I remember I was in college and had a job as a security guard in the afternoons. I used to sit in my guard house and listen to Howard all afternoon and he made the time fly. He was hilarious. The worst part of the show was the music.
This stuff is fascinating. The older and worse UA-cam gets, the better the older videos remind of what made UA-cam golden in the beginning: Random clips and the growing realization that UA-cam is an accidental vault of life on Earth in a time otherwise forgotten by those who came after but were moments of glory for those who lived during the time and who nevertheless missed so much of it.
UA-cam is turning into library of Alexandria. They're burning everything they don't want you to know. Also, what's happening in Canada? While they're finding mass graves of Indian children, they cancel the likes of Lucky Luke bc of political correctness. Canada should be bombed to the stone age.
Always loved Howard! Even when he offended me! I have a lot of respect for him for how he handled 9/11! He stopped his show,and dedicated it to updating people on what was happening,where to go for help,and how to get out of the city.
Know what freaky about these clips? That they almost look like they're pulled directly from Private Parts. They did such a good job of making the lot of them look exactly the way they did a decade earlier it's kind of creepy.
I think it's because of his hollywood friends now. It's like if some middle school nerd is now in high school and is popular with the jocks/cheerleaders and other popular kids. So he doesn't want to talk bad about them and jeopardize his popularity. He's now a phony like them. I could be wrong but that's how I see it.
I been listening to Howard Stern since I was a kid back in the 80s. And to do this day I still listen to him. Even my 67 year old mother listens to Howard Stern.
I bet more then not . Don't even understand why you would slap the side of your phone. Lol good one. Back in the day . We would hit the side of the tv to get a clearer picture. Or climb up on the roof to turn the antenna. Thats right kids . There was a time before cable tv an internet. Lol
I once hit the side of my TV and it didn't fix it so I did it a few more times and still nothing. I got up from my chair the final time and proceeded to smash in the top of the TV with my fist until you could see inside...inside both the TV and my bloodied fist. Fun times.
@@TheTrouserPuppetsOfficial Shame. I hear he sold out, which pains me since I used to listen to him from start to finish in 2000-2001. Dude had me rolling.
eventualentrophy he’s saying that Howard Stern looked younger in the 1990s than He looked in the 1980s. I agree Long hair and sunglasses made Stern look so much different.
WNNNNNBC! I love when Howard goofs on the old WNBC intros during his show. They always had to over the intros on records right up to the moment the vocals started!
Never get tired of seeing Howard during his 'big bird' years. But it was only a few years later that the Channel 9 show hit the airwaves. Howard's characters on that show rivaled anything ever put on the air by SNL or In Living Color. He was a great sketch comedian, unbelievably talented. Just look back at the Clarance Thomas bit or the My Left Foot spoof sketch as an example.
@@sillygoose635 SNL is so middle of the road ... completely mediocre , safe boring 'comedy' ... It's been horrible for decades now. Don't get me started on all the SNL alumni and the piles of garbage movies they've made or been a part of. Sure .. Stern hasn't been great for a decade or so, but he had a better and more interesting run than that mainline milquetoast junk SNL.
i've been a stern fan since i was a little kid, watched him on E!, and listened to him on 92.3 K-Rock everyday at work since around 2000 right up to the jump to serius
I've always loved Stern. The old Howard and the new Howard. I love how the new Howard can look back at new Howard and he can see how much he has grown as a professional and as a man.
You mean look back at the old Howard...and no he hasn’t grown. He’s settled for mediocrity and towing the line...over authenticity and being immune to cancel culture...don’t give a fuck that he’s interviewed Hillary Clinton...his celeb interviews are gross
It’s always cool to see Randy Bongarten. He was a really good dude from all accounts...he was management but it seemed like the air staff really liked him
Howard revolutionized radio and he damn well knew what he was doing with humor that said things that shocked yet entertained. A brilliant and very talented radio personality.
I used to LOVE listening to Howard when he was still on WNBC ... even though I don't like IMUS now... back then when they used to collaborate on a funny skit was just radio gold.
I used to be an emissions inspector so all day long i was getting into strangers cars and i was always surprised at the wide variety of people that had Howard on. Not just 18 to 25 year old males but men, women, gay, straight, all ages, races and religions. My favorite were the 70 year old ladies because when ever I'd mention that i was a fan a big smile would creep across their face like it was a secret and they just got caught.
His regular 80's yuppie appearance gave him a slight edge in keeping the critics at bay. It's because of guys like him that we are able to have such freedoms on UA-cam. Howard is a living legend!
@@MattyNiceZM Don't be swindled by fools. You'll never be fined (as an American) for something you say on UA-cam. Until the authoritarian right comes fully into power, then people will go to jail for saying things, but that's fine because you don't agree with those words. Your words having consequences DOES NOT mean you're not free to say those words.
OH MY GOD, I remember when this aired. 2 On The Town was a "60 Minutes-lite" exclusively for NYC area, aired on WCBS (ch. 2) at like 7 or 7:30 each night. This was March of 83. And that commercial at the end of the clip, one of the best. God, I miss old school WNBC, nothing against WFAN.
Howard. Before he went to w.nnnn bc.. He worked in hartford from 1980 thru 82. I use to walk him across tge street to his job everyday in tge crosswalk. @ wccc radio..its where he met Fred nortis..I grew up in the same town in ct..as Fred nortis..Manchester ct..
Remember he lies about his salary when he talks about his past. He claims he was only making $150-$200 per week at this time, and he says that he doesnt understand how people on minimum wage nowadays can make it and they always complain about not making enough money. Then he says how if he was making minimum wage now that he could totally make it and be comfortable and still have enough to save. He's an enormous liar and hypocrite.
@@Doofus171 THANK YOU! I didn't read this before I wrote my comment and I said the same exact thing! That he's always saying "I was making $200 a week back then!" Now I know I'm not wrong about this!
Even then Jackie was cracking up at his own jokes. And the reporter had it perfect. A shock jock is a Stern imitator, he had legitimate comedic talent and elite comedians considered him to be one and said as much.
Dam as a lifelong Stern fan, I sometimes question if Robin was overpaid, and deserved her millions. Robin was right by his side from the very beginning. Never left him in that cramped little shity studio. She deserves everything, she has earned.
@@morbidmanmusic his NBC deal was multi millions. Then signed a big deal with Krock for millions and was there 20 years.. he signed his multi million dollar deal with NBC at 28
I remember seeing this piece when it aired. Howard was right--he was fired within the year. What a lot of people don't get it that what he does is satire. If you can see that, then you can enjoy him. If you can't, then you won't like him. BTW, they said in this piece he had a six-figure salary at NBC. I find that hard to believe.
7:56 I remember that commercial. It was actually where I first heard of Howard Stern. Didn't catch on to him until the Channel 9 show WOR TV. Watched him on E!, then stopped when he moved to Sirius Radio though I do watch clips on UA-cam. Don't watch the recent stuff he's doing at all.
Stern was the commuter’s best friend. Stuck in traffic, he made it enjoyable.
Not anymore
1980s Howard stern looks older than 2020 Howard stern.
No way. He looks like crap these days.
@@haroldplum923
Alright.
@@haroldplum923
Dude, you responded to me. I responded to the original comment that I found absurd.
@@haroldplum923
Yeah, I'm just spending too much time UA-camn', and am trying to keep my replies shrt.✅
What about 2021 Howard stern though?
I remember I was in college and had a job as a security guard in the afternoons. I used to sit in my guard house and listen to Howard all afternoon and he made the time fly. He was hilarious. The worst part of the show was the music.
I listened to Stern while doing 12 hour shifts as a security guard for coal mines and I don't know wtf I woulda did without him
He looks like Ned Flanders from the Simpsons in this footage Howard Stern.
sentences write weird you
fuego dego fuck, lmao...I cracked up at your comment
Face perfect for radio.
Raymond Fiammetta Bo diggily diddly!
Nowhere near as bangable as stupid sexy Flanders.
"Stern still rides the subway to work"
Lol those days are long gone
Yeah he has a Ronnie the limo driver.
Meanwile in 2019, Howard is worth $650m and is the most successful broadcaster in history.
Not only successful but the most influential and game changing. The guy was a pioneer
And the biggest liberal sjw schill on the radio. Its pathetic
@@Potandthekettle Indeed. It's truly sad to watch him become old and out of touch.
@@st.ashhole4192 I haven't listened to him in recent years but HS was no liberal from the 70s to the 90s. If anything he's Libertarian.
@@Potandthekettle then your opinion isnt valid if you haven't been listening to know what hes up to these days.
He looks like 80’s Weird Al Yankovic
He's a mash-up of Joey Ramone and Big Bird.
This stuff is fascinating. The older and worse UA-cam gets, the better the older videos remind of what made UA-cam golden in the beginning: Random clips and the growing realization that UA-cam is an accidental vault of life on Earth in a time otherwise forgotten by those who came after but were moments of glory for those who lived during the time and who nevertheless missed so much of it.
Like then, it's pure chance. You have access to every puckered asshole out there, some jems, some blown out.
UA-cam is the god damn greatest.
UA-cam is turning into library of Alexandria. They're burning everything they don't want you to know. Also, what's happening in Canada? While they're finding mass graves of Indian children, they cancel the likes of Lucky Luke bc of political correctness. Canada should be bombed to the stone age.
^ Mark the Bagger has another suggestion 🐈
i would like to thank pig vomit for teaching me how to pronounce wnbc the proper way.
It was Pig Vomit for the movie Private Parts. In real life at the time it was “Pig Virus”
W ENNNNNN B C!
🐖-Vomit really helped Howard Stern by having a shitty relationship that Howard talked shit about every single day
Gargling with semen is key...
Love him or hate him, Howard is a genius, innovator, and one of the greatest entertainers.
This comment certainly didn't age well.
What happened?
@@BenKirb Seriously?
@@situated4 even if he's become a recluse and lost some of his edge, he's still given us 30+ years of entertainment. He could do whatever he wants
@@situated4 so 30 years of the highest ratings count for nothing??
His $500 million dollar contract he signed in 2006 with Satellite radio shows he knew what he was doing
terrymalloy69 he’s a legend
No shit
Im still laughing at the “I had no women, a doodle do” joke! 😂. That caught me totally off guard
30 years old, he looks like he is easily a 55 year old here...lol
Fashion in the 70's and early 80's often made people look pretty old.
In the early 80's he looked like Flanders. In the late 80's he looked like a rockstar. That's how fame changed him.
Always loved Howard! Even when he offended me! I have a lot of respect for him for how he handled 9/11! He stopped his show,and dedicated it to updating people on what was happening,where to go for help,and how to get out of the city.
In this video, Howard looked like my orthodontist from almost 40 years ago.
I love how Howard and Robin have been friends for almost 40 yrs.
Fred Norris has an even longer history with Howard.
Evil pieces of shit stick together.
@@jimlaregina Fred has pretty much been with him the whole time.
You mean how Robin has been kissing Howard's ass for 40 years?
Know what freaky about these clips?
That they almost look like they're pulled directly from Private Parts. They did such a good job of making the lot of them look exactly the way they did a decade earlier it's kind of creepy.
a doodle do. a dude will do "heeee hoooowwww"
Mitch Farkas
They even had Fred accurate in the movie with the Jeff cap: 4:40
Know what's really creepy about it? Howard turned into a PC pussy
I think it's because of his hollywood friends now. It's like if some middle school nerd is now in high school and is popular with the jocks/cheerleaders and other popular kids. So he doesn't want to talk bad about them and jeopardize his popularity. He's now a phony like them. I could be wrong but that's how I see it.
That 2 Puerto Rican guys killing Jesus joke had me LMAO!!! 😂😂
It was a great easy joke
Ehh.
I been listening to Howard Stern since I was a kid back in the 80s. And to do this day I still listen to him. Even my 67 year old mother listens to Howard Stern.
Jackie looks young as hell in this video. An excellent piece of Stern history.
Did you recognize Benji next to him?
Everything stern did to change the radio industry, and now you look at his new format and he’s become one of them.
Stern looks younger in 2019 than he does here LMAO
BobV97 , not even.
In what world?
So does Robyn she went from fat in the 80s to beautiful in the 90s and 2000s, and now back to fat again nowadays 🤣
According to Hanzi, that's because he sold his soul the devil when he joined the secret society.
Healthy
I kept having to smack the side of my phone to clear up the picture.
Dude I just used the tracking button and I was good
I bet more then not . Don't even understand why you would slap the side of your phone. Lol good one.
Back in the day . We would hit the side of the tv to get a clearer picture. Or climb up on the roof to turn the antenna. Thats right kids . There was a time before cable tv an internet. Lol
Somebody wrap some more tin foil around the bunny ears.
@@josephmoneymobley Yep, that was the joke.
Thanks.
I once hit the side of my TV and it didn't fix it so I did it a few more times and still nothing. I got up from my chair the final time and proceeded to smash in the top of the TV with my fist until you could see inside...inside both the TV and my bloodied fist. Fun times.
I miss this Stern.
I really hope this guy gets his life together or he'll never go anywhere!
@@TheTrouserPuppetsOfficial Shame. I hear he sold out, which pains me since I used to listen to him from start to finish in 2000-2001. Dude had me rolling.
@@beasthunt What made you think of the selling out?
@@Katharsis540 He didn't support trump = selling out. remember his target audience is hilbillies. Of course they're gonna think that.
He was best in the early to mid 90s. Jackie, Billie, Stuttering John... those were the days.
30 years and $500 million later...
He's probably a billionaire now.
wow 90's stern looked younger then he did here
6 months after emily was born... it was 1983
eventualentrophy he’s saying that Howard Stern looked younger in the 1990s than He looked in the 1980s. I agree Long hair and sunglasses made Stern look so much different.
@@CraneFast
Plastic surgery 👍
And thus, a legend was born.
I miss him, he’s just a shell of what he once was.
"I NEVER APPROVED THAT SKIT...GODDAMNIT HOWUHHHHHHD!"
Howard Stern can kiss my ass in hell!
“Because he looks like a pig and he makes you want to vomit, Pig Vomit.”
Darren Taylor And you sure as fuck aren’t gonna fuckin blow it for me!
I would have NEVER EVER been able to guess on my own that this was Howard Stern. He looked SOO different. His voice is the only giveaway.
A DUDE will do!!! Jackie was great, he was quick!
He wasn't quick. The whole cock a doodle do bit was written so he could deliver the punchline... he's the one that pitched the idea.
@@hellaacapella just to come up with the bit is genius, playing with words
Yep. No argument there
@@hellaacapella jackie the jokeman also did....Rock Hudson gags...rock Hudson actually died of Botulism! really? yeah, Bad meat in the can!!
My parents didn't get it just like WWF on Saturday morning...Thanks Don Rickles FOREVER🙏🙏🎤🎼🎵🎶🎹🎻👍👍
Private Parts great movie!! What an iconic legend!
WNNNNNBC!
I love when Howard goofs on the old WNBC intros during his show. They always had to over the intros on records right up to the moment the vocals started!
God bless Stern!!
Mean while Howard is a icon in 2024💯🤘🤘🤘
Never get tired of seeing Howard during his 'big bird' years. But it was only a few years later that the Channel 9 show hit the airwaves. Howard's characters on that show rivaled anything ever put on the air by SNL or In Living Color. He was a great sketch comedian, unbelievably talented. Just look back at the Clarance Thomas bit or the My Left Foot spoof sketch as an example.
Howard was trash, how you can say SNL and ILC was rivaled by his crap is laughable.
@@sillygoose635 SNL is so middle of the road ... completely mediocre , safe boring 'comedy' ... It's been horrible for decades now. Don't get me started on all the SNL alumni and the piles of garbage movies they've made or been a part of. Sure .. Stern hasn't been great for a decade or so, but he had a better and more interesting run than that mainline milquetoast junk SNL.
900k listeners, 6 figure salary in the early 80's. That's why he's the king of all media.
I'm from the future!
Howard Stern is still on the air in 2019.
i've been a stern fan since i was a little kid, watched him on E!, and listened to him on 92.3 K-Rock everyday at work since around 2000 right up to the jump to serius
Can this Howard stern come forward in time and remind everyone how we used to be...
4:47 David Brenner accurately predicts the future.
thebleedingjeans yup
@Josh Diaz Did the E show do well? I know I watched it, but was it popular?
Yup. He was hilarious on the E channel in the 90’s when I was in high school
Ya. He was definitely not for radio.
@Josh Diaz Technically he was predicting the channel 9 show. But yeah...the E Show was great too.
The KING of media..... that's my bosf.
Howard is the GOAT.
I tuned into wnbc radio in Aug 1982 on my way home from my first job havnt missed a show since.
I've always loved Stern. The old Howard and the new Howard. I love how the new Howard can look back at new Howard and he can see how much he has grown as a professional and as a man.
You mean look back at the old Howard...and no he hasn’t grown. He’s settled for mediocrity and towing the line...over authenticity and being immune to cancel culture...don’t give a fuck that he’s interviewed Hillary Clinton...his celeb interviews are gross
Ew
It’s always cool to see Randy Bongarten. He was a really good dude from all accounts...he was management but it seemed like the air staff really liked him
It's a fine line between genius and lunacy. Howard Stern is both. I used to love his TV show. "Homeless Howiewood Squares" comes to mind. LMFAO
Howard revolutionized radio and he damn well knew what he was doing with humor that said things that shocked yet entertained. A brilliant and very talented radio personality.
LOL National Gay Task Force
Yeah I had my cousin crack jokes at that. I didn't know it was actually called that! HaHa!
LMAO NOOOOOOO
And his name is Lance Ringel. Just LOL
Gay mafia is real!
haha i thought the same thing
When he was actually entertaining to listen to.
yeah nows hes just a libtard puppet
Both u are losers u wait till 30+ years to say he sucks ok get a life pussys
DAWZAVELI THEDON settle down snowflake
Hate what he’s become, but he’s the greatest of all time.
On the west coast you could hear Howard only a couple hours on Sunday mornings in the 80's
I told this customer yesterday that he looked a lot like Howard Stern and he said he hated him. That conversation ended pretty quickly lmao!
"But, for how long?" Well the answer to that is up until present, and ongoing!
***** ROFL A LEGIT GRAMMAR NAZI HILARIOUS
*Sozialist
This Stern kid is gonna be somebody.
I used to LOVE listening to Howard when he was still on WNBC ... even though I don't like IMUS now... back then when they used to collaborate on a funny skit was just radio gold.
That's pretty cool that David Brenner saw Howard's talent before he really hit it big.
What's Howard's talent? He's not very funny. His talent was to help break down the moral fabric of America and effectively dumb people down.
that's a talent
and he completely called it right about his firing, this was late 1984 & by October 85 he was fired from NBC.
Rusty Kuntz !!! This is just a joke - Either you were a baseball player - or your my ex-wife !!! ( sorry, I just could'nt resist saying that )
Mrduster He’s a genius
It's 2021 and this aged like milk.
Next guest is my best friend
Elllllllen
@@courtneyfitzpatrick3214 Jimmy Kimble
I used to be an emissions inspector so all day long i was getting into strangers cars and i was always surprised at the wide variety of people that had Howard on. Not just 18 to 25 year old males but men, women, gay, straight, all ages, races and religions. My favorite were the 70 year old ladies because when ever I'd mention that i was a fan a big smile would creep across their face like it was a secret and they just got caught.
Word to the muther fucka. Love you, Howard, supporters and fans. A truly American story; this guy, Stern.
Howard should watch these old videos and remember when he used to be great.
ACS Shap I think he should just retire already as much as i love him
radelta I enjoy listening to him.I dont care what race he is
CrunkKrow want a cookie?
***** I prefer the dough
ACS Shap oh fuck off
His regular 80's yuppie appearance gave him a slight edge in keeping the critics at bay.
It's because of guys like him that we are able to have such freedoms on UA-cam. Howard is a living legend!
This didn't age well
@@MattyNiceZM
Don't be swindled by fools.
You'll never be fined (as an American) for something you say on UA-cam.
Until the authoritarian right comes fully into power, then people will go to jail for saying things, but that's fine because you don't agree with those words.
Your words having consequences DOES NOT mean you're not free to say those words.
We need someone like this now the whole entertainment industry is so fucking boring including Howard now
Strong fighter against censorship. He stood toe to toe with the FCC against censorship. It was a great thing he did.
Damn early Howie, still with Allison. He so trolling the interviewer too lol 😂
He was either gonna be the most successful broadcaster ever or the next BTK 😂
Stern is the MAN. A serious thorn in the correct people's side
The King of all media
OH MY GOD, I remember when this aired. 2 On The Town was a "60 Minutes-lite" exclusively for NYC area, aired on WCBS (ch. 2) at like 7 or 7:30 each night. This was March of 83. And that commercial at the end of the clip, one of the best. God, I miss old school WNBC, nothing against WFAN.
dang this comment is 13 years old crazy my brother is 13 😂
The NYC version of 2 on the Town was replaced by Wheel of Fortune on March 26, 1984
damn, he was making 6 figures back in the 80's? this means howard has been well-off for most of his life now
Dude was the number one afternoon drive radio host in the largest market in the US. That’s the kind of salary you get for that, even in those days
Howard. Before he went to w.nnnn bc..
He worked in hartford from 1980 thru 82. I use to walk him across tge street to his job everyday in tge crosswalk. @ wccc radio..its where he met Fred nortis..I grew up in the same town in ct..as Fred nortis..Manchester ct..
Remember he lies about his salary when he talks about his past. He claims he was only making $150-$200 per week at this time, and he says that he doesnt understand how people on minimum wage nowadays can make it and they always complain about not making enough money. Then he says how if he was making minimum wage now that he could totally make it and be comfortable and still have enough to save. He's an enormous liar and hypocrite.
@@Doofus171 THANK YOU! I didn't read this before I wrote my comment and I said the same exact thing! That he's always saying "I was making $200 a week back then!" Now I know I'm not wrong about this!
The King of All Media!
King of radio
Even then Jackie was cracking up at his own jokes. And the reporter had it perfect. A shock jock is a Stern imitator, he had legitimate comedic talent and elite comedians considered him to be one and said as much.
Bro, shut the fuck with that Stern imitator BS.
Dam as a lifelong Stern fan, I sometimes question if Robin was overpaid, and deserved her millions. Robin was right by his side from the very beginning. Never left him in that cramped little shity studio.
She deserves everything, she has earned.
That was outstanding!
I’m actually surprised he hasn’t been cancelled in this modern day
Howard Stern is the best thing to ever happen to Radio.
I love he was making millions then and he was only 30.. 35 years later and still killing it. He really got his best starting mid 90’s
He was making bank but he wasn't making millions back then.
@@Superstarseven he signed a multi million dollar contract with NBC and that was his first contact with them.. before he did 20 years at KRok
Only 6 figures. It's in the video...
@@morbidmanmusic his NBC deal was multi millions. Then signed a big deal with Krock for millions and was there 20 years.. he signed his multi million dollar deal with NBC at 28
I remember him on NBC with Imus. Great billboard of the two of them too..
With vegetables!!
Man what a fantastic haircut!
I remember seeing this piece when it aired. Howard was right--he was fired within the year. What a lot of people don't get it that what he does is satire. If you can see that, then you can enjoy him. If you can't, then you won't like him. BTW, they said in this piece he had a six-figure salary at NBC. I find that hard to believe.
haha, Howard Stern was chubby, and Allison was kinda homely looking back then too. She got WAY hotter as the years went on.
I love this look!
Howard you are Legend. :)
and look what he did in the 90's 2000's and even still to this day.
A total winner that was ahead of the times
Thats what Pig Vomit looked like!😂
Wow, amazing. Thanks for the video, man! ..a little back story from his movie (see it if you haven't) Private Parts.
1980s’ Howard Stern would hate 2020s’ Howard Stern
People change in 40 years. 🤷♂
Weird to think of Howard riding the Subway to work.
captainpungent now they clear the hallways at Sirius when he gets out of his limo
@@CurtisL8.3066 I seem to recall also reading that his limo has it's own private entrance into the building, and he has his own elevator too.
He talks about it form time to time on how him, Robin and Fred used to see weirdos on the subway and were scared for themselves
If you don't like Howard, change the station. Americans used to understand this concept......
The 2 Puerto Rican guys killing Jesus - I properly laughed at that!
Elvis, MJ, Carson and Stern... Howard is a legend!
I love the soft clapping they would do after making blunt statements. Hilarious
Only if beetlejuice could have showed up back then.
he was like 12 then
khav II Beetle is 157 years old and can lift 400 pounds. Just ask him.
who me ? must be talking about yourself pal...coo be
my mom blew beatlejuice
Quite possibly the luckiest woman alive...who me, I aint fucking black, Im puerto rican. Well Im black but Im puerto rican but I aint stupid
7:56 I remember that commercial. It was actually where I first heard of Howard Stern. Didn't catch on to him until the Channel 9 show WOR TV. Watched him on E!, then stopped when he moved to Sirius Radio though I do watch clips on UA-cam. Don't watch the recent stuff he's doing at all.
PURE GENIUS !!!!!!!