It’s the weekend… and our latest Podcast (#19) is up! Friday, Regis Philbin signed off after a record-breaking 16,700 career hours on television! After saying goodbye he, of course, stopped by my dining room table to discuss what’s next for him. We also talked about two pilots in the news: One whose trip to the airplane’s onboard bathroom caused a terrorist scare, and another who literally ran out of gas and took up a collection from passengers to pay for fuel to continue their flight! Plus, I’ll tell you about my back (which is out) and speaking of “out”… I’ll tell you exactly how you can reserve your copy of my new CD, “The Best of Purtan & Purtan’s People - Vol. 10” starting this coming Monday, November 21st, right here at DickPurtan.com! It contains 40 of my favorite character bits and conversations from my last few years on the air and is just $19.99. Proceeds benefit two great Military charities: “Operation Homefront Michigan” and “Honor Flight Michigan: The Legacy Project”. These two fine organizations have teamed up to throw a party during the Holidays and you’re invited!
For details… see the flyer below!
Have a great day and enjoy the podcast!
Podcast #19: Goodbye to Regis… and Hello to my new “Best of CD”! (24min. 30 sec.)
Friday, November 18, 2011 at 9:48AM 
Reader Comments (1)
The story about Dick Purtan and the elephant reminds me of a story that took place at the Shrine Circus which was at the State Fair Grounds (Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey was at Cobo Hall). The circus was also offering elephant rides for a couple of bucks and I decided to take a ride just to say that I did so. I was behind a mother and boy about 4 or 5 years old (the boy...not the mother) who was very enthusiastic about riding the pachiderm. As we drew closer, I notice this remarkable phenomnenon. The closer we got to the elephant, the more his enthusiasm dwindled. You could practically measure this mathmaticly. With ever step, is excitement dwindled until finally when we reached our destination he was practically in tears and begging not to go on the elephant. It was amazing. Of course the circus people must have experienced this before, and refunded the mother her money. I did go on the elephant and....really....it was no big deal, but I have the feeling that because of this experience, that little boy grew up to become a democrat.
Happy Thanksgiving.