My mother will certainly be excited to know that The Don & Mike Show is celebrating their 20th anniversary. I remember back when they started on WAVA as The Morning Zoo and I listened to them religiously every morning, starting early with their “Cavalcade of Comedy,” which was mostly just their clips.

I followed them over to WJFK and listened to them all afternoon (how many radios in the house were on?) until about 1995. I even won a contest (naming the contents. My dad got us their autographs for us when they did an appearance at the opening of the Vienna Blockbuster too.)

After I finished college I would occasionally listen to them, but they had gone overboard with the bathroom humor so I would not stick around long. As much as I hate to give the FCC credit, the “indecency” crackdown following the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake episode made D&M a better show by forcing them to be more creative and I started listening fairly regularly again.

My favorite bit is Charly Stuangstabalack, the man-child character that Mike O’Meara does. His Charly doing the Arsenio Dog Pound cheer was one of the funniest bits he ever did, but the Hurricane Charly was the best ever. My least favorite — Cousin Luigi, which is just not that funny, and of course when they get too much into the bathroom humor.

They have been through a lot over the years, mostly self-inflicted, but they keep me laughing while I sit in Dulles Toll Road traffic after working late. So, Don & Mike, thank you for your twenty years of service.