The  Senator has belated Easter wishes for you so we have to talk about the horrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral last week and ALL that money that was donated… over a billion dollars!  Then we can’t figure out the name of the Yellow Vest Movement in France. (morons) We chat about a brief meeting of the minds between Cher and Donald Trump over immigration. I confess my brief foray into Facebook that lasted about twenty minutes.  And we conclude with a tragic story of the Senator losing a cat and somehow he’s the one that’s the victim in the whole thing.

On this very special episode our initials TMM stand for ‘The Music Man’.  I mentioned that I had the privilege to attend a memorial service for an acquaintance and a friend named Ken Welch.  He and his wife and collaborator Mitzie were musicians, performers, musical arrangers and producers and worked with some very notable talents that you will definitely recognize.  I get a chance to interview one of Ken’s daughters about his life in music which will take us back to the golden age of television when programs aired live. We’ll hear a few segments of songs… one song he wrote that helped one great talent launch her career and a musical arrangement that led to another’s first hit single. 

Carol Burnett - I Made A Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles

Barbra Streisand “Happy Days Are Here Again” on The Garry Moore Show

Barbra Streisand & Judy Garland Happy Days Duet

Hal Linden Specials Interview

Ken & Mitzie Welch “I’ve Got Rhythm” on The Jack Paar Show 1959

The Senator's father has written an obituary for himself and the Senator has a rebuttal to the obituary.  What a moron.  The old man  attends a memorial service himself.  We talk about a sexist comment in the new Spiderman trailer and we conclude with the Jussie Smollett case being dropped and he refuses to pay the court costs of his staged assault.  It's all worth it because Charles Barkley puts it all into perspective for us.

We’re back with the Senator discussing the heavy hitting important issues of the day like: Joe Biden’s Hugging Habits… Donald Trump as a 5-year-old boy… literally not just behaving like one.  We mention the Meuller report and the definition of the word “redacted”, the Yelp documentary called Billion Dollar Bully and the Senator ponders an ancestry DNA test.  I hope he passes.

Our consultant gives us notes and recommendations about the show.  It's scary but we're going to try and keep an open mind.  Also, our consultant is a retired firefighter and we talk briefly about the time he spent in the administrative end of firefighting and how he felt it helped his career.  And we discuss a little bit about the not-very-pleasant side of being on an emergency scene and how some firefighters might use humor to deal with tragedy.

We discuss the possibility that we could actually have another listener besides you. we talk about our responsibility and commitment to our listeners and our guests because it's you guys who are doing this Moron a huge favor which leads to me having a guilt trip over thinking I am a sexist.  BUT… I am NOT my thoughts.  Everyone has a thought now and then that does not reflect their true nature.  Except the Senator who apparently is a magnanimous humanitarian 24/7.  We also discuss yet another democratic candidate who has thrown their hat in the ring and this guy is interesting.  Thank you for listening.

p.s. - this is a revised/edited version of an earlier version I posted, panicked and removed for explicit content... rather too explicit.  No one wants to hear that.  Except for two of you.