Howard was talking about Carrie Fisher and wondered out loud whether Fisher is older than him. Robin blurted out "Yes." Then she checked it out and found that Carrie is 53 (Howard is 56) and said so. How about checking before speaking?
     

     The gang was discussing who will replace Simon Cowell on American Idol. Howard said he would be a good choice because he's a musician. Robin replied "You're not a musician." At that point Gary & Howard listed many examples demonstrating why Howard is a musician including: His authorship of Psychedelic Bee, his musical instrument playing, his discovery of Suzanne Vega, his direction to David Grohl to use an acoustic arrangement of a song that proved commercially successful, his best selling record and others. In the face of overwhelming evidence that Howard is indeed a musician, Robin refused to concede the point. 34 strikes again!

     While discussing the return of American Idol, Robin did a story of a young woman (Erica Rhodes) who was a former Barney kid. She appeared on the Barney show when she was a child. This story was in the news because she appeared on Idol with a whip in an attempt to portray a dominatrix. Not only did Robin fail to mention the whip and outfit, she replied to Howard's question "what is a Barney kid?" as "someone who watched Barney as a child, I guess." She had no clue about the two important aspects to the story. Rather than guessing, perhaps she should put a modicum of effort into her job.
     
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiv1Vu9zdWQ

     It has been Gary vs. Yucko recently. After Gary's attack on Yucko, Gary sent Yucko an email apologizing for being so vicious.
     
     Yucko called in this morning, and during the call revealed that Gary spelled "vicious" wrong. Yucko said Gary wrote "viscious." (The gang then teased Gary, pronouncing what Gary wrote as "viscous," a thick, sticky fluid, as everyone knows.)
     
     Gary said over his squawk box that he did indeed spell "vicious" correctly and that Yucko was wrong.
     
     Howard then asked Gary: "Spell 'vicious' right now."
     
     Gary: "v-i-s-c-i-o-u-s."
     
     Howard: "That's right."
     
     Robin: "Yeah!" (Robin was so sure Gary was right and that "vicious" is spelled v-i-s-c-i-o-u-s.)
     
     Fred (jumping in immediately): "No!" Fred eventually spelled it correctly for everyone, after which Robin admitted: "I was wrong."
     
     A second mistake was also made by Robin in that she did not recognize that "viscous" has only one "i" (it is not spelled "viscious). (The word "viscous" was talked about a lot and then defined during this whole converstation.)
     
     OK, in fairness to Robin, both Howard and Gary also believed "vicious" is spelled "viscious" and "viscous" is spelled "viscious."

     During her news segment, Robin reported the story of the death of Nancy Kerrigan's dad.
     
     Robin asked Howard if he knew who Kerrigan is. Howard did, of course, and brought up the physical attack against her in 1994.
     
     Robin said that Tonya Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly hired a couple of guys to attack Kerrigan with bats to knock her out of the Olympics.
     
     Robin was wrong. It was just one guy who was hired, not a couple of guys. Gillooly and Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eckhardt, were co-conspirators with Harding. The three of them hired Shane Stant to strike Kerrigan on the knee.

     Robin was doing a story on P Diddy's son Justin's lavish 16th birthday party when she paused (with Fred playing her theme music in the background) to opine that perhaps P Diddy's son isn't getting exposed to the real world with his wealthy lifestyle and that it might be better for him to live in a more realistic view of the world. Then she said he would be a better person if he did something like contribute to Haitian relief. Howard immediately jumped in to point out that in fact young Justin Combs was donating his birthday presents to Haitian relief. Howard was not quite right. As reported by the New York Post, guests were asked to donate to Haitian relief instead of giving gifts.
     http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/super_day_for_diddy_son...

     During her news segment, Robin reported that "Avatar" has now overtaken "Titanic's" total gross and as of this past weekend became the highest grossing film of all time.
     
     Robin is wrong.
     
     While "Avatar" will overtake "Titanic" shortly, it has not yet done so, as Robin erroneously reported this morning.
     
     Box office total through Sunday, January 24, 2010:
     
     Worldwide Total:
     Titanic: $1.842 billion dollars
     Avatar: $1.840 billion dollars
     
     (Domestic Only Total: Titanic: $600.8 million dollars; Avatar: $552.8 million dollars)

     During her news segment, Robin reported on the upcoming release of "The Tooth Fairy" starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
     
     Howard asked Robin how The Rock becomes the Tooth Fairy. Robin told Howard that he just wakes up one morning and he is the Tooth Fairy.
     
     Robin was wrong. (This is one of those times Robin should have just said she didn't know, instead of yet again misleading Howard and the audience.)
     
     Here are the facts of the plot, which directly answers Howard's question:
     
     Johnson plays Derek “The Tooth Fairy” Thompson, an NHL has-been who recently was relegated to sideshow status in the minor leagues, only brought on to please fans with bone-crushing hits that literally knock teeth out. Derek’s major problem, however, is that he crushes dreams, telling one child fan that he will never get into the NHL, and to “lower his expectations.” Later on, Derek steals money from under his girlfriend’s daughter’s pillow for a poker game and tries to tell her the Tooth Fairy doesn’t exist, something his girlfriend Carly (Ashley Judd) considers so offensive she kicks him out of the house. That night, Derek is transported to Fairy Land, where he meets his court worker Tracy (Stephen Merchant) and the head fairy Lily (Julie Andrews), who sentences him to two weeks of tooth fairy community service for his “dissemination of disbelief.”
     
     

     Robin reported that the Huntington Meat Packing Company of California had been subject to a recall of "390,000 tons of beef." Whenever Robin "reports" a story involving numbers, it is always suspect and worth verifying. It turns out the recall was of "390 tonnes" of beef. http://feedraider.com/item/2010/1/190089561/Huntington-Meat.... Robin was off by a factor of 1,000. There's another aspect to this story - "tonnes" are not the same as "tons." A ton is 2,000 pounds while tonnes are 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms). The story reported the total weight as "864,000 pounds." This corresponds to 432 tons or 392.73 tonnes. In the US, when people hear mention of tons, they are taught to assume 2,000 pounds. Tonnes are more commonly used in countries where metric measurements are the standard. Tonnes are also referred to as "long tons." Obviously, Robin knows nothing about any of this!

     One of the biggest news stories this week is the election of a Republican for senator of Massachusetts, taking over the late Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy's slot.
     
     Howard had clips of the new senator embarrassingly telling people his daughters are available.
     
     Robin shamefully volunteered that his name is Chris Brown.
     
     Without hesitation and missing a beat, Howard corrected Robin and informed her his name is Scott Brown.
     
     At the end of the discussion, Robin spoke up to tell everyone Chris Brown is the guy who beat up singer Rihanna.

     Robin was reporting on a story in which police were accused of sodomizing victims. In the middle of the story, Howard interrupted to ask what the police had used to sodomize the victims, an implement or perhaps their penis. Robin stated that she didn't know what the police allegedly used in committing sodomy. She then continued with the story and within 10 seconds read that the police had allegedly used a "police baton" in the offenses. What this demonstrates is that Robin is not a news woman. She is a person who reads stories that others stick under her nose and does no actual "reporting." Had she read the story in advance, she would have known that the police were alleged to have used a police baton. Quite revealing!

     Howard finally saw "Avatar" yesterday.
     
     Naturally, while paying big compliments to James Cameron, Howard discussed Cameron's previous credits. When Howard got to the "Terminator" movies, he pondered which of the 4 "Terminator" movies James Cameron did. (At first, Howard was not sure Cameron did the third movie.)
     
     Robin jumped in immediately. Instead of her saying she did not know or was not sure, Robin made it pretty clear that Cameron did all but "Terminator 4." (Robin said it as if it was 100% fact.)
     
     In fairness to Robin, Howard did not know the correct answer either, and he went along with Robin telling everyone that Cameron only skipped out on "Terminator 4."
     
     A few moments later, someone put up on Howard's screen that Cameron did not do "Terminator 3." Robin immediately spoke up a little shocked, and asked "who did 3 then?" (Howard answered that he did not know.)
     
     Admin Note: James Cameron is listed as a co-writer on Terminator 3 for "characters". I assume that to mean he probably had no involvement in the movie production, but he originally wrote the characters in the previous movies, so that would be the reason for the credit. The film was directed by Jonathan Mostow.

     Introducing a clip of Martha Coakley, the Democrat who lost to Republican Scott Brown in the special election in Massachusetts for the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, Robin said: "Here's the woman who was hand-picked by the Kennedys" to replace Ted Kennedy in the US Senate. In fact, Coakley is the incumbent Attorney General of Massachusetts who earned the right to run for the open Senate seat by participating in a primary election and defeating three other candidates, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, City Year co-founder Alan Khazei and Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/12/09/03/3044-72/index.xml

     Robin stated that the U.S. was #8 in contributions by country to Haiti. This is simply untrue. The U.S. is #1 in donations by government by corporations and by private citizens. The United States leads the way among developed nations with $114.5 million donated as of Wednesday, according to the U.N.. Robin is so anxious to make negative comments about the U.S. that fact checking is completely thrown out for her "news" segment.
     
     Admin Note: NBC News reported tonight that Americans have topped $250 million in donations to Haiti. That's a lot of generosity. I also read previously that China donated $1 million. With China's size and economy, I think this is a paltry gift. China giving $1 million is about the economic equivalent of me personally giving a dime.
     

     Robin stated what a big game it was upcoming between the Jets and the Colts and erroneously said "if the Jets win, they win the championship for their league." No, they would win the championship for their conference, the AFC. In order for them to win the league championship, more commonly referred to as the NFL World Championship, they would have to win the Super Bowl.
     

     Talk turned to "The Golden Globe Awards."
     
     Actress Mo'Nique and her acceptance speech were discussed a lot.
     
     Robin said she thinks Mo'Nique has diabetes.
     
     Robin is wrong. Mo'Nique does not have diabetes.
     
     But, just to be sure, I did extensive reading on Monique, such as her biography at Variety.com, her Wikipedia article, and her interview about health and weight loss at: http://www.philly.com/philly/phillywomen/...
     
     I also did various Google searches to see if there ever was anything posted about diabetes and Mo'Nique having same. I found nothing.
     
     Mo'Nique lost 40 pounds and has denied having a gastric bypass. She said she lost the weight naturally, and that her motivation for doing so is to stay healthy. She did not lose the weight because she has a disease.
     
     Mo'Nique currently has a nightly talk show on BET. No mention she has any health problems on that show, either.

     Howard brought up that he read the reports yesterday that Conan and NBC have reached a settlement where Conan will pocket $32.5 million dollars. Howard went on to say that NBC will be paying out over $40 million dollars, but the difference will be going to Conan's staff as severance pay.
     
     Robin jumped in to contribute, assuredly reporting that there is a sticking point to the negotiations concerning Conan's intellectual property rights (such as Triumph The Insult Dog and the Masturbating Bear).
     
     Howard immediately corrected Robin and informed her that the reports from yesterday informed that there is no more sticking point concerning intellectual property rights as if Conan gets $32.5 million dollars and his staff gets a big severance package, NBC gets to keep the rights to Conan's bits.
     
     Robin then answered back with a shocked voice, saying she had not heard that.
     
     Robin didn't hear or read about it because Robin does not do her job, which is show preparation by reading or watching the news the night before the show. I find this inexcusable and wish Howard would call her on it.

     The gang was discussing the sad news of Dennis Hopper's terminal illness. They reminisced about Hopper's great movie roles and ended up listening to a clip of the famous scene in the movie TRUE ROMANCE in which Christopher Walken's character is interrogating Dennis Hopper's character. Walken's character reveals he is Sicilian and Hopper's character goes into a racist monologue explaining that Sicilians are part n*g**r. The monologue culminates in the comment: "your great great great great grandmother f*cked a n*g**r and she had a half n*g**r kid..." Robin's comment about Walken's character: "After he's told he's half black, he kills Dennis Hopper." Actually, based on the monologue, Hopper's character's great great great grandmother or grandfather was half black. That would make Walken's character 1/64 black according to my calculations. Robin was only off by a factor of 32!

     Robin reported that she thinks Teddy Pendergrass was 56 when he died yesterday. (This was during Robin's news segment.)
     
     Pendergrass was 59.
     
     Tons of news coverage yesterday said he was 59.
     
     If you Google Pendergrass you will see his age right there at the top of the page.

     During her news segment, Robin reported the story of the dog who sensed an earthquake seconds before the quake hit.
     
     This was a widely reported story yesterday, with video showing the labrador (named Sophie) lying on the floor just hanging out in the newsroom. She sniffs the floor a bit then she hops up and bolts across the room and out of frame.
     
     A few seconds later, the camera shakes as the quake rocks the building. The shot then shows drawers sliding out and debris dropping from the ceiling as people run from the room.
     
     Robin specifically reported that the dog jumped up and ran out of the building. This is factually incorrect, and I knew right away Robin was wrong because I had watched the news report on TV during the evening news last night. The report gave the accurate account: Sophie did a lap around the room trying to find her owner. They both made it out of the building safely.
     
     So again, Sophie jumped up to run to her owner, who was also there in the building. She did not run out of the building before the quake struck, as Robin reported.

     During the news about the Haiti earthquake, Howard brought up Robin's Guatemala trip. He asked if American Airlines flew to Guatamela, and Robin for once, admitted she didn't know. What made this even more memorable is Gilbert Gottfried's swift reply that "a reporter would."
     
     Thanks, Gilbert.
     

     Robin was listing the celebrities who share Howard's birthday January 12. When she got to Heather Mills, she described her as the woman "who totally embarrassed Paul McCartney by marrying him and taking half his money." While the marriage may have been embarrassing to to McCartney, he did relatively well re the settlement. Heather was awarded $48,700,000 out of Paul's net worth of $800,000,000, about 6%. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,338268,00.html

     Howard was talking about Simon Cowell leaving "American Idol." Howard said he wouldn't take that job.
     
     Robin chimed in proclaiming there are two similar TV judging jobs Howard could take now. Robin seriously told Howard in addition to replacing Simon Cowell on "Idol," Howard could replace the departing David Hasselhoff on "America's Got Talent."
     
     Robin was wrong...again. It has been widely reported all over the media that Hasselhoff's job has been filled by Howie Mandel.
     
     The Mandel hiring was a huge news story yesterday.

     During Howard's discussion of David Letterman's unusually candid comments about Jay Leno, Robin interrupted to repeat Howard's critical comments of Paul Schaeffer's running background commentary.
     
     Robin Quivers--Annoyed By Interruptions And Complaining About Those Who Parrot Comments Of A Show Host.
     
     This is so easy that I have decided to let you guys insert your own joke in the comments section.

     William Shatner was on the show with George Takai on the phone. Shatner was speaking when Robin decided to interrupt him with a question. Three words in, Shatner asked Robin not to interrupt him. Undeterred, 34 Quivers insisted on continuing to interrupt Shatner. Here was a conversation between the greatest broadcaster in history & 2 great TV actors and movie stars and Robin thought the audience would care what she was thinking.
     
     Later in the interview, Howard asked Shatner whether he had had any gay experiences, asking his standard towel snapping incident question. A couple of minutes later, Robin asked Shatner if he had ever been involved in a towel snapping incident. One wonders what Robin is doing between interruptions. Surely not paying attention to the show!

     Howard's sister Ellen phoned in to wish Howard a Happy Birthday. During the conversation, it was explained that 2 years after Ellen was born, Mrs. Stern (Rae) suffered a miscarriage. Subsequently, Howard was conceived & born. Always wanting to insert herself into the conversation with any inane comment, Robin chimed in that if the fetus that had been miscarried had instead been born, "That would have been you (Howard)!" For a former nurse to say that, she must really be stupid. Of course, the baby would have been Ellen's younger brother, but conceived out of a unique egg & sperm, it wouldn't have been Howard.

     Ever the expert on all subjects, Robin mentioned that there's an NFL player named "D'Brickashaw Jones" according to her. Actually, his name is D'Brickashaw Ferguson & he plays for the NY Jets.
     

     The gang was discussing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments about Barack Obama that he thought Obama was electable because he is "light-skinned" and doesn't speak with a "Negro" dialect. The discussion evolved to the question of what expression should be used in reference to black people. Examples such as "black" and "African-American" were brought up and concerning the latter expression, Robin blurted out that she didn't like it (and prefers "black") because "We've never been African." It is not believed necessary to cite thousands of references to prove that American blacks living today descended from African peoples.
     
     Admin Note: I agree with Robin on this. I'm descended from English, French and Swedish people centuries ago. That doesn't, in my opinion, make me European American. If you were born in America and your parents were born in America, you're just American.

     The gang was discussing the fact that the New York Post published an item in Page 6 today reporting that Artie Lange had attempted suicide. During the discussion, Robin weighed in: "If it's a relative of yours, you don't go running to the press." Her point was that Artie is a member of the Howard Stern Show "family" and family members don't help disseminate negative information to the public about other members of the family. The implication was that reading the Page 6 article on the air would amount to "dissing" a member of the family. Apparently, this is a recent "conversion" by Robin since she willingly revealed the details of her abused upbringing at the hands of her parents when she wrote and published QUIVERS A LIFE. No one condones what her parents did to her, particularly her father, but when there was a buck to be made, Robin jumped in with both feet to provide all the excruciating and disgusting details we couldn't have possibly learned without her assistance. Wasn't this "running to the press?" Here's a review of the audio book version of QUIVERS A LIFE:
     
     From Library Journal
     Some folks may be turned off by this tape because of Quivers's affiliation with The Howard Stern Show. If so, they'll miss the riveting story of a woman who survived in spite of abuse from both her parents, periodic bouts of depression, and self-doubt. Though Quivers does cover her relationship with Stern, most of the audiobook is devoted to her life outside of radio. There is discussion of the loss of her first love, a foster child she helped her parents to raise and subsequently wanted to adopt; her experience with a cult-like program; her years as a nurse; and how she managed to avoid a life of prostitution. Quivers gives a somewhat emotionless reading, but her detachment tends to draw the listener in. This is a wonderful recording that should find a home in all libraries.?Danna C. Bell-Russel, District of Columbia P.L.
     Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

     During her news segment, Robin reported the story of the new Google Phone, called the Nexus One.
     
     Robin reported: "The phone will be available and on the website for sale this spring."
     
     No, Robin. The phone is on Google's site and available for sale now. http://www.google.com/phone
     
     Another example of Robin not watching or reading the news in preparation for her job. Please know that the Nexus One was all over the news media yesterday. The coverage was extensive.
     
     Admin Note: To be more specific, the phone is available now either without service (insert your own SIM card) or with T-Mobile service, so OQTW is right. It will be available with Verizon service and Vodafone service (Europe) this spring. Another case of Robin not reading before she reports.

     Her Highness stated that Brit Hume was the host for FOX News Sunday. As Wikipedia states, he is merely a "regular panelist on Fox News Sunday." FOX News Sunday is hosted by Chris Wallace. Imagine all the blunders if Robin actually hosted anything.
     

     The gang was playing a homeless game and the homeless person was asked "What does FDA stand for?" The reply: "Federal Administration for Food." The correct answer would have been "Food and Drug Administration." Robin's comment: "She got the right department, she just didn't say it right." For it to be the "right department," wouldn't there have to be a mention of the "Drug" aspect? Not on Planet Imbecile!
     

     I am a a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and oh how I wish Robin was right about this one...but she was dead wrong.
     
     Before the holiday break, Howard shared with everyone that he was one of the fortunate people randomly selected to be on the nominating committee for this year's SAG Awards.
     
     This morning, Howard told the audience about all the movies he was able to watch over the holidays, while also giving his reviews of course.
     
     Howard was able to watch so many quality movies because as a SAG Nominating Committee Member, you get DVD screeners of all the films the studios want you to nominate.
     
     Howard specifically told Robin the only reason he got all those movies is because he was selected a Nominating Committee Member.
     
     Robin argued back stating with 100% certainty that ALL members of the Screen Actors Guild will get ALL the DVD screeners that Howard and all Nominating Committee Members received.
     
     Robin was dead wrong. As of 2007, there were 120,000 members of SAG. Robin is a fool to state that all 120,000+ members get all the DVD screeners. We absolutely do not. Only the 4,200 randomly selected Nominating Committee Members get all the screeners. Occasionally, a studio will send a DVD or two to every SAG member after the nominations are announced, if that studio has the budget to lay out that expense and if that studio is really desperate to get an award.
     
     

     During a discussion of Howard's recent visit to the Stern Fan Network website, Robin interrupted referring to it as the "Stern Fan Roundtable." She quickly corrected herself but this points out that Robin didn't make a New Year's resolution to try to stop interrupting Howard and blurting out things before thinking about them.

     The gang was discussing the death of Brittany Murphy at 32 years of age. While talking about the news stories reporting that Murphy may have died of natural causes, Robin blurted out: "There's no natural cause of death at 32!" Au contraire, Ms. Quivers, many young people age 32 or younger die of "natural causes." The following links to two articles are exemplary: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/564704; http://cardiovascres.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/50/2/399. One wonders if Robin received her nursing degree from the same school where Dr. Ronnie received her "degree."