you know a lot of guys uh in high school have trouble getting even one date to go with them
to the senior prom but our next guest had seven dates and here now to tell how that
happened please welcome Luke buite Welcome to New York welcome to the show thank you how do
you like New York uh big have you been here before uh no I haven't first time then it's
quite a thrill isn't it yeah I'm sorry the weather's been so lousy it's actually it's
pretty similar to Oregon that's right they get a lot of rain there too don't they yeah have
you done anything fun since you've been in town uh actually I saw the Statue of Liberty
I went to Central Park very impressive yeah yeah yeah you know what you should do you in
a hotel you got a nice place yeah yeah run up a huge bill run up a huge go go nuts on
the room service dinner cost 90 $90 last night really wow oh you you must have had the club
sandwich um are you did you graduate school Luke yeah this the past Friday uhuh so you're
going to go to college you got a summer job lined up everything's pretty good for you now
you I found out something after like a two or 3 days after the prom you played baseball for your
high school team right pitched a no hitter yeah yeah nice going congratulations my God so you're
pretty good athlete you think you have a shot at the planned pro ball uh no I don't think so not
really but you enjoy the game nonetheless yeah yeah where where do you want to go to college
lynfield College lynfield in it's in McMinville also oh right there in your hometown all right
well good for you I hope that works out well for you now let's uh talk about this the the senior
prom couple of weeks ago whenever uh everybody's talking about oh who you going to take to the prom
what's going to happen and and what what were your plans for the prom originally uh my plans were to
go to a cabin with with a group of senior guys actually really for the prom yeah on Prom Night
On Prom Night On Prom Night without the girls and and and how how exactly is that fun really just a
group of guys hanging out so so so you weren't going to be a part of the prom festivities what
whatever turn your back on the whole thing right yeah pretty much okay what changed your mind I
think I had a little family pressure my mom said I'd regret it for the rest of my life and stuff
like that if you missed your prompt yeah and they they too I'm sure were nervous about you and the
boys up in the cabin probably yeah yeah that's not I think that's what you want to hear okay so you
decide well you're right you're right you don't want to regret something the rest of your life
you want to you know take it as it comes and then well you need a date so what do you do you have a
got a girlfriend good-looking guy like yourself uh actually I don't you don't have a girlfriend
all right um well okay we got this group of senior guys there so there's a shortage already of guys
because everybody's going up to the cabin well yeah of guys we're doing guy things it's like like
baseball during wartime the lineups were depleted because the players were all in Europe fighting
right okay yeah kind of like that yeah and then I kind of changed my mind and uh so there's a group
of senior girls that were going to go but without a date I see so so they were just going to go to
to enjoy the experience of a group of young girls okay good and I I guess I kind of buted in and
I I asked one you know if she'd like to go right and there ended up being six more with her so wow
cool Aon yeah I
say so I can imagine uh I I mean putting myself in your shoes for a second I I can imagine
just being wild with excitement and anticipation but also making a commitment like this to take the
responsibility of seven women for the high school prom that must have filled you with a little bit
of trepidation you must have been nervous about some of that right uh actually as the money was a
concern oh yeah because don't don't kid yourself these these prom things aren't cheap you got to
what do you got to buy you got to buy a ticket they sell you tickets what does the ticket go
for oh was about I think it was $35 a couple oh my god well how do they work that out then because
it's more strictly speaking it's just one couple but half the couple is seven is that make it a
couple or well buying the ticket since I was taking eight I got I got kind of a discount oh
there you go you got a deal all right pretty good now what about uh flowers you got to get flowers
for the young ladies yeah and I got a tux a limo took them out to dinner right oh where'd you go
for dinner you go you go to dinner before the big dance or after the big dance before the Big Dance
before the Big Dance yeah and it was called it was a little tin restaurant there kind of in Portland
called Bugattis I think Bugattis oh yeah good eats what' you have had pasta I can't remember
uh and was it was it going along all right every Everybody kind of hitting it off I mean you
know all of these girls from school and you were probably thinking oh this is fun look at how cute
this is and stuff and so you're having a good time yeah things are going pretty good so you're happy
now you're not up in the woods with the boys in the cabin right very happy I would think so yeah
all right I think we have some photos here let's uh take take us through this it must have been
fun huh and and you're probably the Envy of everybody there at the dance all right this
is you right there Luke look at the size of that car so that's the big limousine yes sir
and it all lady to you fit right in there huh yeah okay and afterward now this is the key
after the dance and the next day and the next few weeks is everybody still good friends yeah
and you were sort of like the center of attention for the prom yeah actually around the community I
was in the local paper and everything I would think so so no I was I was pretty popular that
week yeah you were also like the the king of the the prom right right yeah I was Crown King here we
go take a look at this ladies and gentlemen here we go Luke buite and his date for the
prom all
right that's right who is this that's Molly m Molly all right that's Carrie
Carrie Kendra Kendra Analisa you say Alisa Analisa
Analisa all right Lindsay Lindsay Katie Katie and Jesse you're a very lucky man
now is there is there one in that group that maybe you had uh more special feelings for
There Was You know the little just a little electricity that you got from one or the other
no I think it was more of just a friendly we're all yeah just pretty friends pretty
good friends you can tell me later that's well now would you do this again oh heck yeah yeah
good for you here's now this is a picture of me at my prom this goes back to like
1965 Golden
Girls okay what are you going to do for the Summer Luke do you have plans uh yeah I'm
planning to play I got play baseball in the summer and I got football and stuff like that so pretty
Sports oriented good for you yeah good thank you very much for coming I'm glad you had a nice time
with the promp say hello to your folks back in Oregon Luke bite ladies and gentlemen [Music]