Dickie V’s Triumphant Return

And off we go, let the trumpets blow.  Well hold on, because the driver of the mission is a pro.  The Ruler’s back.  -Slick Rick 

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Look who’s talking now.  The world’s favorite announcer is back. 

I may be in the minority.  Heck, I may even be the only one.  The eua de colognely one.  The lonely one.  Only the lonely know the heartaches I’ve been through.  Only the lonely know I cried and cried for you.  I cried for Dickie V.  Cried for Dickie V when he had been sidelined.  Sidelined for two months.  Two months too long.  But he’s back.  Back where he belongs.  Back behind the microphone.  Where it’s at!  I got two turntables and a microphone.  And not a moment too soon. 

Just in the nick of time.  Just in time for rivalry week.  Just in time for Duke/UNC.  Just in time to preach to the college basketball choir.  He hasn’t missed a Duke-North Carolina contest in twenty-nine years.  He wasn’t gonna start now.  No, he doesn’t criticize.  Doesn’t scrutinize.  Doesn’t vilify.  But that’s the beauty of Vitale.  He adores basketball.  He adores anyone and everyone in that fraternity.  Rah rah sis boom bah! 

Yes, his analytical substance may be lacking.  He offered early on last night that, for North Carolina to defeat Duke, “they need great execution.”  But that’s not why we dote on Dickie.  We love the passion.  Not everyone can carry the weight of the world.  Talk about the passion. 

He talks about the passion.  He loves his job.  He loves his sport.  He loves the kids.  And it comes through in every broadcast.  In every word he utters.  In every dipsy.  In every doo.  In every dunkeroo.  So get together all the diaper dandies.  Round up all the Maalox mashers.  Make room for all the high risers.  Make room for Daddy.  Make room for Dickie V.  Yeah we tease him a lot cause we’ve hot him on the spot, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Public Acknowledgements:  Bruce Willis, Roy Orbison, Beck, REM, Danny Thomas, the Salt Lake Tribune and John Sebastian

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