The Rev. Bob Levy responded to fans during his 4/20 Levyland show in which he ranted about the Howard Stern show, the loss of Miserable Men and blamed the HSS for Artie’s continual problems.
The following quotes start around the 4:22 mark in the video (below).
“Did Howard fire Artie? No. They just killed him. There’s a difference there. You know what I mean? He should have been in rehab a year ago, but I’m not even gonna talk about that, but it’s sad. It’s really sad. He shoulda been off the show a year ago, gettin’ help. If it’s funny to watch someone fall apart and become a fucking junkie? Then, to me? I’d rather watch TV. I’d rather watch ‘The View’ than listen to bullshit.”
“When you have a fucking junkie hired in a place, you take care of them dude. You don’t let them be there. You don’t let people attack people. Everybody has an opinion but my opinion can get me fired because i have a show (miserable men). If you want to take my show away from me then take it but i can tell the truth if i want and thats how i felt from the beginning.”
“I was with Artie all the time trying to take him off. I knew people that were giving him fucking 80 pills a week and I had to put an end to that. And that led to other stuff because these fucking people are scumbags and they wanted to be on Artie’s show. Artie told me i was the only person that never asked him for money. You know how many people owe Artie anywhere between 5 and 15 grand? So don’t tell me how real life is alright and what you should do and what you should say and how you should take care of yourself. I don’t need anybody to make a career.” – Bob Levy
{In reference to returning to the HSS) “I need a bit to go on. I couldn’t talk and be funny. That would be insane. Of course gary hates me. He’ll never admit it. Ya know what i mean. Gary hates me cuz I tell the truth. You know what I mean. Let them all take me on. i’ll go in there by myself. Let them all have me in there and let them tell me what they feel and I will hit them with every lie they’ve come up with over the years. why i lost my plugs, why this, why that. They will not have me on again because of that fact and i dont care because you know what? Opie and Anthony love me, Jason Ellis loves me, other shows love me. There is no next roast … Yea it’s really helped my career by being called unfunny.” – Bob Levy
By the way, I only watch a couple minutes of the video so I don’t know what else Bob said.
(Source: The Examiner)