Howard

News broke yesterday afternoon about Howard Stern.

It was said that his radio show in Sirius was to be cancelled after 20-some years.

Of course, prior to that Howard was a shock jock on ‘regular’ radio, and his career has been long, storied and lucrative.

Howard was definitely controversial in his early days as he pushed the envelope and truly berated women, gays, minorities and just about everyone else.

Absolutely nothing was out of bounds and some of what was done was juvenile and downright wrong.

I didn’t listen to Howard in those very early days. I started listening to his show in the mid-to-late 90’s and he was already changing his ways.

The show was absolutely hilarious when Artie Lange was there and Gilbert Gottfried was a frequent guest.

There were days when I cried laughing, and I would tell anyone who’d listen that Howard was an intelligent guy, and that his school boy days were behind him.

After Artie left the show, things got even more tame, and Howard was attracting big-time guests and did terrific, long interviews.

I wasn’t tuning in as often.

Lately, Howard has used his voice to try and destroy the orange pig.

He told his audience that he didn’t want anyone who voted for that guy to even listen to his show anymore.

He didn’t want them as fans.

So, of course, MAGA is celebrating the news.

Howard’s contract is up.

He’s 71 years old.

He’s not being fired, and I doubt he even cares. He’s at least a half a billionaire and he can find an avenue to continue his career if he wants to.

“He was a sell out!”

No, he grew up.

Through the years, Howard has reflected on some of the nasty things they did.

He must feel guilty for some of what he said and did…

…he tried to make amends, and he’s on the right side of things now. He’s thoughtful and caring to others.

If his radio show is over, I wish him well.

He made me laugh.

A lot.