Howard Stern Taken to Task by NBC After Ripping Jay Leno (AUDIO)

By On 08/27/2012 · 27 Comments · In America's Got Talent

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This is great. Radio jock and America’s Got Talent judge, Howard Stern reveals that he’s been taken to task by his NBC bosses for ripping Tonight Show Host, Jay Leno on his radio show.

Last Monday, Howard called Jay a “Spineless Maggot” and a few other things while discussing the recent Tonight Show layoffs.

Howard revealed on Tuesday that he was contacted by an unnamed NBC executive about his remarks. As you can imagine, the shock jock didn’t take it well, “Do not tell me not to talk about Jay Leno. I will f*cking talk about Jay for four hours if you tell me not to,” Howard ranted to a caller, “I was done with Jay Leno; now I’m all fired up again. F*ck Jay. Take my job away from me; who cares. I will never, ever endorse Jay.” Howard ranted to a caller on Tuesday

Howard has been on the outs with Jay Leno for years. When he was hired by NBC to judge AGT, he immediately announced that he would NOT promote the show on Tonight.

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  • Incipit

    mj said: “…Leno basically TRASHED Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show legacy. Good thing it’s being carried on by Letterman over at CBS.”

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    fuzzywuzzy said: “I agree. Also, after Leno took over the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson used to regularly write and give jokes to Dave. lol He knew who was the better comedian and guy.”

    Due to my complete disinterest in Carson’s successors in the Late Night Sweepstakes, I didn’t know that, fuzzywuzzy. Interesting – but all of them put together aren’t “appointment TV” – and for a large segment of the network audience, Johnny Carson was. For me, the only ‘appointment’ now on any of the shows is if there is a guest I’m interested in…and I only watch that part.

    My Mom loved Jack Paar – I thought he was just plain schmaltzy…but Carson kept the audience entertained. Yes, he had good writers, and no competition to speak of for late night guests, but he also had excellent Comedic timing, quick, off-the-cuff responses, excellent delivery with dead-pan humor that was not mean-spirited, and  the guest stars weren’t the principle draw to watch any of the shows. 

    Watch that highlight show sometime, it’s probably on youtube – Ed Ames, the tomahawk throw, Carnak,  and everything else. IMO, this generation of late night hosts can just keep sniping at each other – I’m not entertained by any of them.

    Edited for squished formatting.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Dave had a tribute show to Johnny Carson and his monologue was made up entirely of jokes that Johnny had written and sent to him over the previous couple of months.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BiHLK5lFvQ

    In the next part of the show, Dave talks about Johnny and that all of the jokes in the monologue were from Johnny:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDrxOM3jsxY&feature=relmfu

    Dave was also a close friend of Johnny’s, and in this rare interview, Dave talks about the last time he saw him.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Kp2ACm2dM

    “Watch that highlight show sometime, it’s probably on youtube – Ed Ames, the tomahawk throw, Carnak, and everything else. IMO, this generation of late night hosts can just keep sniping at each other – I’m not entertained by any of them.”

    Yes, there was only one Johnny Carson. I’ve always found Dave entertaining and a cut above any of the others who followed Johnny.

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