I will See You on the Radio - Part I
We will have two parts of our commentary - this time and next time. The title which we use for the first part - has been used many times by various radio personalities - as a parting shot of sorts - which doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Speaking of "seeing on the radio" or lack - thereof - we have to quote the favorite story related to us many times with some minor details - invariably - changed - each time it was told - just to make it more interesting.
Our family's favorite aunt who loved to tell funny stories - used to tell us about her favorite male vocalist whom she loved to listen over the radio waves - having only a vague notion about his appearance - from the publicity shots - widely published since - as we mentioned before - he was well known for quite a while.
At any rate - when he came to perform a concert with his piano accompanist - the tickets were hot and going fast. Our relative was barely able to get some and was looking forward to enjoying - finally - at the long last - her favorite artist - live - in person. She was in love with his silver baritone voice and could listen to him singing many of her favorite, beautiful opera arias - "forever and a day."
Finally - at the long last - she was sitting - all dressed up - "decked up to the nines" in the concert hall - close to the stage - when the handsome, well spoken - master of ceremonies - came out and announced the immediate appearance onto the stage - of the vocalist - whom our relative was longing to - finally - see in person.
When the singer appeared on the stage - as he walked towards his piano accompanist's - grand piano - ready to sing his staple item - "The Toreador Aria" from Bizet's famous opera "Carmen" - my relative noticed to her huge disappointment that the singer was short, fat, dumpy and cross-eyed - as well.
She left the concert hall - as soon as she could - without disturbing the rest of the viewing audience and she made a solid promise to herself - to never again "put any stock" in any publicity photos - published.
This phenomenon is totally reversed in the popular talk radio show - format; we shall talk about it - the next time.
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