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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, so is it true?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Because I started seeing this maybe like two days ago
that Howard is wrapping it up. And I don't know
how much you know about Stern. I you know, I
once upon a time I worked at a station where
we had we carried him for mornings, and that's when
I kind of got to really, you know, start to
this is before the person that he is now, he's
(00:23):
nowhere near what he used to be. The things that
he railed against early in his career. He is representing
that now. He is so woke, he is so afraid
of his own shadow. It is bizarre to listen to
him when he starts on his political rants. Other than that,
he is a master interviewer. I mean he gets stuff
(00:45):
out of people that I was just like, wow, I
cannot believe some of these really reserved famous people just
open up to him. I don't know, he's got that
Midas touch with regard to that stuff. But that's all
that's worth a day regarding him right now is those
interviews with like the really really famous people. And I'm like, oh, yeah,
(01:07):
I wanted to hear that, Like he's had some really
good Adam Adam Levine from Maroon five they've had some
fantastic interviews. You can say you like Lady Gaga or not,
but he's had some really good interviews with her and
so on. But he's this is I think this is
it because he's known to have these hundred million dollar
a year contracts, and he said over and over, I
(01:30):
think this is it. I don't think we're going to resign.
I remember hearing him do that multiple different times. But
I think it's really going to be the end now
for him. And he's also like we've talked to he's
seventy one, Okay, he is a shell of his former
He only works a few he takes like complete summers off.
He only works i think three days out of the week.
(01:53):
And he was still getting hundred million dollar a year contracts.
How does I mean at this point? And it's also
everything that they do, it's all gay stuff, it's all
his it's all the people that work for him that
he's that he's talking about or spotlighting, and these people
are so crude. It's it's like I'm in the car
(02:14):
by myself and I've had it on and I'm like,
I can't even listen to it.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
It's a young generation of Howard Stearns. They were brought
up on him and they're stretching the boundaries that he created,
just like he did for the people before him. And
that's the way things evolve. Them the cruder the better,
and us just gross interview skills. I agree with you
on because Howard had what is called audacity. One of
the reasons he got people to answer questions is because
(02:40):
my god, I can't believe he asked me that. But
you're so caught off guard that he would nobody or
ask me that you have no choice but to answer
or look like a complete idiot.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Maybe for the first few people that he that got
got if you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
The rest should nobody.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Oh, they knew, they knew going in, And what I
think they did was they went, He's not gonna get me.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
He will try, but I'm not going to give up
the goods. And guess what, they always gave up the goods.
So that was the look.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I'm also I just think it's interesting that this
could be it. But the other part of this story
that I think is interesting, in addition to it's almost
been twenty years that he's been getting a hundred million dollars,
and I don't know if that's initially what he was receiving.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I mean, it's ridiculous that what is he worth?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Six hundred plus million dollars something like that, Zach, I
think you were. But also they are speculating that right
now Sirius XM is going to try to buy out
all of the shows because he has the property. It's
his stuff now, that's part of his deal. And so
(03:51):
it might be one last payday for them where they
get to own, purchase, and own all of the Howard's
up from Serious ExM. So that's that's yeah, that's in
this article, which I thought was in addition to okay,
is he really gonna call it quits? Because he said
this a million times? But then I go, oh, that's
(04:13):
interesting where he's going to probably get one final nice
chunk from them and and maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Call it a day.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
His net worth a seven to eight hundred million.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, wow, insane.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
See that goes back to before your time and almost
before man I barely remember an old comedian named Red Skelton. Sure,
and Red began that that's why you've never seen Red
Skeleton and reruns. He bought all of his shows back
then and said, people have seen him once, they don't
need to see him again. That's how far back that
tradition goes. Once you are that kind of a big star,
(04:48):
keeping it yours is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Or are you gonna say, Zach, do you remember what
you're going No?
Speaker 4 (04:52):
No, I was just gonna say, regardless of what his
show is now or what people think of him now,
if they don't remember some of the contexts of the
things he did on the air, it was brilliant, it
was Britain, it was hilarious.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
He forged.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
A lot of the morning shows that you hear, no
question around this country, changed morning shows forever.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
No question.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I don't know that he's going to end up going
away because quite frankly, I don't know that this guy
knows how to operate now.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
He's done this for so long.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I don't think he knows how to operate if he's
not doing this on a normal basis now. So I
don't know that it's going to be the end, But
I do think it's going to be the end of
one hundred million dollars a year contract because they cannot
continue to sustain that. They're not pulling in, They're not
getting that money.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I just had a flash thought, what if CBS replaces
Stephen Colbert with Howard Stern. They're they're firing Colbert, getting
rid of him, and a lot of people said because
of his leftist views and all that, what if Howard
Stern was given an a late TV show to replace Colbert?
That would be.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
How it had common on?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I mean, he's a he's a lefty, yeah, so would
it really be any different? Plus Howard's used to call
in his own shots. Can you can you imagine CBS
trying to go trying to rein him in. There's no
way there, and they probably don't have enough money. Colbert
was getting what fifteen million? Yeah, Howard would be like, what,
I'm not doing that, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I mean, that's just not enough money for him, I
don't think. But he didn't master quote unquote TV. I
mean he was on Letterman a lot, we.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Know, and it was a judge on one of those
talent shows too.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Oh yeah,
Hey, so is it true?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Because I started seeing this maybe like two days ago
that Howard is wrapping it up. And I don't know
how much you know about Stern. I you know, I
once upon a time I worked at a station where
we had we carried him for mornings, and that's when
I kind of got to really, you know, start to
this is before the person that he is now, he's
(00:23):
nowhere near what he used to be. The things that
he railed against early in his career. He is representing
that now. He is so woke, he is so afraid
of his own shadow. It is bizarre to listen to
him when he starts on his political rants. Other than that,
he is a master interviewer. I mean he gets stuff
(00:45):
out of people that I was just like, wow, I
cannot believe some of these really reserved famous people just
open up to him. I don't know, he's got that
Midas touch with regard to that stuff. But that's all
that's worth a day regarding him right now is those
interviews with like the really really famous people. And I'm like, oh, yeah,
(01:07):
I wanted to hear that, Like he's had some really
good Adam Adam Levine from Maroon five they've had some
fantastic interviews. You can say you like Lady Gaga or not,
but he's had some really good interviews with her and
so on. But he's this is I think this is
it because he's known to have these hundred million dollar
a year contracts, and he said over and over, I
(01:30):
think this is it. I don't think we're going to resign.
I remember hearing him do that multiple different times. But
I think it's really going to be the end now
for him. And he's also like we've talked to he's
seventy one, Okay, he is a shell of his former
He only works a few he takes like complete summers off.
He only works i think three days out of the week.
(01:53):
And he was still getting hundred million dollar a year contracts.
How does I mean at this point? And it's also
everything that they do, it's all gay stuff, it's all
his it's all the people that work for him that
he's that he's talking about or spotlighting, and these people
are so crude. It's it's like I'm in the car
(02:14):
by myself and I've had it on and I'm like,
I can't even listen to it.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
It's a young generation of Howard Stearns. They were brought
up on him and they're stretching the boundaries that he created,
just like he did for the people before him. And
that's the way things evolve. Them the cruder the better,
and us just gross interview skills. I agree with you
on because Howard had what is called audacity. One of
the reasons he got people to answer questions is because
(02:40):
my god, I can't believe he asked me that. But
you're so caught off guard that he would nobody or
ask me that you have no choice but to answer
or look like a complete idiot.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Maybe for the first few people that he that got
got if you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
The rest should nobody.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Oh, they knew, they knew going in, And what I
think they did was they went, He's not gonna get me.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
He will try, but I'm not going to give up
the goods. And guess what, they always gave up the goods.
So that was the look.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And I'm also I just think it's interesting that this
could be it. But the other part of this story
that I think is interesting, in addition to it's almost
been twenty years that he's been getting a hundred million dollars,
and I don't know if that's initially what he was receiving.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I mean, it's ridiculous that what is he worth?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Six hundred plus million dollars something like that, Zach, I
think you were. But also they are speculating that right
now Sirius XM is going to try to buy out
all of the shows because he has the property. It's
his stuff now, that's part of his deal. And so
(03:51):
it might be one last payday for them where they
get to own, purchase, and own all of the Howard's
up from Serious ExM. So that's that's yeah, that's in
this article, which I thought was in addition to okay,
is he really gonna call it quits? Because he said
this a million times? But then I go, oh, that's
(04:13):
interesting where he's going to probably get one final nice
chunk from them and and maybe.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Call it a day.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
His net worth a seven to eight hundred million.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, wow, insane.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
See that goes back to before your time and almost
before man I barely remember an old comedian named Red Skelton. Sure,
and Red began that that's why you've never seen Red
Skeleton and reruns. He bought all of his shows back
then and said, people have seen him once, they don't
need to see him again. That's how far back that
tradition goes. Once you are that kind of a big star,
(04:48):
keeping it yours is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Or are you gonna say, Zach, do you remember what
you're going No?
Speaker 4 (04:52):
No, I was just gonna say, regardless of what his
show is now or what people think of him now,
if they don't remember some of the contexts of the
things he did on the air, it was brilliant, it
was Britain, it was hilarious.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
He forged.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
A lot of the morning shows that you hear, no
question around this country, changed morning shows forever.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
No question.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
I don't know that he's going to end up going
away because quite frankly, I don't know that this guy
knows how to operate now.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
He's done this for so long.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I don't think he knows how to operate if he's
not doing this on a normal basis now. So I
don't know that it's going to be the end, But
I do think it's going to be the end of
one hundred million dollars a year contract because they cannot
continue to sustain that. They're not pulling in, They're not
getting that money.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I just had a flash thought, what if CBS replaces
Stephen Colbert with Howard Stern. They're they're firing Colbert, getting
rid of him, and a lot of people said because
of his leftist views and all that, what if Howard
Stern was given an a late TV show to replace Colbert?
That would be.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
How it had common on?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I mean, he's a he's a lefty, yeah, so would
it really be any different? Plus Howard's used to call
in his own shots. Can you can you imagine CBS
trying to go trying to rein him in. There's no
way there, and they probably don't have enough money. Colbert
was getting what fifteen million? Yeah, Howard would be like, what,
I'm not doing that, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I mean, that's just not enough money for him, I
don't think. But he didn't master quote unquote TV. I
mean he was on Letterman a lot, we.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Know, and it was a judge on one of those
talent shows too.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Oh yeah,
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