my name is lloyd menninger. i'm supposed to be your guest today. my-- my guest's name is donald boone. oh, apparently, mr. boonly, mr. boone couldn't make it, and i'm supposed to be a replacement. oh, great. just what i needed. i'm sorry if that's a problem. no, no. that's all right. i just haven't read your book. "up the amazon," by colonel lloyd menninger. you're a colonel? yes. air force, but i'm retired. ah. what's-- what's the book about? it's about a canoe trip i took up the amazon a couple of years ago. one minute, mr. loudon. oh. okay. uh, do you think you can talk about this for 10 or 15 minutes? oh, i can talk about this for days. great. thank you. okay, i'll, uh, i'll introduce you, and then i'll say "tell us about your trip, colonel," and then you-- you take it from there. fine. okay, when i give you your cue, read this. in 5, 4, 3, 2. [theme] hi. i'm dick loudon, and this is "book talk." for those of you who are used to seeing paul frazier sitting in this chair, i should tell you that paul has decided to leave and go on to what i'm sur