Howard to Idol.....But he's irrelevant

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[Jhon]

[daver40]

[runnoft]

Howard Stern confirms ‘American Idol’ talks
Shock jock tells listeners he’d ‘judge a karaoke contest’ for $100 million
By Dylan Stableford
TheWrap.com
updated 1:28 p.m. CT, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010

Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners on Monday that he is considering leaving Sirius — and radio altogether — to become a judge on “American Idol.”

Stern confirmed a report that Fox is interested in hiring the Sirius shock jock to replace Simon Cowell on the reality show.

“There’s not a better job on the planet than judging that f---ing karaoke contest,” Stern said.

“It might be possible, we’ll see,” he said, adding: “They’d have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough.”

Stern’s five-year, $500 million contract with Sirius expires at the end of the year.

Responding to a television report speculating Fox would have to match his current annual salary, Stern replied: “A $100 million to judge a karaoke contest? Yeah, I would do that show for $100 million.”

Stern said he would not do a radio show if he got the “Idol” gig. (Which makes me think that this, too, is pure posturing in a contract year.)

"If I do say do myself, I can't imagine anyone else but me replacing (Cowell),” Stern said. “I mean, I don't know. How else are they going to make that show work? Who knows how to broadcast and who knows how to be interesting? And who's not afraid to speak their mind?"

One hitch in the Stern-to-“Idol” scenario would be the King of All Media’s fear of flying. Stern said he turned down an opportunity to appear as a guest on the “Tonight Show” during Conan O’Brien’s last week because he didn’t want to fly to Los Angeles.

On Monday, Stern said his fear would not prevent him from taking the “Idol” gig, despite the disparate auditions.

“It would be the best thing that happened to me,” he said. “What a cush job — $100 million for four months. Who wouldn’t take that?”

By the end of the show, however, Stern jokingly offered what he might say as a judge — the kind of offensive material that's made him a legendary a shock jock but would all but kill the chance of Fox hiring him:

"Hey Fantasia ... you look like you stepped out of a cartoon. ... (Little boys) want a Britney Spears or a Rihanna. Little boys are scared that you are going to sit on them. You're out. Honey, you look like you stepped out of a Haitian earthquake. You've got to go clean up your act."

And his comments about Ellen Degeneres and Randy Jackson were so offensive, I'd feel weird repeating them here.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35299285/ns/entertainment-television/

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Oh, please Howard, play nice and let them offer you the job, and you can take this show into the ground with you, killing two birds with one stone, you insufferable egomaniac. We'll smile and pretend you have a prayer of making $100 million a year anywhere once your SXM contract is up.

[Ryan]

[Thomps2525]

That question is similar to the one posed by a popular tv game show: "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Do you ever hear anyone say, "No thanks, I prefer to keep my $7.50-an-hour job at Burger King"?

Go for it, Howard!

[Brian202]

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[daver40]

[needmoredecibels]

I was thinking the contestants would have to take off their shirts now.

[Ryan]

this, along with the terrestrial radio wanting him back, is just another planted story from him and his agent to try and keep his price up for his next contract.

[CafeSSJ]

[runnoft]

I don't think it's going to work. A, It's too obvious and B, It doesn't really have any effect on his value to SXM, which is important because his other options ("the competition") are very limited. He has said he doesn't want to work under corporate censorship. That knocks most competing media outlets out of consideration.

Through marketing research, SXM should be able to determine what Stern is worth to SXM in the way of ongoing subscription revenue and numbers, and just about everybody seems to believe it is a small fraction of $100 million per year.

[needmoredecibels]

I can't believe anyone is paid $100M a year for what he does.

[Ryan]