Um, that's not Ryan Miller

[Point of Order]

MSNBC just broke into Hardball to announce that they had been hoaxed in a phone interview with a fake "Ryan Miller" earlier in the afternoon. The "real" Ryan Miller called in to correct the record. Apparently, the fake Ryan Miller had guaranteed victory against Canada if they and the U.S. played for the gold.

How do they know the second guy was the real Ryan Miller?

 

[Mystery Meat II]

How do they know the second guy was the real Ryan Miller?

Because the real Ryan Miller would have said "Baba Booey" in the middle of the interview.

 

[fishhack2009]

And with that, the eternal contribution to society of one Howard Stern is crystallized.

Speaking of no-talent assclowns...

 

[Liut]

Repectfully disagree that Howard Stern is no-talent. Ass clown? Yeah, but that's his gig.

Years ago, one of Stern's folks called into Paterno's weekly radio show. JoePa swallowed whole.
Old Fran Fisher (the host) caught on, but Joe was clueless.

 

[D-3 Fan]

Stern may not be a no-talent hack, but his rep in being an ass clown with bigger ass clowns is growing thin.

 

[RedSmithClone]

never liked Howie Stern, never understood the fascination with this creatin of society.

but even as an adult I still laugh hysterically at crank calls. Especially when it happens to media outlets of such high standing.

 

[fishhack2009]

Repectfully disagree that Howard Stern is no-talent. Ass clown? Yeah, but that's his gig.

Years ago, one of Stern's folks called into Paterno's weekly radio show. JoePa swallowed whole.
Old Fran Fisher (the host) caught on, but Joe was clueless.

What exactly is his talent, beside his incisive interviews with porn stars and strippers?

 

[Liut]

Repectfully disagree that Howard Stern is no-talent. Ass clown? Yeah, but that's his gig.

Years ago, one of Stern's folks called into Paterno's weekly radio show. JoePa swallowed whole.
Old Fran Fisher (the host) caught on, but Joe was clueless.

What exactly is his talent, beside his incisive interviews with porn stars and strippers?

Look, I'm not a Stern regular, but I've heard a lot more than that. Some of his man-on-the-streets are creative, hilarious, and have nothing to do with porn stars or strippers.

 

[Knighthawk]

Stern fans love the fake call-ins, but I can't imagine they do anything to build his audience. If you don't already listen to him, you just see them as juvenile.

 

[fishhack2009]

Repectfully disagree that Howard Stern is no-talent. Ass clown? Yeah, but that's his gig.

Years ago, one of Stern's folks called into Paterno's weekly radio show. JoePa swallowed whole.
Old Fran Fisher (the host) caught on, but Joe was clueless.

What exactly is his talent, beside his incisive interviews with porn stars and strippers?

Look, I'm not a Stern regular, but I've heard a lot more than that. Some of his man-on-the-streets are creative, hilarious, and have nothing to do with porn stars or strippers.

We'll agree to disagree I suppose. I find him to be a douchebag, completely unfunny, and with no redeeming qualities whatsover. **** like this is his lasting contribution to society.

 

[Starman]

We'll agree to disagree I suppose. I find him to be a douchebag, completely unfunny, and with no redeeming qualities whatsover. **** like this is his lasting contribution to society.

you are correct sir

 

[Liut]

Fishhack, on a completely unrelated note, is Ed "Superfan" Bieler still around? Listened to him as a kid on KCMO in Kansas City. He was truly unique. Must have made an impression since I remember him after all these years.

 

[Double J]

We'll agree to disagree I suppose. I find him to be a douchebag, completely unfunny, and with no redeeming qualities whatsover. **** like this is his lasting contribution to society.

you are correct sir

Ditto.

 

[fishhack2009]

Fishhack, on a completely unrelated note, is Ed "Superfan" Bieler still around? Listened to him as a kid on KCMO in Kansas City. He was truly unique. Must have made an impression since I remember him after all these years.

To be honest, I don't know. I used the Google and Wikipedia, and came up with nothing current on him. He'd be in his 70s now, I'm guessing, if he's still out there.

I grew up listening to him in San Diego in the early 1980s on I think... KSDO? He was definitely ahead of his time in the sports talk genre, wasn't he? I think I got on his show once ... maybe I was 15, and the topic was Steve Garvey's record (for then) contract with the Padres.

 

[Kato]

One market where Stern tried and failed was Mpls/St. Paul. He couldn't knock off the top morning shows there. When I was living there I tried to listen, but the entire first week (maybe more), he spent saying, "I'm No. 1, I'm No. 1. My show's the greatest. I'm going to dominate (insert newest Stern market here)." That was it. That was the schtick. I felt like I wasted valuable minutes of my life giving that try.

As the old journalism saying goes: Show me, don't tell me.

 

[vicd]

I've never listened to much of his radio show but his old WOR televison show (not the E show) and his movie were both very funny.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I dont think Stern ever hit number 1 in Pittsburgh either and he was in the market from 1995 to whenever he made the Sirius switch. I used to be a regular but am now more of an occasional listener. As a rule, I change channels when he has on a pron star/stripper/some fan that just wants to show him her tits. What he's most known for is what I find least interesting. Meanwhile, he had Kathy Griffin on a couple of months ago and I was blown away by how candid she was about her past, most notably her child molester (allegedly) brother and how it ripped her family apart. If she were on any late night show the topic would have been "So, uhhh, Kathy, tell us what you've been up to lately..."

 

[imjustagirl]

She wrote very very descriptively about her brother and the effect it had on her and her family in her latest book. A really interesting read.

 

[pressmurphy]

And with that, the eternal contribution to society of one Howard Stern is crystallized.

Speaking of no-talent assclowns...

Tread gently, lest he makes your SportsJournalists.com log-in his next target.