Comments on: Bigelow Tea Responds to Imus

By: Barry Bigelow

Barry Bigelow — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:37:14 +0000

Just doing some bigelow research when i came upon this website. Some very interesting reading you talk about Bigelow bailing on IMUS, is it not their right to support or not support. Who are you people that force your opinon’s on others ? What about Tiger Woods sponsor’s bailing on him are going to quit golfing or buying products that he endorsed. Seem’s to me if you treat everyone as an equal you morons won’t have any place to shop. Why is it a minority like you people that are bailing on Bigelow Tea think you should speak for the majority. Bigelow Tea can be bought in almosy any grocery store they are not cancelling their orders, the way I see it you will be the loser, Bigelow Tea is the best tea made, you should be thanking them for the support they have given not push your morals on them, to satisfy such a small group would be stupid on their part. Grow up and go drink red rose you deserve it.
Barry Bigelow

By: kelsey

kelsey — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:38:20 +0000

What is wrong with you people?!? So what if Bigelow supports Imus or not? This is turning into a much bigger deal than it should be. If you like their products, drink them! Boycotting their tea simply because they no longer sponsor a guy on the radio is stupid and childish.

By: Bruce Camber

Bruce Camber — Fri, 04 May 2007 19:37:21 +0000

My father would yell up the stairs, “You kids settle down up there. If I have to come up…”

We quieted down and went to sleep.

This too shall pass. I’ll buy more Bigelow as a result of everybody’s knee jerk reaction. Not because of any other reason than you are a loving family business and everybody needs to cut each other a little slack….

By: Sherri Warren

Sherri Warren — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:15:11 +0000

No tea for me…..from here on. When the rest of television is cleaned up accordingly is when I may ever drink a cup of Bigelow tea again. I do think the comment was awful and uncalled for but a suspension would have been not only adequate but fair. I am not from a huge corporation but every little bit counts.

By: Gary Turner

Gary Turner — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:05:22 +0000

I’m hudge Imus Fan– so you bailed out on him–so I will spread the word not to buy your tea.

By: Gregory L

Gregory L — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:41:58 +0000

This is not about Jesse Jackson. It is not about Al Sharpton. It is not about rap music. And it is certainly NOT about free speech. The air waves in the US are “federally regulated”, ever heard of the FCC? It has never been ok to say whatever you want to say on the air or on tv. If there were truly free speech, there would be nothing special about the so-called “shock jocks”. What Imus engaged in was “HATE speech”, not free speech. What makes it worse, is that his victims, and that is what they are, is that they were innocent targets, minding their own business putting Rutgers on the map at the highest level of sports. They are only teenagers, really. I wonder how many of your Imus supporters would tell their own daughter, “get over it” if she came home and said some man she didn’t know called her a “whore” while she was just out minding her own business. They would be horrified and would act accordingly. The fact that your readers characterize Imus’ remarks in tepid terms like “inappropriate, unfortunate, or ill-advised” reveals a true (and sad) lack of sensitivity. No one is even mentioning the players. Hey, get over it! I want to listen to Imus insult everyone under the Sun, and because he uses his verbal shotgun on everyone, these women should not complain about it. He’s an equal opportunity verbal assasin, and so that makes it alright. Congratulations, Cindi. I will continue to be a Bigelow drinker and will encourage everyone in my (quite sizable) corporation to do the same.

By: Ginger Pyle

Ginger Pyle — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:30:28 +0000

I will be returning my unused Earl Grey tea to your corporate office. I am so sad to see in action the so-called “ethics” of your company.
I do not find it “American” to place a laser beam of blame onto one individual because of the ills of the whole society.
IMO, that’s what you have helped to do!
P.S. I’ve ordered an IMUS coffee giftpack online.

By: ceecee

ceecee — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:55:07 +0000

DON IMUS IS STILL A GREAT GUY. HE IS HUMAN! I ONLY DRANK YOUR TEA BECAUSE HE INDRODUCED IT TO ME! NO MORE TEA FOR ME!

By: ED

ED — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:55:35 +0000

Since Bigalow Tea decided to pull ads from Imus we have decided to boycott all bigalow products. This is an example of political correctness gone awry. Similar emails have been sent to other sponsors who have decided to abandon the IMUS show.

By: jj

jj — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:28:40 +0000

Bigelow Tea has sponsored Imus for the past several years because his edgy
humor has attracted the young educated audience that Bigelow wants to enjoy
their teas. I find dropping Imus because of a bit of controversy to be a
hypocritical. If you want to market on the edge you must realize you are
much closer to going over it than someone who markets to the mainstream
I doubt you would have kept a long term relationship with Imus if the
advertising was not working. You have courted the fans of Imus, it is
cowardly and wrong to turn your back on him when the heat is on.