Oh no Baby Boy. Opie is a difficult boss sometimes?

97  2016-07-28 by beeseesee

Opie oversees millions of dollars of revenue for himself, Jim, his staff, his channel, his cohosts and Siriux/XM.

Every day, Opie has to do big boy things like create a show, negotiate with agents, bosses and corporations and make executive decisions about guests, staff, content, programming and tone, often on the spot.

Even at the show's relatively low rung of show business, these sort of swim or drown stakes are fucking cutthroat.

That is pressure that a solipsistic baby boy like Norton will never understand.

Every single time Baby Boy Jim has made decisions about content (the Vice show embarrassment, the Chip Cartoon heist/debacle, etc) he has failed tremendously.

But Baby Boy Jim (who, incidentally, is fucking old as shit) still wants, desperately, to use the show, with total disregard for the audience, to meet porn chicks, ask them if their feet are smelly if their pussy lips are big for the thousandth time and eventually try to pay the girls to fuck him?

That's great radio Jim. Porn chicks on the radio talking about losing their virginity like its 1993? Grow the fuck up!

Pathetic loser. Jim will never get the respect in the business he so desperately thinks he deserves cause he's a self-obsessed fucking child. Sorry, a baby boy.

EDIT* The only reason Jim blocked Stunt Brain from coming on the show is that Baby Boy knows that, when politics is discussed, his "Pontificating Jim" persona is exposed as a total fraud, who has ZERO insight, ZERO JOKES and ZERO perspective on the election other than a childishly defensive "I like trump, he mixes it up"

This self-entitled failure is a reactionary, phony intellectual who apparently never reads a single newspaper article, magazine or website, never even turns on any sort of television news and somehow does not EVER consume ANY kind of information or media.

Sorry Baby Boy, but repeating something you've overheard Sarah Tollemache or Keith Robinson say over chicken wings at what you imagine is the modern day Algonquin Round Table, the oh-so-revered comedians table at the Comedy Cellar, doesn't make you not an embarrassment Baby Boy.

I wouldn't know how to get through a normal day and be as completely uninformed and unaware of anything that is happening around me just by, like, fucking accident, as this little girl Jim Morton is.

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Opie approached the porn star issue in a reasonable way by asking what's the angle? What are they promoting? If it's just a porn star for the sake of a porn star, then fuck that because they're bores. Been there, bored with that. And then Jimmy had that weird logic about how seeing their tits and pussies are for us while the sex stories are for the audience. That was some creepy Uncle Paul type mental process. Then Opie felt like his manhood was threatened so he said oh of course i love seeing tits. But you know Opie wantec to say, hey, dude, i've seen tits and pussy for years on thisshow, banged my fair share, and finally married a girl i can see naked whenever i want and, really, dude, we're 50, grow the fuck up.

Here's the thing with having porn stars on.

Back in 1993, you needed to rent a dirty video, subscribe to the playboy channel, buy a hustler magazine to get some wank material. Thus, a hot girl on the radio talking about getting fucked in a pickup truck by her older high school boyfriend was kinda hot, picturing what she looked like and what have you.

Now, in 2016, there's a billion free porn videos on the internet, and in a pretty decent number of them, there is a part before the video where they "interview" the female star and ask many of the same questions - "when was the first time you had sex?" "have you ever done anal?" "when was the last time you had sex?". In many cases, this is the worst part, the part people skip through to get to the sucking and the fucking.

Times change and bits that were once cutting edge become not only stale, but pretty much completely irrelevant.

Vurry good point.

you couldnt have said it better: "We're 50, grow the fuck up"

We're 50, it's time to film Harry the hater. That's what adults do

Well, do as I say, not as I do, I guess.

Lots of passive aggressive shit in their conversation. Opie was repeatedly straining to point out that being married isn't influencing his decision without Jim even alluding to it. Jim was perhaps hitting on this insecurity of Opies by pointing out that "what kind of show are we, who are we for, if we can't have a woman on the show"? They both made indirect accusations and danced around it.

I recently watched a 'sam and jim' interview with Jenna Jameson. Most of all, Jim seemed to like to play an almost fatherly, sympathetic figure to the troubled porn star. It seems as if the opportunity to be supportive and feel needed and useful in that way may be what motivates him more than the search for pussy or anything like that.

Smart observation. But c'mon, that Sam and Jim interview with Jenna was captivating, but it was a one off, bizarre segment.

And they had her on because they knew she was a train wreck waiting to happen

I'm certain opie banged no more than 4 chicks in his life.

He has ZERO game. He's an omega male, conversationally

Clearly you never heard about "back in the day when he was putting up decent numbers! "

Actually that Jim guy he used to go to college with said opie really was putting up great number

You know what's great! A ketchup challenge!

"pornstar interviews are boring, so we aren't having one on the show" yet he brings in Sherrod and Vic Henley day in and day out. I guess a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while

Chip with that porn star was one of the funniest things on the show in the past 5 years. Definitely funnier than DL Hughley talking about racism and politics.

Say no to DL. Say yes to random porn chick to be able to "see tits" and "talk about fucking". With decisions like that, Jim is sure to rocket up the corporate ladder straight to upper level management.

the Chip Cartoon heist/debacle

Just wanted to highlight this.

Second only in this city to the Lufthansa job

Jimmy!!!!!!

Haha I love that you called the Chip Cartoon a heist... that is the best way to describe what happened there.

you actually read this? yeah that is funny though.

Yeah... It's only a couple of paragraphs. I'm on a message board that relies on reading... I don't get why people don't read stuff but they go onto a website that requires reading... There's a lot of funny shit in some of these posts if ya can get thru all the words.

Youve really never looked at anything on here longer than a paragraph and thought "nope...no point in reading"? I guess youre more intellectual than me.

Well I'll read a few sentences and if it seems like it wasn't a retard who wrote it and it holds my interest I'll continue to read. I don't just see 3 paragraphs and immediately close the screen. Reading 3 paragraphs is like reading 3 short posts... It's nothing about intellect.. I'm on a website that requires reading so I don't mind reading... I'm here to kill time either way.

wow you read the first 3 sentences and thought this wasnt along the lines of the same thing that gets posted multiple times a day? Youve got a lot more hope in people than me, too, lol.

Like I said.. I'm here to kill time.

lol yeah true, I usually just figure when its multiple paragraphs long on here its insane rambling, but you found something funny in it so I guess you were right

This time I was right... a lot of times I read horse shit and chip rolls.

Oh I don't know, I have a feeling this massive 2-date tour of Australia will put Jim over the top though. You wait and see, once he has done this Too Little Too Late tour down-undah he'll be a star, a star I tell ya!

massive 2-date tour of Australia

Wow, it really is only a 2-date tour. Nothing like getting on a plane for 20 hours each way to stay in a foreign country for one weekend. And paying for your bodyguard to come with you is a really smart financial move, too.

He might be assaulted by a kangaroo, you never know, after all you're a civilian.

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I heard this post in Kenny's voice and laughed out loud.

Or an emu.

It still baffles/enrages me that he brings Kenny with him everywhere. self-important douchebag Morton

When he tells comedians they've GOTTA get a Club Soda Kenny in their life what he really means is if you don't want to be an adult youve GOTTA get a Club Soda Kenny in your life.

If Kenny quits Jimmy would be so lonely.

How much does Jimmy pay Kenny? Let's say it's $25k a year to follow him around everywhere (I have no idea what kind of number to estimate here). He's had him following him for like 10+ years. That's a quarter of a million dollars just to have a guy standing near you at all times. What the fuck.

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I hope that's true and that Jimmy has paid out over $1 million for the privilege of having an adult chaperone with him everywhere, like he's Miss Rhode Island on that episode of Seinfeld.

Obscure Seinfeld reference? Hey everybody, Ant's posting on reddit again!

Seinfeld!! Four!!!

How is that an obscure reference?

I'm sure to Jimmy its worth it. He's such a worm that there if a club ever wanted to scam him there is no way he'd ever muster up the courage to get the money he is owed himself. That is the whole reason for Kenny's presence on the road.

And now probably Kelsey as well.

If Kenny makes that much JUST from Jimmy, I will REALLY be depressed. Rockhead & The Worm.

I wonder how many arguments Kenny and his beard get into over being woken up at 3 in the morning because Morton wants Kenny to approach a few hookers and see if they got cocks.

If you heard the stories over the years you would know one of Kennys function is to man handle and shove fans away from the famous comedian when he's not in the mood. How many time has Jim talked about he's nice to fans because he himself is a creepy stalker of celebrities

I'm surprised he's even taking the chance. Albeit, it's almost 10 years too late but hey.

He already tried the scam the fans thing but jizzbags didn't cough up the 200k he asked, buncha fuck boys

40 hours on a plane or doing a show with Opie? Seems like the plane is the best choice.

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Prostitution is legal in Australia and he's gone to visit brothels.. The 2 dates will cover the holiday

How amazing is it for Kenny to be attached to a fucking narcissistic lunatic like Jimmy? Holy fuck.

After his Australian "tour", how many times do you think he will slip this into stories: "When I was doing shows in Australia..."

After his Australian "tour", how many times do you think he will slip this into stories: "When I was doing shows in Australia..."

Not to mention he'll now be an expert on Australian girls. "Australian girls are sexy man, but they're all cock teases!! They're so nice and flirty but they give you NOTHING. Australian girls STINK."

Prostitution is legal over there so that's another 10 years of material for him.

Yeah no wonder why he picked Australia.. Wouldn't the safest bet be the UK? It seems like half the mutants in here are from there.

UK comedy is all needlessly edgy nonsense just like Jim Norton's act too

Dude, it's the opposite.. What the fuck are you talking about? Jimmy doesn't come here cuz he knows his act would bomb.. Your a bit dumb aren't you

He may have to start writing some Americans are dumb material is he wanna do shows in uk

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That's probably the only reason he is going

While the only part of the country he experiences is the ride from the hotel to the venue. He'll be edging in between.

As many times as you claim that your allergies are killing you

Hopefully it goes so well he hops on over to Europe only to be beheaded by one of Anth's cousins.

Man if he does the whole tranny schtick over here he'll bomb hard. What Aussie comedy audiences want is the big smoke US comedian to say shit like what's the deal with kangaroos or isn't trump stupid

He said today he is going to Australia for 3-4 days. What an idiot!

I wanna see the porn movie

Porn stars and some shitty restaurant bringing in food is always terrible radio. Norton seems to think that we as the audience value his pleasure over us being entertained.

You know I really don't care how any of those guys gets their pussy, just don't make me a part of it.

exactly right. smart point

I was going to defend Jimmy and point out that he eventually got annoyed with the food segments, but then I remembered that the only reason he hates them is because he has chronic wasting disease and can't eat a normal human diet anymore.

False, cronut radio is what I tune in for.

Kinda like intern Matt.

No, we like the cinnamon challenge

I fucking hate this place.

Nothing fucking works here

I've been here seven fuckin yeeeers.

I agree. Just look up Opie and Anthony on YouTube and you can hear classic Jimmy bits for DAYS. People forget so quickly

It's easy to forget because he isn't the same anymore and he isn't funny. He's a self-absorbed shitstain that thinks he's smart. I'd rather him do the stupid jokes because he is at least trying to be funny. When he acts like he knows what he is talking about he's a fucking bore.

He's been treated like a shit by a man who's show he saved. He's watching the show fall to crap. He's probably as surprised as we are by just how clueless Opie is on his own.

Oh, I'm sure that's part of it. It has got to be frustrating. But at the same time, Jimmy just isn't the same and being around Opie has just made him give up.

I love the hatred. I think the only person left who hasn't been shit on is Colin.

C'mon, Colin is unassailable.

CQ fucked a cat or some shit when he was a kid and is a mush mouth creep who wastes diet cola.

He's too funny, makes me insecure.

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Just from a good radio perspective, I wouldn't say no to DL even if I had some issue with him. He's not like the boring Star Trek guy, he's engaging and is a good conversationalist. You can't make the audience suffer b/c you have an issue with the guy (ironically, an incident that the guy is completely unaware of). Jim is a baby and Opie is a fool. I still listen everyday though. I listened to Ant's show for a while, but it's stale. If Jim leaves in October I'll finally close the book on the O&A universe forever. And for the life of me, I'll never understand bringing in Sherrod Small and Chris Destefano all the time and grooming them. They are terrible broadcasters. They have no depth, they're not interesting, they're not likable, they're just middling stand-ups who don't belong on talk radio. Look at Soder and Oakerson, they are legit good on the radio. They know how to use the medium. They can riff and improv and keep a show moving. Mark Normand and Kevin Brennan are the only two guys with no broadcast experience that fit on O&J.

Wonder who the porn chick was. If it wasn't Gianna Michaels or Remy Lacroix, I wouldn't listen. I don't listen anyway, but I would not listen more.

Jimmy said who it was on his Tweeter yesterday, Mia something starts with a V. A spectacularly mediocre blonde split-tail, a 7 at best. Jimmy's creepy desperation knows no bounds.

Can't find the tweet, but it wasn't Mia Malkova was it? She's actually really sexy too.

Then watch her on pornhub, whats she gonna say on the radio thatll be interesting or funny?

Maybe to hear her talk about that scene with her mom, see if that was real. But overall you're right.

No, sir, it was not.

Jim you have 17 minutes to answer this post or you're a coward.

Has anyone heard Jim talk about a TV series he likes or anything? I actually can't imagine him getting into and watching full series of something, or finding any sort of new interest for that matter. I guess he did get into UFC at some point though.

i think he liked The Wire, but he never had anything interesting or insightful to say about it other than like "Oh man, that show! That shit is intense. And its like real." "Oh man [character x] is a fucking ruthless. That guy is a problem."

He liked The Wire the way he likes UFC-- Those big tough men are doing things that I fantasize about doing! And they have power and respect that I fantasize about having!

He liked The Wire the way he likes UFC-- Those big tough men are doing things that I fantasize about doing! And they have power and respect that I fantasize about having!

Thats some deep shit. And it's true.

That is accurate.

I'm surprised Jim didn't get into Transparent.

hes more into transperson am i right guise

also he doesnt wanna be influenced

I remember the discussions he'd have about the Wire and could only quote Omar's "Ayo, waddup Bird" as if he'd never seen the show but only a Youtube clip of the court scene.

That certainly isn't outside the realm of possibility

Personally I don't know anyone that doesn't like The Wire, but Jimmy did a pretty shit job of selling people on it. I remember he bought the boxset for Opie's birthday years ago, and as far as I know he's never seen it. I don't think tits has ever brought it up.

he was just fantasizing about getting deep dicked by Omar

Maybe he could start a documentary club! Hahaha

Or maybe get into the Kardashians!

I remember listening to the show and they had on Jaime Hector, the actor who played Marlo, on as a guest. They talked about how Jim got him on the show. He showed up at the comedy cellar and left and a few minutes later another comic mentioned to Jimmy off handedly that an actor from The Wire was just in there. Jimmy even admitted he zeroed in on the guy and immediately needed to know which one. When he found out it was Jamie Hector aka Marlo, one of the few guys from The Wire the show never had on, he basically ran out of the comedy cellar and chased Hector down until he caught up with him down the street.

I got uncomfortable just typing that.

Its like Jimmy decides he is going to be the mainstream voice for something that is cool but just outside the mainstream. He kind of does the same thing with the UFC know though it is by far much more popular than The Wire ever was.

He's said he liked Oz and he Wire. Gee, shows with men in prison butt fucking each other....

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He liked the Gervais version of The Office. I remember him talking about how he refused to watch the final episode because he didn't want it to end.

Jesus he even has to be a fucking freak when it comes to watching a tv show.

Wha a juvenile approach.

'Gervais version'

Is that the cockroach from star wars

"It's more sophisticated"

i once tweeted ricky grevis begging him to put jim norton in the new office movie, and norton actually favorited my tweet, strange

He doesn't want to be influenced. Yuck.

He likes to talk about Game of Thrones, even though it seems like he has no idea what is going on. He's one of the people who constantly calls Daenerys 'khaleesi' like it's her name.

The defense of Opie around here is blowing my fucking mind.

This place is going down in flames. "YESSS, LIKE I DO ON WEEKENDS"

He can still be worthless AND right about something. What type of black and white world do you live in?

Because he's not right. The same way Norton didn't confront DL like a man, Opie didn't confront Norton. He just booked DL and slipped it in an email he knew Jimmy wouldn't read. Engineering a showdown between Jim and DL could make good radio, but you can't expect Jimmy to not be mad about it.

Suddenly we're defending the fact he steers the ship? Eh, I guess somebody has to.

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Oh wow! Opie goes to meetings?! Opie makes big boy decisions?! You mean like filling the show with shitty comics because he's scared to broadcast alone?

Opie shouldn't ever TOUCH a mic on the off chance he'll turn it on and it will catch some of his insane, worthless bullshit. And talk about self obsessed! Opie has zero social skills. He never knows how to read the room. He constantly turns everyone against him by acting like a repugnant child, then blames everyone else!

Norton used to be probably the funniest person of the cuff in the world. He has probably one hundred iconic bits on YouTube to this day, if not a thousand. He brought people like Louis to the show.

You're a lottery winner, Opie. Stop acting like you have an ounce of talent. All you've created is a watered down, stupider, unlistenable version of Opie and Anthony. You have zero vision, as evidenced by your awful ketchup challenge bits and terrible YouTube videos.

You're going to lose yet another friend and you're going to take none of the blame. You're a talentless piece of shit. Anyone can take meetings and make decisions, and almost anyone can make friends with people - something you are completely unable to do. The only people who don't mock you to your face get a paycheck from you. That should tell you something.

None of the new hacks you bring in hold a candle to Jimmy, Bobby, Bill Burr, Louis, and Jimmy brought them in! You owe what little show you have to Jimmy and Anthony. Don't fool yourself.

Yeah, Opie is basically a former DJ turned company man who withstood decades of mental abuse to keep his position and climb up. Anyone with basic conversational and managerial competence and that much dedication could do what Gregg does.

This OP post gives him way, way too much credit.

Completely agree. Opie does far less for far more than hundreds of thousands of people in this country alone. How many people here would even listen to the show if it was just Opie and whatever 3rd rate comics he likes to have on if Jimmy wasn't a part of the show...

Having said that, I find porn stars to be the worst of guests on a radio show. Jim wants one in to talk about what exactly? How many dudes she fucks for money? How big the biggest dick she's taken in her ass was? That's not interesting to anyone but you, Jimmy, you fucking perv. Though the worm did have a point that Opie seems to have only guys in as guests (wonder if his wife has him that whipped). But porn star guests just fucking suck

Hi, Jimmy. Did you get your windows fixed yet?

I don't listen to the show anymore so I don't even know what you're talking about. Opie is the OP

There's nothing worse than the worm trying to rationalize his crazy thought process when he thinks he's right about something.

He really is a pathetic, closed off little boy who doesn't want to experience the world beyond what he already knows i.e. performing in safe places where he knows he'll be liked and paying women/men dressed like women to fuck him.

Any time he tries to do something on his own it fails horribly. He should be more grateful to Opie since it's only because of being on O&A that he's even got a cult following.

I'd love to know what he's turned down in the past, because it wasn't in his comfort zone, or he thought beneath him.

He'll always be an outsider, looking in, because he doesn't have the balls to step through an unfamiliar door.

If he put half of the energy he puts into photos with celebrities into getting any part he can get his hands on and learning to act, he'd be doing small roles now with the celebs, instead of stalking them in the Sirius hallways. And maybe even be friends with some of them. Hell, if Stanhope can be best buds with Johnny Depp...he could bond with Eddy Murphy over their love of transvestites.

I've always said, he needs to get into improv - his reaction speed is perfect for it. Combine that with a season on SNL, he'd be set for the next level. But he's gonna be headling chucklehuts into his 70's, pontificating in the green room to yourger comics who know he never amounted to anything, in the end.

Without Jimmy, Opie and Anthony would have sucked.

Sorry, I can't take the idea of Gregg working hard seriously. If anything, he's spent the entire time I've listened to him since they went free on XM bragging about how little he does.

You can hate both of them at the same time. Trying to make Gregg look good, because you want to rip on Jim? Yeah, not gonna fly. Opie is a cunt, a lazy, entitled cunt - and Jim is too.

Tl;dr. Peckahs.

Dude... opie sucks

Fuck's sake man you amateur!!

Opie has it rough. Everyday he has to pick which one of that Murderer's Row of third mic'ers will come in and pull the comedy handbreak every 3-5 minutes. But it was really rough hearing Jimmy make the case for porn stars back on the show. He should be upset over the absence of funny in the room, not the absence of stoned and creeped out naked chicks.

I refuse to give Opie any credit for any form of productive work.

It probably doesn't help that I disagree with him politically, and that nobody else at the show knows anything about foreign affairs or politics, but for me Stunt Brain is one of the most horrifically boring regular guests they've ever had.

One thing I find infuriating is how Jim seems to think by getting porn stars to come on the show, he's somehow got a chance at banging them.

He's trying to use the show to drive A-grade snatch his way, but were it not for his idiocy and arrogance, he'd know that working porn stars are renowned for only sleeping with/dating other porn stars.

Even if they were going to fuck a "regular" guy, it would NOT be someone who frequents prostitutes like Jimmy, since catching an STD would destroy their livelihood instantly. Bree Olson was the exception, but wasn't she pretty much done with her career at the time?

So yeah, Jim, let's derail the show multiple times so you can keep the delusion going that a 5'6, bald sexual profligate with sleep apnea has a shot with girls who could easily fuck models, athletes, or celebrities if they desired.

I couldn't tell you how many times I clenched my jaw hearing Jim ask the porn star guest: "What kind of guy do you like?" while I scream at the radio: You don't have a shot with her, fucko! Give it up!

The problem with all that is Jim is about the only entertaining thing on the show anymore, and he's been relegated to the sidelines. Why would you not only not give your star player the ball, but bench him to boot? Give Jim his porn chicks and let him run with it now and again. Maybe he'll get involved with one like he did with Bree Olsen and it can be a bit. Anything is better YASS (Yet another Sherrod show).

We know Opie

I think that saying that Opie "has to do big boy things like create a show, negotiate with agents, bosses and corporations and make executive decisions about guests, staff, content, programming and tone, often on the spot" is a whole bunch of conjecture. I don't believe for a second that Opie has to do any of that shit nor do I believe he is intelligent enough TO DO most of that.

Jim may be a bit babyish from time to time but he's still WAY more intelligent, not to mention funnier, than Opie is.

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You came too close to complimenting Tits, so fuck you. I mean, fuck Jimmy too, but we can't let you slide on this one

Norton just wants to fuck them, no need to act like Opie doesn't sign all documents with the same crayon he signs his Sudoku puzzles with.

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Do you fellas really think the vice show was an embarrassment?

I liked it

Hi Opie, glad to see you found someone to coherently translate and type out your thoughts.

Opie's show is mediocre at best but at least it's consistent and lives up to what is expected of it.

Living up to boring garbage isn't an accomplishment

I'm glad Opie's finally getting a fair shake on this sub.

Your comma usage is horrendous. Work on that

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He has ZERO game. He's an omega male, conversationally

Yeah no wonder why he picked Australia.. Wouldn't the safest bet be the UK? It seems like half the mutants in here are from there.

I don't listen to the show anymore so I don't even know what you're talking about. Opie is the OP

That's probably the only reason he is going

Clearly you never heard about "back in the day when he was putting up decent numbers! "

Actually that Jim guy he used to go to college with said opie really was putting up great number