May 6, 2024 • 6 mins
We all recount some of our favorite memories of Uncle Johnny.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's time to go around the room with Elvis Duran
in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Let's go around the room. What's on your mind? I'most
start with Scottie b.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Hey, Yeah, do you remember that time you went to
Uncle Johnny's house to help him with his vacuum cleaner.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
I do.
Speaker 4 (00:14):
I took the train all the way in from Long
Island to the city because you were like, can you, guys,
can you just go help him with his vacuum. He
can't get it working or whatever. He's having a problem
with it. So I'm like, okay, no problem. Went in there.
I'm like, hey, Johnny, what's going on. He's like, I
can't figure out this vacuum. Can you please help me?
Here's the manual? And he hands me the manual for
a cured coffee maker and that he was reading it
like the whole time, and he's like, I can't figure
(00:37):
it out. It doesn't say how to turn it on, Like, dude,
this is the wrong thing. And I just all I
did is I put it on the charger and it
went right on. Okay, and that was that was it.
But it was just I don't know, it was just
so Uncle Johnny. It was such a fun day for
me is as much time as it took me to
get there. I love doing That was Johnny. That was
Johnny's thing. Man, Hey, what's up? Gandhi?
Speaker 5 (00:59):
All Right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Just keep thinking, you know it always it's so terrible
to lose somebody, And then I think how lucky we are.
And I know it's cliche, but how lucky we are
to have had someone who makes saying goodbye so hard? Right,
And we were so blessed to have him in our life,
and he made us laugh so hard. Every single thing
that we've played is making me tokle over and over again.
And he was just such a wonderful person to know.
And I'm really glad that I had him in my life.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Amen. Yeah, what did we do right to deserve?
Speaker 6 (01:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Having Uncle Johnny in our lives? Interesting? Hey, producer, Sam,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 7 (01:29):
I got so many big stories about the guy, but
I actually want to share just my favorite little thing
about him because it felt so significant.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
So especially in the other studio.
Speaker 7 (01:38):
My studio and then our old offices was really far away,
and sometimes I wouldn't even get out and socialize with
you guys because I'd be so tethered to my computer,
and you know it's a bomber. I love you guys,
We're all fun. Every time he came to visit, no
matter how busy I was, I'd always hear a little knock, knock, knock,
and I'd turn around and he'd wave and blow a kiss,
or he'd open the door.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
He came to find me every time.
Speaker 7 (01:57):
So it's not just these big, ridiculous moments that make
him so fabulous. The small things that not enough people
do also made him exceptional. I'm never going to forget
the smallest gesture he would do every time.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Remember we went to Ties, that bar down on Christopher Street.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Heavens, I only remember half of it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Elvis, Uncle Johnny got Sam so twisted, oh man, And
then you and Uncle Johnny and Alex stood in the
front window of Ties and pulled your pants down and
mooned all of Christopher's.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
See, he moved mooned all of Christopher Street.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
And I just remember looking back at that photo and
being embarrassed because I had the whitest ass of all
three of us.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
That's what upset me.
Speaker 8 (02:32):
And oh my god, hey Froggy, what's up. Well, you know,
every single time Uncle Johnny would come to New York.
If I wasn't here, he would always make a point,
like Sam said, to say hello. So the very last
interaction I had with him was a day that he
was here and he on the camera said to me, hello, Froggy,
how are you s And I'm really good, great to
(02:53):
talk to you.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
We chat a little bit. He said, can you please
give me a favorite? Tell Lisa and Kayden that I
love them? And I said yes. He says, I love
Lisa so much.
Speaker 8 (03:01):
And Elvis goes, hey, Johnny, if you love Lisa so much,
you should really learn how to say her name. It's Lisa,
and it just says, what ever, tell Lisa I love her?
I just he brightened every room he ever walked into.
He always left it a better place. And we will
miss him so so much. We already do.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
Heyes, you know, oftentimes people pass and then they are
celebrated posthumously and they don't get to hear it because
they're already dead. But with Uncle Johnny, I love the
fact that he got so many opportunities like for to
be honored while he was living, like, for instance, the
time that he was chosen as the Grand Marshal of
the Miami Parade, the Miami Pride Parade, or when he
(03:43):
went back to all his glory, to all the bar
that he had, you know, he made amends with and
they celebrated him on Fire Island. I mean, so, I
was just it was just exciting to know that he
got to see these moments while he was alive, and
he was honored in that way.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's very well put.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Absolutely, and no one loved honoring Uncle Johnny more than
Uncle Johnny.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What's up, Danielle?
Speaker 9 (04:06):
So, like Sam said, it was the little things that
like sometimes you might not see, but he knew I
loved the cocktails with all of the sweetness to it,
like anything sweeter. He would sometimes make a special cocktail
only say this one's for Danielle. But then behind the
scenes he would be slipping me cherries and marshmallows and
chocolate and nutella and coconut, and he'd.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Be like, you'll take this.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
I have extra, and I would like eat extra and
take some home with me. You can have the whole
bottle when I'm done, you just take it home with you,
because he knew how much I loved it. And little
things like that, like you said, Sam, mean the world
and It's those things that like you think back at
and you go, wow, you know what, that was so sweet,
and when it was happening, you didn't maybe think of it,
but then you go back and you think of it and
you go, wow, it's nice.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
He was a very sweet mass He really was. He
really was. What's up straight.
Speaker 10 (04:55):
I'm not sure if I read this on the air before,
but we almost lost Johnny a couple of times, remember,
and back when he was in the coma in twenty twenty,
I sent him this text and I said, I'm not
sure if you will read this, Johnny, but I just
want you to know that you helped me realize that
life is worth living. To see the enjoyment that you
got out of even the most mundane things in life,
while being almost double my age, gives me hope for
(05:15):
my own golden years. You made my life better in
numerous ways, and I sincerely hope that you will again
one day and the event, in the event that this
is the last text I send to you, then when
it is my own time to go, I want you
waiting at the gates of heaven with that drink you
made me for my birthday all those years ago, and
if it's not the right one, we will make the
drinks that you make until you come up with the
(05:38):
right recipe. Saint Peter can wait, and Saint Peter can
wait until you do.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
I love you. So I sent him that, and then
we had him for another couple of years.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, he kept trying to die, but he.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Did say that one time.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
He was like, what did he say that one time
to you?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
When he woke up. It was to let me die?
Let me die.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
No, I told you to let me die the first time.
I don't know why he keep me around.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
He got mad at us because we kept him alive. Inane.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
He was a really good hugger and he always give
you a kiss every time too.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah, And he always said if you said I love you,
Uncle Johnny, he can always say I love you more.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
That was his Uncle Johnny.
Speaker 10 (06:26):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
And if you can get it up at yours?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, yeah, I shoot nest.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
He had a lot of those. I'm gonna play hooky goodbye,
tell
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Mister Wran in the morning show,
It's time to go around the room with Elvis Duran
in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Let's go around the room. What's on your mind? I'most
start with Scottie b.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Hey, Yeah, do you remember that time you went to
Uncle Johnny's house to help him with his vacuum cleaner.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
I do.
Speaker 4 (00:14):
I took the train all the way in from Long
Island to the city because you were like, can you, guys,
can you just go help him with his vacuum. He
can't get it working or whatever. He's having a problem
with it. So I'm like, okay, no problem. Went in there.
I'm like, hey, Johnny, what's going on. He's like, I
can't figure out this vacuum. Can you please help me?
Here's the manual? And he hands me the manual for
a cured coffee maker and that he was reading it
like the whole time, and he's like, I can't figure
(00:37):
it out. It doesn't say how to turn it on, Like, dude,
this is the wrong thing. And I just all I
did is I put it on the charger and it
went right on. Okay, and that was that was it.
But it was just I don't know, it was just
so Uncle Johnny. It was such a fun day for
me is as much time as it took me to
get there. I love doing That was Johnny. That was
Johnny's thing. Man, Hey, what's up? Gandhi?
Speaker 5 (00:59):
All Right?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Just keep thinking, you know it always it's so terrible
to lose somebody, And then I think how lucky we are.
And I know it's cliche, but how lucky we are
to have had someone who makes saying goodbye so hard? Right,
And we were so blessed to have him in our life,
and he made us laugh so hard. Every single thing
that we've played is making me tokle over and over again.
And he was just such a wonderful person to know.
And I'm really glad that I had him in my life.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Amen. Yeah, what did we do right to deserve?
Speaker 6 (01:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Having Uncle Johnny in our lives? Interesting? Hey, producer, Sam,
what's on your mind?
Speaker 7 (01:29):
I got so many big stories about the guy, but
I actually want to share just my favorite little thing
about him because it felt so significant.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
So especially in the other studio.
Speaker 7 (01:38):
My studio and then our old offices was really far away,
and sometimes I wouldn't even get out and socialize with
you guys because I'd be so tethered to my computer,
and you know it's a bomber. I love you guys,
We're all fun. Every time he came to visit, no
matter how busy I was, I'd always hear a little knock, knock, knock,
and I'd turn around and he'd wave and blow a kiss,
or he'd open the door.
Speaker 5 (01:55):
He came to find me every time.
Speaker 7 (01:57):
So it's not just these big, ridiculous moments that make
him so fabulous. The small things that not enough people
do also made him exceptional. I'm never going to forget
the smallest gesture he would do every time.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Remember we went to Ties, that bar down on Christopher Street.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
Heavens, I only remember half of it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Elvis, Uncle Johnny got Sam so twisted, oh man, And
then you and Uncle Johnny and Alex stood in the
front window of Ties and pulled your pants down and
mooned all of Christopher's.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
See, he moved mooned all of Christopher Street.
Speaker 7 (02:25):
And I just remember looking back at that photo and
being embarrassed because I had the whitest ass of all
three of us.
Speaker 5 (02:31):
That's what upset me.
Speaker 8 (02:32):
And oh my god, hey Froggy, what's up. Well, you know,
every single time Uncle Johnny would come to New York.
If I wasn't here, he would always make a point,
like Sam said, to say hello. So the very last
interaction I had with him was a day that he
was here and he on the camera said to me, hello, Froggy,
how are you s And I'm really good, great to
(02:53):
talk to you.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
We chat a little bit. He said, can you please
give me a favorite? Tell Lisa and Kayden that I
love them? And I said yes. He says, I love
Lisa so much.
Speaker 8 (03:01):
And Elvis goes, hey, Johnny, if you love Lisa so much,
you should really learn how to say her name. It's Lisa,
and it just says, what ever, tell Lisa I love her?
I just he brightened every room he ever walked into.
He always left it a better place. And we will
miss him so so much. We already do.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
Heyes, you know, oftentimes people pass and then they are
celebrated posthumously and they don't get to hear it because
they're already dead. But with Uncle Johnny, I love the
fact that he got so many opportunities like for to
be honored while he was living, like, for instance, the
time that he was chosen as the Grand Marshal of
the Miami Parade, the Miami Pride Parade, or when he
(03:43):
went back to all his glory, to all the bar
that he had, you know, he made amends with and
they celebrated him on Fire Island. I mean, so, I
was just it was just exciting to know that he
got to see these moments while he was alive, and
he was honored in that way.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
That's very well put.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Absolutely, and no one loved honoring Uncle Johnny more than
Uncle Johnny.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What's up, Danielle?
Speaker 9 (04:06):
So, like Sam said, it was the little things that
like sometimes you might not see, but he knew I
loved the cocktails with all of the sweetness to it,
like anything sweeter. He would sometimes make a special cocktail
only say this one's for Danielle. But then behind the
scenes he would be slipping me cherries and marshmallows and
chocolate and nutella and coconut, and he'd.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
Be like, you'll take this.
Speaker 9 (04:29):
I have extra, and I would like eat extra and
take some home with me. You can have the whole
bottle when I'm done, you just take it home with you,
because he knew how much I loved it. And little
things like that, like you said, Sam, mean the world
and It's those things that like you think back at
and you go, wow, you know what, that was so sweet,
and when it was happening, you didn't maybe think of it,
but then you go back and you think of it and
you go, wow, it's nice.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
He was a very sweet mass He really was. He
really was. What's up straight.
Speaker 10 (04:55):
I'm not sure if I read this on the air before,
but we almost lost Johnny a couple of times, remember,
and back when he was in the coma in twenty twenty,
I sent him this text and I said, I'm not
sure if you will read this, Johnny, but I just
want you to know that you helped me realize that
life is worth living. To see the enjoyment that you
got out of even the most mundane things in life,
while being almost double my age, gives me hope for
(05:15):
my own golden years. You made my life better in
numerous ways, and I sincerely hope that you will again
one day and the event, in the event that this
is the last text I send to you, then when
it is my own time to go, I want you
waiting at the gates of heaven with that drink you
made me for my birthday all those years ago, and
if it's not the right one, we will make the
drinks that you make until you come up with the
(05:38):
right recipe. Saint Peter can wait, and Saint Peter can
wait until you do.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
I love you. So I sent him that, and then
we had him for another couple of years.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, he kept trying to die, but he.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Did say that one time.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
He was like, what did he say that one time
to you?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
When he woke up. It was to let me die?
Let me die.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
No, I told you to let me die the first time.
I don't know why he keep me around.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
He got mad at us because we kept him alive. Inane.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
He was a really good hugger and he always give
you a kiss every time too.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah, And he always said if you said I love you,
Uncle Johnny, he can always say I love you more.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
That was his Uncle Johnny.
Speaker 10 (06:26):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
And if you can get it up at yours?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, yeah, I shoot nest.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
He had a lot of those. I'm gonna play hooky goodbye,
tell
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Mister Wran in the morning show,
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