When Steve died, Opie read a tweet from Kevin from Connecticut saying he knows Opie and Steve didn't get along but expressed his condolences anyway. Opie tore into Kevin saying he's an idiot who doesn't know what goes on behind the scenes. That was over two years ago and you still don't hear much from Kevin on the show. Opie is a deeply shitty person.

I remember that. Opies anger revealed that Kevin hit a nerve and the truth.

That was my thought when I heard that.

Didn't he call him the "idiot of the day" or something queer like that?

I bet he used his HILARIOUS twitter voice. He's so talented that's a hard one to pull off.

If it wasn't true you would just say "thats not true" and give an example of you getting along. By going off like that just shows he desperately wants to absolve himself of any blame.

I always wondered what happened to him. He was hilarious in the paltalk chat and when Opie would steal his lines from instant feedback.

I remember Opie saying during the initial Troy Quan shit that, "no-one gets fired without our say so". If that was Opie's grandiose mentality after Steve's firing, it goes to show just how much Opie didn't give a fuck when Steve was fired.. regardless of his typical 'good guy' lies.

Opie doesn't read any feedback anymore. That's why he hasn't had more than 5 funny lines in the last year.

Hate him all you want, but you have to admit he's good at reading other people's jokes.

No, he isn't.

There was never a worse job (while in their prime) to be the executive O&A producer. Every fucking miscue, misspelled prepsheet, uncut video, wrong smoothie order (what are they 6? With ketchup?) was all ending in a personal half hour attack. When really, if they gave two shits and stayed (or showed up for) post and pre-show meetings, it was easily avoidable. But fuck it Gregg! Let's brag about doing no show prep and how awesome we are!!!...

They never really cared. It was always the problem. They just never gave a shit.

If Opie had bitched half as much about management firing Steve as he did when Troy Quann was sent to time out, Steve may be alive today. BTW - the return of Troy was the biggest ho-hum over-rated event of the year. I wanted him back and then when he got back, I did not give a shit.

Did ANY O&A fan give a SHIT about hearing Troy Quan on the air? I'm serious. I'm not putting the guy down, it sucks that his girlfriend died and I don't wish ill on him at all, but he's not an interesting guy on air, he's just a douchey manchild, and I just realized you could apply that term to all of the 3 stars of The Opie and Anthony Show. Wow.

I liked some of Troys stories, like when he used to hang out with Erock back in the day. Also when he attacked Derosa's livelihood. He's OK once in a while.

Troy is a try hard though, no real talent.

I believe OpieRadio was created within weeks of that fight.

If you had a raqio show and your producer basically stole your clips, imprinted huge logos on videos than tried to sell it back to you, you are ok with that?

I recently listened to this podcast that Steve was on shortly before he died where he explained he put a lot of work and money into doing the site, shooting and uploading videos, run-downs, etc. that he did for free. And as y'all know, there was a lot on there if you could find it on his ridiculous site. He sounded sincere that he just wanted some reasonable compensation for the work and personal resources he had put into it.

i am not denying that he did great work, he actually did what O&A were too fucking lazy to do, that is why i don't care if Opie or Ant got butthurt by what Steve did. Honestly though, he didn't need to hold it over O&A and make them have to spend their money to get their show clips back. but then again, what the fuck do i know?

Agreed. I don't know either...Steve says earlier in that interview that he was still friends with all the guys on the show and was in frequent contact with many of them. Goddamn I miss that era of the show! YESSSSSSSS!!

And THATS how you executive produce.

O&A made no effort to own their own clips so Steve stepped up. He wasn't getting paid to do it, so he made some cash by imprinting his domain and selling advertising (mostly porn)

Now o&j have zero web presence. It's Opie's fault for not caring about his content until YouTube became popular

Opie should get himself fired. I really think if Jim were alone and headlining the channel, more of his comedian friends would "chip" in without the Opster cramping his style.

Wassat?

BTW - the return of Troy was the biggest ho-hum over-rated event of the year. I wanted him back and then when he got back, I did not give a shit.

But...but...think of all the ass-eating tales you would have otherwise missed.

Yeah that was fun the first ten minutes, then Opie killed the fun by going too long on the subject and bringing it up every day with nothing to add.

Why would he bitch? He is the one that got Steve fired. He complained about him every day for over a year. Always had a problem with how he did his job. If he was on the phone e he was a piece of shit, if he wasn't he was neglecting a call.

Ol' Dangly Legs couldn't do anything right in Opie's Eyes.

Steve was fucking awful. The only contribution he made to the show was the bashings he took. People complain that O&J have gone soft but then come here with this whining nonsense. Steve knew that taking verbal abuse was a part of the job.

Bullied by opie until he killed himself. Hope opie feels good the guy left a kid behind.

Opie really needs to suffer.

Narcissist Gregg would say Steve is selfish and that he had nothing to do with it.

Is that how he died? I had no idea. I thought it was medical or something.

Supposedly people have made references to Steve killing himself but it's all hushed up and vague anyway.

lets just pretend that anthony and jimmy were never a part of it.

I mean when anthony makes the ghost steve voice making fun of the guy that commited suicide and left a kid behind, he does it out of love.

I think Jim and Ant were truly being humorous in most cases....but Opie and Sam had hatred towards him. I remember FlabTits whining about Steve wanting to be compensated for all the audio and video he complied at his time and expense, Mr Multimillionaire. Then when he died, Opie is immediately defensive of what a dick he acted like to Steve.

I am not sure why he killed himself.....nor do I know what really happened that he lost his job or if these 3 idiots(O, A, J) actually even tried to stand up for him.

but Opie and Sam had hatred towards him

Don't forget that fuck Danny. He was a complete asshole to Steve. I think Ant took Danny's side when Steve was let go and Opie just flat out didn't care. They should have fought for him if they gave a shit. Steve had been around since WNEW and hosted all their clips on his shitty site free for years. From the sound of it, he never once got any kickbacks from OnA for the storage and design.

RIP Steve. He didn't deserve half the shit he got on that show. In the end he was ganged up on by a bunch of little girls (sam & danny) and forced out.

Grrrrr

What makes Danny even worse is that Steve went to bat for Danny, got him his job on O&A. Ungrateful short bald fuck.

Yup, Danny(and other behind the scenes idiots) were absolute cocks to Steve. I used to laugh my ass off at the gay Steve shit and what not, that all seemed humorous and that he was ultimately cool with it. Like that faggot Prius.

N-n-n-n-n-n-o. Or however you type that. Yes, RIP Steve....one of the most memorable people of the show.

That was the prime show for me. I started listening in 2008 and it was pretty much steadily downhill from there, but I miss that show. I don't know if it's strong out of context but I loved when Steve didn't make it into work.

Danny was a tiny, balding passive aggressive cunt to everyone though. The genuine hate he still gets to this day is more than justified.

i remember when they said "his position had been eliminated". Total bs, he was fired and either they approved it, or didn't fight it at all. Not that they aren't allowed to fire him, but just own up to that shit.

Had to do with the Foundry shit and was all Opie.

I know Opie did not even open his lips. Maybe even AntH or Jimmy too.....but there was no reason that SteveC had to leave the show.

Technically it was, but they hired Roland a month later as a booker, and guest booking was part of Steve's job before that. So basically they replaced Steve with Roland.

I would never try to justify a man's reasons for doing the ole yahtzee, but to say Steve was "fired" is a little off. Steve's position was "eliminated" (Opie's words, not mine). At the time, we all shit on Sirius. How could they just "eliminate" a position without O,A&J stopping it!? Don't they have any say or power!?

Well, about like "eliminating" Anthony's position... All planning, zero resistance. Hashtag #Opieraqio

so the position of "executive producer" was eliminated (until Travis, then Sam both got the job)

Even if they had no power....on would think they would be able to hire him themselves in some way even part time, considering it would be millionaires paying a quite modest salary. Meanwhile AntH was buying dinosaur statues. SteveC actually produced.

It wasn't just Opie that hated Steve. I'm pretty sure that Ant was pissed about the whole Foundry/content ownership thing as well. I don't remember him ever going into it in depth, but he did once say that he and Steve had once been friends but had a falling out.

but he did once say that he and Steve had once been friends but had a falling out.

That was most likely due to him being up Danny's fucking ass. Anthony would defend Danny whenever he would start shit with Steve and now he wants to act like they were friends on his shit podcast.

Well, part of a guy like Steve or Eric, a producer, part of their job on a show like O&A or Howard is getting the shit beat out of them to kill time....

So, Sam's the executive producer right? Oh wait, he was nursed off brotherman's supple tits so he'll never catch any shit.

Steve's incompetence was "the bit." Preparation and production was substantially stronger under him than it is now.

They should have never fired him or angled to get him fired. "His position was eliminated" is the weakest, mealy-mouthed corporatespeak I have ever heard.

Good thing they fired him for Foundry and then paid a professional to give them a strong online presence, right? Morons. They fired their show's Baba Booey, lost a good promotional website and have a worse production crew. Good job!

E-Rock got a lot more guff back then too. I think Sam played a large part in stirring things up behind the scenes, and Danny also seemed to escalate arguments unnecessarily on a consistent basis. Some of it was probably "pumped up" for the air, but I think overall it was just a more volatile and mean spirited environment back in the day, and Steve got caught in the middle of it unfortunately.

The downturn of the show began with the firing of Steve

Noone outside the show staff has any idea how much of that was organic and how much of it was a character/radio bit.

But them dicking with Steve (or Ron with Earl) was far far far more entertaining than anything they've done recently.

They rode black earl really hard back in the day too. It was the same with Steve, but in the end with the watermarked shit and steves website, opie ended up hating him. Opie and them basically gave steve a pass to do the foundry stuff, and steve supplemented his income that way. but all the sudden opie decided he wanted to go All in on the internet stuff and steve was in the way and had somehow fucked him over.

But where are the clips now, can only find some 240p vid here and there on utube

Opie killed Steve C.

I don't know if it was ever mentioned, but Jimmy's trainer, the one that helped him going to the gym and eating better, is M.J., Steve C's fitness model wife.

Of Steve's wife? https://i.imgur.com/Jernihe.jpg

Yeeeeeeeeeeesssssss. Ramone, go get my better shows. The ones without the q in radio.

Steve did a very interesting interview for some podcast months before he died, he seemed like he didn't hold any grudges towards the show but explained his side of O&A saying he tried to sell their content back to them and it makes them look as cheap and dishonest as I always assumed they were.

The interview is here (Pt1, Pt2 and Pt3), well worth the listen.

He always seemed like a genuinely sweet guy that was incapable to cope with the whole 'Lord of the Flies' atmosphere cultivated by the show. There are two moments that in hindsight strike me as particularly sad, in which Jimmy sensed that Steve was depressed and had a real sense of isolation that went beyond the regular show bullshit. I guess that Jimmy felt that something was wrong with him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cjQFaBePKQ#t=84m10s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwyxQ8nY7Fs#t=11m05s

I do wish the guy got some help and was treated better, yet the responsibility for his actions ultimately lays on his shoulders. Danny was a real vile cunt though, and absolutely should have been knocked out by him preferably losing some teeth in the process.

The funniest part is Steve could've killed any one of them with his bare hands. Met the guy a few times. Good dude. RIP Steve and one day the Pendulum will swing back the other way.

I totally agree Steve had some responsibility for creating that situation. Some people just shouldn't be in positions of management. Sam was a little shit stirrer but I think basically did what he was told. Danny however was openly insubordinate, and Steve should have nipped that in the bud right away. Steve just meekly went along with it and eventually everyone ended up despising him for his weakness.

What can he do Anthony was protecting him

the steve trashings are cringe inducing to listen to now

and personally, i like the whole 'foundry' album

I think the majority of it was just for the show. I'm sure they were a dick to him, but I think that for the most part were they probably civil to him outside of the show. If you're part of the show, you're going to get shit on.

Sam doesn't get shit on, because he can dish it back. Sam can be annoying as fuck, but he's an asshole and would easily kick the shit out of Opie with shit. He slaps him with little pieces of jerkiness every once and awhile. Sam doesn't give a shit and he also reads this sub, so he can learn some new lines against the two turds.

But back to Steve - in terms of a lot of things, he was ahead of his time. He was trying to do videos (with that horrible fucking logo bullshit) way before Youtube. Many of the vids that he did back in the day would've been more "VIRAL" than any piece of shit that Opie tries to put out.

RIP Sloppy party bottom.

They always moaned about the Foundry Music thing but at least Steve tried. I always felt bad for him.

only reason why I don't care all that much is because Steve put up with it for how long? had he been an intern they bullied on day 1, and the bullied the shit out of him for sure, and then he killed himself on day 2? I'd feel bad, otherwise either stand up for yourself or leave that shithole. Personal responsibility goes a long way but it is rather sad from my disconnected point of view :(

Buddy, he killed himself because Opie got Steve fired. Steve could not get stable work after and ultimately selfishly couldn't take the stress and killed himself. Opie is responsible for destroying that family

That's a bit over the line.

Just about every one who gets fired from O&A or R&F are unable to find a stable work in radio again. If he was in such dire straits and reached out for help, I'm sure somebody could have got him on at Rockstar or Hard Rock Cafe or some other place that hires all the refugees.

That's cause Steve C was a fat cunt. Sucked so far up his own rectal canal.

Steve was a colossal fuck up. I don't blame the staff or the boys for going off on him because that shit went on for YEARS. And it made some of the best radio they've ever done. I wish he hadn't killed himself, but I'm not about to rewrite history for him.

Technically it was, but they hired Roland a month later as a booker, and guest booking was part of Steve's job before that. So basically they replaced Steve with Roland.

Had to do with the Foundry shit and was all Opie.

I know Opie did not even open his lips. Maybe even AntH or Jimmy too.....but there was no reason that SteveC had to leave the show.