Howard Stern on Sirius

All weekend all that was being broadcast on Howard 100 and 101 was a heartbeat. In the background random Howard-related newsclips were played.

This morning, the heartbeat sped up. At 6AM, it stopped altogether and someone started playing the theme to 2001, but with farts. Fitting, I suppose.

Then Rob Zombie's American Nightmare kicked in. Finally, someone spoke- but it wasn't Howard. It was George Takei, the new OFFICIAL HOWARD STERN SHOW ANNOUNCER. Yes, he sits in the fucking studio and everything (though I'm not sure if it's for good or just this week). He introduced everyone and then Howard started talking.

Anyone waiting for Howard's first words on satellite so they could hear something profane or profound were in for a suprise- he was just talking like it was a normal show. The real suprise, however, came a few minutes later when technical problems with their sound equipment got so bad that they started playing music while they stopped to deal with them(!).

So, eventually, they came back on the air. A number of issues were addressed, including rumors that Howard had married Beth O. (not true), along with the 'revelations' of the various cast members. Each cast member had confided a deep, dark secret to someone on the show and today they were revealed- although who each revelation belonged to was not (that will be exposed next week). The revelations are as follows (feel free to guess who each one belongs to):

Someone had cosmetic surgery

Somene knocked a girl up once and they had an abortion

Someone had a load shot on their chest

Someone was fondled by another man while they were lying in a hospital bed after having their stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning

I forget the others...sorry.

Anyway, they didn't go overboard with the cursing. In fact, Stern wants to limit it to when it's appropriate because he doesn't want the show to be all about saying fuck and shit (although Artie had dropped the f-bomb about 19 times in the first hour or two alone). Then they had a press conference.

Anyway, so far, decent show, but nothing out of the ordinary. But it's cool hearing them talk without having to trip over themselves trying to be clean.

Other revelations:

Someone pleasured themselves with meat and vegetables

Someone hid in a closet and pleasured themselves while watching their relatives go to the bathroom

Can't remember the rest either, I think there were like 4 more. I'm listening to a shoutcast stream of the show at work now because Sirius isn't streaming it yet (there is a sign-up to be notified form on the Sirius site when they do start streaming though), and hope to catch a replay later.

So far so good, George Takei as the voice of the show is perfect. Oh my!

George Takei is doing the announcing? haha awesome. Hopefully they give him some funny shit to say like they did on the old show, because I doubt he is teh funnay on his own.

I'm surprised they had technical difficulties though. That's got to be embarrasing after all of the hype Sirius and this show has gotten. Is Scott the Engineer still handling the sound/mic issues?

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Someone had cosmetic surgery

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Robin

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Somene knocked a girl up once and they had an abortion

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Stern

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Someone had a load shot on their chest

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Takei

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Someone was fondled by another man while they were lying in a hospital bed after having their stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning

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Artie

I wrote impressions on the other Howard thread, only to realize that this thread was created. Well, if you're curious, here's what I wrote.

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Originally Posted by Jetman

George Takei is doing the announcing? haha awesome. Hopefully they give him some funny shit to say like they did on the old show, because I doubt he is teh funnay on his own.

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Oh, he's quite amusing just being his usual super-faggy self.

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Is Scott the Engineer still handling the sound/mic issues?

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Beats me. They didn't mention him at all.

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Robin

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Wouldn't suprise me, she looks way too good for her age.

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Stern

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Not sure, doesn't sound like the sort of thing he'd keep secret.

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Takei

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He's not part of the revelations, so no.

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Artie

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I'd give even money on it being him, yeah.

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Other revelations:

Someone pleasured themselves with meat and vegetables

Someone hid in a closet and pleasured themselves while watching their relatives go to the bathroom

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LOL

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So far so good, George Takei as the voice of the show is perfect. Oh my!

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Indeed. I really hope he's on for good, but I think it's just this week.

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I wrote impressions on the other Howard thread, only to realize that this thread was created. Well, if you're curious, here's what I wrote.

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George Takai (Mr. Sulu) is now the announcer for the show, which was a pleasant surprise considering how the show always goofed on him. He'll be in live all this week, but then afterwards he'll prerecord introductions. I really wish though they keep in live permanently because he's great on the show

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Excellent, so he'll still be around in some form, anyway. I agree, though, he should stay live.

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Someone had a load shot on their chest

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It can't be Takei because he wasn't involved with the revelation project last month (he just started). It can't be Robin because Will probably wouldn't have let that pass the shock test, so it's definitely one of the guys. But who? Maybe Richard Christie or Sal.

I agree with Artie and the alcohol poisoning story (man, that's crazy).

As for the bathroom one, it's either Sal or Richard, because it's inconceivable that the other cast members would do something like that (even Benji).

I was thinking Benji for the abortion one, but it would be insane if it was Howard who admitted to that.

I think Gary cheated on his wife and got caught, and Fred either paid over $10,000 for internet porn or pleasured himself with meat and vegetables.

So is it a return to form, or the same mediocrity it's been for 6 years? I used to really enjoy Howard Stern, but I haven't been able to sit through his show in years.

What is the shoutcast station? Can't find it.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

So is it a return to form, or the same mediocrity it's been for 6 years? I used to really enjoy Howard Stern, but I haven't been able to sit through his show in years.

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It's hard to say. The show does seem faster-paced now, and Stern and crew seems a bit more enthused than usual (except Artie, who sounds like he's falling asleep or is really hung over). Time will tell.

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It can't be Takei because he wasn't involved with the revelation project last month (he just started).

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Correct.

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It can't be Robin because Will probably wouldn't have let that pass the shock test

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Yeah, boobies were made to receive loads.

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so it's definitely one of the guys. But who? Maybe Richard Christie or Sal.

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Yeah, it has to be. They're gay enough.

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I think Gary cheated on his wife and got caught, and Fred either paid over $10,000 for internet porn

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Right, cheating and $10,000 on porn. Two more revelations I forgot.

Yeah, I also worry that he's had stuff saved up for the move, and it'll turn back to the same crap after a couple weeks or something.

Then again, O&A sucked (or at least were in less than rare form) for the first few months they were on sattelite, but I chalked that up to them being off for 2 years. But I guess it could go either way. I'll be listening from time time (torrents) to see.

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So is it a return to form, or the same mediocrity it's been for 6 years? I used to really enjoy Howard Stern, but I haven't been able to sit through his show in years.

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This question probably won't be answered until about a month from now. It's going to be about tying up loose ends from the K-Rock era and stating how great it to work on unrestricted satellite radio for at least the first week. Once the newness of their situation wears off, we'll see if Howard & crew can produce similar to what he did before the FCC crackdown and censorship.

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Originally Posted by Ramzavail

What is the shoutcast station? Can't find it.

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The one I'm listening to is called Experience (Stern Live) but it keeps cutting out and rebuffering all the time. Probably getting hammered.

Found it thanks. That isn't going to last long. With a 32 max.

My best friend just called to give me a rundown of what happened afterwards. The press conference was uneventful, but around 10:00 AM, Bubba The Love Sponge came in to promote his show on Howard 101. Then all hell broke loose.

He had a long argument with Ronnie the Limo Driver, talked about giving women oral sex live on the air, claimed to have sex with porn star and Howard guest regular Tabitha Stevens and another girl (which Tabitha called in and denied), and started talking about male grooming down below. Then Richard Christie came in and talked about his technique for male grooming, which prompted Howard to create a Shave Off contest later in the week between Bubba and Richard, with George Takei as judge. God, I really wish I could have listened to this at work.

Thanks for the update, Cow.

Wait... Bubba the Love Sponge was on the show?? When he had his own show, he would always bash Stern. Now he is one of Stern's flunkys? LOL, I gotta get Sirius now.

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This question probably won't be answered until about a month from now. It's going to be about tying up loose ends from the K-Rock era and stating how great it to work on unrestricted satellite radio for at least the first week. Once the newness of their situation wears off, we'll see if Howard & crew can produce similar to what he did before the FCC crackdown and censorship.

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I agree that the show will take its true form after about a month, but I don't know if that will be for better or for worse. We'll see.

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Wait... Bubba the Love Sponge was on the show?? When he had his own show, he would always bash Stern. Now he is one of Stern's flunkys? LOL, I gotta get Sirius now.

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Bubba has a show 4PM every day on Howard 101.

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Wait... Bubba the Love Sponge was on the show?? When he had his own show, he would always bash Stern. Now he is one of Stern's flunkys? LOL, I gotta get Sirius now.

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Stern bashed him, too. Called him an awful clone with not an original idea. And then last week said his show was really different from his own and very entertaining. There's just no loyalty or consistancy with these guys.

Damn, I'm missing out.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Stern bashed him, too. Called him an awful clone with not an original idea. And then last week said his show was really different from his own and very entertaining. There's just no loyalty or consistancy with these guys.

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Howard's reason for hiring Bubba was that he didn't like how Clear Channel fired Bubba two years ago and essentially blacklisted from working in the radio industry. I guess Howard symphatized with Bubba as he was also yanked from several Clear Channel stations, but unlike Bubba, was still on the air because he worked for Infinity.

I don't know if I'll be listening to Bubba on Howard 101. They were playing some clips from Bubba's show on Howard 100 News to entice the Howard fans to listen. I did like the one phone call Ned made to suggest new Monopoly pieces.

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I'm surprised they had technical difficulties though. That's got to be embarrasing after all of the hype Sirius and this show has gotten. Is Scott the Engineer still handling the sound/mic issues?

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No, he's a K-ROCK employee, and they said goodbye to him on the show there.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Anyway, they didn't go overboard with the cursing. In fact, Stern wants to limit it to when it's appropriate because he doesn't want the show to be all about saying fuck and shit (although Artie had dropped the f-bomb about 19 times in the first hour or two alone).

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Smart move... this was my only worry about the move. I wanted him to keep the show good, but not rely on the "extra" shock. It's why the new Ren and Stimpy didn't work.

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No, he's a K-ROCK employee, and they said goodbye to him on the show there.

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Nope, they took Scott with him. In fact, Howard was talking to Scott when they had the technical difficulties at the start of the show.

I can't believe I forgot to mention this: the Stern Show call-in number is 1-888-9-ASSHOLE.

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Howard's reason for hiring Bubba was that he didn't like how Clear Channel fired Bubba two years ago and essentially blacklisted from working in the radio industry. I guess Howard symphatized with Bubba as he was also yanked from several Clear Channel stations, but unlike Bubba, was still on the air because he worked for Infinity.

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The enemy of my enemy is my friend, that kinda shit, huh?

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The enemy of my enemy is my friend, that kinda shit, huh?

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Exactly. That's the only logical reason why Howard would hire someone he claimed at one point was a no-talent clone.

"Oh, my."
http://jc1701.com/georgetakei_x.jpg

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Nope, they took Scott with him. In fact, Howard was talking to Scott when they had the technical difficulties at the start of the show.

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Really? huh.. could have sworn he was working for K-ROCK. Oh well, I've been wrong before :)

That's an excellent picture, lol.

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Howard's reason for hiring Bubba was that he didn't like how Clear Channel fired Bubba two years ago and essentially blacklisted from working in the radio industry. I guess Howard symphatized with Bubba as he was also yanked from several Clear Channel stations, but unlike Bubba, was still on the air because he worked for Infinity.

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Whatever his reasons for bringing him on are, he's still a phony for saying the guy didn't have an original bone in his body, and then a few months later saying he has a really fresh, different show. You can't explain that away. He's lying at least one of those two times.

Here's the torrent - enjoy!

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Here's the torrent - enjoy!

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Cool, thanks :tu:

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Nope, they took Scott with him. In fact, Howard was talking to Scott when they had the technical difficulties at the start of the show.

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Hmm, I dont know if that's good or not. Didnt the old Stern Show have a lot of difficulties thanks to Scott?

Well, at the very least we'll probably get more drama and bitching out of Scott which can be fun to hear. That and the sound effect of the nazi lady yelling, "SCOOOOTTTTTT!"

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Originally Posted by Cowdisease

Nope, they took Scott with him. In fact, Howard was talking to Scott when they had the technical difficulties at the start of the show.

I can't believe I forgot to mention this: the Stern Show call-in number is 1-888-9-ASSHOLE.

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I love that it shows up on the display of my radio too LOL.

I'll give the torrent a listen after Russ is over.

more good news is that they will be cutting back on the commercials. They openly admitted that the breaks were rediculous and that it was Tom/KRock behind that. Not sure if they've stated what it'll be now.

Alright, listened to the show... Honestly, it's the highest energy I've heard out of Stern in a long time, which will spell good things. +10 points for George Takei, -50 points for blatantly ripping off O&A bits (and not even fresh ones) and claiming he's the first to do them (even going as far as to use a production piece the O&A staff made).

I didn't get any really good laughs from the show, but I got a few chuckles at least. He may be able to get things back on track. Werther or not he can catch up with O&A is another matter. We'll see.

I LOVE OPIE AND ANTHONY WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH [/artie]

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more good news is that they will be cutting back on the commercials. They openly admitted that the breaks were rediculous and that it was Tom/KRock behind that. Not sure if they've stated what it'll be now.

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During the wrap-up show with Babba-Booey they only played 1-2 commercials during the breaks. They were back on the air in no time.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

-50 points for blatantly ripping off O&A bits (and not even fresh ones) and claiming he's the first to do them (even going as far as to use a production piece the O&A staff made).

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Examples?

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more good news is that they will be cutting back on the commercials. They openly admitted that the breaks were rediculous and that it was Tom/KRock behind that. Not sure if they've stated what it'll be now.

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They said 6 minutes per hour, which (I think) is the same as the XM talk channels. As long as they don't have to do them on-schedule (like every half hour) then that's really nothing.

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The Pat O'brien "remix" bit. Widely publicized that O&A were the first to broadcast them uncensored, and they did a crapload of mash-ups and remixes of them. The Prince remix was done by Derrick of the O&A show (Stern played a bleeped version on his old show, too). It's just a really hacky thing to do.

Not that this is anything new, but I hoped he had enough original ideas to fill one show before going to the well and ripping people off.

Hoo hoo, tell 'em Frog!

Howard said months before he left terrestrial radio that he was going to play the Pat O'Brien tapes uncensored on his first day, but it's interesting that one of the remixes they played was done by an O&A staffer. There's a whole bunch of stuff that Howard & crew have been collecting to play on sat. radio but originally weren't able to because KROCK management wouldn't let them.

My friend called in about Bubba. He says that he's quite surprised at the show. He was expecting something unlistenable, but came away with a "not bad" impression. Not as great as Howard, but not "I'm changing the dial" either.

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Howard said months before he left terrestrial radio that he was going to play the Pat O'Brien tapes uncensored on his first day, but it's interesting that one of the remixes they played was done by an O&A staffer. There's a whole bunch of stuff that Howard & crew have been collecting to play on sat. radio but originally weren't able to because KROCK management wouldn't let them.

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So they planned for months to rip off an old O&A bit. Doesn't mitigate things. He's done this before. My favorite was when he played a song from O&A's show that was downloaded from their website. Not only was it a low-quality .ram file, but you could still hear anthonly laughing in the clip.

But yeah, we all know Howard steals, Butt Bongo Fiesta, Steve Dahl, yadda yadda. And he's contributed a lot of good original stuff during that time too. I just really thought he'd be able to fill 4 hours without doing it.

That was an awesome day when Opie and Anthony invented song parodies of current events. The world hasn't been the same since. It sucks though that everyone keeps ripping them off :(

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That was an awesome day when Opie and Anthony invented song parodies of current events. The world hasn't been the same since. It sucks though that everyone keeps ripping them off :(

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When you record someone else's show, and play it on yours without giving credit, it's theft. Don't play stupid. This isn't a gray area.

Also, Howard Stern has claimed that The Real World, MTV Unplugged (going so far as to say he came up with putting acoustic rock perfomances on the radio), Street Smart, and All of Reality Television were copied from his show, so let's dispense with the irony for a moment.

EDIT: Oh, and current events aren't 9 months old.

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Stern bashed him, too. Called him an awful clone with not an original idea. And then last week said his show was really different from his own and very entertaining. There's just no loyalty or consistancy with these guys.

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I have a short mp3 from 2003 of Howard calling Bush the greatest president we've had in his lifetime and saying we've never had a president before Bush with the balls to do something like invade Iraq. He also said he hopes it is a war for oil because oil prices are too high. I also have an mp3 of him in 2003 kissing Clear Channel's ass and defending them after they fired some no name disc jockey for indecency, saying they have the right to hire and fire whoever they want and if the guy did a better radio show he wouldn't have been taken off the air. Anyone want them?

Revelations plus my guesses. We should see who gets the most right.

1. I cheated on my wife and she caught me
Howard Had to get divorced for some reason. He also doesn't talk about the divorce much. If he managed to hide this for so long then props.

2. I once hid in a bathroom closet and pleasured myself when my family members went to the bathroom
Sal He's the only one disgusting enough.

3. In the last year i got a girl pregnant and had to pay for her abortion
Artie Could be Howard, but i don't think he'd want to drag Beth into his revelation

4. I think i'm addicted to porn i jerk off twice a day and prefer to masturbate than have real sex
Fred Fred's been married a long time and he must be really bored of his wife

5. I've spent well over $10,000 on internet porn
Benjy It's probably a cast member that makes more money, but i figured benjy was dumb and it's a better revelation if you're poor

6. My buddy and i once ordered massage girls to our hotel room, but they ripped us off and we were left staring at each other in our underwear in the hotel room.
Gary This isn't revealing enough for the more extreme cast members, only for someone like gary who also has to worry about what his wife thinks

7. I've pleasured myself with meat and vegetables
JD A desperate virgin may resort to meats. Could also be Robin

8. I have a half sister i've never met and don't want to
Robin This HAS to be Robin, because black relatives will all come out of the woodwork wanting money when they get a whiff of it.

9. I've had cosmetic surgery
Jason Yeah, this was what i had left. Probably wrong. I dont think they let jason talk enough to make a judgement on him.

10. A guy once blew his load on my chest
Scott Scott always seemed to be a little too gay when they'd try to get him to do stuff. I think he's been there before.

11. I once had my stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning and i woke up in the hospital an aquaintense of the same sex was fondling my genitals
Richard He's from the south, nuff said

Listened to the whole show. First of all, 5 hours is a damn long show. Anyways, I thought it was alright. I laughed a few times, but the constant plugs for Sirius were annoying. I'm sure that'll only be the first week or so, though, and will slow down to the occasional mention. It feels like a lot of the production of the show is still up in the air and being worked on.

If it was on XM, I'd listen to it once in a while, but it isn't enough to make me activate a Sirius subscription. I'll stick with O&A and Russ Martin for talk. I'm glad he moved to satrad, though, because it adds legitimacy to the medium. Both Sirius and XM will benefit, I think. I do wish they'd both add some talent that's not east coast, though. Ron & Fez especially are just way too east coast for me; maybe I'm alone..who knows.

Downloading the Torrent now. I'll probably give a listen on my drive to work, then during my lunch break and then on the ride home. I can't wait to hear it. It's so corny about Bubba, though. The guy is chronically unfunny. Does his show at 4pm have those idiots from his old ClearChannel show? Like, the stupid old racist guy and whatnot?

Anyway, my guesses.

¥ Someone cheated on his wife, who caught him in the act.
Scott.

¥ Someone once hid in a bathroom closet and pleasured himself while watching family members relieve themselves (reportedly an aunt and a cousin, according to Will).
Gotta be Sal.

¥ Someone got a girl pregnant in the last year and had to pay for her abortion.
JD?

¥ Someone is addicted to porn and prefers masturbating at least twice a day over real sex.
Probably Fred.

¥ Someone spent $10,000 on internet porn over the years.
Howard.

¥ Along with one of his friends, someone hired massage girls who stole their money without providing any of their services, leaving the pair together in their underwear.
Gary, and see stormy's logic for the why.

¥ Someone pleasured him or herself using meat and vegetables.
Richard Christie.

¥ Someone has a half-sister who he or she never wants to meet.
Robin.

¥ Someone has had cosmetic surgery.
Jason.

¥ Someone once had a guy ejaculate on their chest.
Benjy.

¥ After waking up from having his or her stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning, someone was having his or her genitals fondled by an acquaintance of the same sex.
Artie.

I'm listening to a torrent of it now, George Takai should get Robin's job. Not only is he intelligent and funny (which Robin isn't) but he's the most real thing on the show. He has opinions and attitudes of his own and he doesn't worship Howard as a god, all things the show sorely needs. Artie isn't quite as funny, he has a few great lines but overall he seems to just be sitting there waiting to say "I'm gonna fuck you George Takai". I am glad that they're trying to restrain themselves from swearing (aside from Artie), it was a fear of mine that they'd just rely on dirty words (the part where Howard asks George Takai if Cunt is a curse word is great).

I have to admit, I was expecting a lot more from the first show. Were George Takai not there this would be a really boring installment of his terrestrial radio show. Some of his last shows on radio were brilliant (The George Takai one of course, the Stevie Wonder one, James Woods was brilliant, Donald Trump needs a regular Trump T&A show, hearing KC again was great, etc.). So far they've promoted Sirius a lot and talked endlessly about David Lee Roth's show, I'm not impressed.

Here's my guesses (:

¥ Someone cheated on his wife, who caught him in the act.
Sal

¥ Someone once hid in a bathroom closet and pleasured himself while watching family members relieve themselves (reportedly an aunt and a cousin, according to Will).
Benjy

¥ Someone got a girl pregnant in the last year and had to pay for her abortion.
Artie

¥ Someone is addicted to porn and prefers masturbating at least twice a day over real sex.
Fred

¥ Someone spent $10,000 on internet porn over the years.
Howard

¥ Along with one of his friends, someone hired massage girls who stole their money without providing any of their services, leaving the pair together in their underwear.
Gary

¥ Someone pleasured him or herself using meat and vegetables.
JD

¥ Someone has a half-sister who he or she never wants to meet.
Jason

¥ Someone has had cosmetic surgery.
Robin

¥ Someone once had a guy ejaculate on their chest.
Richard Christie

¥ After waking up from having his or her stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning, someone was having his or her genitals fondled by an acquaintance of the same sex.
Ralph

It's annoying that Howard keeps ripping David Lee Roth apart for not taking negative or critical calls when Howard almost never puts through a call that isn't "You're the greatest Howard, F the FCC and F Bush"

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Ron & Fez especially are just way too east coast for me; maybe I'm alone..who knows.

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lol, totally, which is what makes them so great. I can understand your complaint though, I don't think I could stomach listening to some random guys from texas for four hours a day.

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Originally Posted by Regus

lol, totally, which is what makes them so great. I can understand your complaint though, I don't think I could stomach listening to some random guys from texas for four hours a day.

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http://tuner1.dc1.sonixtream.com/pla...1053KLLIFM.asx

Try that out; replay of today's show (although right now it's at the tail end of the show, so some of the jokes are from earlier: "He wants money; he likes that." :lol: ). I don't imagine he'll be moving to satellite since he just renewed his contract with CBS Radio, though.

Oh man, I was a huge fan of Ron and Fez back when they were on in Jersey. A Big A.S.S. Cardholder and everything. Is there any way to listen to their show from Jersey now?

http://www.xmradio.com

I've been listening to the replay of today's Opie & Anthony. It's a ton funnier than Howard's show was today. This segment on how stupid the management was at their old station for playing XM ads where they have clips from back then is funny as hell. :D

Just thought the Sirius-less (Windows-using) Stern fans would like to know... StreamerP2P has got him live today. You just download the small app and away you go.....

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Just thought the Sirius-less (Windows-using) Stern fans would like to know... StreamerP2P has got him live today. You just download the small app and away you go.....

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It's good for Sirius subscribers too because they're not streaming the show just yet. Hopefully it'll run better than the shoutcast did yesterday.

It's cutting out occasionally, and will probably get worse soon. I will say that his show today with Arnold is a ton better than yesterday's show.

I think I understand now why a lot of Californians hate Arnold. The guy is a fucking joke.

Takei should've taken a few jabs at Arnold's Nazi background.

That couldn't seriously have been him; he was too witty and edgy. It seemed like a voice actor.

EDIT: Stream just died for me and won't come back.

They had a Arnold impersonator on before so I wouldn't be suprised if it were a fake.

Just tuned into the streamer feed and it's working fine so far. We'll see how long it lasts.

Yeah, he verified it was fake.

Yeah, I got owned. I thought Arnold was a regular caller, like a friend of the show? My reality has been distorted forever :(

(And yeah, I'm aware Evil Dave isn't the real David Letterman)

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Yeah, I got owned. I thought Arnold was a regular caller, like a friend of the show? My reality has been distorted forever :(

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Yeah, Arnold's called in before, but how could you not have known it was fake when he was telling George things like "Mexicans and blacks shouldn't drive" and "You homos are always bitching"...? That segment was hilarious.

I thought he was under the presumption that blacks and Mexicans would never pay to listen to satellite radio.

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Ron & Fez especially are just way too east coast for me; maybe I'm alone..who knows.

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Maybe I'm too much of a Northeasterner, but I never think of Florida as being too east coast for anything. It's kind of the south, kind of the east, and kind of Cuba.

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(And yeah, I'm aware Evil Dave isn't the real David Letterman)

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I wonder some times if that's not a front.

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Oh man, I was a huge fan of Ron and Fez back when they were on in Jersey. A Big A.S.S. Cardholder and everything. Is there any way to listen to their show from Jersey now?

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Yeah, XM, dummy. They're on every day after O&A.

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Maybe I'm too much of a Northeasterner, but I never think of Florida as being too east coast for anything. It's kind of the south, kind of the east, and kind of Cuba.

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Maybe people in Florida are more used to the accent. I just can't stand it; it's grating.

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Maybe people in Florida are more used to the accent. I just can't stand it; it's grating.

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They're both from Florida. It's not a matter of being used to the accent. Neither Floridians nor New Yorkers talk like that. It's just them.

Ron and Fez just take some getting used to. I didn't like them at first (back on WNEW), but they were on after O&A so I'd end up listening, and eventually it clicked. You get into it.

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I thought he was under the presumption that blacks and Mexicans would never pay to listen to satellite radio.

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There's always the chance that they could steal a car with satellite equipped, however.

They have lots of spanish language stations on sattelite, so someone must be banking on them listening.

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They're both from Florida. It's not a matter of being used to the accent. Neither Floridians nor New Yorkers talk like that. It's just them.

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Fez sounds gay, but Ron sounds straight out of Brooklyn to me.

lol, Fez does a lot more than just sound gay.

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Fez sounds gay, but Ron sounds straight out of Brooklyn to me.

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Fez is gay, although I think he's really more asexual in practice. I'm sure you have homosexuals in Texas, too. Ron's from Miami, I think.

Fez being gay may be the worst kept secret in radio.

Anyone streaming the show today? O&A is another worst of.

I've listened up through Wednesday's. They're still going through bugs, including one where Stern argued with Fred for at least 5 minutes on-air. It's a decent enough show, and I might continue to DL it once in a while after the first week, but probably won't get Sirius for it. What really bugs me is how much Stern whores himself out to Sirius. Maybe it's just a first week thing, but he's constantly talking about Sirius and the S50 and talking crap about XM. It's been known that he's had XM for several years. Whether or not he replaced his XM stuff with Sirius stuff...no idea.

I guess that's my main gripe.

Opie is wicked sick apparently. Hopefully they will be live tomorrow...

Well I expect him to talk up Sirius. Though what's he really going to say about XM? "Man, look at those small, versatile radios with all those great features. They must be gay"

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Opie is wicked sick apparently. Hopefully they will be live tomorrow...

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I think they said he just lost his voice and thus can't do radio.

They're just talking about how Sirius radios are impossible to find and XM radios are everywhere. That has more to do with the fact that XM has a ton more shelf space everywhere than Sirius, and not some massive nationwide run on Sirius. If I wanted to, I could go down to the Best Buy down the street and get an S50 right now. Too bad the thing is like a time bomb.

Is Opie expected back tomorrow, or are they just gonna wait until Monday?

They haven't said. Near the end of Ron and Fez they said they weren't sure if he was going to be back. Anyone know for sure what it is? He had been feeling shitty since they were in Vegas. It sucks, I wanted to hear them rip on Stern.

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They're just talking about how Sirius radios are impossible to find and XM radios are everywhere.

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Which is dumb, and untrue. They're both availible all over the place. Sirius did have a good Q4 '05 for sales, but they only sold like 15% more than XM during that time.

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Which is dumb, and untrue. They're both availible all over the place. Sirius did have a good Q4 '05 for sales, but they only sold like 15% more than XM during that time.

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And it was the first time SIRI outsold XM. Not sure why you'd want to even bring it up when your team is a good 3 million subs behind.

Sirius radios are sold out everywhere. I tried buying one a week before christmas and there were none to be had other than the S50. I got lucky and my dad was in a radio shack when one was returned just after christmas. I'm still trying to buy a home kit so i've been checking up whenever i hit a store that carries them, still no radios/home kits in Boston and LA from my experience, other than the exorbitant S50 and the super shitty $10 one nobody wants. No homekits online either.

I've listened to most of the shows so far the whole way though (DLing and taking on plane flights). He hasn't badmouthed XM once, only stated that they took too long to make him an offer when he was taking bids, and that thier radios are in stock, which they are. Neither of which is an insult. I swear you people are hearing things. He always talks about "satellite radio" and how great it is, that includes XM.

edit - This morning he did say he preferred the style of the Sirius music channels, in that they had live DJs. I guess you can take that as an insult if you really want to, but he never called XM bad.

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He hasn't badmouthed XM once, only stated that they took too long to make him an offer when he was taking bids

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Howard is deluded if he thinks XM was actually going to meet his demands. They strung him along for so long because they didn't want to tell him to go fuck himself, but they weren't going to pay a half billion.

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edit - This morning he did say he preferred the style of the Sirius music channels, in that they had live DJs

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XM has live DJs too, they just don't talk over the music. Only between songs, and only like maybe 4 times an hour.

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Sirius radios are sold out everywhere. I tried buying one a week before christmas and there were none to be had other than the S50.

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Unless it's still a week before Christmas, I don't see your point.

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Unless it's still a week before Christmas, I don't see your point.

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That's why i also mentioned i'm still looking for a home kit, and can verify they haven't restocked yet.

What an idiot. Howad has to know xm has this shit already.

Howard isn't going to promote XM's products though. He has to play it down, like the technology doesn't exist. He wouldn't openly admit that Sirius has been lacking in that field.

I'm getting so sick and tired of all this whoring. On tuesday's show Howard made the pitch that the S50 is better than an Ipod, and so far all week there hasn't been a single negative call. For the last 2 years or so Howard hasn't taken a negative call, it's all "Sirius kicks ass, thank you for all the years of entertainment Howard we love you" calls. Between the callers and Howard I'm getting really burned out on being sold Sirius crap, and I don't understand why we have to hear the crew discuss their technical issues for 15 minute stretches. Howard laying into Fred for the 15th time that day because a song didn't play on time is not entertaining.

So far there have been a few great moments (fake Arnold with Takai was classic, as was JD losing his virginity and Richard Christie asking all the creepy questions), but overall I feel like I've listened to hours and hours of Sirius infomercial.

Artie seems to have adjusted quickly after a bad first day and is hilarious again, Robin's as useless as ever, George Takai is starting to grate on me a little with his constant gay marriage rants (otherwise he's fantastic), I'm also getting really tired of the Bubba the Love Sponge cross promotions and lovefests where Howard and Bubba verbally 69 each other.

Bought a cheap sirius receiver the other day and loving it. They duped George again with fake Arnold, hilarous.

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Artie seems to have adjusted quickly after a bad first day and is hilarious again, Robin's as useless as ever, George Takai is starting to grate on me a little with his constant gay marriage rants (otherwise he's fantastic), I'm also getting really tired of the Bubba the Love Sponge cross promotions and lovefests where Howard and Bubba verbally 69 each other.

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That's always been the "rub" with Stern. He is an endless promotional whore. Even going back to his initial forays into other markets, selling videos, and hyping PPV events. It's just what he does, it's kind of ingrained into radio people.


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I stopped listening to Stern back in 2001. He seemed bored and tired. It's been great listening to him the past few days, he seems like the old Howard. Full of energy. I still miss the old "married and pathetic" Howard character he molded over the years, but those days are gone (because of divorce and therapy).

lol @ Spo's 69 comment. It really is getting on my nerves the amount of promoting he does during his regular show (not counting live spots or anything). Also everyone on the show waiting in line to suck him off is getting old. Saying stuff like he's doing revolutionary things, and he's a legend, etc. :rolleyes:

First of all it's a radio show and has no impact on anything, and second of all, this has all been done since 2004, so there's nothing revolutionary about it. I'll listen to today's and I think that'll be it. Yesterday's really rubbed me the wrong way.

Here's a good article about the O&A vs Howard feud. Describes O&A's last days on terrestrial radio and what happened afterwards.

And if you guys haven't bookmarked it yet (or subscribed to the RSS feed), Orbitcast does a good job on tracking news related to satellite radio.

I've decided that Ron & Fez isn't too bad, so long as Fez doesn't say a word.

They revealed some of the revelations today. I missed a few (they're not revealing all of them today- more tomorrow) but here are the ones I caught:


I cheated on my wife and got caught: Scott the Engineer


I once hid in a bathroom closet and pleasured myself when my family members went to the bathroom: Sal (big suprise)


At that point I had to stop listening and get ready for work, but if there were a way I could have pulled my car into the shower with me so I could have heard more, I would have. Anyone catch the rest?

Richard Christie got a girl pregnant and paid for her abortion. That completely shocked me, considering that they kept stating throughout the past year that Richard doesn't get laid and has a masturbation ritual every Friday. It turns out Richard was getting lucky after his Beth make-over, but didn't talk about it because he didn't get permission from his "conquests". He also admitted that he's too big for regular condoms and have to use magnums. Good reveal.

Howard got sidetracked and talk about his surprise birthday party (lame), but then went back to the revelations.

Addicted to porn, masturbates twice a day, and prefers it over regular sex: Jason. Everyone commented that it was a lame revelation, and Howard said that what Jason was really trying to say that he was tired of his girlfriend.

Spent over $10,000 on internet porn: J.D.

It started out lame because J.D. said that the cost was cumulative since he was 18, but when Howard started digging into the specifics, it got really good. J.D. was verbally destroyed, especially when he revealed his screen name during these sex chats, DABA with some number in the end. What does DABA stand for? Da Bad Ass.

Since the revelation explanations took longer than expected, Howard will do the rest tomorrow. The revelations so far (except for Jason's) were incredible. Dole, you should definitely check out the replay for the J.D. ribbing.

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Howard got sidetracked and talk about his surprise birthday party (lame), but then went back to the revelations.

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That was annoying. I rushed getting ready this morning so I could hear more revelations on the way to work and had to listen to Howard's birthday party bullshit instead.

Although Artie's speech to Howard was almost worth it- his line about Sirius giving David Lee Roth's Uncle Matty 5 million shares of stock for selling more Sirius radios than anyone was fucking priceless.

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Dole, you should definitely check out the replay for the J.D. ribbing.

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I sure as hell will.

Here are the remaining people, and remaining revelations, also my choices for each person after the revelation.

6. My buddy and i once ordered massage girls to our hotel room, but they ripped us off and we were left staring at each other in our underwear in the hotel room. (Fred)
7. I've pleasured myself with meat and vegetables (Howard)
8. I have a half sister i've never met and don't want to (Robin)
9. I've had cosmetic surgery (Gary)
10. A guy once blew his load on my chest (Benji)
11. I once had my stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning and i woke up in the hospital an aquaintense of the same sex was fondling my genitals (Artie)

Gary, Artie, Robin, Howard, Fred, Benji

Hmm, it gets even better!

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10. A guy once blew his load on my chest (Benji)

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If this happened to anyone other than Benji I'll be really suprised.

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What? How? Why? You are a billionaire with hot chicks on your show for 20 plus years. :bs:

More Revelations today:


I have a half sister I've never met and don't want to: Fred


I've pleasured myself with meat and vegetables: Robin


I've had cosmetic surgery: Howard (9 years ago, he got a nosejob and liposuction under his chin)


More were coming, but I had to go to work. But I'm sure Cowdisease will give a detailed run-down, including the ones I listed above (since I only heard Howard's explanation live, I had missed the others).

It's pretty much a lock that Benji took the load to his chest. *EDIT* OMFG it's Artie.

The full, complete list of revelations (including predictions), from Stern's site:

1. I cheated on my wife and she caught me...
THE FANS:
Gary 22.90%
Scott 21.45%
Fred 20.70%
VINNIE: SAL
And the revelation belongs to: SCOTT

2. I once hid in a bathroom closet and pleasured myself when my family members went to the bathroom...
THE FANS
Sal 29.11%
Benjy 12.52%
Richard 11.00%
VINNIE: BENJY
And the revelation belongs to: SAL

3. In the last year, I got a girl pregnant and had to pay for her abortion...
THE FANS:
Jason 33.72%
Benjy 22.54%
Artie 13.36%
(Richard 4.35%)
VINNIE: JASON
And the revelation belongs to: RICHARD

4. I think I'm addicted to porn - I jerk off twice a day and prefer to masturbate than have real sex...
THE FANS:
Richard 25.07%
Sal 20.86%
JD 13.78%
(Jason 9.73%)
VINNIE: RICHARD
And the revelation belongs to: JASON

5. I have spent well over $10,000 on internet porn...
THE FANS:
Richard 40.78%
Sal 11.09%
Howard 10.11%
(JD 9.94%)
VINNIE: ARTIE (although he did say he almost picked JD)
And the revelation belongs to: JD


6. My buddy and I once ordered massage girls to our hotel room, but they ripped us off and we were left staring at each other in our underwear...
THE FANS:
Artie 24.02%
JD 15.08%
Jason 15.28%
(Gary 9.21%)
VINNIE: SCOTT
And the revelation belongs to: GARY


7. I have pleasured myself with meat and vegetables...
THE FANS:
Robin 29.17%
Richard 21.48%
Benjy 14.55%
VINNIE: JD
And the revelation belongs to: ROBIN

8. I have a half-sister I've never met and don't want to...
THE FANS:
Fred 31.44%
Robin 26.91%
Scott 7.60%
VINNIE: ROBIN
And the revelation belongs to: FRED

9. I've had cosmetic surgery...
THE FANS:
Howard 39.74%
Robin 22.49%
Fred 10.46%
VINNIE: HOWARD (Congratulations Vinnie, you got one)
And the revelation belongs to: HOWARD

10. A guy once blew his load on my chest...
THE FANS:
Benjy 28.88%
Richard 18.56%
Robin 16.85%
(Artie 1.89%)
VINNIE: GARY
And the revelation belongs to: ARTIE

11. I once had my stomach pumped for alcohol poisoning and when I woke up in the hospital, an acquaintance of the same sex was fondling my genitals...
THE FANS:
Artie 43.18%
Fred 13.65%
Benjy 7.07%
VINNIE: FRED
And the revelation belongs to: BENJY

i only got 2 right :(

Listening to Robin all over Howard about his revelation was really funny, but it wasn't that great of a revelation otherwise. I really wanted to hear about the divorce.

Artie's revelation story is the greatest. <3 Artie