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Opie and Anthony often comment on American sociopolitical and popular culture. Their "cringe" style of entertainment sometimes leads people to categorize them as "shock jocks". Hughes, Cumia and Norton broadcast for approximately four hours per day. Generally speaking, Opie sets the daily flow of the show and introduces topics, while Cumia and Norton provide color commentary. The show has few limits, and covers a wide array of topics interactively, with a great deal of time devoted to callers, and sound bites sent in by listeners. Some of the more hardcore O&A fans, nicknamed "Pests", have been known to go to extreme grassroots efforts to promote the show.
Friends and regular guests on the show include Adam Ferrara, Jim Jefferies, Joe DeRosa, Louis C.K., (who famously asked Donald Rumsfeld if he was a Mexican baby-eating space lizard) Bill Burr, Brian Regan, Robert Kelly, Otto & George, Bob Saget, Rich Vos, Colin Quinn, Nick DiPaolo and the late Patrice O'Neal, and Amy Schumer all of whom have substituted for Norton when he has left New York to pursue his stand-up comedy and acting.
Frequent guests include Doug Stanhope, Stephen Lynch, Joe Rogan, Lazlow Jones, Jay Mohr, and Kevin Smith. Host Anthony Cumia does impressions of various personalities such as Charlton Heston, Don West, Sylvester Stallone, Fred Flintstone, Bill Cosby, Ben Stein, Richard Nixon, Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, Tom Brokaw, Ronald Reagan, Mike Tyson, Tony Boselli, Tony Danza, Christopher Reeve, Ted Knight, Robert Reed, Regis Philbin, Vince McMahon (dubbed "Angry Vince" for the consistently violent tone of Anthony's voice in channeling McMahon's wrestling persona), Neil Diamond, Robin Williams, Winnie-the-Pooh, Popeye the Sailor, Don Imus, Marty McFly and The Greaseman. O&A's style and jokes typically target males in the 18–49 demographic.
The songs played at the beginning the O&A show are Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly followed by Rage Against the Machine's song "Street Fighting Man", a cover of The Rolling Stones' song of the same name.
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