Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Imus "schticky" situation

Watched a Bill Maher interview on MSNBC and he hit the nail right on the head-GET OVER IT! Imus is known for this type of humor, and as bad as his "nappy-headed ho's" sounded, it is no different to his style of schtick. I think people are taking this way to serious. Give the guy a break. He apologized over and over. Just like Howard Stern-if you find it offensive, turn it off.

And now entering into the ring are Sharpton and Jackson. If they can't turn this into a media circus, we're all in trouble. These two are bigots in their own rite, and both have said outrageous things themselves. They both seem like they wait for these types of things and rocket out and jump right on the podium. They make my head spin watching their "schtick".

Don Imus is always putting people down and degrading them. The one key here is that it is not malicious and has always been perceived as his schtick. Not this time. When you are "live" sometimes you say thing when the humor ball is rolling that you wish you didn't. That is what happened here, and his apology is real and should be accepted.

The advertisers that are pulling off are only doing this to sell more in a different way. I mean come on, how ridiculous can you be. If you are a stand up comedian and you say something like this in your show, some laugh, some don't. You either get up and walk out, or you stay because that's what you expect. This is a media circus and the advertisers that are pulling ads are doing so for their own gain and that's all.

I wish they would just forget this and leave the poor man alone. he apologized and that isn't enough. It's a "schtick" that went horribly wrong. But all in all it was just a schtick. If you don't like it or get it, turn the darn channel.