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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Episodes
Jane Doe or Deer John and The Small Voice Inside
September 11, 2006 13:00 - 14.4 KBNot sure if it's Deer John or Jane Doe, but I have a haunch you'll enjoy the story. Also, the first known "not tonight dear, I have a headache" in recorded history. Plus a conversation with that little voice inside you that keeps calling you names. And then to sleep.
The Glass Wall
September 04, 2006 13:00 - 15 KBI thought I must have gone blind, or maybe it was that my eye glass prescription suddenly ran out. It was a shocker. Most of us eventually turn to flab. When that happens to our vision, we need glasses. Then it becomes a matter of balancing our need to see, with our need to look good. But nice things happen when you get the balance right, as the man and woman in the Bedtime Story called "Second Chance" will tell you.
Shake and Stir
August 30, 2006 13:00 - 17.6 KB35 is the magic age for guys. Until you reach 35 if some muscle hurts, you just shake it, and it's instantly ok. After 35 if some muscle hurts if you shake it, it might fall off. As a PodProgram listener from China found, the same thing happens with relationships. Don't say we didn't warn you. Sometimes magic is your best defense. So we're giving you some magic fingers from the Quiet Hands.
A Terrorist Fortune Cookie, and a Pilot With a Smooth Approach
August 26, 2006 13:00 - 18.6 KBA fortune cookie ignored, is a fortune cookie on a mission of malice. A deadly three tow truck weekend, because I didn't pay attention to the way the fortune cookie crumbled. And a Bedtime Story about a lady on a horse, a windbag husband, and a pilot who might take off with her.
Waitress Woes and Forever vs. A Minute
August 23, 2006 13:00 - 14.9 KBWaitresses are like Mini Moms. Be nice. They bring you your dinner, and even get you desert. And a Lovin Touch story about a minute's truth, and a forever fantasy.
The Best Pick Up Line and the Workout Woman
August 19, 2006 13:00 - 15.2 KBThe only pick up line that worked on the picky-est 21st Century woman, an amazing 18th century pick up procedure, and the story of a pick up line that got a work out woman worked up...I think. And then to sleep.
A Sunchine Shnoz-ectomy
August 09, 2006 13:00 - 16.1 KBA first hand play by play account of an actual Non Cosmetic Shonz-ectomy this time. The results of life guarding at Coney Island a lot of years ago...too much boardwalk, too much hot dogs...too much sun. Non cosmetic means kinda ugly. Schnoz as in nose, and ectomy as in cut it open, fool around for a while in there, and sew it back up. There's also an audio helping hand in here, so all and all it's a positive pod.
Giving Guys Credit
August 05, 2006 13:00 - 16.3 KBI'd never say all men are always saints. But there is a certain manly grace that deserves more credit than we get. So we don't do everything the way the grown up sex would like us to do them. But we GET THEM DONE. Usually. Even moving. You can call this a moving story if you like. There's a Bedtime Story in it called "For The Long Run."
Voice Mail Survival
July 29, 2006 13:00 - 13.2 KBDoctors and Dentists are supposed to help us live a good life. But that's hard to keep in mind when they have a dead fish, an ominous Bible, and a funeral parlor fragrance in their waiting rooms. But nothing compares to the jolt you can get when you hit the playback button on your answering machine.
A Missing Sock and Cary Grant
July 26, 2006 13:00 - 12.8 KBPractical jokes are a gift from the Lord. They loosen you up, and make you can relax. Here are a couple of new ones from my buddies Dave and Al. There's also some excellent advice about women from Cary Grant, and a story about a young guy who seems to understand what Mr. Grant is talking about.
Lusty Captain Jack & Curious Elizabeth Swan
July 22, 2006 13:00 - 11.3 KBLove is never boring when a summer rain is pouring.
"Puddy" the cat, and the Prince of Fantasy
July 19, 2006 13:00 - 12.8 KBNothing grows where "Puddy" goes, so the Ladies of the Neighborhood aren't going to miss him. But the Prince grows stronger the more they wish he'd go away.
Nothing Happened
July 15, 2006 13:00 - 14 KBNobody expected anything special. After all, nothing happened. But all of a sudden two people started living a new life together.
A Quiet Hands Backrub
July 12, 2006 13:00 - 14.7 KBA good back rub means a very good night. Here's a verbal back rub from some calm and quiet hands. It'll turn your nerves to jelly and your muscles into warm spaghetti.
Beauty and the Lawn Tractor Man
July 08, 2006 13:00 - 14.7 KBSome women expect too much from us. We're only guys. Give a guy a snarly, high horse power toy, and make way for the appearance of a super beast called LAWN TRACTOR MAN ! But some women have a right to expect a whole lot more than they get from many of us beasts. So here's a mostly true Bedtime Story about Beauty and the Beast.
Magic Lives
July 05, 2006 13:00 - 12.5 KBMagic Lives. That's why there is Santa Claus, Beethoven's Fifth, The Beatles, The Hubble Space Telescope, and Bedtime Stories. Here's a true story, and a Bedtime Story about finding magic again, even though you're all grown up.
The Tiny Dancer In Your Dreams
June 28, 2006 13:00 - 11 KBWhen worries won't let you sleep it's giggles to the rescue. Because you can't giggle and worry at the same time. Plus a story about love at first sight, and a second look at a "Tiny Dancer" from the "Night Connections" Personal Audio CD.
Whitney's Wonderful Wedding Song
June 21, 2006 13:00 - 8.64 KBABC - TV recently called Whitney Houston's biggest hit "I Will Always Love You," "America's Number One Wedding Song." That's because nobody listens any more. Just like lots of the people in your life, and mine. Here's what Whitney's song really means.