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I don’t get it

January 6, 2006 by jameyt

I don’t get Howard Stern. He goes on satellite radio next week and today it was announced Sirrius is paying him (on top of the salary) more than 200 million bucks in Sirrius stock.

Stock tip Mr. Stern: Sell that stock as soon as you can because analysts say it will be worthless in a couple of years.

I just don’t find Howard Stern funny. I’ve listened to his radio show, I’ve seen the show on E! and I don’t ever remember laughing. I can understand why some people think he’s entertaining. He’s foul, profane and he talks about sex a lot. Yeah, well so did the guys on my high school football team. They were funnier. At least my 16 year old funny meter thought so. I hear people call Stern a genius and that some of his non-political humor is brilliant. Maybe I’ve missed those shows because I haven’t seen anything close to brilliance.

It’s been said that it’s harder to be funny without using profanity. I think that’s true. You have to think to be funny and clean. Say a bad word and somebody’s gonna think you’re hysterical. My kids think I’m funny when I say “did somebody poot?” They actually think I’m the funniest man in the world because I say that a lot.

Now I’m not one who thinks dirty comedians can’t be funny. Richard Pryor was brilliant. George Carlin was, or is, a thinking man’s comedian. I don’t agree with him and some of his jokes about God turn my stomach, but he is funny. Stern doesn’t strike me as either brilliant or funny. Chris Rock makes me laugh hard, so does Dave Chapelle. I’d pay to hear some of Larry the Cable Guy or Bill Engvall.

But why Sirrius is spending so much dough on Stern makes no sense to me. And why some folks would pay $12.95 a month for the Sirrius subscription just to hear Stern’s locker room humor is more baffling. My prediction: folks who are shelling out the $13 per month won’t find Stern worth it after a while. When subscriptions start to flatten or drop, Stern will kick it up a notch and dirty his act up even more. The novelty may wear off Stern now that you can’t hear him for free.

Maybe he ought to put a “sell order” on that company stock before long.

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  1. Weaver says

    January 6, 2006 at 3:00 am

    I just got XM for Christmas and I love it. I get to listen to all the dirty jokes I can stand on their comedy lineup. Lot’s of throwback….like Pryor and old Bill Cosby and a lot of newer stuff too. I have to be careful listening to that stuff while driving for the sake of everyone else on the road.

    I have never seen Sirius as a serious contender and the Stern move is just a bold step toward trying to gain the loyal fan base that Stern has gained.

    Another bolster to Sirius will be when NASCAR goes exclusively from XM to Sirius in 07. I would have to at least considerswitching if that doesn’t change.

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  2. Anonymous says

    January 6, 2006 at 4:54 am

    I agree with you 100% Jamey !!! Very Well Said !!! Very Well Said !!!

  3. Steph says

    January 6, 2006 at 3:56 pm

    This comment is not related to your post about Stern (though, I agree with you!). Since you don’t have an official WKRN blog yet- I just wanted to say GREAT JOB on the news piece last night. I caught the tail end of it- just in time to hear “Jamey Tucker”! I was excited for you- 3 days and you are already on the air! 🙂

  4. Anonymous says

    January 6, 2006 at 10:50 pm

    Absolutely, 100% Truth on Howard Stern. He is filthy!! It was nothing but porn on TV when he was on E! and what made it even worse, was any child/teenager could see all of that trash by just flipping through the channels. It’s truly a shame that people pay to now listen to that. Where is the humility and chivalry of today’s world?

  5. Anonymous says

    January 6, 2006 at 11:15 pm

    You read my mind! My husband thinks Stern is the greatest and I never liked his television program. I found most of it distasteful and gross. As my Grandmother always said, “the higher you fly, the harder the fall.” His fortune is great right now and I hope he will make some smart investments and gives alot of it to help those in need. I give it less than two years before “Stern-mania” slows down.

  6. Anonymous says

    February 24, 2006 at 4:50 am

    I think you will find that stern is is very funny and brilliant. Just ask the many comediens that jamey listed. Most of them have been on sterns show and would vouch for his reinvention of radio and freedom of speech. It may not be for everyone, that’s why you have choices, specifically the off button. I recommend everyone to listen to stern and all the interesting content he provides. Satellite radio is just in its infancy stage. It will grow and be as big as cable tv is. The freedom to choose is the most important element we have in our society. With out the freedom to choose we are nothing more than a comunist country.

    By the way jamey, you will be happy to know that Sterns News team who are former national and international journalkist from reuters, cbs, abc, fox, ect. Used your story in a very straight forward context.

    Good Luck
    The Judge

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