Post by RS Davis on Apr 22, 2004 16:11:24 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Brian Doherty Wrote:[/glow] Nowadays when I hear Stern going on and on about censorship aimed at him for his political views, it makes me sadly nostalgic for what I remember as perhaps the funniest moment in Stern history. He had Marilyn Manson on, who was complaining about the then current moves in many smaller cities—some successful—to cancel planned concerts by him because of his "edgy, shocking" stage show. Stern adopted his "serious" voice—one of his greatest comedic weapons—and went into a perfect mail-order little riff on how (paraphrased from memory) "this is a shocking blow to your First Amendment rights and free expression and all the things that make this country great." And then about fifteen words in, without shifting his tone or disrupting his rhythm, he replaced the words with a repeated "blah blah blah blah blah blah" slipped in so perfectly that not even Robin or Jackie laughed. It went completely unnoticed by everyone in the studio.
But I was laughing. Hard. As the pressure of the FCC's recent idiocy weighs on Stern, I'm still hearing that "blah blah blah blah blah." But I'm not laughing anymore, and I doubt many other people are.
But I was laughing. Hard. As the pressure of the FCC's recent idiocy weighs on Stern, I'm still hearing that "blah blah blah blah blah." But I'm not laughing anymore, and I doubt many other people are.
