• Best Of The Week: Little Steven. 02/03/12. 6:00am
  First up on Best of the Week we heard Gary Dell'Abate introducing the Little Steven interview segment. Here's what they played:

  Little Steven Van Zandt Visits. 01/31/12. 8:00am
  After the break we heard a prank call the guys made to Gary the Retard using Richard Simmons ''Gary!'' audio clips. Fred also played Bruce Springsteen's ''Born In the USA'' as they were coming back.

  Howard came back and said that Little Steven was there. He's in the E Street Band and he's got his own radio show there at Sirius. Howard said he gave him a weak handshake. He asked if he's nervous about his guitar hand. Steven said that he used to wear rings and he hated people who crushed his hand when he had rings on. Howard said he hates that too. Howard said appreciates that he thought of that.

  Howard said he talked to Billy Joel about riding his motorcycle and worrying bout his hands. He said Steven must worry like that. Steven boxes and he said he's not a guitar player 24 hours a day. He said he's been playing since he was 13 but he doesn't play it all day long.

  Howard said the funny thing about musicians is that many of the guitar players taught themselves. He said it must be a sign of genius. Steven said he's okay but he's not a genius. Steven said that he can't even read music. He said he can arrange things but he can't read or write music.

  Howard said that Bruce and Steven were childhood friends and they were both kind of outcasts as kids. Steven said they met in 1965 or 66 and they didn't have much else to do at the time. Howard said he thought starting a band was the best thing to do back then. Steven said it was for them. He said they didn't translate as well as the Beatles did.

  Steven and Bruce didn't go to the same school. Howard asked how they knew each other if they didn't go to the same school. Steven said they knew each other from the circuit. He said they were playing the same places so they met that way. Howard asked who they were influenced by. Steven said it was the Beatles, the Kings, the Stones and more. He said they'd slow down the record and listen to it really slow to learn the songs.

  Howard asked Steven if he's being humble when he says he's not a great guitar player. Steven said he wanted to play well enough to compliment the songs and that's about it. Howard asked if Bruce took over the leads when he got better. Steven said Bruce wanted to put the guitar down when he joined the band. Then Bruce took over more of the lead in the late 70s.

  Howard said that Steven is the guy who gave Bruce the name The Boss. Howard said he was the number 2 guy to Tony Soprano in The Sopranos. He's also number 2 to Bruce too. Steven said that's his natural inclination. Howard asked if that's how he keeps the band going when he's willing to be the number 2 guy. Steven said he likes being second in command and not being the leader. He said that's just his inclination. Howard said that some guys can't take it when someone else is the leader.

  Howard said that Steven is the guy who reunited The Rascals on his radio show. Howard asked what broke them up. Steven said they don't even seem to know. It could have been drugs but now they're talking to each other and they're talking about getting back together. Howard said they had some great songs too. Howard said maybe the drugs did them in and the infighting too.

  Howard asked Steven about playing the Half Time show at the Super Bowl and why it's so hard. Steven said they have to play in an exact amount of time. He said he wanted to see them assemble that stage they assemble. He said it's amazing. He said that they come out and tell you that you have 2 minutes until show time and there's a lot of pressure on you. He said it happens quick and you have no time to relax. Howard asked if you have to rehearse a lot. He said they want you there all week long to rehearse. He said it's a really big deal.

  Howard asked if they talked about maybe not doing it because it might not be the right thing for them. Steven said they were asked to do it a lot of times but they finally agreed and Bruce had to be close to the fans. He said that was one demand they had.

  Howard asked Steven about being on The Sopranos and how he must have been happy to show Bruce that he's not just hanging around home waiting for him. Steven was laughing at Howard's thoughts on that. Howard said he would have loved to have heard the conversation between him and Bruce. Steven said he has a good point about how everyone should have their own life. He said that they get together every 3 years or so and tour. He said that's what they've been doing lately. He said every time he does anew TV show Bruce decides to do a tour. He said he's doing a new show called Lillyhammer for NetFlix and it'll be their first original series. He said that the show is in Norwegian though. He said the premise is that his character understands the language but doesn't speak it. He said they did the show with subtitles and it'll be the first original programming for Netflix. that starts next week on the 6th of February.

  Howard asked Steven about starting out playing music at 13 and if he thought about being a big star. Steven said you do have that dream. He said that maybe not be the Beatles but when you see the Rolling Stones come along you think that maybe you can. Howard asked if he co-wrote any songs with Bruce. Steven said that Bruce was very prolific right from the beginning. He said Bruce was writing at the age of 16. He said that it was important. He said that you learn by playing cover versions and bands aren't doing that these days.

  Howard asked if they ever got booed off stage. Steven said they were pretty good right from the start. He said they were pretty good and didn't get booed off. He said they worked for a couple of years getting good though. He said there weren't a lot of women back then. He said you were still a freak if you played in a band.

  Howard asked if it's true he's worth $120 million. Steven laughed and said that there's a decimal point off there. He said that Bruce is very generous and he's done very well with the Sopranos and his radio show. He said that he also has two channels there on Sirius. He said Robin said he might have a radio show but he has two full channels that he runs.

  Howard asked why he left the band for the first time. Steven said he got obsessed with politics. Howard said that corporations run this country. Steven said he must have read what he wrote the other day. Howard asked if he really left the band for politics. Steven said it sounds crazy but he did. Robin asked what he was going to do with that knowledge. Steven said he didn't learn much other than music so he wanted to just learn. He said he was kicked out of high school so he didn't finish school. He said that his dad was very tough on him too. He said he got kicked out of school because of the long hair he had. He said his dad eventually came around and he got along very well with him for years.

  Howard asked Steven how he got the courage to have the long hair and do what he wanted to do. Steven said he couldn't do anything else. He said he was a complete loser and didn't want to do anything but play rock and roll. He said that before the Beatles there were no bands in America. He said on February 10th everyone had a band. He said there were a bunch of bands after that and they all took advantage of what they had and the ones who were left standing had no choice. He said that's what happened to him.

  Howard said his parents must have screamed and yelled at him. Steven said they did but there was no business to get into at the time. He said that business didn't come until the 70s. He said that he moved in with a girlfriend and they lived together for a while.

  Howard asked if his mom is still around. Steven said she is and he goes to see her every week in Jersey. Steven said that the whole generation of parents at the time had no idea what was going on so it was a complete break.

  Howard asked Steven about leaving the band for the first time. He asked if Bruce pulled him aside and tried to talk to him. Steven said Bruce did and so did 100 other people. He said that he had a lot of guys who tried to talk him out of it. Steven said that they had just broken with ''The River'' and he decided to leave. Steven said they had sold 3 million records and they thought you couldn't sell more than that. Steven said after all of that work he walked away and that was very stupid.

  Howard asked how he educated himself about politics. Steven said he read a lot of books. He said that's the way education should work too. He said that you shouldn't be forced into it. He said you should be able to do it when you want to learn. Howard asked if he would go to the library and find books. Steven said he went to the book store and bought books to read. He said that he learned a lot of stuff too. He said you start to feel responsible when you learn this stuff. Steven said he realized that he was an American citizen and that's why people would come up to him at shows and ask questions about why the country was doing things they were doing.

  Howard asked Steven about what he thinks about Iraq and Afghanistan. Steven said that staying there is wrong because the Taliban has packed up and moved. He said he hates that young guys are dying over there for no good reason. He said that we can't win over there.

  Howard asked Steven what he did after leaving the band. Steven said he was writing music about politics. He said he had a lot of songs about the things that were going on around the world. He did that for 5 albums throughout the 80s.

  Howard asked when he realized he had made a mistake leaving the band. Steven said it didn't take long. He said that he looks back on it now and thinks that he never should have left. Howard asked if he called Bruce and said he made a mistake. Steven said that he had to see how far he could go with it. Then he did the 5 albums and learned what he wanted to learn.

  Howard asked Steven about the Tea Party and the Occupy protesters. He said that the big corporations just laugh when they see this stuff. Steven said that the 99 percent includes the police and it's terrible to see that.

  Howard asked Steven about Nils Loftgren taking over for him and if he got resentful. Steven said he didn't. He said it was his choice to leave so it didn't bother him. Howard said Bruce could have been vindictive and said that since he left him he wouldn't take him back. He didn't do that and took him back. Steven said that if you look on the back of Born in the USA you see that Bruce said goodbye and wished him a good journey. He said that they were both upset at the time. He said they were like brothers at the time. He said they stayed friends and they would talk all those years.

  Steven said that he was talking to Bruce one day and mentioned that it was like all of the bands in the 80s just disappeared at the same time. He said he felt bad for the audience that they had done that. Steven said he talked to Bruce about getting back together.

  Howard asked if he's obsessed with bob Seger like Bruce is. Steven said he was very cool and he plays his stuff on his Underground Garage channel.

  Howard asked if he's in love with Bruce. Steven said he is. He said he's been friends with the guy for all these years and it's like they're brothers. Howard asked if they're going to replace Clarence. Steven said they're just rehearsing now and he's not sure what they're going to do.

  Howard said he thinks that they should get a guy there who can play a lot of things and pay him a couple of bucks and not make him a band member. Steven was laughing. Howard said that he must be right and they don't want to pay the guy like they paid Clarence. Howard said they're not going to find a replacement for Clarence. Howard said someone will have to play the Saxophone parts but they don't need a replacement.

  Howard said they could do a virtual thing with clips of Clarence. Steven laughed and said he'll bring all of this up at the meetings. Howard said he has met Bruce at a couple of parties and they've tried to have conversations but it's very hard. He said that he clams up and he seems like a bigger than life guy. Howard said he can't think of anything to say. Steven said Howard is a music fan so he must be able to come up with something. Howard said he's got nothing when he's near the guy.

  Steven told Howard to just talk about The Rolling Stones and stuff like that. Howard said he should do that. He said he might let Bruce and Steven come on America's Got Talent sometime. Steven said he's a great guy.

  Howard said he heard that Sting almost fucked up the E Street Band. Howard said he heard Sting told Bruce that he should drop the band and just perform on his own like Sting did. Howard said that he did dump the band for a while. Steven said he's never heard that story. Howard said that's why Bruce dumped the band. Steven said he wasn't there at the time but he thought Bruce just wanted to try a few new things.

  Howard said that Steven has this nice thing going with acting and the tour thing. He asked if he was at Clarence's funeral. He said he was. He didn't speak though. Howard said he should have. Steven said that it's very emotional. He said it's still very emotional.

  Howard asked what it was that killed him. Steven said he guesses it was a stroke. He said he was off filming in Norway when he passed. He said Bruce was the one who called and told him. He said he got the call that he had the stoke and then Bruce called him when he died. He said it's such a terrible thing.

  Howard said Clarence's wives all showed up and they all liked him. He found that very odd. Howard said that he wanted to bang Robin too. He said that he came on to her in a way that was wild. He said that he was talking about putting her into the bathtub with him. Fred played the clip of Clarence talking to Robin while his sax was playing in the background. Howard said the guy was smitten but Robin turned him down. Steven said that was a big mistake.

  Gary came in and asked why the E Street Band isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bruce is in it but not the band. Gary said he thinks that it's because the band didn't get credit on the albums early on. Steven said that's it. He said that Clarence and Max Weinberg should be in the hall of fame. Steven said it's a complicated subject. He said it's not his favorite either.

  Howard asked Steven about the hall of fame being a joke. Steven said he doesn't think so. He said he's a big supporter of it because it's going to be the first line in your epitaph. He said that people who don't make a lot of money can still get into it. Howard said the hall of fame is meaningless to him as a fan. Steven said it does mean a lot to the guys who have been in it for many years. He said there are a lot of guys who didn't make money and it means a lot to them.

  Howard asked if the resentment is that Bruce should have said that he should have been inducted with the band. Steven said that he should talk to Bruce about that. Steven said he's not angry about that. Steven said that they had some technical reason they couldn't be inducted. Howard said that Bruce isn't listening to this right now. He asked if Bruce should have accepted without his band. Steven said he deserves to be in as a solo artist. He said that you can be in for more than one reason. Howard said he's being diplomatic and he's actually very angry about this. Steven just laughed.

  Howard asked if there's going to be a Sopranos movie. Steven said half the cast is dead so he doesn't think that's going to happen. He said he does stay in touch with James Gandolfini though.

  Howard gave Steven some plugs for his new show on Netflix. Howard told him not to leave and study politics if the show is a hit. Steven said he'll remember that.

  Howard asked Steven when the corporations took control of this country. Steven went through the process and how they came up with this decision that a corporation is a person. He said the country can be saved but it's not going to be an easy fight. He said that there are a lot of things that would need to be changed. Steven said there are basically four guys who run the country. He went through some stuff with Howard about why this country is fat and why the foods we eat won't change because the corporations are paying off politicians.

  Howard gave Steven some more plugs for his stuff and then took a call. The caller asked how he got Andrew Lou Golden on his show. Steven said that he was the Rolling Stones manager early on. He said that he had a drug problem for a few years and he talked about that on the show. He said he knew he'd make a great DJ so he brought him on. He said that's on channel 21 there at Sirius. He also has Kid Leo as a DJ on his channel. Howard said he knows that guy. Steven said they have Johnny Knoxville on the country channel too. He said they play all of the cool guys in country on that channel.

  Howard said he loves Steven and he loves talking to him. He said he's one of a kind. Howard asked the fans to check out his show on Netflix starting February 6. They went to break a short time later.

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• Best Of The Week: Eric The Actor. 02/03/12. 7:00am
  Next on Best of the Week we heard Jason Kaplan introducing the segment where Eric the Midget called in to explain why he's demanding 4 bottles of Pepsi from the producer of ''In Plain Sight.'' Here's what they played:

  Howard On Letterman This Wednesday. 01/30/12. 6:00am
  Show opening bits and songs included: Sal and Richard prank call to Eric the Midget, Connie Chung and Emery King news clip, Ronnie the Limo Driver ''Hopey Kopey'' song screw up, ''Dropping Loads Again'' song parody, Billy Preston performing ''That's the Way God Planned It'' live in the Howard Stern Show studio, ''Fuck the FCC'' song.

  Howard started the show talking about how he doesn't do characters anymore. He was doing his Out of the closet Stern character voice. He said that he evolved into this voice he does now. Howard said he was reading about Letterman and how he doesn't do weird stunts on his show anymore. Howard said his staff asked why not and he said he's just over it. Howard said on NBC he would do overnight's and he was doing the Out of the Closet Stern gargling Fred's semen on the air. Howard said they got angry with that of course. He said he's done it all already.

  Howard said he's been very busy over the past couple of days. He said by 8 o'clock he won't be so energetic. Howard told Robin that he's going to do Letterman on Wednesday since it's his 30th anniversary. Howard said he was thinking about Letterman and read about him in an article in the Daily News about him and they had something about him doing Dave's show. Howard said it said that between his time at NBC and CBS he's been on his show 41 times. Howard said that's remarkable since he's tried not to go on that show. He said that it should be a retrospective of all of his visits instead of Dave's anniversary.

  Howard said there's a lot of pressure on him about this show. He said there was a lot in the paper today actually. Howard read some of the article about Dave where they mentioned him. Howard said he's not sure how into it Dave is going to be that it's his 30th anniversary. Howard said Rob Burnett was talking about this special in the article too. They're saying they're going to keep it low key. Robin asked why he's on TV if he doesn't want to draw attention to himself. Howard said that's a good question.

  Howard said that Dave loves attention. He said he's a narcissist. Howard said that if you want to keep a low profile then you don't go on TV at all.

  Howard said he remembers Dave starting out on NBC in 1982. Howard was starting out at the same time on NBC and people thought he was David Letterman. He said when they found out he was the radio guy they didn't care who he was.

  Howard said he found out that he's been on Dave's show on CBS 26 times. He said that he thinks that if you double 26 up you get 42. Robin said that's actually 52. Howard said the majority must have been on CBS then. Howard said Robin's math was impressive. He wasn't able to do it that fast.

  Howard read more of the article where he was mentioned. Howard said that Rob said he and Dave are kindred spirits. Howard said he and Dave both hate attention and he thinks Rob knows that.

  In the article they talk about how Dave redefined late night and things like that. Howard said that's true. They pointed out some of the things that Dave has done in the past few years and how he's been honest.

  Howard said Dave allows Rob to speak to the press because he does a good job. Howard said when he let Gary talk to the press he'd fuck it up. He had to stop him from speaking to the press. Howard said Gary would say things that got him in trouble. He said that Gary got upset that he wouldn't let him speak to the press. He said that he'd always fuck things up because he was too honest. Gary said that's just not true. Howard said it's tough to speak for him because there are certain ways of speaking to the press and he just can't let other people do it.

  Howard said he should get the articles out where Gary got him charged up. He said that would get him going again.

  Howard read more of the article and talked about some of the stuff Rob was saying in the article. Howard said he's feeling a lot of pressure now. He said he's a special guest on his 30th anniversary show. Howard said they should have the girls he fucked on a panel or something. He said that would be great. He said he should have the woman who tried to extort him and the guy who was involved. Howard said they could probably count up more girls than he had visits there.

  Howard read more of Rob Burnett's quotes. Howard said he's going to refer the press to Rob from now on. He said that's what he should do. Gary said Rob loves Howard just as much so that might work. Howard said he thinks it would work. He said you know Dave isn't yelling at Rob today.

  Howard said he figured he could go on Dave's show and promote America's Got Talent. He said it's weird with these shows like American Idol. He said that their ratings have dropped. Howard said that Bob Lefsetz was writing about this and he points out that everyone wants to be nice on these shows. He said you can't be rough just to be rough but you have to give some constructive criticism. Robin said Howard wants a huge star to come out of this or he's not doing his job. Howard said that's true. He said Lefsetz was saying the greats never try out for these kind of shows. Robin said that once in a while you do get someone.

  Howard said he was watching an old Gong Show and he saw how they'd write something down during the performance and show the card. Howard said he might have to bring that back. He said he could start making the show about him if that happens. Howard said he has to watch it. Howard said he has to make sure he doesn't make it all about him.

  Howard Shoots A Super Bowl Commercial. 01/30/12. 6:20am
  Howard said on Thursday morning he shot two commercials for the Super Bowl. Robin was wondering if that's what he was going to do. Howard said he checked with them on Wednesday and said it was okay to tell the fans. Howard said it's really funny. He said he worked with a guy named Dave and the commercial is going to be very funny. He said he can't talk about what the content is so he asked the news department not to ask. Howard said they shot two versions but only one will air. Robin said that's exciting.

  Howard said they were very professional. He said that he had forgotten what that was like. He said when he shot his movie he felt that way. He said this commercial made it click in his head that this was very professional like the movie set was. He said he loves acting even if he's playing himself. He said he's been treated like an asshole around there lately. He said this commercial felt good and it was a nice day. He said he was a little bit of a Prima Donna though.

  Howard said his call time was 9:30 and he was supposed to shoot at 10:30 but then 11:30 rolled around so he got kind of upset. Howard said he asked his agent why they didn't shoot the other stuff later. Howard said he's supposed to be the star and it was almost lunch time. Howard said his agent went and asked what was going on. Howard said he told the production assistant he was going to leave in 10 minutes if they didn't get to him. He said that they got to him in a few minutes. Howard said he was kind of confused by the whole thing.

  Howard said he thought they should be shooting the other scenes and get his stuff out of the way. Robin said she can see why he'd think that. She said they gave him a certain time to be there and they didn't get to him on time. Howard said it was a great experience when they finally did get to shoot. Howard said he had a lot of fun and had a great time.

  Eric The Midget Actor Demanding Pepsi From In Plain Sight. 01/30/12. 6:25am
  Howard said Eric the Midget is on the phone. Robin said she's calling him Eric the Actor. Howard said that's because it's funnier. Robin said she saw Peter Dinklage mention another dwarf who got tossed and injured. She said that's disgusting so she's going to respect Eric and call him Eric the Actor. Howard said he's not sure he can go there with her.

  Howard got Eric on the line and said he heard from Mary McCormack about Eric on the set of the TV show. Howard said she was quite taken with him. Howard said Mary wanted to know why they make such a fuss with him. Howard said he told her that he likes Eric a lot but he can be difficult. Howard said Mary didn't see any of that on the set. Howard said he sent a copy of the letter that Eric sent to the producer, John Strauss, about his experience.

  Howard read what Eric wrote to John. Eric said that his contract stated that he'd get 2 20 ounce Pepsi colas on set. He claims that he didn't get any the whole time he was there. Howard said Eric told Strauss that if it was Johnny Depp he would have gotten them. Howard said Eric is demanding that he get 4 bottles of Pepsi because of that. Howard said that Eric is saying that this is his year end and his people are giving him hell over this.

  Howard asked who his people are. He asked if that's the guy who takes care of him. Eric said he's not sure he wants to say. Eric said if it's something that's promised in the contract then it should be honored. Robin asked why the Pepsi is such a problem. Eric said that for the future he's going to need things in his contract.

  Howard said Robin has to hear the rest of the letter. Howard read about what Eric said about how he's not telling Johnny Fratto to get involved. Eric said they should work this out and not get any lawyers involved. Howard asked if this is a joke. Eric said it's not. Howard asked if it's a bit. Eric said it's not a bit. Howard said Mr. Strauss got in touch with Gary and asked if he's for real. Gary said Strauss went back and forth with him a few times and he found out that he sent the letter to the whole staff. Gary said Strauss is saying that he must not want to ever work again. He was ready to praise the guy but now he can't.

  Howard said Eric should have said something on set while he was there. Howard said he can't be that hard up for four bottles of Pepsi.

  Howard had Johnny on the line too. Johnny said that Eric though it was the principle of the thing. Howard said he should forget about the Pepsi. He said that he's going to piss this guy off and he's not going to have good thoughts about him. Eric said Johnny is in the process of negotiating the next thing which is the appearance at the Viper Room on the 14th. He said he has a Pepsi clause in that too and he wants to make sure that they don't see that they got away with it. Howard asked if the word gets out that he's going to sue over a bottle of Pepsi and no one will touch him.

  Robin said if Eric didn't bring this up no one would even know about it. Howard said it would be funny to see Eric sue over 4 bottles of Pepsi. Robin said he'd never work again. Johnny said he thinks he has a guy who would take the case. Howard said Eric was implying that Johnny was going to go over there and fuck them up too. Johnny didn't think that's what Eric was doing. Howard said he does think that's what he was doing. Johnny said Eric said he didn't want to involve him in the whole thing. Howard said he was hinting that he might have to though.

  Howard said he understands that he has a contract that stated 4 Pepsi bottles but sometimes you just have to leave it alone. Howard said it's just 4 bottles of soda. Eric said that if they did that to Howard he'd get upset. Howard said if it's a big item then you can't let it go. He said this isn't a big item. Howard said NBC has agreed to pay for his hotel in Los Angeles but he's willing to pay for anything over what they're willing to pay for. He said sometimes you just understand the other person's point of view. Robin said if he really needed the Pepsi he should have asked for it when he was there.

  Eric said he was looking for the Pepsi and he didn't find it. Johnny said that Jon was out looking for it in the rain out there. Howard said he should have said something to them at the time. Howard said he doesn't need the Pepsi now. Howard said he shouldn't be drinking that shit anyway. Howard asked how much it is for a bottle of Pepsi. Eric said it's like a dollar to a dollar fifty. Howard said he's going to piss this guy off over 5 dollars. He said that seems a little bizarre.

  Johnny said that they have to solve this because they have this Viper Room thing coming up soon. They're calling it ''Eric's Got Talent'' and he'll be judging dancers on the pole at the club. Gary said that this is the gig that Eric yelled at him for sending to him. Johnny said that it doubled into something other than the ribbon cutting. Howard said they must be listening to this hearing that he's quibbling over $5 worth of soda. Johnny said they're gathering soda as they speak.

  Howard told Eric that he had a good experience and people liked him. Howard said Shuli was there and he saw what was going on. Shuli came in and said that he asked Eric if everything was good and he was fine the whole time he was there. He said he's surprised by this. He said he had his own trailer. He said they brought Tia Carrera to say hello to him. Howard asked if that's true. Eric said he did get to meet her after he was done with his scene. Howard asked if she got Pepsi.

  Howard asked Eric how it was meeting her. Eric said it was good. Shuli said he heard that she was on the set and he asked if he could meet her. They brought her in and Eric got to meet her. Shuli said he loved her in Wayne's World. Howard asked what else she's done anyway. Howard said she hasn't had much of a career.

  Shuli told Howard that they got to New Mexico and they had 5 cop cars outside of the library there. He said they were arresting some black guy there. Shuli said the people on set were really excited to find out when Eric was going to show up.

  Howard said he's still thinking about Tia Carrera and what he last saw her in. Howard said it may have been Wayne's World 2.

  Howard asked Eric if he's just a Pepsi fan. Eric said he is. Eric said that he wishes they'd bring back Vanilla Pepsi and some other types. Shuli said this is the kind of conversations they had in Eric's trailer. He said that you'd think he'd go nuts and order food but all he wants is Wendy's. Shuli said that Jon would move Eric from the bed and transfer him to the chair. He said this guy does the move so fast it's like the Globetrotters doing a move. He said he asked Jon if he's ever dropped Eric in the transfer. Jon quickly said no but he has dumped him on the sidewalk a few time. Howard said he wishes they had filmed that.

  Howard asked Shuli if watching him was like watching paint dry. Shuli said that you walk into the room and just go ''holy shit'' and wonder what the hell just happened to you. He said you have a conversation and Eric has a little bit of a delay before he answers. He said he stares at you for a few seconds and then answers.

  Howard asked if it's good for Eric to be eating that shit he eats. Robin said he's lived longer than he was expected to. Eric said he had a check up on the 19th and the heart problem has decreased to the point of almost being normal. Robin said they should get him in a commercial then.

  Howard said he has a guy on the phone who said that the crying Indian, that he mentioned earlier, was not a real Indian. Howard took that call and then took another call but the guy wasn't on the line.

  Howard said he went out to lunch with his daughters yesterday and some woman came up and started auditioning for him. Howard said she started singing to him. Howard said he told her he'd put her though. He didn't know what else to say.

  Johnny was talking about something that Howard didn't understand. Johnny said that he got in trouble looking at Beth's pictures. He said that he may have gotten into trouble for looking at them too long. He said his wife wasn't happy about it.

  Shuli asked Eric if John Strauss has contacted Eric back yet. Howard said John contacted Gary and said he's livid over it. Shuli said he was happy on set so this is a surprise. Howard said Eric is screwing things up with this $5 worth of Pepsi. Howard said if he had just said he didn't get the Pepsi then maybe he would have gotten a few cases of the stuff. He said he didn't have to threaten the guy. Howard asked Eric if he sees his point at all. Eric said ''maybe.'' Howard said he's going to ruin the whole experience over $5 worth of Pepsi.

  Howard said he can keep pressing for the Pepsi and maybe they'll send it to him. Howard said he sent that letter to Mary McCormack to see what he's really like. Howard said she thought there was no chance he actually wrote it. She figured that Johnny wrote it. Howard said it wasn't Johnny or Jon, it was Eric. Robin said he must have been put up to that. Howard doesn't think so.

  Shuli said that Eric is very honest and he asked about the letter off the air and he wanted to find out if it was for real. He said that Eric told him it's for real.

  Howard asked how long Shuli stayed in Eric's hotel room. Shuli said they were bored out of their minds before Eric got there. Shuli said they got Eric some fast food and they saw what was going on and then they just stood there watching Eric like he was an aquarium. Shuli said Eric will talk to you about stuff that happens on the show. He said he still talks about the guy who called in and got him pissed off a couple of weeks ago. He said that the conversation isn't spellbinding but you get to talk. He said they got a ton of stuff for Howard 100 News. He said that everyone was impressed with him. He said that Eric ad-libbed a line that the director loved. He said that they had to tape a set of keys to his hand at one point. Eric said that he asked them to give it to the woman playing his wife. Howard said the wife was kind of hot. They had a picture of her that Howard saw.

  Howard asked Eric if he got fatter. Eric said he hasn't. Howard asked about his white hair. Eric said he's just not dying it. Shuli said he took a shot of Eric from behind and from the back it looks like he got hit by a train. He said that he looks all curled up in the picture. Howard said that no matter what his affliction is he's still demanding the Pepsi.

  Johnny said this Viper Room thing is going to be great. Howard asked when that is. Johnny said it's on the 14th of February. Howard told Eric he should let go of the Pepsi thing. He said that he can ask for it when he's there and don't worry about what happened in the past.

  Eric asked Shuli if he has any memory loss. He said in the apartment the Pepsi was brought up. Howard said he got his Pepsi then. Eric said it was brought up in conversation. Shuli said that she was making up conversation. Shuli said that Jon could have walked over and gotten the Pepsi from Craft Services. Eric said that Jon did go over there but it was Coke products. Shuli said that they went to Wendy's to get a burger for Jon and they didn't have what he wanted. He said they had to call to find out what was going on and Eric was asking what kind of specials they had. He said Eric did a great job on the set though. He said he knocked it out of the park.

  Robin told Eric not to become difficult. She said you don't want to do that. He doesn't have that kind of clout yet.

  Howard took a call from a guy who said that this is unbelievable. He said that he would give an arm to have one scene. He told Eric to forget about the Pepsi because that shit chews up your insides anyway. He said that they should all get into heaven for having to deal with this.

  Another caller said that maybe the Pepsi agreement was a catering agreement. He said that he has done stuff with his kids in show business and they will give you whatever you need from the caterers. Howard said he has had some great food at these shoots. He said that they should all be so lucky to have that kind of service. The caller said that Eric was probably the second or third person to eat on set. He said that they should have gotten the Pepsi there at the caterer. Shuli said he's sure they would have gotten someone to go out and get him Pepsi if he had just asked for it.

  Howard said Eric could have wheeled over and asked someone to go get it for him. Shuli said that's the baffling thing to him. He said he should have asked for it then.

  Ralph called in and Howard said he was on the set of the commercial with him. Ralph said that it's going to be really good.

  Ralph said that Eric is getting some bad advice from someone. He said he has someone in his ear telling him to do this. He said he's being a bit of a dick about this. He said it's a bottle of Pepsi. Howard said that's what he's been telling him. He said they were feeling good about Eric and now he's threatening to sue over 4 bottles of Pepsi.

  Howard asked Eric if he's going to sue over the 4 bottles. Eric said he has to think about it. Ralph said he's being an idiot about this. Eric said Ralph should know about being an idiot. Howard said he should listen to Ralph since Ralph knows about being an idiot. Ralph said Howard was at a major shoot the other day and he wasn't even demanding anything. He just demanded to work.

  Howard asked if they were getting through to Eric at all. Eric said ''I do not know.'' Howard said he's like a magic 8 ball. Shuli said they treated him like everyone else on set and he can't believe this is happening. Shuli said that John Strauss took so much shit over this and he couldn't have been happier. He said this has to be a knife in his heart. Ralph said it went too well and now he has to ruin it. Howard said he's right. He said Eric wants to be involved in some way. Howard said he thinks this is his way of holding on to the show and not letting it go. Robin said he might be right.

  Ralph asked Howard to read the lawyer line from Eric's letter again. Howard read the note where he says he'd rather not bring Johnny Fratto or the lawyers into it. Howard said Eric is going to be at the Viper Room on the 14th of February. Robin said that's on Valentine's day. Johnny said they're doing Eric's Got Talent there. They're calling it ETA, EGT. Howard said that's where River Phoenix overdosed. He wrapped up with Johnny and Eric after that. Howard congratulated Eric on the TV show shoot. Ralph said if he dropped the whole thing maybe they'd have him back on the show. Howard did his impression of Eric telling Ralph that this is their last season so they can't have him back. Ralph said that John Strauss may produce another show though.

  Howard was about to let Eric go but Eric said his show is supposed to air on March 23rd on the USA Network. Shuli said they may have to dub in Eric screaming at one point. He said they asked him to scream and Eric would deliver it the exact same way every time. Howard asked what the line was. Eric said it was ''Crap, don't let the bunnies out!'' Howard asked Eric to do it as angry and upset as he is. Eric would say the line the same each time. Shuli said he was sitting there with headphones on watching it in the monitor wondering how he was up there doing it. Shuli said they had to do 5 takes just trying to get the bunny to go out the door. Eric was saying that you don't work with kids or pets in show business. Shuli told Eric to pretend that the bunny was a caller that hates him. Howard told Eric to just yell. Eric said he can't yell. It's too early there. Johnny did his line for him and said he'd get those bunnies out. Eric wasn't playing along so Howard gave up.

  Howard spent a short time doing his Eric impression with Fred. Howard was doing his line about the bunny and doing it the same every time. Ralph and Johnny were laughing. Eric wasn't. Howard would ask Fred, as Eric, to give it more emotion and Fred would do the line exactly the same every time.

  Howard wished Eric luck with his lawsuit. He wrapped up and was about to let them go but Fred got in another line as Eric doing the bunny thing. Everyone said goodbye as Eric. Eric said that he plans to call in when Howie is on this week. Howie Mandel will be in on Wednesday.

  Shuli asked Eric to do a line for an America's Got Talent commercial and just do it like he's really excited. Eric didn't want to wake anyone up. They just told him to do the line. Eric did it but he just sounded annoyed. Howard thanked everyone and went to break since they had gone an hour and 15 minutes already.

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• Best Of The Week: Howie Mandel. 02/03/12. 8:25am
  Next on Best of the Week we heard Gary Dell'Abate introducing the Howie Mandel interview segment. Here's what they played:

  Howie Mandel Visits. 02/01/12. 7:05am
  After the break Howard came right back and had Howie Mandel come in. Howard said he never thought that they'd be working on the same show. Howard said they're only two weeks away from taping their first show together. Howard said that he noticed that Howie has a certain look on the show. It looks like a jump suit of some sort. Howard asked who dresses him. Howie said that Katia dresses him. He asked if someone called him about that. Howard said they did tell him about the wardrobe person. He said that they do hold on to your outfit for continuity but that's all he's heard.

  Howie said he doesn't think that Howard is being truthful. He said that Katia is there at the show so she will be in charge of that stuff. Howie said that he told Katia that he was into tunics and things like that. He said that she asked if he was serious and he told her he was. He said it got really awkward and he never reconnected and told her he was kidding.

  Howard told Howie that he had a bunch of the guys from NBC there and he asked about the wardrobe and they told him about what Howie did. He said that she went out and bought up all of the renaissance stuff she could find. Howard said he was thinking that they should have a uniform for the show. Howie said he really doesn't think about anything.

  Howie said that Katia looks at what he wears and then he gets boxes of the stuff that they gave him. He said he dresses out of those boxes. Howard said that he has Ralph to help him. He said that he has a TV show he does every day so he has to have someone help him. Howie said he finds that funny.

  Howard told Howie that if he fucks with him on the show he's going to kill him. He said he knows what he did to Piers Morgan. Howie said if he hears that there's a weakness Howard has then he's going to take advantage of him. Howard said if he does that he's going to make Howie's life miserable. He said he will take advantage of that germ phobia.

  Howie asked if he was really complaining about the lighting on the show. Howard said of course he is. He said he has to light this face he has. Howie said he's going to bring lights to light Howard with then.

  Howie said that this job is not a real job. He said that what Howard does here on the radio is a real job. He said it requires a lot of effort. Howie said that this show is so easy to do. He said he used to do the exact same thing sitting on his couch at home.

  Howard said he's used to getting up at 4 in the morning and the tapings are going to be like 12 hours long. He said they told him that Howie drags things out. Howie said that it's really not like that and he doesn't believe they said that. Howie said he loves the schedule. Howard said he wants to go home at some point. Howie said if you can't focus and you're tired then you tell the act what the problem is. Howard said he's there once his adrenalin is going.

  Howard said he wants to be there to find real talent. He said he thinks that Howie put through people just to irk Piers. Howie said he loves the show because it's so much more than a singing and dancing competition. He said that it's so much more than singing and dancing. Howard agreed. Howie said that he would love to see someone else, other than a singer, win this show. He said he doesn't care who it is. He said that he's not a big magic fan but if someone figures out a way to do it in an interesting way, he's all for it. Howie said there are many times when there will be singer after singer and they're no better than any other singer you see on a cruise ship. Then you see an Eric the Actor and someone like Piers will say that's not a talent. Howie said that he would rather listen to Eric than another singer. Howard said that's the Tiny Tim factor. He said that Tiny Tim would get voted off but he went on to be a huge star. Howard said he was interesting.

  Howie said there are so many other things that they can have on that show. Howard said they have to unite and figure out what their criteria is going to be. Howie said that he's over thinking it. Howard said he wants to know if they're looking for an act who is compelling and great or are they looking for a freak show. Howie said a freak show like Blue Man Group can be huge. Howard said that they were fully organized though.

  Howard asked why Howie put through those chipmunk looking people. He figured he did it to irk Piers. Howie said yes and no on that. He said he would rather bring them forward than another singer. He said that the people were funny and he thinks that he could create a Vegas show around them. Howard said it's up to them to create the show, not Howie.

  Howie told Howard that he knows Howard didn't like the kite flying kid that was on a couple of seasons ago. He said that a guy like that can create something out of that act. He said that he'd need some help getting it going but it could work. Howard asked if he won't put through any singers. Howie said if they're good he'll put them through.

  Howard said Piers told him that if you put through mediocre acts you can never get rid of them because America will vote to keep them on. Howie said it's different when you see this stuff in the room live. Howard said he can't stand the guys like Michael Buble and this Sinatra impersonator. Howard said he doesn't think there is room for 20 Michael Buble's on the show. He said this Sinatra guy was a novelty act. He said he's looking for a superstar. Howie said that even if they don't win they can be superstars.

  Howard asked Howie about his teaming up with Sharon. Howie said he thinks he's the voice of reason on that show. Howard said he thinks that he was the first season but later on he was just on to irk Piers. Howie said that's really not the case.

  Howie said he thinks that there are people out there that they can turn into an act. He said there was a guy on the show a couple of years ago who did voices and they all sounded the same. He said he could build an act out of that. Howard said these people have to come out and wow you. Howie said they really don't. Howard said there was a woman on the show who had a comedy act and she was okay but she didn't have any material. Howie said he agrees. He said that she needed a writer. Howard said he can't sit there and imagine their act for them.

  Howard asked what happens during Vegas Week. Howie said they decide on who will go through. He said that it's very competitive and they will argue. Howard said he doesn't want to argue. Howard said they should just listen to him and put through the people he thinks should get through. Howie said they might be up until 2 in the morning. Howard said he can't be up that late.

  Howard asked if it's hard to make the final cut. Howie said it's brutal. He said they're cutting people that were great and they have to work with the producers to cut people. Howie said they get very passionate about people. He said they have to live with this stuff. He said they face the people and cut them. Howard said that's going to be the hard part for him.

  Howard said he had a guy call in the other day with his daughter's singing but he had to tell him that he shouldn't bring her. Howie said the difference here is that they're standing in front of you. He said it's very tough. He said that they all show up in Vegas and they're put into 3 groups. He said they have one group that goes right to New York. Another group is told they're going to perform there and they have some spots open. He said there are 22 spots open. Then if they can't find 22 out of that group then the third group goes and they pick from that group.

  Howard said this sounds fun but there's a responsibility there too. Howie said that their words are like daggers to these people. Howard asked Howie if he thinks that he would have done something like this early on in his career. Howie said he has been on other shows over the years where he judged. Howard said he was actually turned on to him on the Merv Griffin show.

  Howard asked how he works and does his comedy shows. Howie said he will fly out and do them when he has a free weekend.

  Howard asked Howie about promoting his Twitter account. He said he doesn't need to do that. Howie said he's @HowieMMandel on Twitter. Howie told Howard that he would read the tweets live on the show and he was doing that before Howard ever got on Twitter. Howard said he saw him do that but he thinks he's promoting it too much. Howard said you have to tune those people out.

  Howie said he thinks that they're looking for someone who is marketable to the country. He said he reads Twitter and he wants to be informed by what's happening out there. Howie said that they told him to stop that but this past year they told everyone to do it.

  Howard asked how often they get to have sex with the good looking women on the show. Howie jokingly said it's encouraged but... Howard said that you just send out the vibe and hope for the best.

  Howard asked how much down time they get on the show. Howie said they don't get much. He said he loves the good and bad acts. Howard said he told Robin that he has to get on one of these shows to judge because it has to be the best job ever. Howie told Howard to stop thinking about it and just show up to the party. Howard said he's glad he told him that.

  Howard asked Howie if he heard the rumor about adding a 4th judge. Howie said he did hear that. Howard said he heard that Simon was pushing for it but they didn't let it happen. Howie said he's not sure how that would work. He said during the live show that would be tough. He said you have 20 seconds to critique the act and he's not sure how a fourth judge would work.

  Howard said when he heard about this show he wanted to see the acts ahead of time. He said that they didn't want to let him do that. Howard said he thinks that the secret is that it's not the Howard Stern Show. He said they just want him to come in and judge.

  Howie said it was a tough adjustment for him. He said that it can be hard to hear people booing him in the audience when he tells someone they can't sing. He said it was very tough the first time he did it. He said they turn on you and hate you in a second. Howie again told Howard to stop thinking about this. He said you just show up and do the show. He said you can't think about it too much.

  Howard said he's been told they just want his opinion and they move on from there. Howie said if you over think it then it'll show. Howie said that he doesn't prepare and that's how he handles it. Howie said Howard's honest is what they're looking for. He said that he can't try to be something he's not.

  Howard asked Howie if Sharon is excited about this. Howie said he thinks that she is. He said it's going to be tough because she's got The Talk out in California. Howard said that he thought she said that she was on board but Robin said that she said that it was going to be a problem if they moved it to New York. Howard said that America's Got Talent is more important than that show she's doing. Howard said she should give that show up if she gives anything up. Howie said he hasn't talked to her yet so he's not sure what's going on. He thinks she's on board because they would have heard something if she wasn't.

  Howard said he heard that Piers got upset when Sharon put her bare tits on his face and took a picture of it. Howie said that she did that and Piers was upset. He said that he may have gotten upset because he's the anchor at CNN now. Howard said he would love that every day if he could get it.

  Howard said he is honored that they chose him to take this job. He said that he approaches everything in a very serious manner. He said he's taking this job very seriously. Howie told him to just have fun and be himself. Howard said The Hoff didn't take it seriously. Howie said he thinks he did and he took it as seriously as he takes his life and hamburgers.

  Howard said he thinks that if they don't take this seriously then it's not going to be good. Howie said he just learned how to do this and he thinks it's going to take an adjustment for Howard. He said he's going to get booed and that takes some getting used to. Howie said they will go through crap on some days and it's just crap, crap, crap all morning long. He said the show is great though.

  Howard said he told Nick Cannon that he loves him on the show. He said he's worried about the guy because of how much he works. Howard said he has announced he's directing a movie. He said this is a guy who is not aware of his own health. He said he definitely doesn't want to be home. Howard said he's like a Jamaican and taking 50 jobs. Howard said he wants him on the show and he should give up a couple of jobs. Howard said he thinks this directing a movie thing is a mistake. Howard said they tell him that he lays down during breaks on the show and sleeps. Howie said he does. He said Ryan Seacrest seems unemployed compared to Nick.

  Howard said that he heard about this schedule Nick has and he works all day long. Howard asked how he's alive. Howie said that one of his kidneys quit and left. Howard asked if he's ever told him to calm down. Howie said he has never done that. He said he doesn't put any thought into the show.

  Howard asked Howie why he doesn't call him. Howie said he's hard to get a hold of. He said he's tried calling but he gets this voice mail. He said they tell him that they're looking for Howard. He said he calls back and tries to get him again and he's not there. Howard said sometimes he's not home. He said he will answer his messages though. Howie said that's okay if he doesn't want to talk to him. Howard said he never left a message. Howard said if he doesn't leave a message then he never knows if he called. Howie said that he called Gary and he knows Howard's phone rings. Howard said he loves him and he would talk to him if he'd leave a message.

  Howard asked how the OCD is. Howie said it's not good. He said that he's doing this show ''Mobbed'' now and that doesn't help. He said that they do this flash mob thing on the show. He said he loves hidden camera things and he figured that if someone has a secret they can do it with a flash mob. He said the first one they did was a musical. He said that you can quit or tell your spouse that you're cheating if you want. Howie said tonight's show is a really good one but he doesn't want to give it away. He said it didn't work out the way they thought it would. He said as the dance breaks out this guy thought he was going to die and he started to say ''leave me the fuck alone'' and walked out. He didn't want to stick around to see it. Howie said they had 2,000 people waiting there to do it.

  Howard said he heard that Howie would come home and shower for 2 hours when he was in high school because of the OCD. Howie said that is true.

  Howard took a call from Ham Hands Bill who asked Howie about his wife and if he's able to go down on her with the OCD. He also had Howard and Howie confused about which one he was talking to. Howie said that they have two Howard's on AGT now and one Osbourne. He said that he calls it H2O. Howie said he can do that to his wife. Howard said he must prefer not to go down on her. Howie said it's the hand shaking thing that bothers him. Howard said the woman's vagina must have more germs than a hand. Howie asked if he's ever seen a vagina cough. Howard said he heard he was freaked out by Ronnie coughing out in the hall. Howie said he heard him coughing and hacking but Ronnie said that it's just his voice. He claimed he wasn't sick.

  Ronnie came in real quick to say that his voice is shot from working and he's not sick. Howard and Howie seem to think that he's actually sick.

  Howie told Howard that the opening of America's Got Talent is a nightmare. He said he doesn't want to touch the audience. He said he loves the audience but he doesn't want to touch them. Howard said he felt for him seeing him giving high fives and stuff. Howard said he thinks that he could do that but he'd have to use Purell. Howie said he overused that stuff and got warts from killing off all of the antibodies that were on his hands. Howard asked if he ever forgets and shakes a hand. Howie said he never does. He said he will only fist bump.

  Howard asked what's going on with Deal Or No Deal. Howie said they did 500 episodes. He said there is some talk of bringing it back. He said he's really not sure what they're going to do. He said Fear Factor is back so you never know what they'll bring back.

  Howie said he had his son working as an intern there on Deal or No Deal and they had to ask him to talk to the kid because he had his office set up under the steps where the girls would stand. Howie said that his son and his single friends really miss him doing that show.

  Howard said he's the first real American judge on the show. Howie said he's American now. Howard wasn't aware of that.

  Howard said that he had a discussion about doing some promotion with Howie and Sharon but he's not sure when that will happen. He said he expects it to happen at some point. Howard asked Howie about how they're going to handle the show when they have to let someone else speak. Howie said that it's going to be a big adjustment. He said that Howard should just not think about it and just go with it and whatever happens, happens.

  Robin asked what Howard is going to be called on the show. Howard said he'll be Howard or the King of All Media or Your Majesty. Howie will be Howie. Howard said they have Sharon and Nick and let's go do this thing already.

  Howard said tonight he's watching himself on Letterman. He gave Howie a plug for his ''Mobbed'' show that's on FOX tonight after American Idol. Howard asked how many followers he has on Twitter. Howie said he has over 300,000. He said it's not that much.

  Howard said that he'll see Howie in a week or two at their first taping for America's Got Talent. Howie told Howard not to worry about it. Howard said he doesn't want to get sick going there so that's what he worries about. Howie said they're two neurotic guys telling each other not to worry. Howard said if he listens to Howie he'll get nuts. That's why he won't take his calls. Howard gave Howie some more plugs and asked what he's doing today. Howie said he's going to be the co-host with Kelly Ripa today. They have J-Lo on the show today. Howie said he heard she lost 60 pounds... Marc Anthony moved out.

  Howard said J-Lo just broke up and she's already with another guy. Howard said that this is her third marriage and she's already out with another guy. Howard said she should date a little bit. Howard said he's a judge so he'd judging. Robin said if she's happy then let her do her thing. Howard asked if Howie will ask her how long it took for the guy to get into her pants. Howie said he's not preparing so he's just going to see what happens.

  Howard said he knows what Letterman is going to be like tonight. Howie said as a judge he doesn't prepare. He said he will prepare for a talk show like Howard does.

  Howard said they say that the ratings for Kelly Ripa's show are higher now that Regis is gone. Howard asked if Howie has been asked to do the show permanently. Howie said no. Howard said they say they're close to finding a replacement now. Howie said they have to be closer because some day they will pick someone to replace him.

  Howard gave Howie some more plugs and wrapped up with him. Howard told Howie that Robin can tell him how great it is to work with him. Robin said that he's in for the time of his life. Howie said that he has a guy with him who wants to sketch them together. Howard said he can do that. He told Howie to stop worrying and just listen to him. He said that he is going to learn new neurosis after begin around him. Howie said he can't wait. He said this is going to be a television explosion of the decade... but tonight it's ''Mobbed.'' Howard went to break a short time later.

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• Best Of The Week: Ronnie's Block Party And More. 02/03/12. 9:35am
  Next on Best of the Week we heard JD Harmeyer introducing the segment where Ronnie talked about his block party and more. Here's what they played:

  Jon Leiberman's News Preview. 01/31/12. 7:15am
  After the break we heard a prank call Sal and Richard made to a phone sex operator using Hate Man audio clips. Fred also played a version of The Beatles ''Strawberry Fields'' as they were coming back.

  Howard came back and said that prank call might be one of his favorites. Howard also sang along to the song Fred was playing. Howard said that people tune in to hear him sing along. Howard asked where Mark David Chapman is now. He said he hopes someone has their dick up his ass in prison. Howard said he hopes it's a big, thick dick too. He said that guy had to kill John Lennon to get attention from mom and dad.

  Howard said that Ronnie the Limo Driver is on fire with his ''Whoa, whoa, whoa... stop the clock.'' phrase. He played a clip of a sports reporter using the line during a newscast.

  Howard had Jon Leiberman come in with his news preview. Howard said that he had to interrupt and say that this comedian Paul Sheer had a review of this Iron Lady movie and how it wasn't a great sequel to Iron Man. Howard said he thought that was pretty funny.

  Jon said that they have some updates on Benjy and Elisa's show last night. He said that Elisa's family was there and Benjy was shaking during the set. He said he was reading the lyrics off of his knuckles too. He said that Medicated Pete gave them a pep talk before the gig. He told them how he calms himself down before calling into the show.

  Howard asked why Lisa G didn't cover this. Jon said that she may have been too emotionally involved in the story. Jon said that Lisa and Elisa have traded some barbs. Howard said Lisa might be biased then.

  Jon said that people thought the performance was better than expected by the fans. Howard asked if Elisa trashed Lisa G on stage. Jon said that it wasn't on stage but she did say some stuff about Lisa off stage. Jon said that you'd never expect a fight to break out over Benjy. Howard said you can't be biased like that when you're a reporter. Jon said he thinks Brad Driver made the right call in that whole thing. He said that he might be more fair than Lisa would be.

  Jon said that they have a story about Ronnie the Limo Driver's Twitter account may have been hacked. Ronnie had said something about ''pooping a boob'' and Ronnie claims that it had to have been hacked.

  Ronnie came in and said that Jon doesn't know what he's talking about. Ronnie barely had a voice after all of the yelling he did over the weekend. Howard said he has to stay up until 2 in the morning with that whole thing. Howard said he's sick. Ronnie said he's not. He just lost his voice.

  Ronnie told the guys that he knows what happened. He said someone tweeted through his account and he knows how it happened. He said he can't say who it was. Howard asked Ronnie how he found out who did it. Ronnie said he knows who did it. He said they didn't hack his account. Ronnie said he found out yesterday. Howard said it has to be Stephanie or someone who has his account information. Ronnie said the quote was supposed to be about ''popping'' a boob and not pooping a boob.

  Jon said he told Shuli what was going on over the weekend. Howard asked why he can't say who did it. Ronnie said he just can't say it. Howard asked why. Ronnie said it's because he doesn't want to. Howard said this is fucking retarded. Ronnie said he doesn't want to. Howard asked if it's someone he was cheating with. Ronnie told him to stop it. He said he's just not going to say. Jon said he can speculate who has his password. He said maybe it was ZenaBuddysGirl. Ronnie told them to stop it. Howard asked if it was his daughter in law. Ronnie said no. Ronnie wasn't giving up the information. Ronnie said he doesn't want to tell anyone. He said that they're fucking annoying him.

  Howard asked why he's being a douche. Ronnie said he doesn't want to tell who did it. He said that's his happiness not to tell Jon. He said that he won't tell Howard on the air but he will tell Howard off the air. Ronnie said he doesn't want to tell Jon anything. Howard said that it's not a big deal, they just want to know who did it. Jon said that it is a big deal to the fans.

  Howard said that he should just tell the story. Ronnie said he doesn't know. Howard kicked him out of the studio. He said he's a fucking weirdo. Howard told him not to use the show and the audience anymore for his purposes. Howard said he should just tell them what happened. He said he has no good reason not to tell them who it was. Howard said you don't come in there and be all clammed up like that.

  Jon said that they spent the day with Mariann from Brooklyn and she revealed that she loves everyone on staff other than JD and Scott DePace. She has also been trying to get in touch with Tim Sabean but he won't call her back. Jon said they followed her to a pork store while they were there at her house.

  Jon said they have a new system there and they have access to the old shows. Gary can't get into the system because his name has an apostrophe in it so it broke the system.

  Jon said that Ham Hands Bill is in talks to play a part in a movie called ''Mark of the Cobra'' and they spoke to the producer of the film.

  Jon said that KC Armstrong has plead not guilty to drunk driving and he has a trial today. He said that Steve Grillo is jobless again and he's out trying to sell new lighting programs and software to the staff there. Jon said that he's not working as a bartender or as a pizza maker. He said that Grillo has been taking acting lessons from Jagger Kaye and Jagger tells them that he has the ability to do bit roles.

  Ronnie's Block Party And His Weird Tweet. 01/31/12. 7:35am
  Howard let Jon go and took a call. The caller said that he had a wrap up of the Seattle show. He said that Ronnie was yelling a lot at the show. He said that he invaded Shuli and Yucko's set and took the mic from both of them. He said that Scott was also heckling people at the show. He said he had a hell of a time at the show though.

  Scott came in and said he wasn't heckling anyone there. The caller said he did too. He said that he was telling one of the comedians that he sucked and he should get off stage. Howard asked Shuli if that happened. Shuli said they weren't heckling. He said that Scott and Ronnie aren't professionals so the do things a little differently.

  Shuli said that Ronnie takes that whole Twitter thing way too seriously. Ronnie told Howard that Shuli is the same way. He said that he was talking about what people were saying on the trip to the airport. Howard said he can imagine Ronnie freaking out so he thinks that he's right. Shuli said that the tweet that the person put out was so nothing and it didn't make sense that someone had hacked into his account.

  Shuli said that he was posting pictures of Ronnie and Scott on his Twitter account. He said that people love them. Shuli said they fooled Scott into thinking that they were about to crash at one point. He said that he woke up and just said ''fuck you'' and went back to sleep.

  Howard saw some of the pictures that Shuli was tweeting out that day. He got a laugh out of that. Shuli said that you can follow him @shalomshuli

  Ronnie told Howard what happened with the tweet that got out. He said Shuli asked him about it and so did JD. He said he was asleep at the time it happened. He said that Shuli kept hammering him and hammering him over the whole thing. Ronnie said it was Stephanie who did the tweet. Howard said he knew it.

  Shuli said that they drove to pick up Scott to go to Seattle. He said that as soon as the picked him up it started to rain really heavy. He said that he told Ronnie that they all had to sit in the back of the cab. He said that he did that just to bust his balls. Ronnie said the car was a disaster too. It was raining and the wipers weren't working.

  Shuli said they went to a store in the airport and they had to shut down the store once they got there because the cash register broke. He said that the black cloud was really following them there. Shuli said people were telling him to change his flight. He said that he though about doing that too. Scott said they made it there just fine.

  Scott uses his phone to play music from. Shuli said that the phone crashed so he had to take the battery out and restart it. Shuli said no one uses a phone to DJ. Scott said he's able to do everything he needs to do from his phone. Shuli said he doesn't turn his ringer off so it rings in the middle of the show. Shuli said he tried calling it during the middle of the show. He said it was ringing through the whole P.A. system. He said Scott picked it up too. He told Scott to turn the ringer off during the show. Howard said this has to be the most unprofessional show ever. Ronnie said people loved it.

  The caller from Seattle said that Scott played a Cher song for Ronnie. Scott said that was for Ronnie because he likes Cher.

  Shuli said that this guy on the phone was the guy who almost died coming up to the green room. Shuli told Howard about how Scott was back at his room as soon as the show was over. He said he didn't stick around to hang out with anyone.

  Ronnie said they took him out to a gay bar after the show. Shuli said that about 40 people were in on that and didn't tell Ronnie. Ronnie said as soon as he got in there some guy tried to kiss him. Shuli said that Howard TV didn't come to this show.

  Shuli told Howard about this one girl who was there at the show for a Hot Chick contest. Her boyfriend told her that he'd leave if she went up there. She went up and the boyfriend walked out. Shuli said that she didn't even need to get topless because her top was so revealing. Howard said that he had to take a break so they can get to Little Steven.

  Scott said that they're doing a show in Hartford soon and JD is going to fill in for Ronnie. Howard asked JD what he's going to do there. JD said he has some things planned. He said he has a story to tell about Artie and a road gig. Howard said you know he's going to rush through the story so it'll be unintelligible. Howard imagined what that might sound like and he did his impression of JD. Fred got in on that too.

  Ronnie said that JD should get ready for the pranks. Shuli said he won't prank JD. Howard asked JD what else he's going to do. JD said that he's afraid that people aren't going to like what he does. He said Ronnie is such a maniac. Ronnie said he told some stories this time and he changed the way he does things at these shows.

  Howard said JD should just recite a Chris Rock bit. JD said he thought about that but he's not a stand-up so he doesn't want to do that. Shuli said they should be fine. They can use up the time at the show. Howard and Fred did more of their JD impressions and goofed on him for a short time. Ronnie pointed out that Scott was just staring and this is what he does at the shows. Fred played a phone ringing and Cher's song ''Believe'' in the background.

  Howard said he's fascinated by Scott doing nothing. He said he does nothing there when something goes wrong in the studio. He said he just stands there and he can imagine what's going on at the show. Shuli said he's fixated on Scott at the show himself. Howard said he had to go to break after that.

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• Best Of The Week: Sound Byte Challenge. 02/03/12. 10:20am
  Next up on Best of the Week we heard Will Murray introducing the Sound Byte Challenge segment. Here's what they played:

  Celebrities Getting Old. 02/01/12. 8:10am
  After the break we heard a Jack and Rod Show bit where Sal and Richard spoke to an author about his book and had him performing an exorcism on Crazy Alice audio clips. Fred also played Madonna's ''Ray of Light'' as they were coming back.

  Howard came back and sang along to the Madonna song saying he's so ready for the half time show at the Super Bowl. Howard was doing his effeminate voice when he said that.

  Howard said that he likes that Howie Mandel. He said he remembers him being famous really early on in life. He said that he thinks he's younger than he is but he remembers seeing him on Merv Griffin a long time ago. Gary said it must have been around 1978 or so when he was on that show. Howard said he has too much respect for that guy to be adversarial like Piers was.

  Howard said that Howie was born in 1955 so he's essentially the same age as he is. Howard wondered how old Sharon was. Fred said Sharon was born in 1952. Howard said she's older than he is.

  Howard said he never would have predicted that he and Robin would still be together after all these years. He said it's a miracle. He said she still looks really good too. He said that she'll never know if she falls apart though. He said he'll just tell her she looks good no matter what.

  Gary brought up Mary Tyler Moore and how hot she was early on. Howard said that they had to limit the number of times she wore capri pants on that show because people were going so nuts over her. Howard said they weren't even allowed to sleep in the same bed on TV.

  Howard asked Gary what they were talking about. Gary asked if Howard was going to leave the public eye when he's done with radio. Howard said he saw David Steinberg the magician and he looks really old. Robin said she sees him all the time so she doesn't notice as much.

  Gary said that Betty White looks younger than Mary Tyler Moore now. Howard said that Betty was married to Alan Ludden and she lost him at a young age. Howard said that he was a great game show host. Howard said that he may have been a prick but in her mind he was great. Howard said that no one married her after that. Howard said if he had lived he may have ended up fucking Angelina Jolie for all they know.

  Gary said that his dad died and his mom loved him even more after that. Gary said that they argued all the time when he was alive. Now that he's gone he's a saint.

  Sal And Richard's Latest Prank And More. 02/01/12. 8:20am
  Howard said Newt Gingrich lost the primary in Florida. Howard said it's a miracle that he got any traction at all. Howard said he's going to stick with it so he can sell books and stuff. Gary said that Romney can't get everyone behind him even though he seems to be the guy at this point.

  Howard said Mitt Romney sang a song like Obama did recently. Howard said he has to give it to Obama over Romney. Howard played some of Obama singing Al Green and then played some of Romney singing. Howard said he looks at that guy and thinks he's like his dad's age. Fred said he is older. He was born in 1947. Howard said that Romney sang America the Beautiful. He said only older guys like your parents would sing that. Howard played the audio of him singing and he wanted to hit his buzzer on him in the middle of the song. Gary said this reminds him of Elvis crow barring a song into a movie.

  Howard said Sal and Richard got through to Tradio again. He played their new call which was actually to a Swap Swap show. They sent in some notes about what they had for sale and they had Sal's Pouch stuff and a Mike Morales ''Pole Smoker'' for sale. They also got in an email for JD for a huge load from Lexington Steel.

  Howard said those guys must get no emails. Howard said that Richard has to get back to work and stop staring at Brad Pitt. Howard said Richard is looking down from the 36th floor trying to see Brad down at NBC this morning.

  Howard Stern Show Sound Byte Contest Finals. 02/01/12. 8:30am
  Howard said they have a $10,000 prize to give away today. The prize money is from Identity Guard. He said that they have 5 people there who sent in song parodies made from audio clips from the show.

  First up was Chris who manages and office for a construction company. He said he used to run a recording studio. He said today it's tough to keep it going. He said that he lives in the Boston area and it's hard to have a company like that. It's too easy to do that stuff at home these days. Howard said that a lot of people named their song the same thing. This one is ''Howard Stern Is The Man.'' Howard said they have people like Fred and Gary judging the contest today. He said he has a special judge today too. His name is JD Harmeyer. Howard said he was going to name Will but JD is much funnier. Will agreed.

  Howard asked JD when he's going to cut his hair. JD said he will when he feels like it. JD said he's letting it grow and people tell him it looks better. Howard asked if he's having a better sex life now. JD said he hasn't. Robin asked if he's watching the Napoleon Dynamite cartoon. JD said he has seen the first two episodes. Robin said she likes the show. Robin asked JD to say ''dang it'' for her. JD did it but he wondered if he should do it as JD or as Napoleon. Robin said his own voice would be fine. JD did it and it sounds an awful lot like Napoleon.

  Howard said that Chris MacDonald is first up today. He played his song byte contest entry ''Howard Stern Is The Man.'' He used the ''Howard Stern is the man'' audio clip and a ton of other clips from the show.

  Howard introduced Jordan Moser next. He said he's only been listening to the show for 6 months now. He said he's a sound engineer for TV and radio. Howard asked how the song came to him. Jordan said he heard the George Takei ''Actually I like to touch'' clip and that inspired this song. He said that the Debbie the Pet Lady stuff reminds him of his mom so he thinks that those prank calls are hilarious. Jordan's song is also called ''Howard Stern Is The Man.'' Howard played the song which was another great mix of George Takei, Little Lupe and a bunch of other clips.

  Howard introduced Adam Vargas next. He's from Texas. Adam said he's been playing guitar for 20 years and he makes a living from that. Howard asked where he plays. Adam said he does studio sessions and plays with bands in the Latin market. Howard asked if he ever worked with anyone famous. JD was laughing but he was laughing at the sound effects Fred was playing as Adam was talking. Fred was playing chicken clucking clips.

  Howard played Adam's song that's also named ''Howard Stern Is The Man.'' He also mixed it up with a bunch of clips from the show. He may have used almost all of the clips that they had available for the contest. Howard said it was beautiful. He asked how long it took to put it together. Adam said it was pretty easy actually. He loves the show and he's been listening for about 20 years now.

  Howard said maybe they should team up and create a super group. Howard said next up was Frank Charles. Howard said that he looks like he's been working out. Howard said he's been working out too. He said he can bench 95 pounds. Frank said he's out of shape and he thinks he could lift 195 pounds. He's only 5'4'' tall though. He said that when you're not a good looking guy so he has to make his body look good. He said he's a DJ so he's like a star when there are no stars in the room. He said that there are some people who can do pretty well doing that kind of thing. He said that he made good money working at a hotel in Vegas working for the son of Spain's Prime Minister. Howard asked if he gets laid a lot. Frank said everyone gets laid in Vegas. He said he has a lot of stories. He said he has gone out to his car to fuck girls while he's got his DJ stuff playing on auto. He said he has banged porn stars from the AVN conventions too. Howard asked if they're 10s. Frank said he has had 10s and some 7s and 8s. He said he's had threesome's and things like that too.

  Fred told Howard that you get to work with stripper type girls at the clubs and you get a relationship going whit them and then take them home and bang them. He said he has cut back from what he was doing in his 20s though. He said that he's been in Vegas for 8 years and the women there are easier than they were in New Jersey. He said you can get laid in a heartbeat out there. He said he will never live on the East coast again after living in Vegas. Howard said JD just moved out there and he's no longer a judge.

  Howard said he had women come on to him out in Vegas and he's right about how crazy things were out there. Frank said he wishes he was Howard. He said he could get so much free stuff out there. JD suggested they move the show to Vegas. Howard said he'll be out there for a week soon. Frank said he saw one of the finalists from AGT out there in Vegas and it was an awful show.

  Howard said Frank's song is called ''Robin Disco Yayo.'' Frank said that he used the sound clips to create the music. He said that he made Robin sound like a singer. He said he used reverb on her but he didn't augment her voice. Howard played his song a short time later. Frank used Robin's ''Cocaine'' singing and put a beat over that. He had her saying a bunch of other things about her pussy, breasts and needing a cock. Howard said the song was sexy. He said JD had his pants off. Howard said maybe he'll play the winning song on Letterman tonight.

  Howard asked JD if he was jealous of this guy. JD said he'd love to be able to bang strippers all the time. He's busy watching The View instead though.

  Howard introduced Craig Lough next. He's from the Philly area. He said he gets no pussy or blow like Frank does. Howard asked what he does for a living. He said he's been playing music his whole life and he played in some bands. He said he's been making computer based music for about 10 years now. He's a manager of a bowling alley right now. He said he was a prison guard for a while. He said he had to get out of there though. Howard asked if he abused the prisoners. He said he didn't and he didn't really see that going on there. Craig said it was a county prison and it's not as bad as the movies make it out to be. Howard asked if Craig saw anyone fucking in prison. Craig said that doesn't really happen in county prison. He was only at that job for 2 and a half years. He said it wasn't that bad.

  Howard asked if managing a bowling alley is fun. Craig said it is kind of fun. Howard asked how long he's been a fan. Craig said he grew up listening but he hasn't listened lately. He said he doesn't have Sirius so a friend told him about this contest. He said this song is called ''The JD Bounce.'' Howard played the song and it had Eric the Midget ''Ack, Ack'' clips as the beat. He had a bunch of other clips from the show like Beetlejuice, Ronnie the Limo Driver yelling and more.

  Howard said everyone got in there. He congratulated Craig on that. He said that they heard from all of these guys and only one can win the $10,000. Howard said it's time to judge. He had Fred play some judging music.

  Howard went to Gary for his vote first. Gary said he thinks that the first song was the best one. He gave his vote to Chris. Howard played a little bit of that song.

  Howard went to Robin for her vote next. Robin said she thought all of them were very catchy and entertaining. She said that they all win on that level. She said she went with the one that was the best groove and that was Jordan's song. Howard played a little bit of that one too.

  Howard went to JD next for his vote. JD said it was between number 1 and 4. He said he went with his favorite groove or whatever so he went with number 4. That was Frank's song.

  Howard went to Fred Norris for his vote next. Fred said they were all great but there were little things that separated some of them. He said number 1 and 5 had level problems. He said that number 1 was more of a remix song. He said number 2 and 3 were the ones he brought it down to. He said Jordan was very good so he went with number 2.

  Howard said he could throw this into a tie. He said that Jordan is feeling like he can win now. Howard said he could give it to one of the other guys that got a vote but he's going to stick to his original thought. Howard said he thinks it's about who is the best. He felt that the two guys who had the best performances were number 2 and number 3. He said that Jordan and Adam had the best songs. He said that Adam's was very catchy and he made it a rock song. He said it was a structured song so he's going to give him the vote. He said that throws Jordan into the win. Howard said Jordan won so he played more of the song. He even sang along with the Little Lupe ''Pu, Pu, Pu, pussy'' beat he had going on in that one. Howard played some of Adam's song too. Howard really liked that one.

  Howard said they all get $250 cash for coming in. Howard said they were all great. Howard thanked Identity Guard for the prize money too. Howard gave them some plugs and then went to break.

  Today's Best of the Week was over around 11:10am.

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  Monday	Tuesday
  Howard On Letterman This Wednesday. 01/30/12. 6:00am Howard Shoots A Super Bowl Commercial. 01/30/12. 6:20am Eric The Midget Actor Demanding Pepsi From In Plain Sight. 01/30/12. 6:25am Gary The Retard Wants To Visit For His 60th Birthday. 01/30/12. 7:25am Howard Takes A Couple Of Phone Calls. 01/30/12. 7:45am Howard Loves Metallica And Lou Reed's 19 Minute ''Junior Dad.'' 01/30/12. 7:55am Lady's ''Pussy'' Song. 01/30/12. 8:10am John Hear's Howard Talking To Him Directly On The Radio. 01/30/12. 8:15am Spelling Bee Audio Clip, Voice Mail And More. 01/30/12. 8:45am Howard's Mom Just Doesn't Understand. 01/30/12. 9:10am Robin's News. 01/30/12. 9:20am Wrap Up Show - Various Stuff. 01/30/12. 10:30am Wrap Up Show - Sal And Gary The Retard. 01/30/12. 10:40am Wrap Up Show - Eric The Actor. 01/30/12. 10:50am	Technical Problems An Early Break And Howard's Wardrobe. 01/31/12. 6:00am TV Reviews, Email And More. 01/31/12. 6:20am America's Got Talent Audition Date Added. 01/31/12. 6:25am Benjy And Elisa's Live Show. 01/31/12. 6:35am News About Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell And More. 01/31/12. 6:40am Will The Radio Show Change When Howard Is On TV? 01/31/12. 6:45am Howard Corresponding With George Clooney. 01/31/12. 6:55am Jon Leiberman's News Preview. 01/31/12. 7:15am Ronnie's Block Party And His Weird Tweet. 01/31/12. 7:35am Little Steven Van Zandt Visits. 01/31/12. 8:00am Beth Stern Brings In An Adoptable Dog. 01/31/12. 9:05am Jon Hein's Wrap Up Show Preview. 01/31/12. 9:25am Robin's News. 01/31/12. 9:30am Wrap Up Show - Benjy And Elisa. 01/31/12. 10:25am Wrap Up Show - Lisa G And Benjy. 01/31/12. 10:35am Wrap Up Show - Ronnie's Tweet. 01/31/12. 10:55am
  Wednesday	Thursday
  Benjy And Elisa. 02/01/12. 6:00am Vinnie Favale Calls In. 02/01/12. 6:30am Howie Mandel Visits. 02/01/12. 7:05am Celebrities Getting Old. 02/01/12. 8:10am Sal And Richard's Latest Prank And More. 02/01/12. 8:20am Howard Stern Show Sound Byte Contest Finals. 02/01/12. 8:30am Phone Calls And Email. 02/01/12. 9:15am Jon Hein's Wrap Up Show Preview. 02/01/12. 9:25am Robin's News. 02/01/12. 9:30am Wrap Up Show - Howard's Retirement. 02/01/12. 10:30am Wrap Up Show - Howie And Howard. 02/01/12. 10:40am Wrap Up Show - Sound Byte Contest And More. 02/01/12. 10:50am	This Date In Howard History (TDiHH). 02/02/12. 6:00am TDiHH: Grammy's And Goofing On Tom - 1993. 02/02/12. 6:00am TDiHH: Howard The Black Penis Expert - 2000. 02/02/12. 6:25am TDiHH: Robin Vs. Gary - 1995. 02/02/12. 6:30am TDiHH: JD And Kissyphur Online Sex - 2006. 02/02/12. 7:05am TDiHH: Gadget Gary - 2010. 02/02/12. 7:30am TDiHH: Air Guitar - 1995. 02/02/12. 8:00am TDiHH: Goofing On Jackie - 1996. 02/02/12. 8:20am TDiHH: Gary Street Interviews - 1992. 02/02/12. 8:35am TDiHH: High School Stories - 1994. 02/02/12. 8:55am TDiHH: Brandi Love Robospanker - 2005. 02/02/12. 9:10am TDiHH: Howard Buys Robin A Car - 2006. 02/02/12. 9:30am TDiHH: Stuttering John's Sister And Nephew - 1994. 02/02/12. 10:00am TDiHH: Stump The Booey - 2004. 02/02/12. 10:15am TDiHH: Porn From Ratso - 1998. 02/02/12. 10:30am TDiHH: Audrey Meadows Is Dying - 1996. 02/02/12. 10:50am TDiHH: Calling Princess Diana - 1989. 02/02/12. 11:00am TDiHH: OJ And More - 1996. 02/02/12. 11:25am TDiHH: Marge Schott And Gary - 1993. 02/02/12. 11:35am

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