nah quit for a "real" news job and that station went under pretty quickly. If you google him, he's doing freelance of some sort for CBS radio.
after the langford discussion, I went down the Lisa G rabbit hole. Holy crap she is insane. http://fortune.com/2016/03/17/top-radio-personality-why-wouldnt-anyone-hire-me/
This just comes off sad, just like it did when he said the same thing last year, and like it will when he inevitably says it again next year. My biggest beef with the article is that we weren't included in this paragraph:
Heard one of my all-time favorite drops on Sternthology yesterday. "This is better than rejuvenation"
Man, when they used to have Blue Iris in.... Artie was always in just amazing form. One of my all time favorite sketches was a game show they did with her and some fellow porn stars- I think in the style of Family Feud. Blue Iris answered "triple penetation" and Artie yelled out "TRIPLE PENETATION?!!?!" As hard as I ever laughed at the show.
Yeah it was old porn stars vs young porn stars. Also on the old porn stars team was Kathy Jones, which was another amazing Artie moment...
Artie around 2008/2009 at the height of his drug problem made the show unbearable to listen to. He made the Katy Perry interview so awkward.
I have a love/hate feeling toward Artie. He was the centerpiece for so many classic bits, but he also made a bunch of things absolutely unbearable. Glad he was there, but I'm also glad he's gone now.
Yeah, it definitely got old and sad right around the time he eviscerated his assistant (Teddy?). I'll never forget just being in shock when he went on a rampage against him one morning. I remember it almost as clearly as I remember 9/11. "Howard, he asks me in front of people I know if I wanted him to run to 'Bloomies.' WHO CALLS IT BLOOMIES?!??" The way he kept saying Bloomies. It was like them trying to get him to be less homophobic finally boiled over and he exploded over the smallest thing imaginable.
Same. When I need to kill time on a road trip or something I'll often YouTube some of the classic Artie bits. Much like Artie himself, the highs were so high when he was there, but the lows were so low.
It is without question the worst radio show I've ever listened to. They old fuck on there Ira is fucking retarded and less funny than fucking Robin. Worst show of all-time
To quote the man himself... "Whaaaaaaaaaaaa, Howard won't to talk to me!" Artie is the one who's lost his mind. His podcast is terrible, too.
I usually love self-destructive people, because you can always count on them. Artie was making like $75,000 a night on weekends back before his final collapse. Pretty amazing for someone as terrible as he is at standup comedy, but the show was huge and he benefited from it more than anyone other than Howard.
Thank god you wrote that. I now know I'm not alone. His standup is fucking pitiful and always has been.
Yeah, his standup and acting are both atrocious. He's just a phenomenal story teller and very good side kick for Howard.
I think the people that enjoyed Artie's stand up are the ones that Wolfie interviews at festivals like the Wing Bowl.
Couldn't agree more. Artie is 7 years older than me but grew up about 3/4 of a mile from my front door. I never met him or anything like that but all the places he talks about in his books are places I've been to a million times. When he relates those stories in his books or when he tells them on air he really captures what those places are like and how they are important to his story.
The ultimate man of the people. And, he could talk sports, gambling, etc. better than anyone on the show ever has. That's what I miss the most about him- Calling Mario Chalmers a "fucking faggot" for costing him a bet. He had to go, but the show is shit without a guy like that.
Did they hire that Rachel Butera? That Rosie impression was flat out awful. Outside of Underdog, has she ever done anything else funny?
Little Lupe impression is good. Your point stands tho, she is fucking awful. Add that to the many reasons Howard is just completely out of touch these days as he is obsessed with her.
She has some interesting impressions, but the problem is that impressions are interesting for like 10 seconds. If you don't have great material, who gives a shit? The "interviews" of her impressions are horrendous.
didn't she also do the great Tracey impression - Grillo, you didn't buy a single fuckin round, no fuckin buybacks. Pretty obscure and not like you can call back to that very often. For some reason I always remember Blue Iris calling in from the hospital, leaving a message saying - my feet are swollen, I've got urine in my feet.....I'm sure it's nothing. And Artie going off for 5 minutes - I'm sure it's nothing?? And of course the Blue Iris prank call - I'm wearing a negli-jay.
Yep, that's why James Adomian's Jesse Ventura impression is so brilliant. Material for days and very quick wit.
The show with John's audition tapes is on 101 right now. I'm in fucking tears. NIGGALESS CAGE! PAMELAR ANDERSON!
Artie's quick wit is what makes him and made him funny on the show. He's a top notch story teller as well. I don't get the Artie hate
Although just from my experience watching episodes on YouTube, the best years are the mid 90s with Billy West and the Jackie puppet.
Am I the only one that hates 50% of the celebrity interviews? So bizarre to me that one minute we are listening to Ronnie sex tips and the next it's a serious interview/performance by Lady Gaga.
I wouldn't say "hate" but I do find myself changing the station when most of the celebrity interviews come on
The worst part is they replay them over and over all weekend. I have a lot of driving in front of me this weekend and I know 100 will the lady gaga interview every two hours.