TACS - Opie Thinks Anthony's Book Is Lazy - with Erock and Mike Wolters

[@odonnchadha1978]

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[@orio667]

"He shouldn't even be in a room with Patrice. Except maybe now." 🤣🤣🤣

[@raphielmarmol5562]

"you shouldn't even be in the same room as Patrice, maybe now" holy shit what a line.

[@qcrew2938]

5 years later and Opie is still doing a facebook live show in his kitchen for 12 people

[@gasstationpeanuts1814]

Hey I saw one with 32 people. It went down to 28 within 60 seconds but I think the Opester’s finally going places

[@Whatup996]

Ya how many people watch childpound media? A few dozen truckers? At least you don’t have pay $10 to a pederast to watch opie !

[@yosefzee7605]

@@gasstationpeanuts1814lmao

[@davidverdugo6266]

20 of those 32 are just there to witness the sheit show.

[@robaxl3088]

How does Opie have over 100 thousand subscribers on KZbin?

[@orionassante3386]

I remember Opie telling Creamy Butters like five years ago that he was 200 pages into writing his own book, which we all knew was a complete lie. Opie can barely read let alone write.

[@michaelmitchell4992]

Fucking A right!!! I think what happened was opies publisher didnt want the manuscript cause of all the uneaten boogers on it

[@TL2354]

How do you know?

[@michaelmitchell4992]

Listen to one of Anthony's 24 minute clips saying that "Sirius XM was gunna hire Jim Breuer for a million dollars but he said no". According to opie it was be cause of the backlash that he would get from the "comedy community". Its the one with Daffy duck on stage with opies face replaced by Opies. He told his 2 fans that he has 200 pages already written yet that was over 3 years ago.

[@orionassante3386]

Opie literally told him on one of his shows. @@TL2354

[@onionhat745]

Ah, "Creamy Butters." That name takes me back.

[@j2times2006]

The Stern impression never gets old

[@davidc.8755]

Woo hoo Robin

[@JeriDro]

I hate stern but I hate that impression even more. the stupid hoo hoo laugh is annoying

[@donttreadonme4394]

Woo hoo

[@michaelm9920]

The Captain has his guys 😎🚬

[@joemendoza2292]

Anthony is dead on about Greggshells.

[@rickmorty3207]

Leave it alone

[@joemendoza2292]

@@rickmorty3207 I see what you did there. Lol

[@TL2354]

How do you know?

[@MMough]

Opie has been lying about everything since he was a kid I doubt he even knows who he is or what the truth is anymore. He cant question it or his whole identity might collapse. Poor little feller.

[@TL2354]

You've known Opie since he was a kid?

[@MMacAttack]

Opie has mental problems

[@MMough]

@@TL2354 Leave it alone

[@robertstraw9881]

Been doing it since he was 18.

[@MrEvanNoyes]

@@TL2354I like that your defense in this one is essentially “he didn’t ALWAYS lie constantly”

[@sowder]

EROCK IS A DINOSAUR...

[@DIDDLOTIC]

MARCHING, MARCHING

[@blakebarton7997]

Dr. Robert Doback says to never lose your dinosaur.

[@Paddy.C]

🎶How did he get so fat?🎵

[@TurdFerguson0528]

Come on little piggie boy and fucking take us out.

[@Cray2TheZ]

He eats everything, his belly's not flat!

[@thomaskirkpatrick4031]

Hearing Anthony finally being honest how he feels about Opie, is as entertaining as the original show, I love this stuff, I still listen to the show on KZbin daily, Opie is so annoying, so scared that someone will discover he has no talent.

[@DAdelson]

Why!?why do you listen ? The shows been over for over 9 years ? Why the fuck are you still listening ? I’m just asking because I do to.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

hes been talking about opie for years lol. the one he finally started talking about recently is bill burr. but theres a entire podcast "who are these podcasts" who are fucking nerd dick lames that make fun of opie constantly and anthony always has them on because hes their only listener

[@MoDeegroes]

IDK how anyone could re listen to any shows (except when CQ or Patrice were in). I re listen R&F only from those days now. And Bobby Kelly & CQ podcast. But i just cant re listen to O&A anymore. Opie is just too, Opie.

[@IvanDaniel28]

l was very later to the game and started listening in 2016. l still listen on a constant loop from Oct '04 to July '14. l cannot get enough. l listen to about 8-12 eps a week. l love it!!

[@cuts240]

@@MoDeegroesI agree- I had no real idea - at the time

[@ChristopherSibert]

Opie's people, you know, his fan club, _Opie's Dopies_

[@royletv7162]

Tss

[@jlshel42]

Creamy Butters, indeed

[@laundryroom9002]

I freaking love Anthony.

[@topsuperseven7910]

In some ways, Opie is a fascinating little insight into the world of media and actually success in general. He could be a subject in a Gladwell 'Outliers' book. He just sort of shows up born in a time and place where happenstance results in him winning a radio bonanza lottery and carrying on for years mistaken for being an entertainer. He does deserve credit for understanding what kind of real entertainers need to be around him. or... he did. he used to get that. He's a Board Op and a 'producer' but yes, somehow he tricked himself and others into believing he was also one of the entertainers. When he tried to go 'solo' in these podcasts it's jarringly obvious.

[@chonconnor6144]

Opie is a terrible talent but used to be a good host and had good Instincts. His decline hasn't been analyzed enough tbh.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

After doing it since he's 18, Opie managed to get himself a late night show spinning records on Long Island before meeting Ant. 5 years later, they were both millionaires. He gets credit for discovering Ant but more often than not the show was entertaining in spite of him, not because of him.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@LongLiveRockAnRoll Grab some Road Sodas for ESSS TEEEE PEEE!!

[@MMacAttack]

I wish i could LOVE this comment

[@virgilflowers9846]

CAKESTOMP! Opie didn’t have the same comedy instincts and Anthony and Jim, so he resorted to straight shock tactics. Sometimes this actually worked well and made for some uncomfortable radio. Other times it was cringe in the wrong ways. That said, I’m not an Opie hater like many others. I listened to the show every day from 2006 or so until the end-Opie does deserve credit for hosting the show and giving it direction. The old Nopie shows were often directionless and would drag. Anthony was not a good host on his own back then, and he downplays this a bit in this clip.

[@tomzimmerman8]

Maybe Opie has a point... Maybe Opie's book is "more gooder", to quote the destroyer himself. What's Opie's book called? 'How to end a career in one bathroom break: The Gregg "Opie" Hughes story.'

[@federationspace5264]

"maybe now" is BRUTAL @ 9:00

[@Starcraftvidsandsuch]

To be fair, the book was kinda lazy. It was all shit he said on the radio 100 times.

[@thankyoujodi]

There's a whole chapters entitled, "spaghetti on the wall" "buzz" "je-sus christ" "Mexican and the bushes" "night in the tree house" "ac days" "taste of success" "divorce is the worst" "nicollini ass juice"

[@gall01019]

He told his life story, from childhood to the present day as to when his book was released, what else was he supposed to say or include in his book?? Fabricated, bullshit stories that never happened, like that shithead Opie told over the years..? Or should Ant have brought up even more situations of where Opie was the most insecure, douchebag, for the way he treated staff and guests, and exposed him even more?? Come on man…!

[@slyjokerg]

@@thankyoujodi It is comical when low brow dunces try to shield themselves, as Ant did here, by using the "Johnny did it too" defense. If your book is lazy, then it is. It doesn't become not lazy by virtue of calling someone/something else lazy. So laughably juvenile to use that kind of idiotic self defense mechanism.

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

And everyone thinks Opie is lazy

[@clwww]

It’s probably depression

[@Jw083]

Leave it alone

[@JoRock-kj7qh]

No, it’s just that Opie made a lot more money because he kept getting paid way longer because he wasn’t a stupid fucking idiot who got himself fired. He’s worth a lot more than dumb Anthony, who had to pay his ex-wife of time and lost a lot of money by being an idiot that’s just the fact I know you don’t like it I need gonna cry, but I’m only telling facts.

[@AAAskeet]

Lol

[@TL2354]

Not everyone thinks about Opie

[@donmooney21]

The guy that thought he sounded cool, bragging about walking out at his his dying grandmothers hospital bed, is the moral arbiter. Lol

[@ronnimm6456]

Precious??

[@danm2084]

I recall opie going off about that guy from the catholic league sending other people to watch movies and stuff, and then judging the stuff despite never seeing it. Now Opie is doing that exact thing that he insulted that guy for doing.

[@thomaskirkpatrick4031]

I was just listening to a show from March 2005, Opie was saying how he hoped that his career would be over sooner then later. He couldn't understand how Anthony and Jimmy were still into doing radio.Opie actually predicted where Ant is today, and the type of show he would be doing. As it turns out, Opie had been doing radio for 12 years before he hooked up with Anthony. 12 years of radio by himself, and he had made to overnights on a Long Island station. So I don't see how he can say anything but how Anthony helped his career as well as the other way around? If it wasn't for Anthony we never would have had heard the scary talented Greet Opie Hughes.

[@weelay]

Glad to hear you're doing ok Opie. Ohhh yeah, Cakestomp....yeah we remember that. Good hearing from you buddy.

[@AAAskeet]

Hi Opie

[@maxpetee1690]

"You haven't even seen my talent yet, trust me."

[@loonanite]

Only way to settle the beef is have a peace summit like Colin and Patrice had talked about on the show. Have Patrice's mom there too.

[@bobwilliams8349]

Erick, love the Soviet track suit!

[@Paddy.C]

The book was kinda 'money for old rope', really not a single story that we hadn't already heard told on air. But only Opie, could state that he had _someone_ _else_ read Ant's book for him, and then, without a hint of irony, accuse Ant of being lazy.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Remember the time the the president of the catholic league was on the phone and Louie CK was there, and they praised Louie for calling out the catholic league guy for giving Louie's show a bad review even though he didnt read it?

[@michaelblaine6494]

Yeah definitely a disappointment,not just a quick read but an unnecessary one

[@THEYTHINKTHEYAREGODS]

Cumia doesn't Love Brennan anymore

[@ironballsack7981]

He’s out of the “Kevin Brennan business”

[@eternalextrapolations]

The price of Kevin Brennan shares fell sharply during the week. A lot of people are divesting themselves of stock.

[@V3n0mCa7na63]

Opie can’t read so there’s that

[@dalisllama]

The only people that should be looking after Opie are the orderly.

[@cottrellbriank]

Anthonys book was actually extremely complimentary in regards to Opie 🤔

[@Nick-Stewbreeze]

Erock don't age, it's the coke floats

[@tobymcgroby8967]

Opie hides in his apartment, seething with bitter hatred towards someone HE betrayed.. ..Meanwhile, Anthony built an entire media network, & employs all the people who Opie constantly tormented, especially when it came to giving them the baseline comfort of job security. Anthony doesn't need to turn people against Opie, but Opie continues to say it anyway, it helps him cope I guess

[@ronrubicon1593]

10:36 That would be totally fine if Opie was humble enough to be honest about it. It's perfectly okay to not have the ability to hang with some of the funniest, wittiest, quickest people on the planet. It's in no way fair to expect that of anyone, even a guy who has been in radio a long time. Not everyone has that skill. I don't. But I know it, it's not something I'm ashamed of, and I have no hesitation in admitting it. But Opie's huge ego would never allow him to find a comfortable way to just fit in. People admire and respect the gift of gab, and they also admire humility and honesty. You better have at least one of those. Opie never offered either one. The rare times he did try to be honest about it, it was always tinged with ego. It's why he's hard to have any sympathy for.

[@michaell4187]

Anthony is so angry. He's gonna take another picture of "scaffolding"

[@SlicedWrist]

I loved Ant’s book I listened to it and loved when he would let out a laugh, when he laughed I did too because it is genuine Anthony. I recommend it highly

[@ville777cky]

Gotta agree with him. It was poorly written. You could tell the writers just transcribed whatever he said

[@oldsmobileman1403]

Holy shit! Never would I imagine seeing Mike Wolters of legendary Drew and Mike would be on Ant's show.

[@gspendlove]

Yeah, I had to take a minute...."Is that THE Mike Wolters?!" I'll be damned!

[@TreborPaulson]

I agree, it’s literally just stories that fans have already heard on the radio show,

[@napdaily]

Opie and Kb both... Naaaat funnnny!

[@LabrnMystic]

Do the bit!

[@harrygreb3457]

And punt

[@michaelluchin9817]

Mike Wolters rules DetroitCast

[@danleach8266]

I think that whoever is writing the book review also listened to the book on tape. I think that they are equating the laziness to Anthony laughing on the track - from time to time. However, I personally feel that Anthony's emotional investment in the reading of his book adds to its charm. These guys are legitimately funny and laughing at each other's goofs all the time. Why wouldn't that show up in the retelling of his journey in radio? Again, I thought it added to the charm of the book. I didn't think it was lazy at all.

[@TheGEOPOLITICIANGUY]

wait ANT… to be fair, you both made a pact to never write a book

[@richarddutton1981]

Having someone do something for you so you don't have to is almost the definition of laziness lol

[@tobymcgroby8967]

This is so satisfying :) I need more

[@bb-gc2tx]

i waited decades for opie to be exposed 🤣

[@tobymcgroby8967]

@@bb-gc2tx How great was that TACS episode with Jimmy, Landau & Jeff Leech(spelt correctly I hope).. Or that episode of WATP, "The Todd Show" with Erock, talking about Opie's numerous meltdowns since Anthony left

[@darkquixote6077]

EROCK ARMY....!

[@Stefan.X.]

Was satisfying watching Karl HamBURGER rip into KB on MLC the other day. KB deserved everything he got!

[@HomekittyL2]

Nerd Rage is nothing to fuck with, glad KB got shut up for fucking with WATP outta the blue

[@rem299]

These sentences are a bit long, can we use some more abbreviations please?

[@LigerFan]

Opie would make such a great case study. Especially these days where he broadcasts via Facebook (I think) to his tens of followers about how he HATED doing the show and how he so obviously still WANTS to do *A* show but he just can not be assed to put together anything except that mostly whining about the old days with O&A, how Jim & Sam SCREWED him out of the morning time slot even though IIRC Opie was the one who refused to sign a new contract for so long that SXM started up the Jim & Sam Show and even then IIRC Opie was given his choice of timeslots and chose to do his afternoon show until HR tossed him for taping a guy in the bathroom after he'd already been told once to stop it. I'd like to think that in his personal life with his wife and kids that he's just a wonderful guy but JFC he's such a head case.

[@jlshel42]

“I dunno, I’m just spreading things.” -Anderson Cooper

[@cky1088]

I agree, that book was lazy, half-assed and just a rehash of random shows that we've all heard a billion times now over the years on KZbin. Waste of $20.

[@iyusf875]

kev said this is a sinking ship

[@IIIDarkIII]

9:41 Anthony spitting facts

[@MichaelTheLibertarian]

For years, I despised Opie for what he did to the magic that was the O&A show. Now, I am really starting to believe he's in the midst of a very long breakdown; that he is in mental health free-fall. I pity him.

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

Thank Christ Ant dropped KB.

[@kristyjoy]

His book was pretty disappointing. There was nothing new in it or any new stories that hadn't been discussed on the radio a thousand times before. I wanted to love it, but it was kinda lazy. Jim's forward was great.

[@ChrisPKreme25]

It's kinda wrong because Anthony is not mentioning that Opie has been doing this since he was 18...on the radiooooooooooooo

[@JeriDro]

haven't heard this a 1,000 times.....

[@theaffliction21]

Erock is a national treasure

[@kcdebris913]

Kevin Brennan is not among the people I would consider a genius, personally. Never even crossed my mind.

[@WigsIncorporated]

He really isn't, and his failed sitcom proves it lol A hack calling others hack. How original and unique 🙄🤣

[@christopherblue2004]

None of them are geniuses, that’s why they’re all doing fledgling podcast. Lol

[@philtaylor6602]

Ant is pretty Great to be fair. And Gav. If you disagree you're gae

[@robertstraw9881]

Not even slightly funny. He’s a whiny voiced, Boston hack who just complains about how shit everybody else is despite them being more successful than him.

[@JoshPoe1973]

I saw Mike Walter and thought "wow Erock lost a couple hundred lbs! Good for him"

[@Voicenreason247]

Egos ruin all. They all had there part. Opie was just too greedy to see it.

[@kieraneric2549]

I can listen to a comprehensive opie bashing all day.

[@ParanormalResponse]

When you search out Old Opie and Anthony bits, You search for everyone except Opie. UNLESS, They are slamming him!

[@leahcimolrac1477]

I have no doubt the book is full of stories we’ve all heard before, so I didn’t bother buying it. But I also have no doubt that Opie didn’t read a single sentence.

[@JustSomeGuyOutdoors]

Beige Frequency did a review on it a few years back when ot came out. If I remember correctly Patrice is barley mentioned it at all and it mostly focuses on his life after the show.

[@MrEvanNoyes]

Couldn’t read a single sentence*

[@joemendoza2292]

Hey Opie, where's the book you supposedly were putting out?

[@slyjokerg]

He didn't say that writing a book is lazy. He said that the book that Ant wrote was lazily done. If you can't distinguish between the two, then... well, you are as dense as Ant and his brown nosers.

[@brianmason7309]

I was living in Lynn when the city considered changing the name to Ocean Park because they wanted to stop the "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin..." poem. It never happened but I almost instantly came up with, "Ocean Park, Ocean Park, don't go out after dark." They can change the name to Pleasantville and it won't help that sh!thole.

[@andystegall7407]

The book is lazy though. It's patently obvious Anthony just spoke into a speech-to-text program, barely edited it, and kicked it out the door. The constant comparison to things from movies got old quick

[@brandonthomas9288]

The book was a worthless money grab. Anybody that would care enough to buy it had already heard all of the stories in it. I don't understand how it even got published.

[@VictorLugosi]

Says a loser watching a video about the book lol

[@babyshambler]

That story Erock tells about Opie signing the contract and saying something like "begrudgingly" made me cringe so hard my balls hurt.

[@bad_vibes_]

I was gonna get ant's book untill I heard this I DON'T LIKE LAZY BOOKS

[@ryanruiz9260]

This is my favorite content... Ant vs Gregshells

[@frankiebee6317]

Gavin and Ant are the only thing still worth listening to in 2023. F Opie

[@mikeschneider2161]

It’s probably Opie’s mother who is looking out for him😂

[@TL2354]

What's so funny?

[@jerry12314]

Garlic butter sau

[@RRDigger17]

Cake and pie and chocolatey sweets…

[@JRVXIV]

i bought the book. it's the same 10 stories we've heard a thousand times plus a compound media plug

[@adamsmith5572]

Does anyone remember who was in the booth with Garret before Drew came aboard?

[@odonnchadha1978]

John

[@Sean-pu4zg]

Anthony having someone write a book half ass isn't lazy

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

These 60 year old men having "Internet beefs" to stay relevant is the most tragic thing imaginable.

[@jbo4547]

Not really. People have had drama since the dawn of man. Old men have alwayssss had drama.

[@darrenthetuber743]

​@@jbo4547they had movie about it called Grumpy Old Men

[@MoDeegroes]

6:32 tbh, it does sound like Jimmy has an absolutely bizarre relationship with his folks. They are famously sweet ppl. Yet he sees them like, 2x a year😂 at one of his shows. And they live like 20mins away😂

[@jackp.3605]

Aww i thought this was a latest entry, totally changed the context of the first 30 seconds

[@XxTheGoOfYxX]

His "people"are the mafia he worked for duh 🙄🤣

[@kjrehberg]

"The city of Manhattan."

[@thomaskirkpatrick4031]

I always thought that about Jimmy too. His parents are supposed to the nicest people, but Jimmy never makes anytime to see them?

[@i0wny0upl20]

Archival footage, when he was still in the KB business

[@capone609]

The good ole days

[@marcusbrothers5221]

love EROCK

[@larrygerry985]

Opie never understood that he won. He has an amazing life. He is a 60 year old man with a family. Ant is empty but at least has moved on from O&A

[@cmofficial794]

"Won" lol

[@Geferulf_TAS]

Hi Opie

[@nerzenjaeger]

8:57 damn, haha

[@davidc.8755]

Leave it alone

[@jlshel42]

Using a nickname based on 50+ year old TV character is lazy

[@propanejesus]

Funniest part is opie Anthony and Jimmy all want to do comfortable radio seemingly forgetting the best part of every radio show ever is the staff fights drama etc...

[@smmmokin]

I enjoyed Ants book. I knew most of it but there were some fun nuggets.

[@Cpt_Guirk]

It's even lazier to not read a book.

[@duffharris9295]

Wait a minute. I thought ant was out of the Kevin Brennan business

[@BoqPrecision]

The book was lazily put together, I read it in like half a day. Opie did not lie.

[@Pacman398]

Hate to say it, but I have to agree with the Opester on this one. It was a lazily compiled book. The book felt like it was compiled by the ghost writer listening to available radio show clips available on KZbin with little additional input from Anthony itself. Plus the balance content is way out of whack with what radio show listeners will find interesting. Literally a couple paragraphs mentioning Jim Norton in passing but page after page on Anthony’s fling with the weather chick. It was not a good book.

[@panhead55]

I love the book, had it signed in Vegas, and plan on purchasing the second book…

[@Bevin_Krennan]

Some life you've got there.

[@joedale1696]

For their information, I pay 5 bucks a month to be a member of the 'Opie's Look Out Club' and we all take it VERY SERIOUSLY (complete opposite of 'not seriously') Now, I'll take any pubbs (publicity) but the last thing the club needs is ridicule. Now, I can tell everyones just foaming at the mouth, waiting to ask me a million questions about the club.Though all members are sworn, under penalty of death (blocked by Op) , not to disclose any information, sensitive or otherwise, regarding the club, its members or activities. However, I have also never considered myself a member of the 1%...so i'll answer what I can... I just ask that you all keep your questions on the side of... A LIL MATURE... okay, little people??!!

[@MichaelThomas-ll1hw]

I’m not the biggest Anthony fan in the world but I’d rather listen to him make a sandwich than listen to opie tell an “interesting story”

[@nicholasfry4253]

He wasn't wrong...

[@SketchyJesus]

It’s hilarious to call someone’s book lazy when you are too lazy to read the book yourself so you have someone else read it and give you the information. The irony is hilarious. But this is Opie we are talking about here.

[@TL2354]

So you know Opie?

[@SketchyJesus]

@@TL2354 it might be even more hilarious that that’s the response you came up with. In no way did I say anything remotely close to anything that would lead you to that response. Keep trying. You’re doing a great job!!

[@taylorthomas2089]

More Greg lies. What made O n A so great was everyone's honesty. That's why Greg stuck out so much.

[@TL2354]

Gregg

[@taylorthomas2089]

@@TL2354 greg

[@thesunisbright]

next story anthony gets a restraining order against opie. opie cant go near ants home. or near ants studio.