What went wrong?

O and A were so comfy and at one point better than Howard. What went wrong?

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Patrice couldnt stop eating shit

Patrice was great but he was not the reason why O and A were successful. No one knew who he was until he died.

>I didn't know who he was until years after he died
FTFY, phony

>and at one point better than Howard

Watching my neighbors dog shit is better than Stern

...

Why does everyone hate Stern? He shits on O and A

They were self-destructive weirdos who became old men and lost all their energy.

That's Bonnie? Jeez

No, idiot.

I had to google boonie

Well, Jimmy is going to kill himself soon, so that should be good radio.

He's not funny and he's an edgy Jew

I don't want to sound edgy, but Patrice's untimely death (like most comics' deaths) was the best thing for him and for men.

Instead of his neutered comments, we get to hear his words in spirit.

Why

hes gay and cant come out

He's an unfunny hack. If it weren't for fact that he has enough pull to get big celebs on he would literally serve no purpose.

Why

Several reasons:
– Opie couldn't accept his diminishing role in the show and became jealous of Ant and Jimmy's rapport, so he tried to split the show behind their backs and then throwing Tim Sabean under the bus when Ant and Jim found out about it. He also couldn't handle Ron & Fez's popularity and schemed to get them off of the O&A channel. When Ant got fired, Opie saw this as an opportunity to make himself the star and didn't properly fight for Ant. He also started pushing Norton to the side in order to get his comedian choices to co-host the show, which Norton did not like. Opie has mental problems that prevent him from understanding actual human relationships, which is why he was constantly shitty to others, told people like East Side Dave that he was their friend and always there to back them up (in reality, Opie was in agreement with Sirius XM about ESD's firing) and takes ball-busting and constructive criticism as personal attacks. His narcissism helped a great deal in the show's demise.
– Social media and smart phones. Joe Rogan has commented on how all the hosts in studio (around 2012, I believe) would constantly pay more attention to their Twitter feeds and phones rather than focusing on doing the show. Opie was obsessed with going viral, Ant liked debating people about race and politics on Twitter and Jim was probably chatting with trannies or something. In fact, Ant's tendency to rant about blacks on Twitter while wasted out of his mind is what got him fired (even if his frustration with the Times Square incident is understandable, he should've kept his mouth shut and waited 'til he got back on the air). Opie's firing was also probably related to social media, as he might've thought that filming Roland taking a shit could help him go viral.
– The rise of identity politics. I believe it was after 2010 that the SJW mentality starting getting some traction and took off and made it even easier for companies to simply fire people.

Yea tell that to his family.

Opie is terribly unfunny and bad at running a show. His show with the Cuban faggot and the rest was unlistenable. Anthony is far too political and doesnt focus on being funny anymore.

Jim is a sad shell of his former self, and he is obsessed with having porn whores on the show. Sam Roberts is the missing link, a cro magnon walking amongst us

His family (kid that isn't even his) gets a benefit almost every year.

Compared to having the benefit of having Patrice around year round helping them out.

Lady Di went bananas

What the fuck is Opie's problem

Cont'd from – Loss of show regulars. Louis CK and Bill Burr moved to L.A. and Louie especially got so big that he wasn't able to hang like in the old days. It's also apparent that when Louie came to visit after he became a mainstream sensation, the boys' attitudes towards him changed and they treated him more like a celebrity royalty. Others, like Patrice, Otto and Greg Giraldo, passed away. Only Bob Kelly, Rich Vos and Colin Quinn remained until the bitter end, although Colin also seemed to be coming in much less often and did more phoners.
– Lack of good new guys. The newer guys like Mike Birbiglia, Joe DeRosa and Tom Papa are mostly hated, and Dan Soder started coming in around the time the show was almost done (I think he might've been a good regular). Again, the change in the political climate has made it so that we're not getting that many new guys doing material akin to the old guys, because it'd be considered "problematic." O&A don't care, but the comedians would probably censor themselves.
– The changing of the boys' lives. Opie became a father and turned from a lying frat boy into a lying father who was no longer comfortable with pedophile jokes. Ant lost a good counterbalance when Patrice died and the Trayvon Martin thing pushed him over the edge to the point where he was obsessed with blacks and ranted about race almost on a daily basis. Jim softened up considerably, calmed down a lot and cleaned up his act a lot and now seems to be depressed because he can't find a proper life partner and his "relationship" with a European tranny is going nowhere. Sam stopped being the shit-stirring sidekick and took over hosting duties, thus revealing that he's an absolute bore and nobody gives a shit about his manchild hobby.
– Dwindling subscriber count and loss of popularity. I think the signs were all there when the bus tour the boys were supposed to do either in late '13/sometime in '14 was cancelled. O&A just couldn't get traction anymore.

He's a self-centered, unfunny douche who considers himself "the master of shock comedy" (yuck) and constantly lies about his life to the point it's impossible to tell what really happened to him. Had Opie never collaborated with Anthony, he'd probably still be wasting away at WBAB doing a third shift classic rock show. He also lacks self-awareness, thinking that every time someone gets frustrated with him it is because they are the problem and not him. Pretty much everyone who worked with him on O&A now hates his gust or at the very least thinks he's a stressful co-worker whose mood dictates the mood of the room. Even fucking Erock and Kenny, who were probably the most loyal of Opie's co-workers, have severed ties with him.

If there's one thing Opie actually knew it was that too many porn chicks on the show equals boredom. The novelty of naked girls on a radio show wore off the moment the internet became mainstream.

Losing synergy between opie and anthony and jimmy and fans.

They had a thing going and even if it had no famous guests it would still be good, though they fucked it up, either by incompetence or some scheme by stern fans, it is gone now.

Let it go.

>Let it go.
sniff*

TELL ME ABOUT ARTIE!

WHY DOES HE WEAR THE SHADES?

Nobody listens to radio anymore

hey ant, i know you're reading this
suck my peckah you fruit

I listen to Bennington every day.

what a sad life you have

Heroin

Artie is a fucking loser and the comedy world would be better if he finally offed himself.

I mostly listen for Gail's adorable voice.

He's really pretty funny on the new AA show.

Related question: Who is this Bobo creature I keep seeing?

Some guy with an amazing dick

Everyone grows up eventually and mean spirited radio shows lose their steam

Also Norton became exactly what he hates, a preachy, sentimental celebrity

Patrice died/thread

Howard is more bitter and angry now than he ever was. He's just an old asshole.

>What went wrong?
You already know the answer you fucking pissant.

>Opie was useless and only good for holding out on contracts
>Ant gambled to replace Bill O'Reilly but fucked up and banged a tranny instead
>Jim is a failed comedian sad his friends have massive success and he's stuck doing mornings with a Mongoloid

Howard's legacy will that people will forever just point out old Jewish Ladies and say "hey that looks like Stern"

>Jim is a sad shell of his former self, and he is obsessed with having porn whores on the show. Sam Roberts is the missing link, a cro magnon walking amongst us
This. Opie could handle Ant and Jimmy until he couldn't.

Ant and Jimmy are unfunny together, as seen out countless TAC shows. The magic is gone.

None of them could avoid the downfall of having people listen to your thoughts every day. They get self important and thought they could do anything even though they were just some funny jackasses.

Even Patrice started to think he was some kind of fucking guru on relationships and social interaction when he was just a funny dude who said fucked up shit for a laugh

Jimmy is the same way but with none of the charisma

>Even Patrice started to think he was some kind of fucking guru on relationships and social interaction when he was just a funny dude who said fucked up shit for a laugh

t. virgin

Patrice wasn't any different than every other comic - he didn't practice what he preached, because what he preached was just an exaggerated bit done for comedic effect. He knew his relationship guru shit killed with his audience, so he kept expanding on it. It's funny how the dude above me still doesn't get it.

I dunno, the psuedo polygamy shit and giving a woman a ring and saying "this means whatever you want it to mean" are fuckin' weird

This. In reality, Patrice was only fucking bottom feeders. This is the 'perfect 10' he was fucking while raising her daughter.

Pretty cuck tbqh

Vons cute

they're all trainwrecks of human beings and the slightest disturbance was capable of irrevocably destroying the show. it's not like they could "weather the bad times" or whatever. so when patrice died, louis cucked himself, and ant was gone, that was it.

They even got to steal sheckles for a documentary that will never come out.

Anthony couldn't keep his guinea mouth shut. No one likes ghetto culture so you shouldn't bang on about it all the time, especially when your boss is a Jew. Patrice kept him in line while agreeing with him for the most part.

opie fucked everything up. even at their prime opie was shit. patrice and Anthony were the best

When Bill Burr was touring the Scandinavian countries and Finland in late 2013 and was doing a bit about him settling down with Nia (ugh), someone in the audience during his Helsinki show asked about Patrice and his opinions on marriage. Burr replied to him that Patrice was "very close" to getting married to Von DeCarlo. So yeah, these guys aren't really the MGTOW figureheads they sometimes are claimed to be...

the Artie & Anthony show is like an instructive series about how to destroy your career in showbiz and spend the rest of your life an addicted has been yelling into a void.

Not true. Opie held them together and kept it a 'show'. It's the reason why Ant and Jim shows are fucking boring.

JRE >>>>>> Howard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these idiots

Is Artie still alive?

Patrice was a professional. Of course he was putting on a performance. People who think comedians are 100% committed to the stuff they say on air/on stage are the sort of people who unironically quote Chris Rock's nigger bit.

Opie got married and it ruined his relationship with Ant.
Ant never got married because he's secretly homosexual.
Jim is so broken from years of sexual abuse that he never could find happiness outside of being perpetually raped.

Artie is probably going to live to be 90 while 5 year olds are dying from bone cancer because nature has a cruel sense of humor.

where?

>People who think comedians are 100% committed to the stuff they say on air/on stage are the sort of people who unironically quote Chris Rock's nigger bit.
Why even bother with comedians of they're all dishonest shitbags?

Amy Schumer got a movie deal. Louis CK got a movie deal. Kevin Hart gets billions. Bill Burr has a cartoon and hit podcast.

Jimmy meanwhile has to wake up at 4am to talk to C-list porn stars and WWE stars.

Comedy was a mistake.

Anthony was married. His sheila ex-wife if why he hates women. Jimmy is the real secret homosexual. Why else would he be on PrEP?

They're playing an exaggerated character. If they got on stage and expressed legitimate, moderate opinions on things their acts wouldn't be funny.

Anthony fucked Sue Lightning.

He wants to fuck Bailey Jay and Natalie Mars. No doubt the 'girl' Jill Nicolini found in Ant's bed was named Jerry.

>Jimmy meanwhile has to wake up at 4am to talk to C-list porn stars and WWE stars.
He dug his own grave with that one. Porn stars and wrestlers make awful radio. Never forget Jim threw Norm MacDonald out of studio for fucking Brock Lesnar.

>Never forget Jim threw Norm MacDonald out of studio for fucking Brock Lesnar.

Are you shitting me?

Opie has the most money of the three and a loving family.

That is why the internet hates Opie.

Are actors being dishonest when they're playing other people? Comedy is performance too. Comedians should not be taken seriously.

Opie isn't messed up enough to be funny and that's why he's the most normal IRL.

Then don't let boring people do standup. I guarentee you anyone posting in this thread has extreme ideas they have no problem spouting in public.
Fuck off tittyboy.
No.
>Are actors being dishonest when they're playing other people?
Yes. Actors are fags and society made a mistake thinking they had any value otherwise.

Bald Opie was my favorite thing to come out of the show.

>Then don't let boring people do standup. I guarantee you anyone posting in this thread has extreme ideas they have no problem spouting in public.
Yeah, but those people aren't funny though. All that comes from that is you get the Sam Hyde style of stand up where it's basically just an angry edgelord shouting his political views at an unreceptive audience.

Hasn't been funny since the 90's to mid 00's, shunned everyone who made him successful (Jackie, Billy West, Gilbert, Artie), and made underhanded attacks against shows like Imus and OandA.

>"HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON!!! wait a-- HOLD ON!!!!!!! I GOT THIS!!!!"
>"let's go to Richie in Schenectady, Richayyyyy! Whaddya got for the show?"
>pounding the console
>reading instant feedbacks that bomb
>crying about radio drama w/ Billy Bob & Jimbo on 103.3 WPOS in Tennessee

Opie really was a gem. Ant & Jim are so lucky to have worked with such a rare talent.

>Sam Hyde isn't funny

How have they done without him?

I'll admit that they're both extremely boring now, but the Nopie shows from back in the golden era are prime radio. Just an uninterrupted machine gun of entertaining conversation, plus no retard callers.

Remember when Patrice was in talking about his new raw food diet? And Opie HOLD ON'd the show into a bit where they roleplayed like they were gonna order at the restaurant? It added nothing. Without him, they'd have just goofed on the shitty menu items without having a manufactured bit built around it. Opie's contributions were really inorganic and added nothing.

Not enough of you plebs appreciate the genius that is Ron Bennington.

SCORCH!

Why is Earl flipping the camera off?

Cousin!

THAT'S THE BIT

>Then don't let boring people do standup. I guarentee you anyone posting in this thread has extreme ideas they have no problem spouting in public.

Most good comedians are pretty boring IRL. People who are funny and opinionated 24/7 are douche bags. Messing around and being
an edgy memelord with friends does not necessarily translate well to a stage act.

He's only 'funny' because comedy stinks now and panders to sjws. He panders to a smaller crowd, but he's still pandering.

Is Fez still retired and crazy?

Yup! Popping percs and banging twinks in Central Florida.

Are Nopie shows the ultimate autism?

Culture changed and so did shock radio radio too the point of non existing. Also Opie wanted Ant gone

Ron was literally only good when playing off Fez.

youtube.com/watch?v=H8PiO_5wSwI

They needed Opie, Anthony, and Jim to discuss their psychosis. Pinnacle of Ron and Fez, tbqh

Ant wanted Opie gone.

Together they peaked with the Weiner pic.

Apart... no one cares.

The ones where they edit Opie out are.
The O&A Reddit has a series of retrospectives that are autism kino.

The O and A reddit is like 20 truck drivers from Long Island harrassing 60 year old men.

It's the purest form of autism on the internet. Even Chris Chan feels sorry for them.