Opie and Anthony - Sam's Salary and DNA Test (06/20/2011)

[@jamesthomas9987]

Opie is a really good guy for giving Sam his seat

[@lithium23]

3:07 Fast forward a few years Sam replaced Opie in mornings with jim.

[@cornjobb]

exactly like ant said, they replace old talent with less talented people.

[@emmetLshavinski]

It's very Shakespearian

[@tbomber]

Alatina it's mathematically impossible to have less than zero talent

[@Erectoralporicy]

And now, he's laughing all the way to bank at 16 dollars an hour.

[@hamschh]

yea but sam doesnt make anything near what opie made\\\\

[@TheForsakenEagle]

Young Sam looks like Sideshow Bob.

[@sdm1568]

Old Sam looks like someone I'd call the cops on immediately if i saw him anywhere near children.

[@Davecarlson77]

Moe from the Simpsons now

[@twinewinder1]

When Opie is talking about the staff getting raises he really means himself.

[@TL2354]

Does he?

[@LaChartre]

that doesnt make any sense

[@bigmoose99]

@@TL2354instead of defending Opie you should just point out how cowardly everyone was around him. All these complaints after the show was over and nobody was man enough to tell him in the moment.

[@Daholy1727]

@@bigmoose99 That’s such a weird take. So it’s not Opie’s fault for being insufferable, it’s everyone around him? K got it.

[@bigmoose99]

@@Daholy1727no. It’s his fault but he was surrounded by cowards

[@MANC2311]

Whoever you love or hate,the three of them together is the best iteration of the show.

[@dorpth]

Ant, Jimmy, and Sam?

[@bobsaget9861]

^^you dudes just don't quit with the hate

[@g0ud77]

i agree. O A and J was when the show was at strongest.

[@hamschh]

People hate on opie a lot, and he deserves it because he's such a buzzkill asshole, but he led the show from bit to bit , to commercial break, etc. Nowadays Ant and Jim will be on a show together on compound media and even though theyre both the best radio hosts ever, it just doesnt feel the same. Opie had to be there to be the one with the reigns.

[@puremercury]

That era from like '06 to '12 is my favorite.

[@jessdckey7712]

I love when there's a surprise erock bit. I don't go out of my way to look for erock beatings that often but I sure do appreciate it when I don't expect it.

[@Kevinb1821]

And in the end. The hard work did pay off for Sam when they fired Opie. Opie is doing this just to start trouble. He’s not funny. He was always a bitter angry man

[@dorpth]

The saddest part is that Sam brings way more to show than Opie. Pulls more weight behind the scenes and is way funnier. Despite this, Opie is the costar making 100 times more money. Ant, Jimmy, and Sam would make for a way better show. Shit, a mannequin would do a better job than Opie since at least it wouldn't interrupt to drag the show down and take dumbass callers.

[@lithium23]

dorpth you can say that about anybody

[@okiedouk]

dorpth A mannequin would have more comedic tact with the sound board.

[@dorpth]

He has the hair of a black WOMAN.

[@stugots162]

+lithium3000 Opie Blows!! The shows when he's off sick are always better.

[@billyshead1339]

+The Muznoon hell yea!

[@neil340]

Erock bought stock at $42 a share? Damn, it's only $4 today!

[@dorpth]

Everyone should immediately be suspicious of a stock when the company offers a pre-tax buying program.

[@99tubalcain]

He didn't realize Boardroom Jimmy's stock advice was a bit.

[@jlshel42]

Erock holds the line

[@sean121111]

$2.76 today. Ouch

[@a.wenger3964]

Who knew in the 2010s that radio would be a dying medium 😅

[@308bushmaster]

Opie acting like he can relate with the staff about him being under paid just like them. When he was one of the "higher ups" as they say.

[@puremercury]

He actually did fight to get people involved in this show paid.

[@Buckets50]

Opie had no ability to influence anyones pay other than telling management to give some of his money to Sam

[@MadDawg420]

although Sams job isnt physically demanding in any way, like most of ours are, I still feel kind of bad for him. He, like many others there, enjoy radio and the creative things they can do with it, so the company just shits on all of them and knows they probably wont quit. That corporate mentality really sucks when youre on the losing end.

[@joncile9575]

But that winning end is oh so sweet

[@radiusone216]

I feel bad for him being so talentless and uninteresting

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

Sam looks like Karl Pilkington

[@bricecate]

RossKempOnYourMum01 oh shit good call

[@cornjobb]

nope, looks nothing like him.

[@fixitfelix718]

He looks like a white version of that black guy that wants to run for president with the white afro...I knew his name as I was typing this and forgot it Never mind.

[@sdm1568]

Sam looks like the missing link.

[@car-ls8uc]

I like the way they break down what Howard gets paid per hour but don't break down what Opie and Anthony make. They are all way over paid for what little they do, especially Opie...

[@TL2354]

And yet you listen to them

[@dylanstandingalone]

After all these years I'd say they got paid the right amount. NOT ONE PENNY MORE

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

I love how this thumbnail defend s stern,a hoo hoo

[@jacobcook7]

Sam could afford to get paid so little because he comes from a wealthy family.

[@koogee]

"macnegro" 😂😂😂

[@andthebeatgoeson69]

Magnegro

[@stephenmason1028]

Sam's a grinder. So many people look at guys like him and say, "how in the hell did they get this position or how do they make this money?" whenever they finally do make it, but even as the guys are putting him down they acknowledge how ridiculously hard he works and is constantly trying to make it and help out. Even in a company as crazy as this one, Sam's perseverance did indeed finally pay off. I guess Jess knew what she was doing after all.

[@russellmcafee9412]

radio isn't hard work

[@andybroberg7084]

Doesn’t change the fact he’s a grinder. Obviously Sam isn’t stupid; he’s not that funny but he is smart.

[@conradsz]

All that labor paid off for Sam on the end

[@heySTUPIDass]

Did it?

[@Cosmo87-]

29:12 - young Erocks employee purchase program lol

[@AL13NM]

wow! say what you want about opie, I do, but he was calling the company out on Sams behalf.

[@lithium23]

My dream is that Sam ends up being the Denny of seriusxm in 20 years.

[@cracksuperman]

lithium He has his own show with Jim Norton. He's winning

[@hamschh]

sam is so annoying man . He works hard and does everything right for his career but man his nasally voice and "nyahaah" laugh he does , followed by the corny childish pointless instigations between staff members that were boring as fuck, being a "yes man" for opie and anthony. Dude seems nice but ive never enjoyed him on the show

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

Uhmm

[@evansgate]

@@cracksuperman 7 years later and nobody listens to that terrible show

[@マシュードーラン]

Jess sounds like a younger version of Sam’s mom. Seriously, go listen to his mom on the show and tell me she doesn’t! I’m not surprised in the slightest!

[@Janzer_]

she was still into the being swatted on the ass... you can hear it!

[@justing7490]

I think it's funny that they start comparing Sam's hours and then come to Howard Stern's hours and income. Jumping right past their own salaries.

[@radiusone216]

If my maths is right (which it almost certainly isn't) then based on OnA apparently having a 3 year contract worth $3.5m I think that would work out they made roughly 700-800 per show each which is about $170-190 per hour. Apparently Opie paid Sherrod Small, Vic Henley and Carl the chef about 700$ per show which would rough match how much one of OnA would make a show so presumably Opie paid then what Anthony would have made (if that was accurate)

[@Janzer_]

So Anthony whined about his girl getting hit on by Gene Simmons, but he does the same to Sam's girl, and he's in a higher position so Sam really can't complain... what a douche.

[@alexanderkvitrovn9828]

3:08 Opie the ultimate irony

[@juliusaftermath4646]

lol @ Sam pretending like he was happy that the staff was wrong and he had no black in him. Total bullshit. He wants it bad. That's why he keeps the horrible afro, which is the ONLY thing that makes anyone thing he could possibly be even the smallest part black.

[@Dre2Dee2]

+Julius Aftermath I never knew what Sideshow Bob hair was supposed to look like but now I know

[@MeltingBuddhaCandle]

That manbaby Erock even sounds like a cartoon character

[@sca8217]

Say what you will about young Sam, but he's a workhorse. What he lacks in talent and charisma, he more than makes up for with bullheaded persistence and sheer volume of output.

[@radiusone216]

Shows there is a God and he is cruel and funny for giving someone the ambition willingness to work incredibly hard but gave him an awfully annoying voice, a total lack of charisma and no interests in anything beyond wrestling. It goes to show that being a diligent, hard-working brown noser is no substitute for being genuinely funny, interesting or entertaining. Based on Jim saying Sam made $15 dollars an hour after Sam said he works a 60 hour work week (if those numbers are accurate) I think that roughly worked out to be around $40-50k a year so the company was even telling him they recognized how little he was worth to try to force his hand to not continue. They probably now only use him as an example of someone who started at the bottom as an intern to have their own morning show so maybe he has value in terms of being able to attract talented interns in the future but if there were any talented people today they'd probably already have their own podcast and make money from that so he probably isn't even especially useful as a "success" story. Maybe he's a great person off-air but, personally, on-air I found him to be an annoying, brown-nosing creep with a nasally voice who had nothing funny or insightful to say

[@_stasis_2795]

when do they talk about sam's dna test

[@muffinsmcgeez4899]

lol, what makes you so angry? 'Sams' voice, I just hate the idea that Sam Roberts has on-air time'.

[@Cosmo87-]

24:50 Erick steals $100k 😂

[@KennySherwood10]

ahahaha anthony outraged by sam having air time, years later Sam takes over the show

[@sdry]

yeah there is no god. His voice is unbareable.

[@snakerman2612]

they said Howard was working 16h/week and then said he was making 120k/hour. That's almost 2 million a week. Was Howard really making that much money?

[@DannyDemonic666]

Steve from Yellowstone ya that’s not far off.

[@themadhammer3305]

Apparently Howard's latest contract is worth 90 million per year so it would appear he really is making that much money

[@samlangford4546]

9:20-9:30 Ant sure got that right.

[@robertfullchim923]

There are independent podcasters who make more than Sam does now, and he took Opie's job.

[@gunkmasterflex942]

Captain Poopie Farts

[@mauriceh7558]

Sam said dooty!

[@sambbk7203]

Anthony plays the sims.......... It's probably both incredibly racist and inappropriate (conduct with young females by older male).

[@jessdckey7712]

This has always been my favorite OA graphic even though it totally misrepresents their personalities. Anthony looks like the every man and opie looks like he rides a Harley into work every morning

[@mikehoncho6489]

Around 40k

[@janeld9297]

God opie at around 10 minutes is so god awful. He just barrels over Jim, completely missing the point. Hes so self absorbed and me me me its ridiculous

[@TL2354]

And yet he’s living rent free in your head

[@edwardfights4900]

@@TL2354 How is someone rent free in their head when he's listening to a vid with that very person on it? What's wrong with a critique of the show?

[@johnnylove2073]

​@@TL2354hey Opie. I see you on every video defending yourself.

[@MasterEm243]

21:49 Opie lip fart

[@MidnightRambler]

Poor opie. Never run a business but always had his views. Until he got shafted

[@twinewinder1]

Now that they are all split up they all stink, except Chip Chipperson

[@cornjobb]

no, that's pretty fucking old and lame

[@tonytomei1175]

twinewinder1 fwwuuuucckkk yeah that guys good

[@Slotdogs]

This didn’t hold up too well.

[@Dre2Dee2]

lmao 15 bucks an hour? I was making more at my first shit job out of college... RIP Sam :D

[@DannyDemonic666]

Dre2 Dee2 I didn’t realize it was that low. That’s disgusting! He put up with that for years. I wonder what he makes now lol

[@samlee3039]

HanSoloxcs lol. One of the best snipes I've read on youtube.

[@codycook29]

Adam Egret?

[@ArkonBlade]

15 bucks a hour and living in NY...

[@flutebasket4294]

Despise Sam

[@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9]

Well, the reason Sam makes so much less than Howard Stern is obviously that he sucks at math. He forgot to move the decimal point over in his mind when he concluded that Stern makes about 100,000 times more than he does.

[@puremercury]

It was actually a little more than 8,000x.

[@12aR9]

Open with phone call our GOAT OPSTER

[@cinemacynic980]

Jimmy makes every year the same amount as Sam's entire Networth.

[@JuanCKaun]

As he should

[@cinemacynic980]

@@JuanCKaun You don't Understand that Sam does more for the Show and every Company/Station they worked on/for than Jimmy ever did. Like a CEO on his 6 Month Vacation getting a Raise, and then laying off the Cashier who Single Handedly Raised all Profits for the Company and never was Late or took a Day off.

[@JuanCKaun]

@@cinemacynic980 Jim norton is a celebrity. Without the o&a show and jim sam would not be in the position he's in now. He should be grateful and he sounds like he is.. And you're just describing how life works there's no changing the natural order

[@cinemacynic980]

@@JuanCKaun What if I told you being the Face doesn't mean you should get Paid more. Tom Brady makes less Patrick Mahomes. Jim is Amazing, but he is not Worth more than Sam in Terms of Profitability for the Company, as Jim does 1-2 Shows, and brings in a Finite amount of Profit. Sam does/did

[@JuanCKaun]

@@cinemacynic980 but we all watch for jim. Most people do anyway. Honestly I'm surprised they're still doing the show. And yeah like I said that's the natural order of things. Sam's quite lucky he's in a good spot I think

[@robertpetty6630]

9:40 Yep, time lapse 10 years They’ll let ANYBODY go

[@JRVXIV]

100% expecting ashkenazi

[@Jay-fx4tx]

He should quit and get $1500 per day as a professional rioter. Theyll bus you in. Pay you. Pay your legal bills, bail you out of jail.

[@captaincool98]

how much did they give the stupid stangel bros.?

[@codiefitz3876]

captaincool98 $81,000

[@shfgafdksljfgna]

Sam is the best employee of all time. The man is an absolute trooper. I'd rather hire him than anyone else on the show by miles.

[@Dakotaidk]

Wait I thought hating Sam was the joke

[@PenguinAmbassador]

Ahmet Toprak replace Sam with erock

[@paulmike9398]

Sam was overpaid

[@williampoole1742]

41:50 lol so creepy!

[@Mrsirwinsalott]

If I did the math right 14.80 a hr 55 hr a week comes out to about 39k a yr in NY sam was struggling lol But his girl worked too and he was cheap so I'm sure he was ok but that's how companies are they don't care about you and will replace you for someone with less skill and wonder why thier product is trash.

[@jaydell4039]

15 is terrible

[@electronicmedium]

Sam looks like Sam Rockwell

[@braddywarbucks]

Sam was fairly funny on this show as the smart ass 2nd string sidekick but ive listened to Jim and Sam show. It sucks terriblly

[@paul_bellini]

Economic illiteracy abounds

[@pkelly3463]

It was his stupid annoying laugh that killed the show......

[@paulmike9398]

Sam will never be a radio star.

[@blancoboyjones7824]

You think?

[@jorgeabr123]

"he'll never make it here"

[@cornjobb]

he is the star when he plays with his dolls

[@_stasis_2795]

aged like milk

[@paulmike9398]

@@_stasis_2795 He is on the radio, thats doesnt make him a star. The Jim and Sam show is fucking awful.

[@Gumberculesus]

15:00 Sam's clocking 40grand in a year whats he complaining about? I mean teachers and garbage men only make 50. Also Howard makes over 120,000 $/hr.

[@janeld9297]

Matt Ashton he lives in new york. you need so much money to live there

[@jennpenn5]

Matt Ashton That's fair for one job but it sounds like he was doing at least 3 jobs.

[@DannyDemonic666]

Says some poor idiot who lives in Kentucky.

[@DHodges187]

Matt Ashton teachers make 70 k plus. More if fully credentialed.

[@windystatz5066]

That'd be fine if he wasn't basically doing 3 shifts per day. He should be making almost triple that.

[@zachsparrow1217]

Sammy boy now has a net worth of 440K a year in 2020

[@Cosmo87-]

He makes about $43,000