Good Night

Good Night

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Good Night episodes

  • Sixth Anniversary 3
    Six years and counting. Here's part three of our 6th year anniversary celebration.
    As with almost everything in my life, very few things come out the way I expect them to. We did the 5 most downloaded podcasts of this year, then the five most downloaded podcasts going all the way back to the beginning...and I told you we'd have the five most downloaded stories from the Personal Audio CDs this time. And we do. Only there are six. And there are seven CDs. That's life.
    34 min
  • Sixth Anniversary 2
    Happy anniversary to us. This is our sixth anniversary, and this is the second of three special podcasts to celebrate the occasion. This time, we'll check out the top five most downloaded podcasts going all the way back to the beginning.
    Thank you for giving me a few minutes of your precious time for those of you who have been with us for years. And for those of you who have just joined our huddle, welcome...and let me explain that these podcasts track the constant struggle for respect, recognition and happiness that we Louie-Louie Generation folks wage...daily and nightly, against the insolent forces of the clueless Pimple People, and the Drab and Dreadful Drones...who have fallen into the clutches of the Dork side.
    27 min
  • Sixth Anniversary 1
    We're heading into our sixth year together. Thank you. Thank you for giving me a few minutes of your time every week again this year. Thank you if you've just joined us, and thank you even more if you've been part of this huddle for a long time.
    If you've just joined us, let me explain that this podcast is about the constant struggle of the Louie-Generation lads and ladies against the forces of the Pimple People, and the Dreadful drones. In other words...it's about the fact that real courage isn't always about beating your chest and hollering, "I'm number one." Sometimes it's just about a small voice at the end of the day that says, "I'll try again tomorrow." That's hard.
    But Louie-Louie Generation folks have been through plenty. And we've got plenty left. Plenty of juice. Plenty of juice for fun, for sex, for new ideas, and for turning fantasies into facts. Sometimes it's pretty tough. But one more day...we can do. And when we need help, we just remember what Big Louie, his own bad self, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation always says: "Therapy is expensive...snapping bubble wrap is cheap. Your choice."
    We're having a three week celebration this year. This time, we'll check out the top five downloaded podcasts of the year. Next time it's the top five downloaded podcasts of the entire six years. There's a big difference. And the time after that it'll be the top five most downloaded stories from the Personal Audio CDs.
    24 min
  • It's A Wonderful Life
    The Sixth anniversary of the Good night podcast is coming up. Drop me an email...dick at dick summer dot com, and let me know if there's a podcast or two that you might like to hear as part of the celebration.
    Did you ever look for something, and have somebody say, "There is is...it's right under your nose." The next time that happens, instead of saying something about having a senior moment, just haul yourself up to your full height, look that person right in the eyes, force your voice down to disc jockey pitch, and say, "You probably don't know, but there is a place right under your nose that's a blind spot. Therefore you can't really see anything directly under your nose. So button your lip."
    And that's really true. There's a blind spot right under the middle of your nose. And 99% of the guys listening right now, are checking it out, and 100% of their ladies are watching them in horror.
    15 min
  • Summer Smarm
    I am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, having survived a "Richard" morning. As any honest, Louie-Louie Generation guy will admit, one of the good things about having some years in your rear view mirror is that eventually you learn when to say yes, when to say no, and when to say, Whoopie and when to say, Whoops.
    My Lady Wonder Wench saw a very loud, Whoopie coming this morning, and that's why she said, Richard. When she says RICHARD like that...it always gets my attention.
    My Lady Wonder Wench is the only person in the world, besides the IRS, the FAA, and the Department of Motor Vehicles that calls me Richard. And that's only when my testosterone has betrayed me, and I do something that can best be described as adolescent, immature, and or smarmy. I guess I hit the jackpot this morning.
    16 min
  • MUD
    Big Louie always says, "Relationships are full of careful choices, painful compromises, and mutual goals. Romances are full of hope, and fear, and sweat...and lots of stuff that makes the forces for good in the community blush." They're not shiny and pure. They get down in the good, hot, human mud, and roll around.
    When you become a Louie-Louie Generation lad or lady, it becomes obvious that life will eventually turn you into either one of the 3 Stooges, or one of the 3 Musketeers. And it's mostly your choice.
    18 min
  • Mirror Magic
    I'm back in my big, comfortable, manly, leather poppa chair, with a bit of a tan, a substantially thinner wallet, and a head full of vacation snap shots to run past you.
    Here's one...Walking along the beach with my Lady Wonder Wench, and all of a sudden, a big pelican came in for a water ski type landing...feet first.
    Here's another. In that same beach's parking lot, an old time Chevvy station wagon, with a license plate that expresses a deeply felt urge for many a Louie-Louie Generation lad and lass. It said, "I-Gotta-P".
    12 min
  • Baseball & Bravery
    Things go bump in the night...you get scared when the floor creeks, or some dog starts barking down the street, and your aches and pains, both physical and emotional always hurt the most at night.
    I always liked being on the air at night, because I like being a voice that can tell you a story, make you smile a little, help you feel safe at night. It's like guys on a team pick eachother up.
    I just finished talking to an old friend. He's scared tonight. And angry. Those two things go together. He's scared and angry because he's buying the message of the Fearful Fringe. He is fully expecting Armageddon, The Collapse of the American Way, and a sky full of Black Helicopters by next Thursday at the latest.
    The Fearful Fringe see boogie men everywhere. And the all news channels just love them, because rule number one of the news business is, "If it bleeds, it leads." And the Fearful Fringe bleed in buckets. I call them the Fearful Fringe, because they're scared, and I think they live just around the edges of the America I live in.
    You see, I think we have a secret weapon. Let me tell you about it.
    11 min
  • Zap!
    The job has been driving me nuts. So have the kids and grandkids. Nothing but bad news on tv. And my feet hurt. It's been that kind of week. I was thinking...I need a change of scene...fast.
    It was definitely time to tell Scotty to beam me up. Come on Scotty, zap me. Get me out of here. That's what I was thinking. And all of a sudden...Zap...I saw a quick window of opportunity. And I opened it, and I stuck my left arm out.
    17 min
  • Basic Training
    I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room...I was just having some laughs with my Lady Wonder Wench, and I was thinking this is the best life has ever been for me. Just laughing with my Lady. Pretty basic isn't it.
    Among other things, we were discussing the possible mating rituals of Big Bird, and Oscar the grouch. And the ethics involved if you are at the ten items or less fast checkout lane. For example, if you have 6 apples, that's one item if they're in a bag. And 6 bananas without a bag, is also one item, because they're all attached to each other. But suppose you have two grapefruit, and there's no bag big enough for both of them. I maintain that since they're both grapefruit, that's one item.
    She claims reasoning like that is due to the fact that I'm from Brooklyn, and therefore I am inclined to cheat. And I remind her that if we get in the back of the slow lines, we could be there so long, we'd be in danger of being enveloped by a glasier. And I tell her cheating is allowed when it's self preservation. Life is good. Mostly, because she's in it. Very basic. I like basics better than fancys.
    16 min

About Good Night

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Sometimes it's hard to get to sleep.You just can't seem to say goodnight to yourself. Booze helps sometimes...or pills. But that's a big step down a bad street. "Good Night" puts a smile on your face,…