Hyundai customers say no to Howard Stern.

CNN ^ | May 13, 2005 | CNN

[SolidRedState]

Well, those same folks are in for quite a surprise when thry turn to XM channel 202 and acquaint themselves with Opie, Anthony and Jim Norton!! LOL!

[Lancey Howard]

You're right, he went downhill when he left his wife

I thought he was interesting and funny back in his heyday late '80s, early '90s. He left his wife about 5 years ago, but I was pretty much bored with Stern 10 years ago. He got even worse?

[wyattearp]

The worst innovation in television has been the institution of "pop-up" ads during the show.

It's bad enough that 1/3 to 1/2 of the programming time of a show is taken up with commercials (one channel got 3.5 hours out of 'Independance Day', for example), they also scrunch up the screen to show commercials banner ads during what limited time the show is actually on? Pisses me off too. I switch to something else. Screw 'em.

[Vision]

I came to like Stern in the mid-nineties when all the news was very PC and he told it like it was. I liked his struggle, turned on by all the pleasures of fame but fighting to be a family man, and therefore was the good guy. But after he left his wife, he became very shallow and isn't funny IMO. How many stippers can you look at before you get beyond it? How much porn can a person watch?

[Muleteam1]

>>People in the 'red states', IMO, barely watch TV anymore.<<

As a "red-stater", I haven't had the broadcast networks in my home since 1984 but recently my 36" television recently went on the fritz where I had Direct TV. I see this as an opportunity to finally wean my wife from television and save $40 a month in satellite television bills. I plan to replace the tv with a flower pot.

Muleteam1

[Lancey Howard]

How many stippers can you look at before you get beyond it? How much porn can a person watch?

The problem was that it was radio, so Stern's show was strictly about LISTENING to a nearly 50-year-old Howard acting like a 15-year-old as he ogled these strippers. Old. Fast.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

sputter...sputter! McCarthyism!

snarl...snarl! Chill Wind!

whine...whimper! Freedom of Speech!

Now that I've got the liberal talking points out of the way, you can continue with the your regularly scheduled Freep.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Good for you. We haven't had cable or broadcast for the past three years, and we don't really miss it (well, during March Madness I do).

We still have the TV set, but just use it to watch videos and DVDs.

[Muleteam1]

Actually $40 a month would buy or rent a lot of videos wouldn't it? Buy them and then resell them at a garage sale or eBay. More arguments to present to my recalcitrant wife.

Muleteam1

[Choose Ye This Day]

Plus, you can buy the DVDs cheap on eBay and at pawn shops. Personally, some day I'd like to sign up for NetFlicks or something similar. I'd rather spend the money to watch what I WANT to watch, rather than giving $40 or $50 a month to let someone ese tell me what I can watch.

[duckln]

So don't listen/watch it.

On my car radio I press 'scan', and fowl mouth Stern blares out. Or during the Super Bowl, here comes dumb Dole with viagra,or cialis erection advice. Even a 'slut' flashing a 'black trash' football player during halftime. Lousy role models for both 'races'.

If someone else wants to, that is their choice...

They probable went to a public grade school and don't know what being in a rut is.

[duckln]

When an ad obscures the bottom third of the screen...

And cable is worse than commercial TV in that regard. For something originally sold to be ad free it's turning into a joke.

Cable is dying because of it. Satellite radio is predicted to be bigger than cable, but IMO it will falter because of the personnel ethics, bordering on 'sick', of the management.

[hosepipe]

If Savage is Psychological Porno then Stern is Psychololical Masturbation..

[PAR35]

Cable is dying because of it.

With the number of ads, cable should be free.

[Mike Darancette]

Not a Howard fan, but people could just not tune in to that channel.