|
Count Freebasie posted:Thirding this. The man got Quentin Tarantino to recount a story that he and Brad Pitt smoked a chuck of hash out of a Diet Coke can together in France, which Angelina and Brad probably didn't want broadcast. This right here is what most people will never get about Stern if they haven't given him a fair shot. He became known for controversial antics and sex-talk in a time when the FCC was rabid over that poo poo, but that's not where his real talent is. The Howard Stern Interview is unique. He has frank and genuine way of speaking that seems to put even the most up-tight celebrities at ease. I think a part of it is that he spent his entire early career talking about personal poo poo that no other radio host would, and the audience came to feel like the knew him, even celebrities. So when celebrities enter his studio they are more willing to engage on that level; Its only fair because Stern himself has been doing it for years. You know a celebrity is uptight when they decline to be on with Stern, not because he's going to ask them when they lost their virginity, but because he might ask them about something that really matters. Someone like Tom Cruise for example could never go on because there's no telling Stern ahead of time not to discuss Scientology. Its what people are wondering about Tom Cruise, therefore its what Stern will ask about, period. Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 17:45 on May 5, 2014 |
#
¿
May 5, 2014 17:42
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 26, 2024 15:28 |
|
|
Earwicker posted:I really don't think anyone at all was remotely surprised to find out that Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino once smoked some hash together in France. That's not really the kind of "shock jock" material he first became known for and these days that sounds like a headline TMZ would reject for being too boring. Forget about that one specific example, I agree with you on that. The point is he gets big name, sometimes legit A-list celebrities to sit down and do extensive, personal interviews the likes of which you literally don't see anywhere else in media. Most of these big stars are used to going on a radio show or Good Morning America for 8 minutes and talking about the movie they're promoting, but when they agree to do Stern they know its a totally different kind of interview. That's what makes him unique.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 3, 2014 19:14
|
|
|
Time Trial posted:Edit: he also basically said we should kill all brown people on 9/11 A lot of Americans had some nasty thoughts going through their heads on 9/11 that they'd be embarrassed to admit to today. Stern just had a microphone in his face for 4 hours without any time to actually digest what was happening. I think its understandable that he ended up saying some things that sound very stupid and ignorant more than a decade later. Of course I think it probably goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. He didn't literally say "kill all brown people".
|
|
#
¿
Oct 6, 2014 15:25
|
|
|
small hendren posted:What if his name was Howard Storm. The name is actually kind of his whole career in a nutshell. Very few other radio personalities(certainly none in the late 80's when he was starting to get big)would have stuck with the name Howard Stern. Right up front he was telling people that they were going to be getting a real person every morning, not some yuck yuck morning zoo jerkoff.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 8, 2014 00:53
|
|
|
JMilton posted:Yes it can be held against him. He was a grown man and it's contingent on him to keep his cool. I bet if it happened today he would have a more mature response than "bomb them all." Well if it happened today he'd have the benefit of that 9/11 experience, so yea I'm sure you're right. I'm not sure I understand why its "contingent on him to keep his cool" though. Nobody else in the whole country kept their cool, why would he be expected to? Its important to remember he's not a news anchor or a journalist.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 9, 2014 18:13
|
|