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Wezas
04-01-2004, 10:15 AM
I'm not sure who listens, but it was amusing. I came in on the tail end of it, being as I didn't get in my car until 8:15.
Howard normally airs between 6am - 10:30ish weekday mornings, on stations around the US. This morning, people tuned in and heard "Cross and Lopez" in the morning after a brief statement from the manager of the stern show said that it's "off the air".
They even went as far as to tell anyone who called the station that the show had been taken off the air.
Fox News reported that it was off the air and later appologized when the show came on.
A few people who planned a trip to Vegas to join the live broadcast from there next month cancelled their reservations.
Why people didn't realize it was April 1st is beyond me.
It's better than hearing him bitch about Oprah. Not that I disagree with him it was just getting tiring.
pennywise
04-01-2004, 10:32 AM
Well, all he talks about now is the FCC. He's a whiny little bitch with no sense of propriety. And rarely is he entertaining anymore. I switch to him on occasion just to see if he has anyone decent sitting in.
Wezas
04-01-2004, 10:36 AM
Originally posted by pennywise
Well, all he talks about now is the FCC. He's a whiny little bitch with no sense of propriety. And rarely is he entertaining anymore. I switch to him on occasion just to see if he has anyone decent sitting in.
I haven't heard the Oprah rant that Tijay was talking about, but I agree, this FCC shit is unbearable. Stop bitching, and start making up more funny bits.
I swear the last few weeks I've tuned in to him for about 30 seconds before switching to "Elliot in the Morning". Elliot is a dumbass, but at least some of his bits are funny. And I can get my dose of people yelling at their subordinates that I had been missing since the Howard "FCC" Stern show started.
The oprah rant is part of his FCC rant. Because she had some guest and they were talking about oral and salad tossing and shit like that but hes not allowed to. So for a few days it was like all he talked about. Hes even got a huge link about it on his web page.
Howard and Oprah Transcripts (http://www.howardstern.com/-%20Oprah%20Oral%20Anal.htm)
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by Tijay]
Nakiro
04-01-2004, 10:45 AM
apparently oprah isn't getting any
Galleazzo
04-01-2004, 10:51 AM
I don't get it. When was Howard NOT a whiny little bitch and when DID he have a sense of propriety.
Was really just saying, before this breaks off into a tanget, the april fools thing was a nice break from his bithing about the FCC. Atleast he was funny in the past when he was bitching. Now hes just obnoxious in my opinion.
Atlanteax
04-01-2004, 11:58 AM
Originally posted by Galleazzo
I don't get it. When was Howard NOT a whiny little bitch and when DID he have a sense of propriety.
Good question!!! :rolleyes:
Howard Stern = :thumbsdown:
pennywise
04-01-2004, 12:03 PM
He was whiney and funny for a while, now he is just whiney. Obviously, at some time previously, he had a sense of propriety, or he would have been fined out of existence long before now.
Mancow = Old Howard Stern wannabe
He can be entertaining at times.
Skirmisher
04-01-2004, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by The Edine
mancow > howard.
Howard Stern used to be better.
Mancow has always sucked.
Mancow used to be shit...I think he's improved a little, not much.
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 12:53 PM
Howard Eskin > Mancow > Crabs.....yeah, you know the kind > Warclaidhm > Howard Stern
AnticorRifling
04-01-2004, 12:59 PM
Bob and Tom
Lex and Terry
They are both better morning radio shows than Howard.
isnt about how freaking whiney someone is its about freedom of speech!!!!!!!
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 01:39 PM
First of all, no one is better than Stern. Especially not Mancow! And I am FROM Chicago. I liked Mancow back when I was 13, that should tell you something. Now, as far as his FCC rants, I agree Stern can go overboard and he can definately get annoying when he gets on one tangent and keeps pounding away at it. However, don't you people realize it is somewhat of an important topic? His job is at stake. If you were in his position, I'm sure you'd be a lot more concerned with the FCC then you are at the moment.
I, for one, am horrified at the thought that the government has the audacity to think they can decide for me what is or is not too obscene for me to watch/listen to/read.
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 01:55 PM
Why? He's on in the morning and any kid can pick up a fucking radio. StopFCC is the stupidest argument I've heard.
BTW, I've disliked Stern way before his Bush bashing. Stern is a lowlife piece of shit, and the majority of the people listening to him are no more inclined to get up and vote then they are to stop downloading volumes of porn daily on their computers. As for the few intelligent people who listen to him, I don't think what he says is going to sway their vote either way.
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by Hulkein]
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 02:08 PM
He's on from 6 - 10:30 central time. If you seriously don't want your kid listening to Howard Stern, I'm sure you keep an eye on him as he's getting ready to go to school. Or how about a v-chip for radio? There are plenty of precautions you can take to make sure your child doesn't listen to Stern if you don't want him to.
If they happen to hear a show or two, are they really going to be scarred for life? Your kids are going to hear this stuff eventually. Like I said, when I was 13 I used to listen to Mancow. I went to a Catholic school, and in 8th grade I used to wear our graduation sweatshirt to school (they considered it part of the uniform), and I'd have my walkman wired up my sleeves so I could sit in class, leaning on one arm, and listen to the show.
I get it, the KIDS might here it! Oh no. Well, my life doesn't revolve around your children, I'm sorry to say. It's your job to protect them, and if you can't, it's not a big of a deal as you think. Protecting them should not include infringing on MY rights.
"Fuck the children." - George Carlin
"Children are the future... but not if we do something about it now!" - Homer Simpson
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by ThisOtherKingdom]
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 02:21 PM
<<If you seriously don't want your kid listening to Howard Stern, I'm sure you keep an eye on him as he's getting ready to go to school. Or how about a v-chip for radio? There are plenty of precautions you can take to make sure your child doesn't listen to Stern if you don't want him to.>>
Yes, because every family has the time to watch their children at the bus stops, on the bus, before school. And every family has the money to buy a v-chip, or even knows what the hell a v-chip is.
<<Well, my life doesn't revolve around your children, I'm sorry to say.>>
Well then you're a selfish person. My life doesn't revolve around Iraqi citizens either, doesn't mean I won't care about what happens. If you really need to hear about the junk he talks about everyday then, well, whatever. He's a dirtbag.
The 'they're going ot hear it someday' argument is pathetic man. You realize an eight year old hearing something has a much deeper affect then a 12 year old hearing the same thing. Or a 10 year old hearing something and a 14 year old. I guess since they're going to hear it anyway we should just tell them everything wrong about the world when they're 4, or 5, I mean that way you can listen to Stern talk about anul for the 3rd straight day, or laugh at the dwarf who drinks himself to death, or the retards who can't talk. Give me a break.
Hulkein, come on now. Like Kids don't watch Cable TV, or play Gemstone, or participate in other adult orientated things where they hear and see things that only adults should. The songs played on the radio these days is example enough.
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 02:33 PM
Heh, have you actually listened to Stern? And the argument about CableTV... the stuff they show is mandated too, you won't see anything NEAR to what Stern does on TV any time during the day. Plus, you have to pay for Cable TV so it's not the same a public airway. And even so, just because others may do it doesn't make it right, Stern was the worst, he's gone. It sets a precedence. You know MTV changed what times certain videos would air after that? A lot of people got more strict behind the scenes, also.
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by Hulkein]
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by Hulkein
Yes, because every family has the time to watch their children at the bus stops, on the bus, before school. And every family has the money to buy a v-chip, or even knows what the hell a v-chip is.
First of all, I don't even know if a v-chip is available for radio, it was just an idea. Secondly, one way to protect them is to not buy a walkman if you think they're too young to randomly discover Stern on the air. As far as other children on the bus having a radio, do you honestly believe EIGHT YEAR OLDS have any interest in morning talk radio? It's not like they're all immediately going to tune into Stern the second they get their snotty little hands on a radio.
Well then you're a selfish person. My life doesn't revolve around Iraqi citizens either, doesn't mean I won't care about what happens. If you really need to hear about the junk he talks about everyday then, well, whatever.
If children are being murdered, abused in anyway, I'd certainly care. It's a RADIO program. Howard Stern has every right to be on the air and say whatever he wants, just as much as I have the right to tune in and listen if I choose. That shouldn't be taken away from me on the off chance that a CHILD might be listening.
The 'they're going ot hear it someday' argument is pathetic man. You realize an eight year old hearing something has a much deeper affect then a 12 year old hearing the same thing. Or a 10 year old hearing something and a 14 year old. I guess since they're going to hear it anyway we should just tell them everything wrong about the world when they're 4, or 5, I mean that way you can listen to Stern talk about anul for the 3rd straight day, or laugh at the dwarf who drinks himself to death, or the retards who can't talk.
Obviously the show is not for children. There are plenty of steps a parent can take to make sure their kids don't listen to him. And even after all that, if an 8 year old happens to tune in for 10 minutes on a bus ride -- which, like I said earlier, is highly unlikely -- it is not the end of the world.
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by ThisOtherKingdom]
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 02:38 PM
Is it the end of the world that you can't tune into someone who is spewing the junk he does on the radio? No, it's not. I personally would rather have ZERO chance of his shit reaching my (future) kids ears.
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 02:40 PM
Yes, it IS the end of the fucking world. This is one of the things the country is based on, FREE SPEECH.
Originally posted by Hulkein
Is it the end of the world that you can't tune into someone who is spewing the junk he does on the radio? No, it's not. I personally would rather have ZERO chance of his shit reaching my (future) kids ears. Why? Your kids will just pick up on some other shit unless you plain on living in the back woods of bumfuck West Virginia or something with no tv, radio, or computer.
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 02:44 PM
Hmm, you ever hear the other end of that ammendment? Free Speech is a protected right until it infringes on mine.
<<Why? Your kids will just pick up on some other shit unless you plain on living in the back woods of bumfuck West Virginia or something with no tv, radio, or computer.>>
Again, as I said already, I don't care if it's only a piece of the puzzle.. It's a start, it's progress. Just because there is other bad stuff on the airwaves (which there really isn't, on PUBLIC airwaves) doesn't mean we should just allow it all.
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by Hulkein]
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 02:48 PM
Originally posted by Hulkein
Hmm, you ever hear the other end of that ammendment? Free Speech is a protected right until it infringes on mine.
Howard Stern is not infringing on your rights any more than the KKK is infringing on black rights by spouting their shit. Just because he's OUT THERE is not infringing on your rights. You have the right to not listen to his show. If he is taken off the air, where is my choice in the matter? Where are my rights? Or Stern's? A lot of DJs and "shock jocks" were mentioned earlier in this thread, are we going to take them all off because they're offensive to some people? You cannot define indecency.
Originally posted by Hulkein
Hmm, you ever hear the other end of that ammendment? Free Speech is a protected right until it infringes on mine.
Edited on 4-1-2004 by Hulkein] There is no such thing as infringement when it comes to free speech. Didn't you know?
Originally posted by ThisOtherKingdom
Originally posted by Hulkein
Hmm, you ever hear the other end of that ammendment? Free Speech is a protected right until it infringes on mine.
Howard Stern is not infringing on your rights any more than the KKK is infringing on black rights by spouting their shit. Just because he's OUT THERE is not infringing on your rights. You have the right to not listen to his show. If he is taken off the air, where is my choice in the matter? Where are my rights? Or Stern's? A lot of DJs and "shock jocks" were mentioned earlier in this thread, are we going to take them all off because they're offensive to some people? You cannot define indecency. THANK YOU.
Hulkein
04-01-2004, 02:55 PM
It's irrelevent anyway, he is on the air because of a private company who can do whatever the fuck they want. That is business. He pissed people off, he's outta there.
Howard Stern can go on the street and say whatever he wants, he can SELL newsletters all he wants with whatever he wants to say, that is protected free-speech. On public airwaves, it isn't 'anything goes.'
Originally posted by DarkelfVold
[quote]Originally posted by Hulkein
It's irrelevent anyway, he is on the air because of a private company who can do whatever the fuck they want. That is business. He pissed people off, he's outta there.
Howard Stern can go on the street and say whatever he wants, he can SELL newsletters all he wants with whatever he wants to say, that is protected free-speech. On public airwaves, it isn't 'anything goes. No, but on public television it is. I still believe that freedom of speech should apply not just a few if the law is in place.
Fengus
04-01-2004, 03:20 PM
Anyone named mancow has to be one of the biggest dumbasses alive, especially when its not a nickname that only other people call him.
Weedmage Princess
04-01-2004, 03:54 PM
Heh...gotta side with Hulkein.
Let's say and do any and everything we want, in front of whoever--simply because we "can." Oh and because everyone's going to be exposed to it one day, anyway.
Hey, let's take that theory and run with it, shall we? Let's not arrest that drug dealer who pushes crack to junior high kids. They should know better than to take it if the parents did their job. And they're going to be exposed to drug abuse when they get older anyhow! So who cares?!
ThisOtherKingdom
04-01-2004, 03:56 PM
Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
Let's say and do any and everything we want, in front of whoever--simply because we "can." Oh and because everyone's going to be exposed to it one day, anyway.
Hey, let's take that theory and run with it, shall we? Let's not arrest that drug dealer who pushes crack to junior high kids. They should know better than to take it if the parents did their job. And they're going to be exposed to drug abuse when they get older anyhow! So who cares?!
Uh, let's not take that theory and run with it because it's stupid. Howard Stern isn't selling crack to your kids, he is providing adult entertainment.
Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
Heh...gotta side with Hulkein.
Let's say and do any and everything we want, in front of whoever--simply because we "can." Oh and because everyone's going to be exposed to it one day, anyway.
Hey, let's take that theory and run with it, shall we? Let's not arrest that drug dealer who pushes crack to junior high kids. They should know better than to take it if the parents did their job. And they're going to be exposed to drug abuse when they get older anyhow! So who cares?! Im sorry, but what does selling crack have to do with freedom of speech?
Latrinsorm
04-01-2004, 05:04 PM
Originally posted by DarkelfVold
Im sorry, but what does selling crack have to do with freedom of speech? Why do you think people from Boston talk the way they do?
Originally posted by Latrinsorm
Originally posted by DarkelfVold
Im sorry, but what does selling crack have to do with freedom of speech? Why do you think people from Boston talk the way they do? Ouch
Weedmage Princess
04-01-2004, 06:23 PM
It was a metaphor. :!:
Hence my saying "let's take that theory and run with it."
As in...just because people "are going to be exposed to something" at one point or another doesn't mean you have to go out of your way to broadcast said things all over the place.
**edited to add this:
I am not saying that these people shouldn't be allowed to have shows of that nature at all, but would it be all that bad if say it was on at 9pm at night..as opposed to 8 or 9am in the morning? I mean, that's what they do with television. It wouldn't hurt anyone to make a compromise like that.
[Edited on 4-1-2004 by Weedmage Princess]
Weedmage Princess
04-01-2004, 06:24 PM
By the way, I'm not from Boston. I'm actually from New York City. Born and raised. ;)
Latrinsorm
04-01-2004, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
By the way, I'm not from Boston. I'm actually from New York City. Born and raised. ;) Good to know, Benedict Arnold. :D
Weedmage Princess
04-01-2004, 09:01 PM
ROFL I ain't no Red Sox Fan, Latrinsorm!!!!
Latrinsorm
04-01-2004, 10:56 PM
Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
ROFL I ain't no Red Sox Fan, Latrinsorm!!!! Rats. Well the Giants still hate you. :D
I watched Howard Stern's TV show on E! when I was like... 13? 12? And it was dumb. The one thing that was cool was when he had Paul McCartney on and was all respectful and stuff.
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