November 3, 2005

What the hell is the deal with Howard Stern? He was ripping me today. I didn’t hear it because I’m not really all that interested in listening to midgets having sex with porn stars, but maybe that’s just me. I guess he was telling a story about how I came to New York to meet him to see if there was anything that we could “do together.” He said that he came into the room, saw me and said “Get that fat slob out of here!” Of course, that never happened and if it had, Howard’s nose would be a different shape than it is today.

Nine years ago, when Howard started at WCKG, I called his agent, Don Buchwald. The same Don Buchwald who represented Kevin Matthews right back to Grand Rapids MI. I think Don thought I was calling because I was seeking representation. When he learned that I just wanted to speak to Howard, he was quite rude to me. In fact, he was the rudest person to whom I have ever spoken.

I wanted to see if we could at least have a sit down and try to figure out how to work together. Don said that Howard wouldn’t be interested in talking to me about working together. I didn’t mean a two-man show, mind you, I just wanted to have a connection between afternoons and mornings on WCKG. That was NINE years ago. I have never even been in the same room as Howard Stern.

Howard seems very bitter for a guy who’s getting $500 million to do what he allegedly wants to do. Infinity paid his fines, and I know that they were more then willing to give him a ton of money to stay. I think that Howard has let his persecution complex get the better of him. He convinced himself that the FCC had singled him out as Public Enemy #1. So when the Sirius deal came along, he took the money and ran. Now I think he’s having second thoughts. Opie and Anthony have been on XM for a year. Ever hear anything about them?