{"id":86,"date":"2008-09-03T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blogWORDPRESS\/2008\/09\/03\/my-custom-trailer-from-don-lafontaine\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T07:06:00","slug":"my-custom-trailer-from-don-lafontaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/my-custom-trailer-from-don-lafontaine\/","title":{"rendered":"MY CUSTOM TRAILER FROM DON LaFONTAINE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For years, attendees of my International Radio Creative & Production Summit<\/a> had suggested that I get Don LaFontaine<\/span> to be a guest speaker. Only one problem: Don and I had never met nor had any kind of contact, and I was a too intimidated to call him up.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/span>Finally I reminded myself of the counsel I always give others: “Don’t say no for the other person; let them say yes or know for themselves.” I believe that was in 2006.<\/p>\n

Don was quite nice to me, but we had a schedule conflict that year. He said, “If you still want me, I’d be glad to participate in 2007…if I’m still alive.”<\/span> <\/p>\n

I assumed that was just a flippant reference to his having reached the age of Not As Young As I Used To Be.<\/p>\n

The stars appeared to align much more efficiently in 2007, and Don officially became part of that year’s Summit program.<\/p>\n

One morning less than a week before the Summit, the telephone rang the moment I came into the office. It was Don LaFontaine, calling with palpable chagrin and regret to explain that he wouldn’t be able to make it. <\/p>\n

At my request, he recorded an audio explanation for me to pass along to the attendees. (I wrote the opening line, and Don took it from there.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>When he called, it was obvious that Don was stricken at having to bail out on such short notice. He kept apologizing.<\/p>\n

Finally I said, “Don, trust me: If I could find a way to spin this situation so that I could get mad at you, I would. But I can’t figure out any way to blame you for this, so don’t worry about it. Have a safe trip, and say hello to Riley for me.”<\/span> <\/p>\n

Don, it was an honor to know you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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