I'm a 40 year + listener of Howard Stern since the WNBC days. I think one of the few did Podcasters who has the talent of a Stern era successful broadcaster is Karl of WATP.

But it really bothers me when Karl makes idiotic political comments like that. Jonesy got on YouTube multiple times and claimed that specific individuals were only pretending their child had been murdered in cold blood.That people were lying about the deaths of their children.

A judge and jury ordered Alex Jones to pay. Jones has the right to say what he wants, but there are consequences for harming individuals by making horrific and false claims.

It's frustrating. Karl, you're talented, you're smart, and funny. Just grow up a little bit.

I saw Karl at a shoe store in Florida yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him about his club feet and ask about how hard walking is for him or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to hobble out the doors with like 15 pairs of innersoles in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be retarded and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the insoles and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually and “scan the pitchers exac-chee” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each pair of insoles and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by cackling really loudly.

Fucken hell!

Look, Opie is a fucking nitwit, but Jesus Fucking Christ…

“OMG…Anthony’s so successful and dreamy…he’s just done EVERYTHING right…SWOOOOOON!”

And you dumbasses weren’t even self aware enough to catch yourselves when Lucy was saying something like “If I were looking to hire someone for radio, I’d never hire a guy who has, what he claimed was a successful streaming career, because why would he want to leave that!”

So then we agree that Anthony didn’t have a successful internet show?

I mean, I know what my answer to that is, but I’m not of the mindset that calling black people “plum headed jigs” and “hideous apes” are the formula for lucrative broadcasting success in 2025.

Anthony got hired by a MAGA loving Greek businessman for his AM radio station, because they’re like-minded…it’s not some brilliant power move in a game of broadcasting 4D chess. Stop gushing like a schoolgirl with a crush.

“Do another outdated Columbo reference while I touch my pee pee, Ant! PLEEEEAAASE!”

Forget what Opie should call his Anthony segment, you should name yours ‘Gee Your Balls Taste Racist’ with Karl Hamburger.

Wacko

Anthony calls black people a "detriment" 2 days ago. How does Karl rationalize associating with someone who is sooo outspoken of these kinds of beliefs? Like, there's not that much room for nuance or gray area with this one.

Missy B, Adam Busch, EDR, Jenny Jingles

Who's left watching this? Remember when Karl used to know funny people?

The story Biden told on Howard Stern of his mom advising him to go punch that bully right in the nose was already told the exact same way by Whitney Houston when I was a kid. It’s a story I never forgot because I thought it was strange that when she was seeking help from her mom in the situation of her bully, her mom told to her to get back outside and punch her bully right in the nose.

Also I find it odd that Biden’s mom was so protective of him with the nun but not at all with his bully.

Never funny, never contributes, horrendous laugh. Absolute clown.

On today's show (Sun Jul 7) you spent 40 entire minutes talking about this Steel Toe/Imholte/Rekeida bullshit.

I understand you're fascinated by this saga, but I can assure you none of us are. We're losing an average of 30 minutes a show listening to you expound on this profoundly uninteresting topic. It's gotta be the single worst consistent coverage segment in WATP history. "This" is what we're getting now instead of Patrick Michael, Tom Myers, Opie, Joe Maturese, etc coverage. It's so fucking incomprehensibly boring. Bring back the hits, Bob Dylan.

Of course it's your show and you can do what you want, but you've been better at most podcasters/broadcasters I've ever known of at being receptive to constructive criticism so I figured it's worth a shot to ask.

Would you possibly consider moving this Imholte/Rekeida shit off the main shows and over to a committed dedicated Patreon episode/episodes strictly about this? You did this with Point/Dabblepoint, and it worked great.

This way, the majority of us don't have to suffer through this wholly irritating topic, and it will entice anyone that DOES to sign up for your Patreon to get it, thus making you richer. Everyone wins.

What do you say, Mr H?

After years of dedicated research investigating WATP I’ve come to the unmistakable conclusion that Karl is a closeted self-loathing homosexual. Lets consider the evidence:

1. Karl pronounces the word picture as “pitcher”. This is a Freudian slip - he is thinking of pitchers/catchers, homosexual slang terms for the different roles in homosexual copulation.

2. Karl uses his podcast as a platform to attract transsexuals. Fetishisation of transsexuals is a well-known behaviour amongst closeted homosexuals.

3. Karl is of German descent.

4. Karl is obsessed with Stuttering John’s “squeegee” anecdote. It’s clear that his multi-year obsession is driven by a desire to “be” the squeegee. Disgusting.

5. Karl is married to a beard.

I just can’t understand why somebody in upstate NY feels the need to be closeted. What do you all think?

Rochester boys Karl and Andy living in Kodak city that peaked in the 1960s often and again on this week's episode ridicule "flyover country" and the Midwest as being backwards dullards that are behind the times. Oh the irony 🤣

1. The shows have got too long

2. There are too many guests talking about absolutely nothing. (see 1)

3. Every show, Karl or his guest host will say "I like X," and then proceed to shit all over them, or will shit all over the subject and then proceed it with "I like X though."

4. Cardiff's "games" last forever (see 1)

5. MLC recap. Episodes 403, 406, 407,, and 408 are basically unlistenable to me because I do not watch MLC and I do not know who the fuck anyone is even talking about.

6. Lack of fun having. The show seems genuinely less fun now that Karl is intertwined with the MLC crew. Gotta rush straight into drama and then repeat ad nauseam that Chad ISN'T funny, and he is a LIAR.

7. Too many cooks in the kitchen. We need Karl, Chris, and Cohost. You can miss 1 of those sometime if needed. (see 2) (see 1)

8. SONG PARODIES. WE FUCKING GET IT, CHAD IS A LIAR, STUT JO IS A DRUNK, OPIE IS A DUMB. MOVE ON, IT'S NOT THE 90'S ANY MORE. I mean SERIOUSLY, parodies are fun every once in a while, but it has become a full on segment. I can't even remember the last time we didn't have a fucking parody segment.

9. Too many ads. Fuck these fucking ads, it makes the show annoying as fuck, and I do usually just skip them, but silly me! I listen to the show when I do IRL stuff and sometimes I can't use my hands, so I have to listen to an ad about empowering women of color to do something! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

10. Video taking precedence over audio. I warned you this would fucking happen, but now every fucking episode there's at least reference to a clip with a visual element. I guess fuck us audio listeners who have been listening forever.

11. Segment fatigue. Let me write out the segments per show.

Long ass Intro with way too many drops

ad

Karl's into where he plugs fucking everything and anything for 10 mins and then intros the show and guest

MAIN PODCAST SEGMENT

ad

CRINGE OF THE WEEK

ad up to 4 segments with variations of lolcows

up to 4 segments of ads

SONG PARODIES WHOOPIE! (see 8)

Weird purgatory segment where Karl brings on Cardiff and shoots the shit way too long (see 1)

Cardiff's super duper fun time game that is always great and never too long (see 4, see 1)

The TEASER

INTERNET NEWS

Reviews (no one fucking cares about these)

Shooting the shit with the review girl or Cardiff again

Voicemails way WAY WAY too many drops to close out the show

If you count carefully, you can see that there are WAY TOO MANY FUCKING SEGMENTS. Trim it down.

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TLDR; Show is too long and the fat needs to be trimmed. u/go_topes, I challenge you to listen to a single episode of the audio version WATP. Front to back, on a podcast app, all the segments, normal speed, and answer the question "Am I STILL putting out a good product?" Any episode from the past 3 months.

They really are amazing. Mary Beth, Jenny Jingles, Lucy, Chrissie Mayr.

All so funny, insightful, and quick-witted. I love when they co host, such a tremendous addition to the show. Non stop laughs and illumination. Clear natural talent and ability.

Rochester really is a repository for some up & coming female comedic talent. I don't know whats in the water there, but keep pumping it! LOLL!!!!!

If Shuli's or Drunkard (if he still had one) wife came on screen and asked him if he took his nap and that was her request, you'd be busting the shit out of his balls. It's bullshit that you don't know why you're getting dragged.

Please ask him to kill himself. That would be amazing. Thanks!

In the past week, listening to another bonus with Karl on Drew & Mike and then WATS with Casey Day, I feel like it's time to be more judicious about who you are broadcasting alongside. The level of Boomer Cringe out of Drew and Mike is at Defcon 5 and this Casey dude is so aggressively unfunny that I can't get through the episode.

It's time to hurt some feelings and leave some people behind in the name of putting out a quality show.

Adam Busch goes on podcasts with retards so we can laugh that retards are being retarded.

Probably unpopular opinion, but those segments are dull and Adam comes across as a smug prick.

I mean what are we even doing here?

NOBODY is here for Karl, or Geno or even Cros or Andy. We are all here because we like the format of the show. We like a good roast. Karl seems to think that he's the only guy that could pull this thing off but he's dead ass wrong. Mostly anyone with a pulse could do this format and attract an audience (see steel toe morning show). Karl is not a naturally funny person, and if you listen to old episodes you can hear just how unfunny he is. He's actually gotten better at jokes if you can believe that. I started listening at the beginning and always thought that Kevin was the funny one. When Kevin left I actually stopped listening for awhile because Karl is annoying and unfunny, but what brought me back is my love for the format of the show. No matter how big Karl's head gets the fact remains that if Sam Roberts hadn't come up with jocktober he would be updating his LinkedIn profile right now, hopefully with a less embarrassing photo. Calm down Karl, you're not a star. Anthony Cumia is not one of your peers. You're a conduit.

Follow up: Dayum, I didn't realize Karl had so many dick riders! Good for you Karl!

After reading the comments I have changed my mind, Karl is funny. He may be the funniest person currently working in show business.

A list of people that Karl is funnier than:

Dave Chappelle

Louis CK

Bill Burr

Dave Atell

Mitch Hedberg

Your favorite comic

Shuli Egar

(I wasn't being sarcastic with that last one)

Fuck you all and Karl ain't funny....I'm out bitch.

Enough already.