[Borderstone]

I was at work when i heard the news. I went to the back room,had my radio on the oldies station at 11:25am and the announcer read the news.

I thought,"Oh my gosh,anohter celebrity has passed on at 81 this year!" (Don Knotts,Dennis Weaver). The next thought was back to the John & Yoko week. (Which I borrowed on VHS from a Scottsdale library about 5 years ago).

Then to the tape my brother owns of KISS's 1974 appearence. What I remember most though is watching as a kid,not really knowing who most of the guests were but liing the show and it's flowered background set.

Mike had one lone top 40 hit,"The Men In My Little Girl's Life". (In her future that is.)He is though,in my #1 hits book,standing next to Neil Sedaka.

Here's to a great host to not just celebrities of his own time but to the one's that were,in the 60's & 70's,on the cutting edge. He wasn't prejudiced in his views in who to have for a guest. That's not just a good host,that's a good person. May he rest peacefully.

The eerie thing in all of this is that he passed away on his birthday,August 11th.