StoryCorps: Danny & Annie Perasa
Series: StoryCorps Interview Excerpts
From: StoryCorps
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Here, Off-Track Betting clerk Danny Perasa [Per-ah-sa] and his wife Annie reminisce about their first date, more than 27 years ago.
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Here, Off-Track Betting clerk Danny Perasa [Per-ah-sa] and his wife Annie reminisce about their first date, more than 27 years ago.
Broadcast History
NPR Morning Edition 8/11/04
Transcript
D: She started to talk, and I said listen I'm going to deliver a speech
and I said at the end you're gonna want to go home. I said you
represent a dirty four letter word, I said that word is love. I says 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. And she turned around
and she said, of course I'll marry you. And the next morning I called
her as early as I possibly could,
A: And he always gets up early, (laughs)
D: - to make sure she hadn't changed her mind, and she hadn't. And
every year on April 22 around three o clock, I call her and ask her if
it was today would she do it again, and so far the answer's been the
same.
A: Yeah, twenty -five times yes. (laughs)
D: You see, the thing of it is, I always feel guilty when I say I love
you, to you, and I say it so often, I say it to remind you that as d...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:In Manhatten's Grand Central terminal is a sound proof booth. People sit down to record their personal stories, and from time to time we get to listen in. The project is called StoryCorps, and it was created by independent producer Dave Isay. We've heard the stories of all kinds of people, and today we spend a few moments with Dannie and Annie Perasa <
Those are the voices of Dannie and Annie Perasa as recorded in the StoryCorps booth in New York City's Grand Central terminal. The StoryCorps recordings are being archived at the Library of Congress. If you want to hear other exerpts or learn more about the project, visit NPR-dot-ORG




