In the closing number of one of my all-time favorite children’s movies, The Muppet Christmas Carol, a newly reformed Ebenezer Scrooge tells us, “If you want to know the measure of a man, you simply count his friends.” Watching Charlie Scott inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday Night, I found myself reminded of the line.
New Hall of Fame inductees are accompanied to the podium by a current member of the Hall, to stand alongside them as they give their induction speech. To be asked to stand for a new inductee is a tremendous honor and responsibility and the willingness of that member to stand honors the inductee in turn.