I wonder how Erock felt to see his #2 Hero completely lose his mind and desperately smack him down in the seat to avoid have to talk alone on mic for any length of time?
as much of a joke as this was meant to be I barely listened to the show once Ant left, and hearing that Jimmy's gone now, well, fuck if I'm going to listen even sporadically now.
An even worse example was when Opie went on Erock's nerd show. Opie drank beers, burped into the mic, and asked the guys if any of them ever got laid. That's all he contributed, proving how much of a man's man he was. Say what you will about Erock but at least he gives a shit about radio.
Opster's "manly man" shit is the most hilariously oblivious shit I've ever heard. He's like when you're a high school junior, and you and some of your friends have had sex, but that one guy hadn't but is desperately trying to fit in just blurts bizarre shit constantly having no idea how he's coming across.
You know he agonized over exactly how he was going to "alpha" them the entire run up to that show too.
I haven't listening to much of O&J but the little I have Opie's chemestree with everyone is atrocious. He interrupts, steps over and endlessly repeats odd shit in a rush to dead air. I can see why he got rid of Sam and distanced Erock to replace the show with hacks.
Here's some greggshells during a segment Jim and Sam are carrying, asking each other questions, making jokes and ignoring tits. The whole thing starts @25:50 and includes bizarre moments from Opie where he
Explains the only reason he doesn't do more radio with Ron is because of Fez (probably based on what he was told. I'm guessing by Ron lying to ScopeBroTits) and how much of a fawking hassle it is to worry about everyone's feelings.
Opie doing an impression of Fez and tries the line over and over (Sam puts tits on the pay no mind list after the 3rd or 4th attempt and continues the conversation Jim and he were having).
Tits texting Jim during the show "I love doing radio with you."
Shouting at erock the moment Jim laughs at a clip saying "Will you pause over the laughs! "Because I want to hear this". He then fake laughs the show into another dead end.
I started listening in October and love the show as Opie and Jim. Don't care much for either one of them by themself although Jim and Sam were great, would really like a show with those two. Their chemistry is awesome. Opie by himself is a cluster fuck. Everyone talks over each other and the timing is horrific. Plus it's nuts how much time they take off, I would love take a week here and every other Friday there off.
A skill we don't give Opie credit for is that he does know how to talk to management. You can be creative as hell and fail if you don't know how to network and package your ideas correctly to the people signing your checks.
I'm just rooting for the end of the Opesters career, Jim has comedy to fall back on. He probably makes $300k from telling dick jokes. Opie would be doing sports updates for $15/hr in Buffalo today if it wasn't for Anthony. His lack of support for Ant after the Times Square incident is so telling about his personality. He's a scumbag. He really convinced himself that he is the talent.
Can you see Opie selling himself as a radio consultant to Clear Channel? Everyone knows Ant was the talent, it's not a secret. I hope that place in Trump Tower is paid off.
Where would Jimmy go? The money he makes from doing radio is the lions share of the money he makes. His stand up career is stagnant, it isn't going to get better than this. He's waiting around before it gets embarrassing.
He'll get another radio show on the same channel. He isn't going anywhere.
Opie is the only game in town for a person like Jim, who fails left and right whenever he begins a project.
The problem is him staying. He's obviously trying to widen his network with UFC, Sam, Australia....but I think he'll stay. It's a steady income oppose to being a road comic with a fancy NYC apartment to support
Opie will never go back to bashing the soundboard for attention while other people with better chemstree are being funny. He'll sever anyone who will out shine him or make him feel like the old days when he was the 3rd wheel to a good show.
Jim will become trapped inside his own head while Sam and Erock are pushed away and he's surrounded by random hacks fake laughing at Opie's take on American Idol.
Yeah, I think the fact that I hear him on the radio so much ruins his stand-up for me. The vice show and chip cartoon definitely weren't good though. He needs to find the right people for a show. Or he just needs to do a reality(ish) show about fucking hookers.
Jimmy said that he'd have to significantly increase his standup dates if he left his radio gig.
Problem is, his tickets are already having trouble selling and the only people really showing up to see him are O&A fans.
He hasn't been relevant in years. The idea that he'd be able to make the same amount of money through standup alone is laughable. He should have jumped ship in 2010.
I'm still reeling from being called faggot, but I'll try to muster a response.
He always complains about ticket sales, that's to get people to buy tickets. But unless it's someplace that's not a great market for him, he usually also says they end up selling out (or almost).
But again, I don't know shit about his ticket sales. The difference between you and me, is that I don't act like my opinion/guess is fact.
No, the difference between us is that I try to piece together what's going on from what people say while you act like a weaselly fuck because you saw Jimmy's show years ago in New York (his strongest market)
It's doesn't take a genius to figure out that the audience ain't what it use to be.
He always complains about ticket sales, that's to get people to buy tickets.
And how do you know that Mr. 'I don't act like my opinion/guess is fact'?
Yeah, I saw him 3 years ago in Jersey. And that's all I know about his ticket sales. Which is more experience than you've come up with. I mean, I realize you're an internet expert on comedian ticket sales and all, but like the rest of us, you don't actually know shit about shit.
"We have no idea about his ticket sales. I am wiling to admit that I'm speculating while you're pretending like your opinion/guess is fact. Now realize that my experience seeing Jim Norton a couple years ago in his strongest market trumps your idea that Jimmy talking about poor ticket sales and having to put his tickets on groupon is a sign of poor ticket sales. Jim could quit his radio job tomorrow, double his road shows and be just fine. He just says there's poor ticket sales so people will buy tickets. In fact, he sells out (or almost sells out) every show." - wishy washy faggot
You're right. I'm "wishy washy." I keep saying I have no idea. You're saying things like "ticket sales are down, everybody knows it..." You have an opinion, and are trying to find things to make it true. I don't give a shit, and like pointing out how much people here act like they know about things, so I'm arguing against your "facts."
Regardless, it's hilarious that a guy who uses the phrase "wishy washy" keeps calling other people "faggot."
He always complains about ticket sales, that's to get people to buy tickets. But unless it's someplace that's not a great market for him, he usually also says they end up selling out (or almost).
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Yeah, I saw him 3 years ago in Jersey. And that's all I know about his ticket sales.
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I don't give a shit, and like pointing out how much people here act like they know about things, so I'm arguing against your "facts."
He always complains about ticket sales, that's to get people to buy tickets. But unless it's someplace that's not a great market for him, he usually also says they end up selling out (or almost).
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Yeah, I saw him 3 years ago in Jersey. And that's all I know about his ticket sales.
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I don't give a shit, and like pointing out how much people here act like they know about things, so I'm arguing against your "facts."
Tell me again how you aren't a wishy washy faggot
I get that you're super tough and non-pc and say faggot on the internet a lot. Everybody's super impressed. Doesn't make you less dumb.
I told you my one experience, and quoted him. Are you upset that I'm assuming he says tickets aren't selling to get people to buy tickets? Fine, you got me. I'm a giant hypocrite because I made an assumption about how he plugs. It's nowhere close to the level of fan-fiction that goes on here, and the way people talk about how many subscriptions o&j or Ant have (when absolutely nobody knows anything about those numbers).
Or maybe I'm just calling you a faggot because you're acting like a faggot. Did you ever think about that one?
All I said was Jimmy would have to significantly increase his standup dates to replace his Sirius salary (a thing he's talked about on-air) but the issue with significantly increasing his standup dates is the fact that his tickets are having issues selling (a thing he's talked about on-air plus the fact that they've put tickets in certain markets on groupon) and the only people showing up to his show are old O&A fans (which isn't that big of a jump considering that the majority of his credits are from dead shows for another era. I doubt anybody recognizes him from his Louie/Schumer cameos or that UFC bros are showing up in force from his podcast)
The only real speculation I posted was the fact that Jim should've jumped ship in 2010 (which he should have. he had the leno segment. he was doing chelsea lately panel. if there was ever a time to jump from the o&a ship, that was it. look at how bill burr built up his career. he left his comfort zone. moved to la. made connections. and now it's paying big dividends.)
You're the one spazzing out acting like I'm some weirdo edgelord writing Norton fanfiction for replying to you trying to answer some guy's question (wait isn't that the whole thing you're trying to give me hell for?)
62 comments
34 lifeobenreilly 2016-09-17
Been doing radio since he was 18... can't hold down a show by himself for even 18 minutes.
16 SKARx317 2016-09-17
**Seconds
36 russelldalrymple 2016-09-17
***** TSS MILISEKONDS!! TAKE US OUT PIG (Amy)!!
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6 ObsessiveMuso 2016-09-17
I wonder how Erock felt to see his #2 Hero completely lose his mind and desperately smack him down in the seat to avoid have to talk alone on mic for any length of time?
6 lifeobenreilly 2016-09-17
tss He probably realized why Opie is number 2 tss
4 ObsessiveMuso 2016-09-17
Fahkin' buried that cawksuckah
1 nmagod 2016-09-17
as much of a joke as this was meant to be I barely listened to the show once Ant left, and hearing that Jimmy's gone now, well, fuck if I'm going to listen even sporadically now.
1 aTwinkForFez 2016-09-17
who said jimmys gone????
-2 nmagod 2016-09-17
you faggots here in /r/opieandanthony
2 deegan258 2016-09-17
An even worse example was when Opie went on Erock's nerd show. Opie drank beers, burped into the mic, and asked the guys if any of them ever got laid. That's all he contributed, proving how much of a man's man he was. Say what you will about Erock but at least he gives a shit about radio.
2 ObsessiveMuso 2016-09-17
Opster's "manly man" shit is the most hilariously oblivious shit I've ever heard. He's like when you're a high school junior, and you and some of your friends have had sex, but that one guy hadn't but is desperately trying to fit in just blurts bizarre shit constantly having no idea how he's coming across.
You know he agonized over exactly how he was going to "alpha" them the entire run up to that show too.
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4 late_50s_why 2016-09-17
le funny meme over possessive mlady friend so wow
0 nosoupforyou2116 2016-09-17
I hope God smites you.
22 RacksDiciprine 2016-09-17
If Sirius doesnt charge Opie for studio time for "Opie and Vic" show debuting in October they are dumb
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17 866-Ron-0-Fez 2016-09-17
I haven't listening to much of O&J but the little I have Opie's chemestree with everyone is atrocious. He interrupts, steps over and endlessly repeats odd shit in a rush to dead air. I can see why he got rid of Sam and distanced Erock to replace the show with hacks.
Here's some greggshells during a segment Jim and Sam are carrying, asking each other questions, making jokes and ignoring tits. The whole thing starts @25:50 and includes bizarre moments from Opie where he
https://youtu.be/FCqdSmqDgaU?t=1988
10 MalcolmX_InTheMiddle 2016-09-17
You might be the John Madden of tits hate...
8 aTwinkForFez 2016-09-17
what a faggot opie is
1 lifeobenreilly 2016-09-17
143, Yimmy!
1 panasonictooth 2016-09-17
The gayest shit I've heard in a good while.
12 lelgimps 2016-09-17
It doesn't matter, plebs listen to boring shit like JV and elvis or scott and todd.
9 Skitczobill 2016-09-17
Normies*
7 michaeIcolestie 2016-09-17
Civilians *
3 bleep1991 2016-09-17
Peckas*
2 MalcolmX_InTheMiddle 2016-09-17
Dads *
10 campee 2016-09-17
Without Jimmy giving one or two of us a reason to listen, how will we stay up to date on this train wreck?
8 blackirishlad 2016-09-17
whenever i imagined the show coming to an end, never in a million years did i think opie would be the last man standing.
or that SAM would get a show.
8 satsamsit 2016-09-17
tss, you thought the show would be on a million years?! peesa gawbidge!
1 nmagod 2016-09-17
I was happy for years never knowing what sam actually looked like
then I started coming here
6 georgie_best 2016-09-17
Jim was always paid the least of the three, and was the most talented... this is cosmic justice really. Fa la, la la.
2 grocery_man 2016-09-17
Nah Ant was just as funny if not funnier than Jim.
3 the_kronkez 2016-09-17
Ant was the anchor, he raised topics and helped Jimmy flow with the comedy.
Opie "Greggshells" Hughes just gave them breathing breaks with his utter stupidity.
4 xiigage13 2016-09-17
I started listening in October and love the show as Opie and Jim. Don't care much for either one of them by themself although Jim and Sam were great, would really like a show with those two. Their chemistry is awesome. Opie by himself is a cluster fuck. Everyone talks over each other and the timing is horrific. Plus it's nuts how much time they take off, I would love take a week here and every other Friday there off.
16 wilfguy13 2016-09-17
Welcome to le Subreddit. Allow me to be the first to tell you to fucking kill yourself.
3 MalcolmX_InTheMiddle 2016-09-17
That's terrific. That's terrific.
8 itstimetochewass 2016-09-17
failtroll /10
2 MattressBoy 2016-09-17
You fuckers really got into Opie's head. He's lost all of his confidence.
5 MalcolmX_InTheMiddle 2016-09-17
Oh darn.
1 tar_baby33 2016-09-17
Sniff
2 MalcolmX_InTheMiddle 2016-09-17
::belch::
2 ErectSnake 2016-09-17
Whats the date range for contract renewal?
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1 deegan258 2016-09-17
A skill we don't give Opie credit for is that he does know how to talk to management. You can be creative as hell and fail if you don't know how to network and package your ideas correctly to the people signing your checks.
2 jcs1644 2016-09-17
I'm just rooting for the end of the Opesters career, Jim has comedy to fall back on. He probably makes $300k from telling dick jokes. Opie would be doing sports updates for $15/hr in Buffalo today if it wasn't for Anthony. His lack of support for Ant after the Times Square incident is so telling about his personality. He's a scumbag. He really convinced himself that he is the talent.
Can you see Opie selling himself as a radio consultant to Clear Channel? Everyone knows Ant was the talent, it's not a secret. I hope that place in Trump Tower is paid off.
1 DeafandMutePenguin 2016-09-17
I openly laughed at this.
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1 ScaryTown5000 2016-09-17
You gonna go back to spinnin' records?
-1 harnal_the_grayt 2016-09-17
Where would Jimmy go? The money he makes from doing radio is the lions share of the money he makes. His stand up career is stagnant, it isn't going to get better than this. He's waiting around before it gets embarrassing.
He'll get another radio show on the same channel. He isn't going anywhere.
Opie is the only game in town for a person like Jim, who fails left and right whenever he begins a project.
2 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
I don't think it is though. He's said a few times, that he either does (or would, don't remember exactly how it was worded) make more doing stand-up.
2 866-Ron-0-Fez 2016-09-17
The problem is him staying. He's obviously trying to widen his network with UFC, Sam, Australia....but I think he'll stay. It's a steady income oppose to being a road comic with a fancy NYC apartment to support
Opie will never go back to bashing the soundboard for attention while other people with better chemstree are being funny. He'll sever anyone who will out shine him or make him feel like the old days when he was the 3rd wheel to a good show.
Jim will become trapped inside his own head while Sam and Erock are pushed away and he's surrounded by random hacks fake laughing at Opie's take on American Idol.
wow I talk shit
1 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
Really? I'm kinda getting the feeling that he's gonna leave.
1 harnal_the_grayt 2016-09-17
He does say that, I guess I'm just skeptical.
I've heard his most recent stand up and he tends to not do well when he tries to create something himself (Vice show, Chip Chipperson cartoon.)
I hope he runs far away and makes tons of money. I'm just not sure it'll happen.
1 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
Yeah, I think the fact that I hear him on the radio so much ruins his stand-up for me. The vice show and chip cartoon definitely weren't good though. He needs to find the right people for a show. Or he just needs to do a reality(ish) show about fucking hookers.
0 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
Jimmy said that he'd have to significantly increase his standup dates if he left his radio gig.
Problem is, his tickets are already having trouble selling and the only people really showing up to see him are O&A fans.
He hasn't been relevant in years. The idea that he'd be able to make the same amount of money through standup alone is laughable. He should have jumped ship in 2010.
2 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
And this opinion is based on what? Nobody here, myself included, knows shit about how his tickets sell.
I saw him at the Stress Factory a few years ago and the place was packed though.
0 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
He's on groupon and he's been complaining about ticket sales. Faggot.
0 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
I'm still reeling from being called faggot, but I'll try to muster a response.
He always complains about ticket sales, that's to get people to buy tickets. But unless it's someplace that's not a great market for him, he usually also says they end up selling out (or almost).
But again, I don't know shit about his ticket sales. The difference between you and me, is that I don't act like my opinion/guess is fact.
1 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
No, the difference between us is that I try to piece together what's going on from what people say while you act like a weaselly fuck because you saw Jimmy's show years ago in New York (his strongest market)
It's doesn't take a genius to figure out that the audience ain't what it use to be.
And how do you know that Mr. 'I don't act like my opinion/guess is fact'?
1 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
Yeah, I saw him 3 years ago in Jersey. And that's all I know about his ticket sales. Which is more experience than you've come up with. I mean, I realize you're an internet expert on comedian ticket sales and all, but like the rest of us, you don't actually know shit about shit.
You're also a bore, princess.
1 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
"We have no idea about his ticket sales. I am wiling to admit that I'm speculating while you're pretending like your opinion/guess is fact. Now realize that my experience seeing Jim Norton a couple years ago in his strongest market trumps your idea that Jimmy talking about poor ticket sales and having to put his tickets on groupon is a sign of poor ticket sales. Jim could quit his radio job tomorrow, double his road shows and be just fine. He just says there's poor ticket sales so people will buy tickets. In fact, he sells out (or almost sells out) every show." - wishy washy faggot
1 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
You're right. I'm "wishy washy." I keep saying I have no idea. You're saying things like "ticket sales are down, everybody knows it..." You have an opinion, and are trying to find things to make it true. I don't give a shit, and like pointing out how much people here act like they know about things, so I'm arguing against your "facts."
Regardless, it's hilarious that a guy who uses the phrase "wishy washy" keeps calling other people "faggot."
1 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
(...)
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Tell me again how you aren't a wishy washy faggot
1 Syphillisdiller1 2016-09-17
I get that you're super tough and non-pc and say faggot on the internet a lot. Everybody's super impressed. Doesn't make you less dumb.
I told you my one experience, and quoted him. Are you upset that I'm assuming he says tickets aren't selling to get people to buy tickets? Fine, you got me. I'm a giant hypocrite because I made an assumption about how he plugs. It's nowhere close to the level of fan-fiction that goes on here, and the way people talk about how many subscriptions o&j or Ant have (when absolutely nobody knows anything about those numbers).
But mostly, this has gotten tedious.
1 MaskedUploader 2016-09-17
Or maybe I'm just calling you a faggot because you're acting like a faggot. Did you ever think about that one?
All I said was Jimmy would have to significantly increase his standup dates to replace his Sirius salary (a thing he's talked about on-air) but the issue with significantly increasing his standup dates is the fact that his tickets are having issues selling (a thing he's talked about on-air plus the fact that they've put tickets in certain markets on groupon) and the only people showing up to his show are old O&A fans (which isn't that big of a jump considering that the majority of his credits are from dead shows for another era. I doubt anybody recognizes him from his Louie/Schumer cameos or that UFC bros are showing up in force from his podcast)
The only real speculation I posted was the fact that Jim should've jumped ship in 2010 (which he should have. he had the leno segment. he was doing chelsea lately panel. if there was ever a time to jump from the o&a ship, that was it. look at how bill burr built up his career. he left his comfort zone. moved to la. made connections. and now it's paying big dividends.)
You're the one spazzing out acting like I'm some weirdo edgelord writing Norton fanfiction for replying to you trying to answer some guy's question (wait isn't that the whole thing you're trying to give me hell for?)
1 panjshirlion 2016-09-17
They've now done Jim and Sam enough times that I'm thinking it might be a trial run. Then again, Don Wickland seemed to have nothing to do with it.
2 grocery_man 2016-09-17
Nah Ant was just as funny if not funnier than Jim.