Beth Stern

We RARELY ever see Howard Stern and his beautiful wife Beth out in the wild ... so when we ran in to them in NYC this week, our photog was under a TON of pressure to ask a great question. He failed ... miserably. But Howard couldn't have been cooler. Check out the clip.

Howard Stern has proved ... he's NOT the dangerous, vulgar maniac the Parents Television Council warned he would be on "America's Got Talent" ... so says Howard's wife ... who insists the King of All Media is now "kid-friendly." Beth Stern flew in to L.A. yesterday to promote her new HGTV show…