I Don't Think Any of You Care...

...but Artie returned to the Stern show today.

I was both surprised and disappointed that they continue to enable his downfall.

Splittsville for Artie Lange

Wow, so a friend who comes in to work later than I do gave me the news.

Artie has allegedly quit the Stern Show after an on-air physical confrontation w/ assistant Teddy!

It's odd because early this morning, I was working at home, listening to the replay of yesterday's show and just starting to tire of Artie's act. He's been abusing the hell out of his body and not really contributing to the show very much at all. Falling asleep on-air was funny once or twice, but its continuation is not amusing.

Further, his physical lashing-out today was not the first time in the last few months that this has happened.

I'm guessing that this is not a stunt and it's for good, but who knows.

The guy really does need to clean his act up once and for all. This was a dumbass move on his part.

You Better Get Tough, MoFo!

**The audio below contains a number of F-bombs**

Once Howard went to Sirius Satellite, a common criticism of him has been that he's gotten soft. He's making a boatload of money, takes Fridays off and the FCC is no longer crawling up his back. Life couldn't get better, but at times it leads to the perception that he's lost the edge that drew some of us to him in the first place.

The clip below, from earlier this year, shows that he has not completely lost it...since he completely loses it here.

His news department somehow came up with a tape of Riley Martin's contract negotiations with Sirius management before his staff was able to get the tape ready for air during the regular show.

Profanity ensues and Howard goes off on Jason, Scott the Engineer and Baba Booey.

Great Blast From the Past

Yesterday on the Howard Stern Show, they were playing clips from Scott Ferrall's show (a really talented sports guy on evenings on Howard 101 on Sirius).  He had the World Wrestling Federation star of the 1980s, The Iron Sheik.

He got really loaded and then unleashed on callers.  He started crying when someone brought up how Sheik was a champion when Classy Freddie Blassie was his manager.  (Blassie died 3 years ago).

This was just the kind of train wreck we tune in for!

Keeping my calendar cleared for 2-August when he's slated to be on Howard's show!

"I Told You Not to Be Stupid, You Moron!"

Those words, famous to listeners of the Howard Stern show, are from the host's father, Ben, in a tape played often on the show. Ben Stern tape recorded a family get-together when he quizzed his children on, among other things, whether America should remain a part of the United Nations.

Howard, you see, had an older sister and his father thought he was being...stupid.

Well, it turns out that it might not be his fault!

There's a widely-circulating new publication in the social sciences saying that even when you control for a host of other factors, first-born chilren still retain a small but significant (insert another Howard double-entendre) edge when it comes to intelligence.

This holds no real utility for parents raising their children because intra-group variance far exceeds inter-group variance, but it still makes for interesting discussion.

Will Artie Leave the Stern Show?

Stern fans are starting to weigh in on Artie's future with the show.

Hello, Hello!

I'm feeling lazy on this rainy Sunday morning, so just going to post up part I of one of the funniest radio bits of all time.

The Bababooey Apology Tape.  I was in grad school in Minneapolis at the time and remember taking the morning off to listen to this live and laughing so hard I had stomach pain for several days.

Check out this horse-toothed jackass try to get the girl back!

Dee Snider Kicks Some Ass

Some doubts about authenticity, but this was apparently taken in the early 80s in England before Twisted Sister became famous.  Dee talked about it on Howard Stern last week.

I Love Right Wing Radio

In preparation for tonight's GOP debate from South Carolina on Fox, I turned on the Fox talk channel on Sirius while making dinner.

As if I didn't have enough with my tasty veal parmesan, the red meat was just flying...albeit a bit spoiled.

Professional fool John Gibson was able to explain to me why Bush is unable to do anything about Iran getting 'the bomb.'

It's because the New York Timese has weakend him to the point where he has no more mojo.

Interesting.

I have to hand it to him, though...his Howard Stern-ish use of sound effects while making his profound points was kind of entertaining.  I think I'll tune in again.

Not sure if I'll be able to stay up late enough to catch all the debate live, but I shall do my best.