As a lifelong Howard Stern fan, Fame.net is positively chuffed that the King of All Media will be joining the judging cast of NBC’s summer hit America’s Got Talent. Of course, we here have never seen a whole episode, but we’re excited that the master of honest talk radio will gain some real middle-America exposure. And y’all country cowpokes and bible-belters are gonna be in for a shock—the dude’s witty, funny, disarming, and smart as a whip.
It’ll make a better TV show, too. Howard has pledged to honestly judge the acts presented to him, while trying to keep their feelings out of it. That could be a sharp contrast to Sharon “I love you if you’re gay” Osborne at the very least. Howard being Howard, he’s brought that very point up to Osborne, and she at east had the grace to own up to it.
Anyway, we digress. Nick Cannon, AGT’s very funny and very famous host, called into Howard’s radio show—from his own show. It was a fascinating interview. Nick clearly respects Howard from a fellow-radio-host perspective, and he also apparently respects Howard’s potential impact to AGT. The tone of the interview was open and light, and both hosts seem genuinely happy to work with each other. Howard has been known to say that Nick sometimes puts too much “street” in his delivery, and has teased him in the past for saying things like “America have voted!” Hehe.
But when Nick called him on those jibes, the tone of the conversation didn’t degenerate, and I think that may be one of Howard’s great strengths—he can be extremely funny at someone’s expense and yet not alienate the target.
All in all, the interview cemented in our minds that the dynamic between these great talents could make for some pretty good television.
Everyone at Fame.net will be watching.
