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The Best Episodes of The Howard Stern Show

Every episode of The Howard Stern Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Howard Stern Show!

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Top Episode Ratings Summary

"You Bet Your Ass" is the best rated episode of "The Howard Stern Show". It scored 8.4/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/19/1991. This episode scored 1.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Howiewood Squares Continues".

  • You Bet Your Ass
    8.4/1012 votes
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    #1 - You Bet Your Ass

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1991

    Happy & Peppy entrance Jackie Martling's toes Boom mike interference Brother P-Touch commercial Spokesmodel: Hyapatia Lee (Star Trek Coin) Tina Yothers Refused show: Don Adams, Abe Vigoda, Justine Bateman You Bet Your Ass with Howcho (Wizard of Oz skit) Spokesmodel: Hyapatia Lee & husband (Snapple) Stuttering John interviews (Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner) Spokesmodel: Hyapatia Lee (Crucified by the FCC) Halloween Show promo Letters - Female Feud (Ray Combs), amateurish, swinging dating game

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  • Howiewood Squares Continues
    6.6/1014 votes
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    #2 - Howiewood Squares Continues

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1992

    Elvis stamp Homeless Howiewood Squares 2 - Daniel Carver (KKK), Underdog Lady, David Peel, Jaye P Morgan, Teresa Glover, Vinny D'Mico, Gene Rayburn, Lesbian Square (Jean Nat & Keisha), Mark Harris Live commercial: Snapple with spokesmodel Lorna Homeless Howiewood Squares continues Live commercial: Brother Fax with spokesmodel Lorna Homeless Howiewood Squares continues Phony commercial for 1-900 Homeless Howiewood Squares continues Live commercial: TRY-A-BED with spokesmodel Lorna Stuttering John interviews Daniel Carver, Teresa Glover & Mark Harris Write to get on Stern show Refused Show: Alan Alda, Kenny Rogers, Peter Fonda, Chevy Chase Walking Daniel Carver to his car

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  • Stern's Audience
    6.1/1015 votes
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    #3 - Stern's Audience

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1992

    Superbowl girls - Teresa, Nicole, Zorina (64FF), Carmen, Israeli Girls rub down Howard, Fred, Jackie, Gary & Ronnie the limo driver Brian Genesse Refused show - Richard Dawson, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Dolly Parton Live commercial: 1-800-TRY-A-BED with spokesmodel Wendy Lewis Howard Stern talks to the audience - Don Rocco drives spike into nose, spokesmodel Wendy Lewis eats live lobsters Live commercial: Snapple with spokesmodel Wendy Lewis Howard continues to talk to audience - Kurt Engels makes fart sounds, Susan Muldowney (Underdog Lady), Stuttering John (Planet of the Apes dance), Black Elvis, Black Tony Bennett (Ted the Janitor), Michael Lawrence (Jeffrey Dahmer toys), more Underdog Lady Live commercial: Brother Fax with spokesmodel Wendy Lewis Howard continues to talk to audience - Bruce Lenny, Chip will eat anything (eats for from Gary's mouth),Michael Blakeman (Russian comedian), pig activist Stuttering John interviews Underdog lady

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  • Sexorcist
    6.0/1016 votes
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    #4 - Sexorcist

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/13/1990

    Billy West as David Dinkins in Escape From NY. Linda Blair stars with Howard in skit "The Sexorcist." Stuttering John calls on Yoko Ono at John Lennon's 50th birthday at UN. Producer Gary films Yoko walking home to the Dakota.

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  • Stern Illustrated
    5.6/1015 votes
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    #5 - Stern Illustrated

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1992

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  • Pilot
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    #6 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/1990

    Stuttering John interviews Senator Walter Mondale. Jessica Hahn is caught on a hidden camera. Richard Belzer talks about his wife, actress Harlee McBride. Kenneth Keith Kallenbach attempts to blow cigarette smoke out of his eyes.

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  • Celebrities
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    #7 - Celebrities

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/1990

    Comics Sam Kinison and David Brenner appear. Billy West in a Sinatra skit about Alzheimer's. Stuttering John interviews Roy Scheider and Joey Ramone. Howard undergoes a lie detector test. Joe Walsh and Sam Kinison perform "Desperado."

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  • Overweight
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    #8 - Overweight

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/1990

    Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem. Richard Simmons appears. Billy West as Ed McMahon in Star Search. Rapper Young MC. Amy Lyn strips. Stuttering John interviews Paul Harvey and Candice Bergen's mom Frances. Felix Cavalieri sings Rascals.

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  • Last Show?
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    #9 - Last Show?

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/1990

    Parodies of Saddam Hussein, Leona Helmsley. Comic Pat Cooper and psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers stop by. The dangers of golf ball licking. Stuttering John interviews Dick Clark and John Amos. The Moody Blues perform "Tuesday Afternoon."

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  • Kallenbach Returns
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    #10 - Kallenbach Returns

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/1990

    Billy West as Stooge Larry Fine and Father Bruce Ritter. Penthouse Pet Kimberly Taylor on hidden camera. Kenneth Keith Kallenbach returns to blow smoke through his eyes. Stuttering John interviews coach Tom Landry, baseball's Ted Williams.

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  • Lisa Sliwa Acts
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    #11 - Lisa Sliwa Acts

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/1990

    Lisa Sliwa, Elliot Gould in "Howard and Robin and Elliot and Lisa." Stuttering John interviews Ted Williams, Margot Kidder, Phil Donahue. Ronnie Spector sings a parody of "Be My Baby" about Maury Povich and Connie Chung.

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  • Gilbert Dice Gottfried
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    #12 - Gilbert Dice Gottfried

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/1990

    Gilbert Gottfried channels Andrew Dice Clay. David Dinkins School of Speech. George Bush Sr. (Billy West) plays golf with the Ramones, who are also interviewed. Stuttering John interviews Melanie Griffith. The Cowsills perform "Hair."

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  • Howard's Makeover
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    #13 - Howard's Makeover

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/1990

    Howard models ski clothes. Penn Gillette does a bean trick. Stuttering John interviews ZZ Top, WNBC-TV's Sue Simmons, Marc Christian (sued Rock Hudson), Judy Carne, Michael Musto of the Village Voice. Rappers Kid and Play perform.

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  • World of Rock
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    #14 - World of Rock

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/1990

    Billy West as David Dinkins, Bob Hope. Howard as Larry King. Iggy Pop does "I Wanna Be Your Dog." Sinead O'Connor, Jay Leno, Madonna in news. Angie Bowie, Mai Pang and Tony Visconti appear. Stuttering John tries to interview Eddie Murphy

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  • Morton Downey
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    #15 - Morton Downey

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/1990

    Elvis appears in a cloud of smoke. Film of Stuttering John and talk show host Morton Downey, Jr., and of Laugh-In's Judy Carne, who also stops by the set. Howard and Robin discuss the changing hairstyles of baseball's Darryl Strawberry.

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  • Joe and Kimberly
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    #16 - Joe and Kimberly

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/1990

    Howard and Fred as Casey and Jeanne Kasem. Man plays a saw. In news, Leona Helmsley, Mustang Ranch. Joe Piscopo, wife Kimberly Driscoll. Black kid in 1930's film pops out eyes. Eddie Murphy parody of pop out eyes. Boxer Larry Holmes raps.

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  • Stuttering John
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    #17 - Stuttering John

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/29/1990

    John interviews Sally Kirkland; Kadeem Haddison, Dhali Lama , Connie Chung, & Richard Gere. Replay of interview with Morton Downey Jr. Papa John Phillips sings.

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  • The Munsters
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    #18 - The Munsters

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/6/1990

    Vegetarian protest at McDonalds. Grandpa Al Lewis, Howard as Herman Munster with Fred as Lily in skit Out of the Closet Munsters. Breast exam of Jackie. Stuttering John interviews Cindy and Joey Adams and Anthony Quinn.

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  • Grossanne
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    #19 - Grossanne

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/20/1990

    Gary wears a helmet that squirts liquid into his mouth whenever Howard pushes a button. Judy Tenuta stops by and appears as Roseanne Barr in a skit with Howard playing husband Tom Arnold. Stuttering John interviews columnist Liz Smith.

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  • In a Car Trunk
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    #20 - In a Car Trunk

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1990

    The crew locks Gary in a car trunk. Musician Bob Geldof stops by and with guitar, replaces Gary in the trunk and performs a song. Street musician Celestine sings and plays "You'll Never Walk Alone" on a keyboard, using only her tongue.

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  • Halloween
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    #21 - Halloween

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/3/1990

    Howard's mother Ray stops by. Joan Rivers discusses the QVC shopping network and her feuds with Burt Reynolds and Johnny Carson. Howard goes Halloween trick-or-treating in Bayside, Queens and is invited home by two attractive women.

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  • Vanna White
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    #22 - Vanna White

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/10/1990

    Yearbook photos of cast. Vanna White appears. Film of a magician getting buried alive. Mario Cuomo is shouted down by AIDS activists. Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold in Vanity Fair. Stuttering John interviews Justine Bateman.

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  • The Lesbian Dating Game
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    #23 - The Lesbian Dating Game

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/17/1990

    A rerun of Billy West as Bob Hope. Joe Piscopo and Kimberly Driscoll stop by and announce their engagement. Howard hosts The Lesbian Dating Game. Howard interviews Reverend Al Sharpton.

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  • House Party
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    #24 - House Party

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/24/1990

    At a Thanksgiving Party at a mansion, Howard picks girls to be hypnotized by Dr. King. A brief tour includes a massage room. Beatlesque band Enuff Z'Nuff performs "Nowhere Man" and "New Thing." Becky the Mental Patient does Cher.

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  • The Kennedys
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    #25 - The Kennedys

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/1/1990

    Howard plays Ted and Joan Kennedy in a skit. Madonna's banned "Justify My Love" video is shown. The date resulting from Lesbian Love Connection is discussed. Miss America runner up Marla Wynne does ventriloquism.

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