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No mention of Sudley under Jim Nortons characters? The relative of Edgar who has long fingernails, is overly creepy and religious? "You need to find the lord girl!" Iscream22 (talk) 16:12, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
Why isnt SPAZZ or Lobster Girl mentioned as show bits? Its one of the most famous bits they have ever done. When I first started to look up the b-b-b-b-b-boys on google I would always be prodded to search for "O & A Lobster Girl".
Also their radio career needs to be documented to the bitter end, even tho it will just be temporary. This will make their comeback all that more sweet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.19.47.197 (talk) 03:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
I would also like to see this article expanded. Particularly with biographical information and expansion of detail on their careers. Iscream22 (talk) 01:51, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
http://www.wackbag.com/showthread.php?t=952 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.226.9.223 (talk) 19:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I expected to find more references to Howard Stern and his gag order on Opie and Anthony early in their career in this article. 68.10.91.104 (talk) 00:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
The article says "As Ventura left the room where the show was being held, Norton said, "F---ing baby. Big f-ing guy who doesn't like the little guy yelling."" I thought he said "Fucking baby" and "big fucking guy". Which was it?129.139.1.68 (talk) 19:51, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
69.207.29.139 (talk) 03:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC) Will someone please explain to me why Travis's new nickname of Dr. Gay (given to him when he entered into the studio when Opie and Anthony were expecting Dr. J, prompting Anthony to say "More like Dr. Gay")? Or better yet, can someone explain or cite sources where, for example, the nickname SexE is cited with a verifiable source?
69.207.29.139 (talk) 15:56, 22 December 2011 (UTC) Still don't see a verified source for such nicknames as "SexE" or TStorm. I guess I'm not sure why the nicknames that are already here are OK, but the name Dr. Gay would be "challenged or likely to be challenged", unless the challenging was being done by someone who specificaly objected to the word 'gay', as someone who is familiar with the show would find no reason to challenge this. The initial naming of Travis as Dr. Gay was on 11/28/2011 http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B005HJAAE0&qid=1324568064&sr=1-1 (Right before the Dr. J interview), and is also listed on http://www.oapedia.com/index.php/Travis , which, granted, is just another wiki, but it's hard to find a verifiable news source indicating a nickname of a producer on a radio show.
69.207.29.139 (talk) 17:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC) So, it looks like the answer is we don't like the "g" word, nor would we dare listen to, or become knowledgeable on the subject that we are editing. Fair enough, but shouldn't that warrant a disclaimer?
It definitely is NOT Maggie's Farm. Quit changing it to that. It's the Rage Against the Machine's version of Street Fighting Man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.102.187.242 (talk) 17:40, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Rewrote the cake controversy section, added a couple references. I know that Opie has on the show and off commented about what happened off camera in terms of compensation, but don't have any links so left it out. Seemed less contentious to add without reference that it has appeared on the show regularly since then, but feel free to take that out if anybody finds it problematic. --Rhododendrites (talk) 15:05, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Cumia's firing = America loves and endorses racism — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.48.166.9 (talk) 23:02, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
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I am requesting that the "Cumia Firing" section be revised to make the language more objective and encyclopedic. Here is the source for the CURRENT text:
On July 3, 2014, Cumia was fired by Sirius XM, after making a series of questionable tweets following an off-air incident with a black woman on the street. Cumia tweeted that he was punched by the woman while attempting to take a picture, and made a series of tweets described by Sirius XM as "racially-charged and hate-filled".[1] There was no comment as to Hughes' possible future with the company at that time. Sidekick Jim Norton is contemplating moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Cumia is reported "blackballed" in the industry and will never work in corporate radio again. He will instead concentrate on developing his "Live From The Compound" podcast-style show, which he records from his residence in Long Island. Cumia has a history of racially charged epithets and slurs, but somehow has escaped the same punishment as other notable celebs, such as Jonah Hill and Paula Dean until now.
I am requesting that it be changed to the following to make the language more objective, and to remove the ridiculous reference to Jonah Hill and Paula Dean:
On July 3, 2014, Cumia was fired by Sirius XM, after making a series of tweets following an off-air incident with a black woman on the street. Cumia tweeted that he was punched by the woman while attempting to take a picture. The tweets were described by Sirius XM as "racially-charged and hate-filled".[2] There was no comment as to Gregg Hughes' possible future with the company at the time of the firing. Jim Norton stated he is contemplating moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Cumia has stated he will concentrate on developing his "Live From The Compound" podcast, which he records from his residence in Long Island.
67.167.104.116 (talk) 23:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be appropriate and within the Wikipedia guidelines to change the opening part of the article to read the show in a past tense since technically The Opie and Anthony Show doesn't exist anymore, It's actually now called Opie with Jim Norton and until such time as the pair reunite as a broadcast team which maybe quite a while since Mr. Cumia is launching his own live podcast service and Messrs.'. Hughes and Norton will be at Sirius XM for the duration of their contract so really there is no O&A to speak of and I want to say that I'm not trying to be a dick about it, I was an O&A listener for many years I think if you want to keep it updated put it in a past tense then if they come back in what ever format then you can put it back in the present. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 13:19, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
This sentence needs editing as it does not make sense: "Hughes gave some indication, however, when he told the Long Island press in 2006, "We went from having a show that was syndicated in 17 major markets to having a few thousand," which did not help to remove the discrepancy.[12]"
Since the show is no longer on and their careers have moved in different directions I have split their info out into their own pages. I am moving Opie's personal info into Gregg Hughes and Ant's too Anthony Cumia. As their careers continue apart it makes less and less sense to have one page. I also split Opie with Jim Norton into its own page since it all being here was too much. Please visit those individual pages and help improve them. - Galatz (talk) 16:31, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus to move. (non-admin closure) — Amakuru (talk) 12:42, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Opie and Anthony → The Opie and Anthony Show – Following the spinning off of the Anthony Cumia and Gregg Hughes articles, as well as articles for the successor shows (Opie with Jim Norton and The Anthony Cumia Show), this article should be renamed accordingly. Previously the article had a wider scope, covering the careers of the two radio hosts, but since this revision the topic has narrowed to the radio show. The full title of the radio show was The Opie and Anthony Show [1] and this should be the name of the article to avoid confusion with the radio duo. --Relisted. — Amakuru (talk) 11:45, 1 April 2015 (UTC) - HazhkTalk 16:32, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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Regarding the wording of the description of Cumia's Twitter rant: I really feel like it's an attempt at white-washing (specifically, trying to make it seem like the offensive tweets weren't really racist, but SiriusXM had the "opinion" that they were racist) to change the wording of this sentence. In any case, there's plenty of reliable sources that describe the tirade as racist; I added one, and will add more if you think it's necessary, but that's probably overkill at this point. Rockypedia (talk) 18:33, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Cumia's Twitter tirade was a very aggressive and vaguely worded criticism of of the black American community right after he got assaulted by a black woman. Many liberal journalists yelled racist, but there is no indisputable way to prove this. It's not the first time he's criticized the black community or been called racist for it. Nowhere in his tirade did he say anything like "All black people are bad simply because they are black". Wikipedia is objective. You would need 2 describe 2 me clearly and concisely how you could prove it as racist. I'm not asking for much. NateDoggandWarrenG (talk) 13:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
The New York Times, the New York Daily News, the NY Post, the Daily Mail, and Rolling Stone, for starters, all refer to the incident as a "racist Twitter" tirade or rant, they are all reliable sources, and none of those links are opinion pieces; they are all factual news reports. I don't see what the issue is here: "racist Twitter" is an exact quote from published reliable sources, there's a bunch of them, and no one is contending that the twitter tirade wasn't racist. Changing that line is a blatant attempt to soften the fact that Cumia posted a racist Twitter rant. That's not what we do here. I proposed an alternative wording above that was quickly blown off, so now I start to ask why there's so many Anthony Cumia fans here wanting to change the wording of that paragraph, and am considering an RfC to bring in some unbiased opinions. Rockypedia (talk) 20:02, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
Actually I'm suspending my bias in favour of service to the objectivity of the website. I personally think that Cumia was not a racist at all or even offensive, but many people believe it was completely racist and many more thought it was inappropriate and offensive. But is it 100%, completely and utterly, incontrovertibly racist? No. So don't say it is. Objectively state what happened and what led up to the firing. NateDoggandWarrenG (talk) 01:53, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello! Since the talk page is active with discussion, I'd love some different opinions on the lede that I wrote that @Rockypedia: has reverted several times. Having improved the article with references, my version only summarises the sections of the entire article, which is what I attempted. Rocky's version makes less sense for a non-listener, per se.
My edit is here and Rocky's is the current edit.
Any suggestions on how to improve this? @Galatz:, what do you think? Thanks guys! LowSelfEstidle (talk) 19:23, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
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Whats up guys,
This article is missing a lot but one thing imparticular I'd like to add a section on is O&A's influence on stand up comedy and their relationship with certain stand up comedians. I'd like to focus on why their relationship with the stand up scene was unique, how it came to be (Norton was obviously a key factor) and summarize O&A's relationships with certain stand up comedians in general (Patrice O'neal, Louis C.K., Bill Burr, Joe Rogan, Colin Quinn). I think this is a pretty important chapter of the O&A saga.
I'm not asking anyone else to do the research or anything, but am just not so sure how to frame the subject and was hoping to open a dialogue on what the best way to do that would be. And also hoping someone might have some good sources I could use to gather info. I've been collaborating youtube clips for a while now of old shows they did that are relevant, and have also bookmarked an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast in which he touches on this topic for a few minutes. Blob Blobbed (talk) 13:57, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone have anything to add to this [2] on what Jim Norton's role was with the show? If I do not hear anything else here I will open a official request for comment. - Galatz גאליץשיחה Talk 11:15, 30 August 2018 (UTC)