Howard Stern
Birthday:
12 January 1954, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Howard Allan Stern
Height:
196 cm
Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, to Rae (Schiffman), an inhalation therapist, and Bernard Stern, who co-owned a cartoon/commercial production studio. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Stern's first radio experience was at Boston University, ...
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Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, to Rae (Schiffman), an inhalation therapist, and Bernard Stern, who co-owned a cartoon/commercial production studio. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Stern's first radio experience was at Boston University, where he volunteered at the college radio station. Along with several other students, he created an on-air show called the King Schmaltz Bagel Hour, a takeoff on the popular King Biscuit Flour Hour. Predicting his penchant for controversy, the show was canceled after its first broadcast, which included the comedy sketch "Name That Sin," a game show where contestants confessed their worst sins. Stern graduated in 1976 with a 3.8 grade-point average and a bachelor's degree in communications. During his first paying radio gig, at an understaffed 3,000-watt station in Briarcliff Manor, New York, "It dawned on me that I would never make it as a straight deejay," Stern told James S. Kunen in an interview for People (10/22/84), "so I started to mess around. It was unheard-of to mix talking on the phone with playing music. It was outrageous, It was blasphemy." Show less «
"Standards have gone to an all-time low and I'm here to represent them." - April 1, 1998 upon announcing his new Saturday night late show on...Show more »
"Standards have gone to an all-time low and I'm here to represent them." - April 1, 1998 upon announcing his new Saturday night late show on CBS. Show less «
I always resented the label of 'shock jock' that the press came up with for me. Because I never intentionally set out to shock anybody.
I always resented the label of 'shock jock' that the press came up with for me. Because I never intentionally set out to shock anybody.
Writing a book just might be the hardest thing I've ever done, besides trying to get laid in college.
Writing a book just might be the hardest thing I've ever done, besides trying to get laid in college.
"This country has too many freedoms." (January 2002)
"This country has too many freedoms." (January 2002)
I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.
I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.
On the movie Forrest Gump (1994): I just wish for once Hollywood would make a realistic movie about retarded people, where a retarded guy le...Show more »
On the movie Forrest Gump (1994): I just wish for once Hollywood would make a realistic movie about retarded people, where a retarded guy leaves his house, people stare at him for a while and then lock him up. Show less «
I like music that makes me want to kill myself.
I like music that makes me want to kill myself.
[on his sex life in high school] "Our rap was that if girls could only look beyond the fact that we didn't have great looks and see that we ...Show more »
[on his sex life in high school] "Our rap was that if girls could only look beyond the fact that we didn't have great looks and see that we have great personalities, they would fall in love with us. The truth of the matter was we had really bad personalities in addition to our ugly faces. Even the losers called us losers. And we were." Show less «
I have a tremendous compassion for people who are homosexuals. I feel that they are bullied and abused in our society... They just treat the...Show more »
I have a tremendous compassion for people who are homosexuals. I feel that they are bullied and abused in our society... They just treat them so poorly. It must be a terrible thing to be exposed to that kind of hatred and be hated just because of your sexuality. Show less «
[When asked about his political leanings] I've voted for some Republicans, too, but I feel like I'm more of a liberal.
[When asked about his political leanings] I've voted for some Republicans, too, but I feel like I'm more of a liberal.
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