SNAPSHOT.
SNAPSHOT. RIGHT NOW, A BITTERSWEET
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. ANCHOR: THERE IS AN OLD PROVERB
THAT SAYS "ALL GOOD THINGS MUST
COME TO AN END," AND IT IS TRUE.
I WHAT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I
WILL BE LEAVING IN SEPTEMBER.
"RETIREMENT" +@IS A WORD I HAVE
BEEN AVOIDING, WAITING 25 YEARS
FOR THE COWBOYS TO WIN ANOTHER
SUPER BOWL GAME, AND I JUST
CANNOT WAIT ANYMORE.
BROADCASTING THAT GAME IN 1996,
I QUIT THAT YEAR AND THEN WAS
FIRED AFTER I QUIT, AND THEY
+@HAVE NOT WON SINCE. I+@ AM JUT
SAYING.
SAYING.
+@
+@ 41
+@ 41 YEARS ON DALLAS TV, 50 YEARS
SINCE MY FIRST RADIO+@ JOB, AND
41 YEARS ON DALLAS TV, 50 YEARS SINCE MY FIRST RADIO+@ JOB, ANDI
AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES,
BECAUSE THAT IS 50 YEARS I HAVE
NEVER HAD A JOB.
+@
NEVER HAD A JOB. ALL OF YOU I WILL MISS A GREAT
DEAL.
DEAL.
DEAL. HAIRCUTS AND SHAVING I WILL NOT.
THAT PR+@OVERB, INCIDENTALLY,
MEANS YOU SHOULD ENJOY YOUR LIFE
EVERYDAY, BECAUSE THAT HAPPINESS
MIGHT NOT EXIST TOMORROW, AND I
THINK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL
TELL YOU I HAVE, SO WE WILL
ENJOY THE SUMMER TOGETHER, AND
T+@HEN I WILL BE LEAVING SEPTEMR
2, AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, I
WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL MORE TO
SAY THAT NIGHT.
ANCHOR: WELL, THERE YOU GO.
YOU HEARD IT.
AFTER ALL OF THE+@SE YEARS, DALE
AFTER ALL OF THE+@SE YEARS, DAL@ HANSEN I+@S UNPLUGGING FOR GOOD,
AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT,+@
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME.
ANCHOR: NO.
ANCHOR: NO. DALE: I AM NOT THE SAME.
I WISH I HAD THAT+@ HAIR.
ANCHOR: IT HAS BEEN A RUN.
THE HONEST.
THE HONEST. DID YOU THINK YOU COULD DO 38
YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS?
DALE: MY FIRST CONTRACT WAS 13
WEEKS, AND I DID NOT THINK I
+@
WEEKS, AND I DID NOT THINK I WOULD MAKE IT. I AM SERIOUS.
IT WAS A 13-WEEK CONTRACT.
MY HISTORY WAS A LITTLE IFFY
COMING HERE, AND THEY GAVE ME A
13-WEEK CONTRACT, AND I TOLD
THEM, "YOU CAN MAKE IT DAY
TODAY, I JUST APPRECIATE IT,"
AND I HAVE SAID THIS PUBLICLY.
THE YOUNGER BROTHER THAT I
ALWAYS WANTED AND NEVER HAD.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT
YOUNGER BROTHER TO ME.
+@
YOUNGER BROTHER TO ME. 16 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER.
I REALIZE NOW I DID NOT MISS
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. OVERRATED.
OVERRATED. I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS
TODAY, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AND
I HAVE SEEN THE HATE EMAILS.
SHOCKINGLY, SOME PEOPLE DO NOT
LIKE ME.
LIKE ME.
LIKE ME. BUT I AM TELLING YOU.
THIS IS TRUE.
I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY RETIRED
ABOUT EIGHT, 10 YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW THIS.
I HAVE SAID BEFORE.
IF YOU HAD+@ NOT BEEN HERE, I
WOULD HAVE RETIRED EIGHT OR 10
YEARS AGO, SO FOR THE +@PEOPLE O
DO HATE ME -- THANK HIM.
ANCHOR: I MENTIONED THIS AT 5:00
AND 6:00 --
DALE: BY THE WAY, I SAW YOU AT
5:0+@0.
5:0+@0.
5:0+@0. I
5:0+@0. I THOUGHT I HAD DIED.
ANCHOR: WE HAVE SAID THIS +@MANY
TIMES IN PUBLIC, AND I SAID THIS
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. ALL KIDDING ASIDE YOU THERE IS
PLENTY THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN US.
BETWEEN US. YOU ARE THE MOST TALENTED GUY I
HAVE EVER, EVER WORKED WITH.
I SINCERELY MEAN THAT.
THE MOST TALENTED AND THE BEST I
HAVE EVER WORK+@ED WITH, SO I
APPRECIATE IT+@.
APPRECIATE IT+@. DALE: I WISH I COULD SAY IT BACK
TO YOU, BUT I JUST CANNOT.
ANCHOR: LISTEN.
ANCHOR: LISTEN. IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
DALE: I HAVE SAID -- WRITING FOR
"THE DALLAS TIMES HERALD," BACK
IN THE DAY, NOT THE DALLAS
MORNING NEWS, AND HE+@ ACTUALLY
ASKED ME WHEN I FIRST CAME TO
CHANNEL 8, ALWAYS GOING FOR T+@E
LEFT, HE SAID IF IT CAME DOWN TO
IT, WOULD YOU PUT A STORY OUT
THERE OR PUT A LAUGH OUT THERE,
AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS ABOUT
ME.
ME.
ME. OH,
ME. OH, YOU DID NOT+@ DO ENOUGH ON
SUCH AND SUCH.
NO, I ALWAYS TIME IT.
I WILL GET IT IN.
I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE THIS FOREVER,
BUT I ALWAYS GO FOR THE LEFT,
WHETHER IT IS ME, SOMETIMES TOO
MANY TIMES, AS WE ALL KNOW, BUT
I HOPE I HAVE MADE SOME PEOPLE
LAUGH ALONG THE WAY.
I HAVE OBVIOUSLY OFFENDED SOME
PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.
I HAVE UPSET SOME PEOPLE ALONG
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. BUT I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL.
I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR
WHAT NORTH TEXAS HAS ALLOWED ME
TO DO, ALLOWED ME TO GROW OLD,
AND I AM STARTING TO SEGUE INTO
THIS GREAT SPEECH I WROTE FOR
SEPTEMBER, SO I WILL NOT,
BECAUSE I WANT TO SAVE THOSE
LINES+@, BUT I WILL NEVER -- I
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPAY THE
PEOPLE OF NORTH TEXAS.
ANCHOR: YOU+@ ALREADY HAVE, IN
SPADES.
SPADES.
SPADES. ANCHOR: I GREW UP WATCHING YOU,
DALE.
DALE.
DALE. I
DALE. I WAS THIS SMALL.
DALE: SINCE YOU ARE STANDING ON
A BOX, YOU HAVE REALLY NOT GROWN
THAT MUCH.
THAT MUCH. WHAT PART OF THAT IS +@SUPPOSED
THAT MUCH. WHAT PART OF THAT IS +@SUPPOSEDO
MAKE ME FEEL GOOD?
ANCHOR: YOU MAKE ME LAUGH.
I DO,