Imus returns to radio
KD
Imus Returns to Radio
"Don Imus's Hoedown" will be carried by 450 stations.
Cracked me up.
-KD
Chicago Paddling-Fishing
: >From today's Ironic Times...
: Imus Returns to Radio
Did anyone here listen to him before? We used to listen to Howard Stern
occasionally in the morning when he started on some station that we used
to have the clock radio set to, and I admit to having seen one of his movies
(I still can't recall why I went though) but I don't think I've ever heard
Imus on the radio...
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> KD <newsgroups...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : >From today's Ironic Times...
>
> : Imus Returns to Radio
>
> Did anyone here listen to him before? We used to listen to Howard Stern
> occasionally in the morning when he started on some station that we used
> to have the clock radio set to, and I admit to having seen one of his movies
> (I still can't recall why I went though) but I don't think I've ever heard
> Imus on the radio...
He thought he was hot shit some 40 years ago -- he sent a promo lp of
his show called "imus in the morning" to our campus radio station.
clifto
> KD <newsgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> : >From today's Ironic Times...
>
> : Imus Returns to Radio
>
> Did anyone here listen to him before?
I didn't think he was ever on in this area. Not that I would have been
interested.
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Uncle Grumpy
> KD <newsgroups...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : >From today's Ironic Times...
>
> : Imus Returns to Radio
>
> Did anyone here listen to him before? We used to listen to Howard Stern
> occasionally in the morning when he started on some station that we used
> to have the clock radio set to, and I admit to having seen one of his movies
> (I still can't recall why I went though) but I don't think I've ever heard
> Imus on the radio...
Then why did you even resoond to the thread, you fucking moron?
The topic is "Imus returns to radio", NOT "bozo paddling-fishing
replies to thread".
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John rightly points out Imus has never been available in chi -- note
that we're in chi.general.
tert in seattle
>wouldn't be quite so grumpy.
the great thing about the comedy on this group is it's 100% hetero
KD
> Nope. If it weren't for Howard mentioning him on his show, I would
> have no idea who Imus was.
I have never listened to Imus on the radio either. However, just like
Anna Nicole Smith, Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, Gene Simmons (or
Richard Simmons for that matter,) and a few other people to whom I pay
no mind, one hears (sometimes unwillingly) about the trials and
tribulations of certain celebrities by osmosis.
I've never watched the Bachelor or Survivor or any of those reality
shows on TV, either, or even American Idol, but I kinda sorta know
what they're about. Same concept.
Is it possible that Chicago was in some sort of media dead zone about
the whole "happy-headed ho" thing?
-KD
Brent P
The Imus thing was covered on chicago talk radio.... mostly as in the 'if
we make a tiny slip up we lose our jobs' sort of way.
Ron T.
"KD" <newsgr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Is it possible that Chicago was in some sort of media dead zone about
> the whole "happy-headed ho" thing?
>
> -KD
Well, KD, Chicago is certainly not a media dead zone.
Actually the opposite would be true, that you get beaten to death with media
events every time you turn on the radio or television.
It's worth coming to Chicago to watch TV when, say, a Cardinal dies.
The world halts......there's 24/7 coverage of it until a week after the poor
guy gets buried.
Credit where credit is due, there are a few stations that ease up on you,
and I pretty much stayed with WXRT when I lived there.
However, you've got to consider the environment.
If you come into Chicago in July/August from, say, Saudi Arabia, you don't
notice the heat.
Remember that Chicago has Richie Daley, Todd Stroeger, Dorothy Tillman, etc.
A few sound bytes from folks like that, Don Imus ain't even gonna make the
radar screen.
I still get WGN on satellite, but watch 'local' news @ 6 & 10. It's hard to
believe I'm watching two stations that are in the same country.
KD
> Well, KD, Chicago is certainly not a media dead zone.
>
> Actually the opposite would be true, that you get beaten to death with media
> events every time you turn on the radio or television.
OK, you've got a point. Still, I thought Imus was national news.
Personally, I was on his side, but that's a debate for another day.
Oh, btw: happy-headed, nappy-headed, I hope you all got what I
meant. Damn typos.
Anyway, I do get a little overwhelmed when I come to Chicago and watch
the news. There is never a lack of drive-by shootings, other murders,
strange child abandonment cases, etc. with which the media regales the
viewing public. Then there is Chicago politics: If you think your
own city council is bad, just watch a Chicago city council meeting and
you'll feel better about your own.
My husband often turns on WGN news here in Tennessee -- I guess it's
more eventful / entertaining than the local fare. The weather in
Chicago is normally not relevant to us here, but I guess Tom Skilling
is entertaining regardless.
Speaking of media overkill: One of my most memorable experiences with
that was a few years ago when the Elian Gonzalez case was news. I
happened to be in Europe (vacationing) at the time, and in most of my
hotels the only English-language station was CNN. By the time I came
home, I was so sick of hearing about Elian Gonzalez...
-KD
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We worried about you but then you got married. How is your
bear^H^H^Hroa^H^H^H lovely wife doing?
Ron T.
> but I guess Tom Skilling
> is entertaining regardless.
>
Not only entertaining, but brilliant. I went to one of his weather seminars
once and found it fascinating.
PLUS.......if we didn't have Tom, nobody would have gotten the idea for
'bobble-head' dolls!
BTW, speaking of nappy-headed, I guess you know that GA is getting ready to
invade us for the water.
Them Atlanta'ns ain't never gonna be able to find me, but ter in Davidson,
and ya'll got some soul food places around there!
Chicago Paddling-Fishing
I think the same was true with Howard Stern for much of the time that he was
on regular radio... I don't think he was available here until near the end of
his free broadcast career, I can't remember the station we used to have the
clock radio set to (I think it was something owned by clearchannel) but when
we first heard Howard Stern it was like "oh no, what happened to Chicago's
radio personalities". I think Chicago has always fielded some pretty good
folks like Steve and Gary, or Johnny B, and of course Bob Collins and Wally
Phillips on AM so there was never a dearth of talent. Chicago isn't a little
town with one radio antenna, we should be able to put together our own people
and content one would think...
Isn't that why we don't live in Flippin Arkansas?
clifto
None of the Chicaga boys ever thought to say, "Show us your tits."
clifto
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:36:03 -0500, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>None of the Chicaga boys ever thought to say, "Show us your tits."
>
Yeah, but didn't he hold back until after Stern was a regular tit man?
core
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>On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:36:03 -0500, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>None of the Chicaga boys ever thought to say, "Show us your tits."
>
>Steve Dahl isn't a Chicago boy?
Actually no. Steve is out of California by way of Detroit before he
made it big here.
jamie
Ron T. <n...@home.com> wrote:
>
>"KD" <newsgr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> but I guess Tom Skilling
>> is entertaining regardless.
>>
>
>Not only entertaining, but brilliant. I went to one of his weather seminars
>once and found it fascinating.
But have you noticed that his temperature predictions are always more
extreme than anyone else's? Then at the last minute he falls into line
and the others turn out to be much closer that his original cry of wolf.
Jamie
Chicago Paddling-Fishing
: <j...@ripco.com> wrote:
: >I think the same was true with Howard Stern for much of the time that he was
: >on regular radio... I don't think he was available here until near the end of
: >his free broadcast career, I can't remember the station we used to have the
: >clock radio set to (I think it was something owned by clearchannel) but when
: >we first heard Howard Stern it was like "oh no, what happened to Chicago's
: >radio personalities".
: I believe he first came to WLUP, which was an Evergreen station.
I see that (google is a fantastic thing)... I never listened to AM unless the
bears are playing and I'm driving...
I'm thinking WCKG on FM as it was the station the old clock radio was nearly
always on (and a pain to adjust and I don't think AM worked on it).
(http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199510/ai_n18377863)
I'd have to look to see when the movie came out, but that looks to be about
the right timeframe.
KD
> If Imus has said "Happy-Headed Nos" would he have still been fired?
Probably.
-KD
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> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:42:41 -0500, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Scott in SoCal wrote:
> >> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:36:03 -0500, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>None of the Chicaga boys ever thought to say, "Show us your tits."
>
> >> Steve Dahl isn't a Chicago boy?
>
> >Yeah, but didn't he hold back until after Stern was a regular tit man?
>
> Pay-Per-View new year's eve special called "New YearSteve & Garry"
> where he asked lots of girls to show their tits (and they did).
Steve talked about going to The Booby Trap on Eight Mile Rd. when he
was in Detroit, so he's always been a tit aficionado.
Ron T.
"jamie" <ja...@mail.ftupet.com> wrote in message
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I never noticed that, maybe I wasn't tracking his accuracy, or lack of it,
closely enough.
I can't imagine another meteorologist being as "into" their work as he is.
Kinda obsessive.
Makes me wonder how many jars of 'animal parts' he has stashed in that
secret room in the basement.