Everyone acting like Ant has only been terrible recently is forgetting the worst thing he ever did
117 2018-02-21 by gometaboys
In 1996, shock jocks Anthony Cumia and Gregg "Opie" Hughes dropped bra bombs on a rival radio station. Cumia was, by his own admission, in full military regalia. Using their considerable resources, they hired a blimp with state-of-the-art cloaking technology, rendering it invisible to the naked eye. They broadcast this attack nationwide, yelling obscene phrases all the way.
Attack him if you wish, but please don't downplay this disgusting act of aggression.
37 comments
29 LiberalPussy 2018-02-21
The biggest thing Jim Norton brought to the show was owning up to and embracing that you bombed or a bit didn’t work. If he was never a part of O&A, Opie would still insist that the bra bombing and Sperm Bowl ‘96 were “classic bits”. Mind he once insisted that the Demented World CD still holds up.
10 BoardroomBimmy 2018-02-21
I give Norden a lot of shit but if it wasn't for him, O&A would have remained a whacky morning zoo Stern ripoff forever. Opie would still be doing fake phone calls while Anthony laughs and claps and does Ronald Reagan impressions.
3 sanfrancisco69er 2018-02-21
The toy yoda and one hundred grand bits make me cringe. I remember hearing about those as a kid and couldn't believe when I found out later on it was old school o&a
3 Pale_Pen15 2018-02-21
Toy Yoda wasn't them.
1 Anarox 2018-02-21
No doubt, that creep elevated the show
6 Bronan_the_Brobarian 2018-02-21
Jim was the most savage when it came to hack court cases.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad. Let's hear the rest"
2 onemancrimespree 2018-02-21
Vos deserves credit too. Long before Norton was ever involved, Rich brought the roast battle anger to the otherwise cheery and upbeat happy to be there show.
12 I-am-Gizmoduck 2018-02-21
It wasn't a rival radio station, it was WABU, a UHF TV channel in Worcester, MA. (Now part of the ION TV networks)
WABU refused to run the WAAF Real Rock TV show, which was an infomercial paid programming TV show a-la PFG TV
9 shawkward 2018-02-21
F. U. WABU, we hate u!
5 Single_Action_Army 2018-02-21
What's better than rhyming u with u? Rhyming u with u with u.
3 StuntPeckah 2018-02-21
Oh, you...
3 Kurt_Love 2018-02-21
Good ol Worchvegas
3 CommodorePawsey 2018-02-21
Because of Beth Hart’s erect nipples if I recall.
8 EastSideDan 2018-02-21
That bra bombing....oof.
Anthony pretending to be piloting a blimp...
Opie screaming "Mother HUCKER.....YOU BASTARDS!!!!!"
Them pretending that police helicopters were buzzing them...
My God is that awful.
Why hasn't Tranpa killed himself yet? The man has lived with that bra bombing for over 20 years. If that doesn't make a man want to off himself, being called out for fucking a tranny is nothing.
8 PsychopathyRed 2018-02-21
They made 20 years (off the air for 2 of those), but they were absolute shit until 2002.
Imagine liking a band and then explaining to someone, "yeah they're awesome... except for the first 9 years... oh and the singer fucks up all the time and his vocals ruin the music a lot, but..."
3 Pale_Pen15 2018-02-21
I like to remind Pantera fans that they released 4 albums before Cowboys From Hell
1 Bouquet_of_seaweed 2018-02-21
Power Metal was good.
0 BoardroomBimmy 2018-02-21
But you can argue those are good. There is no arguing that anything O&A did before Jimmy came along was anything other than hack shit.
7 Unc_PaulHarrgis1-5YO 2018-02-21
What even is a bra bomb? Just something shocking and edgy to get that 18-49 male demo I guess?
10 I-am-Gizmoduck 2018-02-21
They we're trying to get the federal position of Secretary of Partying-Down
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/09/President_of_USA.png/revision/latest?cb=20111219072732
4 KangolVos 2018-02-21
The School of Hard Knockers.
6 smallDick-Mailman 2018-02-21
Ooo I hate that Dean bitterman
6 brmlb 2018-02-21
that sounds like something the 1996 version of me would have loved. No social media, no 9/11, young, hopeful, enjoying a couple of crazy guys dropping bra bombs on my walkman radio
2 StuntPeckah 2018-02-21
Ducking into the Benetton change room but not to try on clothes.
5 gometaboys 2018-02-21
if you downvote this you downvote justice against bomb victims
25 young_beard 2018-02-21
I feel like a bomb victim right now
2 Fightingrooster 2018-02-21
Oh shit this nigga got a DICK
1 enzo_trash 2018-02-21
I said: "Damn", dropped the gat from my hand
5 KangolVos 2018-02-21
That pre-9/11 world...
3 Yaseetheo 2018-02-21
Who could also forget what they put Wayne Newton through with the infamous Sperm Bowl.
3 lifeobenreilly 2018-02-21
ME: This bra-bomb better FAWKIN' work, Nerdlinger!
sniff
2 karmacompanion 2018-02-21
They motherhucked them.
2 AlchemyWizard 2018-02-21
He also contributed to the suicide of Richard Jeni
2 Icon_Crash 2018-02-21
Don't forget when he went to jail for running a red light.
2 satanssockpuppet 2018-02-21
I used to listen to the WNEW show regularly. The first two hours were usually pretty funny and mostly featured them screwing around, but around four o'clock they'd start with the really hacky "shock jock" stuff which was usually unlistenable.
The only really funny "rival station" battle I remember was when Stern harassed the WNEW (pre-O&A, it was a really lame classic rock station for years) staff with a megaphone. He totally enraged this one guy who called himself "Marty the Rock and Roll Smarty" and the guy went off-script and went off on a rant about Howie. He was fired the next day.
1 3stepsbackward 2018-02-21
He was also a noted contributor to Mancow's radio show.
1 radiospringy 2018-02-21
Love you love the show
10 I-am-Gizmoduck 2018-02-21
They we're trying to get the federal position of Secretary of Partying-Down
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/09/President_of_USA.png/revision/latest?cb=20111219072732