Listened to a bit of Howard Stern on Sirius today. It was positively a balm to my soul. OK, not positively and not my soul. Whatever, it felt good.
Not scary good, like a ride on the Stern-fabled Sybian.
Artie Lang declared Jay Leno a pussy. (I know it’s heretical to anyone who came from Boston comedy, where Leno is an accomplished legend from Andover, but I can’t fucking stand him and the shitty, syncophantic, whiney crapfest the “Tonight Show” has become under his name. Once upon a time he was apparently an amazing, original comedian. But, what is the statute of limitations on once good now unwatchable?)
Artie and I both watched Jay Leno last night, anticipating a showdown from old and old-school liberal George Carlin and fucking twat, Anne Coulter. Carlin was silent, while Jay just fucking glossed over her venom.
I’m paraphrasing:
Jay:Â “Um, ah, don’t you think that you were nasty in your book?”
Anne: “Not really.”
Jay:Â “Uh, OK.”
Carlin: ” Â Â “Â while examining lint on his sweater or calculating by when exactly he could get home and relax.
I know I’m obsessed with Coulter these days, but it’s just such an indefensibly cruel statement from which she’s trying to play victim (unconvincingly). Hearing Stern and the gang deconstructing a tape from Leno just helped remind me that actually a whole slew of people in the middle aren’t buying the shit.
Stern and Artie Lang are not at all particularly liberal, and they will say almost anything in the name of comedy, reveling in tastelessness and all the sorts of fun things that made Howard famous. But, hearing them say there’s just some stuff that no one says (not shouldn’t say, more like “who the fuck does that?”) was awesome.
Firstly, and I am not usually violent person, I would like to smash Coulter’s fake nose and pop a hole in the more expensive boob.Of course, that ‘s what she wants. It creates a stir. Buy my book.
I think it’s intersting that Stern is feigning offense, for that is exactly what he has done, to great effect, throughout his career. Don’t get me wrong, I think Howard is a genius. However, I stopped listening to him when they started re-running his program on WBCN while he was on vacation.
Still, I’d like to beat the crap out of Coulter.Don’t tell anybody. I think I’m the only one that feels that way.