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31988-10-11 (Tuesday)
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5length: 10:25
6feed: 92.3 WXRK New York
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8source #01: F3DJF cassette rip 'HSRS_1988-10-10_INC_11min' [erroneously dated] (CursiveNYC pack) (WXRK)
9not used: MSC3 file 'October 11, 1988 - Planning Stuttering John's First Interview-VhM5AIBr6_E' [same cassette source as F3DJF]
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11show notes:
12* [NOT RECORDED] Howard suggests some new nicknames for Tawana Brawley
13* Steve Rossi sits in for the news [joined in progress]
14* [NOT RECORDED] Steve sings a song that upsets Meg Griffin [see notes near the end of today's show]
15* Robin's news: newly-discovered documents prove Austrian President Kurt Waldheim covered up Nazi war crimes in Greece in 1943
16* Robin's news: Arsenio Hall wants Joan Rivers to be one of the first guests on his upcoming late-night talk show
17* Robin adds that Arsenio is considering hosting 'Saturday Night Live' in November
18* Howard: "Have they asked him?"
19* Steve Rossi: "I'm considering it, too."
20* Howard says Al Franken is going to call in tomorrow to defend himself against accusations that he ripped off 'Guess Who's the Jew'
21[NOTE: Franken does not end up calling in]
22* Robin's news: Hedda Nussbaum may testify against her lover Joel Steinberg (on trial for killing his illegally-adopted daughter)
23* Robin's news: Vatican will not intervene in matter of nuns protesting their Mother's insistence on tv, music & snacks in the convent 
24* Howard begins to wrap up the show: "Robin, we'll be back tomorrow. Later in the week we have many special guests dropping by."
25* Robin: "Yes, we're actually gonna have some real guests."
26* Steve Rossi: "Real guests? Well, thank you, Robin!"
27* end-of-show plugs
28* Gary informs Howard that Meg Griffin is upset with Steve Rossi, advising Howard to play a record and vacate the studio
29* Howard wraps up: "I didn't get to any phone calls today, but tomorrow, phone calls and Kurt Waldheim Jr."
30* Howard closes the show with Steve Miller Band's 'The Joker'
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341988-10-12 (Wednesday)
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36length: 1:37:35
37feed: 92.3 WXRK New York + SiriusXM H100/H101
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39source #01: F3DJF cassette rip 'HSRS_1988-10-12_INC_37min' (CursiveNYC pack) (WXRK)
40[0:00-6:10; 14:08-14:18; 15:22-15:43; 16:42-16:44; 20:33-23:09; 29:41-29:50; 30:46-30:47; 30:55-36:48]
41source #02: 'Stern Spotlight: Jackie Martling' (2007-05-29)
42[6:10-14:08; 14:18-15:22; 15:43-16:42; 16:44-20:33; 23:09-29:41; 29:50-30:46; 30:47-30:55]
43source #03: F3DJF cassette rip 'HSRS_1988-10-11_INC_47min' [erroneously dated] (CursiveNYC pack) (WXRK)
44[36:48-1:11:28; 1:15:22-1:15:24; 1:22:25-1:23:57]
45source #04: 'Guess Who's the Jew' taken from Mammary Lane (2008-04-17) (Semolina rip)
46[1:11:28-1:15:22; 1:15:24-1:2:25; 1:23:57-1:37:35]
47not used: MSC3 file 'October 11, 1988 - Planning Stuttering John's First Interview-VhM5AIBr6_E' [same cassette source as F3DJF]
48not used: MSC3 file 'October 12, 1988-M60ljybaDP0' [same cassette source as F3DJF]
49not used: BigAudio file '198X Jackie's Resignation Letter' ('Best of Stern' rebroadcast)
50not used: a portion of 'Guess Who's the Jew' is included in Joshua Katt's 'Howard's Songs & Bits #6'
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52show notes:
53* [NOT RECORDED] opening bits / show intro
54[recording begins at approx. 6:27 AM]
55* Gary annoys Howard by mentioning K-Rock's infighting about booking guests for other shows vs. Howard's [joined in progress] 
56* Howard & Gary talk baseball (the Mets face the Dodgers in Game 7 of the NLCS tonight)
57* Howard rags on tv baseball announcers and brags that he knows as much about baseball as Gary
58* time check (6:31)
59* Howard wants "Stuttering Johnny" to bring him some bananas; he overslept and missed breakfast this morning
60* Howard: "I got up, I peed, and then I think I just walked back to bed and went to sleep. I forgot we had to come to work."
61* Robin: "I like those mornings."
62* Howard: "I figured if Jackie doesn't have to come in, I'm not comin' in."
63* Robin: "So when did you find out Jackie was gone?"
64* Howard goes to break before explaining
65* time check (6:32)
66* Howard: "92.3 K-Rock and WYSP... Oh! And WJFK! I DO keep forgetting to say that."
67* Robin: "You have to write that down. Why aren't you looking at that?"
68* Howard: "I guess anything more than two call letters, I've gotta look at. I'll write that down."
69* Robin: "Now you were about to tell us what happened, how you found out Jackie was no more."
70* time check (6:38)
71* Howard explains that Jackie has resigned after contract negotiations fell through yesterday
72* Howard, Robin & Gary discuss Jackie's bleak career prospects without the Stern Show
73* Howard believes Jackie has a fear of success and would rather hang around with his "loser" friends
74* Howard reads some of Jackie's resignation letter: "Tuesday, October 11, 1988 will be my final day..."
75* time check (6:46)
76* Howard, Robin & Gary discuss the perks that Jackie will now miss out on; Gary says he'll never quit, even if Howard wants him to
77* Howard calls Jackie at his Long Island home but no one answers; the gang suspects he was out late getting drunk
78* Howard tries Jackie's Manhattan apartment; a sleepy Nancy Sirianni picks up
79* Nancy defends Jackie's decision to resign: "I think he's got a lot of balls and I'm proud of him. I do."
80* Howard: "Wait till you guys wanna have a baby and Jackie's out in North Carolina every week at strip clubs."
81* Nancy: "Then I guess his balls ain't gonna help me."
82* Howard: "That's right. The balls won't be there for ya."
83* Howard is distracted by a crackling noise in his headphones; Scott the Engineer comes under fire
84* Scott suspects that Fred's cart machine is the culprit; Howard berates him then throws him out of the studio
85* Howard reads the rest of Jackie's resignation letter while Nancy listens in (he suspects Nancy wrote it)
86* Howard: "That's pretty cool. I've never had a resignation letter."
87* Robin: "A resignation letter's never supposed to be emotional... You never wanna leave anything like this with an employer."
88* Howard: "Especially if he has a radio program. You don't want him reading it on the air."
89* Howard (to Nancy): "Alright, I guess this is it. Nice knowing you guys."
90* Robin (to Nancy): "Well, we'll still know you, I suppose, won't we?"
91* Howard: "I won't."
92* Robin brings up some of Jackie's failures (a trip to Los Angeles to perform at comedy club that went awry; losing on 'Star Search')
93* Howard: "Nobody reminds him of this and his wife, of course, sticks by him no matter what his decision."
94* Howard (to Nancy): "If you said to him, 'I'm gonna divorce you, you schmuck, if you leave...'"
95* Nancy: "I would never say that."
96* Howard patronizes Nancy: "I feel even though Jackie might slip back into obscurity, you with your acting career..."
97* Nancy mentions that she appears in several local commercials airing on a slew of non-broadcast channels (3, 8, 10, 12, 17, 22, 23)
98* Howard: "Who's it for? I'll look for it."
99* Nancy: "One's for Royal Consultants, one is for Gifford Oil, and the other's for Danford Inn in Port Jefferson."
100* Howard: "Alright, I'll be lookin' for that."
101* Nancy: "If you see us on the street, will you say hello?"
102* Howard: "No, I'll be like Yoko and May Pang."
103* Howard lets Nancy go; he, Robin & Gary continue to discuss Jackie's resignation
104* time check (7:08)
105* live commercial: Nutrisystem (Howard mentions that Jackie won't get any more free Nutrisystem food)
106[recording skips ahead twice during the Nutrisystem spot]
107* Howard complains about Al Franken taking credit for conceiving 'Guess Who's the Jew' in 1981 [joined in progress]
108* Howard thought Franken was going to call in today; Gary doesn't expect it to happen
109* Gary: "If he was gonna call in, he would've called already, 'cause he said he had an all-night writing session."
110* Howard: "Why doesn't he just listen to our radio show and rip off whatever ideas I have?"
111* Gary: "He says he never listens." (Howard doesn't buy it)
112* live commercial: Fishman discount store [incomplete]
113* Robin's news [joined in progress]: Lisa Marie Presley is pregnant (Howard doesn't think Elvis would handle the news well)
114[recording skips ahead to approx. 7:39 AM]
115* live commercial: DiFeo Auto Network [incomplete]
116[brief gap in recording]
117* Howard preps Stuttering John for his first celebrity interviews
118(Carly Simon and Danny Glover will be at a D'Agostino supermarket in NYC today protesting the use of pesticides on grapes)
119* John wishes he could interview Eddie Van Halen; Gary recalls getting thrown out by VH's manager while trying to interview the band
120* time check (7:57)
121* live commercial: ComputerSmarts educational toy [recording skips ahead during this]
122* Howard & Robin try to decide when they should take winter vacation
123* bad parenting/out-of-control kids discussion; Howard says his daughter Emily has a friend who is a bad influence
124* time check (8:02)
125* Howard missed the tv-movie 'Winnie' (wherein Meredith Baxter-Birney plays a retarded woman); he asks listeners for a videotape of it
126* Mets/Dodgers NLCS discussion (tonight is game 7)
127* live commercial: Mibar (computer consultants) [incomplete]
128* Robin's news [joined in progress]: 17-year-old Martin Tankleff, accused of bludgeoning his parents to death, released on $700K bail
129* Howard is surprised to learn Tankleff will be attending his father's funeral
130* Howard (to Robin): "Would you go to a funeral for your parents after you killed them? I mean, YOU would, but I'm saying in general."
131* Robin: "That's the only way I'm going to their funeral is if I get to kill them."
132* time check (8:16)
133* Howard tries to decide what to get to after the news
134('Guess Who's the Jew' / phone calls / Neil Drake's "Jamaican" joke / Dial-a-Date winner who may have hooked up with Penthouse Pet)
135[brief gap in recording]
136* WJFK simulcast discussion [joined in progress]
137* Howard does not foresee becoming #1 in DC within one ratings period
138* Robin's news: Steven Pagones, one of four men accused of rape by Tawana Brawley, is suing her
139* goofing on Al Sharpton's Martin Luther King Jr. medallion (Sharpton tried to crash Pagones' press conference yesterday)
140* Robin's news: it is day 9 for five nuns barricaded in a NJ monastery protesting a Mother's insistence on tv & snacks in the convent
141* time check (8:30)
142* live commercial: DiFeo Auto Leasing [intermittent reception problems during this]
143[brief gap in recording]
144* Howard explains 'Guess Who's the Jew' to WJFK listeners; he complains that Al Franken ripped it off for an 'SNL' sketch
145* Kurt Waldheim Jr. stops by; Howard goes to the phones to find a DC-area contestant for 'Guess Who's the Jew'
146* Howard picks a Catholic caller to play the game
147* Kurt (to the caller): "Ever attracted to a Jewish woman?"
148* caller: "Uh... not really. I used to date a couple..."
149* Kurt: "They were frigid, weren't they?"
150* caller: "Very much so."
151* Howard is confused, thinking the caller said Catholic women are frigid: "I find Catholic women are better in bed myself."
152* Robin (to Howard): "You've had a Catholic woman?"
153* Howard proceeds to tell the story of Ann, a Catholic girl he hooked up with in college who was "incredible" in bed
154* Howard: "She was so open to anything... she didn't have a brain in her head, but God..."
155* Howard takes back his comment that Ann was brainless, deciding that the two of them simply didn't have much in common
156* Howard believes that Ann, who grew up in Pittsburgh, is now somewhere in the listening area
157* Howard: "For some dumb reason I broke up with her... I should've married her... she was a knockout."
158* Robin: "Well, you don't know what she looks like now."
159* Howard reaches out to Ann: "If anybody knows of a girl named Ann - I guess I can give her name."
160* Robin: "Well, you're looking for her. You're not saying anything disparaging."
161* Howard: "No. Just saying that we had a relationship back in college & I lost track of her. I'd like her to call in. Ann Whitehead."
162* Howard complains: "None of these babes call in who I used to sleep with."
163* Robin scoffs: "Only the people who didn't sleep with you have the nerve to call in."
164[gap in recording]
165* live commercial [possibly for Arthur Gold's Grand Central Radio; sponsor name was edited out of Mammary Lane]
166* Howard & Robin discuss The Beatles; she's still a fan, he's bored with them
167* Howard makes the mistake of asking Kurt Waldheim Jr. to chime in about The Beatles
168* time check (8:59)
169* 'Guess Who's the Jew' (today's category: 'Has-Beens/Pigs/Old-Bags-Whose-Hooters-Drag-on-the-Ground-Like-a-Jersey-Cow')
170* the caller guesses wrong; Howard gives him a second chance (category #2: 'Bald-Headed or Dwarfed Music Geeks')
171* the caller loses again; before Howard lets him go, he asks if Howard is aware that the WJFK signal is bad
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