My early misconception that I now feel bad about is that I thought they weren't a group of whiny, emotional bitches.

Exactly. I liked them because I thought they were sociopaths like me!

That they were actually anywhere near as big as Stern.

Do you live in NY? Im on LI and I thought that they were close as well. They are big here but outside of NY they are unknowns.

Live in NYC, can confirm. I guess we should have figured it out when they were being dropped in syndication around the country while still going strong here.

I thought the same thing. Damn snake oil.

That half billion dollar contract from 2006 didn't tip you off that O&A weren't anywhere near the demand of Stern?

In retrospect its all very obvious, but at the time, a lot of us bought into the hype because we believed in O&A. Howard lost a ton of people with his move to Sirius. Meanwhile, O&A were doing both satellite and terrestrial, something nobody did before as far as I know. Plus, Louie CK was blowing up with his new show on HBO, O&A pests were getting onto TV here and there, they made it sound like their live events were crazy and huge, more cities were picking up the show after Stern left, they were exposing Stern as a hypocrite when they are the real deal, all that...It just seemed like the natural progression that Stern was on his way down and O&A were on their way up.

And I can't speak for anyone else, but the vacuum Stern left was huge and I felt in desperate need for something to fill it. David Lee Roth was a massive failure. O&A were on the radar at the time...I don't know. It just seemed like they were going to pick up where Stern left off.

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I blamed super agent Bob Eatman

At first i didn't realize that most of it was hack radio bits

I totally bought into the "Above all else...REAL" bullshit. I figured if they spent so much time smashing other radio shows for being fake, they had to be the most honest broadcasters in the business. It turns out they're more like those politicians that oppose gay marriage and are then found blowing a fifteen year old in an airport bathroom.

For the whole six months that tag line was used?

FUCKing stop it.

Even before the official tag line, that was one of their major talking points. They were honest, while guys like Mancow, Stern, Bubba, etc. were liars.

I'M SO SICK OF THESE RADIO LIARS

always lies

Bob Kelly and Jimmy sounded like the same person back in the day

Totally

I used to like Opie. How's that for shame?

SHAME!

kill yourself

Don't say that. Never advocate suicide. Respect that... or else.

I don't think anyone's actually going to kill themselves because someone on the tiys sub told them to. Calm down.

When I first started listening when I was about 16 (21 now) I made the glaring mistake of thinking Anthony was an intelligent person.

Took far too long to realize he's really just a tin knocker that was given far too much money and fame for his level of maturity and intellect.

Enjoy your 20s... I fucking wasted mine. A lot of the last 2 years listening to this stupid show.

Yes because only smart mature people are famous.

Didn't imply that anywhere in my post. I'm just saying that at the end of the day, Ant really is just emotionally stunted trash (albeit funny and entertaining trash), whereas when I was younger I thought of him to be poignant and intelligent.

You fucking stated it, there was no need to imply.

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That Opie hated management and was ready to walk away from the show if things didn't change.

i bought the podcast talk as well, then they re sign every time, had my doubts but i also bought the aboveallelse thing

I just caught your username. Have you been "eeetin behter"?

my flair says "eating pecker", very clever huh

That Opie was 'steering the ship' to good effect.

https://youtu.be/JNwixgna72U

When I first heard this, I thought "Holy shit. It's just falling apart without him." I was a dummy.

At first I thought Jimmy was a straight male

When I was in college and first started listening to the show, I thought opie was the coolest one and the one I'd most like to hang out with. 😑🔫

hi erock

Coke floats in my cup. Coke floats in my cup.

Jim was straight

Opie was a professional broadcaster

Anthony liked 'of age' girls

When they were busy getting kicked off every radio market in America during the crossover days, I was in my 'These radio stations are fuckin pussies and don't want real radio, maaaaan!" In reality, they were getting pisspoor ratings and getting beat by the local shows fair and square. I would have kicked them off, too.

Anyone think those WOW stickers did anything...

not as much as those bandanas tied around cars...

Hoo hoo

Above all else...REAL!

I thought they were young.

When I first started listening, I thought the "regulars" like Vos, Bawby, Florentine, etc were super famous people making a ton of money. Then I worked for a comedy/music promoter and learned the truth.

I believed most of Opie's stories during the WNEW days. Punching a Frenchman underwater, kicking a dog to death, being poor, etc.

Can't forget getting in a fist fight with a cabbie through the little window.

He got some good hitssssss...

i for sure pictured opie looking like a baseball hat wearing ghost hunter

Mine is pretty much the same as everyone else: the realness. Back when I first started listening, I really bought into everything they did. When I listen back now, some of the stuff goes way to well planned or sounds scripted.

I started listening at a time when Jim was doing a lot of chip and I thought he was his own person. Like maybe like a bobo type weirdo they had chilling in studio? I'm not sure.

That they'd be there forever ever.

I thought Opie's voice was Anthony's and visa versa.

For a long time I thought Roland and Bobo were the same being.

I actually thought their phone lines were messed up amd they couldn't hang up at times.

My biggest misconception was that the Than and Sam show was anything more than a waste of time.

I thought they were intelligent men who had their shit together.

I thought Ant and Opie, even though they weren't friends, were at least friendly and on good terms with each another, even after the Grape Fight thing. The biggest thing post-firing for me was learning how long they disliked, even hated each other. They stuck it out solely for the money for almost 15 years. They hated each other since 1999.

I also thought Opie and Jim were friends, real friends. It turns out Opie "isn't that close with him" and a consistent thing that has happened for a year and a half is, Opie asks Jimmy why he even does the show, clearly fishing for a compliment, and gets shut down. It's never, "Man, I like you a lot, Opie. You're really talented and fun to work with and hang out with it." It's always, "I signed a contract, the money is good and I like to perform."

Jimmy sounded like he had enough of Opie and I know he is the Paycheck Kid and everything but I believed him, at least in that moment, that he was walking in October.

I go back and forth about this. I am sure they grew apart, but remember that Opie is a sensitive, over reacting asshole. Usually the info on their relationship off the air is brought up during angry moments when Opie is all about doing damage at any cost. Before the big split there were mentions of calls and texts and they seemed closer as the 20 year anniversary stuff was happening. Also Opie disguised himself and went on an episode of LFTC. If they really hated each other for so long, i don't think these things would have happened.

Not to toot my own horn but since I started listening to youtube clips I could ALWAYS tell there was one that was not in the same league as the other ones, and when I could fully tell their voices apart I realized that one was Opie.

• Thought Opie was Ant and Ant was Opie
• Thought Jim's self-deprecating and "eeucchh" anger was the pinnacle of comedy, and I imitated him in school
• Was convinced Breuer was funny by the over-the-top laughs he'd get
• Was convinced Dice was funny for the same reason
• Thought Wipem Out Wednesday was cool
• Always looked at Opie as a "man". Like, masculine and strong

Thought Jim's self-deprecating and "eeucchh" anger was the pinnacle of comedy, and I imitated him in school

Oh no.

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And now the healing can begin.

Thought Jim's self-deprecating and "eeucchh" anger was the pinnacle of comedy, and I imitated him in school

Haha holy shit

I thought Lady Di was a hot milf.

Did you like her bubs?

If they lactate natty ice I might have a little suckle.

I originally thought they were playing characters. Everyone said how great they are at radio, I assumed Ant played a dumb right winger, that Opie played up his dumb mom-like personality, and Jimmy was funny. This was all incorrect and they really are just three very lucky douchebags.

At first, looking at the pictures/screen grabs, I thought Opie's voice belonged to the pockmarked guinea and Anthony's voice belonged to the foetal alcohol syndrome, ginger Wahlberg cousin.

Was hard to tell bob kelly and Jim nortons voice apart. And who was o,and who was a

I was under the impression Opie was the douche & Ant was great but it turned out they were both douchebags in the end.

I couldnt tell the difference between Norton and Bob Kelly for a while.

How can you not tell vos' apart.

I couldn't tell ona apart for a while and it's funny because that's what Howard always used to talk shit about them for

The first couple of times I listened, I thought Anthony's voice was Opie's and Opie's voice was Anthony's. I'm not ashamed of it though.

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No misconceptions from me, the comics I liked, the two douches and their low brow brand of juvenile humor and hacky 'bits' with faked airs of self importance I never cared for, I really did see them for who they were, despicable hacks.

https://youtu.be/JNwixgna72U

When I first heard this, I thought "Holy shit. It's just falling apart without him." I was a dummy.

Didn't imply that anywhere in my post. I'm just saying that at the end of the day, Ant really is just emotionally stunted trash (albeit funny and entertaining trash), whereas when I was younger I thought of him to be poignant and intelligent.

You fucking stated it, there was no need to imply.