Loading ...…on WNBC in New York City in ’72 was about as outrageous as one could get away with on big-city radio. Every female caller was treated to the question:
“ARE YA NAKED??” Many coyly replied “Yes, I am!” and you could hear the grin in their voice. Imus had lots of character schtick also, like:
“The Right Reverend Doctor Billy Sol Hargus, and the Church of the Gooey Death and Discount House of Worship. Get your copy of our “Trick Bible” now! Every page is blank!”
I used to listen to Imus when I was in the Army down the shore in NJ. I taped a lot of his shows to send back to my radio announcer friend in the midwest. He wanted ideas for his own show. Sadly, the stuff was just too outrageous to use in the conservative farm-towns of the midwest.