Howard Stern on Carl Paladino

I came across this clip the other day while looking at something else. It is Howard Stern's take on the 2010 Gubernatorial race between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino. In the clip, Stern calls Paladino "retarded" and says he looks like Elvis' mother (because of the dark circles under his eyes). 

Stern also says Paladino was "lucky" to have achieved his wealth. I don't think it's fair to say that. You may not like Paladino's politics or temperament, but the fact remains he made Ellicott Development into the business it is today. I'm sure a lot of hard work went along with whatever luck Paladino may have encountered.

If you ask me, Stern's opinion was more of a commercial for the special interests of Manhattan, who probably "persuaded" the King of all Media on this one. How arrogant of Stern to assume the seat was Cuomo's, feeding into the mentality that he was entitled to it. Anyway, I never heard this clip during the actual campaign and thought it was interesting.

Sour Shoes

 
If you never heard of Sour Shoes, you are really missing out. Sour Shoes is the nickname of a 30-something guy from New York City. He's become a regular contributor to various radio shows including the Howard Stern Show.

He is kind of a savant. I'm not sure if he has mild autism or some type of traumatic brain injury, but the man is a genius in certain areas. He does voice imitations of famous people and sounds exactly like them to the point where it's scary. He also is an extremely talented musician. He is sort of a one man band. He showed up on Stern's set (over an hour late) with a contraption of about 12 combined instruments. He instantly plays and sings requests and they sound as flawless as his voice imitations. Sour Shoes is definitely not for everyone, but you have to respect someone this talented. He's like Robin Williams but with this guy, it's hardly an act. He is beginning to have a huge cult following. Check him out here...