Stern returns with passing gas and f-bombs

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Shock jock Howard Stern began his first broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio Monday with a "butt trumpet" sounding the overture to "Also Sprach Zarathrustra."

Then his new announcer -- George Takei, aka "Star Trek's Mr. Sulu -- introduced "the most testosterone-filled man on the planet," Radio & Records reported on its Web site.

Stern had said he would implement a no swearing rule for his morning broadcasts on the Sirius Howard 100 Channel -- but he dropped the f-bomb twice in the first hour, R&R said.

During the third hour of the show, he debunked rumors that he had recently married his girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky.

"But we're happy," Stern said. "I don't want to (expletive) it up."