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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Manhattan's Missing Mailboxes
November 13, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 KBHoly Batman ! I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, rubbing my feet, and drinking coffee, trying to get over the uncomfortable suspicion that either the Grinch stole our mailboxes so we couldn't send Christmas Cards, or some bright light at the Post office Department decided that they could save lots of money delivering mail if they didn't collect it any more. It looks like our mailboxes have now gone the way of outdoor phone booths, rooft...
Willie And My Lady
October 30, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21 KBI'm sitting here in by big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and as you can probably tell, I like it here at home. That's why my Lady Wonder Wench and I don't take many traveling vacations. We like being home. Willie Nelson likes being on the road. Willie's current road trip included a theater not too far away from here last night, so we grabbed a couple of seats because we both like his music. The theater was packed. Lots of the people had long beautiful hair, ...
Dick's Halloween Dark Side
October 23, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.3 KBI like the dark. Diversions dissolve in the dark. Diversions like your aching back, your visiting mother in law, and even your job. If you're not afraid of the dark, and you let it dissolve the diversions in your life, you begin to see some faces looking at you. And sometimes one of those faces is...yours. It can be spooky. Especially the look in your eyes. But seeing your own face looking back at you in the dark...can really be an eye opener to some of the things you didn't know about ...
The Lance Of Doom
October 16, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.2 KBI was sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room last night, watching a stink bug crawling up on the wall toward the ceiling. I knew that if I mentioned this to my Lady Wonder Wench, who was sitting in her usual spot on the couch...right under the bug...she would run right out of her socks into the kitchen, and she'd trip and hurt herself. I didn't want that to happen. On the other hand, I was a bit concerned that if I didn't tell her about it, the ...
Richard's Bra
October 09, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.1 KBI just got an email that knocked me right out of my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. It said, quote, "Richard, why are you wearing your mother's bra?" My head went zap...and flashed me the most bizarre picture I have ever seen. Perhaps flashed isn't the proper word here. The email went on to say that I must modernize my bra, with a seamless microfiber pullover model that features a ribbed band that eliminates rolls, wires and adjusting straps. And for God'...
Help...I Lost My Hevel
October 02, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.4 KBI'm sitting in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, mourning the loss of my hevele. I know it's missing, because my friend Susan, who runs the post office down the block just asked me about it. Susan and I have been friends since I awarded her my first Gruntled Post Office Employee Of The Month award. It was a bar of Hershey Dark Chocolate. She is usually very up-beat and pleasant. But today she looked at me and said, "Why do you look so disheveled?" Disheve...
Mr. Fist In The Face
September 25, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.8 KBIt's comfortable sitting here in my big, black, leather pappa chair in my living room...which is good...because I had a head snapping experience today. A total stranger, suddenly stuck his face into my bathroom mirror this morning. It was quick. All of a sudden, he was staring me down, just a fist's distance away from my face. It was like I was playing peek-a-boo with some sinister, Mr. Fist In The Face...and a little voice in my head said he had something important to tell me.
Tucking Summer Away
September 02, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 KBTime 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 sound of crickets, and lawn sprinklers...you can feel them all slipping away...into fall.
An Earthquake, a Hurricane and Lady Wonder Wench
August 29, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.5 KBStrange week. Two natural disasters and a natural wonder all in the same week. I was sitting in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair the other day, and I felt the earth move. Really. An earthquake. I've felt the earth move before, but never when my Lady Wonder Wench was in some other room. My Lady Wonder Wench frequently creates testosterone tsunamis which cause hormonal power surges in guys all over our zip code. It is very difficult for me to describe what Lady Wonder Wench...
Soft Summer Sounds
August 21, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.1 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, listening to the soft, Summer, night sounds. In fact, I just recorded them. They're so...calm. So I put them in this podcast for you to do a soft Summer sound chill out.
I Love Our Parade
August 14, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 16.7 KB"Time Marches On" But the parade stumbled this morning. It stumbled. And that shook me up. This gets a little strange, but bear with me, because it may happen to you some morning if you're a member of the Louie-Louie Generation like me. When I opened the curtain and looked out at our back yard like I do every morning, the sun was hitting the trees from a strange angle. It wasn't the winter angle by any means. It didn't even look like fall. But this morning, it wasn't middle of the su...
Answer The Damn Question
August 07, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.9 KBWe're dreamers, you and I...all of us...Americans. That's how we got to the moon. We had the dream, and we made it happen. We dreamed about buildings that would scrape the sky, so we built a sky scraper national park and called it New York. All mankind has always dreamed of flying...and it was a couple of our guys by the name of Wright who made it happen. That song that Francis Scott Key wrote was about a dream that came true. But Francis Scott Key, the lawyer, was used to staying one...
The Funny Phone Fella
July 31, 2011 12:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 KBI just re-recorded the outgoing message on our phone machine. Louie-Louie Generation guys like to think of ourselves as funny phone fellows. Our prostate challenged partners sometimes call us other names. They simply do not understand why we love weird outgoing phone machine messages. Most Louie-Louie ladies are perfectly content to use the pre recorded message that came with the machine...or they just say "You've reached the Smith residence. Please leave your name and phone number and...
Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay
July 24, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.4 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room...which is good. Because I got an email a little while ago, with some news that would have knocked me down if I weren't already sitting. When I finished reading it, I called my Lady Wonder Wench, and told her about it. She said something that sounded like, "Oh my God...wow"...while holding her cell phone at arms length as she got to the word "Wow". I only think that's what she said, because the last wor...
A Hill Called Helen
July 17, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room. My Lady Wonder Wench and I just returned from a walk up Helen Hill. We do that every time we come home from a flight in our little airplane. Helen Hill isn't big. Only a handful of people even know it has a name. It's a mostly un-remarkable bump in the landscape, named after a woman who led an un-remarkable life. All Helen did, all her life, was teach her kids to care about each other, go to church, wo...
Sr. Mary Knucklebuster
July 10, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 KBI was standing in front of a class room packed with my peers, calmly confessing to worshiping false Gods, disrespecting my parents, and murder. Suddenly, the word, "RICHARD" rang out loud and clear in the un-mistakable voice of my first communion teacher, Sister Mary Knucklebuster. Sister Knucklebuster was a female version of General George Patton. And she was presiding over a class rehearsal for first confession. It was my turn to stand in front of the room, and recite the famous form...
Summer Lovin
July 03, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.6 KBThis podcast has been going on for a few years now. And lots of you proud podcast participants have been kind enough to send me stories about how you spent your summers. Betsy really nailed it about the Loser's bedtime story. She said, "It reminded me of something my dad said just before he died. He used to take us on summer trips every year. One year he said he couldn't afford a motel any more, and we'd have to camp out if we wanted to go. That was the best summer trip we ever took....
GiggleBites All Over
June 26, 2011 12:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room, kicking off my slippers, because I don't have enough fingers to scratch all my giglebites. Let me explain. Big Louie, his own bad self, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation, has a new Louie-Louie Language word to describe an email that puts a smile on your face. He calls it a Giggle-bite. Because it's a gigabite with a laugh. I told you that I had a little bumpy time with last week's...
Deadly Offensive Podcast
June 19, 2011 12:00 - 18 minutes - 25.3 KBTime for me to brush off some dust. This podcast is for grown ups...Louie-Louie folks...of all ages. Big Louie, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation always says, "The word grown up describes a person who has been known to groan from being knocked down, but always gets up, brushes off the dust, and gets on with life." That's a grown up. I know a lot of you from emails, or phone calls, or even visits. And you're all grown ups. So I guess you can stand hearing an of...
Don't Do What You Don't Wanna Do
June 12, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 KBI was diligently drinking my morning cup of coffee today, seriously considering the possibility of starting to work to finish the report I'd been working on for a couple of days, because it's due tomorrow morning, when the phone rang. I put the half full coffee cup down next to the computer, kicked my chair back, tripped on the rug, and as I grabbed the desk to keep from falling down, I knocked the coffee into the computer key board. The call was from a telemarketer. And it was recor...
I Taste Bad
June 05, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 KBI must taste bad. Especially to mosquitos. They simply don't bother me. My Lady Wonder Wench is in the bathroom applying itch ointment to a mountain of mosquito bites to surprisingly personal places. She obviously tastes good. Which figures when you look at her. But that makes her a human salad bar for mosquitoes. There is a difference between tasting bad, and bad taste. Tasting bad makes you mosquito proof, keeps you from sucking your thumb when it's time to write a check for your i...
My Inner Brat
May 29, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, channeling my inner child. There he is...about six years old...sitting in the warm Coney Island sand, making a sand castle...trying to get a channel made just right so when the edges of the waves came in, some water would flow up into the pool he dug, behind the castle walls where the imaginary alligators lived. He's a happy kid, about to have his first real fist fight...when another kid...a few years ...
It's Personal
May 22, 2011 12:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room, getting ready to give you something everybody likes. A list. Everybody likes lists. Even David Letterman. The only people who don't like a list are standing on the deck of a ship that just hit an iceberg. This is the second part of our fifth anniversary celebration. Last week we ran up the five most downloaded podcasts of the past five years. This time, it's the top five most downloaded cuts from the ...
Fifth Anniversary of Good Night
May 15, 2011 12:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 KBI REMEMBERED IT THIS TIME ! It's our fifth Good Night Anniversary special. I checked the podcast counter for the top five most downloaded podcasts of the past five years. And here's how they came out. Plus...a FREEBIE !
Jelly Beans, Daffodils, And Bedtime Stories
May 08, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.3 KBMy Lady Wonder Wench wrote a comment on the blog at Dick Summer dot com about the fact that I forgot our wedding anniversary again this year. She said, "My Louie-Louie Lad remembers me all the time...with jelly beans, and daffodils, and holding hands, and laughing at silly jokes, and bedtime stories. Don't get me wrong, I love getting jewelry and candy and flowers and fancy dinners and marvelous blouses from very fancy shops. But I love my Louie-Louie Lad more." That's the kind of thi...
I Did It AGAIN!
May 01, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 19.4 KBMy Lady Wonder Wench is wonderful. She deserves a good husband. Fortunately for me, I grabbed her before she found one. I forgot our wedding anniversary. How the heck could I do that? She's never more than an inch away from whatever I'm thinking about. We've been together for decades...singing in the rain, and crying through some tough nights. I FORGOT OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. I think one reason Louie-Louie generation lads and ladies don't have babies, is that the Lord is afraid we'd fo...
The Dreaded Moose Hunter Story
April 24, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18.9 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair, seriously considering telling you my favorite joke. My Lady Wonder Wench calls it, "The Deadly Moose Hunter Joke." And she says she hates it, but she likes it when I ask her to do the punch line. Maybe that's because she knows when she does that, it's over. I like my moose hunter story so much that I tell it when I notice somebody is feeling a little... frazzled. A little fizzle sneaks into every life. Usually it's litt...
The Guy In The Cape
April 17, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 18 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. I like being comfortable. Louie-Louie Generation guys have earned the right to be comfortable. That's why I have just changed from my formal attire...my black silk and leather cape with the sterling silver clasps, my gold lame loin cloth and matching purple ostrich feather, to these jeans, which have, as the commercial says, "A scosh more room." They go nicely with my "Save The Dinosaurs" tee shirt wit...
Lady B
April 10, 2011 12:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 KBAlthough I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair, I think it's stand up time. An Email just came in from one of my favorite Proud Podcast Participants. I'll just call her, "Lady B." It says, in part, "I have to walk kind of slouched over, because if I stand up straight, people accuse me of trying to 'work my thing." Proud Podcast Participant, "Lady B" is a beautiful, well built, Louie-Louie Generation lady. And she's walking slouched over because she's letting...
Whack Attack
April 03, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 16.7 KBYou are about to experience a whack attack. Listen, you know people who are having a hard time...people who are obviously uncomfortable. They always say, "I'm all out of whack." So let me tell you that tonight, I am very definitely IN Whack. What's left of my Louie-Louie Generation body has just about conquered a beastly bug, and I am feeling remarkably lifelike. I'm sitting here in my big, black, comfortable leather pappa chair in my living room, which really helps make me comfortable ...
Ski Fantasy
March 27, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.5 KBI am the youngest person in Port St. Lucie! This place is Heaven's Waiting Room. Downtown looks like a Haloween parade. We are watching the N.Y. Mets flail about furiously trying to play baseball. "Wait till next year" is already, the fantasy heard around the stadium. We'll be back in time for the April 3 podcast. Meantime, here's another fantasy you might like to share.
Mano-A-Mouse-O Again
March 20, 2011 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.1 KBA terrorist cold bug has seized me! So I am fleeing to Florida with my Lady Wonder Wench, to boil it out of my bod. This is not the first terrorist creature that has crept into our lives. Another beast challenged my monster defying abilities a while ago. In case you have forgotton...here is the legend... re-told.
The Swift Shrinkage Of Spousal Spice
March 13, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 21.3 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room, trying to figure out how to do a better job of explaining last week's Do You Do You podcast. I don't think I made it clear enough. And it's important to me that I make it clear enough that you really understand. Because I am a big fan of spousal spice. I guess you could call me a spousal Spice Guy. Spousal as in my Lady Wonder Wench. And Spice as in hot. Some things are so clear, they don't need...
Do You
March 06, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 19.1 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room. I know where I am, I know who I am, and I know why I'm here. I'm not confused. And it's obvious that lots of people are. That's because they don't follow Big Louie's best advice of all time: "Do you." "Do you", means think for yourself, and never let anybody else eat your hunch. "Do you". Just two words. But they clear up all kinds of confusion, and sometimes they even lower your blood pressure to w...
The Confusion Transfusion
February 27, 2011 12:00 - 11 minutes - 15.5 KBI am sitting here in utter confusion. Actually, I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather pappa chair in my living room...but I can't figure this out. I call this podcast Goodnight, because I thought some folks might like a few comfortable stories and a little fun just before they go to sleep. Confusion not only reigns, it pours. Because I just looked at the computer counter for this Goodnight podcast, and what time do you think most people listen to this podcast...
Is There Anybody There?
February 20, 2011 12:00 - 15 minutes - 17.3 KBYou've got to work with what you've got. So when you hear my Lady Wonder Wench's new TV commercial, remember that's only her, "What-is-the-matter-with-you" voice when she's saying, "Is there anybody there ?" That one voice does not describe what type of woman she is. She is not a type. She is a person. She has lots of other voices. Her "mommy" voice, her "Honey do" voice, her "Dealing with the telemarketer" voice. And of course her "I'm your girlfriend voice." BUT...unfortunately for...
Valentine's Day
February 13, 2011 12:00 - 17 minutes - 19.9 KBBig Louie, his own bad self, The Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation, always says, "You're never too old to make out as long as you have any moving parts left." The Pimple People don't understand that. They would pop their piercings if they had any idea how nicely Louie-Louie Generation Lads and Ladies can still move our remaining movable parts. They also don't understand aural sex. Words.Warm, wonderful, words.
A Shiny Top Temptation
February 06, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 16 KBSo what do you think. Should I go boldly bald like an eagle, or just get another $20 haircut? If I went shiny top, I could draw a little smiley face on the back of my head, and every time I tipped my hat, people would laugh behind my back. And think of the expanded zone for backrubs. Let me know what you think.
Winter
January 30, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 14.5 KBWinter is God's way of saying, "Up yours." The sun didn't come out all day today. Can't blame it. It was way too cold. I walked outside to get the mail a little while ago, with my cup in my hand, and by the time I got back inside, I was enjoying a chunk of coffee. You could freeze an egg on the sidewalk. That might be why hens were seen laying eggs from a standing position today. People with high fevers were renting themselves out as car seat warmers. Instead of saying "Have a nice d...
The Big Bad Boredom Bully
January 23, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 15.6 KBToys are more important than you think. They help protect us from the big, bad, boredom bully. A toy is a just for having fun. Having fun is good. And people who have fun, are usually fun to be around. They are never boring, because they never get bored. That's important. Boredom is a big bully. It beats people up more than YOU can possibly imagine... because the kind of people who listen to this podcast...may have lots of problems...but boredom...probably isn't one of them. Now the...
She Said NOTHING!
January 16, 2011 12:00 - 14 minutes - 16.8 KBWhen Lady Wonder Wench says, "I'm sorry," she means "You're going to be sorry." That's bad enough. When she says, "How much do you love me," I know that means she did something that I'm not going to like. I remember when she said, "This kitchen floor is hard to clean," I realized she meant she wanted a new house. I had a woman once say to me, "Can't we just be friends?" And I knew she meant there was no way she was going to let any part of my body touch any part of her body again. All...
Who Can You Trust?
January 09, 2011 12:00 - 13 minutes - 15.8 KBMy life has always had an odd shape...like a piece in a jigsaw puzzle. It sometimes takes sudden zig-zag turns when I least expect it. I like it that way. I'm never bored. And every time my life zigs, I can depend that my Lady Wonder Wench will be "The One" to help me make it through the next zag. I'm not a religious guy. But sometimes, when I think about that, I have to take a quick deep breath, and when I exhale, something comes out that sounds a lot like a very quiet..."Thank You."...
The Look With Cower-Power
January 02, 2011 12:00 - 12 minutes - 13.9 KBLike most Louie-Louie Generation guys, I am somewhat maturity challenged. And like most Louie-Louie Ladies, my Lady Wonder Wench doesn't understand how a grown man can fall on his side on the floor, and kick his legs with milk spurting out of his nose when he hears a wonderful joke. That's when she gives me the Louie-Louie Lady Cower-Power look. This podcast is about developing a Louie-Louie Lad Look, that will even the score.
Happy 2011
December 26, 2010 12:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 KBHappy 2011 A new page. A new calendar. Another time to tackle, "Firsts." How many "Firsts" do you remember ? Your first job? Your first kiss? There are a bunch of firsts that I remember in this podcast. And there's one very special gift to start your new year. If you've been listening to the Good Night podcasts for a while, you'll realize how special that gift is. Happy New Year.
Christmas Flight 2010
December 19, 2010 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15 KB'Twas The Flight Before Christmas ...and all through our house...my Lady Wonder Wench and I are getting ready to meet the Christmas Spirit. Not Santa Claus. The Christmas Spirit. We do this every year. We bundle up, go down to the little airport where we keep our small plane, strap in, start the engine, and climb up into the cold, black, just before Christmas midnight. And so far...every year...well...give the podcast a listen. And...Merry Christmas.
Christmas with Dave 2010
December 12, 2010 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 KBOne of the Summer Family's favorite Christmas treasures is in this podcast. It gets un-packed each year, along with the long legged little Santa that looks like Lady Wonder Wench's father used to look that has hung on our tree for decades. It's as important a part of our Christmas memories as the delicate, hand made, glass Christmas ball that first hung on my Grandfather's tree in Germany a couple of generations ago...and the tree top star I cut from cardboard and covered with tinfo...
Xmas Story Swap 2010
December 05, 2010 12:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 KBIt's time for Jingle Bells, Louie-Louie style. Louie-Louie Generation lads and ladies have been around long enough to have more than a few good Christmas/Hannakah/Solstice/Kwanza stories to tell. So let's tell them to each other. You can send yours to [email protected], or just go to the blog at the www.dicksummer.com website and add it to the comments on the current blog. Looking for the laughs, the tears, the presents, the surprises...the memories...that make this time of the year...
D...the new N Word
November 28, 2010 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 KBI've just noticed that civilization as we know it is tottering at a tipping point. Teetering...even. And it's my fault. The ancient Mayan 2012 end of the world prophesy is nothing compared to the impact on our weakened society of what I must call, the dreaded "D Word!" I must be careful just saying that out loud, because "Forces For Good In The Community" are always lurking... constantly alert to this incredible opportunity that the use of this new, and dreaded "D Word" gives them t...
Thankfull Stuff-ings
November 21, 2010 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 KBIf you and I take a moment out from complaining about everything, we'll come up with lots of big things to be thankful for...like the freedom to complain...even about the government...out loud...for example. But how about little thankful things? Like the ice cream sandwich with the little flakes of dark chocolate I had yesterday, or walking on the beach with somebody special...on Christmas day...or sharing a bag of hot popcorn with that same somebody, sitting next to you waiting for...
A Dirty Dog
November 14, 2010 12:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 KBNow, I realize that what I am about to say will put me high up on your list of surly, soulless, scoundrels. But I don't want a dog in my life right now. I also realize that it is statements like that which cause a great many, mostly unnecessarily fatal fights between men and women. And I understand that one of the, things my Lady Wonder Wench is thinking now is, "If I throw a stick will he run after it...and just keep running ?" My buddy Al and his wife have a dog they named Ike....