I came to The Ticket after the main Davey Lane years, I think. I started listening in late 2004 or thereabouts. I never heard The Rant, but maybe I wasn't tuning in weekends at that time -- thought I was, but maybe not.
I did hear The Orphanage for many years. Loved it. Miss it.
Whenever I hear him on the air, I think: This is good. This sounds like a Ticket guy. Sounds, in fact, like a Ticket host. Has, in fact, that Craig "Junior" Miller crazy/cool vibe.
Would most of us consider his appearances with Corby and Danny this week to be a success? I would. (And it reminds us, as we have been reminded many times, that Corby can be really good when he's away from The Hardline setting.)
So I ask, why not more Dave Lane?
And why did he leave The Ticket to begin with?
I ask it reluctantly, because I fear it may provoke answers having something to do with some unfortunate employment situation, or internal Ticket problem, or domestic issues, that are really none of this site's business. Well, maybe internal Ticket problems are.
I can see why a guy might leave a station voluntarily. If, for example, he wanted to make an actual living instead of waiting on a Ticket host to die.
But, if LinkedIn is to be believed, the man is somewhat at loose ends right now, and has been for awhile.
But, alas, there is no room for him at The Ticket most of the time. With full-time JVs scrabbling for airtime and fill-in host duties, there just aren't a lot of slots for cameos by Historical Ticket Figures.
I'm rambling. I don't have a point. I just like listening to Dave Lane, I wish he were on more often, I'm sorry he's not a full-time Ticket star, and MTC wishes him well.
