"CBS axes Imus over race slur
CBS is canceling Don Imus' radio show a week after he insulted Rutgers women's basketball team with a racial and gender slur. Earlier today, Imus said he had "apologized enough" and the only people he wanted to talk to now were the Rutgers players. The CBS move comes a day after NBC dumped Imus." - Reported at CNN.com
But what about the things you DON'T know?
1. His name is not Don. It's John. He's been using his middle name. How much you bet his new checks will say John?
2. Not even Howard Stern likes him, contending that Imus copied Stern's format and style (presumably including a steady decline in his physical appearance).
3. The Radio Hall of Fame inducted him in 1989. I wonder what the statute of limitations is for revoking such things.
4. Referred to PBS anchor Gwen Ifill as "a cleaning woman" in the 80's.
5. Called Tucker Carlson "a bowtie-wearing pussy" (a comment with which we find scant reason to disagree).
6. Current NY Governor and former NY Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, launched a tax inquiry into the ranch John and his wife run for poor, sick, nappy-headed kids so's they don't turn out to be ho's.
7. John Imus is one of the few persons issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon in the city of New York. It would appear his tongue is not his best weapon, after all.
8. Got sober in 1988 from cocaine and booze. This goes a long way toward proving that neither is to blame for its users' behavior.
9. Fired in 1977 from WNBC for his cocaine and vodka issues. Stay tuned for off-the-record and off-the-wagon revelations.
10. Despite all, named one of the Top 25 Radio Talk Show Hosts Of All Time by Talkers Magazine.
We're guessing he won't make the list this year.
One wonders: Just how far behind could Bill O'Reilly be?
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