If there’s a word for de facto star struck, I experience it tonight. Picture this: A man walks on stage and makes you laugh for 10 solid minutes as he explains where he was born, grew up, and how he was influenced. Then, almost half way through the talk, this stranger reveals he’s partially responsible for something that shaped your childhood. It was so delightful. It was the opposite of all those Jerry Springer moments where a deadbeat dad shows up decades too late; he didn’t need to be there, his work help raise me.





Wayne White’s voice can tell you a lot about where he’s from, but if you want to have a hope in hell of guessing what this man has done, then you’ll need to do more than hear, you’ll need to listen. Here’s a quick walk down his CV. I’ll just wait over here as the amazing memories drizzle down the sides of your brain like a freshly cracked egg.





Television

Pee-wee’s Playhouse

Shining Time Station

Beakman’s World

Riders In The Sky

Bill & Willis





Music Videos

The Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Tonight, Tonight’

Peter Gabriel’s 'Big Time.’





Here is some of his Word Art, which you can imagine is near and dear to my heart.















