he was both amused and appalled to realize he was hoping someone else would begin to story about the years between-that beverly would tell them about the wonderful man she had married ( even if he was boring , as most wonderful men were ) , or that richie tozier would begin to expound on funny incidents in the broadcasting studio , or that eddie kaspbrak would tell them what teddy kennedy was really like , how much robert redford tipped ... or maybe offer some insights into why ben had been able to give up the extra pounds while he had needed to hang onto his aspirator .