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Actually, I enjoyed the music in the background during his plugs, replete with Robin's laugh and the occasional Howard imitation of Jackie. The crew come to life when they get to make fun of Jackie, even in the most heated moments when it appeared their was some true anger and bitterness coming from Howard, it invariably ended up as a ball busting fest against Jackie, which made for funny radio.
Almost every aspect of Artie's last three plus years has been an incredible bummer. And when it hasn't been tragic, it's been boring. But...there's still tons of people that think his nodding off in the studio is radio gold, people that still post here from time to time, so who the fuck can account for taste?
Artie is the "still living" microcosm of the embodiment of the Howard Stern Show. It ain't dead it, but it might as well be, and at times it would appear that it also wants to be.
Fecking brilliant, your onto something here.
I think I may have heard someone on HS3 talking about how Howard may have been the pioneer of Reality Programming, might even have been Jackie.
But lately there is nothing real about the show, artie and his drug and alcohol absences were glossed over and down played, now Howard wont even discuss it. Private family matter, BS ask Tiger Woods if that line works, it certainly isn't flying on the Howard Stern Show with the 100,000 dollar Tiger Woods Mistresses Beauty Pageant. I wonder if anyone would put up 100,000 to parade arties drug dealers around, doubt it.
You hit the nail on the head with your description of how boring the whole artie has been for over 3 years. I tuned it out many, many times and when I returned a month later it was like I never left, I didn't miss a thing but more of the same boring radio. Howard tip toeing around the elephant in the room, arties's drug and alcohol problems and lack of desire to come to work for 20 hours a week all while artie was telling everyone how lucky he was to have the best job in radio but never missing a stand up job, BS.
But the 'true' fans just kept sucking it up, coming back for more and defending their little dough boy druggie who must have a cold or works to hard, and is so stressed out by it all, it just cant be drugs & alcohol.
When & if Howard resigns the 'true fans will tune in daily and those who have never heard Howard when he was in his prime will be convinced by the noise the 'true' fans make that this is the best radio human kind has ever been exposed to.
Sign me just another disappointed Howard Stern fan who was around when Howard, Robin,Fred & Jackie were making radio history.