Robin Quivers leaving Stern Show?

[NoOneLikesUs]

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/05/howard-stern-robin-quivers-shock-jock-radio-leaving-15-foundation-oprah

Nothing definite here, but if you've listened to the show at all this year this can't be a shock. She's been phoning it in for quite some time and is a bit nutty these days (trips to Peru to do weird drug rituals, terrible scores on a mental illness assessment test). Last week felt like Howard was almost nudging her to quit - for health reasons.

 

[3OctaveFart]

Wouldn't you lose your mind if you had to sit next to that turd every day for the last 30 years?

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Wouldn't you lose your mind if you had to sit next to that turd every day for the last 30 years?

Artie Lange and Jackie Martling did in much less time.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

She won't leave. Her job is way too cushy. She probably makes $5 mil a year to work four days one week, three days the next and they get 12 weeks off.

Howard probably pissed her off and she wants to make him squirm.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but it would be pretty different if she left.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

She won't leave. Her job is way too cushy. She probably makes $5 mil a year to work four days one week, three days the next and they get 12 weeks off.

Howard probably pissed her off and she wants to make him squirm.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but it would be pretty different if she left.

I'm not sure she'll leave for another show, but man is she teetering on the brink of madness (and that in turn could force her out). Can't stand that manic detached laugh anymore.

 

[bigpern23]

The show can withstand the departure of anyone except, well, Howard. That said, I haven't listened since he went to satellite.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

I don't subscribe to XM/Sirius, but on the rare occasions that I could rent a car for a 5- or 6-hour road trip for work, I would always try to get a Dodge because they almost all had the satellite feature.

Alas, those days are over on May 20.

Won't be able to rent a car, without some serious pull, with just my ATM card. They say if you have a valid flight ticket, cruise ship, etc., at the local airport, they'll rent ya.

For me, probably not happenin'.

The one credit card I got is the employer that done told me it's time to hit the bricks.

I'll survive. I got $4 on the Powerball tomorrow night. My ship's gonna come in. I can feel it! Know what I'm sayin', homeslice?

 

[proudpittsburgher]

She won't leave. Her job is way too cushy. She probably makes $5 mil a year to work four days one week, three days the next and they get 12 weeks off.

Howard probably pissed her off and she wants to make him squirm.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but it would be pretty different if she left.

I'm not sure she'll leave for another show, but man is she teetering on the brink of madness (and that in turn could force her out). Can't stand that manic detached laugh anymore.

Just now annoyed by the laugh?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

He still has great guests but that show jumped the shark years ago. Howard was great radio when he was the up-and-comer and railing against Hollywood and other media personalities. Now he lives in the Hamptons, ditched the mother of his kids for the super model and is now as mainstream as Walmart.

 

[wicked]

She won't leave. Her job is way too cushy. She probably makes $5 mil a year to work four days one week, three days the next and they get 12 weeks off.

Howard probably pissed her off and she wants to make him squirm.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but it would be pretty different if she left.

Really? Before they went to Sirius, I think she was only making a couple hundred thou. Word is Stern and/or Infinity were really cheap. Gary was probably making less than $100K as recently as 10 years ago.

And Artie was ****ed up long before he was on Stern. I still miss Jackie.

 

[farmerjerome]

And Artie was ****ed up long before he was on Stern. I still miss Jackie.

To me the show was the best when Billy West was on too. I could care less who he interviewed. The Wack Pack, news and personal nit-picking were the best.

I read Robin's book back in the day and it was clear she had some issuses back then and almost left the show 20 years ago. I wish I could afford satellite radio for Howard, I really miss him.

 

[Chef2]

I find it surprising she is 58 years old.

 

[CarltonBanks]

And Artie was ****ed up long before he was on Stern. I still miss Jackie.

To me the show was the best when Billy West was on too. I could care less who he interviewed. The Wack Pack, news and personal nit-picking were the best.

I read Robin's book back in the day and it was clear she had some issuses back then and almost left the show 20 years ago. I wish I could afford satellite radio for Howard, I really miss him.

You aren't missing anything. The show is a mere shell of its former self. Howard is actually really politically correct now...he shuts down most controversial talk before it even starts, and that was when the Stern Show was at its best, when people were going off about silly things and at each other's throats. Now the show is boring...nothing but Sal and Richard making fake phone calls, horrible interviews with the same B-list celebs and Howard talking about Beth's favorite charity. I had Sirius and, after three years of hoping things would get better, gave it up and cancelled. Revolution my ass. Go to the Stern Fan Network and see what people think of the show now.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Yeah most days are a bore. I don't really give two ****s about the bickering over Ronnie the Limo driver or if Scott the engineer bowls or if J.D. needs to clean his office. I enjoy the interviews with the absurd. Dave "Get the poison out" Lambert for one...Little Lupe was a treat too. Outside of that, can't think of much in the last few months although things seem to be a bit funnier when George Takei or David Arquette are in the studio.

I think Howard will regret signing on for another five years in short order.

 

[wicked]

I doubt he will, he's getting well-paid for his trouble.

Takei is the only one of the new additions that I find remotely funny. When I hear 'em, Sal/Richie annoy me to no end.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Howard made a fortune going to satellite but he lost his mojo. Nobody talks about the show, and since he has almost complete freedom, he can't have his big battles with management, which always seemed to energize him.

Instead of being the loathsome outsider, he's now invited to all the hot parties. He has a trophy wife and millions in the bank. He's no longer the misunderstood geek, getting even with everyone from behind the microphone.

Despite the shades and the heavy metal hair, he's 57 now. Not exactly a guy the 24-year-old guy can identify with.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I think the show has gone downhill since Artie left. I still think it's the best radio show out there, but that's not saying a ton these days. I still listen, but I find myself favoring Carolla's podcast a lot over Stern.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He's definitely lost his edge. He's still the best interviewer out there and the show is still good because he's so good at it. I don't know if I would go as far as to say he's phoning it in, but the only people he really goes after these days are his own staff.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

And Artie was ****ed up long before he was on Stern. I still miss Jackie.

To me the show was the best when Billy West was on too. I could care less who he interviewed. The Wack Pack, news and personal nit-picking were the best.

I read Robin's book back in the day and it was clear she had some issuses back then and almost left the show 20 years ago. I wish I could afford satellite radio for Howard, I really miss him.

What kind of issues?
You'd have to have issues to put up with and manufacture that dreck for 20-plus years.

 

[Dyno]

I listened to Howard practically everyday for almost 30 years. Starting out my day without him seemed unthinkable. Then, earlier this year, I put my Sirius subscription on hold as an experiment and I have to say, I don't really miss the show very much. I got sick of Robin's cackling and her getting facts wrong when she did the news, I got tired of Sal (Richard, I don't mind so much) and I just didn't care about a lot of the other stuff they talked about. The show definitely needs another voice and I agree that it's gone downhill since Artie left. I'm sure I'd put up with all of it if I weren't paying for it, though. I don't take as many long car trips as I used to, so I don't miss the rest of my Sirius subscription much either. While not nearly as bad a terrestrial radio, the stations I listened to seemed to get much more programmed and the playlists weren't as deep.

It would be interesting to see what the show would be like without Robin. Howard is so neurotic and such a creature of habit and without Robin there, I wonder how he would do. That I might tune in for.