This note comes from Proud Podcast Participant Jimu. He listens to the podcasts in New Zealand:
Hi Dick,
Been listening to you for years, several things I enjoy about your podcast.
Your sense of Humour, your male/female views and your accent.
This brings me to thoughts about Christmas and an american friend also a native New Yorker, with a very similar view on life and people.
Jay was born in New York of Jewish/Russian parents and lived in Brooklyn he had a tormented Childhood as he was a child prodigy concert pianist, with perfect pitch. Because of this he became a councillor and ended up in New Zealand where I met him. He was a big soft cuddly bear, pretty much like your classic Louie, Louie guy.
Jay had Prostrate cancer for 15 years and was working on his attitude towards death for all of this time.
His attitude was to march gayly towards death.
Jay didn’t like holidays or birthdays, as they linked to past memories.
I last saw Jay the day before Christmas last year, he died just after midnight on Jan first 2013 at the age or 82.
I tell you this because, your podcast gets me in touch with my softer cuddly side, in touch with my masculine and feminine sides. With the intangeable thoughts and feeling, which make up the joys and sorrows of life.
It allows me to be as louie, louie generation as I want to be, although, I’m staring retirement in the face, not quite your generation perhaps) Your podcast projects a mature sense of child like fun & opens me up to being more Louie Louie.
So keep em coming Richard……..Richard……………Richard!
Happy Happy Holidays! Thanks for sharing this story…
Thanks Ellen,
I forgot to mention, Dick reminds me of Jay every time I hear the Goodnight Podcast.
Dick….I will give Harlem Nocturne a blast when I’m Busking…which is playing freely on street corners/alleyways etc, sometimes for coinage but always for fun.
What would they call this in NYC?
Cheers & Ciao
JImu
Jimu,
I think it is also called busking in NYC. I bet it is fun. I agree Dick is a wonderful quarterback. 🙂 I envy you living in New Zealand, especially this time of year in Colorado, USA.
Dick – loved to hear about your walks under the Rock Center tree while working at 30 Rock. I, too, did that during my 2 year stint at Channel 4. Looking at the big tree out of the 7th floor window during the holiday season never got old. I really hit my zenith when I did the Channel 4 holiday sing-along at the skating rink one year!!
All the best!!
Mike