[sonova]

Howard Stern was a genius back in the 80’s. His comic schtic was unbeatable. Soon after the 1990’s he fell into the cesspool.

[dfwgator]

He should have listened to his dad.....”SHUT UP! SIT DOWN! SHUT UP! SIT DOWN! I told you not to be stupid, you moron!”

[Sir_Humphrey]

I agree with you. Early on, he was a comic genius. I listened everyday and laughed my head off damn near everyday. His skits and song parodies were the best and he was one of the best interviewers I have ever heard. He had a way of making all of his interviewees sound interesting and he drew out the sense of humor in each of them. Enjoyable radio!

Then circa mid 90s things changed. I never followed him to Sirius. He became too bland and predictable. He used to make a huge deal out of his faithfulness to his wife and kids and then he got divorced. He then married a very attractive younger woman (the same type of thing he used to rail about with more established celebrities) and was in effect de-balled. His irreverence and razor sharp wit was now a thing of the past. His interviews became fawning and almost fluff like. Then he became woke and turned into a parody of himself a la Don Imus. YouTube has many videos from former staff members discussing what an absolute pri@k Stern became.