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From: I hateTheHaters@TheSternShow.ca
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Subject: Re: Enough with the shitty interviews already
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:48:46 GMT, Shader <Shader@greyscales.org>
wrote:
>I'm getting tired of these 'crammed' shows with his (for the most part) terrible interviews. I wish Howard wasn't trying to be so recognized and respected now because it's obvious he believes the sycophants around him about his interviewing prowess, and apparently he feels it's his path to legitimacy.
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>Howard is just not a good interviewer; he has the advantage of having an hour and a half with everyone, which we have to suffer through so he can glean one or two interesting tidbits. The rest is his god-awful pop-psychology b.s. where he tries to badger his own narrative to someone's story even if they have no inclination to his premise; 'you must have felt angry/hurt/betrayed with your (fill in the blank parent/situation) which lead to your (fill in the blank talent/action)'. Even when people eschew his direction, he keeps pushing til 9/10 the person just 'yeah yeah yeahs' to get through it. Will must be overloaded with research as of late because Howard's also gotten a ton of shit wrong about peoples careers and story. He tries to straddle the fence and please his old fans by latching onto some boring, but maybe lascivious detail, to which he'll call back a million times as if that's the edgy thing to do (crosby's sperm anyone?).
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>I just wish the people around him had the cojones to tell him that he's an awful talk show guest (unless you're and A.D.D. third-grader) and interviewer. He doesn't listen to anyone but Howard.
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>That being said I still love pretty much everything else about the show, especially the interactions with staff and even his first-hour banter. He needs people around him that will help him improve, but at this point in his career and with the money he's being payed to barely show up, his motivation probably nil, especially when everyone around him seems to tell him he does everything right.
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>/rant over ;)
I admit that sometimes he tries to lead the interviewee into pop
psychology bullshit theories. Sometimes it works and often it doesn't.
I admit that not every interview is great, mostly because some people
are just not that interesting.
That said, Howard IS a very good interviewer, and his interviews ARE
interesting to most listeners.
The fact is he has picked up a lot of listeners who didn't listen
before because they weren't into the "immature" "vulgar" Howard show.
Now more people listen just BECAUSE of the interviews. I know because
I ran into a friend the other day who says he now listens because of
the interviews.
Personally I like the interviews.
Could I do with more staff stuff: Sal, Richard, Ronnie, J.D. etc? Yes,
I think they should be more in the mix.
But overall the Show is still great, I still love listening to at
least an hour or two every day (I download to mp3 and listen to each
entire show during my commutes to work, throughout the week.)
However I do have some really excellent advice to those who don't like
the show:
Don't listen.
And stop bitching.
"Wah! I don't like the "new" Howard! Wah! He's gone Hollywood! Wah!
He's now Hampton Howie! Wah! Wah Wah!"
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