Howard Stern suspended from Clear Channel stations

At one time, Howard Stern was one of the great American satirists. About the time Private Parts came out, however, he began to believe his own hype and his show went downhill fast. Enjoy your beach house in the Hamptons while you can Howard!

WHAT DID HE DO TO GET SUSPENDED?

Ok, I'll bite. Someone please add me to the ping list of anyone who can tell us what that over-sexed loud-mouthed cross-dressing freak has done this time.

That means he's off in Rochester, NY, as 95.1 WNVE is a ClearChannel station.

He went downhill right around the time that he split from his wife.

Bubba, Stern.....and counting....

John won't last on Leno. He has little talent that Leno can use, and an ego that will get him in trouble quickly.

I'm looking for additional info.

Radio chain sets new rules on indecency
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/lateststories/index.ssf?/base/politics-0/1077752344136080.xml

By JONATHAN D. SALANT
The Associated Press
2/25/2004, 6:33 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest radio station chain announced new rules to limit indecency Wednesday in the latest example of the broadcast industry's efforts to address criticism of what airs on TV and radio.

Under pressure from regulators and lawmakers, some TV networks are delaying live broadcasts to delete offensive material and doing more to let parents know how they can block specific programs. The National Association of Broadcasters says it will hold a conference on indecency next month.

The rules issued by Clear Channel Communications came on the eve of the second congresssional hearing this month on broadcast indecency. John Hogan, president of Clear Channel Radio, is scheduled to testify along with top officials from TV networks.

Congress is considering increasing the maximum fine for indecency from $27,500 to $275,000, a move that the Federal Communications Commission endorsed even before the tumult over singer Janet Jackson's exposed right breast during the nationally televised Super Bowl halftime show.

"In the history of broadcast indecency, there have been these moments where it makes headlines," said Jeremy Lipschultz, a professor of communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. "In the short term, broadcasters become much more careful. You're going to see people playing it safe. The long-term problem is the same one we've had, which is it's very difficult in the end to precisely define what is indecent or not. "

Under FCC rules and federal law, radio stations and over-the-air television channels cannot air material containing references to sexual and excretory functions between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when children may be tuning in. The rules do not apply to cable and satellite channels and satellite radio.

Chris Murray, legislative counsel for Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, said broadcasters worry that Congress, angered over indecency, might also move to overturn FCC rules relaxing media ownership rules, including one that makes it easier for companies to own newspapers and broadcast stations in the same community.

"The broadcasters are quickly and visibly cleaning up their act on indecency because they know if Congress gets real game on smut, they won't stop there," Murray said.

Paul Levinson, chairman of the department of communications and media studies at Fordham University, said the government's efforts smack of censorship.

"Media is supposed to be independent of the government," Levinson said. "For the government to step in and threaten media, and then for the media to go and do what the government wants, completely distorts our democratic process and our freedoms."

Clear Channel's new policy includes companywide training about indecency, possible fines against DJs, and automatic suspensions for anyone accused by the FCC of violating indecency rules on the air, company officials said.

The initiative came one day after the company fired the DJ known as "Bubba the Love Sponge," whose show drew an FCC-record fine of $755,000. The program aired in four Florida cities and included graphic discussions about sex and drugs "designed to pander to, titillate and shock listeners," the FCC said.

"Clear Channel is serious about helping address the rising tide of indecency on the airwaves," said Mark Mays, president and chief operating officer. "As broadcast licensees, we are fully responsible for what our stations air, and we intend to make sure all our DJs and programmers understand what is and what is not appropriate."

Mel Karmazin, president of Viacom Inc., discussed indecency issues during a conference call last week with officials and station managers of the company's Infinity Broadcasting radio subsidiary. Infinity, which owns 120 stations, asked them to increase efforts to avoid indecent programming, such as using a seven-second delay on shows with live talk, spokesman Dana McClintock said.

Infinity in 1995 paid the largest cumulative fine to date, $1.7 million, for various violations by radio host Howard Stern.

Responding to a query from the FCC, CBS and Fox TV have said they would run advertisements touting the V-chip, technology built into a TV set to prevent children from watching certain shows. Both networks also said they were airing live programs on time delays, displaying ratings for their programs on their Web sites, reviewing their standards and practices, and reminding affiliate stations that they can reject network programs unsuitable for their communities.

The FCC still is waiting to hear from ABC and NBC.

Good riddance.

I heartily concur. I'm sick to death of the cheap, facile crud that's being passed off as entertainment these days. I'm constantly reminded of that scene in "Huckleberry Finn" where the two charlatans stage a Shakespearean tragedy that turns out to be nothing more than one of the guys clowning around on stage on all fours, naked. Hicks though they were, the people in the town who had paid their money to see it immediately knew they'd been had. Wish I could say the same for my contemporaries!

His show is funny and entertaining,

LOL! Now that's a funny remark!

I didn't know anybody actually LISTENED to Howard (I love Me) Stern !

-- Tuesday, February 24, 2004 --

Howard's Show Censored Over And Over. 02/24/04. 6:00am
Show opening bits and songs included: Beetlejuice spells ''Red'' in his own way, A phony phone call by a phony Dr. Remulac, Everclear performs ''Santa Monica'' live in the studio.
Howard started off the show talking about this Airborn stuff that apparently stops colds before they really get started. He said it's one of his sponsors and the stuff actually seems to be working for him. He said he had a sore throat yesterday and has been taking the stuff to stop it. Artie said he might have to take it because he has a sore throat himself. Howard said it's amazing that Artie can even walk. He went on to say that he was down in Jacksonville, Florida during vacation and thought it was warmer than it was down there so he wasn't dressing warm enough.

Howard said that he eats like a pig when he's sick. Last night Beth made him some turkey burgers and he ate a couple of those. He said Beth can cook well so Artie and Robin were wondering if he's going to get married eventually. Howard said in his universe there's no such thing as marriage.

Howard told Robin that when he got into this pension plan he's in now, he read that if he gets married he has to share that plan with the wife. He said that was just another reason not to get married. He said he's already paying until he's in his grave. Stuttering John came in a minute later and asked Howard about a rumor he heard about Howard and Beth. John said that Gary told him that Beth has moved in with Howard. Howard said that Beth's apartment blew up, literally, so he let her move in until she finds something.

Howard said the floor above her in the apartment she was living in fell on her stuff and ruined it. Howard said Beth has had a key to his apartment since he got his dog Bianca. He's still saying that she's not technically moved in with him though. She's going to look for a new apartment but she's staying with him in the meantime. Howard said he has 7 years to get her out of there before it's a common law marriage.

Robin said that at Howard's big Valentine's Day party he said that his friend Ross and his girlfriend Melissa were engaged... and they're not. They spent a couple of minutes on that.

Howard said that he's all over the newspapers about his rants about Jay Leno yesterday. He said that John Mainelli wrote an article about his thoughts on the FCC thing and thought he didn't say all that much about it. Howard said he thought he did talk about it a bit. He also said that he heard that Mel (Karmazin) said that he's a special case and people shouldn't worry about him as much as the rest of the people in the company. Howard said that it's a joke now because they hit the delay on him about 10 times yesterday.

Howard changed subjects for a minute and said that Regis' ''Super Millionaire'' was a smash hit the other night. He said people really liked the comeback.

Howard quickly mentioned that they've changed the dates for their trip to Las Vegas. Now they're going the second week in May instead of the last week in April.

Howard tried to talk about the stuff that was dumped out during the show yesterday but the delay was getting hit again on some of it. Tom came in and told Howard that they were going to dump out of it again but Howard thought he had it under control. Howard said that he thinks that it's time for him to get out of there and he's going to offer his resignation to Mel when he meets with him this week. He said it's time to move on to Satellite radio and revolutionize that.

Howard said that the stuff they were censoring out of the show yesterday was ridiculous and he really wants to get out of there. He said he's going to leave it to pioneers like Jay Leno to entertain them. Howard said that they've lost the fight and it's time to retreat. Tom told Howard that they're in a retreat right now but they'll eventually move forward to win the battle. Howard joked about how they were going to give the FCC an F-Bomb or something like that.

Howard said that he's now going to vote for anyone but Bush in the Presidential election. He said he's voting out of self preservation. Gary came in a minute later and said that the delay was getting hit on a lot of the conversation they were having. Tom said ''No'' but it was obvious that the delay was building as the show sounded like it was under water for 5 minutes straight.

Gary told Howard about some of the stuff that was getting bleeped out of the conversation he was having with Tom. Gary said it had something to do with talk about the congresswoman that Benjy made the sex tape about. Howard just said ''I'm so out of here.''

Howard complained about the guy who does the censoring of the show for a little while. Gary came in and told Howard that the date he was looking for about the date of his meeting with Mel is March 8th. Howard said that he thought it had been changed. Howard said that they actually rand a delay on The Best of Stern while they were on vacation. He said that stuff is on tape and they were using a delay on that. A listener called in and complained that the show was being hacked up like crazy down in Philadelphia. Howard said that they have 5 delays on him in New York and then every affiliate station has their own delay to cut out anything possibly dirty so you won't hear anything.

Howard said that while they were on vacation they put up the $5000 to get back the Philly Fanatic mascot head and it eventually came back but they didn't get any credit for it. He said he'd talk about that more later. Howard spent a little more time complaining about Dead Air Dave who censors his show. He said that being a censor isn't going to get him anywhere in his career.

Gary said that Tom and Dead Air Dave have to call a lawyer after the show and go over what they hit the delay on every day. Howard said that it's like the three stooges hitting the button. Howard and Robin figure Dave just hits it on everything so he doesn't have to deal with Tom if he misses something.

Tom C. Still Not Whacking Off. 02/24/04. 6:30am
Howard and the guys spent a couple of minutes talking about Mel Gibson's movie ''The Passion of the Christ'' which led to Howard talking about Tom's wacky thoughts on masturbation. Tom stopped masturbating after he went through his cancer battle. Tom said that it's not a pact with God like Howard and Stuttering John seem to think. It's just something that he stopped doing. He didn't want to talk about it and was kind of evasive as they were asking him about it. Tom said he just decided to stop pleasuring himself. He said it had nothing to do with the cancer or God. He said he just decided to stop just like a smoker decides to stop smoking. He said it just had to do with himself.
Gary asked him if he's fallen off the wagon at all during that time. Tom sounded guilty and just wanted Howard to take a break. He said he never said he fell off the wagon but it sounded like he could have been hiding something. Stuttering JOhn said that he thinks Tom may have given it up because it was like Lent where he gave up something after winning his battle against cancer. Howard said he thinks that he was thinking he was doing it a little too much and it was taking away from the time he was spending with his wife. Howard said that he was probably thinking it was like cheating in a way because he was thinking about other women. Tom said that was part of it.

Robin said that Tom still looks at other women though and he looks at nudie magazines. Tom said he loves women and he likes looking at that stuff but he doesn't do anything to himself when it comes to that. Howard said that he would never stop himself from doing that himself. He can't imagine stopping that. Howard and John asked Tom about it again and found out that Tom hasn't fallen off the wagon as far as that goes.

John was still thinking that it's some kind of Christian guilt thing that is keeping Tom from pleasuring himself. Howard said it's the cheating thing that's in Tom's mind. John asked Howard if that's the guy he wants censoring his show with that much anger built up inside of him. Howard said he doesn't want anything to do with that. He had to take a break a short time later.

Howard's Karaoke And Other Various Things. 02/24/04. 6:55am
After the break Howard played a bit they put together with a phony Jay Leno introducing their new announcer Baba Booey. Howard then moved on to some other tapes he had around. He had tape from his Valentine's day party where he was singing Karaoke with Beth. He said the DJ didn't record everyone like he'd hoped he would. Howard said that he doesn't even remember singing that night because he was so drunk. Howard said the DJ didn't even record his whole session, he picked up in the middle of it for some reason.
Howard played the tape and both Howard and Beth were singing horribly. Howard said he thought it was cute. Howard was completely plastered during the performance. They actually started the same song (They Long to be (Close to You)) for a second time and sang it again. Howard was cursing a bit and singing some of Beth's parts. Howard and Beth left halfway through the song and as Howard was getting off the stage he said he had to go because he had to pee. For some reason they continued to sing though. Howard said he's never been so loose musically. He said he had no idea that it happened at all because he was so drunk.

Howard said he had about 20 vodkas in him at that point. He took some phone calls after that and a guy asked how the fans could get to see stuff like this. Howard told the guy that the Vegas shows are open to the public. Those are taking place on May 11th, 12th and 13th.

Howard took a call from a guy who said he has a new step-sister who's like 31 years old and pretty hot. He said that he's gotten to know her lately and they eventually fooled around with each other. He said they eventually had sex and the guy said that one of the times he didn't use protection. He said that he's afraid that he knocked her up. Howard told him that she could just get an abortion. The guy said that she's against abortion. Howard said that they're not blood related but it would be embarrassing for the step-sister to admit that she'd slept with him. He put the guy on hold and said he wants to talk to the chick tomorrow.

Gary came in with some more tape of the Karaoke thing. It was Gary singing on stage while Stuttering John was laughing hysterically. The quality of the tape was bad so Howard bailed out on it.

Howard took some phone calls and let some people goof on him about the whole Karoke thing. One caller told Howard that Bubba the Love Sponge was off the air this morning and they were playing music instead down in Florida. Howard said that there will probably be a lot of guys getting fired because of this FCC crap that's going on. Howard said if you want to get some DJs fired, just send tape of them talking about something remotely dirty and send it to Michael Powell at the FCC. That's his job, he's a public servant and he'll do what it takes to get rid of these guys.

One listener asked Howard what we can do to get rid of the FCC problem. Howard said that the first thing we have to do is get rid of George W. Bush. He said we have to write to their congressmen and senators about how sick we are of the censorship in this country. Howard also suggested that if people don't want this stuff on their radios and TVs then they should get rid of their TV. He said that no one forced anyone to buy a TV.

Howard played another Jay Leno bit where Jay was stealing yet another person from his show. This time it was Vinnie Favale and they used his love tapes as Vinnie's responses to Jay. Howard went to break shortly after that.

Paris Hilton Sex Tape Star Rick Solomon Comes In. 02/24/04. 7:30am
After the break Howard played a tape for Robin and asked her if she knew what it was. It was a porn clip but Howard told Robin that it was a clip of Tom watching TV. He played another clip and Robin figured out it was the Paris Hilton sex tape. Robin asked Howard who the creepy guy was in the tape. Howard said that's their next guest. Howard brought him in a short time later.
Howard said they're selling these tapes at the rate of 50,000 a day! Howard introduced Rick Solomon who's in the tape. He said that the tape is only good for 5 viewings. Howard said that Rick and his brother set up the web site (TrustFundGirls.com) so it's not here in the US. It's not really being sold in the US and it's all a legal maneuver. He told Howard how the tape was originally stolen from him. Now he's suing a bunch of people over what was said about that original video that was released.

Howard said that he could never do this to a girl that he slept with. Rick said he took the blame for the first tape and wasn't going to release this tape but he took so much blame already, he decided to let it out. Rick also said that he once showed the tape to Pamela Anderson when she came over to his place one night. Howard had tape of Pam commenting on the tape when she was on the show recently. She thought that Rick may have released it himself but she wasn't sure. She also thought it was kind of creepy but Rick told Howard that she enjoyed it the night he showed the tape.

Rick told Howard that Paris Hilton knew that some of their friends would see the tape so it wasn't that big of a deal for him to show it around. Howard said that he'd never show his penis to anyone so he'd never show a sex tape like that.

Howard and Robin noticed that Rick was kind of fidgeting around so they asked him if he was high or something. Rick said that he's been sober for 11 months now. He claims he was doing coke for a while but he's clean now.

Rick said that he has another celebrity sex tape coming out soon but it doesn't star Paris Hilton. He didn't say who it was. Rick said there are a few tapes of Paris that he has and he's not sure he wants to put those out. He said they will just put out other celebrity tapes through the TrustFundGirls.com web site.

Rick told Howard that he's pretty sure that he had sex with Paris on the first night he met her. He said that's the way he works with most of the women he's dated. Howard also asked Rick about his marriage to Shannon Dougherty. Rick said that they had their marriage annulled after a year or so. He said that she was a special girl and didn't have anything bad to say about her. Howard said that she's said some nasty things about him though.

Robin wondered what Rick did for a living. He said that he used to be a professional gambler and sold art. He said he just had money and bet on sports. He also said that he was a huge drug dealer until he was about 20 years old. Then he took that and put it into sports betting. Gary came in and said that he heard that Rick was a bookie. Rick said that wasn't true though.

Howard asked Rick about the 50,000 downloads a day. Rick told him that it's not 50,000 downloads, it's 50,000 visits a day. He said he's not sure how many copies of the video he's sold. Howard found that hard to believe though.

Howard asked Rick about his gambling and how he made his money. Rick said that he won a $250,000 bet one time. He told Howard and Artie about that bet and Artie said he's never hit something like that before.

Howard read that Rick was with Shanon Elizabeth at one time but he said he didn't date her, she threw a drink on him one time. Howard asked him about some of the other women he's been rumored to be with. He's been with Nicole Lens and another hot model by the name of Devin. Howard asked him which one was the best out of all of them. Rick said that they all had good attributes but Devin would be out because she didn't have much sexually going on. She was very young at the time. Rick said that Nicole was very sexual but Paris wasn't all that sexual. He said she was more into the camera. Rick also said that Shanon was really fun (the delay was being hit a few times by this point). Howard seemed surprised that it was Shanon. Rick told Howard about some other famous chicks he banged as well and that seemed to surprise him even more. Rick said that he doesn't have a rap or anything so it's all about the introductions.

Howard took some phone calls for Rick and let some people ask some questions. One caller asked Rick about going in a hot tub with Pamela Anderson naked one time. Rick said he thought about it but this 300 pound woman hopped in and spoiled the mood. He said there were a couple of people in the tub naked that day. Jeff the Drunk called in but the delay was hit on him. Some other callers asked to smell his fingers and stuff like that. One guy asked Rick if he's been with any black or hispanic women. Rick said that he's had some black women but no one famous.

Gary came in and said that Rick hinted in his pre-interview that he may have banged some other famous chicks. Rick said that he did date Drew Barrymore. He said he was about 20 and she was about 15 at the time. Howard wondered if she was wild in bed. Rick said that she was cool but that was 15 years ago. He didn't have any other famous names to add to that list though.

Howard asked Rick if he's done the Olsen Twins yet. Rick said that he doesn't find them all that attractive and he hasn't tried for them. He said that he'd like to get Christina Aguilera. He said he's been seeing a few girls from his past and there's really just one at this point. He said that she's famous but wouldn't say who she is. He said she's married and doesn't want to give up her name. He said he's pretty sure she's pretty unhappily married. Howard asked him if it's Jessica Simpson. It wasn't her so Howard asked him if it's Kelly Preston. Rick said he wishes that it was her, but it's not.

Howard changed subjects and said that J-Lo is sick in the head. He talked about all of the guys she's been with and that she's now apparently with singer Marc Anthony. She just broke up with Ben Affleck so he wondered why she can't wait five minutes before dating someone else.

Howard's buddy Ralph called in and said he thinks Paris has to be in on this whole sex tape thing. He said it came out right before her TV show started. Howard thinks Ralph is wrong about that though. The guys tried to get more out of Rick about the chick he's dating but he wasn't giving out any info about her. He said he hasn't taped her yet. Ralph said that this guy is a low life but he wants to see the tape. He was saying that he was sleezy for putting out the tape but Rick said that he didn't put out the first tape. Rick admitted that he might be sleezy but he was being blamed for stuff before he put out the second tape. He also talked about how he got cut out of his father's will because no one likes him.

Stuttering John came in and said that they heard that there's a Neve Campbell video out there and that's the one that Rick is going to bring out next. Rick said that's not true but he has heard that a tape exists. He said he'd like to see something like that.

Howard said he feels bad for Paris Hilton's parents. He said they're nice people. Gary came in a minute later with a list of women that they were wondering if Rick ever got. He mentioned a list of women and Rick said no to all of them. The names included:

Kate Hudson
Gwyenth Paltrow
Tara Reid
Halle Berry
Julia Roberts
Mariah Carey
Carmen Electra
Courtney Cox
Courtney Love
Howard spent a little more time talking to Rick before he wrapped up the interview.

Crazy Scott The Engineer And More Show Censoring. 02/24/04. 8:30am
After the break Howard quickly brought up a bunch of stuff that was in the news. He also talked about his Valentine's Day party and how Benjy didn't get dressed up for it. He was wearing a football jersey and had worn it a few days before. Benjy said that he'd gained some weight before the party and didn't fit in his suit. While he was talking Howard noticed he had a cold. Howard thinks he must have gotten his cold from him. HE cut Benjy off a short time later and told him it was time to stop talking.
Howard said he saw this question on the web. It's about this woman who goes to the funeral for her mother. She meets the guy of her dreams but didn't get his number or name. A few days later she kills her sister. So what's the motive for killing her sister? Robin didn't get it so Howard told the guys to just give a guess as to why she'd do such a thing. Each of the guys had a theory. Howard listened to each one and then read the answer. Scott the Engineer had come up with an answer where he said that the woman wanted the guy to show up at the second funeral since she didn't get the guy's phone number. Howard then read that this was a test that brings out the crazy thoughts of serial killers. Howard said that the e-mail said that only serial killers think that way so maybe Scott is one. Scott said it came to him immediately but he's never thought about killing anyone. Howard said that he's going to leave Scott alone from now on.

Howard played some tape of Scott the Engineer freaking out after a contest he was in years ago. He yelled and screamed at Mike Gange after he tried to video tape him. Howard also took a call from a guy who said he answered the same way. Howard told him he might want to get some help for that. The guy went on to tell a story about how he broke a woman's neck accidentally while having sex with her. He told Howard about how he was having sex with her and she pulled back, knocking him off the bed and he didn't let go of her hair which made her neck snap. He said she's not dead, she's on life support. He said it wasn't in the paper and a friend of his is a cop so he got her out of jail.

The guy said that the woman was a dancer at a club in the city and she was gorgeous. He said that they were both drunk so the prosecutor wants to push for the maximum sentence against him. He said that they want to charge him with kidnapping and wreckless endangerment. He said she wanted him to pull her hair so it wasn't something she didn't want.

Another caller told Howard that the discussion was getting the delay hit on it. Howard told the caller that this is the reason why he's having a meeting with Mel Karmazin on Monday to give him his resignation. Tom came in and told Howard that there was one dump during that discussion. He said there was some stuff that he described. Benjy laughed when Tom said something about how he'd like them to go back to using ''The third input'' to describe anal sex. Tom told Benjy that he just doesn't get the rules and went off on him for a few seconds. Howard said he's had it with this crap and he wants out. He said he'd rather stare at a wall at home than be there with Tom.

Howard said he wants to know exactly what it was that they dumped out of. Gary told Howard it was a verb used during that discussion. Howard figured out that it was ''thrust'' that was the stuff they dumped out of. Howard wanted to stop talking about that stuff because it was too upsetting for him.

Howard moved on to some of the stories that were written about his comments about Jay Leno from yesterday's show. He read some of the articles and talked about how funny it looks when it's written up in the paper.

Gary said that he, John and Artie went out to lunch and talked about how bad Howard's rant was against Jay. Gary said that Artie mentioned that Howard called Jay ''gay'' and it doesn't get any worse than that. Howard read another article by John Mainelli where he wrote about the rant Howard did against Jay. Howard said he likes reading about this stuff in the paper.

Howard was ready to start Stump the Booey but Gary told him that Tom wanted them to take a break first. Howard ended up yelling at Tom for a minute and then revealed that the show had the delay hit 14 times already and it was only 9 o'clock. He wondered why the company even keeps him there. He said it's ''stupid'' and ''assenine'' because they've lost his creative mind. Tom came in and told Howard that they keep him because of who he is. Howard told Tom that he's just as bad as the FCC but Tom doesn't think that's true. Howard said that he is going to resign when he talks to Mel on Monday. He said he's had it and he's going to go feed animals. He said that he thinks Tom loves this stuff and George W. Bush is his bitch. Tom said that he's proud to say that he's wrong. Howard wanted him to bad mouth Colin Powell's son (Michael Powell) and what's going on with the FCC rules. Howard went to break shortly after that.

Howard Plays ''Stump The Booey'' With Tiff And Michelle. 02/24/04. 9:15am
Howard had two sisters in to play a game of ''Stump the Booey'' against Gary. The girls came in ready to strip down before the game. Howard asked the girls, Michelle and Tiff, some questions before they played. One is 22 and the other is 28 years old. They've slept in the same bed before but haven't done anything together. Howard said that they have a $5,000 prize if the girls can beat Gary. He said that Airborn is the sponsor for the contest and both he and Artie are using the stuff and it seems to be working.
Howard asked Tiff about her weight and height. He found out that she's 5'7'' tall and weighs 120 pounds. He found out that she has only banged one guy in her entire life and she's marrying him. Howard asked her if she's ever done another girl. She said she hasn't but she wouldn't say she'd never do it.

Howard had the girls get behind a curtain so they could get naked. If they lose they drop the curtain so the guys don't get screwed out of seeing them naked. Only one of the girls will be playing the game, the other one is just there to get naked if her sister loses.

Howard said that Gary gained a lot of weight while he was on vacation last week. He's also going to be quitting smoking soon when he goes up to see this guy in Boston who is supposed to be really good at helping people quit. Howard asked him about where he went on vacation and goofed on him about taking care of the kids while they were down in the Bahamas. Stuttering John came in and said that he heard that Gary was running after the kids and took them swimming with the dolphins down there. Gary said that was true but he had a great time down there. John said that Howard has to post the picture of Gary on HowardStern.com. John said he hates that he's going to miss out on Gary quitting smoking. He said he'll probably blow up after that.

Howard cut off those guys and moved on to the game. He played the first song and both Gary and the girls had to try and get the artist and title of the song. Here are the songs:

Angel Eyes by Jeff Healy - Gary got it, Girls missed it.
You Keep Me Hangin On by Kim Wilde - Gary got it, Girls missed it.
Midnight Blue by Lou Graham - Gary got it, Girls missed it.
The game went quick when the girls missed all three of the songs Howard played. When they dropped the curtain Howard said that the girls were completely shaved. He said that they both had great cans and he could see the genetic resemblance. He said that one of the girls had smaller breasts but they looked really good. The girls hugged each other while they were naked as a favor to the guys. Howard asked them if it was weird for them. They said it wasn't but didn't put both arms around each other.
Howard said he'd give each of them $500 if they kissed. He said it had to be a pretty intimate kiss if they did it though. Michelle said she would like the money but she didn't care either way. Tiff wasn't that interested but Howard threw in an Apple iPod plus $1000 worth of songs from iTunes.com if they did it. Howard said it had to be a 10 second kiss. Gary added that it had to be an open mouth kiss. KC said they had to put a hand on the other's ass as well.

Howard let them off easy after 5 seconds or so once they started to kiss. Tiff said it's not something she would ever do again though. Howard said that the company has to fire him after that.

Howard took a call from a listener who wanted to know when it's going to air on E!. Howard wasn't sure but the guy kept asking them where they live and if they cheat on their husbands. Another guy said that the whole thing was so wrong. The guy said it sounded wrong but it was ''so good.'' Howard said that Tom just added 14 delays after that kiss. A few other callers told Howard how good the bit sounded over the radio.

E! had a replay of the kiss so the guys checked that out. Howard threw in another $500 courtesy of the movie ''Club Dread'' so they were walking out with $1,500 plus the iPod and iTunes.com songs. Artie asked them how much it would take for them to bronski each other. The girls didn't even know what that was. Howard asked them to get naked again and let them throw donuts at them. They weren't up for any of the other suggestions they had. Howard told them they have to come back because they were fun. He had to take a break before bringing in comedian Lewis Black.

Comedian Lewis Black Sits In During Robin's News. 02/24/04. 10:00am
Howard brought in comedian Lewis Black who had been sitting out in the green room for about an hour. Howard also quickly mentioned the new dates for their Las Vegas shows. May 11th, 12th and 13th are the new dates for their visit out there.
Howard apologized to Lewis for keeping him out in the green room. Lewis said that's the way his whole career has been. Naked chicks in the studio, keep Lewis in the green room.

Lewis said that comedy is a pretty good career these days. He said that people are going to clubs these days and President Bush is just about paying comedian's checks these days because there's so much material there. Lewis went off on the whole FCC thing and how ridiculous it is that they're causing so much of a controversy about the whole thing. He and Howard discussed that for a couple of minutes. Howard said he just hopes he gets fired and collects the money from the remainder of his contract.

Howard asked Lewis about why he does comedy and how long he's been doing it. Lewis said he's been doing it for 15 years now and before that he was writing plays. He said he never wrote anything that anyone would have seen. He said he thinks Jazz poets make more money than he does. Howard said he might go to see Lewis perform this Saturday night at a gig he's doing.

Lewis said that Artie is nuts when he does shows. Howard talked about how Artie had 5 Jack and waters in him within minutes of sitting at a table with him down in Atlantic City last week. Lewis said that he drinks a little bit himself. He said he's got a lot of time to drink and sleep it off after doing a comedy show. Howard said he's really going to try and get to his show on Saturday. You can check out Lewis' upcoming dates at his web site LewisBlack.net

Howard said he was going to have this meeting with Mel Karmazin in a couple of weeks but now he's heard what the meeting is supposed to be about and he's pissed at Tom for making Mel lecture him. He said he heard that Mel wanted to talk about how serious the whole climate is in Washington DC. Lewis started to flip out on Tom about the whole thing and said that they've lost their minds about this whole thing.

Tom said that there was a poll taken about the whole reaction to the FCC thing and 80 percent of the people are saying that it's an overreaction on the FCC's part. Howard tried to find out what Tom did to get Mel to set up this meeting with him. Howard said he figures Tom told Mel that he doesn't think he's serious about this stuff even though he is. He said he knows that it's serious and he doesn't need the lecture. He wanted to cancel the meeting after hearing about all of this. He said he knows what to do and he's just going to let them keep hitting the button on the show. Tom said he'd call Howard and talk to him about this stuff. He said he doesn't know what Mel wanted to talk to him about though.

Howard and the guys goofed on Tom for a couple of minutes and then had Robin start her news.

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He's a pornographer, foul-mouthed, mysoginistic, and snide....just the kind of thing adolescent males love.

Most of us grow out of that kind of thing.

And his indiscretion was....

So who's next? Savage?

No. Rush. And you know that's the plan...

About time Clear Channel made a sound business decision regarding this has-been.

I wonder if K Rock in NYC is clear channel. Don't they own everything now?

WXRK is Infinity, a subsidiary of Viacom. They're CC's main competitor.

Your right ambrose. Once the wife had enough, he went off the chart.

I'll tell you one thing, a few of his early shows had me laughing my fat A$$ off! Coffee thru the nose...etc..

His shows during the Los Angeles riots were unbelievable...

He's a pornographer, foul-mouthed, mysoginistic, and snide....just the kind of thing adolescent males love.

So what is it about Howard that you DON'T like?