Howard Stern Doesn't Care If He Gets Fired | Letterman 

Those glasses are the best birth control device known to man.

For anyone wondering: "Swale" (April 21, 1981 - June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for winning the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes in 1984. He died eight days after his win in the latter race.

Howard was so ahead of his time, no one talked like that on late night tv. Love or hate him he was real af and did his thing. Radio would just be top 40 countdowns if it wasn’t for him.

I've never seen Howard Stern look like this lmao. Very surreal.

Howard and Dave, along with Conan, are three entertainment icons that NBC horribly mistreated.

I'm so old I remember when everyone's dad looked like how Howard looks like in this interview.

Stern looking like weird al Yankovics Wario.

I love that this is early enough in his career on that Howard doesn't know yet that talk show guests are supposed to stay seated into the commercial.

The only man on earth who somehow looks weirder in 2022 than he did in 1984 lmao

David helping Howard lambast NBC execs is prophetic.

Bruh he looks like Napoleon Dynamite 😂 He makes modern Howard Stern look like Slash from GNR

It’s like watching Private Parts

Howard looked like a mid-70’s soft rock singer with that look. Super cool.

Watching these two interact at that time, when they were making their bones on their way up the mountain, is fascinating. It’s amazing to see this knowing the at times cantankerous background between the two titans of broadcasting. They just put the pedal down and go for it, despite what may have been going on behind the scenes.

Doesn’t even look like Howard! Like a cross between Weird Al & Steve Jobs

This is the same year that I started listening to Howard. Both Letterman and Stern have given me a million laughs. Love them both!

It's wild to hear Howard's voice without compression and everything.

This guy died 20 years ago. It was a slow death, but he certainly doesn’t exist anymore.

Watching this, it’s interesting to hear how Howard’s voice/accent has changed over the years

The good old days when Howard was entertaining.

Amazing Howard looking in a mirror and saying, "Yeah, this is the look I'm going for. Who could resist this look?"😂😂😂

Stern's joke about Casey Kasem's countdown show is priceless.

Howard’s always had unrivaled confidence everywhere he goes

Today Howard tells people to listen to the establishment and do as there told.

The whole aesthetic is still 70s but 2 years later they do this interview again and it's totally 80s. Howard clean shaven with a new wardrobe. The set of letterman changes too lol

Having flashbacks of Pig Vomit teaching Stern “W-EEEEENNN-B-C”

Swale won the Belmont Stakes & later died.😳🏇🏻

At the time this aired, there were four different competing AM-stereo systems in use. WNBC used the Kahn-Hazeltine AM-stereo system at that time. That was the system in which one could take two manually tuned radios and tune each one off center to the left or right to produce a stereo image. A bit of a gimmick which introduces distortion and can produce a poor stereo image. On a proper AM-stereo receiver, results are far better. In addition, every factory car stereo featuring AM-stereo at that time (and into the future) decoded only the Motorola C-QUAM system of AM-stereo. So, even though you bought a new car that is advertised as having an AM-stereo/FM-stereo receiver, and WNBC (as well as other non-C-QUAM stations) are airing promos and liners mentioning "AM-stereo"...you're not going to be hearing them in stereo. Confusing for many who didn't know or care to pay attention that there were different AM-stereo systems in use. Of course, Howard Stern is just being Howard Stern here...

How priceless is the look on Dave's face when Howard said he talked about his circumcision. I loved Dave's expressions when guests would say something shocking.

Stern looks like Weird Al’s brother

Howard Stern looked like a serial killer from the early 80s.

He's still hilarious. I used to work at a crappy job and the highlight of my day was listening to Stern on the way to work.

Howard took off like twenty years when he shaved off the stache.

He looks like Ned Flanders

i liked when howard doesnt look a like a slash cover

Howard Stern is literally scared of EVERYTHING these days lol !

I loved Casey's countdown. That's prime resource material for mixed tapes 🎉

I always thought he was about as funny as a kick in the ass when he was in Detroit. Fairly recently I heard an interview on satellite with Billy Joel. What a great interview. I guess we can all grow up

Such a man of style 😂

It’s amazing how much just a certain style of hair, facial hair and glasses can age a person. Keep in mind, Howard is only 30 in this video and David is 37.

Wow, if you didn't tell me that was Howard Stern I would have never known.

But he’s deathly afraid of getting a cough.

Has Anthony Jeselnik been doing a voice impression of Howard this whole time?

I forgot how dorky Howard looked back then.

we were all so young in 1984

Really glad Howard has now educated me about the great Swale the horse! Died way too early around the age of three.

My mom had a Cadillac Seville with AM stereo that did work. It was weird.

I still can't get over how dorky early Howard Stern looks. 😂

Hard to believe that's what Howard Stern used to look like, even though this was like 40 yrs ago.

Not an attractive man, but a fascinating guest. He knew (knows) how to capitalize his strengths as an entertainer

I have never seen howards face before because of his glasses and hair over his face hahaha. Did not expect that, so different when he was younger.

Along time ago, I would drive past Howard on my way to work. He used to broadcast his show from a trailer which was parked next to the Belle Isle bridge in Detroit.

Am Stereo was like putting two cordless phones to your ears…

It is a good thing he shaved that mustache. He looks like a relative of Weird Al Yankovic!

This outfit is better than anything that Ralph ever put him in.

I wonder what this Howard would say to old Howard that right now he’s a crazy cat lady and he hasn’t left his basement in 3 years

More Howard on Letterman clips, please.

This guy is awesome!

I’ve never seen this. Thank you

Fantastic

Didn't recognize Howard at all. Looks like a segment where Dave brings out one of the Late Night stage hands.

Amazing seeing the old version of Stern. I think Anthony Jeselnik channels Sterns energy. I wonder?

Damn he's been doing this literally my entire life

Never would have believed that it was him!

Had no idea he was he was that tall. Come to think of it I think this is my first time ever seeing his whole body in frame 😂

makes me miss the good old days

Wow I never seen him like this he really knows how to evolve and stay youthfull

Howard definitely must have gotten a stylist

So… This puts Stern at 80?

I don’t think I remember ever seeing this set with the clock before.

Howard Stern is a Legend

I remember watching this.

I wouldn't be born for another two months when this episode came out. I love how dorky old Howard is.

You're telling me this man was 30 here. Looked more like he was going on 48 LOL.

It’s Weird Al!

Back when Howard actually had balls and would stand up against the powers that be. Now he's just another shill.

Look at that set.

AM Stereo!!! 🤣🤣🤣

This didn’t age well. He turned into exactly what he railed against. Money corrupts.

wow he looks like a math professor but talks like the Howard Stern I know

A rare appearance of stern outside his basement

Certainly a full plate tonight from Howard, wasn’t it?

I almost wanna see the pilot Howard produced if there's a tape of it.

Straight outta Private Parts

Howard out here looking like weird Al Yankovic.

This man has been dead for years. Reincarnated as on of the people he always made fun of. RIP king of all media.

OMG. Its KIP DYNAMITE 🧨😂!

Wow, even back then I would have hated him 😂🤣😂

THIS WEEK they were Ragging on Ronnie the Limo Drivers Glasses. Howards glasses are just as bad.

wow. actually realllllly crazy how unrecognizable stern is here. he really found his signature look later on

The young Howard stern looks way older than the old now present howard stern.

That mustache though.

Cant say ish about this man! He changed the game

And he was 30 in this interview? For christ sake he looks 50.

I really expect anyone, including Howard Stern, to stand up and say, "I'm afraid of being fired." because anyone who says that is cutting his/her own legs from under themselves.

They killed this Howard.

Drag out Swale!!!

Wow. Howard looks about a foot taller than Letterman when he comes in. Howard is 6’5” and supposedly Letterman is 6’2”

The Frank Zappa of radio. I mean that endearingly and sadly for this moment in our lives.

Look at those glasses. He looks like an accountant.