Howard Stern fans - any mp3 downloads of old shows?

[AshlandBump]

I'm not a big downloader, the heyday of Napster completely passed me by, but I'd love to find old Stern shows on .mp3 for sale or whatever. Anyone ever find any of these?

[xntrick]

there are loads of them on the newsgroups, not sure if stern himself sells any

[sws1]

I've never seen any. But I'd love to find copies of all the old Channel 9 shows. Those were f-ing outrageous at the time.

[James M]

I doubt it if any are available legitimately (eg: from Stern)....they just digitized all his tapes this past year.

[Frankee]

I'd like to find the George Takei / Ricardo Montalban prank call.

In fact, I'd pay money for it.

[AshlandBump]

I'd like to find the George Takei / Ricardo Montalban prank call.

Believe it or not, I'm going on a cruuuuise.


I figured there was nothing official or legitimate out there, which is a shame.

[Tripower455]

I've got the entire 9/11 show on mp3, but the magic is kind of lost, knowing what's gonna happen at around 0900.....

[reentune]

You can find all those prank calls on youtube.

"She's a Papillon."

http://www.dogandcollar.com/images/breed-profile/papillon.jpg

[Tbone135]

I'd like to hear some old stuff too. I've never listened to the guy over the years, but I have heard him since Sirius merged with XM. His old stuff has to be much better than what he does now, what I've heard is surprisingly very dull. I want to know what's special about this guy.

[Analog Delay]

I'd like to find the George Takei / Ricardo Montalban prank call.

In fact, I'd pay money for it.

Here you go, Frankee. I'll PM it to you in case you don't check back to this thread.

http://foxbert.com/index.php?title=George_Takei

"I know Ren and Stimpy."

[Analog Delay]

I'd like to hear some old stuff too. I've never listened to the guy over the years, but I have heard him since Sirius merged with XM. His old stuff has to be much better than what he does now, what I've heard is surprisingly very dull. I want to know what's special about this guy.

The show is lame now but it used to be the greatest show ever. I grew up in NYC so I've been listening since he was on WNBC.

The show has never been the same since Billy West and Jackie Martling quit. Artie Lange single handedly destroyed that show. He's a talentless hack and Howard has allowed him to get away with little to no effort to even go to work and when he's there he's lame anyway. Artie's presence sucked the life out of the show and Howard has lost all interest in even being there.

That said, since Artie's fake suicide/cry for help/scream for attention, I've already noticed that Artie's absence has brought Howard back to life a bit. This week the shows with Gilbert Gottfried and Greg Fitzsimmons were very good and I heard a bit of the old Howard back.

Artie needs to stay the hell away from the show.

[FredW]

Here you go, Frankee. I'll PM it to you in case you don't check back to this thread.

http://foxbert.com/index.php?title=George_Takei

"I know Ren and Stimpy."


The fake Arnold call is awesome

[onemind]

The show has never been the same since Billy West and Jackie Martling quit. Artie Lange single handedly destroyed that show. He's a talentless hack and Howard has allowed him to get away with little to no effort to even go to work and when he's there he's lame anyway. Artie's presence sucked the life out of the show and Howard has lost all interest in even being there.


So true, After a while Artie being a total mess just got old. Howard was funniest when he was married (to his first wife) There was such a great juxtaposition between his home life and his on air persona. Bill West used to make me laugh out loud, every morning, head added a ton of life to that show.

[James M]

So true, After a while Artie being a total mess just got old. Howard was funniest when he was married (to his first wife) There was such a great juxtaposition between his home life and his on air persona. Bill West used to make me laugh out loud, every morning, head added a ton of life to that show.

Wow....I couldn't disagree with you guys more....I've been listening since the '90's, and I think the Jackie/Billy West era was nothing in comparison to the show now. I think Artie is such a great addition.

Different strokes, I guess...

[Analog Delay]

Wow....I couldn't disagree with you guys more....I've been listening since the '90's, and I think the Jackie/Billy West era was nothing in comparison to the show now. I think Artie is such a great addition.

Different strokes, I guess...

Yeah, it's interesting as I know a lot of people that agree with you and like the show better in it's current incarnation.

I think Richard and Sal are awesome and they weren't around during the old days, so I definitely see them as a nice plus. But to me, the rest of the show has just become completely stale on so many levels.

[onemind]

Interesting that the three "Old School" listeners (e.g. liked the show on NBC and K-Rock are from NY...) I have to admit I haven't been a listener since the jump to satellite.

[reentune]

I was never a fan of Artie. His "hick" voice is terrible. I know because I'm from a hick town. I saw him exit the K-Rock building one day during a commercial break and he just looked miserable. It was right when he was cresting 300 pounds and shortly before they left the air.

I still very much enjoy the show on satellite. At some point during the show, I laugh really hard and get a happy feeling.

Most of my laughs are delivered via Fred and his board. Then there's Sal and Richard's calls. And you really only need Jackie on tape (again, via Fred). Throw in George Takei when available, and I'm all set.

[Analog Delay]

Interesting that the three "Old School" listeners (e.g. liked the show on NBC and K-Rock are from NY...) I have to admit I haven't been a listener since the jump to satellite.

So you haven't even really gotten to hear what me and Bones are talking about as far as how bad things have gotten with Artie. If you stopped listening when K-Rock ended, Artie was still somewhat, "Party Artie." Back then his whole schtick was drinking Jack and Coke and just being that sort of east coast, blue collar kind of guy.

During their first year on satellite, Artie revealed that he'd been a heroin addict on and off for years. From there everything with Artie just became very dark as it was kind of like once he let the cat out of the bag, he decided there's no reason to even try not to be a junkie anymore. Since then it's just been four years of him lying, missing work, falling asleep (nodding off) on the air, physically attacking people at work and it just became a colossal bore. It became the Artie Lange vortex where every minute of the show was a debate over whether or not he's lying because he called in sick again. The whole show literally has just been non-stop incident after incident where he's full of shit about something, lies about it to Howard and everybody else, eventually comes clean and then makes up some story how everything's better now because he's seeing a therapist...or in rehab...or having a police officer live in his house...or having a personal trainer and dietician...until the next catastrophic incident occurs and he again comes clean and explains why everything's better now.

Each and every time, Howard has allowed him to come back with no consequences, after taking long stretches of absences, while continuing to collect his full paycheck. It's really become a joke as has Howard, quite frankly.

[RonH]

I used to listen when he was on here in Denver and used to watch the show on E. That was with Jackie, Fred, and Robyn. I loved the show. He went off the air here and now all Denver has is Lewis and Floorwax. That is the most boring and awful radio I have ever heard, especially Floorwax. I haven't heard Howard since he went to satellite, but I really don't see how you can beat the show from back then. Classic stuff!

[Joisey]

I have been a Stern fan from when he arrived at KRock in afternoons till now. It has been a source of much entertainment and I like how the show has evolved. I like Artie. F Timmy!

[Tbone135]

I'm not interested in all of the war stuff between them, but I gotta say Opie & Anthony are definitely funnier than the Stern show in its current incarnation. That's why I want to go back and find out what I've missed with Stern.

[axavm]

Love the old Howard. Love the new Howard. No one else has come close to being interesting and even worth listening to for me. The day he retires is the day radio dies. To answer the OP, I believe there are newsgroups that have some mp3s of the show.

[sws1]

Fake suicide? Stupid comment.

[onemind]

Maybe I'm growing up, It's mostly sports talk and NPR on the way to work, hey John Hockenberry can be pretty funny.

[reentune]

Love the old Howard. Love the new Howard. No one else has come close to being interesting and even worth listening to for me. The day he retires is the day radio dies.

Yep.


but I gotta say Opie & Anthony are definitely funnier than the Stern show in its current incarnation.

Nope.

[Analog Delay]

Fake suicide? Stupid comment.

No, actually it's not a stupid comment. The guy gave himself a bunch of superficial stab wounds shortly before his mother was coming over to his house knowing that she'd find him in plenty of time. He also stabbed himself in the stomach where he's got about 75 extra pounds and ten extra inches of fat, knowing that he wouldn't really do much damage.

If he was serious about checking out there are countless ways he could have done it where the end result was actually death. I'm not at all saying that the guy doesn't have serious problems like drug addiction and depression but this was clearly an attempt to gain attention and sympathy.

It's also quite possible that this was an attempt to save his job. Prior to their Christmas vacation, the upper management at Sirius sent Artie home from work because he showed up at work a number of days in a row visibly wasted. It's quite possible that Artie was thinking that if he continued showing up in that condition, that perhaps Sirius had finally had enough and was going to fire him. Well they're certainly not going to fire a guy that's all over the news for an attempted suicide.

[James M]

No, actually it's not a stupid comment. The guy gave himself a bunch of superficial stab wounds shortly before his mother was coming over to his house knowing that she'd find him in plenty of time. He also stabbed himself in the stomach where he's got about 75 extra pounds and ten extra inches of fat, knowing that he wouldn't really do much damage.

If he was serious about checking out there are countless ways he could have done it where the end result was actually death. I'm not at all saying that the guy doesn't have serious problems like drug addiction and depression but this was clearly an attempt to gain attention and sympathy.

It's also quite possible that this was an attempt to save his job. Prior to their Christmas vacation, the upper management at Sirius sent Artie home from work because he showed up at work a number of days in a row visibly wasted. It's quite possible that Artie was thinking that if he continued showing up in that condition, that perhaps Sirius had finally had enough and was going to fire him. Well they're certainly not going to fire a guy that's all over the news for an attempted suicide.

Really? You think this? Artie's wanted off the show for over a year now...Howard can barely convince him to stay.
And his 2 deep stab wounds were deep enough to warrant emergency surgery and being in critical care for weeks.

If you were going to do a "fake suicide", wouldn't you choose a few sleeping pills (which would have no real effect on Artie) or a token wrist slash? Stabbing yourself in the core is a real cry for help or attempt at death. I don't dispute that he may have been looking for attention/sympathy, but from his family, not the show or the rest of the world.

[Polynitro]

I remember the old shows when they would say the N word all the time and generally be really racist, homophobic, anti semetic and everything else un-PC. Id say there's no way they would release that stuff now. Although they do replay sometimes the day that the guy who robbed a bank called in that was pretty old....I thinks its funny he morphed into someone everyone loves now, he's almost as tame as Jay Leno. I thought Artie was funny but I haven't heard the show in years.

Artie's movie was on late night a few weeks ago and its pretty funny. Its about a busch league softball team.

[reentune]

Speculation on what's going on with Artie is just speculation.
To the best of my knowledge, no one here really knows.
Best of luck to him.

[Analog Delay]

Really? You think this? Artie's wanted off the show for over a year now...Howard can barely convince him to stay.

See, I don't buy that for a second. While there have definitely been a few times on the air where Artie has said he's considered leaving the show, I don't believe him. The only times Artie ever mentioned the possibility of leaving the show, are after he has another one of his incidents, where he causes some drama and then takes a bunch of time off from work. He lies about his "illness," then when he returns to work and explains to Howard what actually happened that caused him to miss another week or so, he knows that by mentioning that he's thinking of leaving that Howard will beg him not to go. It's all psychological games that he plays.

Think about this, too. In addition to the salary Artie gets from Sirius, he also gets the majority of his income from doing standup comedy shows. The only reason he's in demand for those shows comes from him being on the Howard Stern Show. The moment he's no longer on the show, those comedy shows go bye-bye. Before Artie was on Howard's show, he was just another comedian struggling to get people to go to his shows...and he was not a headliner. Once he's off the show, he goes right back to being a struggling comedian, making very little money. It's exactly what happened to Jackie Martling. He was selling out huge comedy shows when he was on the Howard Stern Show. Being on the show not only gives you tons of exposure it's also endless free promotion for your comedy gigs. When was the last time you heard Jackie selling out a standup comedy show or even having a big comedy show?


And his 2 deep stab wounds were deep enough to warrant emergency surgery and being in critical care for weeks.He was released from the hospital 72 hours after being admitted.

If you were going to do a "fake suicide", wouldn't you choose a few sleeping pills (which would have no real effect on Artie) or a token wrist slash? Stabbing yourself in the core is a real cry for help or attempt at death. I don't dispute that he may have been looking for attention/sympathy, but from his family, not the show or the rest of the world.If you were going to do a "real suicide" why not check yourself into a hotel? Or do it at 3am when you know your mom isn't coming over to your house? Or as you suggested, the wrist slash where the chance that you're going to actually suffer from severe blood loss, speeding up the process of what you're trying to accomplish?

Plus, keep in mind, this guy is a severe drug addict. If he was really looking to check out, wouldn't you think the easiest way to do it would be to just take so much heroin that there's almost no chance of survival?

Now, keep in mind, I can't say for sure this is fact. These are my opinions on the situation, same as anybody else has their opinions. I'm also not saying that I wish he would have killed himself. The guy is clearly a mess and needs a ton of help and I hope he gets it. I just think he's the worst addition to the show that Howard could have possibly found and I don't believe that his intention was to kill himself.

[Tbone135]

Yep.




Nope.

Man, I've really tried to get into the Stern show, but Opie & Anthony just flat out outwork them. What I hear on Stern is somebody phoning it in.

[James M]

In addition to the salary Artie gets from Sirius, he also gets the majority of his income from doing standup comedy shows. The only reason he's in demand for those shows comes from him being on the Howard Stern Show. The moment he's no longer on the show, those comedy shows go bye-bye. Before Artie was on Howard's show, he was just another comedian struggling to get people to go to his shows...and he was not a headliner. Once he's off the show, he goes right back to being a struggling comedian, making very little money. It's exactly what happened to Jackie Martling.

I agree with you there...the show has totally made his career. But I think he's really lazy, and that he may believe that the comedy circuit is an easier, less structured life than a 6am-12pm job. I don't know that he knows how his career may suffer if he leaves Stern...it seems like half of his act is Stern show stuff.


He was released from the hospital 72 hours after being admitted.

Didn't know that....I listen every day and never heard that mentioned, so my bad!

If you were going to do a "real suicide" why not check yourself into a hotel? Or do it at 3am when you know your mom isn't coming over to your house? Or as you suggested, the wrist slash where the chance that you're going to actually suffer from severe blood loss, speeding up the process of what you're trying to accomplish?

Plus, keep in mind, this guy is a severe drug addict. If he was really looking to check out, wouldn't you think the easiest way to do it would be to just take so much heroin that there's almost no chance of survival?

I hear you...but that also assumes that someone becomes suicidal and has the presence of mind to execute a plan like that. And I'm not saying that he wanted to die (he knew his mom was coming over), but I'm saying that he didn't just do it as a publicity stunt to stay on the air.

Now, keep in mind, I can't say for sure this is fact. These are my opinions on the situation, same as anybody else has their opinions. I'm also not saying that I wish he would have killed himself. The guy is clearly a mess and needs a ton of help and I hope he gets it. I just think he's the worst addition to the show that Howard could have possibly found and I don't believe that his intention was to kill himself.

I guess we both agree here...I don't think he was trying to kill himself either necessarily, but I think he was doing what he did out of severe mental illness/distress, and not out of a Machiavellian plan to stay on the air. Frankly, he probably has enough money now from his shows, Stern, and his book, movies, and CD's to retire....

Anyways, I guess we also disagree on what Artie's done to the show. I for one love his stories about his antics....the hookers, drugs, drinking, blue-collar docks stories, etc....they're all funny to me. As is his falling asleep on the show and eating habits. And I love how he and George interact (when George is on). Plus, he brings a real "guy" to the show that can talk sports, etc. I think he's great, and will really miss him if he leaves.

[SimonBSinister]

To answer the OP:

Go to ALT.BINARIES.HOWARD-STERN and ALT.BINARIES.HOWARD-STERN-REPOST