I would love to hear the impressions.
And to maybe hire the people behind them so I could take a day off.
Apparently, there are people out there
who do impressions of me, and who do them quite well. I can't say
I'm surprised; after all, anyone with as many vocal tics and weird
radio habits as I have is ripe for impersonations. So when we were
eating my birthday pumpkin bars Sunday my niece Courtney mentioned
that she works with someone who was informed that Court & I are
related. Once he realized that, he launched into his impression of
me, and from the way Courtney relayed it, he sounds like he's pretty
good at it.
Of course, now that I think of it,
Courtney was pretty good at it, too, although I'm not quite sure if
she was impersonating me or impersonating her co-worker impersonating
me. But that, I guess, is a whole 'nother can of worms.
Anyway, because I've been doing this
for so long, I don't even give a second thought to how people absorb
what I put out. I just do what I do. But there must be something
about the way I do it, because I've had many people—not just
Courtney's co-worker—launch into their impersonation of me, or
mention stupid things I do, or remark on the way I do them. I dunno;
I guess over all these years I've probably forgotten what a powerful
medium radio can be, and how much people can up pick strange stuff
just by listening. But it's true.
And it's not just the impersonations
that prove it. Remember “Birthday at the Beach”? That's another
perfect example. So are all the comments I get from the students on
“High School Bowl”, who've grown up with those weird habits and
vocal tics I was previously mentioning. So I guess if you've around
as long as I have—you know, since the age of dinosaurs—the fact
that people imitate you, or remember weird things you've said, can be
taken only one way. As a compliment. After all, it shows that
people pay attention, and one way or another appreciate what you do.
Because I'd sure dislike doing this job
for as long as I have and not have made ANY kind of impression on
listeners.
So if you're one of those people who
thinks you do a good impersonation of me, or who can reproduce some
of those weird things I seem to say, let me know. I'd love to hear
them. And I'd also like to thank you in person for hanging around
long enough to develop the ability to do that impersonation.
That's one of the biggest compliments I
could get.
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