💼 Careercow Anthony Cumia - A once successful radio host crashes and burns, turning on all his fans and the drama around it

[Wulfpack Legend]

 

[John Andrews Stan]

At around 4:30, Alex Stein and Kevin Brennan discuss how Jimmy Norton won’t let the Norwegian come on because KB is “mean spirited.” Kevin points out the obvious: That Jim was on fucking OnA.

 

[ForTheHoard]

At around 4:30, Alex Stein and Kevin Brennan discuss how Jimmy Norton won’t let the Norwegian come on because KB is “mean spirited.” Kevin points out the obvious: That Jim was on fucking OnA.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GtSDoEkcaRY

Jimmy seemed like less of a faggot when he was sucking his friend's dicks under his mom's porch. I DESPISE how much of a pussy he's become. He was always a physical pussy, but his ability to beat you to death with words was world class. I might understand it more if I could tolerate Jim and Sam, but it seems like he's been totally castrated and I don't know what caused it.

He has to be self aware enough to know how pathetic he has become and there's a very good chance he thinks about putting a gun in his mouth every day. He might if he wasn't so scared of guns. It's hard to argue to Jimmy doesn't get off on hating himself. That, or he finally gave up on being honest with himself and is pozzed to a degree that would make Robert Reed blush, then pass out from the blood loss.

It never feels good seeing someone you held in high regard become such an insufferable piece of shit. It's enough to make you MATI. "And we'll ask him the tough questions! How big's your cock?" You could be forgiven for thinking that's a Jim Norton quote but it's Kevin Brennan, a guy I don't normally think is very funny. Ant and Jimmy are the 2 that took me the longest to really come around on and I have KF and ONA to thank for it. My first post in this thread comes off as a, "Now slow down for a second, guys." I was literally a hole.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

He has to be self aware enough to know how pathetic he has become and there's a very good chance he thinks about putting a gun in his mouth every day. He might if he wasn't so scared of guns.

It’s hard not to theorize that this is why he married a man larger, stronger, and more violent than he is. Jimmy gets off on being physically dominated and also wouldn’t mind being fucking killed — it would save him the slow-motion suicide he’s working on now.

I’m glad he’s not clamoring to bring a child into his perverted mess of a life.

 

[Tanner Glass]

He has to be self aware enough to know how pathetic he has become and there's a very good chance he thinks about putting a gun in his mouth every day

It's not a gun he's thinking about putting in his mouth every day - it's his wife's cock.

He's a worm who's embraced being a worm - he's awash in money, celebrity photos, an easy job, and trannies. It's what he wanted from his life and he has it.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

A big reason for the Opie love is just learning more about the behind the scenes and seeing how much Opie was right overall. If Opie cucked to Ant we would have gotten the "i guess i forgot to laugh, chomp" Way sooner. Opie did literally everything, made the bits and the bumpers and handled the contracts and booked the guests and overall was a better person off mic. Which is why he could go out on group dates with Bill Burr or Colin or the rest of the crew. Ant could party with bobo at his compound all he wanted; but most of the comedians just wanted someone to hang with and who they could bring their wife and kids around, they spend enough time around swarthy beer drinking scumbags.

Opie was even funnier before Sirius too back when it truely was all those stupid radio bits, the problem is when it became more of a "podcast hang" than a radio show and Opie seemed irrelevant. Another reason to love Opie is that he fostered the enviroment for the good bits to happen, all these fuckers have had their own podcasts for years and its pretty fucking apparent they need someone to steer the ship.

, his stand-up was always Grade A dogshit.

i'm just amazed he never thought of just using his radio bits and turning them into stand up, fucking shane gillis and billy burr and every other big podcast comedian just turns their podcast ramblings into bits, why is jimmy above that? "i have a roommate named chip" "my landlord is a creep, he has us call him Uncle Paul" "My dad's name is Edgar"

 

[TomatoSoup]

A big reason for the Opie love is just learning more about the behind the scenes and seeing how much Opie was right overall. If Opie cucked to Ant we would have gotten the "i guess i forgot to laugh, chomp" Way sooner. Opie did literally everything, made the bits and the bumpers and handled the contracts and booked the guests and overall was a better person off mic. Which is why he could go out on group dates with Bill Burr or Colin or the rest of the crew. Ant could party with bobo at his compound all he wanted; but most of the comedians just wanted someone to hang with and who they could bring their wife and kids around, they spend enough time around swarthy beer drinking scumbags.

Opie was even funnier before Sirius too back when it truely was all those stupid radio bits, the problem is when it became more of a "podcast hang" than a radio show and Opie seemed irrelevant. Another reason to love Opie is that he fostered the enviroment for the good bits to happen, all these fuckers have had their own podcasts for years and its pretty fucking apparent they need someone to steer the ship.

i'm just amazed he never thought of just using his radio bits and turning them into stand up, fucking shane gillis and billy burr and every other big podcast comedian just turns their podcast ramblings into bits, why is jimmy above that? "i have a roommate named chip" "my landlord is a creep, he has us call him Uncle Paul" "My dad's name is Edgar"

Opie has said a small handful of entertaining things in his entire fucking career. If he was talented he would have thrived on his own. He's terrified to even try. The rest of them are falling apart, but Opie is doing considerably worse than all of them, and as for the comedians? Has he maintained a relationship with any of them?

Which one of Opie's brothers are you?

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Has he maintained a relationship with any of them?

another reason we should like Opie more, he doesn't put his entire life out there. He could have been Bill Burr's best man at his wedding, we'd never know. meanwhile Cumia's family tweets an average of 100 times a day.

Opie also invested his money wisely instead of spending it on whores and gambling like Jim and Ant. Statistically, Opie is just as funny as Norton or Cumia the last decade.

If he was talented he would have thrived on his own

By that logic Cumia wasn't talented either; At least Opie was willing to spend money to get co-hosts with talent. He literally got Letterman's writers and then Pete Davidson and 4 other comedians to try to recreate the hang style of the old days. Cumia just let his cop buddy spend all his money and then paid fuck all to what other shows were on the network. Cumia's downfall was because he censored comedians more than fucking Opie after the bad roast.

A lot of the Opie hate was really "bitch eating crackers" level of stupid all because Cumia pandered to the pests. Cumia stopped trying before 2014 even ended and went back to being a lazy asshole.

 

[TomatoSoup]

another reason we should like Opie more

Oh wow, you actually are in here trying to rally support for Opie.

A lot of the Opie hate

You're confused. We're in here to shit on Ant, and Opie is catching some of it.

You, on the other hand are legit simping over a multi millionaire who is clearly both miserable and friendless.

I'd ask why, but I know why. You're fucking retarded.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

You're fucking retarded.

i run PFG forums, i can't be retarded

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

As a listener starting about 2001, when they were simulcast into Philly, Opie seemed "funnier " than he actually was due to the state of shock jockery at the time. All you really needed to do to be funny back in those days was be "outrageous" and do radio bits. Opie did seem to thrive in that environment because he could be a hothead and a cruel asshole, which in turn, seemed "funny".

After they got shitcanned for the St. Pat's incident, and eventually moved to satellite, Opie soon found himself the odd man out in terms of humor. Jim and Ant had quick wits and would berate each other and others in their sphere (and Ant was a good storyteller in those days), and it was legit funny. All poor Ope could do was go to the callers... "Hey Snoway!"... Opie couldn't or was incapable of adjusting to the new dynamic of the show, which didn't depend on "bits" to get by.

Post career, Opie seems like the winner...but how much of a compliment is that? He's, seemingly, not a sex degenerate or pedo...so there's that.

 

[BatterHomes&Gardens]

He was always a physical pussy, but his ability to beat you to death with words was world class.

Are you being for real? Jim came off as a world class wordsmith to you?

 

[A-Stump]

Are you being for real? Jim came off as a world class wordsmith to you?

I wouldn't call him the most eloquent guy in the room but he could at least argue with people. Though this was often facilitated through an obvious power imbalance between interviewer and interviewee. In most scenarios though he just tried becoming the loudest person in the room.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

This is something of a parachute comment, as I'm much too lazy to read the whole thread. However, I am quite immersed in the O&A and Ron & Fez universe, so I feel like my opinion may be useful. It might not be, though. Feel free to call me a dumb faggot, as I probably deserve it.

The reason why Opie gets a pass among many old-time fans is because, at the end of the day, he was a showman who never forgot that he was a showman. Everything Opie did was for the show. Anthony, on the other hand, forgot that his job was to entertain people, not to stroke his own ego. People often forget Anthony's high school Heather behavior during and after O&A via PalTalk and Reddit. Jim is disgusting because he always sits on the fence and follows which way the wind is blowing, but he was never as much of a ridiculous egomaniac as Anthony.

Opie did some cringey shit like stomp on a homeless guy's cake but, behind he scenes, he actively tried to get that homeless dude help. There are many examples of this where Opie played a complete cringelord (as GloryHole Stalker notes was standard for late 90's/early 00's shock jocks), but was actually a decent guy who cared about his talent. In contrast, Jim only did what he was contractually obligated to do. Anthony saw himself as something much bigger than what he was, which was a Long Island high school dropout divorcee who would have died of alcoholism long ago had he not gotten lucky due to his brother. He never took calls because he couldn't handle listening anyone else talk. He never did show prep, never did anything for the show, and his rants tanked ratings. There was a glimmer of hope in late 2013/early 2014 with the appearance of characters like Dennis Falcone and some really successful show crossovers, but Anthony blew it all up so he could make known his views on race.

This clip of Anthony trying to be a political pundit on Fox News helps demonstrate his humongous ego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dSeR-cr9w

Beige Frequency's documentary on Anthony Cumia is far more detailed and unbiased than any other. It really does explain, in full, why Anthony is such a hateable guy compared to the others. I suggest that everyone watch it in full, if they haven't already.

Post-show, Opie has his wife, his kids, his homes, his money, and his friends. Opie did not burn nearly as many bridges as Anthony. Opie knows what he did, why he did it, and where it got him. Personally, I think Opie had serious regrets about his career, which is why he had such a toned-down persona on his shows with Carl Ruiz and Sherrod Small. After Carl and Sherrod died, quite suddenly, Opie lost all his steam. Who wouldn't? Two guys he thought he could re-make his radio career with died out of the blue. It would be a major gut-punch to anyone. Opie is also incredibly paranoid post-show because Anthony did direct a lot of his fans to harass him, which doesn't help if you're a genuine fan just trying to interact with the Opester.

Nothing exemplifies Anthony's continued lack of self-awareness and inflated sense of self-worth than the recent incident with Bill Burr and Club Soda Kenny. Anthony spent years saying overly racist shit without any sarcasm, especially about Bill Burr's wife, and then thought he could walk up to Burr after this and "bury the hatchet," as if the hatchet belonged anywhere except his skull. After getting thrown out of the club, Anthony did what he always does: he played the victim. Tummy achey, pissy-eyed Ant.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

Are you being for real? Jim came off as a world class wordsmith to you?

He's not a wordsmith but he is quick and won't back down when it comes to words. Physically he folds like a paper tiger especially when it comes to tranny dick.

 

[ForTheHoard]

Are you being for real? Jim came off as a world class wordsmith to you?

When you say it like that it looks like I'm comparing him to Dennis Miller. He was brutal and had great timing. For that era, it was world class. As a Kiwi Farmer, telling people to kill themselves in creative ways never gets old.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

When you say it like that it looks like I'm comparing him to Dennis Miller. He was brutal and had great timing. For that era, it was world class. As a Kiwi Farmer, telling people to kill themselves in creative ways never gets old.

Fun fact: typing in "eatabullet.com" into the address bar still redirects to Jim Norton's website, which I'm certain he pays for.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Opie has said a small handful of entertaining things in his entire fucking career. If he was talented he would have thrived on his own. He's terrified to even try. The rest of them are falling apart, but Opie is doing considerably worse than all of them, and as for the comedians? Has he maintained a relationship with any of them?

I hate to be the Opie Defense Force but from a technical standpoint Jim Norton is far and away the most successful of the three now and he quite literally fell into that by being bland and boring. It's not a high water mark for success.

Anthony had everything going for him and couldn't get a podcast network off the ground despite having a few million to throw at it, a rolodex stacked for a decade, and personal connections to the comedy scene. The only time people seem to take an interest in him is when he starts talking about O&A stuff or gets in trouble (banging trannies, beating women, using slurs, etc).

Opie is very boring but it at least seems like he has fun and/or doesn't have to try too hard and is just happy to do a small boring radio show or a small boring podcast.

And that's fine - Opie and Anthony was a radio show in like 2005, these guys are pushing into 60 years old now. It would be weird if Opie was trying to do the same thing he was doing in like 1997 or whenever he started.

 

[TomatoSoup]

How anyone sees Opie spinning around in the street, begging Joe Rogan for a phone call, then saying that he could compete with Joe Rogan's success "IF HE WANTED TO"

And concludes that Opie is anything but an insane wreck, just like the other two, it's just beyond me.

As far as their history on and off the show, I'm concerned with who entertained me and it was never Opie

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

How anyone sees Opie spinning around in the street, begging Joe Rogan for a phone call, then saying that he could compete with Joe Rogan's success "IF HE WANTED TO"

And concludes that Opie is anything but an insane wreck, just like the other two, it's just beyond me.

As far as their history on and off the show, I'm concerned with who entertained me and it was never Opie

All of these points are fair.

My only disagreement is that I think Opie says dumb shit, such as being able to compete with Joe Rogan, for the reaction more than anything else. If all you see are the snippets of Opie's streams and the stuff that Anthony and Jim make fun of, Opie does appear to be a deluded has-been. If you actually watch his streams in full, especially when he drinks, Opie has stated over and over that he does the streams for shits and giggles.

I could be wrong, of course. Or the truth could be somewhere in the middle. Just my two cents, which probably isn't worth much.