Birthday Poem and Death By Chocolate
A friend of our morning show wrote a really clever poem for my birthday...and his wife sent in a delicious dessert!
It's not even really my birthday, yet, but our friend Dr. Alan Stern came on the air with us this morning to share a fabulous poem he wrote, and to deliver Fran's Death By Chocolate! (He stuck a green bean in it so that it qualified as 'healthy'!)
The dessert is amazing...and here's the awesome poem Alan wrote:
"If there's one person I adore in the radio biz,
it's the brilliant, dynamic, and talented... Lou!
He's the king of the airwaves at 94.3.
but today's birthday bash is for Liz Jeressi.
She's here every once in a while, doing the show,
when she's not hanging in Florida, Pennsylvania, or places we don't know.
But when her sleep is not interrupted by parties on the roof next door
she's a delightful voice on the Jersey Shore.
Liz, you're not the most exciting kid on the block
when you snuggle in bed with your alarm clock!
You must get an interesting night's sleep
because when you're done snoring your bed partner goes BEEP.
Your shows on the boardwalk give us a wonderful wake-up,
but would you please take some other time to put on your makeup?
Lou likes the view of the sun and the water
but he doesn't need to see everything made by Estee Lauder!
You like to eat things that are very delicious
but if you tell me you eat healthy, I'd be suspicious.
Dana, your trainer, also trains my wife and me
and she tells us about all the things we don't see.
Like when you show up for an exercise class you take
and excuse yourself for a marshmallow break.
And I better not catch you eating junk food or slurpees
or I'll tell Dana to make you do 50 burpees.
And those are not the burpees that happen to Lou,
after he's had a beer or two.
Now Lou, you may think Liz is a pain
But when she's on the air you have so much to gain.
Do you really think you'd be able to lob
all the funny stuff you throw if Gary Gellman had gotten her job?
I think our celeb photographer would smack you in the gut
If you told him to keep his aperture shut.
And Liz, keep us laughing as you take your lumps
and be thankful your co-host is Lou and not Donald Trump
The truth, Liz, is that you're a big part of life at the shore,
when we wake up to you there's smiles galore.
And your laugh resonates inside Fran's and my heads
but I guarantee you we don't take our clock radio to bed!
You're an incredible mom, a sister, a friend, and a daughter,
you give to everyone much more than you oughta.
And all of us who know you in this special way
Wish that this will be your very best birthday."
....Thanks so much, Alan, for the great poem, the laughs, and your friendship! And Fran...I love you, and your Death by Chocolate is the most awesome and delicious treat!!!! Happy 38th Anniversary to the two of you!!!