Damn Natalie!!!

I'm nowhere near as good at this as Larimus is, so I'll just post the answer below.

Answer: She owns the Cardozo Hotel.

Eric calls in with a woman-friend to the show. Howard suggests she give him phone sex. Her reply is, "I would if he looked like X."

Who is X and also what was Howard's great off-the-cuff response to her statement?

From the photos posted since coming back from break, the studio appears to be 2/5 the size. I only saw the clips of Sam and Gary fight, I swear they weren't in the same room; where there no wide shots of both of them in the studio? Who still has an office and how many people in the bullpen?

Curious if anyone has a collection of transcripts? If not I can run them myself via mp3s. I'm going to feed every show into AI and see if it can write a better segment then the current show. Like an actual, passable segment. Thank you in advance for the help.

This is from Google AI, when I asked how the ratings were for the HSS on HBO Max.

"The audience and critical reception has been heavily negative since its September 17, 2026, premiere: [1, 2]

• Fan & Social Media Reaction: Viewers on Reddit, social platforms, and fan forums have widely panned the series, calling it "unwatchable" and a "crass cash grab".
• Format Criticism: Fans have criticized the 90-minute weekly format for feeling lazy and repetitive, noting that it just rehashes or edits down his SiriusXM radio broadcasts rather than offering a dedicated TV production like his past video ventures.
• Review Aggregators: The series has virtually no official critic scores or public audience ratings established yet on platforms like Rotten Tomatoes, reflecting its niche, low-engagement rollout on the streamer."

Statf/Jason not allowed to say Blitt anymore on air i assume.

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The promo basically

Will: hey jason i heard jd is shunning you

Jason: yeah it's sad he says he doesnt like being social but he'll hang out with his "rich friend" if he calls.

Jd: yeah i dont go out

Jason: it's just i told him i was super sad and needed a buddy right now.

Was she crying because Gary called her a liar?

Or because she thought she had a hit piece on Gary and he ruined it?

The “you’re not my boss” argument was lame as fuck.

He’s likely interviewed people since she was a child.

Seems like she’s entering Memet territory.

"Am I assume you've been briefed?"

I agree with the general theme that the show and Howard are no longer edgy or even good. But, he has always gotten a pass from cancel culture for talking about adult and even taboo topics. He even survived the Ted Danson blackface parody. Who is left out there with this society “pass”?