Scott Salem
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Scott Salem, often referred to as Scott the Engineer, is the engineer for The Howard Stern Show. His main job is to create soundbites and edit recordings for use on the show. He frequently intervenes in the show and is often the object of jibes from Stern and the other cast members. He is somewhat incompetent and once frustrated Stern so much that Stern called him a retard, which he later apologized for.
Salem is known for smoking excessively and has nicotine stains on his hands as a result. He also seems to have very bad luck. His mother is to have told him as a child that the Salem family has a black cloud over their heads because they have encountered so much bad luck and difficulties in life. Once after a deejay job, he left his payment on top of his car and drove off. During the The Howard Stern Show's broadcasts from Las Vegas, he was asked to leave the casino whenever the cast members gambled for fear that his bad luck would rub off on them.
The Austin American-Statesman wrote that Scott is "always threatening to quit or on the verge of being --fired, he's the show's whipping boy for technical problems". Rather tellingly, he once volunteered to receive anal sex from porn actor Lexington Steele in exchange for several hundreds of thousands of dollars, claiming that it would be no different from what his employer has been doing to him for years. He backed out after pressure from his family.
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[edit] References
- Michael Corcoran, "Stern's cast of irregulars", Austin American-Statesman (TX), April 4, 1996, Sec. Ent, Pg. 65.
[edit] Trivia
- Is known to regularly lose his temper.
- Deejays on the side for his company Rocket Entertainment.
- Is married with a son.
- In a special revelations show, he admitted to cheating on his wife once and his wife found out when the other woman kept harassing him.
- Nicknames on the show are Scott the Engineer and Sad Sack.
- Managed his son's band Vertigo Blue.
- Was lampooned on the Howard Stern Show for going bowling on September 11, 2001.
- Is best known for his tyranical outburst at Mike Gange while training to perform 17 pushups on the Howard Stern Show.
- A song parody was dedicated to him entitled "Brown Fingers", a spoof of "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones, an obvious jab at Salem's smoking habit which has turned his fingers brown from tabacco stains.
- The song parody "Scott From The Block" is also dedicated to Scott.
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[edit] External links
- Sirius Stern Fans Stern Podcast
- Howard Stern Official Web Site
- Stern Fans Uncensored Message Board
- Stern Fan Network
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