BUT RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT WAIT A MOMENT MORE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
MY GUEST TONIGHT HAS SPENT FOUR DECADES ENTERTAINING US.
HIS RADIO SHOW IS EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUSXM, AND HIS NEW BOOK IS
CALLED "HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN."
PLEASE WELCOME, THE KING OF ALL MEDIA, HOWARD STERN!
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VERY NICE.
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>> WOW.
HOW ABOUT ANOTHER SONG ANOTHER SONG?
GIVE ME A NICE BEAT, AND I'LL SING.
I'LL SING.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO DO A SONG.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I WROTE A BOOK
I WROTE A BOOK ♪ IT'S A VERY GOOD BOOK
I'M HERE TO PROMOTE ♪ I'M HERE TO PROMOTE MY BOOK
I'M GOING TO TALK TO STEPHEN ♪ IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT
I GOT THE BAND ♪ I INTERVIEWED MADONNA.
PAUL McCARTNEY ♪ I INTERVIEWED STEPHEN, JIMMY,
AND THE OTHER JIMMY.
AND ELLEN DeGENERES, ROSIE O'DONNELL
♪ HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN
♪ HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN.
THAT'S IT ♪ BEAUTIFUL.
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THAT BAND IS LIKE A FERRARI.
>> Stephen:ABLABLE, UNBELIEVABLE.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
HOW IS EVERYBODY, OKAY?
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>> Stephen: WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," HOWARD STERN.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE THING YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE DAVID LETTERMAN WAS HERE,
IT IS FREEZING IN HERE, AM I RIGHT?
>> Stephen: THIS IS COMEDY WEATHER.
>> I NEED A THROW BLANKET OR SOMETHING.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
WHY SO COLD.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR STOPPING BY ON THE WAY
TO THE FUNERAL.
>> I THOUGHT I LOOKED GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU DO.
YOU DO LOOK GOOD.
LIFE-LIKE.
I WOULD DESCRIBE YOU AS LIFE-LIKE.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE JUST SLEEMG.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, I DID FOUR YEARS ON "AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT."
>> Stephen: I WAS ON IT ONCE.
>> AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD GET A NEW WARDROBE.
I'M GOING TO BE ON A NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW.
I WAS ALL EXCITED.
I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A BUNCH OF SUITS.
JOHN VARBADOS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM?
I BARELY KNOW HIM.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
I BOUGHT THESE SUITS AND NOW THEY SIT IN MY CLOSET.
I LEFT "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT."
IT WAS BASICALLY SILLY.
I WAS JUDGING SINGERS.
I DON'T SING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE EARS.
>> I WOULD GO OUT THERE.
I WOULD GO, "YOU'RE TERRIBLE.
YOU CAN'T SING," THIS, THAT UAND THE OTHER THING.
WHO CARES IF I RUIN THEIR CAREERS?
I'M INTERESTING.
I MEAN, IT WAS FUN FOR A WHILE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT IT.
GLU WRITE ABOUT THAT, YOU WRITE ABOUT THAT IN THE BOOK.
"HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN."
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>> STEVE GLENUE WRITE ABOUT BEING ON-- WHAT'S IT CALLED
"AMERICA'S GOT..."
>> TALENT.
IT TURNS OUT AMERICA DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH TALENT.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS A WAY FOR YOU TO BE SANTA CLAUS, TO BE A
NICE GUY.
>> IT'S A VERY FUNNY THING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT."
HEIR I WAS FART MAN, PEOPLE WERE SCARED OF ME.
AND THEN I GO ON THIS FAMILY-FRIENDLY SHOW WHICH I
THOUGHT WOULD BE QUITE SHOCKING.
FIWENT ON A SHOW AND I WAS LIKE THIS TEDDY BEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
SO THE WEIRDEST THING HAPPENS.
I STARTED GOING TO RESTAURANTS WITH MY WIFE THE FIRST YEAR
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" IS ON.
AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE START COMING UP, "CAN MY KID SOIT YOUR LAP?"
LIKE I'M SANTA CLAUS.
AND I'M LIKE WHAT BIZARRO WORLD DO WE LIVE IN?
DO THESE PARENTS KNOW WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING?
ARE THEY BLIND.
YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE-- YOU LOOK LIKE A DISTURBED UNCLE.
>> I DO.
I SCARE CHILDREN, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: YES, I KNOW.
>> BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS SORT OF FAMILY FRIENDLY.
AND I ACTUALLY KIND OF GOT OFF ON IT.
AND IT WAS FUN TO DO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT THAT'S
ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I WENT BACK TO BEING A MONSTER, AND I'M FINE.
NEVER MIND, LET'S TALK ABOUT MY BOOK.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK.
OKAY.
A COLLECTION OF YOUR FAVORITE INTERVIEWS.
AS I SAID, MINE'S INCLUDED BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO SELL A
FEW.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I SAID LAST NIGHT-- AND I MEAN THIS
SINCERELY-- YOU'RE MAYBE THE BEST INTERVIEWER I'VE EVER HAD
THE HONOR OF BEING INTERVIEWED BY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU AND TERRY GROSS.
TERRY IS VERY GOOD.
WHAT'S THE KEY TO A GOOD INTERVIEW?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE KEY?
IS IT AGENDA OR IMPROVISING WITH THE GUEST?
>> I THINK THERE ARE THREE KEY THINGS, AND THIS IS YI WROTE THE
BOOK.
AND THE BOOK IS QUITE SERIOUS BECAUSE PEOPLE SAID TO ME FOR
YEARS, "HEY, YOU'RE A GOOD INTERVIEWER."
AND I-- AND I WAS PROUD OF THAT.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER I SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT A COLLECTION OF THESE INTERVIEWS.
I THINK THEY'RE FUN.
THEY'RE INTERESTING.
AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING FROM EVERYBODY, AS I DID FROM YOU.
>> Stephen: I MEAN, I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY A MILLION PEOPLE.
YOU ASKED ME QUESTIONS-- ALMOST EVERY ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS WAS
DIFFERENT FROM ANY QUESTION I HAD GOTTEN BEFORE.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW YOU PERSONALLY AT ALL WHEN YOU CAME IN THE
FIRST TIME.
AND WE GOT INTO A WRATH HEAVY DISCUSSION.
AND WE-- AND WE REALLY-- YOU KNOW, WE SPOKE-- AND I DIDN'T
KNOW YOU IN THIS WAY.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW YOU AS A COMEDIAN, BUT TO SIT THERE AND
HAVE A VERY SERIOUS DISCUSSION.
AND YOU AND I SHARED NAY MOMENT IN THAT INTERVIEW THAT I'M VERY
PROUD OF.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF YOUR FATHER IN THE FAMILY AND
YOUR SIBLINGS, AND IT WAS HEAVY.
AND I SAID TO YOU, "WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO HAVE A SAD, DEPRESSED
MOTHER?
AND DID YOU FIND IT WAS A BURDEN TO HAVE TO CHEER YOUR MOTHER
UP?" AND YOU KIND OF STOPPED.
AND YOU SAID, "HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ASK THIS?"
AND I SAID, "BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS DEPRESSED.
SHE WAS VERY SAD.
SHE LOST HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS NINE.
SHE HAD REALLY GROWN UP IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I FELT AS A KID GROWING UP THERE WAS NO GREATER JOY IN MY
LIFE THAN TO SIT WITH ME MOTHER-- AND IT GIVES ME CHILLS
TO THINK ABOUT IT-- AND ENTERTAIN HER.
AND THE WAY I WOULD ENTERTAIN HER IS I WOULD DO IMPRESSIONS OF
ALL THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS I HEARD IN THE HOUSE.
AND I ALSO REALIZED WHEN I WENT INTO THERAPY, THAT THIS WAS A
TREMENDOUS BURDEN.
I ONLY WANTED TO MAKE MY MOTHER LAUGH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S SORT OF LIKE WHY YOU WERE DOING YOUR
SHOW?
>> I THINK THE REASON I GOT INTO RADIO IS MY FATHER WAS NOT A
VERY EMOTIONAL GUY OR-- WE DIDN'T SHARE A LOT OF PERSONAL
MOMENTS TOGETHER.
BUT MY FATHER WAS A RADIO ENGINEER AND LATER BECAME A
RECORDING ENGINEER.
AND WHEN HE WORKED IN THAT BUSINESS, HE WAS THE GUY WHO
WOULD SET UP THE MICROPHONES AND RECORD SOME OF THE GREATEST
VOICE PEOPLE-- RAYMOND BURR, HE WOULD DO COMMERCIALS -- HE WOULD
DO TENNESSEE TUXEDO CAR TWOONS LARRY STORCH, WHO WAS A GREAT
COMEDIAN, AND THE WAY MY FATHER WOULD LOOK AT THE RADIO
ANNOUNCERS AND THE WAY HE WOULD LOOK AT THESE PERFORMERS, I
SAID, OH, THAT'S HOW YOU GET MY FATHER'S ATTENTION.
WHEN MY FATHER WOULD LISTEN TO THE RADIO-- HE WOULD LISTEN TO
THIS GUY BOB GRANT IN NEW YORK-- HE WOULD BE, "BE QUIET, BOB
GRANT IS TALK."
AND I THINK I BECAME TRANSFIXED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE WAY I
COULD COMMUNICATE WITH MY FATHER.
AND NONE OF THAT WAS CONSCIOUS.
>> Stephen: HOLD THAT THOUGHT, BECAUSE UNLIKE YOU, WE HAVE TO
DO COMMERCIAL BREAKS.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE OF HOWARD STERN.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.