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Howard started off the show saying that they shouldn't even be there this morning because it's summer and it's going to be 80 degrees out there. Artie said it's oppressively hot out there and it just doesn't feel right.
Robin told the guys that she almost drowned over the weekend when she fell off her jet ski. She said she had gotten the thing stuck on a sand bar and ended up having to walk back through people's yards to get back home. She went back to get it the next day and ended up trying to hook it up to another boat to tow it out but she fell in the water after it flipped over. She said she was hanging on to the jet ski and realized that it wasn't that deep so she was able to stand up and pull herself up.
Artie hoped that someone had videotaped the incident but Robin said no one was around. Howard wanted Robin to take some swimming lessons because she's not a very good swimmer. She said she has taken them and she can handle herself just fine as long as she's not swimming across a bay or something.
Howard was annoyed with Robin for getting involved in all of that when she has no business being in the water. She said she was just having some fun bringing some friends around. Howard went off on her about that for a short time and really sounded like he didn't want her in the water. He and Fred were goofing on Jackie the Joke Man as well because of the stories he used to tell about going out in the water with his jetty.
Robin said she had used a jet boat to get the jet ski and had to explain to Howard what that was about. Howard said she appears to have no ability to boat since she did crash her full size boat into a couple of other boats when she tried to dock it recently. Now she's gotten her jet ski stuck and flipped over.
Howard said he heard from director Betty Thomas who has a new film coming out. He said he hadn't heard from her in a long time and figures she just contacted him because she's got a new one out. He did get together with her and the movie looks interesting to him. The movie is ''John Tucker Must Die.''
Artie mentioned that he was really tired on Thursday because he was giving a tour to this woman who was there for a tour of the station. He decided to get a room at the Ritz Carlton because that's where his meeting was supposed to be with the guy from FOX, Peter Lagori. He got a room and figured he'd take a 3 hour nap. He slept like a stone for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Artie got his wake-up call and figured he'd put his head down for just a couple more minutes. He ended up falling asleep until 7:30pm. He was supposed to have a meeting with the guy at like 5:30pm. Artie said he got home and found that he had 17 messages on his answering machine because no one knew where he was since he had gone to the hotel to stay.
Artie said his agent got in touch with him and said that he had the head of FOX's cell phone. Artie called the guy and apologized for the whole thing after explaining to him what had happened. He left the message and checked out from the hotel and ended up spending $678 for the room at the hotel just for taking a nap and losing out on a meeting. He said he saved the bill just in case the guy wants him to prove it. His agent told him the guy liked his story and he is willing to meet with him again some other time.
Howard had some audio from the Best Damn Sports Show where Artie told some stories about how he lost his job at MAD TV years ago. Howard played a couple of clips from that show and then JD came in and told Howard that Artie did something strange on the show. Instead of chugging the drink he had in his hand during that interview, he just sucked it down with the straw. Artie said that's the way he drinks. He said he thinks he can get the buzz quicker if he drinks it with the straw.
Howard brought up the Jack Daniels company because he read how popular they are. Last year they sold 7.5 million cases and they expect to sell 10 million this year. He read an article about the guy who brews the booze. Artie said that they made him a Squire because he's talked so much about the drink on the air.
Gary said that Eddie is very scattered as far as his views and thoughts go. Howard said that Eddie told him he doesn't like doing interviews and he knows that he's not good. They had him on the show one time and he was all over the studio and not playing much. He wouldn't stay on mic and only played like one note on his guitar.
Howard said Eddie was telling him that he played with this guy Kenny Chesney and the crowd of about 75,000 went nuts when he got up and played. He said he's not even sure what Eddie was talking about but he thinks that they're supposed to call him at 6:30 this morning. He's really not sure what Eddie wants them to do after those messages he got from Eddie.
Howard said he thinks that Eddie's last message said that he wanted to come on the air. Gary said he was going to go give him a call and see what's going on. He came back a short time later and said that they had to leave a message. Howard was pretty sure he wasn't going to call in. He told Gary to give him one more call and then leave him alone because he's really not sure if he wanted to come on.
Artie said he was pretty drunk toward the end of the interview. In one clip there was name of a woman brought up that sounded like Lisa Dergan Podsednik. That got Howard talking about how he and Beth have talked about what they would do if they got married as far as names. Howard said he told Beth that she would be simply Beth Stern and wouldn't use her Ostrosky last name. Robin figures that he and Beth must be thinking about getting married if they're talking about names like that. Howard said Beth told him that they could never get married because Robin would never stop making fun of them.
Howard talked about his dumps and how proud he is when he takes a big one. He also said he had a nightmare about going to take a dump in a filthy bathroom. He said he had a guy in the stall next to him and Gary was talking to him. Then he pulled shit out of his ass with his hand and flung it around. He was playing the part of Jesus in a movie and had a really long beard in this dream of his. Then this woman walked up to him and told him that he had really nice tan lines and that was the end of the dream. Robin said she's never heard of shit dreams like that.
Gary said he was having some crazy pains over the weekend and felt like he had something swimming back and forth in his penis. He had to go to the doctor and found out that he had probably passed a stone. Gary changed subjects and asked Howard if he wanted to see pictures of that woman Lisa Dergan Podsednik that was mentioned in the Best Damn Sports Show clip. Howard said she's gorgeous. They spent a minute admiring her pictures before moving on.
The caller said that his mother is willing to lick her ass but she told him that he'd have to go first to clean it out for her. Gary said they couldn't get the guy ten grand but they could get him $500 if his mother rides the Sybian. The guy said that might happen but then said that it wasn't enough money. Gary said they could give them each $500 but then the guy was asking for tickets out there to New York from Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Gary said that someone else will hear this story and get out there themselves so they don't really need to get this guy on the show. Howard put him on hold and said that maybe they'll talk to him and try to make it happen.
Howard said he had Johnny Fratto on the phone. He took the call and Johnny said that his company will put up $4,000 to get that guy and his mother to come in and lick Siobahn's ass. That would bring the number up to $5,000 if they threw in that $1,000 that they had just mentioned.
Johnny said that his son showed him an episode of Howard TV where they used a jar of his spaghetti sauce. He thought that was better than the episode of Entourage where they used the sauce. Johnny was also asking Howard about this guy who used to work with Tiny Tim who is just as crazy, or crazier, than Elegant Elliot Offen.
Howard heard these stories and said they really should give Johnny a show at SIRIUS because he's got some great stories. Johnny said he'd love to do a show there. Howard told him that Riley Martin has been giving them a hard time so they could replace his show with Johnny's show if Riley doesn't work things out.
Johnny said he knows of another guy who is just as crazy as Riley is as far as the alien thing and it's his son. Howard told Johnny he'll talk to Tim Sabean and try to get him a show there at SIRIUS.
Johnny told Howard another story about his father, who was the head of the mob out in the mid-west many years ago. He told a story about stealing a credit card and buying a bunch of banana trees for some guy who thought someone was trying to send him a message by sending him the trees. Johnny told another story but Howard told him to save those stories for his radio show.
Johnny also had another story about a woman who claims that she was dating Dave Navarro. He said the story was so unbelievable that he wasn't sure that it was true or not. He said that she was attractive but she was no Carmen Electra. Howard didn't want him to give out her name on the air so he put him on hold to tell Gary the information.
Howard said he had to take a break but Artie told him about taking this guy to a Yankee game last week. The guy was the person who gave him the case of Devil Dogs. He said the guy turned out to be a huge Mets fan and had a big Mets tattoo on his arm. He said the guy was kind of afraid that he was going to get mad at him and he was right. Artie said he was kind of mad at him for being a big Mets fan but he let him come to the game anyway.
The guys spent a few minutes talking about the Yankees and Mets but Howard didn't want to spend too much time on that because they're not WFAN (a local sports radio station). Gary is a huge Mets fan and Artie is a huge Yankees fan so they argue about who's better. Howard went to commercial after playing a Richard Christy prank call to a cable access show where he brings up the Yankees and says he's yanking on his cock and keeps calling the guy.
Howard mentioned Crazy Cabbie's visit last week and said he spoke to him Thursday night and heard about his meeting with Tom Chiusano from their old station. Cabbie stayed busy on his first day out of jail. Some people didn't think his interview was all that interesting so they left some voice mail about that. He played one guy complaining about Cabbie and then read some e-mail about that interview. Some people liked Cabbie and were happy he was out but others said they couldn't stand him. Some people were saying they'd cancel their subscriptions if Cabbie became a regular on the show.
Howard said the mail about Cabbie went on and on and on. He had some people saying they would cancel their subscriptions and others who said they should hire him immediately. Howard said he heard from Tom Chiusano and he believes they're going to hire Cabbie over there at their old radio station. Robin wondered what kind of show they'd give Cabbie. Howard said he's pretty sure it would be a talk show since they are ''FreeFM'' now.
Howard said that Riley has walked off the show and he won't come back until he gets $5 million to do his show. Howard said that's where they stand at this point but they did get a note from Riley's producer Curtis who says he is refusing to drive into the city. Curtis says that they can do the show without Riley and talk about him during the show. Howard said that idea sounds insane to him and he's pretty sure they'll never get Riley the money he's looking for.
Howard thinks they're going to play a rerun of a Riley show this week since he won't show up. He had Riley on the phone and did his impression of Riley for Riley. Riley told Howard that maybe he should go on and do an hour long show doing an impression of him. He was also saying that Tim offered him the same money he's been getting paid and he still hasn't been owed the money he's owed. He complained that they hadn't paid his people yet either.
Artie asked Riley what kind of money Robin must be making if he wants to get paid $5 million a year. Riley said that doesn't matter to him. Tim Sabean came in and told Riley that his people just submitted their invoices last week so they should get paid this week.
Riley claims that he never demanded $5 million, he just wanted something to live on instead of the $300 a week that they're offering him. Tim said they've offered him $250 to do an hour long show every other week. That's pretty generous according to Tim. Artie said that there has never been such a large discrepancy in pay like this and Tim doesn't seem to have a sense of humor in the whole thing.
Riley said he would do about 4 shows a year with the schedule they have there so it's not enough money for him. Howard asked Riley if he's ever gotten $300 an hour in any job he's done in his life. Riley said they're a multi-billion dollar corporation and they just have to do the right thing and come up with more money. Riley said that it costs him $100 to come into the city when he does the show so the $325 that Howard was offering him still wasn't enough for him. Gary told Riley that he could park in the city for free but Riley didn't want to hear it.
Riley said that he would like to do a show this week but he will not do it if they do not come through for him. Riley said his people know that they can hear him even if he's not on Howard 101. He told Howard that if he wants him to do the show he should pay him what he pays his driver every year and he's probably be happy. The guys pointed out to him that the driver works a lot more than 2 hours a month. Tim said that the pay is what it is and they really can't do what he wants.
Riley keeps bringing up the stuff that other people have done on the show and the kind of money they get paid. Riley was saying that they can't take his old shows and replay them because they have not paid him for them. Tim said that he did sign a release so they can replay them if they want. He was threatening to get a lawyer to talk about what he can do to stop them from playing the shows.
Riley said that he will no be doing his show tomorrow if they're only going to pay him $300 for that. He said he will not forget them and they are not the only outlet on the face of the Earth and he will not forget them for what they've done to him. He called them evil for what they've done. Howard said that they offered him a job and he's calling them evil.
Tim said that he will call Riley at the end of the day to find out what his final decision is. Riley said that he believes that he can triple the audience he has now over the next few months and if he doesn't, he will quit. Riley said he just wants a livable salary for him and his people. Howard told Riley that it doesn't seem that things are going to work out then.
Riley said that it has been a marvelous experience working for them and their money grubbing people. He said he just wants a decent salary to keep doing the show. Tim said the fans are going to be let down and he's very sorry that it's going down this way. Tim told Riley that there aren't many shows out there that pay $300 an hour. Riley brought up Howard's salary and said he could pay him off of the interest made on that and he'd be happy. Howard told him to stop bringing up his money and leave that out of the whole thing. Riley was saying it was typical Jewish money grubbing so Howard went off on him saying that his salary has nothing to do with what SIRIUS can pay Riley.
Howard told Riley he doesn't need him on his channel there at SIRIUS. Riley told him to go right ahead and go back to doing what he does then. Howard took a call from a guy who told Riley that Howard is not the one who pays the checks and it's just an hour of work. Riley said he doesn't care who is paying the money, Howard is SIRIUS satellite radio. He also thinks that Howard wanted his show to fail and now he's jealous that it's been a success. Howard told him he's not getting ratings so he doesn't know that it's a hit. The caller told Riley about the $6 an hour job he has and tried to keep Riley on board.
Riley kept bringing up Howard's money but Howard kept telling him he isn't in charge of paying him and he can't do anything about that. Riley was making it sound like he has other job offers but no one else is paying him. Artie told Riley that if he wants to get paid more, he has to find someone else willing to pay him and then battle it out between the two entities.
Another caller told Howard that Riley should have called his book ''The Coming of Scam'' instead of ''The Coming of Tan.'' Howard said that he's not going to pay Riley a dime like he seems to want. Riley said he doesn't care where the money comes from, he just wants to get paid. Robin told Riley he should go to network television if he doesn't want to do this on satellite.
Howard took a call from a Riley Martin sound board guy. He had Riley and Riley talking to each other for a short time. He told Riley that it's fun to hear him doing his show but no one believes that he's gone up in a space ship and they all know that it's shtick. He said that if he was really up in this ship he would be selling the technology to someone instead of doing a radio show about it. He said it sounds ridiculous to talk about these aliens and their civilizations.
Siobahn the transsexual called in and said she'd do a show herself and talk about the aliens she's seen. Howard said he was going to have Tim call Riley at the end of today and give him their final offer. Riley said there is no way he's driving into the city for two or three hundred bucks. He is willing to work out of his house for that money but he won't drive into the city. Howard said that this job is 2 hours a month and it doesn't make any sense that he went out into space but he won't drive into the city.
Howard said that no one there wants to see him do badly, they enjoy his show and they have advertisers so they can offer him the job at that pay. Robin said that Riley begged for that job and now he's saying they're not paying him enough. She told him he was a stupid asshole and that he was the one who begged for the job through Howard.
Howard said the money he earns is his and it has nothing to do with what other people get paid. He said he will talk to Tim about this and try to help him out but if things don't work out, that's it, no hard feelings. Riley said that he wishes them luck and he loves the show. He thinks that he would be a valuable asset to the show and he would like to be part of it.
Tim said that he will call Riley later today. He said he loves the guy and he is fun to work with so he'd hate to lose him. He said he does seem to get a bit irrational when he's on the phone though. Howard told Tim to see what he can do and fill that hour with something else if things don't work out.
Sal the Stockbroker came in and said that Bob will be doing the Miserable Men show tonight and he's getting over the way they treated him. He was upset with the way he was treated and thought that they were damaging his career. Ronnie came in and said that he felt really bad and had a discussion with Bob after the show. He said he told Bob that everyone takes a lot of heat there on the show. Ronnie said Bob told him he gets paid to be on the show and take all of that shit. Ronnie said he felt bad for him but then thought that he probably sold out all of his shows that were plugged. Artie said Bob is the leader of the roasts so he should have a thick skin.
Jeff said he can't even get a job at Wal-Mart as a greeter. Fred said it's usually retarded people who do that job at Wal-Mart. Robin said that they also collect the carts at the stores. Artie said that Jeff is embarrassing himself asking for a job like that.
Jason told Jeff that they can't give him a job and then Jeff got pissed and said that he would never do the show again and hung up on him.
Gary came in and said that they have to get Jeff on the phone because he heard that he had a run in with the law over the weekend. Howard got a little sidetracked and said that Mel Gibson got arrested for drunken driving over the weekend and showed how anti-Semitic he is when he was asking the cops if they're Jews and going off on the Jews during the arrest.
Howard played another clip where Jeff the Drunk called Jason back and talked about how he's part of the Howard Stern World and he thinks that he should have a job there. Jason asked him what he wants to be paid for. He told Jeff he's got that music career going. Jeff said that's going nowhere. Jeff told Jason that his qualifications are that he's a drunk and he falls down so that's why he should have a job there. Jason asked Jeff what he thinks is owed to him just for coming on the show. Jeff said he wants a life... and hung up.
Jeff was on the phone so Howard asked him what happened over the weekend. Jeff said that he got pulled over and got another DUI arrest. He's going to lose his license once again and he has to go to court on the 10th of August. Howard said that means he has no chance of getting a job now. Artie asked him if he thinks he's going down in a downward spiral now that his mother is gone and he's not going to have his license. Artie told Jeff he's got to act like a man as he was doing his Godfather movie impressions. He told Jeff his mother would want him to go on and get a life.
Jeff said he was out at a friend's house drinking on Saturday night and ended up getting pulled over. He had a .11 blood alcohol level. Howard said Mel Gibson was also a .11 from what he read. Jeff said he has never had a DUI in the past... He said the charges were dropped on the DUI he was charged with in the past. Robin asked Jeff why he lost his license before. Artie remembered the story and said that Jeff lost it for reckless driving after he went through a corn field.
Howard asked Jeff how long he was in jail. Jeff mentioned that he was fingerprinted but it was hard to hear him over Artie's hysterical laughter. The guys think that Jeff might be happy that someone is paying attention to him now that his mother is gone. Jeff said they kept him in jail for about an hour as they did paperwork and then drove him home. Howard thought that was nice of them to do something like that for him.
Howard told Jeff he has to pull himself together. Artie said even he's saying that he needs help. Artie has thought about trying to employ some of these fans but he's not sure what he could do to help. He doesn't know what kind of skills they have. Howard asked Jeff if he goes on job interviews wearing that dirty cowboy hat with his arm in his dirty sling. Artie was goofing on him so he wasn't able to get in an answer.
Artie was getting the feeling that Jeff wanted to get paid to make calls like this to the show. Howard took a call from Nicole Bass who said that she wasn't asking for charity, she just came to her wits end and didn't know what to do. She said she spoke to Wayne Seagal who offered her a job. She said that she has left that up in the air at this point. She's thinking about going out and becoming a trainer on her own since she got so many offers to do that for some clubs.
Howard wished Nicole luck with all of her job offers and let her go. He said that after Nicole was in last week the guys had her recording ''Macho Man'' so he played some of that. The guys got back to Jeff and Artie offered to pay him to do something. He said that maybe he could do some promotional work for the movie he's got coming out. Jeff said he could do that. Howard said he could take those fliers and throw them in the garbage and then take the money to get drunk. Robin thinks he should have to wear a sandwich board so people will see him walking around.
Artie said this will be like a bit for the show and they can see how much he can fuck it up. He said it'll just be a couple of weekends in a row and then it's over. Artie said he'll probably have to hire a car for Jeff to get to the bars and stuff. He said he'll talk to him in the next couple of days. Howard said Artie is in for a big headache with that stuff. He figures Jeff will get pissed at him for some reason and he'll call up like Riley Martin.
Yucko the Clown called in and said he's sick of all of these people calling in and asking for jobs. He was saying that he never asks for anything but then jokingly asked for some concert tickets. Jeff said that he needs some money to get his car out of impound because it's going to end up costing him a lot of money if it stays in there until Thursday when he gets his SSI check. Howard told Jeff he had to get going because his head was going to explode from his problems.
Howard played a classic song that they recorded at K-Rock called ''50 Ways To Destroy Saddam.'' He played some of the song and wondered what he was thinking when he wrote it. He said he now realizes that Saddam Hussein was the only person who could keep that country in control. Howard had to go to break after that.
Howard brought up the lawsuit that Meatloaf has going on about the Bat Out of Hell trademark. He owns the trademark in just about the whole world, except here in the U.S. Meatloaf said that the trademark attorney's here in the U.S. didn't submit the paperwork correctly and they forgot to send it back in corrected so he lost the trademark to someone else. That someone else is a friend of Meatloaf's and he said he's still friends with him even thought they have this lawsuit.
Howard said that they threw some throw pillows on the couch in the studio and no one knows what to do with them. Meatloaf was sitting on them. Howard changed subjects and said that Meatloaf has another album coming out this year called ''Bat Out Of Hell III.'' He wondered if he can call it Bat Out of Hell if he doesn't own the trademark. Meatloaf said that this guy Jim Steinman owns the trademark so he gets some of the money, the record company gets some of it and he doesn't get much at all. He said that artists these days should try to get all of their money up front so they don't get screwed like he has.
Meatloaf explained to Howard how he thinks the record industry works. He said that the record company may owe an artist $30 million so you go out and hire a lawyer, pay him $100,000 and that guy comes back and says you can get $10 million without a fight so you take it. Meanwhile the record company holds on to that extra $20 million and doesn't give it to the artist.
Howard asked Meatloaf what he's been up to lately. He said he shot a movie this week and ended up almost getting killed because he had to condense his 22 pages of script into one day of shooting because the schedules got so screwed up. He said it was a crazy day of shooting those 22 pages.
Howard asked Meatloaf about his life. Meatloaf said he's got a fiancee right now but the wife that Howard saw is no longer with him. He said that she just started to float above the bed one day and it was like the exorcist at that point. They ended up getting divorced but the pre-nup they had ran out at 10 years and they were together at 20 years. He said that he made the play that what he had before they were married was his so he got to keep what he had before they did get married.
Meatloaf said that he met this new woman down in Barbados. She's 12 years younger than he is. That led to them talking about Meatloaf's daughters who are pretty hot according to Howard. Meatloaf said his one daughter, Pearl, is engaged to Scott Ian who is on a VH-1 show that no one seemed to know the name of.
Howard spoke to Meatloaf about his upbringing and how his father was a drunk. He lost his mother when he was only 16 and actually tried to drag her out of her coffin at the funeral. He said he doesn't remember doing it himself but other people told him that's what happened.
Meatloaf was getting kind of upset talking about his mother so Howard moved on to his father instead. Meatloaf said he passed away 4 years after his mother did. He said he really doesn't have any bitterness toward his father. He said his father was proud of him even back before he was a really big star.
Howard thought that Meatloaf had said something about knowing who killed John F. Kennedy. Meatloaf said that's not quite the case. He explained how he was about 14 at the time but he had his driver's license because his mother was sick back then and he needed to get around. He said they all got out of school and went to see where Kennedy was driving through. He said that they got to see Kennedy up close that day before he went on his final drive. Meatloaf heard a conversation between a cop and another guy who asked the cop what he would do if he had a gun. The cop said something about how he wouldn't do anything as long as he didn't take it out. Meatloaf said he thought that was kind of odd but they just kept going.
Meatloaf said they went to a bowling alley and when they got there they heard that the President had been shot. They hopped in their car and headed down to see what was going on. As they were on their way a guy claiming to be from the Secret Service stopped them and took their car to the hospital. They were told not to get out of the car so they just sat there and waited. They were actually there at the hospital before Kennedy's car got there.
Howard thought that Meatloaf had said he knew something that he wasn't telling them. Meatloaf said he did go to someone's house, whose name he will not mention, and he was told not to ever ask about who actually show JFK. He said the guy told him that and it scared the hell out of him so he stopped asking about it. So there was nothing to the story at all.
Howard asked Meatloaf about the famous chicks that he's dated in his career. He said that he once dated Beverly D'Angelo and a bunch of soap stars in New York City. He also talked about how fat he was back when he was in school and how other kids parents wouldn't let him play with their kids because he was so big. Howard thought that was pretty terrible. He wondered if Meatloaf had gone to psychotherapy for that. He said he got very depressed over the years and almost killed himself. He was on a ledge on 77th street and almost jumped but he doesn't even remember that. He said he was in a very deep depression at the time and he was probably thinking that he didn't deserve all of the success he was having.
Robin asked Meatloaf when he changed his name and why. Howard heard he hated his real name so he changed it. Meatloaf said his real name was Marvin and back in the 70s there was a Levi's commercial where they said something about ''poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's'' which really bummed him out. He spent a short time on that and then Howard brought up this new album ''Bat Out Of Hell III'' that's due out on Halloween of this year.
Howard asked Meatloaf about the performance he did with Katherine McPhee on American Idol. He said his monitor was off for the first three lines of the song so that's why he sounded so bad that night. He was already freaking out about going out on stage and when he finally got out there, the music wasn't coming through his monitor. He said he's not sure how those kids can perform out there because the monitor system they had that night was awful. He said he ended up getting screwed up by a beat or two and tried to catch up. He eventually got the music on and things were fine after that.
Meatloaf said that Katherine didn't seem to get the song when they were performing it and she broke the moment when she sang to the camera instead of with him. He said if they were on Leno and she did something like that, he would have spun her around to make her look at him while she sang.
Howard didn't have a copy of Meatloaf's CD yet so he asked Gary where that was at. Gary said that his people had just given it to him at that moment so he brought it in for him. Fred played a Baba Booey song parody that Meatloaf tried to sing along with. Howard then took a call from Irish John who asked Meatloaf what it is that he won't do in the song where he sings about he will do ''anything for love but I won't do that.'' Meatloaf explained what he was singing about but there was no definitive answer. He said it's just a line in the song, there is no answer. It's not about sex. Robin said she figured it out and said that it was about the way he was dreaming about the woman he's singing to in the song. Meatloaf said she was correct.
Gary said he saw in the notes that KD Lang once refused to meet with Meatloaf because she's a vegetarian and doesn't like his name. Meatloaf said that's true and he once saw her in a restaurant and asked someone to talk to her for him before he went over to her. He said the record company guy went over for him and tried to set up a meeting. That's when he heard that she didn't want to meet him because of his name. That's when he realized how this world is very strange.
Howard played a track off of Meatloaf's unreleased album ''Bat Out Of Hell III.'' Howard said he was liking the song and said that he wasn't expecting that from him. He said he was expecting some bullshit song from him but it was very good. Howard played another track, ''Land of the Pigs,'' that was a Jim Steinman song.
Jeff the Drunk called in and asked if he's ever had a threesome. Meatloaf said he has had a couple of women at one time... four to be exact. He said they actually chanted ''Meat's our man, Meat's our man'' that night. He said he wasn't kidding about that either.
Howard heard that Penny Crone was a big fan of Meatloaf's and she got all dressed up for him today. She came in and talked about how big of a fan she was. Howard said she was showing her tits in the outfit she was wearing too. Robin asked ''That's dressing up?'' and Meatloaf said that's exactly what he was thinking but didn't want to say anything because he doesn't know how she dresses usually. Penny asked for a hug from Meatloaf and he gave her one. Howard brought up how Penny has blown a lot of cops and fire fighters in her life and asked her if she would blow Meatloaf right now. She said she will not do that anymore.
Howard let Penny go and played some more of Meatloaf's CD. Meatloaf explained how he had come up with this song ''It’s All Coming Back To Me Now'' years ago but the song was sold to Celine Dion and she put it out. Now he's taken the song and recorded it himself doing a duet with Marion Raven. Howard played some of that song and said that he thinks it sounds great. The guys liked it a lot more than the Celine Dion cover of the song.
Howard and Meatloaf talked about the last time they saw each other and how Howard was working in a real dump back then. Howard said he saw Meatloaf back about 9 years go at a party that was at Russell Crowe's house. He said that Mary McCormack had invited him to that party and he was very happy when he saw Meatloaf hanging out there. Then Russell Crowe brought him up to his room to play him a song from his album. Howard said he just looked down at the floor while he played the song and then ran out of there. He said the guy was a nice guy but he had to get out of there. Meatloaf said Crowe was very nice to him as well and kept asking him if he needed anything to drink or eat the whole time. Howard wrapped up the interview and went to break a short time later.
Howard had a voice mail that Eric the Midget left for them but he had to bring in Steve Langford and Jon Hein with their show previews. Howard wondered where George Flowers had been over the past week or so. Some people thought he was having voice problems but Steve said that he knows he's been working in the afternoons because Ralph Howard is out on vacation.
Steve said they have a story about Joey Boots and Shuli's ''date'' that they had over the weekend. They will also have an exclusive with a fan who saw Henry Hill living out on the streets of Marina Del Ray, California. Steve said there's also a taping of ''Kill or Be Killed'' being recorded down at Caroline's on Broadway today. They'll be talking to the new guy who is in charge of the 23,000 hours of classic tapes that Howard just got a hold of recently.
Howard brought up how they have some promos based on the classic tapes that they've been playing on the channels there. Gary said he'd try to find them so Howard could play them. Jon Hein told the guys what they were planning for the Wrap Up Show today. He said they'll be talking about Meatloaf's interview and what went on during that. Jon said he didn't particularly like the new album. Howard took a call from a guy who said that today has been like a bunch of millionaires complaining about shit. He mentioned Robin talking about crashing her boat, Artie missing his meeting with the head of FOX, Howard complaining about his dreams and then Meatloaf complaining about stuff and not talking about anything good.
Jon said that they're going to talk about the Eddie Van Halen call that almost happened but didn't happen. Gary spoke to Eddie so he came in and said that he may call back in a week or so to talk about the stuff he wanted to talk about. Gary said he's not even sure what the guy wants to talk about but he may call back to explain it all.
Since the guys were talking about Eddie Van Halen, they got into a discussion about the greatest rock guitar players of all time. Jon Hein mentioned names like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Steve Vai as well as Eddie's name. The guys were all throwing names out there but Howard didn't agree with them about most of the names that were mentioned. As usual it was Howard's view or nothing. The guys threw in a ton of great guitar players but Howard would not put their names on this imaginary list of his. He argued against many guitarists saying that they might be good but they don't belong on the top of the list. Ralph called in and threw in a few more names but Howard told him that what he says goes and hung up on him.
Artie remembered that day because he had only been on the show for a couple of months and they had Ozzy Osbourne and Paul McCartney on the show on the same day.
Howard played a voice mail that Eric the Midget left for them recently. Eric said he got an invitation to go to an event where he got to meet Hulk Hogan and his daughter so he doesn't need the show to get to meet famous people. He said he can do all of that on his own. Howard said that kid is a real ingrate after all of that stuff that they've done for him. Eric said he's going to meet Kelly Clarkson without Howard's help so Gary said he's going to call her people and tell them not to let him meet her.
Jon Hein wasn't done with his show preview so Howard let him finish that up. Jon mentioned a couple more things they'll be discussing. Howard told him he might want to talk about how Artie went to the vending machine and when it didn't work he was trying to hot wire the machine himself.
Gary told Howard that Meatloaf got held up by Penny Crone when he was trying leave. She was telling him about her three Emmy awards and telling him how important she was while he was trying to get out of there. Gary thinks he was kind of bummed out by that whole thing.
Howard read a note about Trent Tomlinson who was on the show recently. His album sales have shot up quite a bit since being on the show. He talked about the whole anti-Semitic Mel Gibson for a couple of minutes. Howard also played an audio clip of John Stamos asking an entertainment reporter if she was wearing a bra during an interview. He said that's not the right move for him to make.
Howard said he got a note from Captain Janks who wants to play Stump the Booey against Gary because he needs the money. Howard read another note about how their Howard TV shows are going high def any day now. Howard thought they were already in HD but Doug Goodstein came in and said that they're going to be sending one show to the cable operators in HD since most cable operators can't handle that much HD. They can only handle about 1 episode a week at this point.
Since Sal was in Howard asked him about a stalking charge that he had against him because he was going after Marissa Tomei at one point. Sal said he used to masturbate to her years ago. He said he got her number back when she was looking a little ratty with her blonde hair and her lawyers traced the call and said that if he ever calls again they were going to have him arrested.
Shuli came in and said a friend of Sal's told him that story. Howard asked Sal why he would care about something like that and call the woman to let her know. Sal said he thought that he was helping her out by giving her that advice. Sal said he got in a lot of trouble for that call because he got her number through the stock trading firm he was working for. Shuli said it's weird because that's the same kind of advice Sal tries to give to Howard.
Gary said that Sal was also a stalker of Ace Freyley's and went through all of their releases to find his home phone number so he could call him. Sal said he didn't go that far and didn't call him. Gary said that's just because they told him not to call the guy.
Sal told Howard he saw a picture of him out at a movie premiere and he wanted to give him some advice for the shirts he wears. Howard didn't want to hear that from him and told him to get the fuck out of the studio before he threw something at him. He said that Sal is so gay. Artie said he couldn't even look at Sal when he brought that shit up.
Howard played some audio clips from the Girls of Spike TV show where Beth was featured. They interviewed a bunch of the guys from the show and they gave their thoughts on her. In one clip Beth talks about the time she got a massage and the woman massaging her got a little close to her private parts. That led to Howard talking about his own massage stories and how he's never had an experience like that even though he wouldn't mind it. He said he would love to see Beth with another woman but not all that deep into it.
Benjy asked Howard what he would have done if his masseuse had tried to give him a hand job. Howard said he would probably let her do it and just not tell Beth about it. He said he's waiting for the day that it actually does happen. Howard had Robin start her news around 10:50am.
Howard took a call from a guy who said there's no way that Howard and Artie liked the Meatloaf songs that they said they liked earlier. Howard and Artie both said that they actually did like the songs, they weren't lying. The caller was convinced that they had lied and it sounded forced to him. Howard swore he liked the song and so did Artie. Fred said he thought the first song blew but the duet was okay. He said they've gone too far with doing a Bat Out of Hell III album because they're just dragging it out. He thinks he'll have a hit song with the duet though.
Another caller asked Howard what his problem is with Mel Gibson. Howard said he doesn't like the guy because he's a liar. If he hates the Jews he should just come out and say it instead of trying to cover it up. He said he kind of likes that we know where Gibson is at now that he's come out and talked about the Jews when he got arrested over the weekend. The caller was also asking Howard about his thoughts on Saddam Hussein from earlier in the show. Howard said that the guy is evil but he's apparently the only person who can control the people in that country. The caller sounded like he had run out of steam by that point.
Another caller told Howard that this guy Rover, who took over for Howard in a few markets in the Mid-West, was done in Chicago as of today. He said that they're replacing the guy with the Opie and Anthony show. Howard said he heard from Ross Zaipen that Opie and Anthony were going to be on Letterman at the end of August. He already knew about it and said that he heard from some people at Letterman who were apparently being pressured by a certain someone at CBS to put them on, and they were wondering if he wanted them to put a stop to it. Howard said he doesn't care and he will still do Letterman's show even if they have those guys on.
Howard said he loves it on satellite radio and he wants to keep doing that to make his money. He doesn't want to go back there ever again and he doesn't care what goes on there in the meantime.
Robin got back to her news and finished up and Howard ended the show around 11:40am.
Howard started off the show listening to a news report about XM satellite's financial earnings. Then he said that he was really wiped out from not getting any sleep last night. He said he had to take some Ambien to get a few hours of sleep. He said he took the Ambien at around midnight and he was still feeling the effects because you're supposed to sleep at least 6 hours after taking it.
Howard said he's been thinking about chess a lot lately because he's been playing and it just keeps running through his head. Artie said there was a guy he knew who played chess and the guy was like a genius at the game and he would hustle people and win a lot of money playing it. Howard said he loves the game but he's not real good at it. He said he tried playing against his friend Pat and they were pretty evenly matched so they had some good games.
Howard said he went out to dinner with his daughter and didn't get home from that until about 8:30 last night. He said that gets him pretty charged up from hanging out with his daughter. He can't fall asleep after something like that so that's why he had so much trouble last night.
Howard said he ran into Fred on the street last night and he thinks that Fred didn't recognize his daughter. Fred said that she changed so much that he didn't recognize her right away. Howard said Fred was a big sweaty mess on the street. He had just come from the gym so he was a mess out in the heat. Fred said he's been studying boxing lately so he was a mess.
Fred said he's been staying in a hotel lately because he's having some work done on his apartment in the city. He said they just renovated the apartment about 5 years ago but they realized they need more of a defined kitchen so that's what they're having done. He said it's costing him a fortune to stay in the hotel. He said he's been checking in on Sunday nights and checks out on Thursdays so he can go out to Long Island.
Howard said he has rooms for his kids and Beth at his place. He said he wanted to take down one wall and paint a little bit in the apartment and this guy wanted like $700,000 to do that. He said the contractor told him he wanted $25,000 for painting alone. Robin thought that was nuts. Howard said this guy told him that the painter's fingers bleed when he paints. Howard told the guy to fuck that and hired a guy to do the job for $1,000. This was just one wall in the apartment that he wanted to take down and the guy wanted that much money.
Howard said that Fred was pretty pumped up from his boxing last night. He was wearing shorts and a t-shirt when he saw them but Howard said he didn't notice. Fred said he saw Howard's daughter about a year and a half ago and she looks completely different than she did back then.
Howard and Artie talked about Ambien and what it does to them when they take it. Howard said he hasn't been using it much lately because he's been able to sleep. He said the thing he loves about it is that all of his thoughts just go away at some point. Artie said that he likes that he has the thoughts but he stops giving a fuck about them. Howard said Gary told him to do a show about the drug where they take it and try not to fall asleep on the air. He said that would be too tough for him.
Robin said Mr. X once took two Ambien's when they took a flight out to California one time and he was really wasted by the time they landed. Howard said they should find out if Bubba has ever done an Ambien radio show. Robin said she's pretty sure he would never do something like that on his show. He's got rules about that kind of thing.
Artie said he was introduced to Ambien when he was in jail in the psych ward. That was the way they got high in there.
Howard said that Richard did a phony phone call with Wendy the Retard that's really good. Robin said that's good because it might redeem him from his stand-up comedy that she saw yesterday. She said she was judging a comedy contest yesterday and Richard did some of his material there.
Artie said that Richard is still starting out with comedy so he still needs some time to work that stuff out. He said that Richard doesn't realize how he's still starting out. Richard gets pissed off when Artie talked about him like that but they're just trying to tell him the truth.
Richard said he goes to some clubs where people don't know who he is and sometimes he does well, sometimes he doesn't. Robin said she thinks that the crowd knew Richard so they were laughing at him because of who he was at the show yesterday. He doesn't seem to know what's funny and what's not from what she could tell. She said that Artie scribbled a note on his paper where he gave Richard a zero. She said he actually deserved a 1.
Artie said he likes this game that Sal came up with called ''Kill or Be Killed'' but the judges aren't sure what to do because Sal never explained it to them. He said that the judges should have a say in who advances to the second round instead of leaving it up to the crowd.
Howard asked when the show is supposed to air but Artie had no idea. He said he hasn't seen Richard's comedy yet but he hopes to see it some day. Robin said that Richard walks around like he's got some material and he really doesn't. Richard said he's got some good material. Howard found out that ''Kill or Be Killed'' will air Monday, August 7th at 7pm.
Howard told Richard to work up some other material after he heard about one of the bits he does where he pretends to get turned on by a guy in the crowd. Artie told Richard that he didn't understand his final joke where he's jerking off into his face on stage. Richard said he's playing Russian Roulette with his penis in that bit. Howard heard about another bit where Richard talks about being in the mile high club and asked him to explain that. Richard told the joke and it involved Sal having three fingers up his ass so Howard and the guys told him to change that around and leave Sal out of the joke.
Howard asked Artie if he's nervous about doing Carnegie Hall. Artie said of course he is. He said that a lot of the comedy is what he did on his DVD ''It's the Whiskey Talkin'' but he'll be throwing in some newer stuff as well. He said show business is great because he likes taking the risks of doing stuff like that.
Howard gave Artie some advice and told him to get some rest at the Ritz Carlton like he did before the big meeting he was supposed to have before his meeting with the head of the FOX network. He asked Artie who he's going to have with him on stage that night and if Rev. Bob Levy was going to be there. Artie said it is up to him and Bob would be one of the candidates. Howard played some audio of Bob doing his hosting at the FAME awards and played all of his screw ups. He said that Bob actually did a great job but they pulled out the few screw ups that he had.
Howard played a few other clips from this FAME awards show that Levy hosted. He played some of the nominees and winners real quick. Howard said he saw Bob Levy up there yesterday and he seems to be over all of that stuff that went down last week.
Howard wondered if they should do a regular show and replay the old show after. Robin suggested that they do a regular show that morning and play clips from that show. Tim Sabean came in and suggested that they play clips during the show and then do a special after noon that day. Tim said they could let the fans give them some feedback about what they want too. Robin said that they might not want to let the SternFanNetwork people suggest anything because they're nuts over there. She said she heard the Superfan Roundtable this weekend and said that they were actually discussing Riley Martin's $5 million demand like it was legitimate.
Tim said that they basically agreed to go their separate ways after that phone discussion according to Tim. He said he was going to talk to Riley about setting him up in his house so he could broadcast from there but Riley was so stuck on that money thing that he wouldn't even talk about doing that. Tim said they touched upon that idea but Riley was just stuck on the money.
Howard read the note he got from Tim where he said that Riley was being very abusive and calling him names as he was trying to talk to him. He said he was called a ''lying Jew'' a ''Motherfucker'' a ''ni**er'' and other things. Tim said they discussed the problems they had with the pay and how they could resolve that stuff. They also talked about the money Riley wanted to do his show. Riley apparently claimed that $50,000 was chump change to those motherfuckers.
Tim said that he offered to send an engineer to his house to set him up but Riley didn't want anything to do with that. Tim is willing to try again with him in a few days but it appears Riley won't be doing a new show tonight.
Howard took a call from Riley, which was just audio clips, where he went off on everyone saying that he was not going to continue doing his show for that low money. They were able to create a whole conversation without Riley actually being on the phone. Fred asked the Riley clips a question and argued with the clips for a short time. It turned out that Fred didn't realize that he was arguing with audio clips. Howard broke the news to him after he figured out that Fred had no idea it was audio clips and not really Riley.
Howard said that proves that they don't really need Riley working there. They have enough audio to make their own shows. It was Sal calling in from the back room playing the audio clips. Tim said they just need Sal to create the whole show in place of the real Riley. Howard said he hopes that they can work things out with Riley because they really do like him there.
Howard played a song parody of Mel Gibson singing about why he hates the Jews. Howard said the cop that Gibson was asking about being a Jew turned out to be a Jew even though there was no clues there from what most people could tell. Howard read an article about Gibson's partying and the arrest later that night. The cop who arrested Gibson says he's not out to ruin his career or anything, he's hoping that Gibson will think twice about driving drunk again.
Howard read that the MTV Awards are coming back to New York and maybe they'll go do a show from there again. He said they haven't done that in years so they may have to go back to doing that. Artie said he used to love when they used to do that kind of show.
Howard had a new phony phone call that Evil Dave made to an adoption agency looking for some kids. Evil Dave talks to a woman about wanting to adopt a child for himself. He told the woman he was David Letterman and he was looking to adopt a black child. Then he asked how long it takes and if he could get a light skinned black, something like Paula Abdul-ish. He told the woman he wanted a child that wouldn't get too crazy. He asked if they would be able to play basketball and wanted to make sure his girlfriend wouldn't get raped. He told the woman he didn't want a ''gay one'' and the woman thought it was very inappropriate to make a call like that. She eventually told him to fuck off and hung up on him. Howard had to go to break after that.
Howard and Robin spent a minute talking about the Mel Gibson thing again. Howard played a clip of Barbara Walters making a speech about what happened. Barbara said that Gibson never addressed the anti-Semitic remarks he made. She said that she will never see another one of his movies because of what happened. Howard said she was putting on her ''Star Jones'' voice in that clip. He did an impression of Barbara doing that voice and talking about the comments that Star made after she left the show.
Howard said that no one has to worry about going to another Mel Gibson movie because his career appears to be just about over. He played more of Barbara's speech and goofed on her speech impediment a little bit. He said you know you're fucked when you hear that voice coming from Barbara.
Howard said he hears about possibilities and they're not definite's. He and the guys did their Eric voices and goofed on him for a minute after that.
Howard said he and Beth sometimes go out and sing that song inappropriately for no apparent reason. He said that's Mel Gibson's ring tone on his cell phone.
Pete said that his mother is ready to do that but not ready to lick Siobahn's ass like Howard wanted. Howard thought it was quite a prize for what they were asking for but Pete said he really didn't know if his mother would lick the ass. Howard thought about it and said they might be able to work something out.
Artie started to sing the ''Throw the Jews Down the Well'' song with new lyrics about this guy Pete and his mother coming on the show. That led to Fred picking up the guitar and playing while Howard, Robin and Artie all came up with lyrics for the song.
Pete came back and said that his mother was there. She said that she's 50 years old. Howard told her about the plan and how they wanted her to come in and sit on the Sybian while her son controlled it. She was ready for that but she wasn't ready for the licking of the ass. Howard said that if she rode the Sybian with no panties, she wouldn't have to lick Siobahn's ass. She quickly agreed to it and said she would do it.
Howard told these two that this was some sick shit. Pete was going to control the Sybian while his mother rides it. Howard let them know that it's going to be televised as well so they're going to be the talk of the town. Artie asked the mother how many cigarettes she smokes because she had a husky voice. She said she only smokes a pack a day. Howard asked the mother if she's got baloney tits or if she's ever caught him masturbating. She had no idea what baloney tits were and that she couldn't remember catching him jerking off. She said she has found his dirty sheets from him jerking off and stuff like that.
Howard asked Pete why he would make his mother wash his sheets when he was dropping loads in them. Pete said that he was only 15, 16 years old and that's what a mother was supposed to do back then. Robin said she can't wait to meet these two. Howard put them on hold so he could book them for the show.
Artie said he had another embarrassing discussion with the woman who will be outfitting him for the show and she was saying that if he had old jeans and work boots he could wear those. He said he told the woman that she might want to add 8 sizes to the sizes he gives her. He said he's wearing 38 inch pants but he wears them pretty low. He's hoping he can just wear what he wears to the set. They're going to be shooting tomorrow around 1 o'clock.
Lisa said that Steve Langford will be going along with him to the set of the show. She said that they're going to be doing a report about Sal's ''Kill or Be Killed'' show because he got a little carried away and forgot to go to the celebrity judges at one point. That led to Howard talking about Sal's obsession with him and how he used to be obsessed with Marissa Tomei. He said Gary asked Sal on the Wrap Up Show about calling Marissa and if he had called other people when he was working as a Stockbroker.
Sal admitted that he did call a couple of other people like Rodney Dangerfield, Pat Cooper, Tony Randall, Jack Klugman and Russell Simmons. He said he also called Mickey Rooney and asked him if he wanted to invest in stock. Howard said it went form Sal saying he never called anyone to admitting he called all of those people. Robin said that Sal is a stalker and it's obvious after hearing that clip.
Gary told Howard to play the Richard Christy prank call that they talked about earlier because it was great. Howard played the clip where they jerked Wendy the Retard around with a phony voice mail answering system. Wendy was yelling at the voice mail system and then yelling at clips of Ronnie the Limo Driver. Then Richard took clips of Mike Walker and had her talking to him as well. She had no idea what was going on and said that she needed a drink. Richard played some clips of this preacher Don Vincent who curses out his callers when they call him. After she goes off on him Richard plays clips of Dice and has her yelling at him. Howard said that goes on for about 3 hours but Richard cut it down for them. She eventually hung up on him.
Lisa G got back to her news preview and mentioned that they have a report about a certain someone on the show who hasn't written thank-you notes for the gifts they received. Robin figured it was her and she said she's working on it but hasn't gotten it done quite yet.
Howard was thinking of throwing a party of his own but he threw out the idea after thinking about having Richard and Sal going to the party. He said he would like Richard to be there but he would probably go with Sal. Then he was thinking that Richard is kind of disgusting because he doesn't shower and stuff like that. He's not so afraid of having Benjy there though. He was going to have Gary, Fred and Robin at the party but he scrapped the whole thing. Howard said that if he got down to inviting someone like Lisa he would have to invite everyone.
Robin said it would be a nightmare for Howard if he started inviting people to a party. She knows because she just had one not too long ago. Robin said that she's working on that thank-you list for the gifts she got but that party did cost her quite a bit of money. Howard figured it was at least fifty grand. She said it was. Some of the guys said that Robin shouldn't have to send out thank-yous because she threw that party and the gifts were thanks for inviting them to the party.
Gary told Howard to play the other Page 69 clip because it was also about Robin. In the clip Jason and Will talk about Robin thinking of going to a racing school to learn how to drive her new Corvette (Z06). Howard asked Robin why she needs to do that. She said that the Corvette she got is basically a race car so she needs to learn how to drive it. Fred confirmed what she was saying and told the guys that it really is like a race car. Robin has loved cars for a long time and that's why she got this car.
Howard asked Robin if she would go up against Bubba and race him. She said she might do that but she might need a year or so to prepare. Ronnie came in and told Robin to go up against him. Howard said Ronnie is dying for some attention from people on the show and that's why he's doing that. Ronnie said that Howard is a very angry man. He also told Howard that Robin's Corvette is a race car.
Fred asked Ronnie how fast Robin could be prepared to race. He said it would probably take about 4 or 5 weeks. Ronnie said Bubba doesn't race on road courses though, he races on dirt. It's a completely different thing. Richard came in and said that Robin was afraid to go over 20 miles per hour on her boat. Robin said that's different, she's not afraid of driving on the road. Howard said he'll buy the outfit for Robin if she wants to race against Bubba. He also said that he thought he was adventurous for taking chess lessons. Meanwhile, Robin is going out and buying race cars.
Howard said he's very excited about this whole thing. A caller told Robin to go out to Bob Bondurant's course in Arizona. Robin said she knows Bob Bondurant and she may have to go out there to his racing school. Robin told the guys that she's been boating every weekend lately and she's planning on taking it down to Florida. Howard said ''Oh no you're not...'' He seems to think that she's nuts.
Howard said that they might just have a race here between Robin and Bubba but they haven't spoken to him yet. A caller told the guys that she could take her car out on a race course if she joins a Corvette club or something. Howard said it would be something if Robin beat Bubba in a race. Ronnie told her that she should try snowmobiles this winter too because they're a lot of fun.
Howard took a call from a guy who said that he heard a story about Howard and his daughter going out to dinner last week and he had a story about that. Howard said he wasn't out for lunch on Wednesday like the caller was saying. The guy said he heard that Howard and his daughter were arguing at a table about Beth but Howard said that never happened. He said he was at dinner last week with his two daughters but it wasn't lunch. He wasn't arguing with his daughters. The caller kept saying that it was lunch but Howard didn't go to any lunch last week.
Ronnie said that he could back up the story because he was with him on Wednesday. Howard said his daughters do cry a lot because they're very emotional. Robin said that sounds like they're very fragile if they cry that easy. Howard said he was not at a lunch like the caller was claiming. Howard let Lisa G go after that.
Howard asked Robin how fast her Corvette goes. She said it can go about 190 miles per hour. She said she doesn't even know how to get into 6th gear because she hasn't had it going that fast yet. Howard said he owned a corvette at one point in his career and he never had it over 60. Robin said that her car is so fast that they won't even make it into a convertible. Gary came in and said that the BMW people called and offered to bring her to their test course down in North Carolina where she can bring her own car out and drive it.
The guys talked about how Robin is putting herself in danger for no apparent reason with this car. No one seems to understand why she would do such a thing.
Gary gave Howard a bunch of choices for the games they could play. Howard took a call to try and find someone to play the game. The first caller asked Artie if he wanted to promote his movie at a red carpet event he was hosting on Sunday night but Howard got bored with him and hung up on him.
Howard moved on to the Cliff Palette game where they have to try and guess what he's saying. Cliff died earlier this year so some of the guys get depressed hearing this stuff. Howard played it anyway. Howard played the first clip after getting another caller. Some of the guys thought they knew what he was saying. It was a celebrity name and the caller had no idea what it was. Howard and Robin thought they might know but they weren't positive. Howard guessed it was ''Rich Retarlo.'' Artie thought it was ''Nelly Furtado.'' Gary said that it might be impossible to get. Howard kept playing the clip over and over again but no one knew what it was. Gary said Fred had it close when he said Christian Slater but that wasn't it.
The caller had no idea either so Howard went through a few more calls. One guy said Nick Di Paolo but that wasn't it either. Another guy said Nipsy Russell but he was wrong as well. It wasn't Marlon Brando. Wendy the Retard even gave it a try but she was throwing names out there that were no where close to celebrity names. She threw in Richard Christy's name as well before Howard hung up on her.
Howard took another call from a guy who also didn't know who it was. Gary gave a clue that gave it to Fred. He figured it out but everyone was still trying to figure it out because it sounded nothing like ''Crispin Glover.'' Artie said there's no way anyone could have gotten that one with that name. He's not an A-list guy.
Howard played another quick clip where it was very obvious that Cliff said ''Jennifer Aniston.'' The caller got it right so he won a few bucks for getting it. Richard Christy came in and said that the guy had gotten it wrong and it was actually Engelbert Humperdink. Howard played the clip again and said he was right, the caller was wrong and it wasn't Jennifer Aniston. Howard said he really misses that guy Cliff. Howard gave the caller another try. It was another tough one though. Robin thought it was Enrique Iglacias so the caller went with that and got it right. Howard gave him the prize and went to break.
Howard mentioned the new TV show which is called ''Gene Simmons Family Jewels'' and it airs next Monday on A&E. He asked Gene if it was true he was worth $250 million and asked why he would do something like this TV show if he's already got that kind of money. Shannon said that Gene used to be so private back when she first met him and now he's opening up and letting everyone in.
Howard said he would never let a camera into his house because he would need some privacy. Howard asked if they were impressed with Ozzy's show. The two of them said that Ozzy was great in that show. Gene told Howard that he has never been high or drunk in his life. Howard interrupted and said Shannon can't say the same thing though. She has been involved in a bunch of stuff. Howard told her that he used to beat off to her pictures years ago when she was in Playboy. He said he had a few women, Shannon, Barbara McNair and Stella Stevens that he would beat off to.
Howard asked Gene again why he's doing this TV show if he's worth $250 million. Gene said he's not that rich and he's not the owner of the KISS name. He and Paul Stanley are co-owners. He told Howard some details about what the band has been up to and how he was just at a KISS coffee house franchise. Howard asked Gene if Ace Frehley has been fired from the band or not. Gene said that Ace and Peter are out of the band and they're probably better off, and alive, because they are out now. Gene said that they can have anyone they want come into the band to replace them because they own the rights to the make-up.
Howard asked Gene if they're going to have a bunch more farewell tours. Gene said that's what a lot of bands do so they will have as many as they can. Howard wondered if Gene is friendly with Paul Stanley. Gene said he loves the guy and he is still friendly with him.
Howard asked Gene about dating Cher. Gene said he lived with her years ago and everyone gets along. He said that Shannon and Cher get along but Shannon said she's only met her twice so she's not sure that she gets along with her. She was saying that she actually had to write her a letter asking her to stop sending letters to Gene. Her son found the letter in the mail and she thought it was a bit inappropriate so she asked her stop. She was going off on her for still sending letters to Gene calling him ''puppy.''
Howard wondered if she's that lonely that she has to send him letters like that. Gene said that Cher is a wonderful woman and he didn't want them going off on her like this. Shannon has been with Hugh Hefner herself so Howard and Robin were asking her about that. She told the guys that Gene is better in bed because he participates in sex unlike Hef. She said she talks about all of that stuff in her book (''Kiss and Tell'').
Shannon told Howard that she saw many things at the Playboy mansion and one of the things Howard read was that guys may have been doing stuff to Hef in his bedroom. She said it was dark in the room at the time and she never saw anything. She used that excuse for a few things that Howard asked her about. He asked her some questions about who she banged but she told him to read the book.
Gene just wanted to plug his show. Howard didn't want to go there yet so he asked Shannon if she still thinks that Gene doesn't cheat on her. She said she believes that even though Howard said he has heard that Gene has gotten blow jobs from people while with Shannon. She said that Gene wouldn't sell any records if he didn't say stuff like that so that's why she thinks that goes on. Howard got back to the Cher discussion and asked Shannon what she wrote to her to make her stop from writing. She didn't say exactly what it was.
Howard asked if it was true that Ace Frehley called Diana Ross the N-word in front of Gene. Gene said that is true. Shannon dated OJ Simpson for a little while so Howard asked her about that as well. Gene and Shannon talked about the relationships they've had. Gene told Howard about how he dated Diana Ross for a while and ended up breaking it off once he started dating Shannon. He had broken up with Cher to go with Diana.
Howard had a woman on the phone who claimed that she had been sleeping with Gene for a long time. It was Wendy the Retard who answered yes to every question Howard asked. She said she has been a lover with him since the 1970s. Shannon said she's pretty sure that Gene doesn't have any children out there that they don't know about.
Howard asked Gene if they are secretly married. Shannon giggled and said she didn't want to say anything that would incriminate Gene. She said she is married to ''the show.'' Howard asked Gene if he would marry Shannon if she really wanted it. Gene said that he has always had agreements with his women before moving in with them so it's like a pre-nuptial without the marriage.
Howard asked Gene what kind of money he would have to give up if they split up. Shannon said that she thinks she wouldn't get anything because there is no common law in California. Gene said that he will fight like crazy to keep all of his money.
Richard Christy came in and said that he's been a huge KISS fan since he was about 4 years old. He wanted to know about Gene taking a porn star to the AVN awards. Gene said Shannon knew about that and she was fine with it. Howard wanted to know when he last got a blow job. Gene said he's not a big fan of blow jobs and he's more into the drilling for oil type of sex.
Howard gave Gene and Shannon a plug for their new TV show ''Gene Simmons Family Jewels.'' He asked them about their son who has been trying to get into rock and roll. Shannon said that he's actually an artist, he's just doing that for fun. Howard thought it would be nuts for him to get into a band. Howard told Gene that he loved his show ''Rock School'' that was on VH-1 a while back. Gene said one of the kids on the show just got a $900,000 recording contract.
Gene got in a few plugs for his web sites KissOnline.com, GeneSimmons.com, and even IndyCar.com.
Sal the Stockbroker came in because he was once kicked out of a concert after he did an Indian sound while they were on stage one night. Gene said that when they're on stage, they are the bosses so anyone in the crowd doing something like that gets booted out of the concert. Gene told Sal that he would be very popular in jail when he actually ends up there.
Sal explained how he did this thing to Gene to get himself booted out of the concert. He said Gene was doing this thing where he yells out as he's looking out into the crowd so Sal stuck his thumbs in his ears and made his Indian sound. Gene ended up flying up in the air so he wasn't able to tell someone to throw him out right away. Once he was lowered to the stage he ripped off his chains and stuff and ran back stage in those giant boots of his. He said he looked like a retarded Godzilla as he was running back. Then this guy comes running out to throw him out. The guy who threw him out said he would get fired if he didn't get him out of there so Sal said he would leave. Sal later heard that Gene would have no problem firing anyone on Christmas Eve if he was in a bad mood.
Howard asked Gene about Ace Frehley since he claims to have said some things that were pretty anti-Semitic. Gene said that he did say some anti-Semitic things to him over the years when he was wasted. Gene said alcohol and drugs bring out the 'real you' and that's probably what happened there. Sal asked Gene why he outed Ace in his book when he printed a picture of him kissing another man. Gene said that the picture was public knowledge so other people knew about it before it was printed.
Sal asked Gene if Paul Stanley has ever had a gay relationship. Gene said that he has never seen anything like that with Paul. He also asked Gene if he was wearing a wig and if he could tug on his hair. Gene said it is real hair and he could tug on it. Sal went over to him even after Howard told him not to, and yanked on his hair. He said it is apparently real.
Howard asked Gene about his relationship with Cher and if she was good at oral. Fred threw in a gagging porn sound effect as they discussed that and Shannon said she was about to gag just hearing that clip. Gene said that he's dead after talking about Cher on the show.
Howard took a call from a guy who said that Gene financed Van Halen's demo tape and basically discovered them. Gene said that he did discover them at a club and they were about to sign with a yogurt company. He talked them out of it and had them come out to New York to record out there. That ended up being their first and second albums. Gene said he thought the band was going to be huge but other people didn't believe it and wouldn't back him up so he threw out the contract and told them to go for it. They went out and signed a contract within a few weeks.
Howard asked Gene about who he thinks are some of the greatest guitar players since they were discussing that yesterday. Howard also asked Gene if he thinks that he's a great bass player. Gene quickly said 'no' and admits that he's no that great.
Howard took some phone calls and one guy told Shannon that she's got some baloney tits these days. He was also saying that Gene gives Jews a bad name with all of the crap that he whores out with the KISS name on them. Howard had another guy ask Gene if he ever hit Cher in the ass and if it was hairy back there. Gene said he has anal sex with everybody and if you don't do that it's an insult. Shannon said she doesn't like that so she and Gene don't do it. Howard asked him if he will lick a woman's ass. He said ''Oh sure, why not...''
Howard wished the two of them luck with their new show. He also gave Shannon a plug for her book ''Kiss and Tell.'' Howard wrapped up a short time later and went to commercial break.
Artie said he didn't realize how crazy that sounded even though they've listened to the tape before. Gibson's father was saying that the Jews don't do any actual work, they just take all of the ''good jobs'' from other people. Howard thought that was pretty crazy to say as well.
Howard played some more audio where the interviewer keeps the guy going by asking more and more questions about the Jews to show just how hateful the guy is. He was saying there was no way they could have killed six million Jews back then because they wouldn't have had enough fuel or time to do such a thing.
Howard said this guy is way consumed with the Jews. He listened to a few more clips from the interview where he talked about nothing but the Jews and how horrible they are. Howard liked the way the interviewer handled the guy because he made him think that he was a brilliant man and kept him talking.
Artie also mentioned that he tried calling Jeff the Drunk yesterday but he got his answering machine. He was trying to help him out by giving him some work. Howard got back to Steve and asked him what else they had coming up today. Steve said that they'll have a few other stories about the heat in New York City and how it could cause problems with the electricity there at SIRIUS.
Jeff the Drunk called in and said that the number Artie had was the wrong number. He asked Artie if he was going to the Yankee game today. Artie said he's not going. Jeff said he figured Artie wouldn't be calling him if he was going to the game, that's why he was asking. Jeff also said that he just got his car out of impound after it was taken during his drunk driving arrest over the weekend.
Jeff can't go anywhere because he can't drive now that his license has been taken away again. Artie said he's going to send Jeff a bunch of fliers to hand out for his movie. Howard told Artie he has only one hand and he can't drive so he can't get out to do something like that. He can't be trusted to actually do the work either. Howard asked Jeff what he's going to say to people when he's giving out the fliers. Jeff said that he'll just tell people the movie is coming out ''whenever, October 14th...'' Artie told him he's already screwing it up, it's September 15th. Artie said they have no advertising budget so this could actually help.
Howard moved on to Jon Hein who was in with his Wrap Up Show preview. He mentioned that they'll be talking about Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed. They'll also talk about Fred having an argument with Riley Martin clips and some of the other people who have fallen for talking to tapes.
Mariann from Brooklyn called in because Artie and Robin had been talking about how annoying she was at the comedy show they were at yesterday afternoon. Mariann said she didn't know that they were annoyed with her otherwise she would have left.
Jon said they'll talk about Robin possibly going to racing school since that was brought up this morning. Howard thanked him for that and let Jon and Steve go.
Chris Kattan called in around 10:30am, only an hour late, so Howard talked about some of the movies that Chris has done on Saturday Night Live and things like that. Howard asked him if he had ever worked with Mel Gibson. Chris said that unfortunately he never had. Howard goofed on Gibson for a short time and talked about what it might have been like if he had worked with him on a movie.
Howard said that Chris was calling in because he's dating this girl who is super hot and it's important to him for her to win this Miss FHM thing. He said you go on FHMUS.com and you can vote for her there. Her name is Sunshine Tutt. Chris said that it's very exciting for her and he's just trying to help her out having some fun. Howard asked her if he's afraid that, if she wins, she might date David Spade. Chris just laughed. He said she was calling him on the other line so he took that call and came back a short time later.
Chris said she does some acting and things like that. Howard said she's got some nice melons and wondered if they were real. Chris said they are real and they're a C-cup. He said that she's not dying to win this FHM thing but she would like it if she did win. Howard told Chris that he'd like to go down on her after seeing her pictures. Fred played the ''I'd like to fuck the shit out of you'' song after Howard mentioned that.
Chris said he's down south shooting a Christmas movie and it's really hot down there. He said he's working with John Goodman and a bunch of little people in the movie. Chris asked Howard if he's going to get married after Howard asked him if he's going to try to marry this Tutt chick. Howard said he's not getting married. Chris thought Robin was married but Howard told him that she's got a really weird relationship with Mr. X. Robin said that he comes to see her on the weekends and also works with her with her career.
Howard wrapped up with Chris and asked him what the fans have to do. Chris said that you just go to FHMUS and vote for Sunshine Tutt, it's pretty simple. Howard said it must have been weird for him when his girlfriend asked him to call the show to do this. Chris didn't seem to mind it. Howard understood what he was going through with the hot girlfriend.
Chris jokingly told Howard and the guys to lay off of Mel Gibson because he hadn't done anything wrong. He said he was just kidding and talked about that for a short time. He said he'd rather have stories like this in the news than stories about Lindsay Lohan passing out from the heat. He said it's like the old Hollywood days. Howard wondered if Leno and Letterman will have Gibson on their shows after all of this. They joked that Leno will probably make a joke like how they renamed the movie ''Lethal Weapon 2'' to ''Lethal Weapon Jew'' or something lame like that. Howard let Chris go a short time later.
Robin was singing along with one of Smokey's songs as he walked in. He thought she sounded good but Howard told her she sounded like shit. Smokey told Howard he just wanted to check out the new place and stop in to say hello. Smokey has a new album (Timeless Love) out that he's at SIRIUS to promote today. He'll be doing that on some of the other channels there.
Howard talked to Smokey about his love life and found out that he just got married for the second time about 4 years ago. Howard wanted to know how many chicks he banged so Smokey said he had his fair share way back in his day. Smokey asked Howard if he had a lot. Howard told him he had his share after his divorce but he's with Beth now and not banging chicks. Smokey asked him if he's going to get married. Howard said that everyone was asking him that today and he was under a lot of pressure from that.
Gary asked Smokey if he got all of the money from the songs he wrote and performed or if he got ripped off like so many other people did. Smokey said he got the money because he was with Motown records. Howard asked Smokey if he was with a light skinned black woman or a dark skinned woman. Smokey seemed to think that was kind of an odd question but laughed and said she was about the same skin tone as he was.
Gary asked Smokey what song brings in the most money. Smokey said there are a few songs that bring in a lot of money but ''My Girl'' is probably one of the best money generators. They went over some of the other hit songs he's had so Howard told him he should come in and do a little concert for them sometime. Smokey said he'll do that when he comes back to New York City.
Howard asked Smokey how long it takes him to writ a song. He said that some take 25 minutes, some might take 2 years. He said that ''My Girl'' probably took about 2 hours to write. Howard asked him who his favorite song writer is. Smokey said he can't say who it is because there are so many great ones. He said he loves song writers.
Howard played a track off of Smokey's album and then asked him if he's still smoking weed. Smokey said he hasn't done that since 1986. He said he was killing himself with coke and stuff like that so he stopped doing it. Howard told Smokey how great he is and thanked him for coming in. Smokey told Howard it was a pleasure meeting him years ago at an airport. Howard gave him a plug for his new CD ''Timeless Love'' and let him go. They went to a commercial break a short time later.
Howard took a call from this guy Mike who wrote a story about Tommy Morrison trying to make a come back in the boxing field. Howard had read the story earlier in the morning. Mike told Howard about what he knew after talking to Tommy. Tommy is claiming he never had HIV but he was still kicked out of boxing and he wants to come back and fight again.
Howard had to wrap up with Mike so he could get the show done with. He let him go and had Robin finish up her news. They ended the show around 11:25am.
Howard started off the show saying he wakes up every morning now so he can hear the latest apology from Mel Gibson. He said it's kind of funny how people's real feelings come forward when something like that happens. He was reading a letter to the editor in the paper where a guy went off on other people who have said things in public about other people and they don't get the kind of crap that Gibson is getting. Howard said that no one ever said it was okay for any of the other people that were mentioned by the guy. He thought the writer sounded kind of weird.
Artie said it really appears that Mel Gibson is a dark, depressed guy after hearing about all of this stuff. Howard heard that Gibson is losing his hair and when he looks in the mirror he doesn't see Mel Gibson anymore. It's not so tough for ugly people to look in the mirror because they've probably always been ugly.
The guys talked about some women who are good looking and end up losing their looks eventually. It's really tough for those people because their looks don't last. Artie said that the only way Mel Gibson is going to get people to forgive him for his Jew comments is to turn back time, like Superman, and kill Hitler. Howard said he was trying to come up with something and he wasn't able to... but Artie came up with the only thing that will work.
Howard said that the Jews might want to demand that he do that to get forgiveness for his comments. Howard said it would be great to get a Rabbi in there to call a press conference and demand that Gibson fix the holocaust. Robin said they might be able to use Benjy to do something like that.
Fred played the ''That's Why I Hate All The Jews'' song parody that they played a couple of times yesterday. Howard said he loves this story. Artie said there's one headline about Gibson being suicidal about this stuff. Howard said there was one article where the author said that you can't trust that this guy is serious. There was another one where a Rabbi said it was time to forgive Gibson already.
Howard wonders why Gibson doesn't have a driver to bring him around instead of driving himself. Robin said a lot of people out in California like to drive and Gibson must be one of them. Howard said the next good thing is going to be when Mel comes out in public to make a statement. He read his latest apology from an article he had and spent a short time talking about that.
Howard was also pointing out that there are pictures of Mel out partying with a bunch of women the night he got arrested for drunk driving. He pointed out that the guy is married and has a bunch of kids but he was busy out partying.
King of all Japs called in and asked Howard if he hates Mel Gibson after all of this. Howard said he's pretty sensitive to stuff like this because he saw so much anti-Semitism when he was living in Roosevelt. He said he was beaten when he was living there just for being a Jew. He said these are just a lot of people's true feelings because they've been taught to hate the Jews. It's just something that exists here in the United States and the rest of the world.
Artie said that his parents never talked any sort of hate when he was growing up in Jersey. Robin said that he was in New Jersey and there are a lot of people in the rest of the country who do hate on people like that. Howard said Mel knew what he was doing and he's just another douche, just another dick. Robin said that this is the kind of good that his religious upbringing is doing for him.
Howard wrapped up with King of all Japs who asked Artie when he's going to be out in L.A. doing a show so he can meet him and get a DVD signed. Artie said he'll be out there soon but not doing a show so he doesn't know what to tell him.
Howard said the Howard TV guys are working on a lot of stuff for the on demand stuff. Robin said that she heard the guy who was hired to take care of the 23,000 hours of K-Rock tapes on Howard 100 News and he sounds like he's going to be really good for the job. She said he had her getting all revved up for playing those old tapes.
Howard and Artie got back into the Mel Gibson stuff for a short time. Artie was pretending to be drunk while Howard questioned him about the Jews.
Richard said that this guy he called has been doing his show since the 70s. Howard played another clip where Richard called the psychic and asked if he's going to get fucked in the ass when he goes to jail for selling grass. The guy says that he's not going to get out of jail for up to 10 years after a call like that.
JD told the guys this particular song was too poppy for him but he does like the fast techno music. Howard played another section of the song and JD liked that part of it. It's apparently a 1 hour long song from what the guys were saying. Artie said he's been to clubs where they play that kind of music and people are all on ecstasy and guys are touching guys and he just had to get out of there.
Artie said that when you're on X some chicks will let you touch them and it's the best. He said that Ralph has a great story about ecstasy but he can't tell it on the air because it would end up in the paper. He said they might have to get Ralph to try and get clearance on the story and tell it.
Artie said he took some ecstasy back in about 1995 or so and went to a party. He said the chick who brought him there ended up leaving with some guy. He said it felt great to be on the stuff and the chick he was into ended up with some other dude after he went to get her a drink. He said he ended up taking the train home alone that night. He ended up jerking off to an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.
Will came in and said that he's seen JD dance to this music so it's not true that he just likes listening to it. JD demonstrated a little of his dancing which was a bad idea because Artie was calling him names. Benjy said he caught a great JD moment the other day when he saw JD getting a package from someone from SIRIUS and he said ''Thanks hot stuff'' in a serious voice.
Howard played some audio of Richard talking to a homeless guy about JD being a virgin and trying to get some advice from him. The homeless guy just laughed his ass off when Richard told him about that.
Howard was laughing his ass off thinking about JD walking around the streets and sitting on the train with this playing on his iPod. He said you never know what people are listening to and pictures a guy stealing JD's iPod, taking it home and wondering what the hell he's listening to.
Richard told the guys that this song they were listening to was a full hour long. JD said it's a mix of different songs that are all put together into one long song. Howard kept playing the opening to the song and said it has to be the funniest opening ever. Richard suggested that they take that clip and play it every time JD comes in the studio.
Howard started asking JD questions and playing that techno song opening beat to goof on him. Howard was asking JD what he's doing tonight and then played the music. Artie answered for him and said that he was going to be shitting out some cum.
Howard asked Richard if they had played the Philippino porn clips that he found. Richard said it was actually Sal who found the clips because he's not into ''oriental porn'' himself. He said they had played some of the clips recently. Howard got back to the techno music and continued to goof on JD. Then he went into some of the Philippino porn clips he was talking about after that.
A caller told Howard to animate JD dancing to that music. JD mentioned that they have him down at Hedonism dancing so that's enough. That show should start airing on Howard TV around August 9th according to Doug Goodstein from In Demand. Howard asked JD what the name of this CD was. JD mumbled out ''Techno for the Masses Speed Up Volume 4'' or something like that.
Howard played a little more of the song to hear the part where a woman was singing. He kept playing that opening and asked Fred to make that JD's theme song. Fred was all set for that so whenever JD comes in, that's what they'll play.
Howard read some mail from a Sal fan who said they're tired of Howard goofing on him so much. There was another guy who said that Bob Levy sucks and he doesn't want him on the show anymore. The guy also said that Sal is a fag. Another writer thought that Sal's story during Gene Simmons' appearance yesterday was great. Another guy said that Sal is a cock jockey. There were some other guys who went off on Sal about his Gene Simmons story and other things.
Howard said they got a lot of comments about how they should handle the replay of the 9/11 show. Howard said he's asking the audience how they'd like to hear the show replayed. They could replay the whole show or just play clips from it during a regular show. Howard whipped through a bunch of comments about that and some people want to hear the whole show in it's entirety. Howard said that they may have to replay that whole thing in full then. Howard said that there are other people who don't want to hear that show at all, they just want a new and funny show.
Howard read one e-mail from a guy who said that they're being a little rough on Mel Gibson. Robin said Howard has felt this way about Mel for years, this is nothing new. Howard said a lot of people wrote in about Robin's fascination with racing and her Corvette. One guy wrote in about the car being made of fiberglass and how just one crash could mean the end for her. Other people said that they think Robin is losing touch with the audience by getting into racing. Another guy said he's glad that Robin now has a different car for every day of the week. One guy said he hopes that she accidentally puts the car in reverse, backs through her mansion, off her dock and into the water where she'll float to safety on her two flotation devices. Another guy suggested that she say hello to John Denver and John F. Kennedy Jr. when she kills herself while racing or boating.
Howard read an e-mail about something that happened with Lisa G and Gene Simmons after the interview yesterday. Howard didn't know what went on so Robin and Artie told him about what they heard. Fred had the full story and said that Gene was being a wise ass while she was questioning him after the show. He stuck a $10 bill down her shirt as she was interviewing him but she was more upset about the way he treated her before he did that.
Shuli came in and said that he recorded the whole thing because they were all going off on Robin and Howard. He had another clip where a couple of women and High Pitch Mike were going off on Robin for some comments she had made about this party that Howard was going to have but ended up cancelling.
Gary said there's another clip where Steve Langford explains to the crew why they shouldn't expect to be invited to Howard's party. He said that Howard and his crew are a little unit and the news team came along 25 years later and that they don't belong. Shuli said that Howard and Robin don't like people in general so having them over probably isn't going to happen. Shuli said when he got Robin's invitation to her party, he thought it was a mistake.
Lisa G came in so Howard asked her what went on with Gene Simmons. She said that he was trying to stuff money down her shirt and he was taking his glasses off and putting them on her after taking her glasses off. Howard asked her if maybe Gene was trying to make an interesting moment out of a dull interview. She thought that was kind of rude but Howard said she could have just walked away from that if she wanted to. Lisa said she felt she had a job to do and didn't want to walk away.
Lisa said that Isaac was standing there with a TV camera and she as acting differently while on camera. She said that the guys standing around were doing nothing. Howard asked her why she didn't just walk away then. She thought that any man, or woman, standing there would see that what he was doing was inappropriate and should have done something.
Howard said that he once took down Gary Busey when he was trying to go after Robin on the show. He told Lisa that if she had said something to the guys, they probably would have done something. She chose not to say anything or walk away so no one did anything. Shuli said that the funny thing is that Ronnie was nowhere to be found during all of that.
Since Lisa was in the studio already, Howard had her do her Howard 100 News preview. She gave the guys a rundown of what they had coming up today. They have a new Page 69 segment where Will and Jason talk about the gossip around the offices. Lisa said that there's another story about this ''nerd heard'' of JD, Jason and Jon Hein going to a matinee together. She said that the Wrap Up Show has been a huge hit lately and they'll be talking about that. Howard said he knows it's a hit because Gary and Jon Hein were asking for $5 million like Riley Martin was.
Lisa said that the team of people working on the 23,000 hours of tape have turned to Fred for some help since he's got so much knowledge about the show. She said that Jon Hein has been using Howard's hair stylist Toni ever since he sold his web site for over a million bucks. They'll be talking about that in the news as well.
Howard asked Lisa if the Gene Simmons thing was the worst thing that's ever happened to her. She said it is right up there as one of the worst moments for her. She said most people don't disrespect her like Gene did. Lisa said that she didn't want to be on camera cursing someone out so that's why she behaved herself during the interview. Howard told Lisa that she can always tell him when something goes wrong and he'll try to take care of it as long as the guy isn't Shaq.
Howard read some more e-mail about Penny Crone and the clothes she wears. The studio door wasn't closing so Howard asked the guys to close it. They were told that the door isn't closing because of the heat but the heat is outside and Howard said it's like 40 below in the studio so the heat outside has nothing to do with the door sticking. Howard had to take a break after that.