The absurdity didn’t occur to me until two different students of mine, Nick Sluss-Rodionov and Trevor Parker, both said something about it – and now I can’t stop thinking about the crazy array of interviews I will be doing tomorrow at WGTD. First of all, on a program which has in recent weeks tackled such topics as Autism, the rise of evangelicals in our nation’s political life, global climate change, and the widespread difficulty which boys have in school – tomorrow’s Morning Show is devoted to the 50th anniversary of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. (The book was first published half a century ago, and I spoke to the guy who edited the 50th anniversary of the book.) From there, I’ll record an interview with the author “The Case for Mr. Lincoln,” which devotes itself to President Lincoln’s early career as a lawyer and to one landmark case in particular which really helped shape his future greatness. From there, I speak with a guy named Ian Spector, author of a book called “The Truth about Chuck Norris.” It springs out of a strange website in which fans of Chuck Norris are welcome to post their own comments and/ or suggestions about how tough he is. . . things like “Chuck Norris makes onions cry.” I’m thinking now that 90% of my audience will not know the name Chuck Norris and don’t particularly want to know it either. And 95% of them will not have even seen this book or the website from which this material was narrowed and I have a feeling it will be a big challenge to talk about it to the listeners. And I estimate that 98% of the listeners will wonder what in the world possessed me to talk about Chuck Norris on the morning show.
There you have it -the Grinch, Abraham Lincoln, and Chuck Norris- all in one morning- and only on WGTD’s Morning Show.