Can you spell S-C-A-R-E-D? So there I was a couple of days ago, running a little late for an appointment, and as I got on the elevator (I live on the 19th floor), I noticed that all the floor buttons were lit and a loud buzzing noise.“Oh shit,” I said as the doors closed, and we just sat there.
Then I saw a call button, and when I pushed it, a voice I could hardly hear said something I couldn’t understand.
The same faint voice said that she also could barely hear me.
There I was on my hands and knees, using my best radio voice, shouting into a speaker near the bottom of the elevator.
Then all of a sudden, the buzzing stopped, and the lights on all the buttons went out; thankfully, when I pressed the door open button, the doors opened, and I got the hell out of there.
Why does everything but the bad stuff fade away in your rearview mirror of life?
The thing I notice the most about air and train travel is that the staff doesn’t have any sense of urgency.
Unfortunately, eventually, everything will fail.
What the airline industry needs to learn is “Communication is the beginning of understanding.”
To be successful, one must be passionate about persevering.
There is no such thing as dying of old age; something always kills you.
The drummer is the only member of the band who needs a band.
It’s not the booze or drugs you’ve overindulged in that make you look old; it’s your sobering up and realizing what a fool you’ve been.
Why do my days seem to last longer than my years?
Everybody’s good at something.
Remember when everything was about the customer?
Becoming happy is the most complicated thing you’ll ever undertake.
I think the Republicans hate Nancy Pelosi as much as the Democrats hate Donald Trump. Having them both gone would be a good thing.
I’m not sure what words I dislike more, no, never, or, that’s not my problem.
Reasons and excuses are not that closely related.
I guess Musk has proved that you can’t be a genius at everything, huh?
Rules are made for those who’ll follow them.
Other than in the music business, contracts usually favor the underdog.
Bobby Cole claims that there is no such thing as a real phony.
Does anything ruin your cool look more than a missed belt loop?
Thinking that prayer will solve everything is rather silly; a person is usually the answer to every problem, not God.
Wow, on my Thanksgiving adventure to California, I had the opportunity to fly Alaska Airlines a couple of times. Nice attitude.
Steven Stills may have sung it a long time ago, but that’s where we still are; “Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.”
Why do they think we know where the venues are by only giving us the stadium name?
Wow, Gisele’s already got a new boyfriend.
The more frightened Mr. Businessman becomes, the more he listens and cooperates.
Even though the word, eventually, isn’t very optimistic, I like it more than the word never.
Do you think that any talk show host or celebrity has gotten even one person to change their vote?
Why are people who believe happier than those who don’t?
I wonder why folks find it so hard to say thank you.
Progress, no matter how slow, is still progress.
How come everybody but women understand, “He with the gold rules?”
Sex only becomes important when you’re not getting any.
Whenever you stop learning, the end is near, my friend.
Every time something becomes popular, something else becomes unpopular.
When your best days are behind you, sometimes your best hours are just ahead.
Wow, both my Winnipeg Jets and Florida Panthers snuck into the playoffs. The Jets play the Golden Knights, and The Panthers, play the Bruins. OUCH!
Speaking of hockey, how ’bout dat Connor Bedard, eh?
Oh, and did I mention that my Daughter Cami is a big hockey fan? Not only does she go to the games, but she has a bunch of Panther Jerseys, Jackets, Touques, and T-shirts, so I’m pretty sure she wears a different outfit for each period.
Don’t you just hate it when the words “Update available” show up?
How sad, one of the legendary Buzzard boys of WNAP in Indy, Buster Bodine, passed away. 🙁
Geo: Good to hear from you, Reid. As you know, you found many of those characters for me, and I thank you for it.
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Wendy Holmes: Oh, your poor knees!! (Questions)
Geo: Pretty embarrassing moment, Wendy.
Bill Gardner> Hi George! Your elevator story reminded me of mine.
I was doing “swing shift” fill-ins on air at “Famous 56” WFIL Philadelphia, and this night I was doing overnights…..home of
the every hour, FIFTEEN-minute newscasts (daily news commitments had to be dumped somewhere!).
Pretty sure our mutual friend Jim Hilliard had already left the Program Director chair at that time. During the 3.15 AM newscast, I decided to take the elevator to our cafeteria and grab a vending machine snack. On the return, the elevator screeches to a halt mid-floor! It’s almost 3.30 AM in Philly, I’m due back live on the air in minutes, and I’m stuck in the elevator. What now? The elevator DID have a phone; I would assume to handle my exact challenge.
Legendary Top 40 WFIL had incredible engineers, or “board ops,” so I thought, “Hey, I’ll call super board op Freddie Moore’s phone extension, and I’ll bet he can figure out how to put the elevator’s phone on the air AND also get me sprung.
Both things eventually happened, but I did almost an hour of my WFIL radio show from the elevator on the phone until a repair crew rescued me!
I guess everyone’s famous for something. And that’s undoubtedly the only “fame” I achieved during my time at WFIL Philadelphia!
Geo: When I told my daughter Cami about being stuck in the elevator for over 15 minutes, she said she wouldn’t have lasted a minute before calling 911 on her own phone. Duh, I never even thought of that Bill.
I’m with your daughter! I’d have called 911 too if someone had only invented cell phones back then 🙂 Pretty sure the elevator phone only called WFIL in-house extensions.
Hugh Whaley: Very sad news indeed about Buster’s passing, George. He was a very good man, husband, father, and grandfather. May he RIP! (Questions)
Geo: Hugh I had the honor of working with him for almost 10 years. What a shock. 🙁
Doug Thompson: Very sad to hear Buster Bodine (Michel D. Hanks) passed away. His political views were definitely not mine, but he was an incredible voice talent.
I hired BB to be the promo voice of CHUM’s Canadian radio sports network The Team and he was MAGNIFICENT. Hit it out of the park every time (sports metaphor for those paying attention)
Loved, loved, loved working with him.
We finally met up for lunch in LA after The Team was over. It was at Nat’n’Al’s in Beverly Hills and we had a great time.
I’ve now worked with 2 of the Hanks brothers (don’t know if there were any others). Buster was a whole lot easier to work with than his brother Chuck. But I wouldn’t have missed working with either of them for anything. Rest easy Michael.
Geo: I worked with Buster as a jock for almost 10 years, Dougie, very talented but very different than his big brother.