DON IMUS on 60 Minutes

Found this on on old VHS tape. 60 Minutes profile on Don Imus at his peak.

[@regorRegor]

Irresistibly funny is an understatement. Rest in peace Don. I miss you

[@dagmarramgad5441]

I grew up listening to Imus at work when I was young, all the way through his career. Miss him.

[@victorkreitner754]

There will never be another guy like Don Imus again in the history of radio. I'll miss his voice, and his blunt no bullshit view of the world we live in. Two saddest days when Imus died and George Carlin died in my world.

[@blueduck5589]

Imus was no George Carlin. Carlin was an insightful well-talented humorist. Imus was a bigoted and insulting loud-mouthed jerk.

[@josecolon4248]

A pioneer for radio

[@dalesmith1584]

If 60 minutes hates him he has to have something good about him

[@wylier]

If 60 minutes 'hated' Don, why would they have profiled him?

[@gavinbrando8255]

Where's the hate here? So sensitive 🙄

[@dalesmith1584]

@@gavinbrando8255 LMAO

[@generalkayoss7347]

@@gavinbrando8255 Pretty sure it starts as soon as you press play. Now which pronoun do you prefer, wouldn't want to offend you....

[@american_cosmic]

​@@generalkayoss7347 If you call that "hate" you're a pussy, plain and simple.

[@lancehurley9743]

Imus & stern turned radio on it’s fucking ear in the early 80s

[@missycake1]

He was the best at what he did. I miss that show!

[@Vikezupa]

A true radio treasure.

[@scottburton9701]

Don Imus was a razor sharp satirist-Sorry that he's no longer with us-Thanks for posting this insightful interview.

[@arhuxtable]

RIP John Donald "Don" Imus Jr. July 23,1940-December 27,2019. His brother Fred died in 2011.. Don and game show legend Alex Trebek were like twins. Trebek turned 80 yesterday.

[@gvalley07]

Used to listen to his show while driving to work. He made a long commute bearable. RIP Imus in the morn...

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

One of the last honest commentators in American culture. He had talent, a sharp mind and no F@*&s to give. He challenged the status quo, but in an intelligent and provocative manner.

[@aprilosborn6034]

I listened to him when he was on MSNBC, he had everyone on his show, he did read his sh*t, smart guy, loved him, miss him there will never be another RIP IMUS

[@irarajabi256]

Many decades will come and go , but I doubt if the U.S.will have another commentator as gutsy as Don Amus. Rest In Peace.

[@dontlookback3549]

Thank God!

[@demonicsweaters]

Legendary radio personality

[@AlbertV90]

I listened to Howard Stern and Mancow growing up but I have massive respect for what Imus has done for radio. I wished I could've listen to him more but the man has my respect. RIP

[@charliekendall4288]

There has been no reason to listen to the radio without Don Imus.

[@monkeybrains41]

Yeah it’s called THE KING OF ALL MEDIA, HOWARD STERN

[@richardcranium1025]

What??!! What are you a clown or something?

[@silasmarner7586]

Dang he was hilarious. And he loved his wife and brother so much. I laughed and cried. I was a long time Imus listener. Don Imus RIP.

[@satchito]

Yes so amazing, I'm really glad he's dead. RIF.

[@danmagoo]

Just wondering: Did you think the "Moby Worm" bit was funny? Even the first time he did it, or the 10th time? Or the 100th, or the 500th?

[@Number1WuFan]

I miss the days when Howard Stern would tear him a new asshole 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😁

[@paulwalker1443]

Love him or hate him, he was an impactful personality. RIP.

[@blueduck5589]

He sure was. That "nappy-headed hoes" comment was great!

[@rikoshayrabbit]

Fred hired me to paint the signs for Auto Body Express in Santa Fe. Then about a year later Don & Deirdre bought a 2,500 acre ranch 40 miles east of here and that became their summer refuge for cancer-remission kids. I hand-lettered the whole place, Western style, and I painted very decorative stuff for Don for about 12 years. His brain was like a tape recorder and he would repeat every funny comment we shared back and forth. We had a lot of laughs. I didn't listen to him daily but I'd tune in just after we'd been together and sure enough Don would be talking about me for the next few days. He loved to tease, shock and scare people but I never blinked, I always fired back with something daring and twisted and that would become material to help fill those four hours of air time 5 days a week. Don was the best customer I ever had, and he was a cool dude to know.

[@bobintinivideos]

Thanks for sharing that

[@toddschneck80]

RIP Don imus! You paved the way for all of the radio titans!

[@quill444]

The 'whole was always greater than the sum of the parts' when Charles and Don and Bernie and Sid got into some contentious discussions, and heated sparring along with hilarious laughter, while much of America woke up to IMUS in the MORNING. And Wyatt and Deirdre were never far from Don's side, either. I remember the business, Auto Body Express, that Don Imus once helped get started (and I believe it never made a profit): a business that was apparently just to help out his younger brother, Fred, and when they would talk on the telephone, Don would always (ALWAYS) end the call by saying, "I Love You" to his brother, a brother that life had not been as kind to as it had to Don. Anyway, for those of you who understand psychology and projection: it's quite illuminating to read many of the harsh comments being made about Don Imus right after his death, comments that reveal the suffering and the misery behind some of the harshness and invective being spewed right at the moment of the man's death. These comments tell us more about the person who is making them rather than what they tell us about Don Imus. Almost all of Don Imus' pranks and his so-called controversial remarks are quite tame by today's standards, and even moderate when contrasted with our nation's leader's Twitter Account, and those who lean far left will no doubt criticize Imus for being an Alt-Right Conservative; while those who lean more to the right shall, on the other hand, accuse Imus of being a "Snowflake" Liberal. And yet meanwhile, Don Imus was just a guy who loved music, and radio, and a guy who really loved his brother. - j q t - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYDHZKeXo5pseKc

[@samuelclemons508]

John Quill Taylor Very , very well said. I remember the summer of 72 when he hit the air waves in greater New York . Ground breaking !!! At times ,over the years, I thought he went a bit too far , but he was true to himself. He was an icon , no doubt. In many of the descriptions , in eulogizing him , I heard, was simply " he was a complex man " . " I don't care if it rains or freezes long as I got my plastic Jesus ridin on the dashboard of my car ......OH YEAH " !!! He WILL be remembered !!! Thank you .

[@rikoshayrabbit]

Just read your words here, scrolling down the page. You're correct that these hateful comments from strangers are more about themselves because they didn't know Don. He called me to sign-paint his ranch for a dozen years. I met Fred about a year before Don when I made the signage for Auto Body Express. Sometimes Don would phone me up on a winter's day, bored as hell sitting in Connecticut on a Saturday, and we'd banter back and forth about current events and nonsense. My comment is at the top of the "most recent" list here.

[@robribant6716]

RIP Iman!

[@josephkelley8641]

Good-bye Don. Thank you for all you agreed to take on. Absorb. -the fights you fought. Often alone. .

[@flori480]

He was the first KZbinr before his time

[@JamesKovall-v8p]

he was great

[@hudentdw2]

Man the Iman was something else I will sorely miss him RIP

[@judestewart1868]

Thanks Iman

[@ShanCamp69]

oh u KNOW this had to piss the crap outta stern!!

[@jabronicamel1957]

*ṠḧḀṆ ḉḀṁṖ* hope so

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Yeah, their feud was the stuff of which legends are made!

[@RG-hf4et]

"Go baby!"....Haha, that was funny as hell. Suck it up, Hillary.

[@georgestokes5116]

so i found out hes no longer with us

[@jameshoran8]

From his train wreck speech to the Congressional Correspondence from March of 1996. "If Peter Jennings is supposedly the most intelligent man in the world, how come he didn't know his wife was over at Richard Cohen's house?" The moans from the crowd following that one were deafening.

[@shermanchester68]

Shit, close your eyes when the Imus brothers talk....daummm, same sounding!

[@gizmocrue73dw]

His brother could do his radio show and nobody could tell the difference.. same exact voice

[@Cjga1114]

And he was hilarious too! It was his Idea, to turn on Bernie’s and Lou’s Mics

[@chadsmith1348]

The man was fascinating

[@jayyoung5423]

How I miss him...

[@leapilcher9377]

I listened to Imus every chance I could. He and crew always hilarious.

[@mitt8360]

Imus is the best. I miss seeing him mornings

[@SadhuBiochemist]

Don Imus looks like Robert Redford.😊

[@eightinches6094]

He has those eyebrows that make him look angry all the time.

[@howardmanley3388]

Imus is no more now dead ,gone, and forgotten ....

[@HoosierGarage]

Forgotten but here you are commenting after he died. Irony.

[@marynewsham9896]

loved him then, love him now.

[@duffrox1964]

Brutally honest. Love Don. RIP

[@evalex71]

RIP Don Imus

[@flori480]

He called out the clintons way before

[@siggylloyd3566]

Ryan Rentfro but her emails!!

[@flori480]

Ryan Rentfro before the American public knew how corrupt and powerful they were. So before 2016 election.

[@philliesphan312]

Back when Billy was rapping women in ark and Hillary was having them whacked!

[@tyreekmurillo4524]

he’s just very very blunt

[@mollypitcher9380]

10:15. BERNIE!!! The man behind the legend! “That’s funny right there.”

[@markgiardina1303]

Imus' show had stopped being funny when Charles McCord retired and then Imus's wife took over as a co-host.

[@Theworldisyouroyster156]

Never found it funny in the least. I tried but he’s just a grouchy old man. Look at him.

[@thecrippledrummer]

Pretty Kitty a woman with your screen name who does makeup videos doesn’t like Imus. I’m SHOCKED.

[@thecrippledrummer]

Zdiddy7 are you seriously that dumb? Imus was doing the exact same show before Stern ever entered a studio.

[@matthewfeduzi4751]

Wow !! Imus was 56 years old here ! There was no one better in the 80’s and 90’s.

[@robertellis4938]

Imus at his zenith. Rest in peace.

[@williamtaylor5193]

For awhile in the 90's, the I-man was must listen radio. Smart cat, and funny.

[@keith1r]

William Taylor you mean the 70’s

[@williamtaylor5193]

@@keith1r No.

[@keith1r]

Imus was in last place in ratings by the late 80’s.

[@williamtaylor5193]

@@keith1r WFAN in the 1990's was the Iman's peak.

[@keith1r]

His peak was in the 70’s and early 80’s on wnbc. Stern was kicking his ass since 86 and was #1 in New York. Imus wasn’t in top 10

[@Sungodv]

He would melt soooooo many snowflakes if he was on now

[@pittdog4496]

Imus and our POTUS were alot alike

[@jameyalford4760]

Both fuckin stupid and racist

[@jasondaley718]

And Mike Wallace...all were a lot alike

[@SC-uq2jf]

This interview is in 1995 when Imus was 56 years old.. His interview in 2018, he seemed so frail and weak. I wonder if he was dealing with prostate cancer he had beaten holistically when he refused chemo and radiation years ago. May he RIP.

[@roberthampton730]

R.I.P.

[@azspotfree]

Imus pandered to nobody and always spoke the truth without regard to consequences. That was his formula, that is what made him a success. Having the guts to go after Clinton and his wife right in front of them at the press dinner was classic Imus.

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Gary Owens: Donald Imus, that was very uncalled and outrageously nasty to be this way just as if Howard Stern was. I assure I am a polite, rational and reasonable man!

[@EGLately]

Came here to learn more about Imus after his death. Who else?

[@gizmocrue73dw]

Your mother

[@peachsangria8704]

I loved Imus

[@artmcpharlin6730]

Never liked 60 seconds and this video is one reason why.

[@Number1WuFan]

Yeah they def shouldn't have gave Imus the attention

[@thehealthychefri]

This hurts! I worked many charity events with him and paid by him. During 911 I was the Chef the led the daily cooking for all the Ground zero workers, again all paid by him! He had a big heart and spoke his mind! I'll miss ya Imus!

[@janetaylor4086]

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[@janetaylor4086]

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[@janetaylor4086]

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[@NevadaBoss]

There was a time in this nation's history when people appreciated wit and barbed humor..In earlier times, Groucho Marx was a prime example of that. Imus brought his combined love of music, barbed wit and take no prisoners humor to the airwaves during a time when those things were not only allowed, but rewarded. Those days are, sadly, over. But there was, indeed, a time...and during that time, Imus was THE I-Man. RIP to the Last DJ.

[@noobnoob3489]

U can thank facebook. Hige skools over im still poplar, that's today's demographic

[@mardicole4202]

Sad today - Imus was a big part of my morning routine - loved him 99% of time but every once in a while he made me wince 1%.

[@Hambone21]

“ Nappy Hoes!! “ 😝

[@edfulginiti8798]

Hate politicians...love the I-man.

[@Babybabybaby-hy9lj]

Rip sir

[@phillipstevenson6075]

I loved Imus!

[@qg3726]

WHAT you SEE is WHAT you get..... Straight NO chaser.........................

[@josecolon4248]

God bless Imus

[@aaronplowman5072]

Hope God has a shock jock. And I also hope it to be the IMAN. C'MON BABY!

[@norahjaneeast5450]

4 million so that's what he was being paid in the late nineties I'm pretty sure he was getting double or triple that less than a half a decade later

[@RG-hf4et]

11:40 His brother sounds just like him!

[@bambubi1]

Mike Wallace saying you're too tough on people? Shut up

[@jerryanstey7058]

13:52 whats with the rifle ?

[@gettlowwmilitainment]

Jerry Anstey lol I just saw this

[@deadpan80]

3:13 do you think that question would be asked today?

[@shermanchester68]

Kathy Griffin annnnnd like EVERY CELEBRITY! Spot on.

[@JulieN-nh2wz]

You need to know that drunks and weed addicts have entities within them. We removed these all the time as seen in Alba Weinman videos.

[@curlymyhero]

On radio I liked Stern alot more. Stern was rauckus while Imus low key. U had to listen closely to Imus and on a car radio not easy...

[@davidclaycomb4287]

Stern has jumped the shark, but used to be listenable for a good while. Imus...... never listenable.

[@bzakie2]

Don Imus couldn’t get a ratings point to save himself. Is 60 Minutes kidding? Howard arrived and closed Imus’s career.

[@samuelclemons508]

Jon You are out of your effing mind. Imus CREATED the genre that Stern enjoyed. Stern , for years , wallowed in 5th grade smutty humor .

[@bzakie2]

Samuel Clemons .....and rated his tits off.

[@Number1WuFan]

@Samuel Clemon Howard Stern came in. Did three times better than he did. On top of that copies Stern's ideas. Don't be upset because this so called format he came up with Stern did better and expanded do to origionality

[@acrovader]

Bernard McGuirk is hilarious as hell.

[@regorRegor]

RIP.

[@superdoobo]

13:21 We'll ya but he's got a huge amount of money?!??!?

[@CampbellCornLab]

My dad watched him and thought he was good. I'm a tail-end-boomer and between Imus, George Carlin and Howard Stern we got so de-sensitized to this that it just wasn't new, funny or interesting anymore. I didn't want to grow up to be another grumbling old white dude.

[@joesmo6962]

Like George Carlin, don't pull any punches!

[@Getrichordietrying673]

At 1:01 he's drinking vodka and oj.

[@supowell1]

Mike Wallace is insufferably smug.

[@AlbertV90]

Same with Gayle King from CBS. Both are annoying and disgusting

[@annekedebruyn7797]

Hahaha I loved that little smile everytime the interviewer said one of his insults. great guy, greatest DJ.

[@josephkelley8641]

the Clinton's could write a book about Loyalty. "Running hot and cold..." People in general. They've seen it all. Literally. .

[@williamstlj530]

Joseph Kelley and if your not loyal they have you killed. LOL

[@stevengriffith436]

They did it all

[@lancehurley9743]

Produced by Beavis & Buttheads neighbor Tom Anderson

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Miss you Mr. lmus.

[@shirleebostrom7230]

HOWARD STERN! HOWARD STERN! HOWARD STERN HE'S THE KING HOWARD STERN! HOWARD STERN!✌

[@hectoralonzo7909]

Don died.

[@abrahamali115]

IF I'M NOT IMUS.............. I WOULDN'T BE IMUS, IN THE MORNING...

[@grungetruck8243]

One of those guys who has a big heart,but hides it by always acting like a asshole.He couldn't hide his heart. RIP I man

[@Landrew0]

Cadaverous? Beats "fat pantload" any day of the week.

[@ShanCamp69]

lol tho this comment doesnt make much sense, it still cracked me up

[@GaryHanlon-ee7xw]

Mike Wallace, speaking of aging , got a mirror ? Mike Wallace and Chris wallace, turds do happen in 2 parts !

[@Breal01]

Good thing for radio imus is so ugly he would crack TV screens.

[@Bill-qc4yd]

Love the Iman!

[@williamskrainski8407]

JFC what is this from 96?

[@dianneschoenberg4681]

When the scales of judgement are balanced, I’m quite confident that Imus will be judged to have alleviated more suffering, and sparked more joy to humanity, than he contributed to the overall suffering. Wonder how many haters posting on him after his death can say the same?

[@johnfairweather9188]

Anyone can insult others. That takes no talent or incite.