Blog P.I.

Don Imus gets fired. Don Ho passes away. For one, media overkill; the other, next to nothing. Bloggers have noticed. Blog P.I. documents the phenomenon:

Don Imus Killed Don Ho      –Smile Keith

P.S. Anyone else find it eerie that DON Imus got fired for calling people HOs, and then Don Ho died?      –Tennboy

Now that Don Imus has lost his radio show, he won’t have to face additional criticism for reporting the death of Don Ho.      –Lisa De Pasquale

Don Ho, the legendary Hawaiian crooner died of heart failure Saturday morning. Unfortunately not so many people heard the sad news because nobody in the media dared say his last name anymore.      –Pedro Jokes

51 percent of American think Don Imus shoulda been fired, 45% thought the pollsters were making an inappropriate joke about the late, beloved Don Ho.      –Lisa De Pasquale

Don Ho, the legendary Hawaiian crooner died of heart failure Saturday morning. Unfortunately not so many people heard the sad news because nobody in the media dared say his last name anymore.      –Pedro Jokes

51 percent of American think Don Imus shoulda been fired, 45% thought the pollsters were making an inappropriate joke about the late, beloved Don Ho.      –Wonkette

DON Imus gets in deep shit for using the word “HO.” Days later, Don HO dies. Hmm. I’m just saying.      –XMASTIME

For Don Ho to die just so that I could joke that the name is now available for Don Imus to use. I met Mr. Ho in 1974. Nice guy.      –Protein Wisdom

Let me get this straight: Don Imus drops a comment about the Rutgers women’s basketball team being a bunch of “nappy-headed ho’s,” and the mediasphere goes berzerk. But nappy-headed Hawaiin icon Don Ho dies, and you can almost hear crickets chirping out there. Coincidence or conspiracy? Discuss.      –Charleston City Paper

No Relation to Imus “Don Ho Dies”–headline, Pacific Business News (Honolulu), April 14      –James Taranto

Don Imus called you “nappy-headed.” Not very kind of him. I’m glad he got fired. Aloha.      –The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Ah, that Bubbly-headed Ho. I apologise to Don Imus but I just couldn’t resist.      –Victoria Ponders

In conclusion… er… beats me. But the English major in me is intrigued.

Update: Lest we forget –

If my name was taken in vain all over the news for 2 weeks straight, I’d give up too. Sorry, Mr. Ho! R.I.P. I still remember your ABC daytime show from my childhood. My very, very early childhood. I was like an embryo, allegedly.      –Jim Treacher

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