Howard dominated his high school years by staying close with a few buddies, playing poker and ping-pong. One of his best Black friends, Stern once recalled, was beaten up for hanging out with him. Over the years, Stern has referred to a rough childhood that saw him the target of periodic school fights.
In the largely African American community of Roosevelt, Stern had trouble fitting in. Stern's love for attention was coupled by his outsider status, an identity he's clung to for much for his career, which settled into his life at a young age. My friends would beg me for puppet shows." "My parents weren't privy to the dirty performances. "I took something so innocent and beautiful and really just ruined it," Stern said. The performances had come at the urging of his mother, but Stern quickly gave them his own twist, his marionettes more than living up to his title for the performances: The Perverted Marionette Show. In the basement of the Stern family's Roosevelt home, Howard frequently put together elaborate puppet shows for his friends. Stern showed an early love of not only performing but also the outrageous.
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