Seven Years Ago, a Staff Member on O&A Told Us Everything.
34 2015-04-08 by majestik6
Does any of this sound familiar?
From seven years ago.
Sadly enough, the staff member is no longer in radio it appears. (Based on a look at his LinkedIn)
http://www.timessquaregossip.com/2008/04/steppin-out-magazine-pulls-nun-cover.html
"Your former radio pals, “Opie and Anthony” are making millions today on both XM and terrestrial radio. Why are they working and you're not?
That's the shitty part. Everybody gets paid except for me. The guys whose names are on the shingle are protected because they're bringing in the ad dollars. But to be honest, O&A aren't bringing in any ad dollars these days. The only guys in radio who bring in big ad dollars are Howard Stern and Imus. Nobody else comes close.You helped make them millionaires and in return you got fired. Right. I thought they would have my back. I learned early on that one of those two people had my back and one of them didn't.
Who didn't have your back?
(Long pause) Who do you think? Opie. You would think those guys are friends but they're not.
What do you mean?
Let's just say I got in between them more than a couple of times. I'm talking about fists being thrown. All this is off the air.
What do they fight about?
Just catty bullshit. It was usually about someones girlfriend coming in or it was over someone playing a video game instead of prepping for the show. Opie just kept f**king with the show when it was working fine. Now there are all these new people on the show that aren't needed. It worked fine when it was just the Opie and Anthony Show.
What do you think of Opie?
Look, Opie is a douche and no one likes him. But nobody will tell that to his face because he is in a position of power over them, except for Ant. He hates anyone with talent and despises listeners. I just hope he gets anally raped and shits water for a year...is that so much to ask?
What do you think of their sidekick, Jim Norton?
I think he's awesome and talented. I also think he hurts the show.
How so?
Jim's a comic. That's what he does. He's incredible at it. But Anthony is a comedic genius in terms of his brain and how he incorporates his impressions into the show.Unfortunately, Anthony's comedic genius gets pushed aside because Jim is funny as well. But for the Opie and Anthony Show to work it has to be just Opie and Anthony.
What does Opie bring to the show?
(Very long pause) Can I get back to you next week on that?
You're obviously upset with Opie. Have you ever spoken to him about how you feel?
Why bother? He comes from the Bill Clinton camp of lie, lie, and lie. However, Anthony and I have talked. But to be honest I'm glad I'm not producing the show anymore. I ran my course. The show helped destroy my marriage. It puts so much strain on you. I was prepping for the show 6 hours a day and taking lots of pictures of naked girls. Many of those girls you wouldn't want to see naked. That's just what we did.
Is there any way to fix your career?
That's a good question. I don't think it needs fixing. I think radio needs fixing.
30 comments
24 opesterthejokester 2015-04-08
ME: Rick Delgado is still human garbage and nothing will ever change that. He's another motherfucker that Ant talked shit to behind my back to make him hate me. Period.
13 Hxcgrapes 2015-04-08
ME: I'm not the problem in the end
13 Spew42 2015-04-08
Me: PERIOD.
10 RoboNexcoyotl 2015-04-08
Me: sniffs
24 anthonycumiashow 2015-04-08
Who transcribed Monday's show!? Lol
1 [deleted] 2015-04-08
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22 kgt5003 2015-04-08
Sounds like Anthony got to him behind the scenes and manipulated him into disliking Opie. Also he was clearly going for the ol' "divide and conquer" tactic of attacking the show... he knows what Opie does for the show is invaluable.. TRUST ME!
19 _TheConsumer_ 2015-04-08
Rick Delgado was clearly trying to manipulate the hate. People really love Opie. How else would explain not one single staff member quitting after Anthony was fired?
10 Me007gold 2015-04-08
Was waiting for a peckas, glad it never showed up
4 CookieHaid 2015-04-08
LOL...ditto.
#TeamPeckas
2 OKChaps 2015-04-08
Yea, ur mom is still wait'n 4 my pecka.
Tsss....
6 airforce20 2015-04-08
"It was usually about someones girlfriend coming in or it was over someone playing a video game instead of prepping for the show."
Well we know who that was. I could get a tad peeved if the other guy was doing that when you're trying to figure out the day.
Weird how Opie dated this dude's sister for so long. Wasn't she the one who was best friends with Anthony's ex?
5 thebudgetgamer 2015-04-08
Sounds like a pile of sour grapes to me.
7 KennethFresno 2015-04-08
Yeah fuckin guys got so many grapes he should be makin WINE. Am I wrong or right, babe.
6 lickitoff 2015-04-08
ts
1 aria_taint 2015-04-08
Just don't eat them on the air!
4 KennethFresno 2015-04-08
Aw, poor baby.
12 majestik6 2015-04-08
There DOES seem to be a pattern of hiring people, taking credit for their hard work, then firing them if they get too uppity (cough cough Steve C)
1 KennethFresno 2015-04-08
Welcome to life.
14 A_Beatle 2015-04-08
dat defeatist attitude.
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4 majestik6 2015-04-08
Couldn't agree more.
4 [deleted] 2015-04-08
This sounds like a bullshit to me.
Opie a liar? I don't believe it.
3 xxmikekxx 2015-04-08
What's Rick Delgado doing now ?
2 majestik6 2015-04-08
Just check out his linkedin.
Can't link to it, would violate reddit tos
3 xxmikekxx 2015-04-08
I found that he does this show
https://mobile.twitter.com/UglyAmericanRad
Only 53 followers and it's been around since 2003. Ouch!! http://uglyamericanradio.com/#2629
3 allenricketts 2015-04-08
Idk man, he's yelling at a nun! This guy is off kilter.
3 alcook45 2015-04-08
Well if Scorch has 26 followers and is in 80 million homes and London, this guy must be an international sensation.
1 xxmikekxx 2015-04-08
https://m.facebook.com/UglyAmericanRadio
& the Facebook page that's been around since 2012 has 49 likes. It's like a crazy conservative yelling at no one. For O&A producer comparison, Sam Roberts Facebook has 10,000 likes.
1 majestik6 2015-04-08
eek, it's one dude talking to himself and his wife.
Oh, wait, that's what my facebook page is like too. I really need a life.
3 breadmoccasin 2015-04-08
Yeesh.
1 NerdConvention 2015-04-08
A lot of those things are probably true but considering the source, I don't really trust this in general. Opie dumped Rick's sister and Rick in general was somehow even more of a needy sociopath than Opie. I'd trust someone more neutral, like Travis or someone.
1 angryfetis 2015-04-08
No, you're wrong. Rick is right about the stuff we already believed to be true, but he's wrong about the part where he said Jimmy hurts the show.
He didn't exaggerate either. I'm sure mighty Rick got between them to stop all the fistfights that were about to happen. I wish Opie and Anthony would have mentioned all that this week, but I guess they are not ready to take the old gloves of yet.
(On a serious "Rick is a sociopath" note, try to find some shows where they talk about how creepy Rick was when taking photographs for the contests)
1 angryfetis 2015-04-08
No, you're wrong. Rick is right about the stuff we already believed to be true, but he's wrong about the part where he said Jimmy hurts the show.
He didn't exaggerate either. I'm sure mighty Rick got between them to stop all the fistfights that were about to happen. I wish Opie and Anthony would have mentioned all that this week, but I guess they are not ready to take the old gloves of yet.
(On a serious "Rick is a sociopath" note, try to find some shows where they talk about how creepy Rick was when taking photographs for the contests)