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* ExecutiveMeddling: Stern constantly battled against radio and TV executives during the span of his career over the format and content of his show. When he began his career, if you weren't on a political or news show, most hosts just repeatedly played music, interjecting bits of humor and commentary during the breaks between songs and commercials, the news anchor only spoke when delivering the news, guests never stayed longer than their allotted segment time, and the content was as sober as a priest on Sunday. Stern had to continuously fight against executives to change all of those things, and he eventually revolutionized morning radio because of it.
* OneOfUs: Stern has been an avid comic book fan since childhood, to the point that he specifically tries to have many of the directors, producers, and actors of comic book inspired movies on his show to be interviewed. He's also been quoted as saying most of the television shows he watches are science fiction or superhero based. Stern also enjoys chess so much that he plays online almost every day and hired a coach to help better improve his game. Somewhat subverted since Stern has made a career out of mocking geeks, ''Star Trek''/''Star Wars'' fans, wrestling fans, and people who read comics past the age of 13, mostly during TheNineties.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Stern constantly battled against radio and TV executives during the span of his career over the format and content of his show. When he began his career, if you weren't on a political or news show, most hosts just repeatedly played music, interjecting bits of humor and commentary during the breaks between songs and commercials, the news anchor only spoke when delivering the news, guests never stayed longer than their allotted segment time, and the content was as sober as a priest on Sunday. Stern had to continuously fight against executives to change all of those things, and he eventually revolutionized morning radio because of it.
* OneOfUs: Stern has been an avid comic book fan since childhood, to the point that he specifically tries to have many of the directors, producers, and actors of comic book inspired movies on his show to be interviewed. He's also been quoted as saying most of the television shows he watches are science fiction or superhero based. Stern also enjoys chess so much that he plays online almost every day and hired a coach to help better improve his game. Somewhat subverted since Stern has made a career out of mocking geeks, ''Star Trek''/''Star Wars'' fans, wrestling fans, and people who read comics past the age of 13, mostly during TheNineties.
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* ColbertBump: In 1998, ''People'' magazine held an online vote for "Sexiest Man Alive." After being mentioned on the show, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf won by ''tens of thousands of votes.'' The magazine, naturally, ignored the results.
* CreatorBreakdown: Some fans believe Stern to have been at his most vile, vicious, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking entertaining]] during the mid to late [[TheNineties 90's]], and although not known at the time, this ran concurrent with the breakdown of his marriage and his eventual divorce.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Stern constantly battled against radio and TV executives during the span of his career over the format and content of his show. When he began his career, if you weren't on a political or news show, most hosts just repeatedly played music, interjecting bits of humor and commentary during the breaks between songs and commercials, the news anchor only spoke when delivering the news, guests never stayed longer than their allotted segment time, and the content was as sober as a priest on Sunday. Stern had to continuously fight against executives to change all of those things, and he eventually revolutionized morning radio because of it.
* OneOfUs: Stern has been an avid comic book fan since childhood, to the point that he specifically tries to have many of the directors, producers, and actors of comic book inspired movies on his show to be interviewed. He's also been quoted as saying most of the television shows he watches are science fiction or superhero based. Stern also enjoys chess so much that he plays online almost every day and hired a coach to help better improve his game. Somewhat subverted since Stern has made a career out of mocking geeks, ''Star Trek''/''Star Wars'' fans, wrestling fans, and people who read comics past the age of 13, mostly during TheNineties.

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