Norm not happy with Howard Stern

1  2018-10-24 by Moveinslience

258 comments

Norm's tweets are always so serious.

No they're not. (kills the bit guy)

Norm is #1 to me

His stand up takes some odd turns sometimes. But overall, for an undeniably funny guy, versatile, and a real-ass dude not just a kiss ass? Definitely in the top 5 stand ups for me.

His new show on netflix is so good, his style of interacting with people is not predictable at all. He also kissed Jane Fonda on the mouth and you could tell she was sopping wet.

You mean 'Norm Macdonald has a show"?

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His choice of guests does not seem that strong, compared to the precursor on YouTube. I found it disappointing.

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And not enough Adam Eget. I mean... this guy has some strong, strong, real-world experience. What he did for guys under Queensboro Bridge is still talked about to this day.

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That's the one thing, I really do not like Eget, regardless of how much of his heart and soul went into pleasing a horde of vagrants day in and day out.

Otherwise I've enjoyed every episode and look forward to the next season.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

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I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

I seem to remember an interview in which Norm said that slagging off Adam Egret about his past turned out to be the formula for getting the Norm MacDonald Live YouTube show up and crackling.

​

I mean, I know this is not Norm's best-paid gig! He's done SNL, multi-series sitcoms, movies etc etc. But (And I know a link would help here) he did seem to genuinely think that the show with Egret worked out well and was something to be proud of.

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It might seem like an obvious thing for a veteran to take easy shots at a younger, less successful guy. But, it all adds up. I think Egret played his own part in the show. Maybe it's not a masterpiece, but it was good fun. Sometimes, all it takes is a simple show concept where people are enjoying themselves and that comes across.

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So.. What is it you are looking forward to? I'm a bit confused about the future of Norm's interview shows.

Why? Were there some filthy slope rice farmers around?

Who's the rest of your top 5? Just curious

Probably Louis, Norm and Sarah Silverman for going above and beyond.

Then I guess Hicks for a classic guy. And Jesselnick for a newcomer.

You could cut the irony of Stern's statement with both his and hairy cunt's noses. Isn't Stern working like one or two days a week?

Stern and Sarah Silverman (when has she put out something funny....ever?) having this discussion is peak delusion

I feel like he has Whitney Cummings, Amy Schumer, and Silverman on rotation every week to go on. I miss the Gilbert days so bad. But he will never be allowed on ever again.

I didn't listen to Stern much growing up and radio is different than standup but can you explain why Gilbert Gottfried is a legend in the comedy world? Because I thought he was fucking annoying when he was on Norm's show. Quacking at everything.

Gilbert's mysterious personal life alone was radio gold. Then you add in his lack of any kind of filter, riffing on the news, old time Hollywood impressions mixed with racism, etc... The guy was an absolute riot.

I'm gonna sheck it out brothaman thanks for replying

Listen to Gilbert on Stern leaving Seinfeld voicemail messages as Jerry Seinfeld, Jr. talking about Leno’s wife Black Mavis.

The only millionaire that steals coffee creamers.

Listen to Gilbert vs German woman from Stern. Still holds up.

Gilbert is more of a comic's comic type figure... we may not find him that great (I do, but most people just hear the crazy voice), but he is so creative.

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Look up his appearance on the Joan Rivers roast, where he told one long form joke about Joan and it had to comedians losing their minds. Joan Rivers herself (who is one of comedy's all time greats) was laughing her ass off.

I saw that roast but I'll watch it again sometime. The best roast appearance IMO was Norm on Bob Saget's roast.

Comics get a kick out of watching other comics bomb, so in the case of the Norm roast, the comics got that Norm was being cheesy and making the roast itself the joke, while it took viewers a while to catch on... the live audience did not get it at all. That's what cracked the comedians up.

In the case of Gilbert, they were laughing because he just kept building and building with no real intention to ever have a punchline, and they admired how different and creative it was.

Norm is my favorite comic, but his performance at the Saget roast was bested by Gilbert himself with the brilliant “Raped and Killed a Girl in 1990” bit.

You should get one of the autists here to find the clip for me, but he went on Ron & Fez right after the video of Ray Rice beating his gf came out. It's right at the opening of the show, and Ron and Gilbert start riffing on it. Some of the best radio I've ever heard.

Autists, find that clip for me!

For me, the appeal of Gilbert is the novelty of the fact I know his voice and awful face from the background of every movie from 1989-1997 and hearing him on radio just wearing out the word "nigger" to the point where it stops being funny and just gets annoying, but then it gets funny again because he just won't stop doing it, and he is doing it with glee. Gilbert is equal parts insult comic and absurdist comic. He doesn't go on rants, he just acts out his mockery with impressions and riffing instead of being conversational.

Watch this video of his stand up from the 80's, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TfN2Z2NszQ it might give you a better feel for what he's going for. He is making fun of shitty comics. There is nothing he won't make fun of, and I have heard the Gilbert hatred for years. It's the same as the hate Patrice would get, or the hate Rich Vos would get. These guys are brilliant in their own way, but you won't recognize it unless you just accept them for being unorthodox and not being classically trained entertainers. They stink at first because you have expectations.

For all of Stern's hypocritical abandonment of his own brand of comedy, his work with Gilbert is probably the best radio ever. It gets no better than the revelation that Gilbert would do an impression of Seinfeld on stage, mocking his act, before Seinfeld was even famous. He would go up after Seinfeld at clubs and do an absurdist impression that would drive Seinfeld into an autistic rage. That all happens before fame, and then once Seinfeld hits and he's the biggest comedy star in the world... Gilbert goes on the biggest radio show in the country, they call your answering machine and fill up the entire tape with him doing the impression. Even in fame, you can't escape it. It only makes his desire for Seinfeld's pain stronger.

That was a really good explanation. Thanks a bunch. You actually made me want to like him.

No problem brotherman. Check out this appearance where Gilbert and Artie keep riffing on racism to the point where even Howard is blushing and literally says "Come on guys, it's enough with the N-word already. It's not funny anymore."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgQJZ45Bxg

No problem brotherman. Check out this appearance where Gilbert and Artie keep riffing on racism to the point where even Howard is blushing and literally says "Come on guys, it's enough with the N-word already. It's not funny anymore."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgQJZ45Bxg

No problem brotherman. Check out this appearance where Gilbert and Artie keep riffing on racism to the point where even Howard is blushing and literally says "Come on guys, it's enough with the N-word already. It's not funny anymore."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgQJZ45Bxg

No problem brotherman. Check out this appearance where Gilbert and Artie keep riffing on racism to the point where even Howard is blushing and literally says "Come on guys, it's enough with the N-word already. It's not funny anymore."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgQJZ45Bxg

I'm pretty sure he said on Artie's podcast that he didn't get banned for spitting in cupcakes but actually for being too offensive.

Gilbert called and asked to get on years ago and Gary told him they weren't having comedians on anymore. A week later one of these talentless Jew holes was on.

So Gary wasn't really lying then, when you think about it.

I believe that's the exact joke Artie made when Gilbert told him.

Jew broad fights draculas

I love Buffy

you are gay and an idiot. Fuck off.

That's ok. I thought about quitting this site anyway.

thats right, in fact, gilbert was on once or twice after the cupcake thing

Check out Gilbert's podcast. His interviews with doddering, geriatric TV and movie stars from the 1950s are leagues better than anything Stern has put out in the last ten years.

I would much rather hear Gilbert talk with old Batman stars about Burt Ward's huge dick, orgies and how Cesar Romero would get orange wedges thrown at his ass cheeks by young boys than hear Stern beat off Jonah Hill or talk about admiring Ellen for her dance moves.

Okay.. you have my attention

Any top gilbert pod eps u can recommend?

Some good ones I found by scrolling through the list:

  • Billy West appearances 1 and 2
  • Adam West
  • Artie Lange appearances 1 and 2 (he may have even made more than 2 appearances, I don't remember)
  • Bob Saget
  • Weird Al
  • Jim Gaffigan
  • Penn Jilliette
  • Chevy Chase
  • I'll get crucified for admitting it, but Worm Morton's episode was half way interesting simply because I can't get enough of his fucked up childhood!
  • Judd Apatow
  • Jackie Martling 1 and 2
  • Neil Berkeley (the guy who made the Gilbert doc)
  • Clint Howard
  • Bobcat Goldthwait
  • Joe Pantoliano
  • James Bond Knock-off movies
  • Bob “Super Dave” Einstein
  • Impractical Jokers

    It's one of the better podcasts out there, especially if you are an older movie buff, a comedy nerd or just a Gilbert fan!

Don't you have to pay for old episodes now?

There are ways around that. A bunch are on YouTube and torrents exist. At the same time, in this day and age of artists releasing their material on independent platforms, sometimes it's good to pay for your entertainment. I would much rather fork over a few bucks to listen to a quality podcast that has good production value and guests that interest me than pay some faceless corporation to watch endless commercials, shitty reality TV and boring sitcoms that I really don't care about.

you are gay and an idiot. Fuck off.

That's ok. I thought about quitting this site anyway.

I've always wanted to give his show a try, old showbiz stories are the greatest.

omg. Gilbert and Patreeky coming up with SciFi Channel versions of blockbusters for an hour. if only it could be. #DinosaurForest

The best one ever is Ron Friedman just a couple weeks ago. He was Pat McCormack's writing partner

Going to give the Joe Pantoliano a listen to after work today.

If you don't know this, check it out...

https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/

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You just want top ones? Maybe the one when he interviewed a woman who was in a cult horror movie from the 1950s.

What about Gilbert on the Norm YouTube podcast when he talks about the retard kid singing the "Batman" theme with some well-meaning and worthy TV presenter?

That is the number 1 most guilty laugh I've ever had in my laugh. Gilbert is impersonating this retarded kid trying to sing "Batman" and just laughing so hard that snot and tears are pouring out of his face (in my memory). Norm can usually be straight-faced, but occasionally something sets him off and in this case he is really in trouble.

Again, this is just my memory. I actually don't want to watch it again in case it spoils the memory.

I'll have to look that up! Sound hilarious!

This is some of it, but it seems like most has been cut out so it's not really that funny.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXUl-CBivQ

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I think a whole bunch of Norm's interviews with Adam Egret have been deleted from YouTube because of the new show.

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But, you might be able to use torrent sites to find the full show. If you're in the mood, Gilbert being inappropriate and loud, and Norm trying not to laugh is just... painfully, painfully funny.

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It was the Ghostbusters theme, but everything else is spot on

I agree it's a pretty good podcast but Gilbert really amps up the fake laughter more than usual, and that drives me more nuts than that dipshit on Cum Town who cackles like a dying hyena after word spoken.

It's a truely amazing podcast the best part is that they are talking about stuff from so long ago that they cant be sued because everyone involved is old and broke.

One of the makers of Airplane! just let out the name of the guy he brought cocaine from in the 70s. Like everyone involved is too old to care anymore

It is the same folks over & over.

The Stern Youtube channel has made a push in recent weeks to put out clips regularly, but any that I have watched are brutally stale (Ronnie the Limo Driver has road rage!!). Everyone besides Fred (God bless Fred) looks like out- of-shape dogshit (Jason should be put down). In my opinion, the Stern's shows unwillingness to get an interesting third-mic on after Artie's departure has been (one of) the ruin of the show. Now I just listen to old Stern shows with Gilbert, Norm or Wack Packers.

I'll forever regret not staying up to watch Gary the Retard's birthday party on E.

You're forgetting the dude from train

Denial, delusion and deceit one might say

He show was funny and so are her stand up specials. What you mean to say is that you don't like her, because she is a woman and Jewish, and both of those things terrify you.

Dejewsion, shirley.

Isn't Stern, after over 40 years of working harder than you ever will in your whole life, at the age of 70, working only a few days a week now? Yes, yes he is. He isn't some hack that has to work everyday, sorry that makes you feel insecure.

Howard has been nothing but a hack since 1999, or 2004 if you're very generous.

It must be amazing to be so mentally ill that you don't feel embarassed typing that.

HA!

Who wants to listen his shitty show for a full week? People can only take so much Tan Mom, scripted phone calls, and Ronnie the Limo Driver.

Ewww you're a fucking NPC Stern ballwasher?

You forgot faggot

Faggot

after years of working 4 hours a days, 4 days a week. what a fucking hero.

You should tell your parents they raised a liar.

The I work 40 weeks a year line gave me a chuckle.

Howard has been terrible for years now. Between Marcy Turk, and The America's Got Talent BS, the show never recovered. Not to mention never filling in the Jackie/Artie chair with a #3. Howard hasn't anything interesting to say in years. No one gives a shit about America Idol, or his cunt wife. And it just gave more air time to hear that fat, dying, worthless nigger Robin yell and read the news over a microphone. I honestly can't believe people still listen to the show. Even the Sternthology is terrible.

What's great is Howard is so famous that people need to actually make up people to blame his career trajectory on. It's not 2006. Why don't you talk about hidden gold, that's the audience your pandering to.

Not to mention never filling in the Jackie/Artie chair with a #3

It should have been Attell

Attell is too good for that

Attell is too good for that

Not at all. He was great when he filled-in on the chair, and I guarantee he'd take the 3mil annual salary over doing road work

Was Artie ever funny though? He seems like a guy who would be absolutely hilarious to hang around with, but just riffing on a radio show? I've never listened to a click of him that was more than a 6/10.

Artie was funny. It's popular to bash him now. But he gave the show another dimension. He didn't become a problem until a year or two after they got to Sirius. His drug problem was getting even worse, and he started to dominate the show. His stand up sucks, and he repeats jokes all the time. But from 01 to maybe 07 he was great.

> His stand up sucks, and he repeats jokes all the time

Right. he's not a great stand-up. I'm sure he's a riot to hang around with, but if you had to post a link of, let's say 1 to 5 minutes of him being funny.... could you do that?

I feel like he's just a guy other, better stand-ups like to hang around with because they make themselves feel more normal.

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He made me personally laugh. He brought a blue collar comedy dimension, but he was underrated when it came to his knowledge of pop-culture. He brought a lot to the table. He wouldn't have fit in at all with the America's Got Talent talk or the Marci Turk rules. But for that period of time, he was great.

The clip where he calls in pretending to be some porn sluts boyfriend is hilarious.

This one is hilarious as well.

Artie saved the show, as the HSS had devolved into complete shit by the early 00s in the years immediately after Jackie left. Crazy Cabbie my ass. Artie gave the show new life, it was different than what Jackie brought but he worked well with Howard IMO.

His standup is terrible and he was obnoxious and not fun or funny for the last year or so.

His fights with Beetlejuice are legendary: he'd just call him gay every time he visited. It's hilarious.

https://youtu.be/FvoXewviGvE

Fuck those two heebs thinking they know anything about actual comedy

Compare that to Silverman who was sort of funny 15 years ago, and has done nothing to “get better” since.

I thought her show had some good moments, like the AIDS episode. It's like different person now, though.

She didn’t write most of those shows.

The best part of the interview was hearing Sarah lament over the fact that she missed the boat for having kids. Basically admitting she became a bat shit liberal bc she never fulfilled her role of bearing children. Empty life empty person

I can't relate to a farty single middle aged woman who rents rooms with her dog. She floats around trying to give meaning to everything. Bitch, you're a loser. Own it, stupid.

She's not a bat shit liberal, she's an establishment sell out

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Norm, the last (somewhat famous) bastion of comedy.... Was Stern referring to Norm's comedy in general or that Norm apologised publicly?

90% of the time I click over to Stern its all Ronnie the Limo driver. His show is embarrassing

If Ronnie dropped dead, that show would still suck ass.

What's your prowblem, man.

SIXTY-NINE!!!

Sixty EIGHT!

Woah, woah, woah stop the clock

I'm not sure why Ronnie is such a focus of the show. He's a cantankerous old asshole who shouts over everyone and never seems to have any fun with anything. If that's his bit for the show it's not entertaining. And who the fuck wants to hear about the sex life of a 68 year-old man?

Because Howard has no material, Ronnie is an easy target for material that can kill 40-50 minutes at any time. Howard complains about his limo driver being famous and having a big head when he's the one who made him famous and enabled him. Imagine that, someone get's a big head when they get regular air time on one of the most popular radio shows in history.

The personality traits you mentioned are indeed the bit.

They lost Takei and needed a new creepy grandpa

Is Anthony still banned from phoners?

Test

Howard has been around comedians for 35+ years and still seems to have no idea how standup works. He has absolute contempt for all standups. He truly thinks they’re all losers unless they’re on SNL, a sitcom or the movies. He thinks every standup is in absolute awe of Seinfeld. He doesn’t get that most respect his skill and accomplishment, but don’t like his material and believe that Larry David was the true genius all along.

Sterns become an out of touch hack who is open about phoning it it for a check.

Sarah Silverman, who's funnier than her? Nobody.

Except dudes.

One of the best lines of all time

Said Artie, never.

Unless there's layers to this that I'm not getting then I'm gonna give it a 3/10

Cocaine.

Yeah I got that part, I'm not 12

Thanks Jim.

too bad he didn't mean it

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Think about this.

I think Norm really likes Sarah. I remember her telling a story about her shitting herself and him complaining about the smell. So, clearly, she was worried what he thinks.

Bear in mind, Norm is a huge, huge, undercover secret cocksman, he slept with Elle MacPherson, so I think he could've slung one up that mouthy Jew bird if he'd've put his mind to it. But, at the same time, Norm goes for clever chicks too. From his point of view, why would've he have?

From her point of view, he's a working comic and has a pulse.

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So... Make of that what you will.

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'Why would've he have?'

Yeah, you're the barometer of funny

I don't know what you mean.

I don't know what you mean.

I don't know what you mean.

He wrote about how much he loved her in his book. I know his book wasn't true, at least not even close to 100%, but all the same

Errr. I missed that book somehow. Any good?

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It's fantastic

I looked on Amazon and there seem to be a couple credited to him as an author. Any particular recommendations?

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The one I'm referring to is Based on a True Story

how come there's so much room below all your comments

Leave it alone.

Well, that's because I'm hoping one day to get a pool table.

Opie missed his chance to ask if he had a nice piece.

He used to be so in love with Sara that he hired a Hitman to kill Dave Attell.

Like others, I listened to Stern for years. I stopped when AGT started however many years ago. He claims the show is “evolving” but I am not sure how he could objectively look at a show of his today and not be embarrassed by it. There is no actual comedy, Stern gives no tough opinions and his staff has been neutered from giving any gossipy opinions of others.

I think the real kick in the ass that Stern had was when he first went to satellite years ago. He was fully expecting a majority of his fans to make the jump with him and jump with him and it never happened. Satellite radio never took off like he thought it would and now he as a tiny fraction of the audience that he once had. But they pay Stern an absurd amount of money each year, so he keeps at it.

Stern also started buying into the bullshit where everyone said he was a great interviewer and he's made that his bread and butter now. At one point he was a great interviewer who could get some really interesting stuff out of people but now he asks everyone the same questions with the same format and he believes that everyone does everything to please their fathers, because that's what Howard does. He is a deeply unhappy person.

Norm mentioned something that always bugged me about Howare interviewing guests. He was obsessed with talking about people's sex lives. Maybe that shit was interesting in the old shock jock days, but I really don't give a fuck if J-Law likes her ass eaten. They never say anything shocking or interesting anyway.

Woah woah stop the clock. I am interested in that. He'd never ask an A-List that question anymore anyway

I bet it tastes like a strawberry milkshake.

Get on there like a Remora.

He's a living legend of a dead medium, no one listens to "radio shows" anymore. Everything he used to be is dead and buried now.

I heard him lamenting that about a year or two ago. It was weird to hear. He genuinely seemed down in the dumps about it. It was sad to hear Robin trying to cheer him up. Seemed like he was driven to build a legacy of being the legend everyone measured their success against and modeled their careers upon, but never realized he was gonna be the last of his kind.

Howard thought he'd end up transcending his radio career and branch out into TV and films but it never happened. Instead he'll be remembered as the last big radio star and little more. People didn't listen to the HSS because he did "great interviews", they listened for the outrageous wackiness, the fights with his wife and parents and the relentless goofing on the staff and everyone else. And they listened because it was free. No one wants to pay to listen to a watered-down old has-been blathering about his second wife and doing ass-kiss interviews, his whole formula is rooted in the past.

it's a formula that everyone else still does though, theres absolutely nothing about this that's dead its just he clearly doesnt care about the show anymore. digital audio content is still growing despite what everyone predicted, he could be king of all audio but he clearly doesnt want it.

It makes me happy that he's miserable despite the money

It's funny how Howard used to shit on podcasts and say that they were a dead medium, yet they've become the only shows that are interesting. Even satellite radio has become safe cold takes veiled under bland sex talk with guys in their 60s.

Howard has always been way behind re: the internet. He was into it very early on but he never really capitalized on it. And he was dead wrong about podcasts, he could have been something of a pioneer but he chose to roll with satellite instead. Bad move.

Howard still had more listeners than Joe Rogan up until 2015. Stern is probably a lot like Ant and didnt want the hassle of finding advertisers and the like. And would have ended up with some bullshit manager. Plus by the time he could have chosen podcasts over Sirius he was dealing with Arties bullshit

But honestly, do you ever touch yourself? Do you allow people to take your picture when you are on your period?

You've said it all

I always want to see how many subscribe for Stern the last few years. I would think it is few but to be fair to Stern, I don’t think Sirius would keep giving him those multimillion dollar contracts if he didn’t have some good numbers behind the scenes

That or they know how bad their numbers would drop without him. I don’t know how many he is, but the people that drop the subscription would be noticeable in their financials.

Sirius released the numbers awhile back it averaged out to like 6 million per day. Or something really high like that. Joe Rogan is only now just entering that level. And he has one of the most well known podcasts.

The problem is that the sort of people that listen to Stern are more likely doing it out of habit.

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And you think they all subbed because of Howard Stern?

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It's basically a semi veiled Zoo show with manufactured bits, fake callers, safe edgy comedy

Norm still blames Artie’s suicide attempt on Howard’s enabling.

I blame it on cheeseburgers

Mr MacDonald acts like a bitch there.

Good for Norm. Let's hope he can hop ship and interview on Jim & Sam instead

Fuck that. Jim should be punished for the rest of time for rushing Norm out of the studio for his crush Brock Lesner.

You stink

Nice retort, faggot.

You know what, you can go kick rocks for all I give a mother fuck......gaylord

Hilarious stuff. Any other common Jim Norton lines you wanna throw out there? Fucking loser

Why are you getting so emotional...did you fucking...uhhhh.....uhhhh...LOVE EMO MUSIC OR SUMTIN?!?!?!.............goddamnit......cut that part out pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze

Terrible, truly humiliating for you.

What? I Got pegged by your wife? Yeah so.

Still not funny, keep trying though.

He's right

Jim would never have someone like that who motherfucked him

Howard stinks on ice now. He should have retired at the end of his last contract

Cocktober anyone?

Silverman is still trying to get better, she was never good

I think 5 years ago I saw her for the first time, she did a drop-in at the Melrose Improv. I always liked her and was psyched to hear her stand up; she was abysmally mediocre. I couldn't believe it.

I got 20 minutes into her Netflix special and couldn't take another minute. Not only was her material lousy and very un-rehearsed sounding, but it was shot like complete shit. Next to Judd Apatow it was the worst special I'd ever seen.

Next to Judd Apatow it was the worst special I'd ever seen.

Judd’s is bad?

Dude it's fucking brutal. He might as well have hung himself on a cross and let his wife & daughters come out and whip him. "Men are stupid, white men suck, women are amazing, women are better than men." Holy fuck.

I’m sick of him and mid-life crisis bullshit

Did she bring her notebook, which by the way, has the same material since at least 2009 when I first saw her at the Improv on Melrose?

I cant remember. Probably. She sounded like every other woman comic Ive ever seen, nothing differentiated her or made her stand out whatsoever.

Going to go out on a limb and saying Howard was saying that to get back at Norm for something he's said.

Probably Norm was on his show and said something bad about a stapler manufacturer that was a sponsor and so lost Howard almost 12 dollars in sponsorship so he decided to cut the friendship based on that.

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Norm wrote a hilarious book in the last year. Takes a lot more effort than what Stern does

Sarah “Maytag refrigerator body” Silverman was never funny. Norm has been hilarious for the last 25 years. He makes being funny look easy.

well said

does anyone have the clip?

it hasn't surfaced yet

never trust jews , they turn on you quicker than drinking water

why is he engaing these people? Norm do you know how this ends? You got a preview of it a month ago

He doesn't give a fuck. Ask (((Don Ohlmeyer))) if you don't believe me.

If he wants to get in touch woth Ohlmeyer, he's going to have to get in touch with Oda Mae Brown, first.

chapo fag

Howard talking about people who used to be funny is hilarious.

Wow yeah that’s very true.

Hoo hoo, I'm still hilarious!

stern is one of the most embarrassing shows ive ever listened to. the bababooey parody songs and fat melanoid robin both make me wish i had died as a child

It really went to shit a couple of years ago then somehow got below the shit level to horseshit hack levels. Pathetic

Norm doesn't have to try to be better. He just is.

all of howard’s opinions on other men in show business can come down to a checklist: are you man, jewish, & a part of the entertainment elite. If the answer is no to all 3, then howie doesn’t like you.

They just need to be Jewish and in entertainment.

Redundant

you are gay and an idiot. Fuck off.

That's ok. I thought about quitting this site anyway.

Stern hasn't really listened to comedy in 15 years. They've admitted that they really don't book comedians much anymore unless they are huge (Seinfeld, Rock, Etc....) or popular in the moment (and probably connected to Don Buchwald).

Any other comics get funneled to the smaller and younger skewing "After Show" so Howard doesn't have to deal with them, and perhaps be embarrassed by his lack of current knowledge.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Stern was offended by Norm in some way, and this was a saved up dig.

cause sarah really evolved throughout the years, her act is revolutionizing the art of comedy.. what a load of crap, that bitch hasn't been relevant since 2005

I would be a shame if Disney gets bombarded with terrible publicity and social media protests over the the fact that despite some controversial statements in the past she is still allowed to star in Wreck it Ralph 2 alongside famous Disney princesses. They had no problem canning Rosanne who was essential to the show's success where you could easily find a replacement for Sarah

Howard Stern is an unhappy, insecure out of touch fool.

I'm actually not sure I get that last line.

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> Maybe he's confusing merit with fame.

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So, is Norm saying that while he has NOT got more famous in recent years, he HAS still been turning out good material?

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And perhaps hinting that Howard has continued to be famous, or maybe even increased his fame, but has not actually got funnier?

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I think that's what he's saying, but it's a bit esoteric.

Nice forced vocabulary, stupid.

I have no idea what you are trying to say.

What - too esoteric?

Oh, contrare.

What's he saying, Robin?

Yeah it doesn't make sense at all. But no use trying to criticize Norm here.

Howard Stern is an unhappy, insecure, out of touch fool who ruined his own legacy by staying too long at the party.

Stern stopped trying around 10 years ago.

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can you even get better at being funny as an adult? How much of it is a natural trait from childhood vs a skill you work on?

I believe this subject deserves a three-hour discussion on Joe Rogan's podcast.

Howie is an hero

these jews, im tellin you

I love Stern, but there is something DEEPLY ironic in him talking about people who have stopped trying to get better.

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Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

That show died a long time ago.

FFS Norm wrote what is truly and honestly one of the best books by an entertainment personality ever. "Based on a true Story" is a legitimate work of genius. I'm not a huge fan of stand up by anyone so I don't know if his "Stage work" is better or worse but to say Norm has stopped trying is beyond stupid.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

Hes right, norm peaked on Conan’s oldass show with that “chairman of the bored” carrot top comment.

He’s right. Norm peaked on Conan’s oldass show with his “chairman of the bored” carrot top comment

Norm should rip some of the monkey hair from Sarah's arm and lip and use it to strangle Howard

Serves him right. He trusted a Jew.

That's really disappointing to hear Howard dismiss Norm like that. Norm always had great appearances on the show and has always given Stern credit for being a pioneer. Apart from it being a shitty thing to say about someone who's always supported him and his show, it's flat out wrong. In the last couple years he's put out 2 great specials, a YouTube channel that landed him a Netflix series, and one of the funniest books ever.

"merit vs fame" Silverman is one of the best examples of that shit. if she'd been ugly, she'd be just another no name, pot head, liberal shit head.

Have you seen her naked?

Kike

Norm recently wrote one of the best books ever written by an entertainment type. It's legitimately brilliant. I am not a huge fan of stand up so I don't know where he is on that front but to say he's not "growing" after putting out Based on a True Story is just stupid.

Nobody has worked harder and sacrificed more in the entertainment biz than me.

Stern and Sarah Silverman (when has she put out something funny....ever?) having this discussion is peak delusion

Isn't Stern, after over 40 years of working harder than you ever will in your whole life, at the age of 70, working only a few days a week now? Yes, yes he is. He isn't some hack that has to work everyday, sorry that makes you feel insecure.

You forgot faggot

If Ronnie dropped dead, that show would still suck ass.

I heard him lamenting that about a year or two ago. It was weird to hear. He genuinely seemed down in the dumps about it. It was sad to hear Robin trying to cheer him up. Seemed like he was driven to build a legacy of being the legend everyone measured their success against and modeled their careers upon, but never realized he was gonna be the last of his kind.

There are ways around that. A bunch are on YouTube and torrents exist. At the same time, in this day and age of artists releasing their material on independent platforms, sometimes it's good to pay for your entertainment. I would much rather fork over a few bucks to listen to a quality podcast that has good production value and guests that interest me than pay some faceless corporation to watch endless commercials, shitty reality TV and boring sitcoms that I really don't care about.

I'll have to look that up! Sound hilarious!

It's funny how Howard used to shit on podcasts and say that they were a dead medium, yet they've become the only shows that are interesting. Even satellite radio has become safe cold takes veiled under bland sex talk with guys in their 60s.

I'm not sure why Ronnie is such a focus of the show. He's a cantankerous old asshole who shouts over everyone and never seems to have any fun with anything. If that's his bit for the show it's not entertaining. And who the fuck wants to hear about the sex life of a 68 year-old man?

> His stand up sucks, and he repeats jokes all the time

Right. he's not a great stand-up. I'm sure he's a riot to hang around with, but if you had to post a link of, let's say 1 to 5 minutes of him being funny.... could you do that?

I feel like he's just a guy other, better stand-ups like to hang around with because they make themselves feel more normal.

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Thanks Jim.

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It was the Ghostbusters theme, but everything else is spot on

Artie saved the show, as the HSS had devolved into complete shit by the early 00s in the years immediately after Jackie left. Crazy Cabbie my ass. Artie gave the show new life, it was different than what Jackie brought but he worked well with Howard IMO.

And you think they all subbed because of Howard Stern?

Probably Louis, Norm and Sarah Silverman for going above and beyond.

Then I guess Hicks for a classic guy. And Jesselnick for a newcomer.

His standup is terrible and he was obnoxious and not fun or funny for the last year or so.

you are gay and an idiot. Fuck off.

That's ok. I thought about quitting this site anyway.