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Many of these people become permanent characters or fixtures on the show, and in this sense, it's been said that Stern "can make anybody famous," due to his ability to get entertaining, and sometimes very unknown, facts and stories out of just about anybody he interviews. From the beginning of his career, Stern has always found an interest in studying and interviewing any and all of the normally "behind the scenes" people that he's worked with in radio and TV, including his fans. The show was also groundbreaking as a precursor to Reality TV. The show was also groundbreaking in that it was one of the first mainstream media outlets to approach many of the time's taboo subjects, including but not limited to homosexuals, gross-out jokes, sex workers, and disabled (or just plain weird) sideshow-style characters. Regardless, Stern's show was instrumental in breaking down many barriers in radio by deviating from regular talk and corny morning routines, instead focusing on entertaining and comedic political, pop culture, and news commentary.

Stern's syndicated radio show, The Howard Stern Show, has run from 1982 until present day, but the start date could be placed earlier if his college radio career is factored in, and his show didn't actually start syndication until the early 1990's. Oh yeah, taking place during all the previously mentioned accomplishments, Stern and his four hour, five day a week radio show were also almost always the number one syndicated radio program during morning drive in most major radio markets in The United States for nearly fifteen years. With a career spanning over 30 years, Stern has written two books (both of which topped the New York Times Best Seller list within weeks of their release), starred in the autobiographical film of his life, aptly named Howard Stern's Private Parts, (it too opened at number one at the box office), and produced and or starred in numerous successful late night television shows and pay per view specials, most of which also had high selling video releases.

Also known as the self-proclaimed King of All Media (a title he gave himself to parody Michael Jackson being dubbed The King of Pop). Born January 12, 1954, Stern went from being a poor Jewish kid living in a bad neighborhood on Long Island, New York, to eventually becoming one of the highest rated and highest paid radio personalities of all time. What can you say that hasn't already been said about him, or more likely, by him.