Opie & Anthony: Yesterday's Ron & Fez Show (12/05/13)

[@franzsperginand113]

Opie's analysis of Fez in the first 10 minutes of this sounds like he is describing himself.

[@E101ification]

Yep, it's called Projecting. He notices all his own negative traits in other people and gets angry at them for it. Externalizing his own self-loathing onto others.

[@jennpenn5]

That was bad enough but when he started clapping after Ron said "this time it's not about you" I felt like projectile vomiting. You could feel the douche chills running through Ant and Jim.

[@hesh8367]

You’re absolutely correct, however, he’s not wrong.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

"To make it about myself"...the silent eyeroll that everyone in that room did at that moment was deafening

[@redzeppelin6]

10 min? More like the full hour and 20. MEEE MEEE MEEE. Fuck Opie

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

When Fez says that there was "too much seasoning" so he didn't eat his steak, he really means that he was annoyed by Pepper's presence at the table

[@ihaveaholeinmyjeans]

Wow nice spot dude if he really meant that.. Dunno if fez is capable of that smart an analogy though

[@AirBuddDwyer]

+ihaveaholeinmyjeans He's capable of making that analogy; what he's not capable of is making that analogy without making absolute sure within the subsequent 20 seconds that everyone in the room got it and that he gets credit for it. It's similar to how Fez is decent at being able to disguise his selfishness as magnanimity, but sometimes Ron pulls the curtain on his ruse when he gets greedy and makes a far-more-conspicuous-than-he-intends attempt at reaping some extra plaudit.

[@urabusxrw04]

damn dude, that's a good catch. Fez isn't the type that could get that off the top of his head but he probably thought of it much earlier

[@CinemaBiohazard]

I would agree with that, but I also think that since it went over everybody's head for the most part, it's a fail. Fez should have just come out with it considering how insecure he showed he really was 47-48 minutes in.

[@TedSpacey]

Janoy Cresva plaudit.... good word dude

[@Mitch-Cumstein]

26:32 ''One guy couldn't read the room'' and his name was Opie.

[@blakecampbell1520]

Opie is always hilarious with the 2005 sound clips interrupting the funny. Definitely "steering the ship" as they say.

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

With his usual average of about 10% of them having anything to do what they're talking about.

[@Davidjon1946]

That Homer Simpson boooo drove me crazy the most

[@shapeshfters]

14:40 “I have to deal with a Fez type everyday.” That call was from an A. Cumia.

[@omayrasdemesne]

Tony C. From long island

[@randommanwill802]

Love how Opie mentions how he would never be loyal to his guys at the 3:15 mark.

[@theblackhundreds7124]

it was so perfect

[@dbcooprrr]

I think it will come out sooner or later that Opie had something to do with Ants firing. You could make a 30 minute montage of Opie saying they were long overdue for a break.

[@jennpenn5]

dbcooprrr I think it's highly likely that he showed the tweet to the bosses. He had the Opie Radio signs made before Ant hit submit on that tweet. lol @ him thinking he could do a show on his own.

[@metalmayhem3622]

As much as I hate Opie, that's not what he said.

[@randommanwill802]

It really is. I know you'll kibbits over the exact words used, but we share the semantics of language and you know that's what he was saying.

[@bstewnyc]

"I hate people that have a me me me attitude and make everything about themselves" as Opie spends 15 minutes turning a Ron and Fez issue into a topic about him and his mother

[@TrevBoyThe2nd]

You know, for hating self centered people, Opie sure does enjoy talking about himself and how things effect him only.

[@TL2354]

You know, Jimmy did the same thing. Weird how that wasn’t mentioned

[@VelvetySharkToast]

@@TL2354 weird how you feel the need to defend yourself on every comment, opie

[@daviddedominici1705]

@@TL2354 Opie, please get the show back together. Reach out to James & Anthony. There's NOTHING else going on right now - a new o&a show on compound would be amazing. You just gotta stop listening to all the critiques from the peanut gallery - it killed your confidence. Maybe they were right, maybe they were wrong - but it never mattered: when you were happy & in the zone, it was great - everything worked, and you created one of the greatest radio shows to ever exist. There's nothing else to even do at this point. Be the ringleader you were, and call Ant!

[@citylimit33]

wait, but did you hear him mention that he has been dealing with mentally ill people his whole life? he mentioned it no less than 4-5 times lol. what a fucking unaware self-centered loser he is

[@JayTheRed1]

Opie is literally describing himself in the first 10 minutes....its insane!

[@jeffspangler2367]

Adorable,huggable, boy, disorder… always gets me🤣🤣🤣

[@blacknatsu6623]

And then Anthony “you’re cured” immediately after!!!

[@randommanwill802]

26:32 "Somebody can't read the room." This is it. Of the many examples of Opie not getting that he's worse than Fez ever was, this stands out the most to me. You can hear Ant and Jim making jokes about the situation and all Opir can do is point out all the problems Fez has. It's scary how oblivious he is to his own insanity.

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

Listen to only a few 2000s era rf and fez was way different, a lot more cheerful and..mm ghey

[@albertfishisarealjerk2022]

Randommanwill: same. There's always at least one of those moments in every video I listen to.

[@CaptanF0rever]

@@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484 true. The AFRO shows were great because Ant and Ron could run through topics with Fez playing the third seat role perfectly. One of my favorite Fez lines came from the afro show with the psycho ex girlfriend calls. Opie said "We've all had one of those psycho girlfriends once in our lives right?" WIthout missing a beat, Fez says, "And some of us have been the crazy girlfriend Op." Classic Fez homogold.

[@Robb1977]

@@CaptanF0rever i miss fez, and i miss peak fez even more... poor panic boy just couldnt hold together. I hope he finda a nice delivery boy in heaven

[@Parrott280]

This is the most bizarre clip ever.. Easily could be talking about opie this whole show

[@andrewholland853]

My fav thing is Opie starts talking about narcissist, then instantly talks about how he has dealt with this in his life

[@TheCrazyeyeskillah]

Haha. Exactly. "Me me me. Narcissism" yuckk. Opie's a bitch.

[@TheCrazyeyeskillah]

I just always hated listening to Opie talk. The show was at it's best when Anthony, Jim, and legendary comics shot the shit. Shutting Opie's unfunny cakehole was the best recipe for the show. Just not a bright guy.

[@Lamtitude]

Lmao

[@laynesmith3018]

I listened to the whole thing and imagined they were talking about Opie each time they talked about Fez. It's amazing how accurate this is lmao.

[@BishopAP]

1:01:24 Because Jimmy's personal story isn't about him, Opie has difficulty believing that it actually happened, so much so that he has to interrupt the story multiple times. "I never heard that." "That had nothing to do with us." "No one told me that I was with myself and me, me, MEEEEE!!!" The fucking nerve of this guy to lecture anyone on selfishness. Opie....you ARE Fez!!!!

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Calling him Fez is too much of a compliment.

[@Robb1977]

fez was at least willing to get mental help

[@mattjindrak]

Opie actually talks though

[@mattjindrak]

@@Robb1977 they both did. It helped neither of them cause therapy is useless

[@Robb1977]

@@mattjindrak fez tried, but craved the attention too much. Opie rejected it because he craved people telling him he needed it. Fez paid his therapists. Opie tried to get his coworkers (who out up with the same bs fez's shrinks did) fired.

[@tjhanlonjr]

Fez having problems was 100 times funnier than opie any day. Rip fez

[@senseiii3986]

Rip fez

[@blacknatsu6623]

Did Fez die? Cause you fuckers always pull the RIP in comments…I do that shit too!!!

[@clayton4917]

Fez showed more talent during his heart attacks than Opie ever did in his whole career.

[@sobbyhasselhoff]

It was ten years ago, get over it.

[@TrillgataQ]

​@@sobbyhasselhoff "Leave it alone" "You really want to go there?" OK Opie

[@DHodges187]

"I see you're cured"

[@eucaine]

Anthony's brilliant "cured" line. Holy shit. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Genius.

[@ahm42]

"To make it about mysel--" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@DHodges187]

Opie same level of frustration with Fez some of us listeners have had for the last 3-5 years...... make that 8.

[@Cdz9000]

So many times in this Jimmy's responses to opie being the guy who is like fez go unnoticed. Opie also doesnt listen to anyone lol.

[@jennpenn5]

And...sound clips ruin yet another bit.

[@EstimatedProphet92]

well whats important is that opie found a way to make this about himself

[@Sonicthehedgefundmanager]

i had a little chucklkcklle at your comment sir prophet two of the ninties

[@TheChadTI]

Holy shit, totally.

[@Buckets50]

In one breath he says that he believes the mentally ill are aware of their issues while he himself is blissfully unaware of his own mental illness.

[@Dre2Dee2]

Go back to the audio of Fez coming out. He mentions when he was younger, he had huuuge crushes on male friends, would get overly attached, and possessive and jealous. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING WITH RON, HE IS IN LOVE WITH RON :(

[@GrinningAries]

God, that's sad. I don't mean pathetic, I mean rough. He's allowed himself to be friend-zoned for years. Its not Ron's fault obviously, its Fez's problem, but you gotta feel for the guy.

[@Dre2Dee2]

Dav Yeah, I do to a point, but he's a grown adult, not a kid in highschool. He needs to learn how to deal with this shit, we all do :-/

[@GrinningAries]

Dre Ruiz Oh, absolutely.

[@bgbg418]

HA! GAY

[@merces47letifer4]

What a selfish asshole. Who cares.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Opie has some balls saying that someone else doesnt listen , when all he does is talk over and interrupt everyone.

[@yallnwahsdontevendrinkskoo4092]

Take Opie and Fez out of the picture and mush and just have Anthony, Ron, and Jim= good radio. 3 dudes shootin shit without all the " ME MEE MEEEE" crap.

[@Smokefrog-jb2uz]

+The Horrid Atom Don't forget Pepper Hicks as producer! Hicks is the shits

[@yallnwahsdontevendrinkskoo4092]

Smokefrog 1985 Hicks and ESD, welcome to the jungle, baby.

[@Smokefrog-jb2uz]

The Horrid Atom LMFAO

[@VerifiedFiveIron]

Jimmy reveals just how sweet he really is in this show.

[@WalkingRoscoe]

He certainly is.

[@WalkingRoscoe]

How goes it 5?

[@JohnSmithKillFeds]

Imagine if he was just a normal guy.

[@poopballs7795]

Jim is a two-faced piece of shit

[@JohnSmithKillFeds]

@@poopballs7795 link?

[@lilgiltrill]

that had to be the quickest burn/reply ever by Ant

[@Godzilla00X]

Was never a big Opie hater but after relistening to this after everything that's happened with the show I really can't stand him

[@TL2354]

Mindless you are

[@theflanman1986]

@@TL2354 stupid you are... opie

[@MrAnthimos112]

"Ron is so faithful to Fez, way more faithful than I would ever be to anybody" "Opie" Gregg "Do you gotta morning shift for me in Schenectady?" Hughes December 12th 2013

[@marcellocapone4925]

58:30 AHBD - adorable huggable boy disorder - A classic from Jimmy's laugh compilations.

[@tmack11]

RIP Anthony. Thanksgiving claims another one

[@BishopAP]

Why, after teasing the clip for 45 minutes, would you play audio clips over it when you finally get to it? Jesus, Opie, the least you could do is wait for the huge chunks of dead air in their show. There's one every few seconds.

[@999theeagle]

And Anthony moves to the top of the funny list with "So your cured."

[@carl1212]

58:36 one of the greatest Anthony lines ever.

[@tylerd80495]

carl1212 I love how even Jimmy wasn't ready for it and he just responded with "yes" before realizing what he had heard.

[@crazysnarfy861]

Not one of, but is in fact his greatest line! I remember that line from the day Ant said it.

[@bulldawg7232]

I'm suprised Opie wasn't thinking that Ron was trying to take over his spot on the O&A show

[@paulwritesfights]

opie is not "way over it" with him mom. maybe should stop saying that cause its obvious hes not

[@NY51663]

It's probably fake

[@-Twotonepony-]

NYC HARDCORE Probably. I bet his mother was great to him. He did all the rich kid shit. Swim team, joined a fraternity, jock shit. Most of the time the kids doing those types of activities have a strong relationship with their parents.

[@frankc3690]

Opie is the kind of guy who speaks the loudest and most confident about the things he is most insecure about. "Ive only been doing radio since i was 18" in response to people shitting on his unfunniness and lack of contribution to the comedy aspects of the show.

[@joshgard205]

I like how they sit there and act like if it were their situation, like Anthony or Opie wanting to get rid of one or the other that they wouldn't be upset

[@GreenGearMood]

"The phones are lit" Oh, are they? I suppose if one light is on, that's accurate. Thanks for the update, Ope.

[@kevinericsnell4092]

Lookie lookie Miss Cookie

[@Cdz9000]

Tbh they probably were. This was crazy.

[@franceshaypenny8481]

Chronic depression aside, let's just stop fuckin around and just say what Fezzy's issues are really all about. He's in love with Ron, beyond friendship, beyond anything sexual - and Ronnie cannot return that kind of obsessive love to Fezzy. Think about it - it explains the bizarre x-mas gift, the pathological codependance, the spastic paranoia and hyper vigilant neediness.

[@Sonicthehedgefundmanager]

is he? is that it? really?

[@johnnym8219]

Pure nostalgia feels when I heard Satellite of Love. Miss those old classic Ron and Fez days!

[@coreytrevor1920]

Holy mother of god I know opie gets most of the blame but at 49 minutes in the boys played over three minutes of barely related sound clips instead of actually trying. Theres some shows where they really phone it in. Fez’ silence is more listenable

[@bennyhath1789]

Ant's uncomfortable relishing of this is hilarious

[@sackman1886]

I love how Ant coins it "The Ronnie Sigh"

[@johnochiltree1170]

‘I’m past all this’ - continues to dwell on it. Sounds like you’re really over it, Opie.

[@rickydelarge6851]

I never thought I'd actually be looking forward to listening to R&F, but I am hooked.

[@robrunne]

All these years later, looking back at the situation I missed how there was an undertone, like there was a whisper in the room that Sam Roberts was always behind the scenes causing trouble. When you hear it, you dismiss it as hijinks and silliness. But today? Who's the only one left on Sirius XM with a show? Where's Opie? Where's Ron and Fez? Where is Anthony? Non-existent on the platform. But Sam Roberts somehow came out with his own show Even though he's totally unfit to be a broadcaster. Interesting 52:52 52:54 52:56

[@greggernetzke9014]

They have this exact same conversation a few years later about opie

[@Gr8tgadspy]

And then Opie has a similar boo hoo breakdown before getting the boot.

[@gSped8]

where is that online? i love that typa shit

[@engurland]

The gift is a shared cemetery plot.

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

engurland is this true?

[@chattingesque372]

Fez died :(

[@joshgard205]

Thank god for Jimmy bringing an objective viewpoint in these situations - Opie's over- -the-top, just drenched in personal interest, subjectivity is too much man. So it becomes clear from first couple of minutes here that even they were aware Ron wanted to get rid of Fez, so listening to the R & F clip from yesterday irritates me more because Ron tried to make Fez out to be some paranoid lunatic when that was clearly the situation going down and Fez's suspicions def weren't unfounded...alright I've commented too much on this, who cares really

[@zKronoz]

I care :(

[@joshgard205]

zKronoz and I love you for that sir or madame, w/e the case may be

[@jennpenn5]

Jimmy brings (or brought, I guess) an objective viewpoint about most Fez clips because it's obvious that he never listened to their show and had only a tiny inkling of Fez's issues. He acted bamboozled by Fez discussions all the time.

[@chrisellis9]

Going hard in the home stretch of the year. We all appreciate you Steven!

[@danerowe1258]

Opie's infatuation with himself is alarming even today.

[@achmedlolol]

It's so surreal when Opie starts spamming irrelevant soundboard clips for 10 minutes straight and everybody else is just polite laughing, waiting for it to end. Zero self awareness

[@deanfranz]

22:26 - The Jim Norton Flowchart: It all goes to molestation

[@fantom5894]

So Ron is more loyal to Fez than Opie would be to anyone he works with? I am shocked, yes, shocked to hear that,.

[@Smokefrog-jb2uz]

+fantom58 Yeah he is a sorry piece of shit.

[@jennpenn5]

Willie Slim McCoy Ron is still close with Fez, Dave, Earl and many other former show people. When is the last time anyone who left O&A didn't hate Opie with a seething passion?

[@redzeppelin6]

lol

[@poopballs7795]

Jimmy isn't loyal to anyone either. Throws everyone under the bus first chance he gets. Pile of shit.

[@strangevessels]

If Opie wants to focus on being a father if they go the podcast route, couldn't Ant and Jim rescue Ron and bring him aboard?

[@roberttulibacki7332]

i dont know how opie can say anything about fez when opie is fez 2.0 .

[@javierarellano8602]

My eyes roll out of my stupid skull ever single time I hear opie say pot talk

[@NoOneReally111]

Thank you once again for these playbacks! After last week's breakdown, I was wondering when O and A and Lil' Yimmy were going to talk about Ron and Fez. I did not even realize how long the dead air was until they played all those sound clips without the need to pause. I am disappointed they skipped over the best part ("Let's talk about blueberries." "Fuck you.")

[@bobee1284]

Never understood why Erock never told Norton to f*#k off.. Norton wielded zero power except being a permanent guest.

[@MrSockMonkey80]

Fez gave Ron a promise ring... that's gotta be the answer!!

[@TheChadTI]

Im glad i swimwalked backwards into this last days of Fez rabbit hole.

[@awc723]

where are they now 7 1/2 years later in order of relevance...Ant, Jim, Ronnie, RIP Fez, tied for 1st...Sam 2nd..........................................................Opie

[@anthonyramos2874]

do you think opie ever realized hes one of "those people"

[@casualobserver2380]

Nope. People like that never do.

[@deathbunny32]

They truly are the greatest at being terrible/brutal but still funny as hell.

[@danzigmcnaniel5226]

I love that opie is weighing in on fezzys emotional issues. Projecting all of their share neurosis’ onto fez as if opie wasn’t doing the exact same shit.

[@unfcknblvbl]

This is awesome, Steven! Time for Ron to leave Fez behind...

[@shawngrenaud]

Line of the Month: Ahhh; so you're cured. Dynamite.

[@ReasonableFather]

Listening to Fez being hypnotized as Opie before this makes it so much better. Fezzy was spot on.

[@eucaine]

"Bullet in your pocket" sounds like Jimmy Schubert innuendo. "Yeah, you got a bullet in your pocket! Then you're gonna be makin' potato flakes..." etc.

[@GreenGearMood]

I think what's more irritating about Opie's sound effects is that no one was willing to tell him to fuck off with it.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

No love for Sharebeast here, but it's funny that they can't get audio for their own channel and have to rely on Steven Knight. Flattering, but kinda funny if you think about it.

[@JFORSNY]

Anthony is a comic genius.

[@matthius1692]

I’m not even asking to shit on him but why did Opie one day start saying period after everything?

[@jmcmike4407]

Autistic verbal crutch

[@Originalgamer022]

I miss those Anthony and Jimmy moments. 😂😂😂😂

[@djstockton1853]

My government has lied to me before! An informant told me that Fez is fired from the show and Ron Bennington is finding someone new to do radio with.

[@middlecast5360]

Opie: I k ow the narcissism... 1 minute later: to make it about me... Opie is awesome lol

[@seandennehy7613]

Hearing this with knowledge of what happened with O&A I find it hilarious that opie turned in to fez

[@TheChadTI]

10 minutes in and the possibility of it being a work pops up, Ant and Jim immediately start constructing comedic speculation for laughs. Opie: There is no way this is a work! That's it! Nevermind then.

[@johnsmith-fz3qk]

You can skip the first 17:40 of Opie and 53:30 to skip the sound bank

[@SilkyPurr]

I feel so bad for Ron. if management was any kind of good, then fez would be fired. I dont know of to many jobs out there that would put up with that. I was done feeling bad for fez YEARS ago. Glad something is finally being done. Stay strong RonnyB. BRING DAVE BACK!!!!!

[@Mike-es2yg]

I agree, especially because I'm 100% sure Ron would fight like hell for Fez if management had tried to fire Fez ...Ron gave Fez every chance, he was a true friend. I feel so bad for Fez because he obviously had mental problems.

[@Jsmith82209]

The barrage of sound clips is classic

[@TedSpacey]

I can't believe how much dead air there is on the Ron and Fez show

[@308bushmaster]

Opie Me Me Me Me Me Me Period!!!!! Now more about ME!!!!

[@kevinericsnell4092]

Helpful Hint 48:30 is where the parade of autistic sound clips starts 53:20 is where it ends "Opie, can I just say something? I prefer go-to-the-phones Opie over this."

[@lazylion420]

already?? Steven I only just got up for work. god damn you're quick lately.

[@KenFresno73]

That's what she said, or sumpthin.

[@youfailme2116]

Ken Fresno tsssssss

[@paulbarlow2793]

Opie.The ever so slightly straight version of Fez

[@corporalsanders9981]

I miss both of those shows.

[@zKronoz]

Jesus, Opie not getting how the internet works towards the end of the clip and calling for everyone to join in his crusade against a site that confusing him is hilarious. I am excited to see this Fez bit finally coming to an interesting end.

[@CrimeaRiver]

Dat intro! If only our hairy, European radio was more like that.

[@havoc35]

56:35 Opie's excellent irrelevant old man line..."Why didn't we have this shit when we were growing up"

[@NickRage76]

58:36 One for the laugh compliation

[@resortepiloto]

I always thought Fez loves Ron like a Brother. Nothing more.

[@johnsmith-fz3qk]

"Loyal to Fez way more than I would be to anyone in my life" Opie Hughes (yeah Ope, you deffo went to bat for Ant after he was fired, sure)

[@Mike-es2yg]

Everyone knows Opie didn't back Anthony at ALL. Ant was right with what he said, that was cancel culture beginning ...

[@gaodene]

jesus. ant murdered jimmy lmao. 'you're cured'

[@johnsmith-fz3qk]

3:16 very telling now in the aftermath of Anthony's firing that Opie clearly, despite protests, did not go to bat for Ant

[@footytang]

Thaaaaaanks, another beauty show

[@booates]

it's really creepy how he just completely ignores everyone, even when he's begging he's ignoring the person he's begging.

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

14:44 Opie literally just described himself circa 2017

[@CommissarKane]

Boy was Opie 100% accurate about his total lack of loyalty.

[@redzeppelin6843]

Fuckin'a Ant was fast on that one with Jim. God damn that was funny.