<p>Don said he didn't know how he was going to handle the show today,
so he just talked for one full hour. No commercials. Actually, I think
it went almost 75 minutes. Just him talking. He finally decided to take
a commercial break and said he would come back and take calls.</p><p>He
knew that people wanted to express something, but was very clear that
as of tomorrow he did not want to hear the "I'm so sorry..." calls or
the "Mike and Buzz did a great job..." calls. He talked about how he
will keep talking about his life, and the odd circumstances that have
come up in his life now, but that he is there to do entertainment and
that she would want him to move on. The second break was maybe 35 - 45
minutes, and then they went into best of for the rest of the day.</p><p>He
wanted the callers basically to just get out of their system all of the
nagging or dumb or innappropriate questions now. I was shocked how
honest he was when he answered the organ donor question, and I laughed
when he did his first hang up on the dopey, but well intentioned, woman
who asked about when Bart was born. And just to prove he will be the
same Don, he rightly ripped the woman who asked about him now being
over protective of his son a new asshole.</p><p>The honest discussion
of the man who hit Freda was also well done, imo, and only really
appropriate today. I was unsure if he should take calls, but that one
convinced me that it was important for him to address certain topics in
that forum. </p><p>During the first hour, it was very touching to
hear how Bart was there to help him through the Friday memorial service
- how he was the strong one. But on Saturday, during the funeral,
Bart was supposed to speak but couldn't and how Don had to be
there for his kid. </p><p>Yes - he played two versions of "Everlasting Love," and both times it was very touching. </p><p>The
Ron and Fez mention was brief, but nice. He had gone through all of the
Washington area DJs that had been there at the service, and who he
heard from. He remembred Ron and Fez, and mentioned that he knew they
were gone, and he knew they were going then, but that he loved them and
appreciated whatever they had said to them. All you have had to do was
listen to the two times R&F brought it up on the air (that first
day
they were back, and then last Friday), or the months of pleading for
managment by D&M to do the right thing by R&F, to know how
sincere they were.
They might not have been able to have one last goodbye crossover
between shows, but over this tragedy, I think we can assume that
D&M understand why R&F had to move on and certainly there is no
ill will. </p><p>Again, tho - the things that touched me the most were
the stories of finding that letter, and then of that house in Tampa
they had planned to move to once his contract expired in 3 years.</p><p> </p>
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