For new fans who only know the laid-back, interviewer Howard Stern of The Howard Stern Show on Sirius (the man who asks Bill Murray about his childhood), the 2004 archive is the prequel. It is the feral, hungry, angry version of the King.
Across from him, Robin Quivers nodded, her laugh punctuating the gloom of the regulatory shadow. This was the era of the "King of All Media" feeling like a king in exile. The 2004 archives capture a man at his most defiant—juggling the absurdity of the "Wack Pack" with the weight of a $495,000 fine for a single broadcast. howard stern 2004 archive