.

Anthony can continue his sad descent by ranting about guns and black people without compromise on his home podcast.

That would actually be a step down for Burr to be a regular considering he's been doing acting AND massive theater shows. I wouldn't mind a Dan Soder type rotation of third mics though.

Not to mention a weekly podcast, on which he just said he's going on a massive vacation lol

I hope Burr becomes a regular with Hule on the "better call Saul" series

I was thinking Jim Jeffries. But that's just me.

Dan Soder matches up well with Opie and Jimmy. I'd love for them to bring him in. "Teachin the dudes about bein a dude."

I would have no qualms about him being a semi to permanent third mic.

The Opie and Colin show? With Norton continuing as the third wheel.

no. The colin and Norton show with some guest stars like Kelly, Vos, etc

NO FUCK IT, just bring back tough crowd show on youtube. Fuck opie and anthony.

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I am a big fan of rescue me, but Leary needs to let go already.

I really don't get why these guys dont make their own show like its always sunny but with comedians in absurd situations with famous cameos . Jim and Bob with Colin as a regular guest. Vos and other comics they know can be on it aswell

Louis ck show "Louie" had the layout right but he made some kind of Douchy art drama which is interesting but not funny. At all.

They need to do this to get everyone a paycheck, approach Fx, Netflix or Hulu and just go for it.

omg YES

Which Opie is continuing the show? Greg, Opie or the OPster?

I believe it's the Psycho

Do you? Do you wanna mess with him?

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Its double Gs like gregg allman.

I see Opie and Jimmy continuing the show as a positive. The show will likely suffer, but best thing to do is keep the ship moving forward and reunite with Ant down the line.

Also, it is a classy move to protect the rest of the staff who are certainly not millionaires and need the paycheck.

Anyone complaining about this is a complete faggot. They have a contractual obligation for a few months. Why not take the money?

Opie is great, I expect some guest comedians in the Anthony chair and will see what happens. Keep putting together ineffective protests and be cunts about it. Just be the bystanders you are good at and pay the millionaires their money.

They should hire Dan Soder to fill in...and no, I'm serious.

Erock drove a boat to high school. He doesn't need this money.

Erock drove a boat sailed a yacht to high schoolboarding school.

It's honestly pretty stupid to assume these guys weren't in contact since the rant happened. They're closer than that. People seem to be mistaking their sadness over the show possibly being done with anger towards Opie and Jim. Personally, i hope they're all reunited once the contracts are done or maybe by some miracle Ant is reinstated.

It's brilliant they're continuing the show, having a national platform to advertise your coming podcast reunion is a great move for everyone.

Look how well Howard did after promoting satellite radio to his national audience on terrestrial for a full year before switching over.

It makes me laugh that Ant got fired and everyone instantly canceled their subs not giving a second thought to Opie and Jim continuing until October. Be honest, 'The Opie Show' is gonna be so awesome.

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I love all this talk about loyalty from people who are being disloyal to the show. Give everyone time to figure shit out. This may just be the perfect transition to an Opie and Anthony podcast.

I don't think anyone wants or prefers a Podcast. This coming from someone who listens to podcasts daily and who became a fan of O&A through their podcasts.

Dude, they will never do a podcast together. The money isn't there.

But maybe they can bring ant back at some point.

Im sure Jim is taking this week to re-negotiate his contract, because now he's the go to funny guy. More money for Jim, hopefully.

I'm sure we will also hear more Bobby Kelly.

The new show may work rather well.

Ant has some technical shit to figure out. I like LFTC, but it's not up to par yet. I think to is a larger market for audio podcast rather than video. Streaming video for mobile is not the answer when some people only want the audio.

A grand reunion at the end of this contract in podcast land may not happen if everyone is making money

I would like to see Bob Kelly as a regular again but how likely is that? He has that whole Riotcast network thing going for him, and didn't he just ink a network TV deal as a co-star on some new sitcom with him and Dennis Leary?

Bring back Troyquan

Then Sal. We get more Sal.

Maybe they can bring in Troy Quan as the show's resident bigot.

To be honest I would be happy with Opie Jimmy and Bobby on Sirius, and a full fledged LFTC

You are assuming that Serius was going to negotiate a new contract in good faith in October. Maybe they didnt, knew Ant would explode at some point at something and used this to break the team to check out the damage to their subs. If the subs still reasonably solid for all of Serius then give them a piddling offer in Oct. Besides, they know Jim is trying to bail out to Vice (I hope he makes it but I am skeptical, the only dudes over 40 at Vice are the founders and that one dude who was captured in Ukraine by the Russians, and after getting freed, jumped back into the game.)

Looks like we arw foing to need a new subreddit.

For the new show or for getting rid of the Neo-Nazis?

For the new show.

I'm looking forward to it. Either it will go back to being goofy funny or it will go right off the rails into crazy land.

Should be entertaining regardless.

I'm sure the contracts they have are why they are staying on. It's the right thing to do to help the other staff come up with a plan b incase they end it all in October. I will not support SiriusXM at all, I mainly want to hear the show next Monday and hear their side of things, beyond that I doubt I will be tuning in much. I wish them luck, I hope down the road they opt for a live podcast.. time will tell. It had to end sooner or later anyway.

I figured they'd keep doing the show because they're under contract. That and the staff reasons. The questions is, will the re-up their contracts? If they do that is when you apply the hypocrite label...However it is possible that they've been wanting to do their own thing for a while now. I bet Jimmy leaves to focus on Stand Up and TV and Opie stays and does his own show.

I'm don't have any ill will toward them for them doing what they need to do (especially for the remainder of their current contract)

I, however, firmly believe that Ant was the heart and soul of the show and that it won't be anywhere near as good without him.

Agree with you. But it's just so ironic that Ant gets fired for something that has been a constant topic of discussion on the show for months now.

He would have had a great point without ever using the N thing. I find myself amazed that black people can be so racist and yet not agree that calling people names that stereotype people is racist

Is it just weird for me that Ant is retweeting cancelation emails on a show that employs his friends.

What sick shit is this. STFU ANT you spoiled millionare bitch

Yeah I wouldn't be too happy with that if I were Opie or Jim (or the rest of the staff). I dunno, honestly all of his tweets sound pretty drunk to me

He's lost it somewhat. Is anyone surprised?

I don't think this is really a surprise to anyone, even his co-workers. Nope. In hindsight, I bet Opie and Jimmy wished they would have told that fool to dial it down cause everyone loses here.

I know Op has an expensive lifestyle that doesn't need any disruptions. It's not cheap living how he does. I'd be pissed if I were him with two little ones.

Ironically they probably thought him just keeping it to Twitter was dialing it down.

I also remember a few guests (Louis Ck, Lewis Black, and Joel McHale) being somewhat surprised by his rage recently, I think us fans just got used to it. Louis even was like "dude this anger could be a problem for you soon" but I think he meant jail

He can always go back to knockin tin.

If he blows all his money on huge parties and guns he might have to. But Anthony would never...

Opie and Jimmy are continuing the show for now, but who knows if they have any intention of re-signing in October. If they aren't going to, then who gives a shit. They're guaranteed a job until then with or without subs canceling. Also I think most of us would be doing the same in his shoes. The things he said on Twitter were no worse than what he's said on air(and twitter) hundreds of times before, and because of that, he thought it would be perfectly fine this time too. SXM caved on him, and Opie and Jim should rightfully worry that the same could happen to them at any time. Do we really want an O&J show that censors itself?

BTW, I fully support whatever decision Opie and Jim make, but it's not fair to demonize Anthony either. I think he's intelligent enough that he would have never tweeted those things if he thought it would jeopardize the show.

Now we don't want to show support through sales? Wtf are we suppose to do.

The show is castrated without Anthony. People don't want to sit through a shitty show. We all know how the show is when one of them is on vacation or sick. There's no hope to getting back to anything good unless they call it a show and start somewhere else.

Could Ant be a guest or frequent caller to the show?

Doubt it. All SXM has to do is get a gag order and that would be the end of that.

huh? gag order would be used to silence Ant about specific things, like his firing, or maybe some discussions that happened after... it can't be used to silence him on EVERYTHING, now they could threaten opie/jim that taking ant's call will get them fired, but that's a whole another story.

Jimmy and Opie are doing the right thing, Ant would've done the same, their show employs a lot of people and just ending it with no notice and leaving these people without work would be a shitty move. They just need to finish out their contracts and give people time to look for a way to blame all of this on Sam Roberts.

Wait..how is this not Sams fault?

There's nothing funnier than O&A fans discussing law, business, and contracts on Reddit. Remember when everyone knew how to save ESD's job? It was a fuckin' comedy goldmine.

I don't hate the show, I would have just preferred Opie to have left. I could happily live with the Anthony and Jimmy show!!

They do not have a staff to worry about, Sirius XM has a staff to worry about.

Yes, I am aware that the staff is employed by SXM but that wasn't my point. If the show is dead who's to say SXM will keep them employed? There's more in limbo than we know and I'm sure the staffs futures are part of the consideration. The future is unknown. This time last week none of us saw this coming. Its just not that easy in the end. Opie and Jimmy also friends with the staff. Its more than just a working relationship. They spend time and hang out with Erock, and Sam and know there wives quite well. Opie's wife is best friends with Sam's wife. Do you get it now? They can't just abandon the staff because they have some loyalty towards Ant. They are all friends.

They have loyalty to the staff and their decision likely determines if some of the staff have a job to go to or not.

you sir are very incorrect

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I'll take some form of the show over no show at all.

and that's what Sirius is counting on, no thanks.

Good for you man, let the corporations know that firing people from jobs outside of work is the right direction to go in!

i wonder what they will call the show.. not that a name matters, i just dont know how they can go along calling it opie & anthony

Norton N Friends

not bad, but I prefer "Norton' Around", as featured in this exchange......

"What ya doin'?"

"Ah, just Norton' Around!"

this don't make no sense

When I saw this video originally, it cracked me up that they quickly renamed the show "Norton N' Friends"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJFYaZJ5BA

The Opie & Jim & Sam & Roland & Erock Show. Too wordy?

The Gregg and James Morning Coffee Club.

Wake Up New York with Greg & Jim

The OJ show. They could even have ant come in dressed as OJ.

lets not forget about kenny

The Opie & Jim & Sam & Roland & Erock & Kenny Show. Me likes...

The JOKERS show.

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GRIM

Greg and Jim in the Morning

Sorry but it's always been "Opie and Anthony" and Jim's a great sidekick but he goes on pissy fits like Fez does. Ant was a vital part of the chemistry and I can't see this continuing. Opie and Ron Bennington maybe. It would never happen. Something else maybe but Opie and Anthony are done.

Honestly could Sam not just have his own show at this point and Jim and Opie go hang with Ant for podcasts?

(once their contracts are up)

Exactly. They may be playing the long ball here. If nothing else, they know how to survive.

After checking out the Ronnie B clip I will give op and Jim the benefit of the doubt. They have brought so much laughter into my life I owe them at least that.

Will gladly pay $5/$10 a month for the (hopefully) November show via podcast.

The boys have been shitting on management for years. I can't wait to hear them go off now that they really have something to trash the company for.

I'm going to wait until I hear from Opie and Jim before I cancel my subscription. I also enjoy Ron and Fez, ok, Ron, so I'd hate to miss out on those guys. I listen everyday and I spend so much time in my vehicle, not having their voices talking at me will be a huge hole. Part of me hopes Opie goes in there and metaphorically speaking burns the whole thing to the ground. However, he has so many guys working for him I'd feel bad about those guys losing their gig too. I support Anthony so much and I'd hope he and Opie and Jimmy have talked. Maybe Anthony wants them to continue. I do know for sure, this whole situation blows and it sure has made me extra cautious about what I post on FB even if it's not related to my job. So for now, fuck you Sirius. I'm holding out to see what is standing when the dust settles.

That's my thought as well. Their contract is up in October anyway.

no, it's a shit move anyway I look at it if it goes on for more than two weeks. Those guys need to walk. For all the talk of standing up for each other when shit goes wrong with comics, there's just no other course of action IMHO.

There are always casualties whenever you have to make a choice of the right things vs. the "nice" thing.

... And then in October when it comes to re-sign... They say "Anthony must come back"

Ant announced on Twitter he's doing a 55gal drum challenge and that he's, "no longer chained". After being fired for tweets and now being allowed to do whatever he wants, I highly doubt he'd ever go back under contract in Sirius' broom closet they call a studio.

I must be lucky because I haven't seen alot of the hate you're talking about. I think most of us are all on the same page here.

SiriusXM can sue Jim and Opie if they DON'T continue the show. I think some people just don't know that.

No one saw it coming? Perhaps, if only BLIND AND DEAF people are included in the sample of "NO ONE".

This is Ant's new theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6G46Mw3PqM#t=145

Not to mention that if Opie and Jimmy want any sort of payback, they'll lose all leverage by walking immediately. Who knows, maybe they're plotting something but need their ducks in a line to pull it off...

Bill Burr unfollowed Opie and Anthony.

That's between them and has nothing to do with me. I have nothing to do with there personal relationships and I don't care either. In the end they all still make me laugh.

What's that got to do with anything?

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My view is (and my view doesn't matter, but it's still my view) that they are sensible and well within their rights to complete their contract with Siricunt.

If they re-sign, then that's a different matter, but we shouldn't assume anything until contract day.

Plus, it just makes sense for them to stay as a three. They can make a fucking killing if they get their own subscribers.

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I guess "Bowling for Behave" will not be in the rotation this week.

What did you expect from these animals!? It was only a matter of time.

SOLIDARITY

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the O&J show, but there's certainly something to be said for solidarity. The boys spoke about it and loyalty (or lack there of these days) PLENTY of times. It's still way to early to see what O&J are planning or how things will move forward... but as much of a fan as I am of all three; I'd be severely disappointed if there isn't more of a fight for Ant from these two.

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I haven't seen any hate on this.

I understand that Opie and Jim have to satisfy their contracts, but I think Opie and Jim look incredibly hypocritical if they resign at Sirius. In my opinion, Sirius was not under any intense pressure to fire Anthony based on a few articles on Gawker that almost nobody read. The fact that Sirius was so quick to fire Anthony shows that they did not care about the show, which is what the two have been saying for a long time. Jim repeatedly talked about how they were stuck in the mud. Opie complained about the lack of support more than anyone and has admitted that if they resigned without getting what they wanted than he would have to take ownership that his threats to leave were only bluffs. The show was not the success that the hosts or the fans would have liked before Anthony's firing. I would personally like to see all three of them try and prove themselves away from Sirius rather than falling deeper into mediocrity.

Opie has bagged on other guys for not backing their broadcasting partners. Called them hacks. Went on and on about how unloyal people are in the radio business. He has always said that people try the divide and conquer with them but they will always win in the end. I am disappointed and have said so on twitter. However if this is just part of a bigger plan I will be the first to admit I'm a no nothing zilch.

Has he and what does it have to do with this situation? No situation is a like. Unless you're a lawyer that read Opie's contract, and had conversations with Opie, Anthony, Jimmy, SiriusXM, there lawyers, and agents I don't really give a fuck about what you think. Another outsider looking in with limited information. It hasn't even been a week yet. I swear you people...

Didn't Ant basically said he'd continue to do the show if Opie left/was fired? Not judging at all but Opie seems more like the one who would leave out of principle than Ant if the other got fired. I think they're staying on for the crew if anything. Especially considering how much confusion is clearly going on. Both Jim and Sam did shows last week hoping for the best...

I'll say it again Jimmy and Ope have 0 chemistry. In fact, jimmy has contempt for Opie's idiocy. You can hear it in his voice when it's just the 2 of them.

Jim has contempt for Opie's idiocy? I guess you have never heard Jimmy talk before have you? His stance on things like the Washington Redskins, and NSA is abosoutely embarrassing. Its funny you'd say Jimmy has contempt for Opie when they're friends, hang out outside the show, and Jimmy credits Opie for advancing his career. Grim In The Morning shows are always decent.

I thought Jimmy was a huge supporter of some NSA action. He's been the #1 user on BackPage for over 10 years, and he doesn't discriminate either. tssssss

Who and/or where is all this hating at??

I'm sure most reasonable folks understand why it would best serve everyone related to the show for the remaining crew to finish out the contract.

I think most will tune in to both dOpie and LFTC, at least in the short term, to see what is said, get details of what's going on behind the scenes and to hear if they will speak to what the future holds. But I do not see an influx of hate towards Jimmy or Opie.

Boooo Wendy Testiberger and this thread, Boooo!!

Because it makes them hypocrites?

How many times have Opie, Anthony, and Jimmy railed on corporate america firing people over things they say? How often have these guys correctly blasted our modern society for being total wimps because people can't take a few words? How often have we heard them harp on this subject, because they are correct, this subject needs to be addressed. People should not have the right to not be offended.

I agree with O&A&J on this point. They've made their point, I agree with this. I think PC/Corporate-culture has gone too far and people need to just start f-ing growing thicker skins.

Now, Anthony was fired for saying things on twitter, things that are arguably NOT racist (offensive maybe, but not racist).

Now, after all these years of loving being multi-millionaires and not-giving-a-f___, they're going to continue to kiss the ass of a corporation that fired one of them over bullsh*t ???

hyp-o-crisy.... pure hypocrisy.

If Jimmy and Opie are unable to convince Sirius to re-hire Anthony (and they wont), and then they subsequently DO NOT try to get themselves out of their contracts (they should just go out with a bang and get themselves fired over something outrageous), they're base hypocrites.

I can tell you've never signed a legal contract before to which you're bound by or else you can be sued for earnings and pretty everything they own. I love how you simpletons think sometimes. Ant just gave Opie+Jimmy his best wishes and said he respects any decision they choose to make. Go be a fan you dick bag and stop giving your opinions about things that don't concern you. We don't know what's going on between O&A+J right now, and even if we did it doesn't fucking concern you. Its easy being a Monday morning quarterback looking in, and its entirely different living it. When there's contracts, agents, staff, corporations (sxm, and O&A are incorporated), and lawyers involved things get very tricky.. Enough with your hypocrisy bullshit. In the real world its not that easy. Maybe one day you'll have a family, wife, kids, and a staff that has that too and you'll realize walking out of a job to prove a point is fucking stupid. That's not how you handle things. Ant did this to himself anyway why should everyone have to suffer? You don't think Opie, Jimmy, and the staff want to continue doing radio? Why be forced into retirement, or another job for something you didn't do?

Here's what you said in reply:

It's hard to have principles, therefore I should forgive those who betray their principles.

That's not what I said at all you fucking dope. If Opie+Jimmy purposely breach there contract they could be sued for wages earned, and everything else they own. Its not worth it. Some people have families too. What you do for a living? Seriously, Mr. Monday morning quarter back that understands every dynamic to Opies relationship with Ant, and knows exactly what they're contracts say, or what they're being told by lawyers, and high level executives. You're dope. Shut your fucking mouth. Ant already gave Opie and Jimmy his best wishes. Put your own fucking needs to the side for awhile and realize you don't know what youre talking about, and no one owes you shit.

Actually it is exactly what you said. You are the submitter. You asked why people are hating on O&J for continuing the show. I answered, said that I consider O&J to be hypocrites if they don't try (and try hard) to get themselves out of their current situation.

You don't seem to like that I called them hypocrites, which seems to indicate that you asked a question for which you knew you would not like the answer. And you infer that I'm the one who's childish and/or immature? hilarious.

You come up with this bullshit excuse that "no no no no, if I sign a contract, then I cannot be a hypocrite later on," which is complete and utter bullshit. You're still a hypocrite, pure and simple. You may have decided to take money and and easy road to keep getting income from a job, but you're a hypocrite.

Go ahead and get your downvote brigade, go ahead and curse at me, tell me to shut my fucking mouth, but at the end of the day you're an unprincipled dumbshit, and you're part of the reason why this developed world of ours is completely wimped out into just accepting that anyone can be fired and have their entire life turned upside down at any time by the complaints of victims. You and people as unprincipled as you are the reason the witch hunt continues.

Go home now and enjoy your blue-pill bullshit world of following the rules you sick simpleton.

You don't seem to like that I called them hypocrites, which seems to indicate that you asked a question for which you knew you would not like the answer. And you infer that I'm the one who's childish and/or immature? hilarious.

I asked a question, and you gave a response, and so did I. Its called having a conversation dummy. That's what Reddit is for, ya' know? They aren't hypocrites. Anthony got fired less than a week ago, it happened over a long holiday weekend, and they have contract negotiations to work out with SXM, lawyers, and agents. Its not that fucking easy. I wish it was but its not. You don't risk millions of dollars of earned wages for some blind loyalty. I also don't know what kind of relationship Opie and Anthony have outside the show anymore. From what I hear its almost non-existent. Just give it some fucking time. I mean seriously. Its easy to have an opinion on something when you don't have to live with the decisions. Shut up already. And my original thread was more or less posed as a rhetorical question I didn't actually want an opinion from you. What in the fuck do I care about what some jackass with limited knowledge of the situation on Reddit thinks? I mean seriously shut the fuck up already.

You come up with this bullshit excuse that "no no no no, if I sign a contract, then I cannot be a hypocrite later on," which is complete and utter bullshit. You're still a hypocrite, pure and simple. You may have decided to take money and and easy road to keep getting income from a job, but you're a hypocrite.

This says everything we need to know about you. Only an idiot would purposely breach a multimillion dollar contract they have with a 20 billion dollar corporation because you want to show how loyal you can be. I guess being sued for everything you've ever worked for is worth it to you? Shut up already. You don't know what Opie, Ant, and Jimmy have said to each other. In fact Jimmy was at Anthony's house over the weekend. Funny how Ant has moved on, wished Opie and Jimmy the best, but you can't?

Go ahead and get your downvote brigade

I have no brigade. You ever come to think that maybe your uneducated opinions are fucking stupid and that's why you get down voted by everyone? You clearly have no idea how the real world works.

Go home now and enjoy your blue-pill bullshit world of following the rules you sick simpleton.

I'm the simpleton? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This coming from a guy that expects Opie and Jimmy to just walk away from million dollar contracts they signed without any repercussions, or to prove to you there no hypocrites, but I'm the simpleton? You can't be serious. I've been going on about how complicated this actually is because it involves billion dollar corporations, lawyers, staff, and a bunch of other stuff but yeah... I'm a simpleton. Good one, guy.

You come up with this bullshit excuse that "no no no no, if I sign a contract, then I cannot be a hypocrite later on," which is complete and utter bullshit. You're still a hypocrite, pure and simple. You may have decided to take money and and easy road to keep getting income from a job, but you're a hypocrite.

This says everything we need to know about you. Only an idiot would purposely breach a multimillion dollar contract they have with a 20 billion dollar corporation because you want to show how loyal you can be.

And this says everything anyone needs to know about you. Money means more than principles to you. I guess I shouldn't expect someone who lives their life by this thinking to know what hypocrisy means, and I definitely should expect a dumbfuck like that to whine like a baby when someone calls them out on it.

You're right I am not dumb enough to purposely breach a contract I have with a publicly traded company so I can have my life's earnings, and everything I ever worked for taken way from me and my family just so I can prove to some broke motherfucker on the internet that I am not a hypocrite. Yeah, you totally have me figured out.

Once you've signed a contract there is no just walking away. Keep calling them hypocrites you sound retarded right now. I can't believe I am having this conversation with you. I love how you think you called Opie + Jimmy out but all know about the siutation is what you've heard here and on Twitter. Its fucking pathetic. I'm sure Opie and Jimmy will take into consideration your thoughts, lol. Also Anthony gave them his blessing to continue.

So how out of touch with the real world are you that you think you can just do whatever the fuck you want? You've never been in a situation before that made you go against something you believed in have you? Keep thinking you're a champion of whatever cause you're preaching about because you're not. Burning bridges and acting like a complete buffoon who thinks he can do whatever he wants will only cost you.

Its also Monday the day after a long holiday weekend, and Opie just probably met with SXM today but yet you've already concluded that they are hyprocites despite the fact most of this is out of there control anyway? Jesus, you're stupid as fuck.

edit:https://twitter.com/JimNorton/status/486295344183914497 here is Norton elaborating on the situation. He's stuck under contract. What in the fuck would you like Jimmy to do? Walk away now so he can lose everything he has? Do you really think that's what Anthony wants for his friends? God dammit I hate how stupid you are.

They can do whatever the fuck they want to. I'm just done with them.

...and not a single fuck was given by anyone.

No you're not as you're still posting in the Opie and Anthony sub on Reddit. You're just being a th'silly goose'th!

They're probably trying to get him back but nothing they've said has yet given that impression so fuck em both if that's the case. And Ant got out of his contract by saying Cunt and Animal. I'm sure both Opie and Jimmy could get out of theirs to. If they're staying because of money then fuck em, if they're staying because they're hoping to save all three of em then great. Also fuck the rest of the cunts on the show, riding coattails doesn't give them any right to expect shit from the "talent"

These are the type of dopes I am talking about. You take there Twtter feeds and pretend you know what's going on behind the scenes. What are the supposed to say that would fucking make you happy, and why should O&A+J have to air out there private conversations out in public? They owe nothing to us fans right now. Your a fan stay out of O&A+J personal relationships with each other. Its not our fucking business. We don't know what they've said to each other but they've all most certainly talked. Hell Jimmy was even at Anthony's house this past weekend. You don't think they discussed some things? Get real ya' dopey hater. Also, Ant said a lot more to get out of his contract and has a history of making similar comments about race. Its called context you dummy.

Also, the staff rides there coattails? Please. Opie & Anthony get half there content from bashing the staff. Erock has been gold over the years. A true fucking warrior. Sam has instigated some of the best bits over the years. The rest of the guys are more behind the scenes but they add to the show too. Why do you think the production value of Opie & Anthony is so much better than some random podcast that's out there? Its because they have a staff.

Some people don't understand how the real world works, and the others probably just purposely being asses to poke people with sticks.

Bravo.

They don't owe me, it's not my business. They owe Anthony. Just like you said Anthony said things in context. We all know when he uses words like Animal or Savage he means Nigger, dummy and he's always done that, why is it all of a sudden a problem? Because Gawker noticed?

Also we don't know if they're continuing the show. The tweet had a video attached.

They don't owe Anthony anything and Anthony doesn't owe them a thing either. Also, you don't breach multimillion dollar contracts because you're loyal. Only an idiot would do that. Are you an idiot sir?

You know you're morally bankrupt when even Tom Cruise have higher standards.

This is a bullshit, cowardly decision. Real people would have all walked the day of. Hate to say it, but Leykis is right.

What do you do for a living?

Are you insinuating that Opie and Jim are not "real people" and that we should be raising a generation of super kids?

What do you do for a living, character?

What was Leykis right about?

True, loyal people would have just said fuck it and all walked over to a podcast. They would have said, "Suck our fuckin' dicks" on Thursday night and did the Live from the Compound July 4th with Ant.

When did Leykis say that?

He said Opie and Jim were disloyal and should have walked. He was right.

Was it a tweet?

It was. He said Opie should have walked day of.

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Was it a tweet?

For the new show.

Yeah I wouldn't be too happy with that if I were Opie or Jim (or the rest of the staff). I dunno, honestly all of his tweets sound pretty drunk to me

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Opie and Jimmy are continuing the show for now, but who knows if they have any intention of re-signing in October. If they aren't going to, then who gives a shit. They're guaranteed a job until then with or without subs canceling. Also I think most of us would be doing the same in his shoes. The things he said on Twitter were no worse than what he's said on air(and twitter) hundreds of times before, and because of that, he thought it would be perfectly fine this time too. SXM caved on him, and Opie and Jim should rightfully worry that the same could happen to them at any time. Do we really want an O&J show that censors itself?

BTW, I fully support whatever decision Opie and Jim make, but it's not fair to demonize Anthony either. I think he's intelligent enough that he would have never tweeted those things if he thought it would jeopardize the show.

Now we don't want to show support through sales? Wtf are we suppose to do.

You're right I am not dumb enough to purposely breach a contract I have with a publicly traded company so I can have my life's earnings, and everything I ever worked for taken way from me and my family just so I can prove to some broke motherfucker on the internet that I am not a hypocrite. Yeah, you totally have me figured out.

Once you've signed a contract there is no just walking away. Keep calling them hypocrites you sound retarded right now. I can't believe I am having this conversation with you. I love how you think you called Opie + Jimmy out but all know about the siutation is what you've heard here and on Twitter. Its fucking pathetic. I'm sure Opie and Jimmy will take into consideration your thoughts, lol. Also Anthony gave them his blessing to continue.

So how out of touch with the real world are you that you think you can just do whatever the fuck you want? You've never been in a situation before that made you go against something you believed in have you? Keep thinking you're a champion of whatever cause you're preaching about because you're not. Burning bridges and acting like a complete buffoon who thinks he can do whatever he wants will only cost you.

Its also Monday the day after a long holiday weekend, and Opie just probably met with SXM today but yet you've already concluded that they are hyprocites despite the fact most of this is out of there control anyway? Jesus, you're stupid as fuck.

edit:https://twitter.com/JimNorton/status/486295344183914497 here is Norton elaborating on the situation. He's stuck under contract. What in the fuck would you like Jimmy to do? Walk away now so he can lose everything he has? Do you really think that's what Anthony wants for his friends? God dammit I hate how stupid you are.

I am a big fan of rescue me, but Leary needs to let go already.

I really don't get why these guys dont make their own show like its always sunny but with comedians in absurd situations with famous cameos . Jim and Bob with Colin as a regular guest. Vos and other comics they know can be on it aswell

Louis ck show "Louie" had the layout right but he made some kind of Douchy art drama which is interesting but not funny. At all.

They need to do this to get everyone a paycheck, approach Fx, Netflix or Hulu and just go for it.