OTB clerk Danny Perasa brought his wife Annie to the booth to reminisce about proposing to her on their first date more than 25 years ago. Read the full description.
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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing." Aired on The Brian Lehrer Show 2/20/04 and NPR's Morning Edition 8/11/04. Rebroadcast on Morning Edition on 2/24/06. Danny Perasa passed away on 2/24/06.
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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing." Aired on The Brian Lehrer Show 2/20/04 and NPR's Morning Edition 8/11/04. Rebroadcast on Morning Edition on 2/24/06. Danny Perasa passed away on 2/24/06.
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Aired on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show 2/20/04 and NPR's Morning Edition 8/11/04.
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Review of StoryCorps: Danny and Annie Perasa
StoryCorps is great. I feel like I'm on a party line telephone (does anyone remember party lines?) and overhearing conversations. Danny Perasa is a master at the similes. Saying "I love you" is like "hearing a beautiful song from a busted old radio" or "being married is like having a color television; you never want to go back to black and white." Annie Perasa must be some kind of woman. Sweet spot for anytime especially for next month - June - which is the traditional time for weddings. Listen to this piece, then listen to Catherine Giradeau's piece on PRX entitled "Vows." The two would work well together.