So I talked with Ed for a few minutes this afternoon on the telephone --
Ed is doing fine !I explained why I was calling and he seemed pleased that people had been talking about him (
nicely, I pointed out, which got a laugh out of him)
He goes to the local supermarket every morning and they let him walk up and down the aisles for exercise -- doctor's orders.
He has long recovered from bypass surgery in 2001, and lost a lot of weight to get himself in better shape since then.
Almost immediately he began to tell me about the treasure he found in the old Amos 'n' Andy scripts, and how he's learning the dialoge as a whole new round of schtick. He also said he's still on WBCQ, and I checked to see, indeed, he's on the schedule:
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=show_program&id=6We didn't get a chance to talk much about him getting on the air with us on 80m, since I was still at work and he had some dinner plans tonight that kept me from making a callback.
What he did say was that his "two women" were taking him out to dinner ...
NO, I didn't have time to ask ...
But look he said he's going to bed late and getting up later, and it sounded to me like he really appreciated the phone call.
Those interested should just dial him up in the afternoons and have a chat. That number in the newspaper is still good.
It was good to hear his voice.
He turns 79 in May ...
