trio@idis.UUCP (04/12/85)
In <251.monocol.UUCP>, john@monocol (John Ruschmeyer) says: (Originally in net.misc) >Even worse, however, is the afternoon drive-type DJ: Howard Stern. His main >goal is to pick offensive fun at anything and anybody. He is best known >segment is "Dial a Date" which has included segments featuring gays, >lesbians, transsexuals, herpes victims, nymphomanics, etc. Hold on. Don't get down on Howard. I've seen him on the "David Letterman Show" and found him to be quite a fun guy (though many people seem to dislike him). I quite enjoy radio personalities who make fun of everything even if they get slightly offensive at times (or, in Howard's case, all the time). I wish they would syndicate his show so that I could hear it here in Pittsburgh. (Nothing personal against the original poster; it's just that I like listening to two people really go at it on a talk show!) -- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Nick Trio -If you don't like the answer, Grad Student - Sociology don't ask the question- U. of Pittsburgh ...{decvax, ihnp4, duke}!mcnc!idis!trio ---All of these views are mine and no one else's. So What?---
bandy@lll-crg.ARPA (Andrew Scott Beals) (04/13/85)
I agree - he was one of the best things to happen to am drive time
radio in DC. Too bad the bums at WWDC kicked him out.
Of course, he got suspended N times before he left DC for doing some
fairly outrageous (funny to a sicko like me) things, like calling the
Air Florida reservations number, asking them if he could put them on
the air (this was right after their 14th St Bridge crash (winter '82-83?))
and then asking them what the fare to the 14th St Bridge was...
--
andy beals
bandy@{lll-crg,mit-mc}.arpa {sun!lll-crg,ihnp4!mit-eddie}!bandytankus@hsi.UUCP (Ed Tankus) (04/15/85)
> > In <251.monocol.UUCP>, john@monocol (John Ruschmeyer) says: > (Originally in net.misc) > > >Even worse, however, is the afternoon drive-type DJ: Howard Stern. His main > >goal is to pick offensive fun at anything and anybody. He is best known > >segment is "Dial a Date" which has included segments featuring gays, > >lesbians, transsexuals, herpes victims, nymphomanics, etc. > > Hold on. Don't get down on Howard. I've seen him on the "David Letterman > Show" and found him to be quite a fun guy (though many people seem to > dislike him). You have to take what Stearn's says with a grain of salt the size of the Titanic. He's just opinionating his little heart away just to get a rise out of his listeners. Some of his stuff is absolutely hilarious, some totally obnoxious. But if you remember Jack E. Leonard and early Don Rickles they did the same kind of offensive routines and made big bucks beginning in the late 50's. Howard is making big bucks in the early 80's. -- " For every word there is a song upon which inspiration lies ..." Ed Tankus Net : {noao!ihnp4!yale!}!hsi!tankus Snail: Health Systems Int'l, 100 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511
paul@mogwai.UUCP (Paul H. Mauritz) (04/15/85)
> >Even worse, however, is the afternoon drive-type DJ: Howard Stern. His main > >goal is to pick offensive fun at anything and anybody. He is best known > Hold on. Don't get down on Howard. I've seen him on the "David Letterman > Show" and found him to be quite a fun guy (though many people seem to Before NY, Howard Stern was here in D.C. on the morning show. Upon first listening to his show, I was appalled at some of his antics, but after a time, I realized that all's fair on the airwaves - with some limitations. I grew to enjoy listening to Howard once I realized he was trying to stir things up - which he did well. The interesting thing is, Howard left DC101 here, because he broke one of the few rules imposed on him by the station, he talked *REAL* bad about the DJs on another local station. -- Paul H. Mauritz - Digital Equipment Corporation UUCP: decvax!{decuac,grendel}!paul ARPA: {decuac,grendel}!paul@seismo.ARPA AT&T: (301) 474-4091 USPS: 8301 Professional Place, Landover MD USA EARTH 20785, MS-DCO/913 "Why is it that there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses? - G. Gordon Liddy
mike@dolqci.UUCP (Mike Stalnaker) (04/17/85)
> > > > In <251.monocol.UUCP>, john@monocol (John Ruschmeyer) says: > > (Originally in net.misc) > > > > >Even worse, however,is the afternoon drive-type DJ: Howard Stern. His main > > >goal is to pick offensive fun at anything and anybody. He is best known > > >segment is "Dial a Date" which has included segments featuring gays, > > >lesbians, transsexuals, herpes victims, nymphomanics, etc. > > > > Hold on. Don't get down on Howard. I've seen him on the "David Letterman > > Show" and found him to be quite a fun guy (though many people seem to > > dislike him). > > > You have to take what Stearn's says with a grain of salt the size of the > Titanic. He's just opinionating his little heart away just to get a rise out > of his listeners. Some of his stuff is absolutely hilarious, some totally > obnoxious. But if you remember Jack E. Leonard and early Don Rickles they did > the same kind of offensive routines and made big bucks beginning in the late > 50's. Howard is making big bucks in the early 80's. > > > -- > > " For every word there is a song upon which inspiration lies ..." > > Ed Tankus > Net : {noao!ihnp4!yale!}!hsi!tankus > Snail: Health Systems Int'l, 100 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511 You guys are the proud owners of someone we here in DC got rid of (sent him back to the 4th dimension (aka NYC)). I remember just after the Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th St. bridge here, How-weird called Air Florida Reservations at National Airport (live, on the air), and asked about the price of a one-way ticket to the 14th St. bridge. There's nothing wrong with comedy, but when it comes at the expense of others, and is as poor taste as his Air Florida call was, you guys can have him!!!! -- Mike Stalnaker UUCP:{decvax!grendel,cbosgd!seismo}!dolqci!mike AT&T:202-376-2593 USPS:601 D. St. NW, Room 7122, Washington, DC, 20213 "You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Never count on having both at the same time." -Lazarus Long.
root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) (04/18/85)
> You guys are the proud owners of someone we here in DC got rid of (sent > him back to the 4th dimension (aka NYC)). I remember just after the > Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th St. bridge here, How-weird called > Air Florida Reservations at National Airport (live, on the air), and > asked about the price of a one-way ticket to the 14th St. bridge. > There's nothing wrong with comedy, but when it comes at the expense of > others, and is as poor taste as his Air Florida call was, you guys can > have him!!!! Better Howard Stern than this person that calls himself "Greaseman." I loved the way he would get on ANYONE's case. Howard also gave us many a tasteless flight 737 joke, such as: Stewardess on flight 737 says "I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news is, we've run out of ice for your drinks. Good news is, we'll be stopping off for it on the way." -- UUCP: ...{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!root - Lord Frith ARPA: trwatf!root@SEISMO Or as Jabba the Hut would say, "Brrrruuuuuurrrrrrrpppppp!"
liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (04/30/85)
> > >Even worse, however, is the afternoon drive-type DJ: Howard Stern. His main > > >goal is to pick offensive fun at anything and anybody. He is best known > > Hold on. Don't get down on Howard. I've seen him on the "David Letterman > > Show" and found him to be quite a fun guy (though many people seem to > Before NY, Howard Stern was here in D.C. on the morning show. Upon > first listening to his show, I was appalled at some of his antics, but > after a time, I realized that all's fair on the airwaves - with some > limitations. I grew to enjoy listening to Howard once I realized he was > trying to stir things up - which he did well. > The interesting thing is, Howard left DC101 here, because he > broke one of the few rules imposed on him by the station, he talked > *REAL* bad about the DJs on another local station. > -- > Paul H. Mauritz - Digital Equipment Corporation > > UUCP: decvax!{decuac,grendel}!paul > ARPA: {decuac,grendel}!paul@seismo.ARPA > AT&T: (301) 474-4091 > USPS: 8301 Professional Place, Landover MD USA EARTH 20785, MS-DCO/913 > > "Why is it that there are so many more horses' asses than there are > horses? - G. Gordon Liddy You never mentioned who replaced him on WWDC (DC101).... The Greaseman, aka Doug Tracht, a character in his own right. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang