Howard Stern was born in New York City on January 12, 1954. He attended Boston University and took a series of radio jobs in Hartford, Detroit and Washington, DC. He eventually worked his way up to WNBC in New York, but was soon fired and quickly picked up by Infiniti Broadcasting, where he developed his famous nationwide syndicated show.

Stern wrote his autobiography, Private Parts, which sold more than a million copies. He has had many TV shows, but his most famous was the CBS's The Howard Stern Radio Show.

CREDIT: Courtesy of Paramount Turning a memoir into a film is never simple. Internal monologues need to be translated cinematically and the scope of an entire life has to be narrowed down to a three-act structure. Not surprisingly, the task becomes even trickier when the author spends as much time discussing his penis as did in his bestselling book “Private Parts.” Released 20 years ago on March 7, 1997, the film adaptation of Stern’s memoir took the No. 1 spot at the box office the weekend it opened, eclipsing Disney’s PG-rated family film “Jungle 2 Jungle,” which debuted at the same time. The total box office gross only ended up at $41 million, but it went on to become a cult favorite on TV and video.

The culmination of a challenging development process that originally saw Oscar-winning director John G. Avildsen (“Rocky”) attached, the film’s early delays were primarily centered on story issues. Stern, whose development deal with Rysher Entertainment gave him final script approval, reportedly rejected upwards of 22 drafts and revisions.

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“I was the very first writer on the film, and the first one fired,” says screenwriter. “Not by Stern, but by the original producers. They wanted to make it more of a spectacle, I guess. I don’t know if I ever really understood their intention. I remember a note about Stern riding an elephant down Fifth Avenue at one point.” Related Kalesniko, who shares a writing credit on the film with Len Blum, knew nothing about Stern before he was approached to work on the project. “I’d like to think that gave me a fresh perspective since I had no preconceived notions,” he says.

Before signing on, Kalesniko saw firsthand that Stern’s brand of humor might be a difficult sell for some movie audiences. “When I mentioned that I was being considered to adapt his book, an East Coast friend of mine replied that if I did, she would never speak to me again,” Kalesniko says. “That friend still hasn’t spoken to me to this day, but believe me it was worth it.” From the very beginning, the producers were aware that certain changes needed to be made from the literary source material. “I always got the sense that they felt the odds of success were very good, as long as we weren’t faithful in tone to the book,” Kalesniko says. According to the screenwriter, that meant losing much of the raunchiness that fans were expecting. “Remember, the book was basically a compilation of dirty jokes,” Kalesniko says. “There were only two thin chapters that were remotely autobiographical.” With an overall consensus on what needed to be lost, the question of what to include became more crucial than ever.