(I just posted this in another thread, but I didn't want it to go unread)

Stern has been a major life influence. I have been listeing since I was 12 or so, I remember my dad listening to him non stop and I have been listening since, on my own.

As a frickin house painter(with my dad) we would play it every single living day on the job.. sometimes almost falling off fucking ladders because I was laughing so hard (the first time I heard an on air queef I almost lost it)

As a new commuter in the white collar world stuck in fucking traffic on I 95, working in Stamford CT... the only thing that kept me sane, Stern.... then on to my job at espn, where I would listen for the hour commute, and then while I was supposed to be doing my work.. collecting porn, funny pics and mp3's and laughing outloud in the IT dept... that didn;t go over too well!

Then on to NYC where I had a 2 and a half hour each way fucking commute... and on the train, completely falling apart health-wise and developing a really bad attitude, I had Stern on my walkman every single day, laughing hysterically BY MYSELF on that miserable fucking train filled with Westport and Greenwich snot rag stuffy uptight "suits"

I always got stared at like I was insane.. walking up the streets of NYC while getting to the job, same thing

After a while, I got started using email to get to stern guests. I met Jackie at his apartment in Manhattan, I met Beetlejuice twice, crackhead bob, high pitch, KC and so on. I met Joe Rogan (another show regular) and whom I'm friends with. And all of you here. I actually went to the Stern show one time with Beetlejuice but still somehow, I managed to avoid meeting Howard.

What's the fucking point of all this? Well the point is, the show is usually anything goes. And my being influenced by the notion that anything goes often gets me in trouble... because I hold nothing back. So if I offend anyone here, do me a favor... LAUGH IT OFF! Because that's all I'm doing. You can't get mad, offended or even slightly disturbed by anything I do or say because I'm always fucking around... If I take a shot, it's originally IN JEST and trust me, I can take it in return.

Well peace out fooz

I have listened hard-core since the late 80's with a 6 year gap from '92-'98 where I didn't listen much because of being in the Army overseas. I made my first HOWARD STERN prank call to Chief Darrel Gates on KFI radio in LA in 1991.
I used to be a big Grateful Dead fan going to lots of shows, etc., but when Jerry died I needed someone else to follow and Christ just wasn't cool enough in my book. I needed a good male role-model in my life (I have serious father issues) and so naturally I progressed towards HOWARD and THE SHOW. The rest is history.

yea! i have been listening since 88-89. i got a divorce from my wife. and have 3 kids also. but i haven't gone out with any models yet!! damn!! where did i go wrong?!!

Howard 'controls my mornings' ....well most. But when fall semester starts, it's all over.

I've only listened for about a year, but he has influenced me for the better I think. He motivated me to lose 20 pounds and I may get liposuction too. Just because I want to look like I did 20 years ago, when I was cute and young. I know my boyfriend is happy!!

I started listening hardcore about 3 years ago....it was about the time that I started going to college. I would commute to Seton Hall (sux btw) and listen to Howard all morning on the way there. Sometimes, I would cut class, purposly to listen to Howard (and get fucked up). But, eventually I dropped out of school, went to work full time...so now I only here some of the show in the morning when i wake up, and then on my way to work. (thank god for MarksFriggin!).

But Howard is like my idol. The man may not be no Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, but he still knows how to keep the ladies in check.

F Opey & Anthony
F Imus
F Jackie (I love him, but it was his own fault for leaving)
F Bush
Howard for President!

I first saw Stern on his channel 9 show. It was on cable in this area back when most people didn't have cable. His radio show wasn't on around here yet, musta been around '88 or '89. I gotta tell ya... back then I really didn't think he was at all funny. Just some gorky DJ fawning over strippers and acting stupid.
In '91 his radio show started in this local market. I tried listening a few times, but still didn't get it and was immediatly turned off by Robin.
Then one day I was listening when he went off on Roseann Barr. It was the funniest thing I had ever heard. From that minute forward I have been a Stern fan.

...the day Howard came to Cleveland. It was the fall of '92, I think. Cleveland was the 4th market the Stern show entered. I have heard every show, in it's entirety, since. Howard has taught me to say what is on my mind, and not beat around the bush. I have really enjoyed listening fot the past 10 years. I'll miss him when he leaves radio...

he's inspired me to laugh at how ridiculous people can be, and how fake most "celebrities" are...

Howard has helped me see a lot of things and change a lot of things in my life, you tell people that and they think you are stupid or something, but he has. Have been listening to him since his first day on in Columbus which was like 95 or something like that. I will DEFF. miss him when he leaves, so I am making a rule that he can not leave us, anyone else with me? :D

Howard arrived in LA eleven years ago (last week was the anniversary). I was a diehard Mark & Brian fan (didn't know any better) so it took me a while to find him. The WOR show is what made me change the radio dial -- he and the gang were trick-or-treating and I was intrigued by the awe he inspired in people he met on the street. I decided to give him a try and see what all the fuss was about.

The next Monday, I switched radio stations on my commute to work. When I got to the office, I switched the station on the mini-stereo I had by my desk and that night, when I got home, I switched stations on my clock radio. I never switched them until last year. In fact, for a time, I listened to the whole KLSuX line-up, including Cindy Brady and Kato Kaelin and those "Real Guys" jerks who were exiled to Atlanta -- Howard had me that turned on to talk radio.

Being a listener also affected my electronics purchases. I went from the cheapest possible Walkman knock-off to whatever power I needed in order to be able to hear Howard without interruption for the walk/ride from the fathoms of underground parking garages into courthouses and offices when I'd be out on "rounds."

I also began taping the show at some point -- and taking those tapes with me on weekend mall and other crowd-stress-intensive errands. I know exactly what C10 means about being the only one in the crowd laughing hysterically! Since I was having a good time, even waiting in interminable lines, I became a much less cranky person.

I don't listen like that anymore. Last year, as it became alarmingly obvious just what Jackie's exit meant for the show's quality, I started to shop the dial. I couldn't stand Mark & Brian -- or Rick Dees or Steve Harvey (who's been kicking Howard's butt in the LA ratings) or any of the other choices. As abhorrent -- or just annoying -- as I often find Artie, I haven't been able to find any radio substitutions. However, there are other options, whether it's cable TV as I get ready in the mornings or the CD player in my car -- or the tape player (on which I listen to tapes from years ago).

So, yes, I still listen every morning, out of habit and due to lack of options -- mediocre Stern is 10 times better than anyone else -- but I don't listen thru commercials, I don't tape the show anymore, I can't think of the last time that I "missed" something great according to marksfriggin.com, and I don't feel that compulsive loyalty to shop Stern-sponsors over anyone else's products.

At its height, the Stern Show taught me that dooty-humor could be funny as well as "smart," that honesty and irreverence are things to treasure. Unfortunately, these daze, Howard seems more like the naked Emporer than the obnoxiously persistent adolescent he once was pointing out those with no clothes.

Joey I know exactly where your coming from I too followed the dead around and when Jerry died I lost touch with the rest of the band. those were gooood times.
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