Eric called in today to talk about American Idol and Simon Cowell’s departure from the show. Here’s the recap from howardstern.com:

Eric the Midget called in to suggest that Weird Al Yankovic replace Simon Cowell on the next season of ‘American Idol,’ leading Howard to joke: “I never thought of Weird Al Yankovic as the solution to any problem.” Eric said Simon would be missed: “He’s the person who got the whole show started. Besides Nigel. And the other Simon.”

Everyone once in awhile it’s nessecary to take a timeout from the midget bashing and to talk about some of the real issues going on with the Howard Stern show.

The news has finally broke that Artie Lange tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself 9 times. He was found by his mother in his Hoboken apartment and taken to the hospital with heavy bleeding.

I really feel bad for the guy. I know he’s had a troubled life and I can now see why Howard didn’t want to say anything about why Artie wasn’t at work. I wish only the best for Artie during his recovery.

Eric has called in the last two days to promote Bubba the Love Sponge’s appearance on his favorite show, TNA. I don’t know if it was Eric or Hulk Hogan but apparently Spike’s TNA ratings went through the roof.