You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.

We got some dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.

Stop laughing.

And when I do, start fucking.

Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.

Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.

You fucking guys are unbelievable.

Why are you laughing?

Evening, everybody.

Welcome to another episode of Why You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.

And today, I am pleased to introduce to you, the downfall of Howard Stern.

We've talked, we've done many episodes on the Stern show and the characters

involved. But today we're talking about a topic that many Howard Stern fans have been

frankly obsessed with over the last decade or so. And that is the transformation that Howard

has taken on. So, you know, like I just said, there's been a lot of discussion about it.

I'm going to try and pinpoint the exact reason.

And I have a hypothesis and a theory on it.

And I want to know if you guys agree with me,

because if you listen to this program,

you probably know that I was more of an opening Anthony guy.

I got into Stern. I would say I was never like a stern fan I listened to a ton of clips and I was like an already laying fan and a

fan of a lot of people and then how would have on but by the time you left regular radio I was only

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