I've heard bits of Stern/Plato before. Not going to bother listening to it again, but if there's one thing I don't like about Stern is that sometimes a guest will get shit on so much it's painful to listen to. And it's not like the guest doesn't mind and enjoys hearing criticism. You can tell they are feeling ripped apart. Once that studio crew or Stern followers go against you, it's a blood bath and they will stomp on your grave with delight.I got my subscription to Sirius/XM a few months ago, since then its paid for itself. I was at a meeting in midtown, turned on Q107 for the ride home. Nothing but commercials all the way up the 400, I finally got to my exit on Langstaff when, out of the goodness of their heart, they played some music. It was Honeymoon Suite, enough was enough. I got a subscription The minute I got home.
Stern has been at it since 1976, you can't expect him to be like he was. He reached his peak while going through divorce from Alison, unfortunately her outstanding contributions to the show are not aired. He's mellowed since he got his trophy wife. In the 90's he would not have gotten a chance to interview Dan Rather. He still does goofy shit, during Cocktober, Michael Rappaport had to judge the cock painting competition in order to plug his book. I couldn't stop laughing.
As for Dana Plato, I'm not sure what role he played in her death. It appeared more like a death by misadventure than an actual suicide. Judge for yourself:
That's the only real thing I didn't like about the show..... along with Quivers being bland filler. Stern could have found a better female colleague that added to the show. Quivers just sat back most of the time as the straight face. I guess with a show of full of people cracking jokes, you need that calm person to play against, but for me the clips I heard could be so funny and wacky, I actually don't want someone like Robin to calm things down. I want it to keep going.
The rest of the stupid skits I found funny. Dumb humour for sure, but what was comforting was that the guests know full well it's dumb too, so everyone taking part enjoys it.