On the Second Day of Lino: "Did he just hang up on me?!"

December 2007: For me, one memorable moment happened while I was driving home from work as I listened to an episode of "Let's Make A Catholic Deal". Lino had just gotten hooked on hanging up on people, and it was about to come back and bite him.

The caller up to play made the deliberate mistake of telling Lino that he 'loved' him in a manly sort of way. Lino, not taking too kindly to having guys tell him that they love him, advised the caller that he had just about ruined his chances of playing LMACD. This is the gist of what happened next:

Caller: Hey, Lino?
Lino: Yeah.
Caller: [click]

Sound of professional phone answerer Tom Falcone bursting out in laughter.

Lino: Did he just hang up on me?! On Let's Make A Catholic Deal?!!
Maureen McMurray [Lino's producer]: Whoa!
Lou Ruggieri [Lino's technical director]: That guy waited on hold for 20 minutes just to get on the air and hang up the phone!

Tom continues to laugh hysterically in the background.

Sadly I had the recording of this at one time, but early this past May my computer's hard drive imploded and I lost all of the recordings I had made over the prior six months. So to someone who didn't experience the clip first-hand it loses some of its effect just reading it. But to those like me who heard it live, it's just more proof that payback can be a b----.