Good Night
868 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsSometimes 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, tells you a bedtime story, helps you chuck the day's problems, gives you a verbal back rub, and tucks you in for a safe, sound, sleep. Dick Summer's voice puts a strong and friendly arm around your shoulder. You hear him on television commercials all day. But when it's getting late, and you want to "take the day and shove it," but you can't seem to say good night to yourself... Dick's Podcast is a quiet place to rest your head...a safe place to hide a hurting heart...a gentle place to fall. It's a comfortable way to tell yourself, "Good Night."
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Hark !
December 16, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 29.1 KBHeard any angelic voices lately? What have they been saying? Ever wonder what would happen to you if you said things like that?
I Will Never Forget It
December 09, 2012 12:00 - 11 minutes - 21.5 KBIf you've ever heard 1,000 people singing Silent Night...standing close enough together to keep warm...by a Christmas Eve bonfire in the snow, you will never forget it. If you were there, thank you. It was a long, long time ago. But I will never forget it. Never.
Fun
November 25, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 27 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room...and I am a very happy guy. It has been a weird and wonderful week. Visits from our sons Eric and Mark and their ladies Brenda and Donna for Thanksgiving, and some shaky connections from some long ago friend from Facebook, and some working on stuff around the house that proved once again that there are 6 stages to tightening a connection between two pipes. Loose, tight, tighter, very tight, over...
SEX
November 18, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.1 KBThis is about...SEX. Wow. Is it easy to get your attention. Three of you instantly signed up for whatever we're going to do, Howard Stern's producer called, and the president of the politically correct forces for good in the community immediately posted a red alert requesting volunteers to stage a protest. Calm down folks. We have some great sex news from the smart guys in the white lab coats at Duke University. They explained things clinically, like they always do, but we'll transl...
Scratch The Fathead
November 11, 2012 12:00 - 17 minutes - 41 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, enjoying lights and heat, and fighting with my computer again, because our power is back on. Like lots of folks around here, we lost power during hurricane Sandy. We're lucky. Our juice is back on and we're cooking with it again. You don't pay much attention to your juice till it stops running, and you can't cook, and you're getting cold. I was trying to unscramble some stuff on the computer w...
Fedora Fever
November 04, 2012 12:00 - 20 minutes - 37.7 KBIt's Fall which means it's fedora time. You can't wear a fedora in the Summer. They're too hot. In every sense of the word. There is a flair about wearing a fedora. It slips a hint of Indiana Jones into the way you walk. It be-speaks a bit of Bogart. Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys and their cheerleaders comes to mind. Michael Jackson tilted his fedora with that one gloved hand, and moon walked in his. A fedora turns a nice, ordinary Louie Louie Generation guy into a smooth, suave, so...
Thanks For The Visit
October 28, 2012 12:00 - 12 minutes - 22.7 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black-leather poppa chair in my living room feeling pretty good about the fact that I haven't let a window of opportunity slam down on my fingers. I caught this one in time. The new book is done. The rules of the publishing agreement kicks in on November 4th. That gives me until then to give a little something back to you for being part of this huddle. If you'd like a free download copy of Staying Happy, Healthy and Hot...the story of t...
Angela's Fingers
October 21, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 29.6 KBI am sitting here on my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and Angela is sitting right here on my lap. In a few minutes, if all goes well, she will be scratching my back. I have never met anyone who could scratch my back like Angela. Not even my Lady Wonder Wench.
Can't Get No Satisfaction
October 14, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.2 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I'm going to have to stay here for a little while. This has been a long, tough day. The only thing that's holding me together right now is static electricity. I am looking forward to finding the energy to go take a shower. A shower is the third of Big Louie's six super satisfactions. Number one is sex, number two is steak, number 3 is a shower, number four is scratching an itch, number 5 ...
Louie Lad Shoulder Slam
October 07, 2012 12:00 - 11 minutes - 25.8 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room enjoying an injury that I have suffered at the hands of my Lady Wonder Wench. Actually the injury was caused by the fist of my Lady Wonder Wench. Her left fist. I have come to call this frequently inflicted injury, the "Louie Lad Shoulder Slam." I have noticed that it's an injury that many of my fellow Louie Louie generation guys seem to enjoy frequently. It can happen any time a Louie Louie la...
Don't Worry, Be Happy
September 30, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26.5 KBI am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather papa chair in my living room, trying to calm down after talking with an individual who's birth I suspect, may have been caused by a secret government project gone hideously askew. He is the editor of the new book I'm trying to finish, and he is what you might call a natural source of methane. He is now objecting to the title of my book...which is Staying Happy Healthy and Hot. I like that title, because it expresses the L...
Tucking Summer Away Again
September 16, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26.3 KBMost what I'm going to tell you this time we talked about last year, because it's happening again. I hate this, but it's time to tuck another summer away. Sunrise, sunset. To everything there is a season. And this is the season when Summer falls asleep. The long, laughing, lazy, crazy, hazy days at the beach, the nights full of soft lovers voices under the boardwalk...Saturdays in the park, itsy, bitsy, teeny, yellow polka dot bikinis, roller coasters, Italian ice cups, baseball, the s...
Wonderful
September 02, 2012 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25.3 KBI was sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather pappa chair in my living room listening to our little 3 year old Cecelia sing, when the news about Neil Armstrong's death came in. The song she was singing was a three year old's happy, but very careful version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are." It was the absolutely perfect song for the occasion. Cecelia is only 3, but she sometimes amazes us with the things she wonders about. Most of the time s...
Unsafe Around Sharp Objects
August 26, 2012 12:00 - 17 minutes - 31.4 KBI just got back from the drug store with a stash of vitamins and magic herbs that will improve my memory, help me sleep, and make My Lady Wonder Wench putty in my arms. And you know those plastic wrappings they put around bottle tops to keep the bad guys from dropping their stuff in there while nobody's looking? I grabbed a knife from the drawer, and started cutting around the edge so I could open the lid, and My Lady Wonder Wench said, "Don't cut yourself." She doesn't trust me with s...
Burgers and Brewskis
August 19, 2012 12:00 - 17 minutes - 39.3 KB"Frank" and I have shared around 30 years worth of hamburgers and cold ones, bad jokes, and Auld Lang Synes. He was there to help me when my Lady Wonder Wench had that accident that almost cost her life. He's the kind of guy you want around for laughs, and also for when the sky is crashing down around your ears. But there's something we can't talk about any more, because every time we get into it, he gets angry, really angry. We can't talk about America any more.
One Perilous Pound
August 12, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 34.7 KBI may have been sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room a little too long. That lying, miserable bathroom scale just said I am one perilous pound short of Dick's Disaster. Dick's Disaster occurs at 190 pounds. I was 175 pounds at the end of my college career, which consisted of weight lifting, swimming, and vigorous Viagral adventures. Don't laugh. I hear some snickers coming from the more fully evolved but prostate challenged among y...
The All Nighter
August 05, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.9 KBI'm sitting here in my big, black, manly poppa chair in my living room, looking over the report page for this podcast. It's interesting that we call this podcast Goodnight. Because it looks like you mostly download it in the overnight hours. I don't know when you actually listen, of course, but I'm hoping you also do that at night. I loved being on the air at night. Even all night. Because nights get lonely, and I liked being the guy who showed up when the lonely was getting a little t...
Break A Buddy's Crystal Balls
July 29, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.6 KBWhat are friends for, if not to break each other's crystal balls. I took a baseball bat to my buddy Eric's today. Eric's had some tough breaks recently. I mean tough. Not just stuff like it's pouring rain, and your dog won't do anything but sniff around, or after an evening of passion you notice that the empty condom packet in the wastebasket is labeled, "Made in China"...or the milk you just poured on your Cheerios smells funny. Eric's had his head handed to him. Lady stuff. The kin...
Coming Out of My Closet
July 22, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 30.7 KBI just came out of the closet, and I found a long lost treasure in there. Let me be very clear what I mean by coming out of my closet. I've been looking at the bulge in the door of my office closet, where I keep my stuff. You know...my stuff. My reel to reel tape recorder, my back issues of Time magazine, my living room lava lamps...you've probably got a closet full of stuff like that too. And I figured that since I can't finish the job I was planning on doing...cutting the grass...I m...
Click Here
July 15, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.5 KBBig Louie, his own bad self, always says, "This is a hit and miss life. There's nothing in between." And as almost always, he's right. Brian Williams, on the other hand, keeps reporting on TV, that there are near misses all over the place...in the air and in politics...everywhere. And he's wrong. There are no near misses. Think about it. If I look out the windscreen of my little four seat airplane, and it is completely full of the business end of a 747's right inboard jet engine...I ...
Good Changes
July 08, 2012 12:00 - 12 minutes - 23.8 KBI'm sitting on that 3 place swing set that was made in China, with parts from Burma that I told you about a while ago. It looks like the one Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon were sitting on at the end of the movie. It's under a tree by our driveway. I'm just sitting here waiting for my Lady Wonder Wench to get back from spurring on the economy. I always unload the packages from the trunk...and there are always lots of packages to un-load. So I'm just sitting here keeping busy by watc...
Fancy Fingernails
July 01, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 27.9 KBI'm being quiet...sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. I'm being quiet, because I just heard a little click from across the room, where my Lady Wonder Wench is sitting on the couch doing her needlepoint. I'm pretty sure her fingernails made that click. I like the fact that her fingernails are long enough to make a click like that for several reasons. One's obvious. Even to the pimple people. It has to do with the terrible need for a...
I'm Hammock Hangin'
June 24, 2012 12:00 - 11 minutes - 21.4 KBI am not sitting in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair. Right now, I'm hangin in my hammock...out on my back deck...under the trees. There should be a hammock hangin song. Maybe a rapper. Hangin in my hammock, looking up at the trees, If you have any problems don't tell me 'bout them please. Just a t shirt and jeans, no suit, tie or shoes. Can't help smilin and rockin, and takin a snooze. It's Summertime, Summertime, Sum, Sum, Sumertime... Summertime. Summertime, ...
Oh Wow Cecelia
June 17, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 26.8 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, wrapping another toy airplane to send to the newest member of our family, three year old Cecilia. Cecilia had to bring our daughter Kris along when she came to visit us a few months ago, because the airlines don't let three year olds fly alone. Cecelia is that kind of three year old. Cecilia lives near a small airport, and Kris has taken her to see the small planes take off and land many times,...
The Curse Of Cursive
June 10, 2012 12:00 - 13 minutes - 24.2 KBI am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, admiring my Lady Wonder Wench's curves. No, not those curves. The curves in her handwriting. She's working on her new novel, and she likes to write in handwriting. Cursive they call it. It is used almost exclusively by highly evolved human females. My lady wrote a beautiful blog about Cursive just the other day. When she finished it, she closed her computer and gave me a smile like I first saw ...
Tis The 'Tude, Dude
June 03, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 35.7 KBWe're starting our seventh year together. Lucky seven. Some of you have been with us all the way, and some of you just jumped in tonight. Good and thanks to both. But some people aren't with us. And you know, I think they're really missing something. I hope you'll tell them about the huddle we have here. It's like a football huddle...lots of us gathered around, to help each other get to the goal...which is making it through the night...every night. We've been around long enough to kn...
Sixth Anniversary 3
May 27, 2012 12:00 - 33 minutes - 61 KBSix 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.
Sixth Anniversary 2
May 20, 2012 12:00 - 26 minutes - 48.4 KBHappy 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...
Sixth Anniversary 1
May 13, 2012 12:00 - 23 minutes - 53.3 KBWe'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 c...
It's A Wonderful Life
May 06, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 27.4 KBThe 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 voi...
Summer Smarm
April 29, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28 KBI 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 RICH...
MUD
April 22, 2012 12:00 - 17 minutes - 32.9 KBBig 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...
Mirror Magic
April 15, 2012 12:00 - 11 minutes - 21.2 KBI'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 Generat...
Baseball & Bravery
April 08, 2012 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.76 KBThings 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 to...
Zap!
March 25, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 31.2 KBThe 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.
Basic Training
March 18, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 28.4 KBI'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...
Manly
February 26, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 32.9 KBI spent the afternoon in a Manly way. I was felling trees with my chain saw. Then I tossed huge logs into piles that stacked all the way to the roof. Well...part of the way. Then, when I was sure my Lady Wonder Wench was watching out the window, I stalked all over the property for signs of bears or other predatory wild life, which haven't actually been seen here since the James Madison administration...but my Lady Wonder Wench was watching, so I figured I'd go stalking around with my sh...
Digital Decoy
February 19, 2012 12:00 - 16 minutes - 18.5 KBWhat we have needed for so long is the opposite of the word..."Hello." A catch all statement that definitively puts an end to a phone conversation without offending anybody, or making you lie... too much. A simple but effective statement to terminate a phone conversation with any one without hurting any feelings. A statement so simple, emphatic and believeable, that even one of the Pimple People would understand. A statement with class, with feeling, with urgency. In short a statement t...
Lotsalovin
February 12, 2012 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 KBValentine's Day is a great excuse for some extra hugging, and kissing, and general fooling around. I have heard that some people get so carried away they even hug the nearest tree. Big Louie, his own bad self, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation puts that into perspective. He always says, "It's ok to hug a tree. As long as that's as far as it goes." And at the other extreme are a couple of guys I know who just ignore Valentine's Day. I guess they've just grown up too...
Leap!
February 05, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 KBIt is leap year, but I am not leaping from my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair, because I have found that I don't bounce nearly as well as I used to. That's such an athletic word...leap. It suggests a finely muscled athlete... perhaps in a leotard...soaring into the air. I don't mind doing the soaring, but I don't like being sore, so it's the crashing back to the ground that sometimes bothers me.
God Says FebBRRRuary
January 29, 2012 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 KBSuppose you were God, and you wanted to make a really nasty, cold month...which if you were God, you'd have a perfect right to do. Maybe you wanted people to know, and appreciate, that just as you could make a stinking hot month like August, you could make a crappy cold month too if you felt like it. In your mercy, you'd make it shorter than the other months, but it would be really nasty cold. So you made the month, and gave it the name February... because, FeBRUary has that nice kind ...
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
January 22, 2012 12:00 - 8 minutes - 12.2 KBValentine's Day is coming. That's a big deal around here. In some places it's not. I guess like a lot of things, it depends on the context. The context here is that my Lady Wonder Wench seriously disrupts the estrogen level for most of this zip code. When she walks around in her two piece...which is what I call her bedroom slippers...I often lose control of my eyebrows, my ears, my fingers, and many of my other parts, and I am...for a short period of time...once again...Lifeguard Man. S...
Giggles That Jiggle
January 15, 2012 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.3 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, watching my Lady Wonder Wench giggle...at the fact that I may never again be able to get up from my big, comfortable black leather poppa chair...because I've had my first real work out at the gym since we moved here...which was a long time ago. Actually all I did was swim in their 25 meter long pool. I did 800 meters. And I now have a real appreciation for the difference between a yard and a meter. A m...
The Whistle Missile
January 08, 2012 12:00 - 13 minutes - 19.3 KBIn our constant struggle to save the world, stop the sky from falling, and keep Victoria's Secret from falling into the wrong hands...the ones with cold fingertips, the Big Louie Department of Defense and Fooling Around has decided that we have run out of options. It's time to target the tear mongers. We are about to launch our ultimate un-doomsday weapon...our "Whistle Missile."
Cheers!
January 01, 2012 12:00 - 15 minutes - 20.9 KBWhat do you say about a year in which the Ancient Mayans tell us the world will end, and the groan and moan politicians and talk show hosts tell us the sky is falling, and the New York Mets don't have a starting pitching staff? Here's what Big Louie, his own bad self, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation says: "Cheer up." And here's why he says that.
Start A Magic New Year
December 25, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 KBThe Pimple People don't like hot. They're too kool, and they spell cool with a K instead of a "c". Maybe they avoid using a c, because they don't want to see...as in see where you are and what you're doing, see people...one at a time...see the magic all around you...and the magic inside you. Don't get lost. Keep finding yourself. That's my New Year's resolution. And I'm telling you about it now at the beginning of this new year as a warning. Because I am going to keep reminding you all...
A Very Merry Christmas To You
December 11, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.9 KBWe'll be wishing this "Very Merry Christmas To You" podcast until Christmas. And we'll be posting lots of the letters you've sent about what this time of year means to you on the blog, at www.dicksummer.com. The last story in this "A Very Merry Christmas To You" podcast is one I told you last year. And more than a few of you asked if I'd tell it again. So here it is... again. Like Christmas. And...yes...it really did happen... exactly this way. Merry Christmas.
Christmas Warm, One More Time
December 04, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.7 KBI'm sitting here in my big, black, comfortable pappa chair in the living room, listening to some Christmas music. There's Christmas music all over the radio again this year. The Eagle's "Please come home for Christmas" is the fifth most played Christmas song on the radio again this year. Number four is Andy Williams "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." "Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano comes in at number three. Nat Cole's "Christmas Song" is number two. And THE most played Christma...
The Christmas Connection
November 27, 2011 12:00 - 16 minutes - 22.5 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room...and pretty soon I'm going to have to move it, because we always put our Christmas tree right between my chair, and the big stereo speakers our son Eric the inventor built for us a few years ago. We don't put up our tree till Christmas Eve, and it may be a bit early to be thinking about it right now, but that seems to be all the stores ARE thinking about. Some of them have had Christmas decorations up...
A Saintly Thanksgiving
November 20, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.2 KBI was sitting in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room just now, thinking about Thanksgiving. Among other things, Thanksgiving is an anniversary for me. It was on Thanksgiving night a lot of years ago, that I started the Men Are Saints campaign on WNBC radio. I called it the M.A.S. appeal. Men are saints. The idea came from remembering a Thanksgiving watching what happened when my Lady Wonder Wench, and our daughter Kris, our Daughter in Law Brenda, and our Si...