There's one aspect of working at a station where you choose your own music that I haven't mentioned on this blog--the combination of admiration and envy you feel when another DJ chooses a song or segue you wish you'd picked.
One early morning while I was working at KCOU, I turned on the radio and heard an overnight DJ say, "It's 2:00, and this is KCOU, Columbia." He then started his first song--the "Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s first season version of the theme song, "Love Is All Around," by Sonny Curtis.
"Great way to start your show!" I thought while nodding approvingly. Then, the envy set in. "Do not covet thy fellow DJ's song picks" isn't one of the 10 Commandments, but I was still irked with myself that I hadn't thought to begin one of my on-air shifts with one of the best TV show themes.
I was very sorry to learn of Mary Tyler Moore's passing today. Over the last few hours, I've been watching various "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Dick Van Dyke Show" excerpts and thinking about how "Love Is All Around" was a great encapsulation of the way Moore portrayed Mary Richards. I'm sure that theme will run through my mind many more times tonight, and I won't mind at all--or begrudge any DJ who plays it on the radio.
