Don Imus

John Donald Imus, Jr. (July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019) was an American radio talk show host, best known for his sarcasm and the harsh language he directed toward his guests.

Quotes

• I'm Howard Stern with a vocabulary. I'm the man he wishes he could be. Yes, Howard Stern is a slut. He's a bastard, too. Worse--a Jew bastard! That's the worst kind. Put him in the oven.
  • Remarks at WNBC studios (29 September 1993)

• Charles: This is the Imus in the Morning radio program.
  Imus: I'm hearin' you baby.
  Charles: Yeah!
  Imus: Where we at?
  Charles: On WFAN New York.
  Imus: Hear that.
  Charles: You know what I'm sayin'?
  Imus Yeah.
  Charles: Seven o'clock Eastern Time, and time
  ImusWhy are we talking like fourteen year old black children?
  Charles Because we're racist?
  Imus: Yes. Yeah.
  Charles: Because we're stupid?
  Imus: Beyond stupid. Senile and stupid. And lame
  Charles: Oh, please. Good lord.
  • Imus in the Morning, (13 June 2006)

• ...and on MSNBC all over the world. Now, uhh, because it's available all over the world, doesn't mean, by the way, that anybody's watchin' it. Am I right Charles?"
  • Imus in the Morning, (15 June 2006)

• Well, June is, uh, National Dairy Month, and I'll be milking Deirdre later... Ain't that right baby.
  • Imus in the Morning, (15 June 2006), in the nine o'clock hour advertisements.

• This is the Imus in the Morning program, We're not happy 'till you're not happy.
  • Imus in the Morning, (15 June 2006)

• I would rather go to Baghdad than go to a professional basketball game.
  • Imus in the Morning, (29 March 2007)