Adam spends a lot of his podcast re-hashing stories he's told a hundred times.
I don't think Opie has any stories. I think he makes up fake stories, just to have something to talk about. Back in the day I had a friend who was a habitual liar, and he acted just like Opie. Inventing stories out of thin air, and then eventually he'd tell the stories over and over again. Often the stories would change over time.
Carolla is funny but I think he was best on Loveline when he had dumb teenagers to make fun of the whole show. He has been telling the same Pop Warner Football/My Dad is lazy/I worked for a carpet cleaning company stories for the last 20 years. It does leave you feeling kind of like nothing interesting has happened to the guy since 1987.
Which is probably true.
Once you get married your whole life centers around work and family.
And louis ck is the only person that's good at making THAT sounds interesting.
The only thing I can offer, as the person that started off this entire chain of events many years ago: Adam was trashing the show. We never get to hear THAT audio, all I know is I turned on my radio and Adam is going "Who even listens to Opie & Anthony, who gives a shit about those guys," something like that. He was on some rant about O&A. I don't know what set Adam off, but I called O&A who were in the last 10 minutes of their show and said "Carolla is out here talking shit about you guys," then Ope had me put my cell phone up to my radio and pipe Adam's show into O&A. That's when Opie went on this famous tirade. I sat at my radio for a 1/2 hour, holding my phone up to it, playing the feed of Adam's show.
I'm a fan of both shows, but I'm a loyal O&A soldier, so I alerted them. Opie only went on the tirade after Adam smashed them first, for whatever reason. Now whether or not Opie is exaggerating that whole Adam meeting on Loveline is another thing, that I can't attest to. But if Im recalling everything correctly, Adam started this whole thing. That was 2007.
As with all callers, you're totally wrong. He didn't trash the show or call them "douchebags" as you told O&A he did. The whole discussion about them was Carolla wondering why they had called him a douchebag on the air when the only interaction he ever had with them had been cordial.
At no point did he say anything close to "Who even listens to Opie & Anthony, who gives a shit about those guys."
Opie started the whole thing, and it's likely that he was either lying about what occurred at their meeting in LA, or as I believe, he's such an insecure douche that he perceived it that way.
I turned on the radio one morning, he was talking shit about O&A, that's all I can tell you and all I knew at the time. I'm paraphrasing myself, counselor, saying I called up and said Adam called them douchebags and whatever else. I don't have a transcript of what I said when I called in, I'm sure I just said something like "Adam is talking shit about you guys on the air."
This whole thing I'm going off memories of 7 years ago. It's easier now with all the facts in and being able to go back and dig up all this audio after the fact and go "Hey, you're wrong," of course. There's also the possibility that Adam is lying, and that was why Opie got so upset.
All I know was at the time, I turned on the radio and Adam was in the middle of a rant about O&A. I reported it, it turned into a thing. If I was wrong or didn't have all my facts in initially in 2007, then I'm wrong. It was the heat of the moment.
And I found Carolla's audio you were referring to within 1 minute by searching "adam carolla show" on a torrent search and just getting the show from the same date as the O&A audio.
It's not like this was difficult to find even now, but at the time you called in with the misinformation about him "talking smack" and calling them "douchebags" you were still listening to him talk. It's not like you were going off of a 7 year old memory then, and 7 years later you're still saying the same thing, which was never true, that Carolla started it by calling them douchebags. The exact opposite is true. Opie called Carolla a douchebag on the air based on one brief encounter that had occurred years prior, and Carolla, without even insulting them, told the story of the one time he remembered meeting them.
Sorry I'm being a dick. It's just really fun being right.
I wouldn't think to Google "Opie Anthony Carolla," I was trying to look through old 97.1 archives someplace, but didn't come up with anything. I don't really have time to dig through torrent searches and stuff, sorry.
Your 2nd paragraph is incorrect. As I've said a few times, I was paraphrasing myself going off memory; I'm pretty sure I simply said "Adam is talking shit about you guys right now." I doubt I actually told them he called them douchebags unless I heard him say it. "I was still listening to him talk." Ok, he was in the middle of the discussion on it, I heard him talking about them negatively, so I'm on hold with O&A in New York with the phone screener and then Opie talking to me, so I'm sorry if my attention wasn't 100% focused on what Adam was saying at the time. I was a bit distracted, not to mention nervous that I was on the air with the b b boys too, you're taking away the human element of the thing. Sure hindsight is 20/20, but at the time I had 75 things running through my head so forgive me if I wasn't 100% composed while it was all happening.
You missed a few of my posts, bud. INITIALLY yes, I thought that was true that Adam started it. Even in my original few posts on this, I SAID "Unless I'm mistaken, and Adam was actually responding to something Opie had already said," because I wasn't 100% sure that was the case. (Which was why I put that caveat out there) When another guy came to post "Yes, that was the case," I remonstrated myself and said that I was indeed mistaken.
I made a couple mistakes, yes, I admit. The A2's always were a bit twitchy. Fuck do you want from me.
Oddly enough, a year ago Jim Jeffries was on The Adam & Drew podcast. I think around then Opie/the show was into trashing Drew pretty hard for Celebrity Rehab and stuff. Drew brought it up, then Adam started talking about this whole 2007 episode, saying he didn't know what set Opie off so hard. They played the same clip of Opie going crazy. Jim Jeffries said he was friends with all parties, and didn't know what the beef was about, but the whole thing was a bummer.
To his credit, Adam said he didn't even remember how it all happened, but was ready to let bygones be bygones and squash the beef. I told Sam, Erock and Travis about it but it never got addressed on the air. Opie MUST have heard about it, and I wondered why he never mentioned it, or moved to make friends with Adam. (I love a good radio war, but I love a good radio truce just as much) I found it even more interesting that Opie ducked out last year when Adam was in studio for O&A. What interest does he have keeping that battle going? Why not put it past them?
Opie knows he can't possibly win an argument against Carolla face to face so his only option to make Carolla look bad is lying about him behind his back, obviously.
Carolla is like Anthony in that he was a blue collar guy who was smarter and funnier than all the people he worked with and realized he should be in radio so he figured out a way to get himself on the air. Opie is a guy with no real natural talent who went to college and learned how to spin records and has spent the rest of his life making up stories and trying to pretend he's the type of guy Ant and Carolla are.
BEFORE, that's what Im saying. Adam was on the radio saying this for whatever reason, so I called O&A to let them know. This was when Adam had his 97.1 FM show with Bonnaduce, they took over for Howard after he went to Sirius.
The only thing I can think is I could be missing a time Opie mentioned the Adam blow off once before, and what I heard was Adam reacting that. Then when I piped it into the Opester, it got him even more upset that Adam denied it? Im not 100% on that one. But if that's the case, Opie is the bad guy again. (If he was loying/exaggerating the whole thing, that is)
Someone would have to find that audio of Opie saying Adam was shitty to him somewhere between 2005 and early 2007 if it exists, that would absolve Adam from everything. (Again, if Opie is lying or wrong about it from the start)
Can't find it but I specifically remember Opie telling the Adam Carolla story the first time BEFORE this incident. That's why Adam Carolla was even talking about them in the first place because he heard that Opie had this beef with him.
Yeah, Jim actually casually joined in on the trashing once. He did a bad Adam impression and said "Good times, good times...yuck." but then he said "I'm only shitting on the guy because he was a dick to you (Opie), I've never met him."
After. I found the audio of Carolla talking about O&A and he is responding to Opie calling him a douchebag from 2 days before. I posted both clips in another comment below.
In fairness, all you actually did was call in with misinformation about what Carolla had said about them, which caused Opie to simply repeat his rant from 2 days prior about when he met Carolla.
I didn't call them with 'misinformation,' like I told the other guy I don't know what I actually said when I called into the show. Again, I'm going off memories from 2007. I'm pretty sure I just called in and said "Adam is talking shit about you guys here in LA right now," and the rest took care of itself. I just piped in the audio.
In my recollection, I thought Adam was more severe in talking about them. Hearing the audio now (and again, he was in the middle of this when I turned on my radio that day so I didn't know the context) it was fairly laid back, but I still called it in, wtf. Nobody shits on my boys.
Like I said, I was going off the memories of 2007. I thought (esp with the level of acrimony in Ope's tirade) that Adam had said something more severe. I was paraphrasing, hence the "or something like that." Yes, I was mistaken. With the memories of how hard Opie went off on him, over the years I'd thought that Adam was much more acrimonious on his show, but looking back now, he wasn't.
Anybody who was sick of radio guys lying would not have petulantly stayed home when Carolla was in studio but would have relished the opportunity to confront Carolla on air about it.
That is one of the most fraudulent, chickenshit things Opie ever did.
The only thing I can think is I could be missing a time Opie mentioned the Adam blow off once before, and what I heard was Adam reacting that. Then when I piped it into the Opester, it got him even more upset that Adam denied it? Im not 100% on that one. But if that's the case, Opie is the bad guy again. (If he was loying/exaggerating the whole thing, that is)
Someone would have to find that audio of Opie saying Adam was shitty to him somewhere between 2005 and early 2007 if it exists, that would absolve Adam from everything. (Again, if Opie is lying or wrong about it from the start)
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59 Leeham721 2015-01-14
That made me laugh so hard I had to pull over
I wasn't even driving
31 Knightscribe 2015-01-14
When psychology professors teach their students about projection, they just play clips of Opie.
11 ricardo_von_nicht 2015-01-14
Thats explains how management determined his "numbers" are so high.
5 hellofriendo1234 2015-01-14
This is the EXACT thought I had when Opie called Fez the "luckiest guy in radio."
I wanted to kick my radio in.
16 ricardo_von_nicht 2015-01-14
Jesus, Even Opie cant stand and is sick of himself. I guess thats a step in the right direction.
14 majestik6 2015-01-14
Adam spends a lot of his podcast re-hashing stories he's told a hundred times.
I don't think Opie has any stories. I think he makes up fake stories, just to have something to talk about. Back in the day I had a friend who was a habitual liar, and he acted just like Opie. Inventing stories out of thin air, and then eventually he'd tell the stories over and over again. Often the stories would change over time.
9 DrAttorney 2015-01-14
Carolla is funny but I think he was best on Loveline when he had dumb teenagers to make fun of the whole show. He has been telling the same Pop Warner Football/My Dad is lazy/I worked for a carpet cleaning company stories for the last 20 years. It does leave you feeling kind of like nothing interesting has happened to the guy since 1987.
5 Danielson799 2015-01-14
He's Anthony if ant hadn't given up and sucked the corporate teet for 2 decades.
3 majestik6 2015-01-14
Which is probably true. Once you get married your whole life centers around work and family. And louis ck is the only person that's good at making THAT sounds interesting.
6 phlammo 2015-01-14
Like where to hang Molly's leash, or how the yardkeeper finally learned to close the gate. Somehow, this is all more entertaining than the Q&J show.
10 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
The only thing I can offer, as the person that started off this entire chain of events many years ago: Adam was trashing the show. We never get to hear THAT audio, all I know is I turned on my radio and Adam is going "Who even listens to Opie & Anthony, who gives a shit about those guys," something like that. He was on some rant about O&A. I don't know what set Adam off, but I called O&A who were in the last 10 minutes of their show and said "Carolla is out here talking shit about you guys," then Ope had me put my cell phone up to my radio and pipe Adam's show into O&A. That's when Opie went on this famous tirade. I sat at my radio for a 1/2 hour, holding my phone up to it, playing the feed of Adam's show.
I'm a fan of both shows, but I'm a loyal O&A soldier, so I alerted them. Opie only went on the tirade after Adam smashed them first, for whatever reason. Now whether or not Opie is exaggerating that whole Adam meeting on Loveline is another thing, that I can't attest to. But if Im recalling everything correctly, Adam started this whole thing. That was 2007.
10 regis69 2015-01-14
As with all callers, you're totally wrong. He didn't trash the show or call them "douchebags" as you told O&A he did. The whole discussion about them was Carolla wondering why they had called him a douchebag on the air when the only interaction he ever had with them had been cordial.
At no point did he say anything close to "Who even listens to Opie & Anthony, who gives a shit about those guys."
Here's the audio, which is from 8-10-2007:
https://clyp.it/yhnyb5k1
And here's the audio from 8-08-2007, 2 days before you claim "Adam started this whole thing," of Opie calling Carolla a douchebag on the air:
https://clyp.it/mdmb4a42
Opie started the whole thing, and it's likely that he was either lying about what occurred at their meeting in LA, or as I believe, he's such an insecure douche that he perceived it that way.
1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I turned on the radio one morning, he was talking shit about O&A, that's all I can tell you and all I knew at the time. I'm paraphrasing myself, counselor, saying I called up and said Adam called them douchebags and whatever else. I don't have a transcript of what I said when I called in, I'm sure I just said something like "Adam is talking shit about you guys on the air."
This whole thing I'm going off memories of 7 years ago. It's easier now with all the facts in and being able to go back and dig up all this audio after the fact and go "Hey, you're wrong," of course. There's also the possibility that Adam is lying, and that was why Opie got so upset.
All I know was at the time, I turned on the radio and Adam was in the middle of a rant about O&A. I reported it, it turned into a thing. If I was wrong or didn't have all my facts in initially in 2007, then I'm wrong. It was the heat of the moment.
0 regis69 2015-01-14
How hard is it to google "Opie Anthony Carolla"? The audio of your call is the top video result.
http://youtu.be/INSCYz8y-IE
And I found Carolla's audio you were referring to within 1 minute by searching "adam carolla show" on a torrent search and just getting the show from the same date as the O&A audio.
It's not like this was difficult to find even now, but at the time you called in with the misinformation about him "talking smack" and calling them "douchebags" you were still listening to him talk. It's not like you were going off of a 7 year old memory then, and 7 years later you're still saying the same thing, which was never true, that Carolla started it by calling them douchebags. The exact opposite is true. Opie called Carolla a douchebag on the air based on one brief encounter that had occurred years prior, and Carolla, without even insulting them, told the story of the one time he remembered meeting them.
Sorry I'm being a dick. It's just really fun being right.
-1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I wouldn't think to Google "Opie Anthony Carolla," I was trying to look through old 97.1 archives someplace, but didn't come up with anything. I don't really have time to dig through torrent searches and stuff, sorry.
Your 2nd paragraph is incorrect. As I've said a few times, I was paraphrasing myself going off memory; I'm pretty sure I simply said "Adam is talking shit about you guys right now." I doubt I actually told them he called them douchebags unless I heard him say it. "I was still listening to him talk." Ok, he was in the middle of the discussion on it, I heard him talking about them negatively, so I'm on hold with O&A in New York with the phone screener and then Opie talking to me, so I'm sorry if my attention wasn't 100% focused on what Adam was saying at the time. I was a bit distracted, not to mention nervous that I was on the air with the b b boys too, you're taking away the human element of the thing. Sure hindsight is 20/20, but at the time I had 75 things running through my head so forgive me if I wasn't 100% composed while it was all happening.
You missed a few of my posts, bud. INITIALLY yes, I thought that was true that Adam started it. Even in my original few posts on this, I SAID "Unless I'm mistaken, and Adam was actually responding to something Opie had already said," because I wasn't 100% sure that was the case. (Which was why I put that caveat out there) When another guy came to post "Yes, that was the case," I remonstrated myself and said that I was indeed mistaken.
I made a couple mistakes, yes, I admit. The A2's always were a bit twitchy. Fuck do you want from me.
1 regis69 2015-01-14
"I doubt I actually told them he called them douchebags unless I heard him say it."
The comment you're replying to includes a link to the clip of you telling O&A that Carolla called them douchebags.
My comment above that includes the entire discussion on Carolla's show that you called O&A about and he doesn't call them douchebags in it.
1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
"Im sorry I did that. I'm embarrassed that I did that."
7 phlammo 2015-01-14
Thank you for your service.
5 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
Oddly enough, a year ago Jim Jeffries was on The Adam & Drew podcast. I think around then Opie/the show was into trashing Drew pretty hard for Celebrity Rehab and stuff. Drew brought it up, then Adam started talking about this whole 2007 episode, saying he didn't know what set Opie off so hard. They played the same clip of Opie going crazy. Jim Jeffries said he was friends with all parties, and didn't know what the beef was about, but the whole thing was a bummer.
To his credit, Adam said he didn't even remember how it all happened, but was ready to let bygones be bygones and squash the beef. I told Sam, Erock and Travis about it but it never got addressed on the air. Opie MUST have heard about it, and I wondered why he never mentioned it, or moved to make friends with Adam. (I love a good radio war, but I love a good radio truce just as much) I found it even more interesting that Opie ducked out last year when Adam was in studio for O&A. What interest does he have keeping that battle going? Why not put it past them?
3 regis69 2015-01-14
Opie knows he can't possibly win an argument against Carolla face to face so his only option to make Carolla look bad is lying about him behind his back, obviously.
Carolla is like Anthony in that he was a blue collar guy who was smarter and funnier than all the people he worked with and realized he should be in radio so he figured out a way to get himself on the air. Opie is a guy with no real natural talent who went to college and learned how to spin records and has spent the rest of his life making up stories and trying to pretend he's the type of guy Ant and Carolla are.
2 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I think those are valid assessments. And your opening sentence there is further supported by Opie dodjszin work the day Adam came into the studio.
2 ricardo_von_nicht 2015-01-14
Did this happen before or after Opie's obnoxious tirade?
3 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
BEFORE, that's what Im saying. Adam was on the radio saying this for whatever reason, so I called O&A to let them know. This was when Adam had his 97.1 FM show with Bonnaduce, they took over for Howard after he went to Sirius.
2 ricardo_von_nicht 2015-01-14
So based on that timeline, opie didnt have a problem with Adam if he went out of his way to go meet him. Its a wash.
3 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
The only thing I can think is I could be missing a time Opie mentioned the Adam blow off once before, and what I heard was Adam reacting that. Then when I piped it into the Opester, it got him even more upset that Adam denied it? Im not 100% on that one. But if that's the case, Opie is the bad guy again. (If he was loying/exaggerating the whole thing, that is)
Someone would have to find that audio of Opie saying Adam was shitty to him somewhere between 2005 and early 2007 if it exists, that would absolve Adam from everything. (Again, if Opie is lying or wrong about it from the start)
4 DocWheatley 2015-01-14
Can't find it but I specifically remember Opie telling the Adam Carolla story the first time BEFORE this incident. That's why Adam Carolla was even talking about them in the first place because he heard that Opie had this beef with him.
3 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
Ok, that makes sense then.
3 iheartdna 2015-01-14
Obviously the next Serial needs to focus on this case.
2 dankfranklin 2015-01-14
Yeah, Jim actually casually joined in on the trashing once. He did a bad Adam impression and said "Good times, good times...yuck." but then he said "I'm only shitting on the guy because he was a dick to you (Opie), I've never met him."
2 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I remember that. I love Jimmy on Carolla's show, I think he'd make a great 3rd mic on that. He was on twice and they had great chemistry.
2 regis69 2015-01-14
After. I found the audio of Carolla talking about O&A and he is responding to Opie calling him a douchebag from 2 days before. I posted both clips in another comment below.
0 I_DOXX_CATS 2015-01-14
This is the second time I've seen you take credit for this like you're the lynchpin of current events.
-2 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
Thanks for the report.
5 I_DOXX_CATS 2015-01-14
Its hilarious you keep bringing up your involvement. Mods should add flair so you can let everyone know without having to type it every time.
-1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I don't even know what that means, but ok.
2 regis69 2015-01-14
In fairness, all you actually did was call in with misinformation about what Carolla had said about them, which caused Opie to simply repeat his rant from 2 days prior about when he met Carolla.
-1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
I didn't call them with 'misinformation,' like I told the other guy I don't know what I actually said when I called into the show. Again, I'm going off memories from 2007. I'm pretty sure I just called in and said "Adam is talking shit about you guys here in LA right now," and the rest took care of itself. I just piped in the audio.
In my recollection, I thought Adam was more severe in talking about them. Hearing the audio now (and again, he was in the middle of this when I turned on my radio that day so I didn't know the context) it was fairly laid back, but I still called it in, wtf. Nobody shits on my boys.
"So I'm...callin it in."
3 regis69 2015-01-14
You said Carolla was talking smack and called them douchebags. He didn't.
http://youtu.be/INSCYz8y-IE
0 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
Like I said, I was going off the memories of 2007. I thought (esp with the level of acrimony in Ope's tirade) that Adam had said something more severe. I was paraphrasing, hence the "or something like that." Yes, I was mistaken. With the memories of how hard Opie went off on him, over the years I'd thought that Adam was much more acrimonious on his show, but looking back now, he wasn't.
10 breadmoccasin 2015-01-14
Snowy wants in BADLY Snowayyyy
6 jimcozad 2015-01-14
sooooo badly
5 mcnallan 2015-01-14
I thought he was referring to bobo...
7 jsnoots 2015-01-14
"I have a show awwlright..."
3 BeerCanThick 2015-01-14
Anybody who was sick of radio guys lying would not have petulantly stayed home when Carolla was in studio but would have relished the opportunity to confront Carolla on air about it.
That is one of the most fraudulent, chickenshit things Opie ever did.
3 Whyver 2015-01-14
Projection
3 ledcock 2015-01-14
I'm not loying
2 Kuru04 2015-01-14
Opie hates radio guys lying because that's his shtick.
3 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
The only thing I can think is I could be missing a time Opie mentioned the Adam blow off once before, and what I heard was Adam reacting that. Then when I piped it into the Opester, it got him even more upset that Adam denied it? Im not 100% on that one. But if that's the case, Opie is the bad guy again. (If he was loying/exaggerating the whole thing, that is)
Someone would have to find that audio of Opie saying Adam was shitty to him somewhere between 2005 and early 2007 if it exists, that would absolve Adam from everything. (Again, if Opie is lying or wrong about it from the start)
1 Weirdfellas 2015-01-14
"Im sorry I did that. I'm embarrassed that I did that."