I gave it a shot because I legitimately have not listened to this show in over two years. And I tried to be as objective as I could. I made it to the 2:35 mark. Physically, I can keep listening, but I stopped because I can see exactly where this is going.

1. What is this singing thing Opie is doing? Is it nervousness or is it a bit he is trying to get off the ground?

2. He's bouncing back and forth between fake over the top radio guy voice and low, rough "I don't give a fawwwwk" "it's a hang, maaaan" voice. Opie doesn't have a personality. He doesn't know who he is after 55 years on this planet. He is an empty vessel that he fills with other people's personality traits.

3. "I can do it by myself very easily"

MOTHER FUCKER NO YOU CAN'T! You can not, under any circumstances, do a radio show by yourself. This is one morning, one mother fucking morning, where people who aren't even officially part of the show can't make it into the studio and you are fucking PANICKING! You are "scrambling" to get a show together because your guests couldn't make it in one time!

One minute. One fucking minute into the show and he's off the rails "scrambling" to put out the potential dumpster fire that would be Opie on air by himself. Again, his guests bailed on him. They are guests of the show, not show members. You should not lose your mind if your guest cannot make it. The staff are still there. A radio show should still be very possible. In fact, get this, Opie - most radio shows don't have to rely on guests to save them every single day. They can actually produce content without relying on outside forces. It's crazy, I know, but it can be done, Opester.

1. "I don't like doing radio by myself. I find it very boring."

No, Opie. No. You wish you had the talent to be boring. If you could get on the radio alone and simply be boring you'd be a competent radio host. But you cannot even do that. You lack the most basic of social and mental skills to produce boring radio. You are not scrambling because you're afraid to have one boring day of radio. You're scrambling because you know that you can't do any radio alone. You are simply the worst.

Are you saying Opie isn't good at radio?

He's not even good enough to be bad at radio. He is in the wrong career altogether.

Can you expand on why you think this?

my buddy said that he once kicked a homeless man to death but I dunno I just came here from /r/all

i heard he did it for a cake. but he hates cake! that's what's twisted about it.. the homeless guy survived actually but lost his cake.

I'm not sure if we have any proof of that but we should definitely spread that information throughout the web.

How much more could I explain it?

Oh literal bimmy

Oh jeez

It's true, it's like if you gave a mic to someone who has never done radio before. They just flounder and laugh nervously at themselves and try to shrug it off like they don't even care.

For all the shit this sub gives Ant's show, he's been doing it solo for 2+ years.

Yeah... and how's that working out for him? Dude ended up fucking a Tranny and in Rehab. Now his inbred brother is going after the family jewels.

At least he'll have a job in literally one month.

Great points. It is hilarious how in denial he is. He actually spent half an hour on the phone with Chris Destefano while he was riding in, asking every couple minutes, "where you at now?".

He produced nothing interesting, other than the train wreck of him being in full panic. I was yelling at my radio when he said "I can do it by myself". He even implied that he HAS done it by himself often in the past. No, no he hasn't. Anthony and Jimmy have both done shows on their own, often. Opie either NEEDS some of his crutch guests, or he just stayed home when Ant or Jimmy took time off.

He even put an emergency call in to Vic Henley, and old dependable unfunny Vic ignored him. Today, all of Opie's stable of hack comics deserted him. He has never been more grateful for e-rock and Denny Falcone.

It was funny. Sometimes non-scripted segments can be entertaining. I found it alright. Sorry that your high standards for comedy were offended this morning. Need a hug?

Nope, I'm good, thanks. But we shall have to agree to disagree, good sir. I tried listening last week when opie came in for an afternoon show, and found nothing entertaining about that, either. He is not funny, smart, or entertaining. Without his crutches, he cannot stand, let alone walk.

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I made it about 50 seconds. I know this is a reddit populated with funny people, so what I've written may be misconstrued as a joke. I assure you, it wasn't. 50 seconds.

I spent all day in the ER with excruciating abdominal pain. I listened out of boredom/ desperation and needed something that would not make me laugh. At least that part was a success. I have come to realize that ANY nopie show is better than Op's best show itch great guests. I loved the Sam & Jim and would have liked to have heard all of them and even the Kevin Smith ones, but strangely enough, they didn't make it to my on demand. I wonder if he instructs them to not upload some of the nopie shows because he doesn't want people to hear how much better the show is without him. I wish he'd just hang it up already.

1. "I can do it by myself very easily"

Did he actually say this? During one of the Ant vs Opie moments?

That was a quote from today.

He said it then, too, probably, but he said it today, as he was proving that he cannot do it by himself.

And I tried to be as objective as I could.

You are simply the worst.

Checks out.

Top 3 post I've seen in the two years I found this board.

Wow he pulled E-Rock in immediately. He couldn't just bullshit for even two minutes before roping in the staff.

Jim and Anthony have both had to start O&A with the others not in the studio and they're able to just talk about their drive in or their previous night's activity, letting the others chime in if they want.

Opie doesn't even have typical conversation skills, let alone that of a 40 year radio host. Not that it hasn't been said but god damn, he is a pathetic shit bag.

Maybe they should call back Kevin Smith so that we can hear a detailed expose on that one time he met JJ Abrams for another 2 hours.

I think I struck a nerve.

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The reason everybody cancelled on him - idiot - is cuz Pete and Chris have beef with each other over the girl Pete stole from Chris after they had been bffs. Once they found out the other was going to be in, they both cancelled. Chris has talked about this on the air but never mentioned it was Pete Davidson. Clueless Opie and Clueless Roland never saw it coming.

Bffs? Who says Bffs and means it?

I'm reveling in hearing Opie panicking. How the fuck is he ever going to carry his own show?

Hey a captain can't steer a ship on his own. Let's just sit back at watch him steer it into a shoal.

He won't let that happen ever again. You can bet that he will be securing more backup guys so this doesn't happen. He is totally void of talent, or even basic communication skills.

All he really needed to do was bring Travis in and pick a topic. Travis can carry an hour or so until they figure something else out. Travis was in there but he should have been particularly engaging him.

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He didnt bring in talent, hes been skating for years... relying on Norton and his comedian friends. Now none of nortons friends do the show anymore. Now Opie is out of touch, he has no idea who or what is popular because he refuses to try to stay modern.10 bucks says the reason that Distefano came on the show is because Opies wife watches Girl Code, or whatever he was on.

He intentionally goes out of his way to be out of touch, he does no show prep and relys on everyone else in the room to keep the flow going.

Jim and Anthony is more out of touch, still referencing casino or what ever the fuck deniro movies

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Did David Letterman carry the entire show on his own?

Yes. Yes he did. That's the point of being a late night talk show host. It doesn't mean Letterman was the sole focus of attention for every minute of the show, but he absolutely did carry the whole show on his own.

It seems like you're trolling, but you should at least try to sound like you know what you're talking about.

The part where he sings and immediately after he stops he says "everyone canceled on me" is hilarious.

Shit, even if it's not good, at least Ant can do a show by himself every day.

at least ant has a personality and opinions, shitty as they both are

I'm sure Opie could just tell guns and nigger too if he wanted to

No, I don't think he could.

I made it into the 2nd time he said "hot tramp I love you so" I just can't, you guys deserve purple hearts.

Opie sounds like he's constantly about to cry.

It's like someone put a gun to a random man's head and told him to do radio. Jews in Auschwitz weren't this desperate.

Oh, I dunno. Those concentration camps were pretty bad, I've heard.

Not as bad as this show

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Those first 30 seconds were Fez level

Exactly. Thought the same thing. That clip where Ron forgot his badge and Fez had to take the stick for 2 whole minutes. Ron literally had to comfort him when he eventually came in.

Imagine the relief in Opie's voice if Ronnie walked in after the first few minutes of this show. Though he'd eventually probably say something like "Don't get me wrong Ron Bennington.. I always love doing great radio w/ you.. but I was actually starting to get excited about going solo today tuhbeehonestwitchyuh. sniff"

I can't stop laughing at how plainly terrible this is.

Is that not some kind of strange form of humour? I have to admit there is something compelling about how awful it is. Wears off after a few minutes though, where you realise how mundane and monotonous it truly is.

I'm not sure if pseudo-casually drowning Opie is my favorite Opie, or my least favorite Opie.

I haven't figured it out yet.

He actually used the word "scrambling" when describing what it took to find people, and that we have "no idea" what it takes to set up/get people to be guests on a radio show.

A phone call? An e-mail? If you get a "no" back, you go to the next guy on the list.

As if he spent his vacation in a lab, concocting the perfect cocktail of radio entertainment, only to have it go whimsically wrong in a comic explosion.

He walks over to the blackboard to go over his calculations. He forgot to carry the Florentine! What is he, 4?

God, I hate him. He's so dumb it's almost fascinating, which is way more than he deserves, and that makes me hate him even more.

Re-sign him? Based on what we're hearing, they're entitled to ask for money back from his current deal.

Seeing that he delegates the task of bringing in people, he has no idea what it takes. If he tried to get someone, he would go straight to " Ill cut you check if you can come in" because nobody really would do him a favor last minute. If your name is on a radio show you should be able to carry YOUR show solo if shit hits the fan. While the rest of the staff tries to get him someone to talk to. Fuck its a shame he gets paid so much for this.

Cocktail of radio entertainment. I lol'd

Tapping after just 4 minutes in. I get the point; it's awful.

This man has been doing radio since he was 18 apparently, but is in a noticeable and pretty embarrassing panic when he has to do radio by himself for a few hours. That speak volumes; also, freudian slip when he said "I can do radio by myself, but it would be boring".

I hope nobody tweets Pete that Opie said its not ok for him to cancel on the opester.

Opie is such a star fucker. He thinks Pete is a big celebrity, so he kisses his ass. If anyone else (who wasn't on SNL) had cancelled on him at the last minute, they would be dead to him.

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Listening now. Enjoying it in a kind of schadenfreude sort of way. It's got a Plan 9 From Outer Space appeal.

It's the radio version of The Room

you're tearing me apart, e-rock!

Somebody: Wheres your ring?

Tittster: I went with the tat.

Jesus Fuck.

This show sounds like a bunch of high school gym teachers drinking coffee and bullshitting in the teachers lounge.Hopefully at a school prone to shootings.

At one point they were actually listing off snacks that were in some supply cabinet that was going to be relocated. That is about the most mundane level of chatter at standard office job. They were doing live pay to listen radio broadcast internationally though.

It's really, really bad. His show relies on "his guys" but why would they want to continually carry him without getting paid? He hasn't got a show without a competent co-host and it doesn't seem like Morton is going to continue.

never before have so many people contributed so many resources to something that produces so little

"Hahaha, you used the word 'anually'."

-Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Haha....he said something like, "that is the first time the word annually was ever used on this show."

Ummmm....what does he think annually means? That kinda blew my mind.

Riveting banter from the Oqester.

I think he was just so out of his mind from the thought of having to do a solo show that his brain was telling him to just shout out random words and phrasee like the Colonel at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2.

The thing is.. I knew what he meant, but he's just so bad at communicating that he couldn't respond right.

Is no one else just shocked at his ineptitude after...I don't even know how many...say, 15 years of radio? Even if you are shit at something in terms of raw talent, you can, over time, develop the ability to perform at a more-than adequate level. What we see on display here is borderline-retarded inability to communicate or connect with the audience, surely the bread-and-butter of ANY radio host.

Opie is like a dog who lost its owner as he frantically realises he's on his lonesome here. He's just desperately trying to feign an entertaining "persona" (which is fucking painful in itself), whilst venting a quiet rage against those who weren't able to fill slots. When does one introspect and begin to wonder why they can't speak for a minute without relying on a guest who can just be funny on command, a sort of comedy crutch? Seemingly never for Opie.

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I get why none of the staff left after Anthony got fired, it was definitely a risk and eventually would've been a disastrous move, but if the Jim and Sam show becomes a thing, the entire staff should definitely jump ship. I'd risk Morning Glances flaming out and being out of a job rather than work for this unbearable clod another day. God damn was that bad.

Plus it's pretty obvious no matter what happens with Opie, Sam has a job at Sirius. They'd give him a show somewhere.

There's no ship to jump, they are all xm employees, or are you saying the super JAM show is so DANK both Jim and Sam will leave the safety of sxm and start that shit show? If it's true then you are a absolute dumb tard

"Other people still doing the poptarts?" was a thing that leaked out of opies mouth. I'm astounded how awful this can get... I'm only 40 mins in!

only? 40 mins is 12 hours in Opie "fighting for his life" radio time.

Fighting for his radio loyf

Hot tramp, this show blows!

"We don't believe in FX" he's just so stupid what does that even mean

He probably couldn't name three shows on FX.

Even Vos knew Damages

big titted retard

Well I have an erection now.

It is almost embarrassing, and I begin to feel bad for the guy, but then I remember that Gregg "Opie" Hughes is a massive fuckhead. He proved today that he can't do it on his own.

I'd rather listen to Pauly Shore as "The Wea.....sal" doing radio for 4 hours than this Thai take-out fart in a mitten that just wont go away.

And Opie and Chris Distefano on the phone is pure 100% generic woman small talk....and when he hangs up it gets even more awkward with Opie not knowing where to go with anything...wow

Opie is Fez when Ron would go silent. He can't run the show by himself. <<Immediately goes to caller to derail the thread>>

Op sums it up perfectly. The random singing was odd and he was freaking out. He says a few times that he of course can do radio by himself but you can tell he knows that's not true.

There was a gem on this ep though. Chris D talking about the redditors calling him. A liar. You could tell he was taking Reddit as if it was written by the New York Times. And then Ipies screams at him "WHY WOULD YOU EVER GO TO REDDIT"

I made it 9 minutes. I just can't. He puts inflection on the completely wrong words and syllables. It's like he's an alien who doesn't understand what's going on and is just trying to fit in.

This is far and away the worst radio Opie has ever done. And we're talking Opie here, who produces arguably the least engaging, laziest, most terrible radio ever. This isn't just a low in terms of radio, it's a Mariana Trench of shit even by Opie standards.

12:45
(Talking about The Shield)
Travis: Great show, great cast. Walton Goggins was awesome. We had him in once.
Opie: Yes we did.
Travis: He's great in Vice Principals, which is on now.
(Travis, Erock and Opie discuss Vice Principals)

13:30
Opie: The dude from Hateful Eight is in that!
Roland: Walter (sic) Goggins.
Opie: Yeah, he's great. He's absolutely great.

Holy shit.

can someone do a hitler in downfall parody of this. opie as hitler, finally realizing he's not got any talented friends to make him look good anymore.

This is the final frontier comrades. He's up against the ropes. FINISH HIM!!!

You guys don't think he's comfortable in his own skin?

Of COURSE Opie's comfortable in his own skin! Why WOULDN'T HE BHGHEE??!?!?!?!??"

Haha someone called that everyone was gonna cancel

Opie "It's gonna be Opie and E-Rock in the Morning!"

E-Rock "Oh God help me"

He is so immediately panicked and uncomfortable... it's hilarious.

This is just a taste of what the show is going to be like after October. All but his most bottomfeeding "regulars" will slowly show up less and less often.

It breaks my heart to think of what sublime entertainment Opie would've been able to give us if only "his guys" hadn't dropped the ball. It was the comedians who didn't want to bother, and the driver who didn't "step on it," who fucked this broadcast up for us today, not the Ship-Steerer.

Worthless. He's absolutely worthless.

i want Jim & Sam to teleconference Ant in for a day just to Jocktober the fuck out of this show because it 100% deserves it.

also what's the deal with sherrod? isn't he like an official part of the crew and he just doesn't show up? opie doesn't seem to really give a fuck about it which is odd, he's spent hours of show time bitching people out for being late before.

He said Sherrod told him he couldn't be booked at the beginning of the show on Thursdays, cuz he parties too hard after recording race wars. Hahaha.....you can't make this stupid shit up.

4:25 in aaaaand I'm tapping out

Best is when he says he's been doing this a long time and then loudly proclaims he can go solo no problem, but it's boring doing that so he won't.

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Same as it ever was, folks. Same as it ever was...

(I hope in my next life I can be a multimillionaire for having no discernible talent whatsoever.)

singing some shit song repeatedly

Honestly that's what fills me with the most visceral rage. I know his transgressions against comedy rank much higher, but it's the repetition of phrases shat out of his retard head in his retard voice that puts me beside myself the most.

You can just tell he's sort of going with what his faggot "mentors" like Wease - and whoever his comm professors were - told him: "repeat, repeat, repeat. that'll get it in their heads and make you rich". Only this dumb cunting nigger fuck forgot most of the lesson and just does it now out of laziness. And it makes me want to squeeze the blood out of his neck.

When opie doesnt have jim, ant or 50 comedians to lean on, he acts like a kid asking the hottest girl in the school to the prom

david bowieeeee + eeraa and I shut it off.

There's no standards of Opie being funny, he never has been funny. It's the fact that he built his entire audience on hating bad radio with jocktober, then when his show implodes and ant is fired he himself can't even produce good radio with Jimmy. OPie blames it on bad "chemistry" but we all know it's his fault, he steamrolls and ignores chip and uncle Paul jokes. Now he's kissing the asses of former enemies of the show and fake laughing like a school girl over the likes of Wendy Williams. He is devoid of talent and has no business being on radio anymore.

Compared to the Nopie show w/ Patrice I stopped listening to to check this out, that was one of the most painfully boring and pointless things I've ever listened to.

How are students at my community college radio station so much more competent than him?

nope. Got to the 2:03 mark....and thats as far as I go with this.

"I could do it by myself very easily, but I don't like doing radio by myself. I find it very boring"

He then proceeded to read everybody's sick notes.

I can't listen to this, but I can't not listen to this.

This is worse than The David and Bobo Show.

All shows are worse than D&B!

Scorch》Opie, at radio and everything else.

10 seconds in... "gunuhvah, gunuhvah". This imbecile's struggle to form coherent words and phrases is often astonishing.

48 seconds in for the first Greggshell....

Kenny is the only person in the room trying to be funny.

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I've listened to it for about 45 seconds and 30 seconds of it was obvious nervous lafter and the other 15 was him saying it was "the start of a new eara"

I dont know if I can keep listening but someone PLEASE make an edit of the absolute worst 5 or 6 minutes of this

I've been tuning in and out...Opie's overreaction to the Shield ending without having anything to say has been a highlight

https://www.reddit.com/r/opieandanthony/#t=11m35s

until 12:45

You put a timestamp on this subreddit sir.

lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpK79BJHzD4#t=11m35s

I can not believe how bad this is. "Gonna pop this on ya this morning"? WHAT? Did he hit his fucking head? 20 seconds in and it sounds like his first time on the radio.

Tapped out at 1:57, this sucks shit.

He's gone from steering the ship to riding a banana boat.

Is it bad in a good way or in at least an interesting way. If it's going to ruin my night i might just wait for tomorrow

It's literally painful immediately

https://youtu.be/XpK79BJHzD4?t=48s

I hope someone breaks into my house and murders me so I dont have to hate listen for another 30min

https://youtu.be/XpK79BJHzD4?t=1m48s

only? 40 mins is 12 hours in Opie "fighting for his life" radio time.

No, I don't think he could.

He said Sherrod told him he couldn't be booked at the beginning of the show on Thursdays, cuz he parties too hard after recording race wars. Hahaha.....you can't make this stupid shit up.

you're tearing me apart, e-rock!