>The 59-year-old Melendez, best known from his years on “The Howard Stern Show” and later as announcer for “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” claims the duo “illegally recorded private phone calls” with comedian Kate Meaney and used them as content for their podcast and live events, including last year’s “DabbleCon 2” fan gathering in Rochester.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/16/us-news/stuttering-john-suing-podcasters-for-surreptitiously-recording-his-voice-and-mocking-him/

Is suing people a way to make up for a failed TV career?

>>213790297 (OP)
>"TV career"

You would be surprised how much money you can make by frivolously suing. Also, if you're ever low on cash, Google "your state" + "unclaimed property." And you can often hit big companies with 4 digit invoices for common services and they just pay automatically.

>TV career
Hey don’t forget he dabbles in stand up too

>>213790415
sure anon

>>213790459
You'll be hearing from my lawyer.

>>213790466
get a job, anon

>>213790475
I'm a day trader and professional nuisance

>>213790484
I will have fries with that

Here's a crash course in what's been going on with Stuttering John. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m4aeGtlh2w

>>213790334
Honestly tonight show announcer is a decent feather to hang a “career” on. Remember Andy came crawling back to pretty much be the glorified announcer for Conan

>>213790415
did daddy Sam Hyde give you this advice? clown world, am I right?

>>213791999
Get a job, troon

I think John is more well known than Howard is now. There's all these podcasts that follow his every move.

>>213792491
not really, no

>>213790297 (OP)
>Heberger, 47, and Egar, 50, allegedly teased juicy portions of secret phone calls between Melendez and comedian Kate Meaney, in which he makes unsolicited advances towards her.
>The duo has systematically used excerpts of those recordings, along with Melendez’ picture and other personal material, as the centerpiece of their podcast and comedy act for months, Melendez said in the legal filing.
>Heberger and Egar even trespassed on his Los Angeles property and rifled through his trash to snatch sofa cushions from an old couch to display as a “comedic exhibit” in Rochester, he alleged.

I was about to agree with this >>213790334
but it seems the podcasts are the lowest of the low here, basically stalking a C-tier "celebrity" for months to generate content.