Is Howard Stern funnier when his wife is away?
Howard Stern is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. Howard Stern Show fans couldn't be more pleased. Since Howard's wife Beth Ostrosky hopped a plane to Los Angeles for a month to tape a reality show, Howard Stern has been back to the old rageful self that his mignons love so dearly.
Since Howard Stern's marriage to the former model/animal activist/sometimes entertainment reporter/animal activist/socialite/mega-beauty Beth Ostrosky, the King of All Media has undeniably changed. The lovestruck Stern has spent much of the last year proclaiming the happiness and satisfaction he has found with his new bride and fantasizing about retirement. While some of Howard Stern's more touchy-feely listeners might take some pleasure in hearing that our boy Howard has found himself a good woman who can melt the neurotic ball of rage within him, die-hard fans of the show may be less than pleased with the recent softening of the King's edges. Some even feared he was devolving to "Opie and Anthony"-like quality standards for humor.
Since Beth Ostrosky flitted out to Los Angeles to act as a judge on the TV Land reality modeling competition She's Got the Look, the old Howard Stern that terrestrial show fans remember from the FCC battle days has reared it's spectacularly ugly and vitriolic head.
Ahhh,.....sweet relief.
The past several weeks of The Howard Stern Show have showcased a more irritable, less patient, and increasingly hilarious star cast member. Howard went off on a classic tirade against producer Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate after Booey took an unflattering picture of the King with guest Kathy Griffin. Since then, Howard Stern has been on fire with rants about general incompetence, monologues on self-hatred and snappy comebacks for callers-in with criticisms of his work.
When a listener recently called in and accused Howard of being a "selfish child" for his lameting over Beth O's temporary absence, Stern belllowed back: "OF COURSE I'M A SELFISH CHILD! THAT'S THE POINT OF THE SHOW! MORON!"
During a soliliquy about the idiocy of reality show judges like David Hasselhoff on America's Got Talent, Stern finally stopped at one point in the middle of his blistering rant to wail: "WHERE'S MY WIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFEEE????"
He's back! He's back! Our hero is back!
It seems that, as it is in the case of so many of history's great artists, when he finds satisfaction in life his art sometimes suffers for it. That sweet blonde vixen has tamed the beast that we all loved to watch snap the heads off of weasels and eat them whole.
But if our hero has found an opportunity for happiness and peace, don't we owe it to him to thank him for his decades of good service and send him off to The Hamptons to live out in peace with his princess bride?
If only we were that evolved. Millions of Howard Stern Show listeners might want to throw our own temper tantrum in the middle of the freeway when the vixen returns howling that "Beth O" sounds much too much like "Yoko" for our own selfish sensibilities.
Howard, we're as selfish as you are. If you don't hide your love away, who will rage on for us when Beth O returns?
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Comments
I say let him be happy. :-)
stern is old and boring, the show is lazily put together now with robin chiming in every 2 seconds and she's supposed to have lost a lot of weight, she looks as big as ever and as irritating as ever!
If Howard was "devolving" into O&A humor, he'd be funny again.
Howard Stern is leading a very stressful life with his Monday to Thursday work schedule plus all his vacations. Poor Poor Hoo Hoo.
Howard is as funny as stomach cancer.
just the fact that a hole is discussing if Howard is better with or without his wife shows that his show is past its prime and tired.
Howie was much funnier when Jackie was feeding him killer lines.
Typical woman blabbering nonsense. Stick to shoes, toots. Howie is a dried up rag, sorta like you.
Devolving to OnA's standard? Way to know funny. Enjoy the 13 weeks a year of actual radio you get from your hero.
Howie has long joo balls! FOOD!!! ALLRIGHT?? TRY THE WINE.
Howard was funny in the eighties. Gary's big teeth and lips jokes for 30 years, and you have the audacity to try and bash Opie and Anthony? Your article is a testament that you don't have a clue. You obviously lost the sense to gauge the pulse of America. There is nothing wrong with people like you who are stuck in a long past decade. Hell, I still love Alice in Chains. With that aside, what you don't know could fill a book. Why don't you kill yourself,...for Howard?
"some even feared" Who the f is some? You and your vaginal warts? John and Jeff? who is some? I hate bloggers.
Look at all the OandA fans trying to raise a stink from the link on their website. All 10 of you lmfao
Hey stroke-face how long did it take you type this article with only one hand?
poor tired old woman, Howie is...
a shame the old hag is still on, and that anyone listens (do they?).
... oh, and author, however the hell you are, you're a hole.
Tell Howard hello when you se him at the parlour getting his newest wig!
Your face frighdens me.
I do believe that your breastsess have more
intelligence than your corpse-faced typing.
Raaamone...
Liz Brown smells like the diaper of a cancer patient...
You're lyyyinng
Dude,
can we use you as flyfishing bait?
may i ask if you have internal testes?
love the blog! you're right on top of relevant things from 1987.
In response to the Opie and Anthony fans' comments: Yes, No, Yes, Definitely, Probably, Yes, Definitely not, Maybe, and thank you!!! :)
Aww, you're a good egg. Even if your sense of humor stinks.
I like the garlic butter saw.
How important is the horseface?
"Some even feared he was devolving to "Opie and Anthony"-like quality standards for humor."
You made a typo. It should be 'evolving,' not 'devolving.'
Dumb fangirl idiot.
What an irrelevant old-bag
I tried to listen to Opie and Anthony. Then I promptly burned my earlobes with a cigarette. Ron and Fez at 2
Please never compare Howard Stern to those hacks.
Hoo Hoo came to Satellite Radio after Opie and Anthony. Hoo Hoo has all Thursdays off. Hoo Hoo isn't even on the new iPhone Sirius XM app.
This "He's Back!" sounds like the last gasp before Hoo Hoo's retirement.
You can listen to Opie and Anthony on Sirius XM's 202 or 197. They will be live on Fridays and on your iPhone being humorous not just when their chick is out of town.
I drinkinth not pure water.
Hugo to the Corinthians
Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamoooooooone get this cooont bag a shotgun for a tooth brush!!!!
Glad you enjoyed your 12 minutes of radio he gives you a year. I also hope you enjoy the aids that big boned tranny gave you....FRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUNKIS!
Frunkissss. Ramoneeeee. Wow, these references are hilarious. What's next, lingerlonger? Top notch comedy from a paranoid gun nut and a smarmy douchebag!
How important is the....the......Ramone!!!!!!
Bring Me a Bag of Oats and Bale of Hay ASAP!
linger longer...
Hey old unfunny out of touch 80's Howard groupy, I hope you get stomach cancer in your eyes.
Now go and take a normal picture, no ones laughing at your goofy trying to smooth out the wrinkles god punched angrily into that atrocity you call a face.
Jake the Snake, I'll ask the questions. Now, go get you some Garlique and some Welchs grape juice.
O&A are live today Howard is not , he is at the stable with his bride .
Tried to listen to O&A after five years. Boringgggg.
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