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John DeBella’s Last First Friday Show with Listeners Ends with a Proposal?

Author Steve Vassalotti

Today (6/2/23) marks the final First Friday Show with listeners on the John DeBella Show. For the last 10 or so years the first Friday of each month listeners to the John DeBella Show were able to come in for a party of sorts during the show. They were treated to contests, games, comedians, and most importantly food.

Over the 10 years of first Friday we’ve had roughly 1400 listeners come by. That same span has covered 3 different studios (the current being by far the best of them), they have seen about 120 different comedians (today we brought back Vinnie Brand) and been fed food that they never would eat at 7am if they hadn’t already been up since 4am.

With it being the final first Friday one of the listeners in the studio asked me if he could do something on the air. He didn’t say exactly what he wanted to do, but he had written something down on a note pad and it sure did seem like a marriage proposal. So my thinking was alright sure, last show with listeners in studio, lets see what John thinks. He was down for it because he also assumed it was a proposal and the last first Friday. Why the hell not, let’s do something we never do. Well, we would’ve been better off keeping our never done it before record. When we let this listener have his moment on the mic, he went through his whole written thing, teared up, struggled to get through it and then he ASKED HER TO MOVE TO FLORIDA!! Are you kidding me?

Looking back on it when I asked if this was marriage proposal, he never did say “yea, it’s a marriage proposal.” Now it seems like the signs were there the whole time and I should’ve read him better. That was one way to wrap up the last First Friday of the JDB Show Era… a beautiful disaster.

Police K9's Wow The Crowd At The John DeBella Dog Walk

The 2023 DeBella Dog Walk had so many exciting things going on this year. Two of which were the Delaware State Police K9’s Demonstration and The Dynamo Dogs.

These two demonstrations left us in awe. It was so cool to see these talented doggies do their thing. It made us jealous that our dogs weren’t as well-behaved as these superstars.

The Delaware State Police K-9 Section was established in 1925. The unit assists Federal, State, County, and Local law enforcement agencies out. The teachability and unrelenting drive of these pups have proven to enhance the level of service provided by the men and women of the Delaware State Police. They came out to show us both their sniffing dogs and a biting dog.

Gail Mirabella started The Dynamo Dogs in 2006 with her high-flying Frisbee dogs. She has been training dogs since the age of 10.  As a dog lover and trainer for more than one canine sport, she travels across the country sharing her expertise and entertaining crowds of all ages. Many of The Dynamo Dogs have been adopted or rescued.  Gail’s entourage includes some pretty awesome dogs. With a little time, patience, and positive training, anyone can create a special bond with their dog.

The Delaware State Police K9’s demonstration and The Dynamo Dogs were great acts to have on such a wonderful day.

  • Bobo Finds A Bomb Odor

    It takes dogs 6 months to become part of the K9 unit. Sniffing dogs take three months to learn the target odors.

  • Corporal Morris In The Decoy Suit

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    Photo by Gina Cosenza

    Members of the Delaware State Police K9 unit get sent out to learn how to be decoys for the bite dogs. Here, you can see Corporal Morris in a special bit suit. This helps the dogs learn to go after and bite moving targets.

  • A Bite Dog In Action

    Corporal Morris pretends to fight the officer in this video. Officers in the K9 unit have special remotes on them that they can press to open their patrol car doors from far away. That will send their dog into action.

  • Bite Dogs Won't Let Go

    Unless explicitly told to let go, these canines will bite with force for as long as possible. They are taught to hold on, even if the person they are biting is moving or fighting back. Corporal Morris is walking around here, showing how strong and solid the bite force is.

  • These Pups Leap For Frisbees

    Here you can see one of Gail Mirabella’s pups getting out her energy, leaping for a flying disc.

  • Foxy The Butterfly Goes Through The Net

    Foxy is a young puppy. She’s a trick dog in training. Here you can see one of the cute things she already knows.

  • Petey Does A Barrel Race

    This was a brand new trick 3-year-old Petey was trying for the first time. We think he did a marvelous job.

  • Tesla Jumps Rope

    She’s really naturally good at jumping. So, what did Gail do? She turned it into a trick! Tesla is a master at jumping rope.

  • Spirit And Tesla Show Teamwork

    These two sure know how to work as a pair. Spirit runs through the barrel as Tesla pushes it along.

  • Spirit Flies Through The Air

    She is short but she is mighty. With only a little help from a stepstool, Spirit goes flying over the poles to the other side. Maybe she should have been wearing the butterfly costume…

Steve Vassalotti is co-host of “The Matt Cord Show with Steve Vassalotti” weekday mornings 6a-10a on 102.9 WMGK. He has been with the station since 2015. For WMGK he writes about inane nonsense that surrounds our daily lives, sports, food and other various topics. Steve writes about Philadelphia lifestyle content, the Philadelphia Eagles culture and trending topics.

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