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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Puberty
January 15, 2017 11:00 - 13 minutes - 6.44 KBI have been sitting here in my big, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room doing these podcasts for quite a while now. Quite a time for me isn't the same as it is for archeologists. My Lady Wonder Wench is interested in archeology, which is good for me, because I am hoping she will get more interested in me as I get older. As Big Louie, the Head Guy of our Louie Louie Generation always says, "Grow old, not dim. If you have any moving parts left, for heaven sake, MOVE EM!"...
WHY?
January 08, 2017 11:00 - 16 minutes - 7.47 KBTime to take five and figure out the great "Whys" in life in this podcast. That means different things for different people. For example: A famous astronomer is trying to figure out why something called "Dark Matter" makes up most of the universe. She claims that although it makes up most of the universe, we can't see it feel it or taste it...but it's definitely there...and without it, all the planets would go whizzing off in different directions. So why can't we see it, feel it or ta...
Another New Year
January 01, 2017 11:00 - 11 minutes - 6.9 KBThis is about first times. The first things that will happen in 2017. The first times in your life...first kiss, first job, first...all that good stuff. And...Happy New Year.
Christmas Night
December 25, 2016 11:00 - 10 minutes - 4.75 KBFinally...I'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room...recuperating. When I was a kid, I used to hate when Christmas night came around, because that meant it was 365 days till the next Christmas. "Don't cry because something is over, smile because that something happened" is a lesson that takes a while to sink in. I love Christmas, but it can whack you. I start looking for Christmas presents around Labor Day, because one of the things ...
It's Christmas Past Again
December 18, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 9.37 KBIt's Christmas Past Again is the title of this podcast. It's about a lot of things that define Christmas for me and for my Lady. Rock hard and super sticky grammar school green and red Christmas candy, a portable radio that shaped my life, Mom's home-made apple dumplings, pictures from a long time ago, decorations for the tree including a tall, skinny Santa that reminds us of her dad, and a finely crafted Christmas ball from my German Grandfathers's tree...and remembering him singing S...
Such A Silent Night
December 11, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 30.9 KBThere's a one sentence Christmas Story that knocked me down in today's podcast. It may have the same effect on you. If it does, when you get up, please toddle over to your computer or smart phone and send your favorite Christmas story to [email protected] It will be treated with love and respect. This podcast is about lots of people's favorite Christmas stories, a big Christmas Eve bonfire, and 1,000 people standing close enough together to keep each other warm, standing in a snow st...
Dave's Dandy Christmas Song
December 04, 2016 11:00 - 18 minutes - 10.9 KBNo matter how often have you've heard, "The First Noel" you've never heard it quite like this. My son David is both a computer genius and a professional musician. You can't buy this recording in any store, but you can enjoy it here as often as you like.
Loveable Lara's Christmas Gig
November 27, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 8.73 KBI am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I want to thank you for sending your Christmas/Hanakah/Solstice/Quanza memories. I'm not sure when this one from Proud Podcast Participant Bill came in, but hey...It works. In fact, by the time we get to the end of it, you may notice your egg nog squirting out of your nose. What better way to celebrate Christmas?
The Hark Mark
November 20, 2016 11:00 - 12 minutes - 5.85 KBThe word "Hark" gets high marks for getting attention. The Herald Angels always said, "Hark" and look at all the attention they get at this time of year. This podcast explains how you can use the word Hark to get attention too. Always a good idea to get attention. Santa is watching.
Christmas Baggage
November 13, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 6.97 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, getting an early start on Santa stuff...looking over some of the notes you wrote to me about Christmas. I read them all, and run some of them in the podcasts and blogs. Then I pack them away for the next year. Some of them make me wonder what happened to the people who sent them. Christmas is so full of memories. Some people call memories baggage. I guess you can say that memories are baggag...
Huh?
November 06, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 7.22 KBI'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, happily thinking I changed the oil in my car last week. When I told My Lady Wonder Wench she said, "No, you changed the oil in my car last week." I said, "Huh?" She said "Go check the little sticker they put on the windshield." I did. She was right. I'm glad I said "Huh?" instead of starting an argument. "Huh?" is very seldom the last word in a discussion. It's usually the start of double che...
App Zap
October 30, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 KBMy smart phone is watching me...and it can watch you too. There's an app for that. There's an app for almost everything. Almost everthing. I am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, and I have just come across a new survey from the University of Michigan. They used data from a smart phone app to measure sleep patterns around the world. Our smart phones are watching our every move. There is a smart phone app for everything. Well, almost...
Improving My Spooning
October 23, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 KBI am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room trying to get some feeling back in my right arm. Since you know by now that my Lady Wonder Wench and I have been married for a long time, it shouldn't shock you to know that we sleep together. And since you know that I am a testosterone soaked Louie Louie Generation wretch it won't curl you hair too tightly to know that I often like to sleep with her in the spoon position. That's where she's lyi...
Hope Is Hot
October 16, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 29.3 KBThere's no such thing as a hopeless romantic. Hope is...hopeful, but it isn't sure. That's why cynics aren't romantic. They have no hope. They are absolutely sure about everything. And the things they're sure about are negative. Even about hope they're negative. No hope...no romance. What a shame. Today's podcast is called "Hope Is Hot." Because without hope, life gets pretty cold. There are a couple of emails in the podcast. One guy writes to say, "Like you I'm a little past Springt...
The Fantasy Lives On
October 09, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 27.2 KBThis podcast is about a fantasy I've had for a very long time. It involves the airplane that I don't have any more. The airplane is gone, but the fantasy lives on.
Sunrise, Lunchtime, Sunset
October 02, 2016 11:00 - 20 minutes - 36.7 KB"Sunrise, Sunset" is one of the most beautiful and powerful songs ever to grace Broadway. It's from a show called, "Fiddler on the Roof." "Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years." It's about a man and woman trying to come to grips with the changes that have taken place during their lives. Sunrise, sunset. A beginning and an end. But I sometimes wonder what happened in between the sunrise and the sunset. What went on at lunch time? "Sunrise, sunset, Swiftly fly the years, One season fo...
Opposite Sexes
September 25, 2016 11:00 - 12 minutes - 23 KBMen and women aren't just different sexes. We're opposite sexes. And that's good. It's like a battery that needs a positive pole and a negative poll. Opposites start the current running. And that's what powers our lives.
Careful Guys
September 18, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 24.6 KBThere are two mighty questions that every married guy faces. You cannot avoid them. And how you answer them will determine the future of your sex life. Question# 1- "If I died would you get married again?" Question #2 - "Were you a virgin when we got married?" This podcast will help you navigate this awful trap.
Little Things Mean A Lot
September 11, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 KBI do a lot of these podcasts sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in the middle of the night. The middle of the night is a time for strange thoughts. I think it was in the middle of the night that Louie Pasteur said "Ok everybody...boil the milk. When everybody woke up they said, "Boiled milk...Louieeee?" I don't remember who discovered atoms or if it was in the middle of the night. Big Louie says "You can't trust atoms, because they make up everything....
How Quickly Our Lives Slip Away
September 04, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 KBE mails occasionally pour in to [email protected]. Here's one that just poured. It says, "Dick, Just thought I'd share a couple of life rules with you that I've learned that have helped my marriage (of 45 years): Rule #1: Instead of arguing or debating with your wife too often, always agree with your wife on all the little things. This will make her happy and make your day go much more smoothly. Rule # 2: EVERTHING is a little thing....For you to share (or NOT to share) with you podc...
Friends & Neighbors
August 28, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 35.3 KBOur next door neighbors, Randy and Bernadette invited my Lady Wonder Wench and me over for dinner last night. Having good friends for neighbors is very special. Randy and I have lots of things in common, including working some pretty weird overnight hours. One of our basic points of agreement is, "There is no life without water, because without water there is no coffee." Randy is a lot younger than I am, so he sometimes looks to me for guidance in dealing with the onrushing years. I'...
Been There Done That Life
August 21, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 26 KBI have been sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly black leather poppa chair in my living room, cleverly disguised as a responsible adult for quite a while now. It has taken some time, but I have come to the "Been There Done That" place in my life. It's a comfortable place. A place where I can safely sit back, breathe deeply and say Huh to the great confusions that are all around us. I just saw a commercial that rates a big Huh. It's a super on the screen that says the people i...
Toys For Boys
August 14, 2016 11:00 - 12 minutes - 27.9 KBNailed it. The sign on the wall at the airport today. It nailed the explanation for why we boys need to have toys. The sign says, "Don't let the boy die before the man." That's why God made the word Toy rhyme with the word Boy. Boys need toys. I keep telling you that. I suppose that's why an Email one guy sent to me called me the, "Toy Boy." And I kind of like that name. Here's what made me want to tell you about this. My Lady Wonder Wench and I were enjoying a charity pancake breakfa...
TIA
August 07, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 34.9 KBI was just standing by my front door admiring the lights I just put in on my driveway, when all of a sudden I was on the floor. I assumed the push up position, and pushed, but Mr. Floor didn't budge. Very embarrassing.
Thank You
July 10, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 37 KBThere are some things we simply never admit. For example, when you get a phone call on Saturday morning at 2 AM...and you think, "Oh my God I hope this is a wrong number," but it turns out it's a friend who immediately says, "I didn't wake you did I?" You never admit you were sleeping. You don't admit that your idiot friend woke you just when you had a dream going about Catherine Zeta Jones and her twin sister Desire. No sir. When your friend says, "I didn't wake you did I" you say som...
Once Upon A Time
July 03, 2016 11:00 - 18 minutes - 34.1 KBA bunch of guys in powdered wigs and funny hats carrying flintlocks got it right all those years ago. Some of them didn't like each other very much, but they understood the value of E Pluribus Unum. Roughly translated that means "Teamwork." We're yelling at each other a lot these days, but I'm glad to see that we still take time out from screaming to enjoy our fireworks, hot dogs, baseball and beer together. I got a lesson about that a while ago at a baseball game. It was a shot in th...
A Summer Night
June 26, 2016 11:00 - 12 minutes - 29 KBThe softest nights of the year are making us comfortable right now. Soft Summer nights. They have special sounds. Can you imagine all the "hooking up" that's taking place with all the crickets and fire flies, and whatever creatures are making those Summer night sounds? I recorded tonight's soft Summer sounds and I'm going to use it to spin some friends heads around on New Year's Eve.
Oh My Gosh What I Found In the Wash
June 19, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 26.7 KBOh my gosh what I found in the wash! It's an ancient T shirt from my WNBC radio days. It says, "The Dick Summer Holy City Of Brooklyn Stick Ball Championship and Doo Wop Festival Extravaganza!" And it still fits. As a matter of fact it looks a little chesty. I called Brooklyn the "Holy City" because I was born there. "What" you might say "was the Dick Summer Holy City Of Brooklyn Stick Ball Championship and Doo Wop Festival Extravaganza?" And that would be a reasonable question. It wa...
The Magic Of Early Summer
June 12, 2016 11:00 - 19 minutes - 35.6 KBThe flowers are so bright they're almost noisy. The hot dogs and beer taste best at the beach. The ladies are wearing their summer outfits. Vacations are getting close. Don't let the bad stuff that's going on in the news distract you from smelling the roses, enjoying the pretty ladies/handsome guys and walking around in the sunshine.
Tough Morning
June 05, 2016 11:00 - 17 minutes - 39.8 KBBad morning this morning. I caught myself saying, "oooff" when I stood up this morning. And my feet hurt. And it felt like a bug carrying the dreaded "instant old virus" was buzzing around me, looking for a place to bite. So as I was drinking some coffee out of my cup that says "Dad" in big brown letters, I realized it was such a nasty morning, that if I didn't want to let it spoil my whole day, I'd better take a minute and think about a couple of ideas from my own book, Staying Happy ...
The Differences Between Us
May 29, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 32.9 KBI was in a diner, talking with my Lady Wonder Wench when I got a sudden itch on the back of my hand. So I started scratching it with some of the stubble on my chin. That was just another reminder of how lucky I am to be a man. I can stubble scratch my hands, my arms, some of my shoulders and even parts of a leg if an itch alert happens. Women can't do that. I like women, but they have a tough life. My lady recently had to take a mammogram. I don't even like the word, "mammogram." It ...
On The Road Again
May 22, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 35.6 KBYou know on a long drive you start looking for out of state license plates with silly slogans, and strange advertising billboards, and other cars like yours or other cars that are just strange? My Lady Wonder Wench and I were on the road again, going to meet our tall son Eric and his Lady, Brenda halfway between their place in Virginia, and our place in Pennsylvania. We saw plenty of cars that look like ours, and one that looked like nothing I've ever seen. It was a vintage red Musta...
Scratch Your Itch
May 15, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 32.6 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, with a big smile on my face because I have just thoroughly scratched a hard to reach itch on my back. Oooh that feels good. Scratching an itch into surrender is exceeded in pleasure only by certain sexual celebrations too graphic to describe here. Most itches you can scratch all by yourself, but some itches attack in what I call the Zone of Despair. The Zone of Despair is on your back. It's o...
The Woman Whisperer
May 08, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 36.3 KBProud Podcast Person Ryan W. sent me an article from Wikipedia called Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, which we'll simply call ASMR, because I don't want to break my mouth with the full title. It's the key guys. You can be a woman whisperer. You can forget your corny opening lines...stuff like "Your eyes are as blue as the water in my toilet bowl," "How come I didn't hear it when you dropped from heaven," "That blouse looks lovely on you, can you imagine how lovely it would look o...
Ray Ban PIlots
May 01, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 37.3 KBI'm sitting here in my big, comfortable, black, leather Poppa chair in my living room relaxing. It feels good to relax. Just a little while ago I was sitting in the left front seat of my little airplane, running a checklist to go flying with my buddy Jon. That felt good too. Jon is a flight instructor, and he runs the little airport where I keep my plane. He's also been a friend for a long time. John went flying with me to check me out for a BFR. A BFR is a biannual flight review. Ev...
The Nasties
April 24, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 37.2 KBThanks for dropping in here on my podcast. I like your company. I'm sitting here relaxing...in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room. It's good to relax. Among other things, it's a defense against lots of nasty stuff. Big nasties and little nasties. Sometimes when they really pile up, the little nasties start looking like the big ones, and we lose sight of the fact that the Lord wants us be relaxed and happy...otherwise he wouldn't have given all of us...
Some Summer's Solo Sleaze
April 17, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 30.7 KBThank you for dropping in here on my podcast. Lots happened today. The new Victoria's Secret catalog came in the mail today, and my Lady Wonder Wench came home totally exhausted. She walked in the door and she said, "You can't believe how much I've had it with the idiots out there. Leave me alone." Then she went quiet. All day. Being the sensitive Louie-Louie Generation guy that I am, I instantly caught the subtle hint that if I tried any of my famous "Tricky – Dickie" stuff on her t...
The Back Whack Attack
April 10, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 25.3 KBGotta get my back back in whack...according to Dr. D the Chiropractor. He says I have not been straight with you sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room. In fact he claims I have been tilting to the right for some time...not politically...personally. He also says I am heavier on the right side than on the left. By a lot. And one leg is longer than the other. That's weird. To understand what happened next it would help if you try to reme...
The Question
April 03, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 27.9 KBMy sister in law Tanya is smart. But I think she thinks too much. She just sent me an email quoting some self proclaimed genius guru that says, "The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions." I am not a fan of that kind of BS. In fact, I am not a big fan of self proclaimed genius gurus in general. But her email got me to try to come up with a better answer. So I've been sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly black leather papa chair in my living roo...
Float Your Hope
March 27, 2016 11:00 - 17 minutes - 40.1 KBNighttime is the best time to make your hope float. Because nighttime is full of hope...perfume traces...fantasies of black lace falling slowly to the carpet...quick smiles leaving lipstick traces on your life...whispers...quiet laughs...Hopes.
Terrorism On American Roads
March 20, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 32.3 KBI am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair, still shaking from an encounter with thousands of home grown idiot terrorists driving their cars. And it reminds me of something Big Louie said in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot. Louie said, "Statistics show the 10% of automobile accidents are caused by driving drunk. That means 90% of automobile accidents are caused by stone cold sober idiot terrorist drivers." Louie has lots of helpful comments like t...
Springing Up
March 13, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 25.1 KBSpring is crouching down, getting ready to spring a bunch of flowers up at us. She's a sexy young woman in heat...Spring. You really can't tell what she's going to do next. One day she gives you flowers and a soft, beautiful blue sky, and the next day she slams you with a hurricane. I tend to go a little nuts in the Spring. That's what this podcast is all about.
Sleazy Bachelor
March 06, 2016 11:00 - 18 minutes - 33.8 KBHow can I explain this to you. As hard as it must be for you to believe, some people haven't bought my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot. That's why I am sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable, black leather poppa chair in my living room, trying to figure out how to make a fortune in some other way...perhaps by inventing something people need. Here are some of the ideas I've come up with so far. Maybe you'll drop me a note at [email protected] and tell me if you like any of them...
An Old Friend
February 28, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 27.8 KBThank you for dropping in here on my podcast, because I can use some friendly company. It looks like I've become an adult. When did that happen? And how can I make it stop? I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, hiding from another birthday. In my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot, Big Louie, the head guy of the Louie Louie Generation says, "There are 3 ages of mankind. Youth, middle age, and "My you look good." So now I have to loo...
FebRRRuary
February 21, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 31.1 KBI am sitting here in my big, comfortable, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room, thawing out from the trip I just took to the mailbox. It's cold. No I mean COLD. That's because it's February. And as I told you in my book, Staying Happy Healthy And Hot (available at Amazon.com) the word is FebRUary. Not Feb-YOU-ary. Think about this please: If you, a priest, a rabbi, and a minister walked into a bar and the bartender asked if you wanted some b-YOU-skis you, the priest, the ...
Love Crazy
February 14, 2016 11:00 - 16 minutes - 30.6 KBYou've got to be a little crazy to fall in love, because if you're not a little crazy in love you're not really in love. It's complicated. Especially for guys. The only way a guy can find out if a woman is feeling romantic is by puckering up and trying for a kiss. Sometimes that works, and sometimes she just turns her head, and rolls her eyes out loud, which leaves you kind of licking her ear. But Louie Louie Generation lads and ladies have been around long enough to know that love is...
Liking Valentine's Day
February 07, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 30.4 KBI like Valentine's day. You get to tell somebody, "I love you," or at least, "I like you." It means baseball's Spring Training is about to start. And it's a day when the thought really is more important than the gift. In fact, I have found that if you can get the right kind of thought going, Louie-Louie Generation ladies like my Lady Wonder Wench generally really get into the spirit of giving...so to speak. And if you are a Louie-Louie Lad like I am you will certainly put to good use t...
Thinking In Opposites
January 31, 2016 11:00 - 13 minutes - 24.5 KBHas it ever occurred to you that the smartest guys think in opposites. For example take the guy who packaged the batteries I just bought on line. They're totally encased in plastic so thick that I had to cut if with a pair of wire cutters. It was essentially a plastic battery chastity belt. But when I dug the batteries out and put them in the flashlight, they didn't work. I wanted to send them back, but the invoice from the guy who sold them says, "All returns must be in original packa...
We're Not Doomed
January 24, 2016 11:00 - 15 minutes - 28.9 KBAll the smart guys are telling us, "We are doomed. Run and hide." Stephen Hawking the famous scientist says, "We are doomed because the artificial intelligence we are creating will take over and kill us, or we will be wiped out by a giant asteroid." Lots of politicians are telling us "We are doomed because the terrorists are coming to get us." Other politicians are telling us "Our coastal cities are doomed because of climate change."It seems like most TV shows are about murder and bloo...
The Real Reason
January 17, 2016 11:00 - 14 minutes - 26.2 KBIn my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot, Big Louie, the head guy of the Louie Louie Generation says "Most of the time we have two reasons for doing anything. A good reason, and the real reason." And I guess he's right. I'm sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room, fondling a new toy that I have wanted for a while, but I couldn't bring myself to get it until I figured out a good reason for buying it. Look, it's like the first guy who said...