RIP Don Imus

[heyabbott]

He was great, hung on too long and stopped being funny and subversive his last 10-15 years. But his first incarnation in NY he was great. Better than Stern.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Just heard the news. He was the **** in the 1990s. Not the shock jock Stern was — he tried to up his game and it bit him in the end. RIP.

 

[Webster]

Just heard the news. He was the **** in the 1990s. Not the shock jock Stern was — he tried to up his game and it bit him in the end. RIP.

I’m sure those nappy headed hos in New Brunswick felt he hadn’t upped his game enough.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Surprised he was residing in Aggieland. His New Mexico ranch and his associated charity were topic-starters on his radio show.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I mostly remember the women of MSNBC and Fox who were treated like **** when they worked for him
A miserable human being

 

[Chef2]

This sucks.
I was a huge Imus fan.
Him and Charles were awesome together, as well as him and McShane.
I'll take Imus, Shannon, Wolfman Jack and Charlie Tuna.
You can have the field.
RIP

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Quack quack

 

[Neutral Corner]

This is the first Imus I ever heard. The local college radio station played this, off of his LP "1200 Hamburgers to go", from 1972. For perspective, this was so long ago that McDonalds didn't serve breakfast.



Rest.

 

[mateen]

My first exposure was when he was a VH1 host and would do things like refer to the band he'd just played as "Air Bag Supply" or call Lionel Ritchie "The Most Dangerous Man in America." Thirty-some years later he still seems like a very odd choice for that gig.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

MSNBC/Imus was the strangest pairing since the 46 defense/Run and Shoot on the 1993 Oilers

 

[Chef2]

This is the first Imus I ever heard. The local college radio station played this, off of his LP "1200 Hamburgers to go", from 1972. For perspective, this was so long ago that McDonalds didn't serve breakfast.



Rest.

I love love LOVE old big city radio like that.
The 2 minute live read and the United jingle. That's awesome.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Mike Breen was hilarious.

 

[DanOregon]

Always bugged me that he used that kids ranch thing to cover for a lot of really terrible behavior. Perhaps having to kowtow to Sharpton on his apology tour was the greatest punishment he'd ever face.

 

[HanSenSE]

This is the first Imus I ever heard. The local college radio station played this, off of his LP "1200 Hamburgers to go", from 1972. For perspective, this was so long ago that McDonalds didn't serve breakfast.



Rest.

Good Tebow that was hilarious. RIP.

 

[Webster]

Always bugged me that he used that kids ranch thing to cover for a lot of really terrible behavior. Perhaps having to kowtow to Sharpton on his apology tour was the greatest punishment he'd ever face.

I really don’t think that people should always be judged only by their worst moments and often times what is not acceptable in one era was ok in others. But as someone who grew up in NYC with him on the radio dial, he was always a racist and a misogynist.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I really don’t think that people should always be judged only by their worst moments and often times what is not acceptable in one era was ok in others. But as someone who grew up in NYC with him on the radio dial, he was always a racist and a misogynist.

Is it a moment when it lasts 50 years?

 

[Webster]

Is it a moment when it lasts 50 years?

Understood, but most people can’t remember anything else specific he said besides the Rutgers episode.

I still remember Francesca going bat**** on his show when Imus was fired.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Understood, but most people can’t remember anything else specific he said besides the Rutgers episode.

I still remember Francesca going bat**** on his show when Imus was fired.

I remember Howard and robin talking about him being racist on their show 25 years ago.

 

[Liut]

RIP to a true radio legend.

 

[Webster]

I remember Howard and robin talking about him being racist on their show 25 years ago.

Yup. I was a fan of Howard from the WNBC days (when my mom told me I couldn’t listen to him) and he loved ripping on Imus. I think the character then known as Boy Gary had said that Imus was a total **** to everyone who worked on his show.