History Radio / OpieAndAnthony

* HumiliationConga: For Opie following the breakup of ''Opie with Jim Norton'' in October 2016. First, following a disastrous attempt at renegotiating his contract, he loses his coveted morning spot to Jim and his former intern Sam Roberts much to his frustration. Then in January '17, Sirius XM renames the channel from ''Opie Radio'' to ''Faction Talk''. The following months see's the popularity and viewership of his afternoon show noticeably decline leading to stunts like Opie ambushing and filming one of his crew members in the bathroom. Not long after that, one of his producers calls him out and voices his frustrations with Opie's hypocritical behavior on the air. Finally in July 2017, following word that the crew member (who has mental issues) who was filmed in the bathroom had complained about the incident to HR and ominous rumors about Sirius letting Opie go, it seems that his bad luck has reached it's logical conclusion. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Opie and Anthony following Anthony's firing from Sirius. It was two years before the two spoke again when Anthony called in on the first day of Opie's afternoon so it seems that relations have slightly improved. Averted with Opie and Jim as according to Opie " We're just not close."

* HumiliationConga: For Opie following the breakup of ''Opie & Jim'' in October 2016. First, following a disastrous attempt at renegotiating his contract, he loses his coveted morning spot to Jim and his former intern Sam Roberts much to his frustration. Then in January '17, Sirius XM renames the channel from ''Opie Radio'' to ''Faction Talk''. The following months see's the popularity and viewership of his afternoon show noticeably decline leading to stunts like Opie ambushing and filming one of his crew members in the bathroom. Not long after that, one of his producers calls him out and voices his frustrations with Opie's hypocritical behavior on the air. Finally in July 2017, following word that the crew member (who has mental issues) who was filmed in the bathroom had complained about the incident to HR and ominous rumors about Sirius letting Opie go, it seems that his bad luck has reached it's logical conclusion. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

* HumiliationCongaline: For Opie following the breakup of ''Opie & Jim'' in October 2016. First, following a disastrous attempt at renegotiating his contract, he loses his coveted morning spot to Jim and his former intern Sam Roberts much to his frustration. Then in January '17, Sirius XM renames the channel from ''Opie Radio'' to ''Faction Talk''. The following months see's the popularity and viewership of his afternoon show noticeably decline leading to stunts like Opie ambushing and filming one of his crew members in the bathroom. Not long after that, one of his producers calls him out and voices his frustrations with Opie's hypocritical behavior on the air. Finally in July 2017, following word that the crew member (who has mental issues) who was filmed in the bathroom had complained about the incident to HR and ominous rumors about Sirius letting Opie go, it seems that his bad luck has reached it's logical conclusion. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

* HumiliationCongaLine: For Opie following the breakup of ''Opie & Jim'' in October 2016. First, following a disastrous attempt at renegotiating his contract, he loses his coveted morning spot to Jim and his former intern Sam Roberts much to his frustration. Then in January '17, Sirius XM renames the channel from ''Opie Radio'' to ''Faction Talk''. The following months see's the popularity and viewership of his afternoon show noticeably decline leading to stunts like Opie ambushing and filming one of his crew members in the bathroom. Not long after that, one of his producers calls him out and voices his frustrations with Opie's hypocritical behavior on the air. Finally in July 2017, following word that the crew member (who has mental issues) who was filmed in the bathroom had complained about the incident to HR and ominous rumors about Sirius letting Opie go, it seems that his bad luck has reached it's logical conclusion. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

On July 4th 2014 Anthony [[https://twitter.com/AnthonyCumia/status/485045848032546816 announced]] he had been fired by SiriusXM after ten years of broadcasting. The show has since been renamed ''Opie with Jim Norton''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Frequently. Changing attitudes of corporate bosses and the FCC have had their toll on O&A, and it's a struggle to get classic bits and contests (such as Homeless Shopping Spree and the Wiffle Ball Bat Challenge) going, if not banned outright now.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Anthony in spades.[[note]]DING DING DING! Inappropriate Bell![[/note]] Al Sharpton, RonaldReagan, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, Mike Tyson, Charlton Heston, Andrew Dice Clay, Tom Brokaw, you name it.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Anthony in spades.[[note]]DING DING DING! Inappropriate Bell![[/note]] Al Sharpton, RonaldReagan, RichardNixon, Mike Tyson, Charlton Heston, Andrew Dice Clay, Tom Brokaw, you name it.

* AuthorTract: In the beginning, Cumia's lovable "racist uncle" schtick was the funniest thing about the show, but by 2014 he was less interested in shooting the shit with funny people, and more interested in becoming the {{Website/Stormfront}} [[Creator/DanielTosh Tosh.0]], leading to his dismissal.

* OneExtraMember: Jim Norton's been an official co-star of the show since 2002, but there's no push to rename the show ''Opie, Anthony & Jimmy''. (Although he's jokingly suggested it should be called ''Norton & Friends''.) Since Anthony's firing Jimmy gets second billing on ''Opie with Jim Norton''.

* AuthorTract: In the beginning, Cumia's lovable "racist uncle" schtick was the funniest thing about the show, but in the 2010s he began focusing less on shooting the shit with funny people and trying too hard to be the Stormfront Tosh.0, leading to his dismissal.

* FreudianTrio: .Te show lost its counterweight when Patrice died, so instead of the race conversations being real, raw attempts to argue their way through some admittedly-hairy stuff, they became one-sided white supremacist rants. Opie (the Kirk in this analogy) just wants to get along with everybody and is too passive to really challenge Ant's beliefs.

* AuthorTract: In the beginning, Cumia's lovable "racist uncle" schtick was the funniest thing about the show, but in the 2010s he began focusing less on shooting less on shooting the shit with funny people and trying too hard to be the Stormfront Tosh.0, leading to his dismissal.

* RefugeInAudacity: Where's that, tss, in Auda-State or somethin'?

* VitriolicBestBuds: Opie, Anthony, Jim, and guests Vos, Patrice O'Neal, and Colin Quinn, spend lots of time trashing each other. Despite that, they are all friends and use the show to plug their various appearances.
** Subverted with Opie and Anthony, who maintained a work relationship but never talked outside of work and had a strained relationship long before Anthony being fired.

* VitrolicBestBuds: Opie, Anthony, Jim, and guests Vos, Patrice O'Neal, and Colin Quinn, spend lots of time trashing each other. Despite that, they are all friends and use the show to plug their various appearances.

* ReferenceOverdosed: Shows are filled with quotes from ''Film/BackToTheFuture, Film/TheGodfather, Film/AClockworkOrange, Franchise/StarTrek, AmericanPsycho, Film/DeathWish, Film/{{Platoon}}'', ''Film/TheShining'', ''Film/PulpFiction'' and practically any RobertDeNiro or AlPacino film.

* OneExtraMember: Jim Norton's been an official co-star of the show since 2002, but there's no push to rename the show ''Opie, Anthony & Jimmy''. (Although he's jokingly suggested it should be called ''Norton & Friends''.)

* AprilFoolsDay: O&A were fired from WAAF in 1998 after announcing that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino was killed in a car crash (he's still alive and well).

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Jimmy's character Regular Joe.