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Why Are You Laughing?

The Breakup of Opie and Anthony

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5721 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode Mike and Craig go over the fallout from the end of the Opie and Anthony radio program.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.

0:01.7

We got so dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.

0:07.2

Start laughing.

0:09.0

And when I do, start fucking.

0:11.8

Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.

0:15.1

Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.

0:19.6

You fucking guys are unbelievable.

0:22.9

Why are you laughing?

0:24.7

Good evening, everybody.

0:25.6

Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.

0:29.4

And today, I'm pleased to introduce you to the breakup of Opie and Anthony.

0:34.6

I, one of my favorite radio shows ever grew up listening to these guys.

0:39.4

You know, we've already done a couple.

0:40.7

We've done Sex for Sam in October.

0:42.7

So you guys could probably already tell that I was a fan of theirs.

0:45.3

Even based on our intro, you probably know that I was an Opian Anthony fan.

0:49.4

Because a lot of the comedians that came through there, I was a fan of.

0:52.6

But they have had a ugly breakup. And the,

0:56.4

the legacy of opening Anthony is very weird now because of their post-O-N-A fighting and things

1:03.9

that have gone down since. But I do find their relationship to be very fascinating and interesting, the way that it was handled over the

1:15.0

span of 20 years.

1:16.0

They were together for 20 years and had a complicated relationship.

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