Johnny Carson Day
Full Monty and Early Times. My producer says "let's go with a Best Of" so here's one from May 2008

WALK THAT WALK
Right from the start you find out from the crawl position that it's all about walking
Walking gets you to other rooms and even outside
Plus it lets you go upstairs
Soon you are walking to kindergarten where tears blur a distanced Mom as she walks away
Then before you know it, you're walking away from that school for the last time
And one Sunday you walk down steps into pastor's arms to be dunked for Jesus, hallelujah
Now you're ready to walk to the big school where you're a boy among men but oh my, those girls
It seems forever when that long awaited day arrives and you get to walk in a robe to be handed
Walking papers or what they call a diploma that says no more walks to school (or rides either)
The walk now is in a suit & tie to work where you do stuff and receive money
But then you find yourself walking to the university after work and it's just another school
THEY LIED
Those girls I mentioned, well one of them walked with me down the aisle in church to a place called
MARRIAGE
In a blink I was walking hut two three four carrying a rifle that I never had to use except for target practice
Later I walked into a house with a baby that someone gave us 'cause we couldn't make our own
Another eternity passed and I handed in my rifle and walked away from Yes, sir for good
But the walk to the door of our brand new house should have convinced me I'd be making that walk
Lots of times staggering from lots of alcohol
No matter, 'cause I walked in another robe to get really good walking papers from the university that said
I'M SMART
And now at work they pay me alot more and I get to walk among giants
Too bad I can't feel like I'm one of them
The walk from that hospital where I woke up after getting hit by an 18 wheeler was humbling, but mercifully, Me 1 - grim reaper 0
But then one day I get to walk to Flamingo Joe's and the walk to my house was never the same
I saw her, I held her and all the walks before that moment meant nothing
I walked to an elevator in a place where dreams come true and she would be there
Then she walked through the door and we kissed a forever kiss
And when I walked to my door back home, my eyes were swollen from the tears thinking
I might never walk with her again
We thankfully replaced that improbability with a permanent smile as I walked from work for the last time
Then (here's the BEST part of this story) I walked through the door in a hidden cove where she assembled a love nest
Close to where we now walk to our nifty yard everyday where the fronds nearly touch the clouds
As we walk to that place called
FOREVER