Stuttering John on Howard Stern Vol 6

Published 2023-09-27

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Timestamp

1. 00:03 - Howard leans in on Gary for not doing his job with John correctly at the MTV Awards with their questions / Interviews include Van Halen, Lenny Kravitz, Cindy Crawford, NWA, Paula Abdul, and Brian Wilson

2. 33:44 - Gary and John host an audition/contest at Webster Hall of women for The Spice Channel

3. 49:06 - John and Gary get into an arguement during a commercial break / KC joins in on the conversation

4. 01:00:37 - John tells a story about hearing Howard have s@x while staying at his house

John Edward Melendez (born October 4, 1965), also known as Stuttering John, is an American entertainer.

He is best known for being a call screener on The Howard Stern Show from 1988 to 2004. Initially working as an intern, Melendez became known for asking celebrities impertinent questions at events and press conferences with his stuttering. He left the show to become the announcer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and also worked on Leno's later shows. In April 2018, he launched The Stuttering John Podcast.

Melendez grew up in Massapequa, New York on Long Island and attended Plainedge High School. Melendez was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Danish mother. According to Melendez, he began to stutter when he was in the second grade as a result of psychological mistreatment from his father after he witnessed an argument between his parents. He attended Plainedge High School, where he was picked on by the neighborhood bullies because of his stuttering.

In 1988, Melendez attended New York University's film school and belonged to a band called "Rock Slide." His college roommate, comedian Mitch Fatel, was on the verge of quitting his internship with The Howard Stern Show, when Melendez asked him for a recommendation for an internship there. The show's producer, Gary Dell'Abate, mentioned Melendez's stuttering to Howard Stern who, without seeing him and even before he was interviewed, told the producer to hire him.

1988–2004: The Howard Stern Show

On Stern's show, Melendez's primary role was answering phones and screening listener calls before they were allowed on the air. At the time of his joining, in addition to being heard in the New York City and Philadelphia radio markets via Infinity Broadcasting Corporation-owned WXRK 92.3 K-Rock and WYSP Rock94, respectively, the nationally syndicated morning drive time show had just added Washington, D.C.'s WJFK (also owned by Infinity) as its third carrier.

Over time, Melendez became known for segments in which he asked celebrities confrontational questions at red carpet events, functions, promotional appearances, and press conferences. The puerile questions—written by Howard Stern, Fred Norris, and Jackie Martling—centered around a given celebrity's private life and were premised on the idea that they would not want to look bad by refusing an interview from someone who stuttered. Melendez sported long hair and metal T-shirts, asking questions by reading them from a sheet of paper. As he became better known, he occasionally wore a disguise consisting of an overcoat, fedora, and fake mustache. His interviews were characterized by punchline-free "joke" questions, such as asking actress Melanie Griffith how her father, Andy, was.

The absurdity of the questions Melendez asked was often amplified by the fact that he himself appeared to lack common pop culture knowledge and often did not even seem to know who the subjects of his interview were or why they were famous. Melendez would thus frequently be unaware of why his questions would provoke such angry reactions, such as when he asked Ally Sheedy if she had vomited lately, unaware that the actress suffered from bulimia. Some celebrities were a personal target of Stern's, such as Ted Williams, who was interviewed by Melendez because Stern disapproved of athletes charging money for autographs. Celebrities would often react angrily, but other times, they would take the questions in good humor.

Melendez notably interviewed Gennifer Flowers, Ringo Starr, and the Dalai Lama. At Gennifer Flowers' news conference playing the 'Clinton Tapes', he asked her if she planned to sleep with any other candidates before the election, to which she reacted by laughing. He asked the Dalai Lama if anyone ever greeted him with "Hello Dalai!", in a joking reference to the play and movie; the Dalai Lama's translator whispered the translation to the Dalai Lama, who chuckled. At a press conference, Melendez asked Ringo Starr "What did you do with the money?" When Starr asked, "What money?" Melendez responded with "The money your mother gave you for singing lessons!" Starr good-naturedly replied, "I spent it on fish and chips."

@Hilz28 11 months ago

"I want them to just wheel John around" This is the best 😂😂

@ricklopez2353 7 months ago

37:30-43:10 is about as hard as I’ve ever laughed.

@efwfew 11 months ago

Thank you for the upload man, really appreciate. As much as we like to goof on John today, i sure love listening to his stutter and goof

@brandonbalderrama2189 11 months ago

God damn you got the goodz. I been listening to hss for 25+ years and I ain’t NEVER heard that first segment. So good. Thank u again

@XYouVandal 9 months ago

You can tell when Howard took the lead in writing a lot of the questions instead of letting Fred and Jackie do 90% of them and inserting himself as an equal contributor because he loses his sh*t on John for messing up and not doing them right lol.