Over the years the dysfunctional family lives and upbringings of Sirius XM hosts Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton have been the subject of many memorable Opie & Anthony Show moments. Now, for the first time, these classic tales have been collected into a hilarious Thanksgiving special entitled "Sharing the Laughter and Love: An Opie & Anthony Family Special."
And who better to host such a show than someone who knows a little something of dysfunctional families... Jerry Springer himself.
And who better to host such a show than someone who knows a little something of dysfunctional families... Jerry Springer himself.
Opie, Anthony and Jim "Yimmy" Norton will reveal favorite family dysfunctional memories and moments, while Springer will introduce these tales. Throughout the special, Springer will offer up his inimitable commentary on all the twisted and hilarious memories of family dysfunction.
Highlights of the "Opie & Anthony Family Special" include:
Replays will air on November 26th at 3pm and 8pm ET, November 27th at 3pm ET, November 28th at 9am ET and November 29th at 4pm ET - also on The Virus channel.
Highlights of the "Opie & Anthony Family Special" include:
- Opie reveals that his parents were so frugal, he used to have to carry his school lunches in old cement bags and shopping bag.
- Anthony recalls the time the uncle who lived with this family grew pot in the backyard garden, but told Anthony's mother it was an "oregano hybrid."
- Jim Norton reminisces about his imaginary childhood friends, including a superhero version of him, an old lady with a beehive, and the band KISS (who imaginarily beat him up).
- The rest of the O&A crew share their stories of mother issues, including abandonment, being disowned, physical and financial threat.
Replays will air on November 26th at 3pm and 8pm ET, November 27th at 3pm ET, November 28th at 9am ET and November 29th at 4pm ET - also on The Virus channel.
Club soda kenny's face looks like it had to be smushed to fit into the photo.
My god these guys are lame, thanks for wasting money XM, how long until SirusXM can ditch them?
holy morning zoo hack wacky douche DJ's shit
good god thats as boring as any of there other boring shit
cant see why they failed at Reg and Sat radio..really i cant
Ha Ha
One washed up loser hosting a show by two washed up has beens. Hold on, you have to be something to be a has been so let's call them "never were's"
If the tryptophan from the turkey doesn't put you to sleep, just listen to this crap fest for a few minutes. Stay near a bucket or a toilet as you might hurl.
I'm looking forward to this; I'm glad they're doing something special while they're off.
This looks like fun...why can't we enjoy O@A and Stern at the same time. They are all on the same team now.
^If they were, then why haven't they gone on Howard's show? He certainly isn't going on there's, and why should he? He is the KOAM and doesn't show up on the Morning Mash Up either. They could go to H100 and apologize for all their bashing of Howard and admit he won and they lost. Then they would be on the same team. As it is now, they are just getting their checks from the same company, but they are NOT on the same team.
Well the Stern folks are bored. Howie won't have any new shows until 2010
again??????????
everyone knows howard invented thanksgiving.i remember when HE was on WNBC when the pilgrams landed and howard called a guy in England as fartman telling him HE would fart on his country if they didn't take the pilgrams back,and robin said "ohhh howard" and artie said "i remember that day" and gary said"right bofss" and fred said nothing.
Pfft, stop making sense and speaking logically. One day Howard might read their posts and decide they will be his new best friend.
What a ripoff. Howard invented the holiday radio special hosted by a celebrity guest star.
I've never listened to them... And seeing this and knowing how many people were worthy of their paychecks that are no longer with the company is a slap in the face.
you mean these idiots are still on the radio? Mel here is some more wasted fat you can add to the 400 million in synergies.
I don't get why people call OnA hack DJs. There hasn't been a disc spun on OnA in years.
Absolutely fucking awesome! Anybody know if Audible will offer this for download so I can permanently add it to my archives?
Wait don't give Stern all the credit. Annie and me invented a lot of stuff.
Let's see, Stern bashing and our piece de resistance - sucking on two mediums of radio broadcasting (which I don't think will ever be topped by anyone).
Look at the picture of us on the streets. No photoshopping there, that's all seven of our listeners. They helped build the empire known as o N a and has brought us our fame, fortune and recognition as the greatest duo (next to the power twins) in the world.
RON AND FEZ 11AM TO 3PM
GOBBLE GOBBLE BYE BYE
Ron and Fez are terrible!!!!!!!!
All radio people should come to Ted's holiday radio emporium. We can help you do all your radio needs.
That is an excellent point.
Well said/posted.
Didn't Howard used to host the Dysfunctional Family Picnic on K-Rock?
And now O&A are doing a special about dysfunctional family moments?
This sounds like a total rip off.
O&A are clones.
Tell 'em, Fred!
So this is what we get - after clamoring for the last year and a half for better programming? This is what is known as appealing to the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR. Not only is it a slap in the face, but it is a kick in the balls AND an insult to the people/programming that were let go.... and an insult to each and every subscriber. This company remains steadfast in their resolve to ignore their customers feelings. I guess it just ain't cool to give a damn about the people who support and fund this company. I love radio, and I know that millions of others do too. It is a shame to see radio - still the most comprehesive and spontaneous medium out there - treated with such utter disrespect. It really pisses me off that Sirius/XM's management constantly strives to set the quality bar lower and lower - while the price escalates higher and higher. That seems to be the formula for success these days; rape and pillage the customer senseless, because sooner or later they will get used to it. The sad thing is, many people do lower their expectations over time; they become conditioned to the new lower standard, and oblivious to all the greed and manipulation that subtly, yet steadily, works 24/7 to make it all seem perfectly acceptable. We are all being "punked' by Sirius/XM, and way too many people are willing to tolerate it. The next time someone complains about this company, it doesn't mean they are simply bashing for the sport of it; it probably means that they love radio, and they are passionate and hunger for the day that Sirius/XM has a product that has reverence and adoration for what radio used to be, and for what radio can still be. Unless all of us continue to put pressure on these guys, they will continue to lower the bar, lower our hopes, and turn satellite radio into a soulless, inferior version of terrestrial radio. Some would argue that they already have. As long as the programming continues to erode, coupled with managements blase' attitude towards their customers, so will the interest in satellite radio continue to disintegrate. They can advertise and market this thing all they want, but unless they get good word of mouth and buzz on the street stimulation and enthusiasm, satellite radio will plod along like molasses dripping uphill.
"...Anthony recalls the time the uncle who lived with this family grew pot in the backyard garden, but told Anthony's mother it was an "oregano hybrid.""
Growing up, I had a neighbor that did that. One of the other kids on the street dug it up, dried it out and gave it to his mom as oregano.
I agree with you. I'm wondering who actually owns and directs Sirius XM, seems to be a one trick pony.
What amazes me is the lack of creativity and innovation...... but what really bewilders me is the paucity of common sense. Airship Sirius/XM is hurtling along with a crappy flight plan, and the Pilots are graduates of the John Denver/JFK Jr./Balloon Boy School of Aviation. The passengers aren't so much worried about where this badminton shuttlecock with wings (Sirius/XM) is going to land, as much as whether the clueless pilots (Mel & fellow cronies) are going to crash the damn thing! The aircraft (company) is airworthy, and has the potential to stay aloft and provide a comfortable ride for all (subs), but the A-hole flight crew (you know who) keep heading for turbulence, completely ignoring the control towers (loyal, shit on subscribers) directions. A clear and open runway is available for landing, but these morons think it makes more sense to keep circling the airport until the fuel runs out. No direction/one trick pony; that pretty much sums it up!
Well, this thread was just about what I expected. Why am I surprised that the nuthuggers for Howard, O&A and whomever else are all here venting their spleens at the mere mention of their God/Their God's Rival?
This board is precisely an example of what Steve pointed out, re: a lot of the talk programming of the day: LCD.
The LCD is unfortunately what drives entertainment, because the people who are slaves to it will suck up whatever is fed them, and hardly any force is required.
We've talked about it before--I recall wondering what will happen when Howard retires/dies on the air? There is nothing to replace him; Bubba is not it, don't even think it.
Someone noted that corporate packages the same old/same old; the hosts are different, but the show format is essentially the same--you hear it on satellite, and you hear it on terrestrial radio. The same dumb jokes, the same forced laughter from the minions, and the LCD callers who live/breathe/defecate the stuff.
I think we're looking at the end of this kind of talk radio, and to be honest it can't come too soon for me. As a former host of a couple of morning shows, I was fortunate to keep away from a lot of that stuff; I was content to let the host/cohost make an ass of himself. When alone, I could do what was more important to me at the time--music.
Anyway...the end the Howard/Imus/O&A/Whatever Else shows will be long, slow and painful, because the LCD crowd can always be called upon to sit there and take it.
Now the larger picture--lot of people are bitching about the people who complain about the programming. Here's the thing--some of us, xcountry and a few others are passionate about the music, the format, radio itself.
SatRad had so much potential, and it's being frittered away by corporate honks who don't realize the unique opportunity they have. Hugh Panero, Lee Abrams and a few others knew, and went with it. Mel and his buddies saw a cash cow, and are raping it for all it's worth.
Gary Parsons saw the way the deck chairs were being arranged, and took the first lifeboat he could get into; probably the only smart move he's made since the merger began to be talked of.
Gary's got his golden parachute, and it's a matter of time before Mel gets his, blames everyone else for the demise of Sirius/XM and looks for the next company he can destroy.
It seems for most of us, this is the only place we can say what we feel. To be honest, we can do better than the aforementioned nuthugging, namecalling and personal attacks.
I could care less about Howard, O&A, or any of those guys...they are a small part of a bigger problem. Whether they're on or not is hardly the point.
You, Black Dog, bring up two points that should be obvious to everybody; unfortunately most people are so complacent and apathetic, it's almost as if Sirius/XM is preying on the collective naivete' of the "LCD" crowd - and probably laughing behind their backs. I am one of those passionate radio fans that you alluded to. I don't give a damn about I-pods, or cell phones, or downloading, or any of that shit. I want to hit the "on" button, and then have the music/talk/etc. come to me. The attraction of radio is convenience, spontaneity, and selection. When done correctly, nothing can beat it as far as entertainment bang for the buck - at least in my mind. If Mel and his corporate mentality elves had even one iota of passion for radio, like the passion that I and many others have, satellite radio would be well on its way towards reaching its enormous potential.
This company is absolutely squandering this unique (golden) opportunity that is sitting right in there laps. Like they said in the movie Field of Dreams, "Build it and they will come." Well, you can apply that same logic to satellite radio; build up the programming and the customer service - and the subscribers will come. And they will keep coming, because satisfied subs will do what nobody has done in a very long time.... tell other people how great satellite radio is! I can not fathom, for the life of me, why Mel & co. don't designate subscriber happiness as priority number one. If they would try this approach, which is time tested and has been proven to be the catalyst for many a successful company, I have no doubt that satellite radio would see an explosion in subscriber numbers. Unfortunately, Sirius/XM has established such an adversarial relationship with their customers - alloof and indifferent for years - that it might take a monumental PR job to change the horrible perception many have about this company. It is a perception that is well deserved, I might add.
Sirius/Xm has problems that can be solved; some of the most basic - restoring programming quality and improving customer service - should have been dealt with a long time ago. There is no excuse for these topics to be an issue at this point. Management should be ashamed for the way they have procrastinated in adressing such basic components of any company, especially a subscription based one. If they spent as much time making the subscribers happy as they spend making themselves happy (get a load of some of the salaries!), then everybody would be happy. Why is this so hard to figure out? An even better question is: why don't they even make the effort to figure it out? Which leads to another question: what in the hell is wrong with these people who are allegedly running this company?
No Howard is the problem and Washington perceives it that way, Howard and Oprah (XM's answer to Howard) sucked the cash out of the enterprise and I don't think that big cash sucker has retuned the cash. I wonder if Howard is pulling the strings behind the scenes, because his taste is all over SXM now.
Folks, get an Internet radio application for your desktop, laptop or iPhone/iPod Touch.
Been listening to Internet radio all week long and it beats the pants off of SiriusFM.
No talking DJs and far wider music playlists. It's a breath of fresh air compared to the stifling small playlists of music intertwined with DJs who don't shut up on SiriusFM.
O&A is one of the reason that I still have XM, almost all the music channels suck.
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I agree with you that "personality radio" is probably in decline, and there will not likely be any replacements for Stern and O & A and others of their ilk when they eventually decide to hang up their microphones. This type of host relies on a heavily white male-dominated audience demographic with a lot of things in common: Similar work schedules, values, musical tastes, senses of humor. Diversity has reduced the number of people who fit this target profile, and those who are left are more sophisticated now and therefore less likely to laugh on cue at female anatomy jokes.
On top of that, people conditioned by easily-available MP3s and hugely diverse internet entertainment choices become intolerant of stuff that's even a few degrees off the center of their taste palette, so it's increasingly difficult for stations to garner big audience numbers by playing the old "mass appeal" game.
And, even if all this weren't true, all Sirius XM has to do is look at its numbers to see that Howard Stern is only heard with any degree of regularity by roughly five to ten percent of its subscribers. This despite the fact that every Sirius promotion had his face plastered all over it since he graced that company with his extremely costly presence. I guess now, after all of those years of failing to make Sirius number one, he's going to work his magic for the combined company.
Here's what would happen if we put Mel and Company in charge of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream: They'd drop half of the flavors, making sure to eliminate the most popular ones that were "too similar" to something less popular in the lineup, and then pin all of the company's future hopes on just one flavor -- rhubarb. Promote the hell out of it to make sure to win as a customer every last one of the ten percent of people who love rhubarb. Someone doesn't like that flavor? Screw 'em.
"They'd drop half of the flavors" LOL
Brilliant analogy xcountry.
Look, we know that Sirius execs and talent read this site daily. You would think that with the company bleeding money the way it is that they would consider the advice given by many of their subscribers as to how they can better their service.
All the negative phone calls and emails that we know they receive are falling on deaf ears.
When you think of all the incredible music that the world has produced and recorded, yet still remains below the radar because radio won't play it - terrestrial or satellite - it becomes a study in agony to anybody who fled AM/FM for supposedly greener pastures. I have been listening to Sinatra for decades and thought that I had heard it all; just this past week I heard a couple of songs that I had never heard before (on Siriusly Sinatra) that were as good as anything he ever did. Just tweaking the playlist a bit with something new, different, or unexpected can truly transform the listening experience. Nobody is asking for the reinvention of the wheel - just a little creativity, and deviating from the mundane and predictable as far as the musical menu is concerned. I like pizza, but if I eat it for every meal it eventually loses its appeal. A good restaurant will offer "specials", and change up and fine tune the bill of fare. Jesus Christ, Mel - did you ever hear the idiom "Variety is the spice of life?"
Mr. Karmazin, if you are by some miracle reading this, or any of the other fine posts at your disposal (for free!), please do all of us a favor; PLEASE STOP SERVING US PIZZA!!! Your subscribers have discriminating AND diverse musical and programming palates, and they want to sample all the flavors. Throw in a nice appetizer and a little dessert, and you just might be surprised at how big a tip (subs, you son of a bitch) you get!