Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a couple we idealize. For some it's Burns and Allen, for others it's Tracy and Hepburn, and for yet others it's Siegfried and Roy. For me it was Howard and Alison Stern. I became infatuated with their marriage in sixth grade, listening to Stern's local radio show after school. Here was a guy who was married but getting away with spanking strippers. As an 11-year-old I didn't know much about marriage, but if it included spanking strippers, I was ready to take my vows...
Jenny E. Heller, Rachel P. Kovner, Joyce K. McIntyre and James Y. Stern contributed to the reporting of this article...
...Booey for the King of All Media and his Queen: lustful radio shock jock HOWARD STERN and his wife ALISON are separating after 21 years, ending one of the most curiously enduring of public marriages. Stern regularly used Alison as on-air fodder, moaning about their sex life--she'd been known to call up and rebut him--and once hurtfully joked about Alison's miscarriage. Yet through all the stripper interviews and hearty rounds of Butt Bongo, the professional lech vowed he was faithful to his wife, portrayed in his autobiography and 1997 movie Private Parts as a dedicated...
...Howard Stern and his wife of 21 years (!) separated this week, and both of them seem pretty crushed by it. But you have to wonder if Alison Stern--who put up with her husband's insults, revelations about their sex life, and often indefensible barbs--finally cracked under the strain. You also have to wonder if Stern will be able to get back his irreverence any time in the near future...Paula Cole's new album only sold 16,000 copies this past week. Where have all the Cole fans gone?...Matthew McConaughey was arrested for marijuana possession early this...
...Later that day, my impulse flight provoked a stern reprimand from my parents, now deprived of the satisfaction of a neat set of 3x5s. And though I felt a slight pang of guilt when my father pointed out that he still had my six-year-old face in his wallet-window, regret quickly passed. To be honest, I have always been camera-shy and the lens has never been particularly kind in return...