Howard Stern Show News Archives.

For The Week Of 8/23/99 to 8/27/99

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-- Monday August 23, 1999 --
• The Best Of Stern. 8/23/99.
  Unfortunately Howard is taking another unannounced one week(?) vacation again. We were stuck with ''The Best Of Stern'' again and here's what we heard today:
  • Jewel ''I Sell Sex'' song parody
  • ''King Of Comedy'' movie clip
  • Crackhead Bob History moment
  • Sting performs ''Every Little Thing''
  • Celebrity Doll commercial parody
  • Pat Cooper, angry man commercial parody
  • A sexy caller from Los Angeles turns out to be a man
  • Geraldo Rivera plays ''Guess Who's The Jew''
  • Howard and Robin discuss sports
  • Howard goofs on deaf comedian Kathy Buckley after she bad mouths him on her comedy album
  • An angry redneck calls in to complain about Howard goofing on someone with a disability
  • Howard interviews Gennifer Flowers / Jessica Hahn calls in to complain about her being on the show
  • Howard interviewed by a Dutch newspaper journalist
  • Captain Janks' plays his phony phone call during earthquake coverage
  • Stuttering John interviews Gregory Hines, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Laurence Fishburne, Kathleen Turner, Marlo Thomas, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Red Buttons, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett and Matthew Broderick

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  -- Tuesday August 24, 1999 --

• The Best Of Stern. 8/24/99.
  Day 2.. The Best of Stern.. No signs of live show.. feeling weaker every minute.. need new shows.. Howard must return quickly.. forced to listen to..
  • ''Homeless Brady Bunch'' TV show parody
  • Gary sings ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Teeth''
  • George Carlin comedy bit
  • Howard interviews Mr. Blackwell
  • Dr. Joyce Brothers calls Howard to welcome him to show business
  • Fred walks off the show
  • Fred returns to the show the next day
  • Robin's soap opera boyfriend calls in to complain about Robin not returning his calls
  • Gilbert Gottfried comes in after his appendix operation
  • Howard gives his speech about how adopted kids never feel truly loved and a female caller complains
  • Elephant Boy comes in stinking of body odor so Howard has him trim his underarm hair

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  -- Wednesday August 25, 1999 --

• The Best Of Stern. 8/25/99.
  Best Of Stern day 3.. Still no signs of life.. must go on.. Heard various bits including:
  • Korean Howard Stern impersonator
  • Daniel Carver KKK message
  • Jerky Boys phony phone call
  • Wood Yi sings ''Funk Soul Brother''
  • Kathy Buckley comes in after bad mouthing Howard on her HBO special
  • Howard reads some listener mail
  • Stuttering John interviews Freddie Roman, Burt Young, Laynie Kazan, Ed Begley Jr., Paul Sorvino and Peter Maxx
  • Howard and Robin discuss cheating and stealing
  • Howard gets pissed when his San Diego affiliate inserts their own show intros
  • Howard plays some Ponce De LaPhone phony phone calls
  • Howard speaks to the Program Director of the San Diego affiliate
  • Howard interviews Phil Hartman via satellite
  • Howard interviews Yasmine Bleeth

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  -- Thursday August 26, 1999 --

• The Best Of Stern. 8/26/99.
  Best of Stern day 4.. Still no signs of a live show.. unable to laugh out loud.. losing hope.. Still forced to hear old material including:
  • Crackhead Bob sings ''Jumpin' Jack Flash''
  • ''Fellatio'' commercial parody
  • ''The Psycho Friends Network'' commercial parody
  • Dog fence phony phone call
  • Gary fights with Scott about his work
  • An 18 year old girl comes in to interview for an internship
  • Howard freaks out over affiliate intros again
  • Howard creates his ''CIA-Holes'' to monitor his affiliates
  • Howard talks to a girl he had a crush on when he was younger
  • Jessica Hahn calls in to comlain about Joan Rivers and Cindy Adams
  • Joan Rivers calls in but hangs up when Jessica Hahn gets back on the phone
  • Howard discusses Fred's secret bag of stuff
  • Howard acts out a play with Fred

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  -- Friday August 27, 1999 --

• The Best Of Stern. 8/27/99.
  Best of Stern day 5.. giving up hope.. must shut off radio.. Subjected to old material including:
  • Wood Yi sings ''Livin La Vida Loca''
  • ''All in the Pat Cooper Family'' parody
  • Stuttering John tries to interview Robert Shapiro
  • Howard and Robin discuss the Diane Sawyer interview with Michael Jackson
  • Intern Steve Grillo gets yelled at for his attitude at work
  • Howard speaks to the parents of a 14 year old listener
  • A 60 year old woman complains about the parents of the 14 year old
  • Howard and his wife argue about working out
  • Howard goes off on Sally Jesse Raphael after Robin appears on her show