The Problem With Believing Your Own Hype
Let me make one thing clear before I start. I don’t care for Howard Stern. It’s not that he offends me, it’s that after a while (I tried listening for a while) his shtick got boring. It was almost the same show, day after day. At least that was how it seemed to me.
That said, one thing Stern has always been very, very good at was self-promotion. He has used every opportunity he has been given - and then some - to keep the spotlight on himself. I always thought it was very calculated, but still he has done it well.
It seems that Howard has fallen into a dangerous trap, though. It appears that he is believing that he actually is important. Otherwise, how do you explain his cursing at former fans who simply don’t want to pay for satellite radio to listen to him? I think I remember (shooting from the lip here) that Sirius expected 10-12 million people to follow Stern to the radio service. It appears that only 4 million or so have actually done so. Now Stern is cursing at the people that didn’t follow him.
"I want to say to my audience … `You haven’t come with me yet? How dare you? We’re up to wild, crazy stuff, the show has never sounded better. You cheap bastard!’"
I don’t know about you, but I don’t tend to get motivated to do something by being insulted.
By Black Jack, Saturday, 1 April , 2006 @ 12:06 pm
I didn’t listen to Howard’s show when it was free, because I don’t like dirty mouth, lowbrow, boring banter. I have no idea why anyone would pay to listen to his rubbish. But, I’ve been wrong before. Americans actually voted Bill Clinton into office twice and I didn’t understand it then either.
By Gauis Arbo, Saturday, 1 April , 2006 @ 12:21 pm
Yeah, he got old fast for me. I listened for a awhile to see what the hype was about…..
By Tom, Saturday, 1 April , 2006 @ 4:48 pm
Beware those who believe their own hype!!
By Gauis Arbo, Saturday, 1 April , 2006 @ 4:52 pm
Yup.