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, Sirius XM has officially confirmed that they had terminated their contract with Opie. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his job. Ouch. Some see it as poetic justice, given his past behavior.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Attempted regularly during their terrestrial radio career (with some success - Kim Phuc, anyone?); now that they're on satellite radio, there's not much of a radar.
** Oddly enough, the boys were able to get away with much more ''before'' the move to satellite. The FCC prevented them from swearing on the air, but outside of that they had free reign to do whatever they wanted. Eventually Friday shows became weekly events featuring drinking, naked girls and bizarre sex acts. By comparison, on satellite they can swear as much as they want but can't come close to the level of debauchery they had at WNEW.

* DivorceAssetsConflict: The end result of Ant's marriage to Jennifer, a conflict she won by a landslide. He and Opie tried to withdraw half of the money from their joint account but she beat him to the punch and left him just a few dollars. He had to break into his own house to get his stuf back. In the end he ended up paying a large settlement and substantial alimony and as a result he hates anybody named "Jennifer."

--> '''Chip''': "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I ain't never licked a few dicks a couple years ago! Nevah!]]"

--->'''Anthony:''' ''You don't go to CNN for dick jokes. Don't come to us for hard-hitting news!''

* CampGay: Former producer, the late great Steve Carlesi. Or O&A's caricature of him, anyway. "YESSSS!"

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: O&A sarcastically call one of their bosses the "Radio Wizard".

* 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 show. Since then they both have attacked each other in various appearances and Now they outright hate each other. Opie and Jim also fell out and continue to hate on each other in various media.

* ChipTune (whazzat?): At the beginning of their XM stint, the "World 1-1" music from SuperMarioBros would be played at the end, signaling that time was running out for their show.

** There's also a parody of "Macarena" called "Hey Masturbator", which was done in the late Nineties and is regarded as OldShame these days.

** And were it not for [[ExecutiveMeddling the bosses getting in the way,]] Run Around the Park for Erin. (You figure it out.) Female listener Erin proposed a contest in which she would run around a local park wearing a set of flag football tags, and whoever could catch her and rip off a tag first would win a prize. However, due to the UnfortunateImplications relating to the contest name, the idea was rejected by the management.

* IncrediblyLamePun (tss, is that a pun that can't walk or somethin'?): Mostly delivered by Jim Norton's character Chip Chipperson.

* NauseaFuel: "What the Hell Is That?"

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening riff of Rage Against The Machine's version of "Street Fighting Man" kicks off their show.
** Supplemented on Sirius XM by the instrumental "Ecstasy Of Gold" from the soundtrack to Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.

* TheAlcoholic: Lady Di.

** Subverted with Opie and Anthony, who maintained a working relationship but stopped talking outside of the show, and had a strained relationship long before Anthony being fired.

* 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, Sirius XM has officially confirmed that they had terminated their contract with Opie. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his job. Ouch.

* {{Irony}}: In 2014, Sirius XM fired Anthony for filming an African American woman against her will and saying racial insults. Fast forward three years and Sirius XM has fired Opie for filming someone against their will while they were using the bathroom.

* FreudianTrio: The 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.

* FiveManBand (yes, there's more than just Opie, Anthony & Jimmy on a regular basis):
** TheLeader: Opie.
** TheLancer: Anthony.
** TheSmartGuy: Jim Norton.
** TheSneakyGuy: Producer Sam Roberts.
** TheBigGuy: Producer Erik "E-Rock" Nagel.
** TeamPet: Bodyguard/chauffeur Club Soda Kenny, who also exhibits DumbMuscle tendencies.

* PointyHairedBoss: The bosses from the Radio Wizard up. They refuse to do anything to help improve the quality of the show or promote it, and any requests to improve the studios spend weeks or months working through red tape before getting denied for stupid reasons.

* OddFriendship: One is developing with Music/PaulWilliams, who is the only celebrity they can repeatedly call at 4am (California time) without annoying (much).

* ReallyGetsAround: Both Anthony and Jimmy have an impressive list of conquests. Opie, on the other hand, is happily married (although the "Opster" put up numbers in college).

* 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 show so it seems that relations have slightly improved. Averted with Opie and Jim as according to Opie " We're just not close."

'''''The Opie & Anthony Show''''' is a radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Anthony Cumia and Jim Norton. The show, nicknamed O&A, originated at Long Island radio station WBAB-FM in 1994, when Opie, then host of the "Nighttime Attitude", invited Anthony in as a guest co-host after airing a parody tune from his band Rotgut, "They're Gonna Electric-Shock O.J.". The pairing was successful enough for the station to bring Anthony on full-time. O&A moved to Boston-area radio station WAAF-FM in 1995, and their stint at WAAF lasted until 1998, when they made headlines by getting fired after airing an April Fools Day fake report of Boston mayor Thomas Menino getting killed in a car crash. O&A next surfaced on New York's WNEW-FM, where their show ran from 1998 to 2002. This time it was an incident involving two listeners simulating sex acts in St. Patrick's Cathedral that got them kicked off the air.

After a contractually-imposed two-year hiatus, ''The Opie & Anthony Show'' moved to XM Satellite Radio in the fall of 2004, where they could do edgier, uncensored material. (They still had to deal with corporate policies and lawyers, however.) The show still airs on what is now [=SiriusXM=], and had a brief (and edited) run on syndicated terrestrial radio from 2006 to 2009.

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 was then renamed ''Opie with Jim Norton''. After a falling out, Opie and Jimmy began hosting separate shows in October 2016 (the latter with ''O&A'' producer Sam Roberts as co-host), while Anthony has been hosting his own internet-exclusive show since his firing. In July 2017, Opie himself was fired from satellite radio.

* KarmicMisfire: The 2010 bit "ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} the Savior Man" featured Anthony, Jimmy, and, to a much lesser extent, Patrice O'Neal, making jokes about Popeye as Jesus. Patrice even said during the bit that he didn't want to get involved because of the subject matter. Guess which of the three would suffer from and die of a stroke the following year?

* IHatePastMe: Their time at WAAF, which is especially bad for Opie as for mysterious reasons he put on the persona of a [[TotallyRadical surfer party animal]] who was at least five years younger than he really was.

* OddFriendship: One is developing with PaulWilliams, who is the only celebrity they can repeatedly call at 4am (California time) without annoying (much).

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 was then renamed ''Opie with Jim Norton''. After a falling out, Opie and Jimmy began hosting separate shows in October 2016, while Anthony has been hosting his own internet-exclusive show since his firing.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Anthony has expressed his affinity for Nazi memorabilia, but he'll be quick to retort that he's "a fan of [[WorldWarII the era]]".

* 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, Sirius XM has officially confirmed that they had terminated their contract with Opie. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

* 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 Sirius XM officially confirmed that they had terminated their contract with Opie. So within the span of less than a year Opie lost his show, his channel and his maybe job. Ouch.

* Irony: In 2014, Sirius XM fired Anthony for filming an African American woman against her will and saying racial insults. Fast forward three years and Sirius XM has fired Opie for filming someone against their will while they were using the bathroom.