December 15, 2025 • 7 mins
Today, Gandhi shares how she reached out to a teacher and his interesting response to her message.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Get your hairs together, and we're going to start to party.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
In the start the part I'm Ready to Party, The
Elvis Duran After Party.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The after Party podcast, You're Ready for It, The Party
podcast Let's Do It. So did you ever have one
of those teachers that just connected with you in such
a fantastic way that you wanted to reach out and
find them later in life to say thank you. I
know for a fact, favorite teacher of mine that you
(00:37):
saw something in me that other teachers didn't see.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
We had a bond. It was awesome, and you want to.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Reach out to them years later to say thank you.
And you just kind of assume even though it's been
years since you talked to this teacher that you had
this bond with, they would remember. You would be totally
festive with it, and they would roll with it, and
they make you feel good about where you are in life.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
This happened to Gandhi. Yeah, tell me what happened?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well? Oh no, We talk about here all the time
that if somebody has opened your eyes like that, reach
out to them. Give people their flowers while they are
still alive. It's important, especially for teachers, you know, they
maybe don't hear it often. Yeah, So I was thinking
about one of mine, specifically my choir teacher for middle school,
who really opened my eyes to a lot of things,
and musical theater was one of them. He had us
sing a song from Rent, which at that time was
(01:24):
apparently very controversial for a lot of the parents. They
didn't want us singing something from Rent because oh my god,
this gay musical. But he was like, no, this is
a beautiful song. We're gonna do it. It was awesome
and I got the bug at that moment when we
did that song, I was like, I love musical theater.
I made my parents take me to see Rent. From
that point on, I just really enjoyed it and appreciated it.
And when Danielle you and I got to be on Broadway,
(01:46):
even though it was like a very short moment, it
was one of the best days of my life.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And on that day I thought about mister O'Neill and
I was like, I wonder if this would like mean
anything to him or what's going on? But I waited
for a while. I finally found him. I sent him
a very long message about how he changed my life
and he opened my eyes to musical theater. And all
these great things have happened in my life and thank you.
It was about this long I'm showing you guys in
the room.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Wow, a very long long message. You really went back
and recalled a lot of stuff that he did for you.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yes, I did, And when he finally read it, he
wrote back, thanks, I'm retired now, and that was it.
I always choked laughing. I was like, oh my god,
I've been let as stray by the stupid show. Make
me reach out to someone.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
That's rights.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
We always tell you on this show, reach out to
people from your past and say thank you. Maybe you
didn't say thank you enough when you were with them.
You went out of your way for mister O'Neill. Nothing, thanks,
I'm retired.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Click.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
My goodness.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I laughed so hard and I was like, you know what,
I don't even know what I was expecting. Like, maybe
that's all he really felt that thank you so much,
I'm retired now, Okay, cool. I don't know, but I
was like, this dumb show and this dumb advice.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
I'm sorry, we give bad advice.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I guess no, you know what, maybe maybe he touched
and moved so many students that he was just tired
of answering all of them.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Maybe I don't know, very possible.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Maybe maybe he just his memory wasn't as good as
it once was and that he couldn't exactly remember you.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I had no doubt he doesn't remember me, and just said, oh, well,
I'm so happy I made an impact.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
That's all I needed to say something. Or maybe mister
O'Neil is just a little bitch.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I don't know. He was real cool and I was
like this guy whatever. I'm sure he's still cool.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I don't know. You know, something was kind of fishy here.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
If if I was a teacher and I had you
Gandhi as my student, I would remember you.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
You're not Forgidable at all.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well, thanks, I get, But maybe mister O'Neill wanted different.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I don't mean. I don't mean that in a good way.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
Are you still in touch with any of your friends
that also had him as a teacher.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, have them.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
Reach out and see if they get the same response.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
No, because if they don't, I'll be even more devastated.
That'd be crazy. He even posted once because when I
was looking for him and I finally found him, I
looked through his page and he posted Hey, if any
of my former students are doing anything that has to
do with performance or musical theater, please reach out and
let me know. It means a lot to me. So
I was like, oh, double banger, this is gonna be great. No, no, man.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I can't think of any of my teachers I would
want to reach out to it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You're probably all bad anyway, but yeah, no, there is
one I would send a note to, but now I'm
afraid to him.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Afraid that were like, uh, who.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
What scy? I would like to reach out to missus Barlem,
my third grade teacher. I mean, I don't even know
if she's still alive at this point, but she taught
us humor and wit. She was she came along and
she basically was the teacher that would play tricks on
the class. She would it was okay to be boisterous.
(05:02):
She didn't fault me for being loud, talkative and the
one in the class who's always trying to make a joke,
and she actually commended us for that. And she helped
us develop our personalities rather than the way some kids
are introverted, you know. So I would like to send
her a note and thank her for that.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
You know what, that's a very good point, and you
should and maybe she'll give you more of a fun
response than Gandhi received. But let's think about something you
just triggered him me scary in a good trigger way.
How close are you now to the kid you were
in high school? Are you still that same person? Or
have you blossomed, as they say, or changed?
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I haven't. I haven't either.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I am still the same guy I was in high school.
I swear to God I am. What about you, Gandhi, Danielle.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I would like to think that I have blossomed a
little bit. I think at my core I'm pretty much
the same. But I was an a hole in high school,
so I would like to think I'm not the same much.
I opened the door on that one.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, but you, Danielle, are you the
saying Danielle you were?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm definitely the same in a lot of ways. But
I'm hoping.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
I'm a little bit more mature.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
But sometimes I wonder. I don't know, but I'm the same,
like I feel like I'm the same person.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Well, then here's one to think about. You probably can't
answer it without giving it some serious thought. How are
you different than you were in high school? I mean,
what good and what bad have you have you become
since high school? You know, I can think of a
few things how I'm different as well.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
What are they?
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Well, I'm not gonna say that loud. I mean, let
them think him through.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
But I mean, it's an interesting exercise to see how
you act now about certain situations versus how you would
have acted then, and what happened to you in life
that made you change your look on life.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
You know, something to think about.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I was definitely much more reactive to things than I
am now Now I think about them more so reactive.
But I'll give it a few days at least before
the reaction happens.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Right, anyone else can you think of something?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I feel like I'm the same as Gandhi like I
used to be. Like screaming used to be the way
to get.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
A point across.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
We knew you then, so yeah, well you know me
at the and you knew me at the tail end
of it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Wow, I'm still that way. I still react.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
I haven't changed much, but I think I have a
little bit more confidence than I did then, and I'm
a little more sure of myself. Back then, I was
just a high school nerd, playing, you know, with the
nerd herd in the hallway. We had our own little
group of misfits. We were the Land of misfit toys.
But but I think, I so, I think I've come
a long way in that regard.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Are you still the land of the misfit I'm still.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
Nobody wants to play with in the box. All right,
I'm giving you some stuff to think about today
Speaker 6 (07:52):
After party
Get your hairs together, and we're going to start to party.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
In the start the part I'm Ready to Party, The
Elvis Duran After Party.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The after Party podcast, You're Ready for It, The Party
podcast Let's Do It. So did you ever have one
of those teachers that just connected with you in such
a fantastic way that you wanted to reach out and
find them later in life to say thank you. I
know for a fact, favorite teacher of mine that you
(00:37):
saw something in me that other teachers didn't see.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
We had a bond. It was awesome, and you want to.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Reach out to them years later to say thank you.
And you just kind of assume even though it's been
years since you talked to this teacher that you had
this bond with, they would remember. You would be totally
festive with it, and they would roll with it, and
they make you feel good about where you are in life.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
This happened to Gandhi. Yeah, tell me what happened?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Well? Oh no, We talk about here all the time
that if somebody has opened your eyes like that, reach
out to them. Give people their flowers while they are
still alive. It's important, especially for teachers, you know, they
maybe don't hear it often. Yeah, So I was thinking
about one of mine, specifically my choir teacher for middle school,
who really opened my eyes to a lot of things,
and musical theater was one of them. He had us
sing a song from Rent, which at that time was
(01:24):
apparently very controversial for a lot of the parents. They
didn't want us singing something from Rent because oh my god,
this gay musical. But he was like, no, this is
a beautiful song. We're gonna do it. It was awesome
and I got the bug at that moment when we
did that song, I was like, I love musical theater.
I made my parents take me to see Rent. From
that point on, I just really enjoyed it and appreciated it.
And when Danielle you and I got to be on Broadway,
(01:46):
even though it was like a very short moment, it
was one of the best days of my life.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And on that day I thought about mister O'Neill and
I was like, I wonder if this would like mean
anything to him or what's going on? But I waited
for a while. I finally found him. I sent him
a very long message about how he changed my life
and he opened my eyes to musical theater. And all
these great things have happened in my life and thank you.
It was about this long I'm showing you guys in
the room.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Wow, a very long long message. You really went back
and recalled a lot of stuff that he did for you.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yes, I did, And when he finally read it, he
wrote back, thanks, I'm retired now, and that was it.
I always choked laughing. I was like, oh my god,
I've been let as stray by the stupid show. Make
me reach out to someone.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
That's rights.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
We always tell you on this show, reach out to
people from your past and say thank you. Maybe you
didn't say thank you enough when you were with them.
You went out of your way for mister O'Neill. Nothing, thanks,
I'm retired.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Click.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
My goodness.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I laughed so hard and I was like, you know what,
I don't even know what I was expecting. Like, maybe
that's all he really felt that thank you so much,
I'm retired now, Okay, cool. I don't know, but I
was like, this dumb show and this dumb advice.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
I'm sorry, we give bad advice.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I guess no, you know what, maybe maybe he touched
and moved so many students that he was just tired
of answering all of them.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Maybe I don't know, very possible.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Maybe maybe he just his memory wasn't as good as
it once was and that he couldn't exactly remember you.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I had no doubt he doesn't remember me, and just said, oh, well,
I'm so happy I made an impact.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
That's all I needed to say something. Or maybe mister
O'Neil is just a little bitch.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I don't know. He was real cool and I was
like this guy whatever. I'm sure he's still cool.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
I don't know. You know, something was kind of fishy here.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
If if I was a teacher and I had you
Gandhi as my student, I would remember you.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
You're not Forgidable at all.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well, thanks, I get, But maybe mister O'Neill wanted different.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
I don't mean. I don't mean that in a good way.
Speaker 5 (03:56):
Are you still in touch with any of your friends
that also had him as a teacher.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, have them.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
Reach out and see if they get the same response.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
No, because if they don't, I'll be even more devastated.
That'd be crazy. He even posted once because when I
was looking for him and I finally found him, I
looked through his page and he posted Hey, if any
of my former students are doing anything that has to
do with performance or musical theater, please reach out and
let me know. It means a lot to me. So
I was like, oh, double banger, this is gonna be great. No, no, man.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I can't think of any of my teachers I would
want to reach out to it.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
You're probably all bad anyway, but yeah, no, there is
one I would send a note to, but now I'm
afraid to him.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Afraid that were like, uh, who.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
What scy? I would like to reach out to missus Barlem,
my third grade teacher. I mean, I don't even know
if she's still alive at this point, but she taught
us humor and wit. She was she came along and
she basically was the teacher that would play tricks on
the class. She would it was okay to be boisterous.
(05:02):
She didn't fault me for being loud, talkative and the
one in the class who's always trying to make a joke,
and she actually commended us for that. And she helped
us develop our personalities rather than the way some kids
are introverted, you know. So I would like to send
her a note and thank her for that.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
You know what, that's a very good point, and you
should and maybe she'll give you more of a fun
response than Gandhi received. But let's think about something you
just triggered him me scary in a good trigger way.
How close are you now to the kid you were
in high school? Are you still that same person? Or
have you blossomed, as they say, or changed?
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I haven't. I haven't either.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I am still the same guy I was in high school.
I swear to God I am. What about you, Gandhi, Danielle.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I would like to think that I have blossomed a
little bit. I think at my core I'm pretty much
the same. But I was an a hole in high school,
so I would like to think I'm not the same much.
I opened the door on that one.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, but you, Danielle, are you the
saying Danielle you were?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm definitely the same in a lot of ways. But
I'm hoping.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
I'm a little bit more mature.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
But sometimes I wonder. I don't know, but I'm the same,
like I feel like I'm the same person.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Well, then here's one to think about. You probably can't
answer it without giving it some serious thought. How are
you different than you were in high school? I mean,
what good and what bad have you have you become
since high school? You know, I can think of a
few things how I'm different as well.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
What are they?
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Well, I'm not gonna say that loud. I mean, let
them think him through.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
But I mean, it's an interesting exercise to see how
you act now about certain situations versus how you would
have acted then, and what happened to you in life
that made you change your look on life.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
You know, something to think about.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
I was definitely much more reactive to things than I
am now Now I think about them more so reactive.
But I'll give it a few days at least before
the reaction happens.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Right, anyone else can you think of something?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I feel like I'm the same as Gandhi like I
used to be. Like screaming used to be the way
to get.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
A point across.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
We knew you then, so yeah, well you know me
at the and you knew me at the tail end
of it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Wow, I'm still that way. I still react.
Speaker 6 (07:19):
I haven't changed much, but I think I have a
little bit more confidence than I did then, and I'm
a little more sure of myself. Back then, I was
just a high school nerd, playing, you know, with the
nerd herd in the hallway. We had our own little
group of misfits. We were the Land of misfit toys.
But but I think, I so, I think I've come
a long way in that regard.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Are you still the land of the misfit I'm still.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
Nobody wants to play with in the box. All right,
I'm giving you some stuff to think about today
Speaker 6 (07:52):
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