I tend to agree that Imus is an acquired taste. But the golden age of Charles McCord, Bernard McGuirk, and Rob Bartlett & the Bartlettes is over. Tim Russert is missed & he was the only one who really stuck it to Imus (”At least I don’t look like a stuffed mummy in a cowboy museum!”). Even the late Fred Imus lent something.
There’s some retro on youtube, especially McGuirk as John Cardinal O’Connor (”Wrong, you wrinkled up old bisexual!”)
I still have on VHS some of Wilfred Brimley’s Christmas messages featuring hot Quaker Oatmeal. Priceless.
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He’s a Puppet.
He says what he’s told.
Simple.