I forgot about Brent. I liked him at first. He seemed like a knowledgeable dude. Then the swinging shit came out. That was interesting for a min and then it just got kind of tiresome. The Brent, Shuli, and Ronnie segments got old quick. Also Brent's wife is disgusting.
It felt way too manufactured and lazy as those segments continued. Some of the best stuff in Stern history is when there was legit heat between staff members. I enjoyed Ronnie the first few years of Sirius because he wasn’t on the show all the time. His hothead act was fine when it was maybe once a month he’d get all fired up. Richard and Sal then made some incredible prank calls with Ronnie sound bites. T-O-P-L-E-S-S
I first became aware of Howard in the 80's with his appearances on Letterman. I watched his Channel 9 show (which played in L.A.) for about a year until the radio show came to L.A. on KLSX. I went to the Mark and Brian funeral, ordered Butt Bongo Fiesta, got pissed when Jackie left, enjoyed Artie, etc. He'll always be a legend to me but I always said I'll stop listening when he stops making me laugh. I've stopped laughing.
show was in its death throes when Artie left and it died entirely when ETM acked his last ack. him constantly re-upping is just killing his legacy at this point. he should have bowed out in 2015 and it would have been a great end at the right time.
I haven't listened much at all in the past 4 or 5 years. I literally listened for 25-30 years without stopping. When I started working from home it became less and less meaningful to listen. In fairness to Stern, as much as he received criticism for his show back in the day, there is just no way that he could, and would, do so many of the things that we found funny back in the day. The world has changed and most of us have as well. I assume he either regrets or at least realizes that some of the humor is just not considered funny or acceptable anymore.
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Boo MFer! and I were discussing this tonight and maybe it’s been talked about on here previously, but who are your top 5 wack packers of all time?
Beet is far and away #1 though. Howard would be in such a shit mood and go through the unfunny motions and it would bring everyone else in studio to that level and if he was a guest, as soon as he walked in it would instantly change Howard to a better mood that would transpire to radio gold. Jackie laughing non stop and throwing in funny things during the appearances was key too. Him telling Howard to keep asking questions so Beet would continue to say “who me” and telling Howard to keep having Beet spell “red” during the spelling bee with Gary the retard
the three little people are unquestionably in the top five and I have serious reservations about your Stern fandom if you choose otherwise (my order is Beet, ETM, Hank). Riley Martin is my last name on the Wack Pack Mount Rushmore and then the last spot goes to Jeff the Drunk, who I think is one of the more underrated Wack Packers. I will in no way, shape, or form give any sort of recognition to that fat fuck con man HPE who is maybe the biggest leech on society I've ever seen in my life.
ETM had the luxury of Sirius, and Hank on terrestrial radio was better than ETM on satellite. An uncensored Hank would have been absolutely incredible.
Yep, Hank would’ve rivaled Beet on satellite. Riley Martin was so fucking gold too on the early Sirius years when it came to his own show and complaining about money. The John the Stutterer political show made me piss my pants. And I love that John was very liberal.
uh, look here, now if you paid me one one-hundredth what you pay that bitch to cook a pie I could feed my family. I could just endlessly quote Riley (although between stuff like "cheap Jew" and "Simian Negress" I would only ever do it to other well-versed Stern fans), he was immensely quotable. I found him completely fascinating, always had some bullshit up his sleeve to weave into a story and a terrific voice for radio. also appreciated that he was just smart enough to not be consistently duped by Stern & Co. and could deliver a quality back-and-forth with them. I actually listened to "The Coming of Tan" audiobook when I found it on Youtube, it's a great listen if you like Riley. really regret not getting a personalized symbol while he was still alive.
saw that on the subreddit, don't believe it for a second. first off, there's never hot mics on the end of that show, it's just not a thing that happens and the one time it does *thats* what they happened to catch? second, that motherfucker doesn't leave the house anymore, unless it's a VA bit there's no chance.