Tag: The Opie and Anthony Show

Sharon Osbourne is a hypocrite

Sharon Osbourne, a woman famous for being the wife of Ozzy Osbourne, got some attention last week after she went on The Opie and Anthony Show on Sirius XM Radio and made cracks about Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman made famous for singing on I Dreamed a Dream on Britain’s Got Talent.

Susan Boyle is not what you would call a beautiful woman. Perhaps that’s an understatement.

Sharon Osbourne couldn’t resist the low hanging fruit when it came to Susan Boyle’s appearance. This was after Osbourne gave Boyle a standing ovation after she sang on America’s Got Talent, where Osbourne serves as a judge, a position her earned, well, because she’s married to the man that sang Crazy Train some 29 years ago.

Sharon Osbourne is a hypocrite. She can dish it out, but she cannot take it. She made news earlier this year after she threw a drink in Megan Hauserman’s face, a former Playboy Playmate. They were both on MTV discussing Rock Of Love Charm School, a reality show they both had been on. Evidently Sharon Osbourne was the host of the show and Hauserman was a contestant.

When Megan Hauserman talked about having her dog spayed so that it couldn’t have puppies, Sharon Osbourne interjected that she too should go have a similar operation so she would not be able to reproduce. Hauserman responded to this by saying that Sharon Osbourne was only famous because she was married to a brain dead rock star.

Not only did Sharon Osbourne throw the drink, she grabbed and pulled at Hauserman’s hair. Once again, Sharon Osbourne can dish it out, she just cannot take it.

1 Comment by Rick  /  November 9, 2009  /  Posted in: Radio
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Ian Halperin on The Opie and Anthony Show

Link: Ian Halperin on 'Opie and Anthony'

Canadian investigative journalist Ian Halperin appeared on The Opie and Anthony Show today on Sirius XM to discuss his new unauthorized biography on Michael Jackson, Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson. The interview quickly turns into an out of control shouting match between Halperin and Opie, Anthony, and regular show contributor comedian Jimmy Norton.

Mostly Ian Halperin and Jimmy Norton shouted back and forth, not allowing each other to get their point across. A written transcript of the show would just be a series of broken sentences and quite confusing to read.

Not that it wasn’t confusing to listen to at times.

The true gem of the interview was when Halperin asked if anyone in the studio knew what the capital of Canada was. I was surprised that nobody knew the answer. I thought it was funny because I once had a similar experience in Australia. At a bar in Darwin, a drunk man who claimed to be a citizen of Yugoslavia challenged me to identify his nation’s capital. I didn’t know the answer. I still don’t know the answer, but the joke’s on him because Yugoslavia isn’t even a country anymore.

Jimmy Norton also made a comment about filmmaker Michael Moore being from Canada. At least I think he did. It’s begins right around the 35 minute mark. With all the shouting going on, it was kind of hard to really tell. That point is, he’s not. Michael Moore is from Michigan. I thought everyone knew that. I guess not.

I thought Ian Halperin came off sounding like a real douche, but then again, he wrote an biography on Michael Jackson, detailing the late pop star’s addiction to prescription drugs and closet homosexuality.

Writing a book like that would require him to be a douche.

2 Comments by Rick  /  July 16, 2009  /  Posted in: Radio
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Jet unplugged on The Opie and Anthony Show

Jet stopped by the Opie and Anthony Show (XM Radio channel 202, Sirius Radio channel 197) and did an acoustic version of She’s a Genius, a cut off their new upcoming album, Shaka Rock. It sounded so good that it makes me wonder, why do bands even record with anything but acoustic instruments?

Sometimes I think simpler is just better.

by Rick  /  July 11, 2009  /  Posted in: Radio
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Sirius XM might not last till 2010? UPDATED

Rick Newman at U.S. News and World Report wrote an article listing 15 companies that might not last past 2009. Not surprisingly, Sirius XM made the list.

From the article:

Sirius Satellite Radio. (SIRI – parent company; about 1,000 employees; stock down 96%). The music rocks, but satellite radio has yet to be profitable, and huge contracts for performers like Howard Stern are looking unsustainable. Sirius is one of two satellite-radio services owned by parent company Sirius XM, which was formed when Sirius and XM merged last year. So far, the merger hasn’t generated the savings needed to make the company profitable, and Moody’s thinks there’s a “high likelihood” that Sirius will fail to repay or refinance its debt in 2009. One outcome could be a takeover, at distressed prices, by other firms active in the satellite business.

In my opinion, the whole merger has been a complete disaster. The two services, XM and Sirius, are still run like two separate entities. If you are a Sirius or XM subscriber, the only thing that has really changed is that you can now pay extra to receive a few channels from the “other” company.  They refer to this as the “Best Of” package. The fact that you have to pay extra to receive channels from the “other” company seemingly cancels out the notion that Sirius XM is now one single company.

Pretending that the two are still two separate companies is asinine. The FCC allowed the two companies to merge into one. They need to actually do it. They need to ditch the words Sirius and XM from the company’s name and just call this new merged company Satellite Radio.

If you subscribe to Satellite Radio, you should receive all of the content.  If you are a Sirius subscriber, you shouldn’t have to pay more to listen to Major League Baseball, The Opie and Anthony Show, or The Ron and Fez Show.  If you are an XM subscriber, you shouldn’t have to pay more to listen to The Howard Stern Show or the National Football League.

Update: The New York Times is reporting that Sirius XM is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection.

4 Comments by Rick  /  February 10, 2009  /  Posted in: Radio
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