New Age Childs

December, 1988

It was not as though the world had never heard of Tom Bodett before the no-frills motel chain Motel 6. After all, he'd been a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and he'd written a couple of funny books. But he wasn't quite prepared for the reaction he's gotten from those homey little radio commercials, the ones that end with his saying, "We'll leave the light on for ya." "It's been almost a little scary how that has spread my name around," Bodett say...