Richard Christy
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| Born: | April 1, 1974 Fort Scott, Kansas |
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| Occupation: | Writer, Radio personality, Drummer (formerly) |
| Website: | www.richardchristy.com www.howardstern.com |
Richard Christy (born April 1, 1974 in Fort Scott, Kansas) is an American drummer who currently works as a comedy writer and for the The Howard Stern Show. He earned the position after winning the "Win John's Job" contest on July 1, 2004 [1]. He is known on the show for his prank calls and gay stunts that he does with fellow staff member Sal "The Stockbroker" Governale.
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[edit] Childhood
Richard was born and raised in Kansas. His father, a Vietnam veteran, hunted and caught wild animals for food, as they lived 15 miles away from the nearest grocery store. Richard has said that as a youth he had extremely poor hygiene, rarely showering and brushing his teeth an estimated two times throughout high school. The cast of the Howard Stern Show often make fun of him and his family for being rednecks.
[edit] Musical career
Richard was inspired to play drums after hearing Alex Van Halen's drumming in the Van Halen song Hot for Teacher. Following Gene Hoglan's style, Christy's mastery of double bass technique and odd time signatures make him a standout drummer in a crowded field. His skills were honed while living in a storage garage over a period of years in Florida. Since there were no neighbors to bother, Christy could practice his drumming well into the night without the worry of someone calling the police.
Christy has played in many bands, including Iced Earth, Burning Inside, Death and Control Denied. Christy joined Death after meeting their leader Chuck Schuldiner in a bookstore while the band were looking for a new drummer after the departure of the legendary Gene Hoglan. Christy recorded 3 albums with Death (the critically-acclaimed "The Sound of Perseverance released in 1998", "Live in L.A. (Death & Raw), 2001," and "Live in Eindhoven", also 2001) and one album with Control Denied, The Fragile Art of Existence released in 1999.
Discography:
- Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
- Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence (1999)
- Burning Inside - The Eve of the Entities (2000)
- Apparition (2001)
- Iced Earth - Horror Show (2001)
- Leash Law - Dogface (album) (2003)
In addition to these bands, Christy has performed live shows with Tiwanaku, Rick Renstrom, Syzygy, Bung Dizee, and Public Assassin.
[edit] Radio career
Christy originally began calling The Howard Stern Show to send in song parodies that he made. In 2004, Stuttering John Melendez left Howard's show to become the announcer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Shortly thereafter Howard Stern announced a "Win John’s Job Contest" which pitted a group of 10 Stern super-fan/contributors against each other for the right to John's old job. Each contestant was given one week on-air to display any talents they could bring to the show, after which the listeners cast votes for their favorite over the Internet. On July 1, 2004 Howard announced Richard Christy had won John's job with 30% of the vote. (Second place winner Sal "the Stockbroker" Governale [24%] was to later become his writing partner.)[2] In his first year on the show, Christy stated that he had sex just once in the past 10 years. Since becoming involved with the show, he has claimed that he has had sex on numerous occasions, one of which resulted in him getting a woman pregnant and paying for her to have an abortion.
Sal and Richard have made many of the show's popular calls. They usually call into public access shows to make rude sexual or racist comments. Two of their popular calls include the "retarded flu" call made to Gary the Retard[3] and the "dirty turban" call[4].
A self-confessed pervert, illustrated by his extensive knowledge of pornography (in 2004 he stated that he had "about 40 gigs" of pornography), he has been beaten only twice playing the Stump the Perv porn trivia segment. The first loss was to famous pornstar Ron Jeremy, while the second loss was to a female writer for Xtreme Magazine, a pornographic industry publication. Christy has also admitted to staging Friday night masturbation sessions in which he drinks wine or beer while simultaneously viewing pictures and videos on multiple screens.
When Howard moved to Sirius Satellite Radio, he gave Christie his own semi-regular show. On May 15, 2006, Hillary Scott was the first guest on Inside the Porn Actors Studio. The hour-long program was Sirius channel Howard 101's spoof of the television series Inside the Actors Studio, with Christy filling the James Lipton role.
[edit] Radio Stunts
- On June 14, 2005, Sal put a banana through the fly of his pants, spat on it, and Richard Christy sucked it. Christy did this in order to meet one of his rock idols, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. He had the option of doing that or letting Sal teabag him. 1
- On November 16, 2005, a woman named Jasmine vomited on Jeff the Vomit Guy in order to win a trip to the AVN Awards in Las Vegas; this caused Richard to vomit on Jeff as well.
- On February 13, 2006, Christy had his genitalia Brazilian waxed. He went through well over 15 minutes of torturous screaming, sounds which have now become part of the sound effects that Fred Norris plays on the show. At the time Christy said this was something he would never do again, but the following day he changed his mind and said he would indeed do it again.
- On May 24, 2006, porn actress Paris Gables vomited on Jeff the Vomit Guy in order to plug her website. Once again, the sight and smell of vomit caused Richard to vomit on Jeff as well.
- On June 8, 2006, during the Artie Lange roast, Governale and Christy had their temperatures taken rectally by Robin Quivers. Governale and Christy held hands during the "examination" and then chased each other around the studio with their soiled thermometers (which are now rumored to be taped to the door to their office). 12
- In July 2006, Richard said on the Stern Show that he would allow High Pitch Eric to defecate on his chest and then wash it off with urine so he could win a television. The listeners decided which cast member's stunt was most vile and Richard's stunt was not chosen.
- On August 24, 2006, a nude Governale controlled the "man jack", a male-oriented sex toy, on a Stern Show appearance while Christy attempted to penetrate the device.
- On September 12, 2006, the Stern Show celebrated Rappin' Granny's 84th birthday. She came into the studio and claimed she didn't know what a penis was, so Christy offered and then exposed himself to her.
- Also on September 12, 2006, Bubba the Love Sponge came into the studio and gave Christy 100mg of Viagra and a Cialis. Christy then revealed that he thought Spice Boy from the Bubba the Love Sponge Show was attactive. Christy then had Spice Boy throw pennies, a nickel, and a shoe at Chrisy's erect penis while Sal whispered into his ear "Take your dick out and I'll spit on it". Christy then let Sal spit on his penis, saying "I do it all for the show". During the stunt, Artie Lange left the studio.
- On September 19, 2006, Christy fingerpainted Gene Simmons on Governale's penis and also said it was the first time he exposed his penis on the show. Governale also fingerpainted Christy's penis. Later in the show Christy dipped his testicles onto a candle flame, resulting in burning off his pubic hair.
- On October 30, 2006, an intern on the show allowed Christy to put his penis on the intern's face, in order to win Rolling Stones tickets.
- Once bit the head off a trout for $100.
- Wore a pair of Beetlejuice's soiled underwear on his head for $500.
- Once allowed Sal the Stockbroker to spit in his face in order to hug model Valentina Vaughn while she was topless.
[edit] Trivia
- Loves to eat cheesecake. He claims to have once enjoyed a piece of cheesecake so much that he became aroused.
- Will only masturbate on nights where he does not have to work the next day. He once claimed that this was only on Friday night. He claims he will be exhausted if he masturbates before a workday.
- Starred as one of the main characters as well as the writer and director for the short film Supertwink for Howard Stern On Demand.
- Is a huge fan of Competitive Eating (IFOCE and Nathan's Famous Hotdog Eating Contest...) and actively follows the careers of Takeru Kobayashi and "Humble" Bob Shoudt.
- Favorite television show is King of the Hill.
- Received a makeover from Howard Stern's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky.
- He believed the fact of Jessica Hahn being the first woman he ever masterbated to qualified as "Jessica Hahn trivia".
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| Death (band) |
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| Chuck Schuldiner | Richard Christy | Shannon Hamm | Scott Clendenin |
| Discography |
| Official albums and EPs: Scream Bloody Gore (1987) | Leprosy (1988) | Spiritual Healing (1990) | Human (1991) | Individual Thought Patterns (1992) | Symbolic (1995) | The Sound of Perseverance (1998) |
| Live albums and compilation: Fate: The Best of Death (1992) | Live in L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001) | Live in Eindhoven (2001) |
| Related articles |
| Control Denied |
| The Howard Stern Show | |
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| Cast | Howard Stern • Robin Quivers • Artie Lange • Fred Norris • Gary Dell'Abate • Benjy Bronk • Richard Christy • Sal the Stockbroker • J. D. Harmeyer • Scott Salem • Will Murray • George Takei |
| Former Cast | Billy West • Jackie Martling • Stuttering John • K. C. Armstrong • Tom Chiusano • A. J. Benza |
| The Wack Pack | Beetlejuice • Eric the Midget • Miss Howard Stern • High Pitch Eric • Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf • Riley Martin • Siobhan Meow • Jeff the Drunk • More... |
| Howard Channels | Bubba the Love Sponge Show • Scott Ferrall • The Wrap-Up Show • Howard 100 News • Superfan Roundtable • More... |
| See Also | Show Celebrity Guests • Show Games and Bits • Sirius Satellite Radio • Sirius Canada • Ronnie Mund |
Categories: 1974 births | Living people | American radio personalities | American rock drummers | American musicians | American heavy metal musicians | Heavy metal drummers | Howard Stern Show | Sirius Satellite Radio personalities | Sirius Satellite Radio | People from Kansas | Kansas musicians | American radio writers
