Lionel Nation - King of Cringe: Howard Stern Begs for Relevance While Celebs Ghost Him in the Hamptons Aired: 2025-03-29 Duration: 20:38 === Dirty Man's Safeguard (05:59) === [00:00:00] When uncertainty strikes, peace of mind is priceless. [00:00:05] Dirty Man Underground Safes protects what matters most. [00:00:09] Discreetly designed, these safes are where innovation meets reliability, keeping your valuables close yet secure. [00:00:16] Be ready for anything. [00:00:19] Use code DIRTY10 for 10% off today and take the first step towards safeguarding your future. [00:00:25] Dirty Man's Safe. [00:00:26] Because protecting your family starts with protecting what you treasure. [00:00:31] The storm is coming. [00:00:32] Markets are crashing. [00:00:34] Banks are closing. [00:00:35] When the economy collapses, how will you survive? [00:00:39] You need a plan. [00:00:42] Cash, gold, bitcoin. 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[00:01:47] He will be in the radio broadcasting pantheon. [00:01:52] He and Rush Limbaugh. [00:01:55] Rush Limbaugh probably more so. [00:01:58] But in terms of cultural, they are 100% absolutely right up there. [00:02:05] So I don't want anybody to suggest that I'm bad-mouthing what he's done. [00:02:10] Absolutely not. [00:02:11] Okay? [00:02:12] Now that we got that... [00:02:13] And by the way, people, historically, from my years of being in New York radio, people have always said, you know, he's a nice guy. [00:02:23] I don't know about now, but he's a nice guy. [00:02:26] The guy who was a real prick was Don Imus. [00:02:31] This guy was... [00:02:32] And they called him a shock jock, though his music was superb. [00:02:41] Superb! [00:02:41] But that was a man who had lost it for me when he bowed before and kissed the feet of Al Sharpton. [00:02:49] But I digress. [00:02:51] Let's talk about what's going through right now with Howard Stern. [00:02:53] He called himself the king of all media, whatever it is. [00:02:56] Actually, he's the king of caca de toro. [00:02:59] The king of cringe. [00:03:01] The king of... [00:03:03] Come on, please. [00:03:06] Howard Stern now is begging for relevance while his celeb friends are ghosting him in the Hamptons. [00:03:17] You know, this guy years ago, first, understand, and I've seen this so many times, what is the thing, what is your shtick? [00:03:28] What is your thing? [00:03:30] His idea was that, hey, look, I'm one of you. [00:03:32] I've got this wife that doesn't like me. [00:03:35] My kids don't like me. [00:03:37] I'm a miserable guy. [00:03:39] I've failed with women. [00:03:41] I go home and I watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [00:03:44] I'm in the basement. [00:03:46] And people kind of related to him. [00:03:48] That was his thing. [00:03:49] I'm like a snot-nosed kid. [00:03:51] I'm kind of the freak. [00:03:52] His movie, whatever his part. [00:03:57] What is it called? [00:03:57] Elephant Part? [00:03:58] Elephant Part. [00:04:00] Isn't that what it's called? [00:04:03] What is his movie called? [00:04:06] This is terrible. [00:04:08] I never watched it. [00:04:10] Yeah. [00:04:12] Hang on a minute. [00:04:13] Don't bother me. [00:04:14] I'm asking my wife. [00:04:15] And I'm sure you know this. [00:04:17] Howard Stern movie. [00:04:18] I'm always looking everything up. [00:04:19] I never saw it. [00:04:22] Private parts. [00:04:25] Elephant parts. [00:04:26] Why did I get elephant parts? [00:04:28] I'm going to call mine elephant parts. [00:04:33] You know why? [00:04:34] Because I don't care. [00:04:36] I don't care. [00:04:37] I'm an adult. [00:04:39] I don't have little crushes on people. [00:04:41] But, I'll give him his due when it comes to what he did in terms of the business. [00:04:46] But now, Howard has gone from shock jock. [00:04:49] By the way, let me just stop. [00:04:54] There is no shock jock. [00:04:56] You know what the shock is? [00:04:56] The truth. [00:04:58] Conspiracies. [00:04:59] Let me tell you who did more for shock jock. [00:05:00] Alex Jones. [00:05:03] Alex Jones. [00:05:04] You will have to put what he did into museums. [00:05:09] Okay? [00:05:10] What he did, his relevance is off the charts. [00:05:14] And one day he will get his due. [00:05:16] Okay? [00:05:16] One day he will be... [00:05:17] What he did? [00:05:20] This was a movement. [00:05:22] But I digress. [00:05:24] Okay? [00:05:26] But... [00:05:26] The guy. [00:05:32] What happened to him? [00:05:34] What happened? [00:05:35] It's like when people don't age well. [00:05:38] You know, Springsteen was okay until he did that stupid diner bit for Joe Biden. === Something Unsettling (14:53) === [00:05:45] I don't know if they owe him, if he had USAID money, but that was a different story. [00:05:51] That was almost like you could see almost a gun to his head. [00:05:53] There's no way Springsteen thought for sure that he... [00:05:55] Anyway. [00:05:57] Sometimes when people get older, there's two places where it works. [00:06:01] Country music and blues. [00:06:04] Oh, Willie Nelson can play to the 150. [00:06:09] The Grand Ole Opry. [00:06:10] Furlan Husky. [00:06:11] You can play as long as you want. [00:06:15] And Bluegrass? [00:06:16] Forget it. [00:06:17] Blues? [00:06:19] John Lee Hooker was, what, 150 when he died? [00:06:21] So old he farts dust. [00:06:22] You can go on forever. [00:06:24] But when you're in something and you got the long hair... [00:06:30] There gets to this point, it's kind of like the Uncanny Valley, or Rudy Valley, where you kind of, Mrs. Eldon and I know, there's these folks, sometimes we see, these are these old rockers, and they're really sad. [00:06:44] They've got jet black hair, and ponytails, and balls. [00:06:48] I mean, it's like, get over it! [00:06:49] Look, I don't think you should walk around in a walker, but there's a certain parameter. [00:06:54] I mean, you can enjoy a certain degree of coolness at your age, but when you get to the point when you're, You know, you're trying to defy reality. [00:07:03] And Howard kept, you know, the hair and the whole bit. [00:07:06] I don't know if that's a rug or what. [00:07:07] I have no idea. [00:07:08] But anyway, he went from this kind of, I'm one of you, and then he hit it big, and then he married, well, I know nothing about his wife. [00:07:17] I'm not going to say anything about it. [00:07:18] I have no idea. [00:07:19] I think she's a cat, a dog person, one of those types. [00:07:23] Anybody who looks at animal rights over children's rights, human rights, That's a sore spot with me. [00:07:31] But I've got no beef. [00:07:32] Beth Ostrovsky or whatever. [00:07:34] I don't want to think about her. [00:07:35] But all I know is when she came along, he became, oh, I'm now the Hamptons and I'm a billionaire. [00:07:43] Okay. [00:07:44] All right. [00:07:47] All right. [00:07:47] So that's when we saw it. [00:07:49] And that's when it was over. [00:07:50] Then XM came and it was weird. [00:07:53] You know, there was a time. [00:07:55] Let me just do one more thing. [00:07:57] The shock jocks today are the truth. [00:07:58] That will get you. [00:08:00] Shock Jack used to say, what will get you thrown off the air? [00:08:04] Today, the truth will get you thrown off the air. [00:08:06] And Howard has nothing to do with the truth. [00:08:09] There was a time when Stern stood at the center of the cultural hurricane, the epicenter. [00:08:14] He was fearless and raw and unapologetically rebellious. [00:08:20] But that time is long over. [00:08:24] Long over. [00:08:26] Today, Howard isn't the king of all media. [00:08:28] He's the fossilized echo of a revolution he abandoned. [00:08:35] He's a museum piece trapped in his multi-million dollar bubble, still pretending he's the outsider, still pretending that that shtick still applies, while rubbing elbows with the exact elitist schmucks. [00:08:54] He used to mock. [00:08:56] And his recent whining? [00:08:58] Oh my God. [00:09:00] His whining about celebrity guests in the Hamptons? [00:09:03] What? [00:09:04] First of all, when you say, when I hear the word Hamptons, you don't know what happens to me. [00:09:10] I kind of... [00:09:11] Because you have to say, as a dentiloquist, Hamptons. [00:09:17] Kind of a thirst and howl thing. [00:09:19] They think they are so... [00:09:21] Are you going to the Hamptons? [00:09:23] A house in the Hamptons? [00:09:24] The hell with the Hamptons! [00:09:27] Anyway. [00:09:28] Anyway. [00:09:29] He's now feeling that he's... [00:09:31] He's... [00:09:32] Well, he's not... [00:09:34] He's not as... [00:09:36] What do I say? [00:09:38] As welcome, you know. [00:09:40] And a lot of folks are detailing this. [00:09:42] And the fact is, it's not that he's tone deaf. [00:09:45] He's pathetically out of touch. [00:09:47] And a lot of various tabloids and the like have talked about him. [00:09:52] Stern used to challenge power. [00:09:55] And now he's crying because the Hollywood types don't line up for selfies with him. [00:10:00] And Beth. [00:10:02] They don't kiss his arse. [00:10:03] What decade does he think he's in? [00:10:06] Seriously. [00:10:08] This is pathetic. [00:10:09] This desperate clinging to... [00:10:12] To social relevance, it's become, I keep using the word cringe, but it's like cringe. [00:10:18] It's more cringe than compelling. [00:10:20] Get over it. [00:10:22] Be cool. [00:10:23] You've already earned it. [00:10:27] Dazzle them with your ordinariness. [00:10:30] So let's be honest. [00:10:31] I think I'm pretty honest. [00:10:32] The man who once made corporate radio tremble, he really did, now hides behind this This sanitized, ultra-controlled kind of studio. [00:10:43] He's terrified of germs and confrontation. [00:10:46] What's that, mysophobia? [00:10:49] And he just can't take this. [00:10:51] And he hates the kind of truth that actually shocks people today. [00:10:55] This is what I'm telling you. [00:10:57] The stuff that he... [00:10:58] He is so bought and sold. [00:11:01] The real shock jocks are out there now on podcasts, on YouTube, or X, or Bumble, or Rumble, or... [00:11:10] Bit shoot and poop shoot. [00:11:12] That's where they are. [00:11:14] Sirius XM? [00:11:17] It's okay. [00:11:19] But it's not. [00:11:20] Have you heard his interviews? [00:11:22] Oh, and he... [00:11:23] Robin? [00:11:26] That laughing. [00:11:28] Has she... [00:11:29] Has somebody said to her ever, stop it. [00:11:32] Stop laughing. [00:11:33] It's not funny. [00:11:35] Do you know how many, if they strung together just all the laughing, what a gig that is! [00:11:41] It's like she's the studio audience. [00:11:43] Oh, look, it was, do you know how sometimes, have you ever had a cologne? [00:11:49] You think, this is great! [00:11:51] Then one day you wake up and you go, ugh! [00:11:53] Ugh! [00:11:54] This is horrible! [00:11:55] Or you can't eat something. [00:11:57] I remember years ago, in law school, we were into this martini thing, and one day the smell of gin made me sick! [00:12:05] I'm thinking, what happened? [00:12:06] I don't know. [00:12:07] That's like Stern. [00:12:09] One day you say, alright, that's enough of that. [00:12:13] That's enough of that. [00:12:14] Nostalgia is one thing. [00:12:16] You ever seen these poor people like the Beach Boys or Pantera or Anthrax or something? [00:12:23] They're like 80 years old, these people. [00:12:25] There's something unsettling about it. [00:12:29] But it's weird. [00:12:31] But the stuff, the shock, Basically, it's occurring where Howard Stern would die today. [00:12:40] He wouldn't last. [00:12:42] But Bongo, bringing on the mentally retarded? [00:12:48] Now look, let me tell you something. [00:12:50] I am demented. [00:12:51] I will argue for things being funny that is just terrible. [00:12:58] But this isn't funny. [00:13:01] It was like, okay. [00:13:02] And the TV thing is okay. [00:13:03] Remember his black face with, who was it? [00:13:06] Not Herschel Bernard. [00:13:09] That's Charlie Latuna. [00:13:11] Arnie Neuville. [00:13:12] Sherman Helmsley, whatever. [00:13:14] George Jefferson. [00:13:15] Remember they were black face? [00:13:17] Oh, I do believe that. [00:13:19] Okay. [00:13:19] All right. [00:13:20] Okay, Mr. What was it called? [00:13:27] Mr. A cakewalk. [00:13:29] Remember that one? [00:13:30] I'm rambling. [00:13:32] What's worse is he's not a nice guy. [00:13:37] I think we made this clear. [00:13:39] Behind these glamorized past stories lies this record of bitterness and betrayal and ego. [00:13:46] Oh, ask people who've worked with him. [00:13:48] Stern doesn't challenge the system. [00:13:50] He became the system. [00:13:51] He is the system. [00:13:53] And the audience knows it. [00:13:56] They've left in droves. [00:13:58] Plus, people today are funny about paywalls, and they just, it better be, I mean, it better be, you know, snuff films or something. [00:14:06] I'm just kidding. [00:14:07] But I'm saying, this, what is he going to do? [00:14:10] Hey, he's going to interview Billy Joel. [00:14:13] If you run out of Ambien, check that out, or whoever he's interviewing. [00:14:17] In this gushing, kind of a hyper-pretend interest. [00:14:22] He left behind a legacy and leaves behind that it feels less... [00:14:27] I don't know, less revolutionary, more like a long, boring victory lap, you know, that just never ends. [00:14:33] Okay. [00:14:35] You gotta know when it's over. [00:14:37] And it's time that Stern accepts the truth. [00:14:39] It's over! [00:14:40] He's not controversial. [00:14:42] He's not relevant. [00:14:43] He's a broadcaster. [00:14:44] Find something else. [00:14:45] And he's not the voice of the people anymore. [00:14:48] He's not the voice of anything anymore. [00:14:50] He's a relic. [00:14:51] And the world has simply moved on. [00:14:55] So, I'm saying for him, Good for you for what you've done. [00:14:58] Good! [00:14:59] But find... [00:15:01] Would it kill you not to be a dick? [00:15:04] Would it kill you just to be a regular person? [00:15:07] Find something unique. [00:15:09] You know who's really... [00:15:10] Say what you want. [00:15:12] Jerry Seinfeld, who just does it. [00:15:15] The whole thing with the cars, that's pretty good. [00:15:19] Jerry Seinfeld is a billionaire. [00:15:22] And he still does his gigs and still... [00:15:25] Jay Leno with his car thing. [00:15:28] Find something you kind of sorted too. [00:15:31] Be different. [00:15:34] Be... [00:15:35] I don't know what he can actually be. [00:15:39] But you should read the stories. [00:15:41] Oh my God, the behind the scenes. [00:15:44] And it's kind of sad. [00:15:47] The people today, if he wanted to, he could jump in. [00:15:51] But let me tell you something that's interesting. [00:15:54] And this is the most important. [00:15:55] There's always a kind of a... [00:15:59] There was always a... [00:16:02] The line from... [00:16:04] Did you hear what Stern almost said today? [00:16:07] Did you hear how... [00:16:08] Did you hear how... [00:16:10] What he almost said today? [00:16:14] He almost said the F word. [00:16:15] Did you hear? [00:16:16] Well, today people do that all the time. [00:16:18] But there's no line for him. [00:16:20] So, you can't shock people today with... [00:16:24] Mere cursing, gratuitous cursing, there's got to be something shocking. [00:16:27] If you want to talk about shock, like I said, let's do some 9-11 stories. [00:16:32] Talk about COVID or vaccines. [00:16:34] Oh my, are you kidding? [00:16:35] They would have you arrested. [00:16:37] Let me tell you who does this the right way. [00:16:40] My friend Anthony Cumia. [00:16:42] For years he was with whatever his partner was. [00:16:47] And I'm doing that on purpose. [00:16:52] My wife is correcting me. [00:16:54] I know, it's Obie. [00:16:55] They had, apparently, they had a falling off. [00:16:57] See, that was, bless her heart. [00:16:58] See, I was going to do the old, what was his name? [00:17:01] It was a routine. [00:17:02] It's okay, it's okay. [00:17:04] No, no, no, he, you know, but what Anthony's doing is he's moved on. [00:17:10] And he's very smart. [00:17:13] And he's older, and he's, I think, just as raucous and rambunctious and scabrous. [00:17:19] And dare I say at times, coprolalic? [00:17:22] But it comports with his age. [00:17:30] He's in his mid-70s. [00:17:31] I'm kidding. [00:17:32] I think he's three years younger than me. [00:17:34] But the point is, that's all you've got to do. [00:17:36] Look, you know this thing about keeping it real? [00:17:41] You ever hear this saying, keeping it real? [00:17:44] Al Sharpton had a radio show called Keeping It Real. [00:17:47] It was the worst thing you've ever heard in your life. [00:17:50] I swear to God, I'd rather suck a hospital mop than listen to it. [00:17:54] This is where Imus went and kissed the arse of that con man. [00:17:59] But you've got to be legitimate. [00:18:01] And there are people right now who are just doing regular shows, people sitting in a car and talking into a... [00:18:08] Phone, they're more legitimate and more real and more interesting than Stern is, with all the fluff and... [00:18:15] I don't know about you, and I'm sorry, maybe I... [00:18:18] Look, I'm a freak. [00:18:20] Do you really find Paul McCartney interesting? [00:18:22] Do you want to hear another Beatles story? [00:18:24] Do you? [00:18:25] Do you want to hear how he got yesterday and the dream? [00:18:28] Do you want to hear this again? [00:18:30] How many times do you want to hear this? [00:18:31] I'd rather talk about this stuff on just the... [00:18:38] There is a group of folks who do Steven Seagal reviews. [00:18:43] It is the funniest stuff I have heard because of its sheer and absolute brilliance. [00:18:51] The amount of time, in fact, I'm going to give a shout out to them. [00:18:55] They're very, very, very funny. [00:18:58] And then there's Howard Stern doing blackface? [00:19:02] No, seriously, blackface? [00:19:05] I do believe that the man... [00:19:08] Blackface? [00:19:09] He's doing minstrel show stuff? [00:19:10] Maybe he's going to be Mr. Interlocutor. [00:19:13] He'd be great for the... [00:19:14] I can't find the name of this... [00:19:17] I want to give him a heads up while we're at it because it's the best stuff I've... [00:19:22] Oh! [00:19:23] It's called Space Ice. [00:19:25] Space Ice. [00:19:27] Steven Segar movie. [00:19:30] Brilliant. [00:19:31] Brilliant. [00:19:32] Who would have thought that? [00:19:34] So in any event, Howard Stern, thank you for what you've done. [00:19:38] Thank you for what you made radio, really seriously, you made it cool and everything, but I've got to tell you something. [00:19:44] You're not done with this. [00:19:46] Do something different. [00:19:48] Because there's been nothing there. [00:19:51] Does Howard Stern want to be a star, or does he want to be legitimate? [00:19:55] People today, remember, there's so many choices. [00:19:58] You've got five seconds to get somebody's attention, and they're gone. [00:20:02] There's a 15-year-old in the Philippines unboxing curling irons and getting $3 million a hit. [00:20:08] What are you going to do? [00:20:10] Have Robin laugh again? [00:20:11] Bless her heart, Robin. [00:20:13] Uh-uh. [00:20:14] So, dear friends, thank you. [00:20:15] What do you think? [00:20:16] Were you a Stern fan? [00:20:18] Were you a part of this? [00:20:19] Have you noticed a complete and total decline of this man's catastrophic collapse? [00:20:25] What do you think? [00:20:26] And so, like this video, subscribe to the channel, hit that little bell so you're notified of live streams and new videos. [00:20:32] Please subscribe. [00:20:33] Did you know that 80-something percent of the people who watch me do not subscribe? [00:20:36] I don't know what the hell that's about. [00:20:38] So, end that.