Allow Me This Moment

In a Sopranos' episode titled "Remember When?" Tony talked about the contempt he had for chat that began with "Remember when.....?".  He called it the lowest form of conversation.

He was right of course.  

It creates a short rush of conversation about what we were doing, who did that, etc. and then pained silence when we try to refill our memory with new events.

Not when we talk about Peter Griffin.
Toronto radio lost a legend the other night who ran counter to the "Remember When?" theory of cheap conversation.  I can't think of a memory about Pete Griffin that would end in pained silence.  

Peter was the straight man to Geets Romo (aka Don Haydu) of the Pete and Geets radio team which graced the Toronto radio airwaves from the mid-70s to 1987.

They started at CHUM-FM in the late 60s and in the mid 70s they became Canada's very first comedic FM morning team moving to CFNY in 1980.
If you grew up in the sixties and seventies in Toronto, you'll understand the impact Peter had on radio and comedy. They were part of a golden age in radio.

If we are the sum of all our parts, the influence of people like Peter Griffin along with Geets Romo helped make me who I am today.

Here's a clip of them doing what they did.
Enjoy