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Don Imus, R.I.P.

DrHappy88

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IITM was groundbreaking. Some of his stuff would have me in tears from laughing so hard, such as the bit where Wilford Brimley was banging the Thanksgiving turkey or Tres Huevos or when McGuirk was doing the Cardinal O'Connor imitation. He will be missed. RIP.
 

BabaBooey18

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Not sure but he was a total douche - good fucking riddance
I agree with you. He was a mean, angry and grumpy old man and never once did I find any of his material humorous. I do agree that he was a pioneer and set the stage for talk radio, including Howard Stern (my fav) but in no way, shape or form did I find him the least bit entertaining.
 

Srhsrh

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I agree with you. He was a mean, angry and grumpy old man and never once did I find any of his material humorous. I do agree that he was a pioneer and set the stage for talk radio, including Howard Stern (my fav) but in no way, shape or form did I find him the least bit entertaining.
I liked him. He made mistakes, but I found his interviews to be deeper and more insightful than Howard. And his political connections were significant for landing guests. He also did great charity work along the way.
 

OlderGuy77

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I liked him. He made mistakes, but I found his interviews to be deeper and more insightful than Howard. And his political connections were significant for landing guests. He also did great charity work along the way.
Not sure about the charity work. I thought the “Ranch” was a bit of a sham.
 

MAXIMUS

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I agree with you. He was a mean, angry and grumpy old man and never once did I find any of his material humorous. I do agree that he was a pioneer and set the stage for talk radio, including Howard Stern (my fav) but in no way, shape or form did I find him the least bit entertaining.
Not sure about the charity work. I thought the “Ranch” was a bit of a sham.

the dude was a disengenious phony sleaze bag - any "good" he ever did was incidental - he was definitely NOT funny when compared to a real shock jock like Stern

don't buy the press clips - anytime anyone croaks the fake media focuses only on the good shit
 

Koujiao

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I liked him. He made mistakes, but I found his interviews to be deeper and more insightful than Howard. And his political connections were significant for landing guests. He also did great charity work along the way.
I listened every day but refused to like him, that would have allowed me to excuse some of the things he did. But I also agree, he was a good interviewer, one of the best, in part because bernard was feeding him questions. Like a lot of personalities, he was a mean spirited, conceited, self aggrandizing blowhard, full of hypocracy and contradictions. What pulled me in is that he had great guests! His wife was a sanctimonious bore, constantly droning on about something she just read but never understood, a know nothing know it all. She hated climate change, but swallowed her tongue and the carbon footprint left from riding their limo or flying a private jet. She had sex with him, which tells you all you need to know about her decision making. She was playing thr long game. Between the two of them there was little oxygen left in the room for anyone else.
 
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