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Howard Stern has joined votefortheworst.com in the "fight" to keep American Idol hopeful Sanjaya on the show. And the mock movement has made it all the way to Times Square's marquee zipper. Sure, it's all fun and games until this season's AI tour ro... Read On
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A panel of Howard Stern Show experts discuss Benjy's antics getting into work - can the show writer get in on time? Also, Lonnie Hanover announced he's moved on to Ricky's. What does this mean for the show?
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On February 27, 2004, long-time Stern show regular John Melendez left the show to become the on-air announcer for The Tonight Show. Stern has consistently claimed the move was an attempt by Jay Leno to steal ideas from Howard's show. Many late-night talk show bits are said to have been stolen from the Stern show, including Jay Leno's bit "Jaywalking". After a lengthy search and auditioning process, Richard Christy of the heavy metal band Iced Earth was chosen as John's replacement.
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Leslie Moonves appeared on one of Stern's final shows to compliment him on his move to Sirius and thank him for the record advertising revenue the network sold. Moonves told Stern that he bought Sirius stock. Stern said the network had the option to "push the button" on his program, taking him off the air, if they did not agree with what he was presenting to the public.
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A frequent criticism of the show is that Howard is only funny when he has an enemy to rail against. After his move to Sirius in 2006, Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield wrote, "No wonder he's bored - he's got nobody to piss him off anymore".[47] Stern has responded to these criticisms by making analogies like, "That's like saying Chris Rock's HBO special would have been better if he had a censor to fight."[48]
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