Posted on 01/02/2020 5:01:57 AM PST by Kaslin
I agree with you that this is a weird article. Mr. Tyrell’s time has come and gone, and he has become very bitter since his heyday back in the last century.
At least Imus served in the military, what was Mr. Tyrell doing in the 1960s beyond using his student deferments to avoid the draft.
I don’t know what this author is going on about. Tyrell of the very high voice, I might add. Imus was an equal opportunity offender. Everyone got it in the neck. But he did have a fun show with Charles, Rob Bartlett and, of course, Bernard McQuirk who was the one who really got Imus in trouble. Bernie now has his radio spot.
Never understood the appeal for Imus and his phony howdy doody "cowboy" act. Walking around like Mommy dressed him for Halloween. He was a child who never grew up and his sophomoric humor was quite embarrassing to watch coming from a supposed adult. But then I look around at his boorish behavior of his defenders and it makes sense...
I listened to him a few times and found him to be boring and very unfunny. After that I never paid attention to him.
I am not running the man down, only saying that he had no appeal to me.
I listened to Imus quite often.
He had great guests he’d interview and ask questions most others would never touch.
He helped raise hundreds of millions for charity and his ranch for sick kids did great work.
And that’s a damn sight better than any of us.
Kaslin, you have great interesting posts. Keep up the good work and those how think not can kiss my rear.
If not for Imus, Howard Stern never would have had a career.
Imus is dead? How could they tell?
Imus must have done something’s right.
He was a very good interviewer.
He was amused when his staff insulted him - if they were funny
His sophomoric humor was sophomoric. Hence the name. I find tenth grade boys humor to be quite funny, honest, insulting, irreverent, politically incorrect, curious and observant
Not everyone enjoys it.
The larger effect of Imus's humor and commentary was a thorough disregard for the pretensions of politicians and celebrities and a sense of humanity as deeply flawed. Imus was a modern Diogenes of sorts, honorably of the ancient school of Cynic philosophy.
Notably, Imus did have a news segment of his show read by news and radio professional Charles McCord. As banter and comment made clear, McCord, who is now retired, was a conservative and often the adult who reeled Imus back from the brink.
All true, and I thank you for posting this.
The banter between him and McCord and Bernard McGuirk was genuinely funny.
But I will...
I was never really an Imus follower. I know I heard his show occasionally over the last several decades, but not very often and never regularly. Not like I enjoyed Rush or others.
Most of my exposure to Imus was when he did something or said something that caught national attention, the biggest I am aware of being his 'nappy headed hoes" remarks.
Whatever one thought of Imus, that remark or any of his others, he was the existential (hearing that word a lot lately) example of what the first amendment is there for.
I guess he was 79 when he died. I thought he was at least 79 back in the ‘90s. He was interesting for a while, and then he got boring. My husband still is wearing wool shirts from Fred Imus’ Auto Body Express clothing line.
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