April 9, 2007: This Lino moment didn't even originate on his on show, but it sure ended on it. Back in March of 2007,
Speak Now with Dave and Susan Konig had on the air a representative of the
St. Baldrick's Foundation, an organization where volunteers shave their heads in solidarity with children who have cancer, while requesting donations of support from friends and family. At one point a listener from Florida named Dave called into the Konigs' show and said that he'd "give $250 for Lino's head". (Presumably he meant the
hair on Lino's head and not the actual head itself... who would
want that?) Anyway, Lino took up the challenge and decided to solicit donations for this worthy cause on his show during the remainder of Lent, culminating with Lino getting his head shaved live on the show on the day after Easter Sunday.
Fast forward to the day of the shave.
Speak Now producer Adam Hamway's father, Fred (who is a barber), did the honors. Click on the photo below to see more snapshots of the grand event...
After the deed was done we learned that the fundraising effort was several hundred dollars short of the $5,000 goal. Then, for some reason beyond anyone's comprehension, Adam Hamway declared that if Lino's listeners could exceed the goal, he'd get his head shaved, too. You can pretty much predict what happened next:
Thanks in no small part to calls from three of Adam's brothers (including one who lived in Australia), the goal was met, and his hair... sideburns and all... was history.
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