>On 25 Jan 2007 08:03:53 -0800, "Rocinante"
>hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>On Jan 25, 4:38 am, SapperPest19 bob.com> wrote:

>>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:28:29 -0500, Rocinante
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>>> gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>On 24 Jan 2007 07:42:40 -0800, frankthefr0w...@yahoo.com wrote:

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>>>>> Angel wrote:

>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:31:58 -0500, Rocinante
>>>>>> gmail.com> wrote:

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>>>>>>>On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:57:49 -0500, Angel wrote:

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>>>>>>>> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:43:14 -0500, Rocinante
>>>>>>>> gmail.com> wrote:

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>>>>>>>>>On 21 Jan 2007 17:27:45 -0800, aaaaaaaaaaaa4...@aol.com wrote:

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>>>>>>>>>> Opie & Anthony are doing in 2007 what Howard did in 1985.

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>>>>>>>>>If you mean ripping off his bits, then I agree.

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>>>>>>>>>Homeless shopping spree, wack pack contests, having a wack pack itself,
>>>>>>>>>eating and drinking contests, what's in my pants?, getting women to take
>>>>>>>>>off their tops on the road, song parody contests, and now film contests.

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>>>>>>>> don't forget that they talk on the radio with microphones and use
>>>>>>>> headphones but they DONT call them "cans" ... utter rip off

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>>>>>>>>>Their gathering of paltalk freaks and pests is a poor attempt to broadcast
>>>>>>>>>the show ala the E! channel and Howard on Demand.

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>>>>>>>> really ? so when you watch Howard on Demand, you can communicate and
>>>>>>>> interact with him, other show members and other fans during the live
>>>>>>>> broadcast ?

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>>>>>>>You turned my specific examples into general, nonsensical analogies.
>>>>>>>I have written many essays about how OA go into Howard's distant past to
>>>>>>>steal bits so the young pests won't remember.

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>>>>>> ah so you are one of the utterly obsessed fans who NEEDS to find proof
>>>>>> of O&A stealing bits. Because when they have shear success like they
>>>>>> have on XM, it makes you sleep better if you can take out your little
>>>>>> essay and take comfort that your imagination is bigger than reality.

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>>>>>> also, your examples ARE general, nonsensical analogies. You take a
>>>>>> successful bit, find the smallest possible thing that can elude to
>>>>>> theft and point your finder screaming. For example: The Homeless
>>>>>> Shopping Spree... Howard took a homeless guy shopping once, O&A give a
>>>>>> few hundred dollars to a group of liquored up maniacs and set them
>>>>>> free in an upscale mall. The link... Homelessness, did Howard invent
>>>>>> homeless people ? no. Did Howard invent charity ? no. Did Howard
>>>>>> invent laughing at people's misfortunes ? no. did he even do what O&A
>>>>>> do ? not even close. But you feel that the common denominator (1
>>>>>> homeless person) is good enough to call their bit theft anyway.
>>>>>> I am actually amazed that you haven't decided that the initials (HSS)
>>>>>> prove that it is a Stern rip off, Howard Stern Show = HSS & Homeless
>>>>>> Shopping Spree = HSS so therefore it MUST be them stealing from him
>>>>>> right ?

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>>>>>> now for your Howard on Demand example. I did NOT turn it into a
>>>>>> general, nonsensical analogy at all. You accused O&A of stealing that
>>>>>> idea by using paltalk. you said "Their gathering of paltalk freaks and
>>>>>> pests is a poor attempt to broadcast the show ala the E! channel and
>>>>>> Howard on Demand." But paltalk is a means for them to interact with
>>>>>> the fans during the program. When I questioned if Howard on Demand or
>>>>>> his old E! channel program offered that as an option you skirted the
>>>>>> question because you know that I am right.

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>>>>>> O&A are not stealing Howard's material, at this point they couldn't
>>>>>> even be fairly accused of desiring to be like him. While it is highly
>>>>>> possible that he was an inspiration for them when they started out,
>>>>>> the shit he stirred because of his own insecurities made him the last
>>>>>> person on earth they would want to replicate.

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>>>>>> I'll give you one thing though. You do have a small point when you say
>>>>>> they would steal his bits from 20 years ago. Not because there is a
>>>>>> chance in hell that they actually do such a thing, but rather because
>>>>>> THAT was when he was actually funny. Sad thing is... he wasn't even
>>>>>> really funny, he had some great people on his show that were funny and
>>>>>> he was just smart enough to get them together. Which explains why he
>>>>>> is doing nothing right now. The best thing he has is Artie Lang and
>>>>>> that fat wannabe couldn't even sell his movie to Howard's listeners,
>>>>>> who according to jimmy miller and Jebus exceed 10 million by now.

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>>>>> Ouch, Tom....that post is a blast of cobra venom to the face. But the
>>>>> sad fact is you'll stick to your Howie guns and keep believing
>>>>> everything your master tells you to believe.

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>>>>That fact that Anthony admitted to me on the NYRMB that he knew about
>>>>Howard's homeless shopping spree supports my argument that they do remember
>>>>Howard's old bits.Anthony didn't say anything about stern's homeless shopping spree.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

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>>Yes, he did mention that he remembered the bit on the New York Radio
>>Message Board.

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>Ant said that he remembered the bit but the bit was not the homeless
>shopping spree.