I haven’t listened to either Opie or Anthony in years. In the early days on XM, I used to listen every morning on my way to school or work. When I started working nights, I’d listen to the John & Jeff Third Shift show on the old Extreme XM during work, and on my way home, then listen to the first hour or so of O&A before heading off to bed. I enjoyed the bits and the banter, I didn’t care so much about the interviews, or the ‘friends of the show’ though.
The whole drama between Stern and O&A was a major turn off for me. When the talk of a merger between Sirius and XM started to heat up, during the merger, and post-merger, I couldn’t stand the stupid drama. 'Howie's going to be just right down the hall from us, hoohoo'. Just do your own thing and ignore the rest. I relate it to The Ultimate Fighter. I watch TUF to see two guys beat the crap out of each other to see which one makes it to the UFC, not have hissy fits because of a comment taken out of context or a misunderstood prank or because someone thinks they were ‘disrespected’. I don’t want that idiotic teenage girl drama, and that’s exactly want O&A turned into when I quit listening.
I liked Jocktober, The Homeless Shopping Spree and a lot of the other stuff. The not so serious stuff. I tuned in a handful of times for a handful of minutes prior to Anthony being fired after not listening in years. I no longer felt a connection to the show, too much celebrity worship, too much Facebook/Twitter nonsense all while bringing up Stern.
In all honestly, I didn’t even realize Opie still had a show. If I remember right, Anthony got fired a few months before their contract was up and there was speculation that his firing was so there wouldn’t be pressure to renew their contract since without Anthony, there would be no Opie. For the past three years I just assumed SiriusXM opted not to new Opie’s contract. Who knew.
What TV show? I thought he was only a shock-jock.
