Love You Man: Donnie’s Karate Classes

Love You Man: Donnie's Karate Classes

Donnie Black is the Producer of The Andie Summers Show. His love for radio started way back when he was 8 years old when he would record his radio shows on his cassette player in his bedroom. When he is not at work, he listens to 90s boy bands and watches the same movies over and over. The thing we love most about Donnie is his love and kindness to the people around him. So much so that Donnie ends all of his phone conversations with “Love you, man.” Yes, even to our boss, Razz on the Radio!

The Andie Summers Show wanted to take this a bit further and challenged Donnie to call a complete and total stranger every week with a bizarre request. He needs to end all of those phone conversations with “Love you, man” and hopefully the stranger on the line will say it back to Donnie!

Donnie has not been successful when it comes to getting “Love you man’s” back, but we still love our love muffin anyway! Listen to The Andie Summers Show every Tuesday just after 7 am for a brand new “Love You, Man.” Donnie calls a random place of business with a wild request. In the past, Donnie has called a dog walking company and asked them to walk his fake mini horse, he’s called a bowling alley after getting his fingers stuck in a bowling ball, and even a hospital because he wants to know the safest way to get rid of a jellyfish sting.

With the Olympics in full effect, Donnie is feeling the urge to get into shape and start training. He wants to try his hand at karate since it will be at the 2028 Olympics in the US. Donnie calls a dojo to ask about classes for someone his age and if he can battle a child over an adult. Will this be enough to earn him a "Love you, man" back?

Summer Olympics 2024 is officially in full swing in Paris following an Opening Ceremony for the ages.

Seriously, this Opening Ceremony had something for everyone, and get ready for us to do our best Stefon:

-Can-Can dancers.
-Lady Gaga.
-A surprising sub-plot in the overall ceremony's narrative that involved a ménage à trois.
-References to the beheading of Marie Antionette, which led into a performance from French metal band Gojira.

-A buttload of rain.
-Priceless artwork from the Louvre coming to life.
-A silver horse galloping across the Seine in majestic glory.

-A catwalk from out of nowhere highlighting France's club scene and the country's influence on fashion.
-A brief performance from Les Misérables.

And then, as if things couldn't get any more over-the-top, Celine Dion delivers a stunning performance of Edith Piaf's "Hymne A L'Amour" from inside of the Eifle Tower. The legendary singer has been battling stiff-person syndrome, which is a condition that impacts the central nervous system. This condition has affected Dion's ability to sing. She revealed her diagnosis in December 2022, stopped performing and made very few public appearances while she sought treatment to return to performing.

Even once the Olympic cauldron is extinguished, people will still be talking about this triumphant moment.

Now that we've gone through all of our tissues from happy-crying about Celine, it's time to get down to business and talk about the athletes.

This 2024 Opening Ceremony was very unique for the above reasons, but also because it saw the Parade of Nations actually make their way down the Seine in boats of all sizes. Some small countries had a small boat to themselves. Oftentimes, there were multiple countries sharing a boat, while countries with large delegations had massive boats just for their athletes.

Regardless of boat size, pretty much every athlete got drenched by the pouring rain throughout the entire Opening Ceremony. However, the rain didn't seem to dampen the moods of the athletes. In fact, Kelly Clarkson commented, "Everyone is killing that wet look. Just sayin’!"

Now, because of the rain, this led to many of the athletes to wear clear plastic rain ponchos over their Opening Ceremony outfits, which had to be a bit of a bummer. (It certainly got in the way of checking out all of the various team outfits.) However, this also made us take a closer look at the fashion choices of each nation, and it's led to our very serious (wink-wink) assessment of the best and worst fashion choices from the Summer Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony. Enjoy!