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NFT: does anyone listen to Imus in the Morning?

jnoble : 7/29/2015 8:24 pm
I listen on my way to work. I like the show for the most part but it also drives me nuts when everyone on the show joke and talk over each other at the same time. Especially Imus. He's the worst part of his own show with the stuttering and insults. Warner Wolf does the sports updates and it's impossible to get through it most of the time without Imus butting in and interupting him while he's trying to do his job. So basically, I can take or or leave it.
I didn't even realize...  
Chris in Philly : 7/29/2015 8:26 pm : link
he was still on the air...
I thought  
pjcas18 : 7/29/2015 8:31 pm : link
he died years ago
I like to listen to him in the late afternoon,  
Shepherdsam : 7/29/2015 8:40 pm : link
after my nappy.
Like the Bernie briefings  
Big Al : 7/29/2015 8:50 pm : link
I posted a thread about Imus interviewing McCain a few months back when McCain said that the creators of the Kars for Kids commercial should be shot. I go back a long way
with Imus. Listened to his first appearance on his first show on NY radio. He called in sick the next day.
RE: I like to listen to him in the late afternoon,  
ChathamMark : 7/29/2015 8:57 pm : link
In comment 12392611 Shepherdsam said:
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after my nappy.


Don't think that got past us, Shep...:)

Was an Imus fan from way back, it has got a bit stale.
Not much anymore...  
trueblueinpw : 7/29/2015 9:28 pm : link
But I used to listen to him almost everyday in the 90's. Though he's lost a lot off of his fast ball, I think he's still among the very best at what he does.
His wife is annoying  
Big Al : 7/29/2015 9:37 pm : link
and an anti vaccine nutjob.
RE: I thought  
Lithium : 7/29/2015 9:37 pm : link
In comment 12392596 pjcas18 said:
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he died years ago


Same.
That show has been awful for a really long time,  
Mr. Bungle : 7/29/2015 9:58 pm : link
in my opinion. A hundred commercials an hour, Imus mumbles his way through stale humor, and his wife is certifiable.
Mr Bungle  
jnoble : 7/29/2015 10:08 pm : link
(great handle btw...I've seen that short on MST3k assuming that's what the reference is from)

Imus has a guy come in and do bad impressions of people too like the Godfather etc. It's so hacky and stale and frankly embarrassing.

I like the Bernie briefings too....on the rare occasion that he can get all the way through it before getting shouted down by Imus. Also, the phony asskissing is tough to listen to as well...."You said it I-Man!" "Ha ha, that's hilarious I-Man!" etc etc after he mumbles and stutters something that apparently was amusing.
jnoble on target with the  
Southern Man : 7/30/2015 12:13 am : link
bungle
RE: Like the Bernie briefings  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/30/2015 12:18 am : link
In comment 12392631 Big Al said:
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I posted a thread about Imus interviewing McCain a few months back when McCain said that the creators of the Kars for Kids commercial should be shot. I go back a long way
with Imus. Listened to his first appearance on his first show on NY radio. He called in sick the next day.


He's right. The creator that Kars 4 Kids commercial absolutely should be shot. Worst commercial of all time.
*of that  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/30/2015 12:18 am : link
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Kind of sad Warner Wolf ends his career doing sports updates  
steve in ky : 7/30/2015 12:24 am : link
on morning drive time radio.
I used to be a big Imus listener, but after the Clinton election  
Victor in CT : 7/30/2015 8:29 am : link
he decided that he was a pundit/kingmaker instead of a comic and the show got stale. Give him his due though, he's been on the air here for over 40 years.

I listened last week for a little in the car, not good. It's ironic though that he now sounds like one of his old characters: Crazy Bob.
I too had no idea he still had a show  
Greg from LI : 7/30/2015 8:31 am : link
.
RE: Kind of sad Warner Wolf ends his career doing sports updates  
Giants2012 : 7/30/2015 8:59 am : link
In comment 12393106 steve in ky said:
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on morning drive time radio.


Both are well past their time yet Warner has been incoherent for at least 15 years. Besides a quick sports update the guy can't formulate a sentence without struggle. It's almost Terry Bradshaw like
I used to tune in  
Gene : 7/30/2015 9:43 am : link
every morning, but other than Rob Bartlett the program has become unlistenable imho.

If you heard the first 30 minutes of the show you pretty much heard the entire 4 hours (it really was a lather-rinse-repeat format) and his wife along with that trailer park queen made my ears bleed.

The least year and a half I've been listening to Joe Piscopo over on 970. At least he'll bring an honest laugh every now and then.
No one outside the Imus household...  
Crispino : 7/30/2015 10:42 am : link
listens anymore.

Nothing like those timely Richard Nixon impersonations though. Those are the bee's knees!
RE: I didn't even realize...  
TJ : 7/30/2015 1:47 pm : link
In comment 12392581 Chris in Philly said:
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he was still on the air...


This. It's been many years since I listened.
jnoble -  
Mr. Bungle : 7/30/2015 2:30 pm : link
My handle is a reference to the band (which is named after the film short).
What station,  
River Mike : 7/30/2015 3:01 pm : link
frequency, band is he on? I'd like to listen in for nostalgia. I thought he went to satellite radio after the "insensitive" remarks got him canned.
He peaked with Moby Worm  
schabadoo : 7/30/2015 3:28 pm : link
Everything after has been a letdown.
RE: What station,  
njm : 7/30/2015 4:01 pm : link
In comment 12394265 River Mike said:
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frequency, band is he on? I'd like to listen in for nostalgia. I thought he went to satellite radio after the "insensitive" remarks got him canned.


If you can get NY stations 770 ABC from 6AM to 10AM.

I listen driving to work in the morning. It's fading and he's fading. He still does some interviews that are quite good, but not nearly as many as in the past. I miss the Joe Lieberman and John McCain interviews. More and it's set schticks like "Blonde on Blonde" that involve his wife. They usually end up with her in a screaming match with somebody and I have to switch the channel to Bloomberg. Her sense of entitlement and condescension because she is Mrs. Don Imus is very off putting.

I first listened to him when he arrived in NY circa 1970 when I had summer jobs.
Imus used to be great. Now he's good  
fbdad : 7/30/2015 4:32 pm : link
His wife should be banned.
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