Private Parts
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
- Director:Betty Thomas
- Genre:Biography / Comedy / Drama
- Runtime:110 minutes
Cast
Howard Stern : Howard Stern
Robin Quivers : Herself
Mary McCormack : Alison Stern
Fred Norris : Himself
Paul Giamatti : Kenny
Following an appearance at the 1992 MTV Music Video Awards (as alter-ego “Fartman”) Stern boards a flight to go home and finds himself seated next to an attractive woman visibly repulsed by him. In order to win her over, he begins to tell her his life story using his “radio persona” for a wedge. Howard begins with his childhood, explaining that his father (Richard Portnow) would continuously verbally abuse him, but would take Howard to work at WHOM, a radio station in New York City. Since then Howard dreamed of being on the radio. Time passed and he grew up as a quiet, socially awkward teen who in his own words was “hung like a three-year-old,” so he started smoking marijuana. When confronted by his parents about what he wants to do with his future, he tells them he wants to be on the radio, at first his parents try to make him reconsider his decision but eventually give him their approval.
In his senior year at college, Howard gets the job of being the disc jockey for the WTBU, the college radio station, where he fails at keeping the show together. He also meets the girl of his dreams, Alison (Mary McCormack), and the two become close and begin dating. After graduating Howard gets his first opportunity as a disc jockey at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, followed by program director, allowing Howard and Alison to marry. Howard later leaves WRNW, and gets a job in Hartford, Connecticut as a disc jockey where he meets Fred (Fred Norris). Howard’s radio skills seem to impress Fred and the two become friends. It is at this point that Howard begins to develop a casual attitude on radio, rather than following the programming, he becomes more honest and upfront with the audience about everything. After a while the ratings begin to rise, and they get to interview with a celebrity named Brittany Fairchild. She invites them both to a red carpet première of her newest movie. During the movie the three leave to go to Fairchild’s apartment where she strips down and gets in the bathtub. She persuades Howard and Fred to get in with her. Howard declines the offer but then decides to go in while wearing his underpants but before getting sexual, he quickly leaves, regretting what he has just done. He decides not to tell Alison but she eventually finds his wet underpants in the car and Howard confesses. She then leaves him.
Howard decides to leave town and gets a job at WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, promising Fred that they will reunite. When on air Howard seems to snap and makes up a black traffic copter character who in his voice reads a poem called “kill the white man.” The radio show is failing and Howard is feeling miserable until Alison comes back to Howard and decided to forget about the whole incident with Fairchild. While spending time with Alison, Howard’s boss Marvin meets up with Howard and tells him that their radio station is changing formats from rock to country. During a live broadcast, Howard announces that he quits. He then finds another job at WWDC in Washington D.C. where he meets Robin (Robin Quivers) the news woman for his program. During the broadcast Howard makes an open conversation with Robin about sex. She is hesitant to talk at first but eventually starts talking back to help him out. Dee Dee (Allison Janney), Howard’s boss, tells them off for having conversations live on air, forbidding them to talk to each other. Both refuse to follow orders and keep talking. Howard’s antics almost gets him fired until it is revealed that his ratings have gone through the roof, even having new sponsor requests. Howard then requests the hiring of Fred, which they do. Later on during a live broadcast Alison calls in and announces that she is pregnant with Howard’s child, however afterwards they find out that it was a miscarriage. Howard then starts making fun of the fact on air which upsets Alison greatly, but they make up and announces she’s pregnant again. Read more
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