European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Page 8sidelights Don Imus is but his radio show Isnit a feast of from to Ross perot8y Fred Bruning new Day the a Man is hurting. Lung Sii Grety has left him sore and weary. Seven weeks into the Post of ordeal he has trouble bending and easily takes a chill. A portable electric Heater casts a Jack of lantern glow in his Small office a a dim and dishevelled Sanctuary without so much As a desk to declare that yes this is the place where the astoundingly powerful the right. Most legendary new York Media potentate John Donald Imus conducts business. This is where the i Man unshaven and slumped in a lounge chair that even the Goodwill might politely decline orders his staff to find him guests for the Days ahead. Get me Dole. Get me rather. Get me Greenfield get my d Amato Florio Dinkins Giu Liani. Koch no most specifically not Koch the hell with Koch Koch blew us off. He a done. End of Story. Imus likes the former mayor of new York he says later likes him a lot As a matter of fact. Cut. Once he let the i Man Down. De Koch Sayonara. New York gov Mario Cuomo came aboard to discuss his speech writing style. Paul Simon spoke about musical theory. Carol Higgins Clark daughter of mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark told of her emerging career in fiction. Bill Clinton a Bubba in i speak a has submitted to four interviews and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton asked Imus to drop by and say hello last month when she visited the new York City Complex that houses fan am the i Many a radio base. Imus found mrs. Bubba charming and intelligent. Also he says she smelled Good in the melancholy confines of his quarters Imus 53, struggles to breathe deeply. He Chews nicotine gum to kill his craving for a Marlboro and he is drowsy from pain pills. Opened front to Back sept. 3 for repairs on a collapsed lung the aching Imus must Soldier on. Though his broadcast sidekicks a Charles Mccord the dignified Reader of news pro. Ducor Bernard Mcguirk Engineer Lou Rufino comedian Rob Barick gonzo sportscaster Mike Breen among them a Are accomplished professionals without the roiling mind of the i Man there. Would be no critical mass no a bomb in the am without Imus there would be Only. Stern o what is the difference Between your show and Howard Sterns. A i have Anna Quindlen. He has Jessica Hahn for those who May not have noticed Don Imus has moved perilously close to legitimacy a moved from the unreconstructed Wake up wacko who once demanded of women listeners Quot Are you naked Quot to a quasi civilized Chap waxing rhapsodic about the likes of Quindlen the pulitzer prize winning Coj Mnist of the new York times or Mary Matanin the Cnoc talk show personality and former Bush Campaign official. And its not just a woman thing. The upgraded Imus recently swooned Over a 60 Afi Niiles report on Senate minority Leader Robert Dole a Kan and confessed he would drop his much heralded support of Clinton Quot in a heartbeat Quot if Dole ran. For president. Imus discusses books by Cormac Mccarthy ajl the pretty horses and Larry Mcmurtry streets of Laredo. During the new York City mayoral Campaign he talked Urban affairs with David Dinkins and Rudolph Giuliani. Imus finally endorsed Dinkins but protectively said that Giuliani Quot  be horrible  can this be Don Imus talking shop on a regular basis with Abc news analyst Jeff Greenfield and lbs Anchor Dan rather is this Imus schmoozing with half the . Senate a with democrats Bill Bradley of new Jersey with. Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut where Imus maintains a weekend Home is he on the Horn again with  in Tbs morning Alfonse do Amato a Quarter Century after breaking into radio As a Brash big headed Shock Jock the i Man is emerging daily As a deliciously unpredictable Punk journalist a Mike Wallace in jeans and grunge boots Tuggy pop with a flair for foreign policy and the new York review of books tucked into his fancy leather briefcase. Supposedly 11 years past dope and six years past booze Imus says he protects his sobriety by telling himself daily hat he will not do cocaine will not hit the sauce the i Man says he is ready for sociological significance a that the addictive experience and its aftermath drug rehab alcoholics Anonymous made him stronger a grown up at last. A i realize there Are things in my life i can change and things that i can to change a says Imus. For one thing Imus claims he does not worry about Howard Stem whose new York metropolitan area listenership exceeds the 1 million Strong audience Imus claims and whose salary May approach the annual s3. Million earned by the i Man. _ there Are renegade remarks pertaining to race and ethnicity a and frequent lisping references to homosexuals a that periodically Dunk the i Man in hot water. Of course he humiliates jews Blacks and Gays Imus protests. He humiliates everybody. 0 what Are your thoughts about racial material on the show a we All get bogged Down in this absurd area of political correctness worrying about somebody being offended in the spirit of enlightenment and fairness. If you consider All that you can to be funny. Q what about criticism about the shows use of a stereotyped Black accent and some of the race related background remarks a nitpick and stupid and simpleminded. Q you re not worried about this a in a not a racist. In a not bigoted. There Are just funny things about everybody. It is the mad dash Between the politically unacceptable and the socially sophisticated that fascinates admirers of Imus. Quot How can he do five minutes on the size of his Penis and then interview Bill Bradley Quot asked Tony Kornheiser a columnist for the Washington Post and a talk show Host whose program follows Imus on item in the nations capital one of 14 stations from Boston to Denver that take the syndicated Imus feed. Q Good question. How can you a ills just the nature of the beast. I have varied interests. They Range from my Penis to Naftal. With an impressive list of experts and topics that Range from the North american free Trade agreement to the nations health care crisis Imus in the morning is a strange hybrid of meet the press Quot thar was the week that was and Hel night at the fraternity House. Now that he has the reportorial Knack Imus says he a ready for any assignment a eager to ask the right on questions that nitwit newbies often Overlook. By Kevin Cowherd the Baltimore Sun a Holiday season dinner with Howard Stern a Wyo sweetie pass the Cranberry sauce. What a your name Laurie yeah lemme ask you something Laurie Are you stupid because Only a frigging Moron would pass the mashed potatoes when i asked for the frigging Cran. Holy geez who a the babe at the end of the table will a look at the pumpkins on her who is that is that my sister in la Andrea to Andrea Nice bleeps everyone at the table groans Quot what i say something wrong no really Tell me what you can to say bleeps its not like i said Bleep tight More groans Quot what is it with you people i thought the puritans died 300 years ago. Robin someone called me a misogynist today. You believe that so i smacked her Quot. / groans Quot what what a i say now sweetie the Cranberry sauce. Today All right a. David Letterman Quot och Kay. Lets see. The mayor of Baltimore Kurt Schmoke ladies and gentlemen. Schuh Moke i done to have a joke Here. Just love saying that name. Schuh Moke Quot lets see., what re we doing next Gravy i guess. Gravy on the mashed potatoes. Do we have time for this Paul a Paul swallows a for Ful of dressing smiles and Points at Dave. Dave fires a pea at him with his knife _ Quot ladies and gentlemen this is comedy. Yeah this is what lbs is paying the big Bucks for. Joining us later for mince pie. Terri Garr Martin mull and comedian Rick Martinez. Quot did i Tell you i got another speeding ticket Paul yeah so in a 55, and that woman a Back. In my House. Yeah that one the nut. Saw her upstairs a. Few minutes ago. Must be broken in through the skylight. Quot Good god she s rappelling into my Home now do we have any rappelling music Paul a Paul puts Down a huge drumstick reaches one Arm Over chair plays a polka Riff on the synthesizer Quot a morn this Gravy is delicious what else i see president Clinton is a Barbara Walters Quot Burt forgive me but i must ask you what was it like living with Loni in t Hose last terrible months pass the biscuits please. You seem so. Bitter. Is that the Margarine yes please ill take some. Quot Burt did you Ever want to be anything besides a movie Star like. I done to know some sort of Bird a Turkey maybe did Loni Ever want to be a Turkey Quot Ross Perot a right away i see us having a real problem Here. Are you Gonna let me talk huh is that possible thank Yew. Now As i was saying would you like White meat or some of that Quot son am i Gonna be Able to finish a sentence just one sentence you know who you remind me of that Tum Phead Gore. You re not with the Media Are you Quot How a bout some Broccoli you re Gonna love this Broccoli. Its from right Here in. What was that thought i heard something outside the window. Sergeant Fuldauer take a platoon of your swat boys and see if any of them Eye Ranian fundamentalists Are sneaking around. Castro sent some people to kill me too y know. A Quot How a bout some Sweet potatoes these Here Are irom. Son is this How its Gonna be you inner up Lin me ail the time a sunday december 5, 1993