I felt this way 2 months ago but have since stopped listening. You'll eventually do the same, as will everyone else in this sub, and we'll all be left here, sadly reminiscing about old times.

But we can still hate Opie even then

Yeah I'm a big Ant fan but all three the last few months it was just really stale. Before the firing the sub was all complaints about it, now with Ant gone, it's gotten really bad.

I love these outraged threads, like people actually thought Opie was going to somehow improve. He forgets words as they're coming out of his mouth.

He forgets words as they're coming out of his mouth. . . . . .This is the perfect summation of Opie.

Opie represents every mental illness.

The show is as fun as going to the hospital to see a relative wasting away from chemo treatment. The show should have been cancelled. The plug should have been pulled. In 6 month's time the show will be at Terri Shiavo levels.

They're not even a month into a new contract and they are talking about crepes for half an hour. Will somebody please smother this bed-ridden devolution with a pillow?

This Ant firing was Opies chance to strike out on his own, silence the haterz, and show he deserves his status.

Sadly it is only working out that way in his own mind only, and his ballwasher sycophants like Sam.

Ant is putting out a superior product despite not having the overwhelming resources Greggshells has.

Ant is putting out a superior product

It really isn't that much better. Both Opie & Jim and TACS are mediocre radio; not anywhere close to the O&A show.

Fair enough sir, but O and A is done.

I happen to think both are relieved the partnership is over.

I think so too, yeah.

I think one of the two DEF is not.

Once Ant started his show and it was clear that OnJ were re-signing, I thought "great, two pretty good shows". At this point I like Ants show, although I do skip through it sometimes when the topic or guest isn't interesting to me. I also think that he needs a good 2nd mic to work off. On his own though, he's far better than OnJ, and I'm a Jim Norton fan. Since Ant left I have been skipping entire segments of OnJ and even more recently, have just not listened at all when I see the guests and topics that they cover. Far too much Soder and I don't mind Soder. Far too many dumb music breaks and 90 day fiancée type breaks. I will continue to check in (for free) but I don't have much hope for it unless a good guest like Colin is in.

The downer about Ant's show, for me, is that it happens live when I'm not able to watch/listen. Part of what made the show great is feeling like I can contribute at any moment. It's still lightyears better than the morning alternative though.

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Have you heard the callrrs on Ant's show?

You know you can use the rss feed to download the shows to your phone, don'tcha? Link to FAQ

yeah, listening isn't my issue, it's just that I have family and shit going on when the show is live and can't listen DURING the show. I've been listening to it like that in the mornings.

I've been listening since the first Egg Nog Drinking Contest. I knew one of the guys in the competition from another forum and that got me to listen.

The show has been a major part of my life since then. I even started to hate my boss a little when he got satellite radio and became a Howard fan.

The show is over.

Ant's show is the closest you're going to get to an O&A show. He has hot girls on and people are having fun. If I want to listen to a disinterested millionaire interview who-gives-a-shit celebrities, I'll listen to Howard.

The future is going to be the Soder and Jay Oakerson show. We'll see what Sirius does to try to ruin that before it can take off, but I'll be putting a lot of support to that when it rolls out.

If I want to listen to a disinterested millionaire interview who-gives-a-shit celebrities, I'll listen to Howard.

And crepes man. Don't forget the crepes.

http://youtu.be/1H-Y7MAASkg?t=45s

60 years old and Shitbag can't do a show on his own!

Every other regular friend of the show they know are doing TV shows , radio shows and Pod-casts solo.

Yeah, all the friends who are doing TV shows "on their own" like... well, just Louie (Burr and anyone else working on a show has a full staff, writing teams, etc.)

And the guys doing podcasts solo like... Burr... and... wait, that's basically it.

It is great to not like pesky things like facts get in the way of the rabid Opie bashing, though.

But Ant does his show all by himself!

Oh, wait . . .

spose if Shitbag come in without Jim he would be doing it without Sam ,Roland, and etc.

LOL

Im afraid this show will last cause they believe they are releasing a quality product. Only thing to do is jump ship. Im slowly moving away, i used to be all in with o and a but find myself not even caring if i hear any of them.

I don't know. I thought 2010-2013 was pretty goddamn horrid.

I still like the show. I think they should just hire soder as third chair. He's great and is getting better as time Goes on. It'll never be as good as o&a (obviously) But I'm not on board with all the hate. Hopefully ant comes back after a year and they make a huge deal about it and actually publicize it and bring all our favorites in that day like Louie, soder, Colin, bobby, florentine, and vos. Anyone agree that this idea would be amazing, and with the right hype and PR can actually propel the boys up into a new level. Cuz like you said, there is definitely a lot of new eyes on them because of the comic friends success and the availability of youtube videos.

Shout out to VIDEO&A dude and the too liberal Steveyknight

Bashing Opie relentlessly has helped mitigate my frustration. His awfulness is so fascinating that it must be discussed and studied by this and future generations.

"Never Again."

Still like the show...I look at radio hosts like my dancing monkeys. I pay, they entertain me when I need it, end of transaction. Both Cumia and Opie continue to do that and I don't take it too seriously...no goofy hashtags, no protests. Jocktober was very good today. Sam still sucks bbc.

"Now we're stuck with morning zoo radio that we listen to daily out of habit"

So break the habit, I did. I gave them a few shows once Ant was fired (i canceled my sub the morning of July 4th after reading Ant's twitter and he confirmed his firing) through download and it didnt click with me. And i dont even really bother with the opie hate, i mean it's fun to make fun of him on here by calling him a talentless douche but that's about it, it's more of a thing where norton doesnt really seem to know how to play off of him and to be honest it seemed like in the last 6-8 months even Ant wasn't having very good chemistry with Op. But like i was saying, move on man; there are literally hundreds of good podcasts out there, Ron Bennington is still doing radio, and you have Ant's show if that happens to tickle your fancy. I honestly don't understand sticking with a show you obviously hate, why torture yourself when you could be listening to entertaining shows that make you laugh?

The show is over yea. A nightmare though? A little melodramatic don't you think? The dude with the 100lb scrotum is living a nightmare, not radio listeners that have a million other podcasts to listen to.

Jesus christ, get over it. Its just background noise.

Only way to save the show is make it opie and regular Joe

I listened to O&A everyday as well, I was legitimately depressed after Ant got fired.. I'll only listen now if there is a legit good guest, and even then it's still doesn't hold a candle to when Ant was with them. Fuck SXM, seriously. NOTHING would have happened to them as a company if they had kept Ant on, but they folded like the bunch of scared white people they are and now the greatest comedic radio show the world has ever known is is a thing of the past.

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when it comes to watching my favorite show degenerate

Your favorite show ended a few months back.

There is no balance. I really don't like having to hear jim constantly running with whatever he can grab on to. It's just a constant barrage. He was the ringer and now he is just constantly cranking out jokes and it sounds like insanity

its ogre

Jesus dude, just stop listening. Check out Ants show or some podcasts or something.

Today: "just stop listening to the show!"

Tomorrow: "everyone stopped listening to the show."

The day after tomorrow: "remember when there was a show?"

No, the name of the channel is OpieRadio; the show is named 'Opie & Jim'.

SiriusXM Satellite Radio is responsible for naming both, not Opie.

I don't think SXM would care enough to name the show/channel.

"OpieRadio" was probably Opie's idea. It makes sense, OpieRadio is kind of a brand on its own. He has over 300k followers at @OpieRadio, you know? And they're ALL authentic.

Now now there not all authentic the opster "doesn't mind a few egg followers" when he's "checking his numbers"

I hope that egg quote was just something he would say rather than something he did say. That would be very unfortunate.

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Obviously it was his idea. My point is that the ultimate decision on what to name any channel resides with SiriusXM executives, not the on-air talent.

I'm sure SiriusXM acceded to renaming it OpieRadio because it's an empty gesture; a trade-off for something that might have proved more substantial (like a larger pay increase). It costs the company nothing while it does wonders for Opie's ego, which plainly is all that dummy cares about at this point.

SiriusXM Satellite Radio is responsible for naming both, not Opie.

Wow - you're dumb. "Management" just happened to name the channel the same thing he'd personally branded himself across social media? If anything - they'd need to get his permission to use that brand.

go fuck yourself. you spread your dumbass comments in multiple threads the last few days, and i let it pass. eat proper shit.

if u honestly believe that opie had no input with sch things as the name et al then just put ur head back in the sand u apologist

ME: what do you like about the show?

gsbird1065: ummm, it's not as shit as i thought it would, ummm be.

No. It is.

I just wasn't expecting anything more than what we're getting, so I'm not disappointed.

I didn't say he had no input; I'm saying the final decision is not his.

He can't make the company change the show's, or the channel's, name to anything. The company, on the other hand, could change both to whatever they liked and Opie would have to live with it for as long as his contract runs (unless he decided to walk).

Do you see the distinction?

He's just on-air talent. He is not management.

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Oh horseshit. Opie started prepping that OpieRadio brand months/years ago.

tsss opieradio, should be dopeyradio....

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Have you heard the callrrs on Ant's show?

You know you can use the rss feed to download the shows to your phone, don'tcha? Link to FAQ