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Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

OneEightHundred posted:

...the Internet has pushed the boundaries so far that Stern seems kind of tame now.

Fads and trends come and go so fast on the internet today that it's easy to miss them and by the time you catch up, something new has come along. If Howard had come along in the past year or two, he would have been forgotten in a few weeks tops.

Of course, you can't tell Howard that.

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Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

OneEightHundred posted:

Probably true, but not for that reason. There's a big difference between being able to make something entertaining and being able to keep putting out more entertaining content, Stern's definitely in the latter category and there are things on the Internet that survive by doing that (i.e. Zero Punctuation is in its 7th year now).

The real reason is that the Internet doesn't care about broadcast regulations or even reputation, so comedy that flouts broadcast regulations isn't cutting-edge any more. tribute.avi is more outrageous than anything that Stern's ever put on the air, and nobody cares about people riding the Sybian in the studio when they discovered Internet porn when they were 11.

The thing with Stern (based only on his appearances with Letterman) is that he thinks he's more important than he actually is. He still has his legions of fans, of course, but I wonder how many new ones he's picking up?

It's kinda like Letterman. Dave had virtually no competition in the 80s and even part of the 90s. but he's not the innovator he used to be and it shows.

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

anne frank fanfic posted:

He's just an rear end in a top hat who gets off on pushing boundaries and breaking rules, thinking its "funny." Imagine if the FYAD guys had a radio show, and there ya go.

And god forbid you should criticize him.

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