We’d like to wish our most sincere “Get Well” wishes to Al Eschbach!
The legendary Sports Animal host revealed last week that he recently survived a heart attack, hospital stay and leg gash during a trip to Thailand. Fortunately, he’s apparently doing better and back on the air, which is good news for sports radio listeners and travel agents alike.
The details are not nearly as fun and exciting as Al’s Colombian adventure – you know, the one that ended with him being stabbed outside a brothel – but if you’ve ever listened to Al once in the last 40 years, it’s probably worth a listen:
Yikes, that’s scary. We’re glad Al is apparently doing better, enjoying his new blood flow, and didn’t give his final “Seeeeeeeeeeeeeee Ya!”
That being said…
According to Al, the whole thing happened while he was at his Airbnb.
Now I’m not saying Al is lying here… but if Jim Traber slipped him some Truth Serum™ at Othello’s, I have a feeling the setting of the story might slowly shift from “I was out of breath on an Airbnb staircase” to something more like, “Next thing I know, she walks into the massage parlor and I’m feeling chest pains!”
Basically, I demand that Paintbrush call Al tonight at 7 p.m. and demand the whole truth!
Anyway, while we wait for that to happen, it will be interesting to see if Al starts winding down his tourism travels to locales of ill repute.
I know nothing terrifies old boomers more than slowing down, but maybe lay off the 18-hour plane rides to Bogotá, Bangkok, and Dubai and start doing more traditional 80-year-old things. When he starts telling the Hooters girls funny stories from his leaf-peeping trips, we’ll know something is up.
Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.
