The ball is going to drop in Times Square…”Soon.” Today’s podcast explains the meaning of the word “soon.” As in “You’ll get a raise Soon.” Or “We’ll have sex “Soon.” Or “It will stop snowing “Soon.” What does that word mean? Give a listen, soon.
Archive for December, 2019
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Monday, December 30th, 2019It’s almost here. Today’s podcast has a warning for New Year’s Eve. We’re coming up on the year of the eye doctor…2020. But some of us seem to have more problems than others on such festive evenings. So please be warned and be careful.
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Sunday, December 29th, 2019It’s time for those New Year’s resolutions again. In Today’s Podcast, I should…but don’t…resolve to stop doing things like naming the coming year, “The Year Of The Eye Doctor” because that makes sense only to my twisted sense of humor.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2019An honest take on Don Imus, from my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot:
There are at least two Don Imus-es. One was the rowdy drunk and pothead who worked at WNBC. The other was the cowboy and political kingmaker you hear today. Fortunately for both, there is Charles McCord. It’s not true that Charles is the brain in the Imus machine. But he contributes much more than anybody realizes to the success of the guy you hear on the air. I like Charles a lot. He’s a gentleman and a very smart guy. I also like Imus—the Imus who dried out and got to work on time. Not that other guy. Don came as close as anybody I ever worked with to finding his teeth on the floor one morning when he wandered in more than an hour late. I had been on the air since my show started at 10:00 p.m. the night before. The 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. guy had been fired, and I was filling in until they hired someone else. So I was doing morning drive after being on the air for eight hours. Don’s technician wasn’t going to go out of his way to help anybody sound good doing Don’s show. Details aren’t important, but Don really got my Brooklyn juices boiling that morning. Imus did a take-off on my lovin touch stories pretty regularly, and I got a kick out of that. But he was a real pain in the tail before
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he dried out. A telling Imus quote was heard while the staff was having dinner at an Atlantic City remote: “It’s getting very tiring carrying the whole station on my shoulders.” The other Don Imus was a genuinely nice guy. He had a TV show for a while, and even after the bad blood almost got spilled between us, or maybe because of it, he invited me on to talk about and promote my hypnotherapy practice. Anybody who can recover from the alcohol/drug dependency that had Don in its grip has my admiration. The transformation of his show into a genuine political force is mind-boggling. But even more astonishing is the transformation from the foul-mouth roughneck to the good-guy husband and father he is today. Don’s a special guy, and I’m delighted at his success and wish him many more years at the top of his trade.
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Saturday, December 28th, 2019One last Christmas Carol in today’s Podcast. Some of you are getting ready for New Year’s already. Evidently a few of you seem to be a little too anxious. Gotta cool it guys.
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Friday, December 27th, 2019There’s a one man 25 piece orchestra in Today’s Podcast, keeping the season Christmas-sy. One of the good things about computers is that if you’re good at using them, you can do things like that. And my podcasts don’t put cookies in your whatsis.
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Thursday, December 26th, 2019365 days till next Christmas. I hope you had a good one. My Lady Wonder Wench and I did. Lots of family around, which hardly ever happened till we made our big move. Christmas dinner is always a treat. But today’s podcast says sometimes there are problems.
Dick Summer Christmas Connection
Wednesday, December 25th, 2019Today’s podcast is about Christmas. And so are we…you and me.
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019Be good in bed tonight. Because today’s podcast says Santa watches you when you’re sleeping…too. Why what else could I be warning you about by saying be good in bed tonight?
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019Santa gets all the credit. But today’s podcast says “Think of all the people who help keeping him going.” I mean, he’s a guy. And you know how guys get. Sometimes we take our eyes off the ball. Or we start looking for some other ball.
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