I told mr. Washington I wanted to become
a disc jockey someone asked me to tell
this story and he said Les Brown he said
if you want to do anything worthwhile in
life you’ve got to be hungry and so I
started working to develop myself he
said I want you to practice every day
being a disc jockey I said but I don’t
have any job now he said it doesn’t
matter
he said that it’s better to be prepared
for an opportunity and not have one than
to have an opportunity and not be
prepared so every day I was working to
develop myself and that’s what you must
do and as I was working to develop
myself I applied for a job as a disc
jockey WM VMI Miami Beach I went to a
guy named Milton butterball I said how
you doing mr. butterball I like to get a
job as a disc jockey he looked at me he
said you have any broadcast background I
said no sir I don’t you have any
journalism background I said no sir
don’t he said we don’t have any jobs
available I said yes sir
I went back to mr. Washington and I told
him he said don’t take it personally he
said most people are so negative they
will have to say no seven times before
they say yes he said go back again so I
went back again I said how you doing mr.
butterball my name is les brown he said
I know what your name is what do you
want as I like to know whether or not
you have any jobs at this jockey sir he
said did not just tell you yesterday we
didn’t have any jobs I said yes sir but
I know whether or not somebody got laid
off with somebody was fired sir he said
no one was laid off a fighter I get on
out of here I came back the next day
hello mr. butterball how are you he said
fine what do you want now
I said I’d like to know whether or not
you got any jobs sir they’d better tell
you the last two days we didn’t have any
jobs I said yes sir but I don’t know
whether or not somebody got sick of
somebody died sir
he said no one got sicker doc I don’t
come back here and threw me out again I
came back the next day like I was seeing
him for the first time I say hello mr.
butterball how are you he looked at me
with rage he said go get me some coffee
and I went to get him some coffee after
a while I would give their lunch and
dinner and I would go in the control
rooms and take the disk jockeys their
food and I would not leave until they
would ask me to leave then they’d
started trusting me to pick up
entertainers that came to town
entertainers like The Four Tops and the
temptations and Dinah Ross and The
Supremes I would drive them all over
Miami Beach in the disc jockeys big long
Cadillacs I didn’t have any driver’s
license but I was driving like a hat
song and one day one Saturday afternoon
while I was at the radio station a guy
named Rock was drinking while he was on
the air I was the only one there looking
at him through the control room windows
walking back and forth young ready and
hungry I’ll send ray kroc drink drag
rock I’m going to get him some more if
he had asked me to pretty soon the phone
rang it was a general manager and I
answered the phone I said hello he’s
unless this is mr. Klein I said I know
he said Rock can’t finish his program I
said I know he said would you call one
of the other DJ’s in I said yes sir I
hung the phone up I said now he must be
think I’m crazy I called my mom and my
girlfriend Cassandra said y’all turn up
the radio and come out on the front
I waited for about 20 minutes and I
called him back I said mr. Klein I can’t
find nobody he’s a young boy do you not
have worked in controls I said yes sir
he said going there no sitting on here
as a yes sir I couldn’t wait to get
behind those controls I put on old
Stevie Wonder record called fingertips i
sat down behind that turntable I said
look out this is me LV Triple P let’s
find your planet Flynn Papa there were
none before me there will be none after
me therefore that makes me the one and
only young and single Earl of Domingo
certified bonafide and duly qualified to
bring his satisfaction a whole lot of
action
look out leave him your love man I was hungry I was hungry
a disc jockey someone asked me to tell
this story and he said Les Brown he said
if you want to do anything worthwhile in
life you’ve got to be hungry and so I
started working to develop myself he
said I want you to practice every day
being a disc jockey I said but I don’t
have any job now he said it doesn’t
matter
he said that it’s better to be prepared
for an opportunity and not have one than
to have an opportunity and not be
prepared so every day I was working to
develop myself and that’s what you must
do and as I was working to develop
myself I applied for a job as a disc
jockey WM VMI Miami Beach I went to a
guy named Milton butterball I said how
you doing mr. butterball I like to get a
job as a disc jockey he looked at me he
said you have any broadcast background I
said no sir I don’t you have any
journalism background I said no sir
don’t he said we don’t have any jobs
available I said yes sir
I went back to mr. Washington and I told
him he said don’t take it personally he
said most people are so negative they
will have to say no seven times before
they say yes he said go back again so I
went back again I said how you doing mr.
butterball my name is les brown he said
I know what your name is what do you
want as I like to know whether or not
you have any jobs at this jockey sir he
said did not just tell you yesterday we
didn’t have any jobs I said yes sir but
I know whether or not somebody got laid
off with somebody was fired sir he said
no one was laid off a fighter I get on
out of here I came back the next day
hello mr. butterball how are you he said
fine what do you want now
I said I’d like to know whether or not
you got any jobs sir they’d better tell
you the last two days we didn’t have any
jobs I said yes sir but I don’t know
whether or not somebody got sick of
somebody died sir
he said no one got sicker doc I don’t
come back here and threw me out again I
came back the next day like I was seeing
him for the first time I say hello mr.
butterball how are you he looked at me
with rage he said go get me some coffee
and I went to get him some coffee after
a while I would give their lunch and
dinner and I would go in the control
rooms and take the disk jockeys their
food and I would not leave until they
would ask me to leave then they’d
started trusting me to pick up
entertainers that came to town
entertainers like The Four Tops and the
temptations and Dinah Ross and The
Supremes I would drive them all over
Miami Beach in the disc jockeys big long
Cadillacs I didn’t have any driver’s
license but I was driving like a hat
song and one day one Saturday afternoon
while I was at the radio station a guy
named Rock was drinking while he was on
the air I was the only one there looking
at him through the control room windows
walking back and forth young ready and
hungry I’ll send ray kroc drink drag
rock I’m going to get him some more if
he had asked me to pretty soon the phone
rang it was a general manager and I
answered the phone I said hello he’s
unless this is mr. Klein I said I know
he said Rock can’t finish his program I
said I know he said would you call one
of the other DJ’s in I said yes sir I
hung the phone up I said now he must be
think I’m crazy I called my mom and my
girlfriend Cassandra said y’all turn up
the radio and come out on the front
I waited for about 20 minutes and I
called him back I said mr. Klein I can’t
find nobody he’s a young boy do you not
have worked in controls I said yes sir
he said going there no sitting on here
as a yes sir I couldn’t wait to get
behind those controls I put on old
Stevie Wonder record called fingertips i
sat down behind that turntable I said
look out this is me LV Triple P let’s
find your planet Flynn Papa there were
none before me there will be none after
me therefore that makes me the one and
only young and single Earl of Domingo
certified bonafide and duly qualified to
bring his satisfaction a whole lot of
action
look out leave him your love man I was hungry I was hungry
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