Every week I send my Minutia Men Co-Host Dave Stern a list from our audio archives for this week's Studio Walls feature. These are the possibilities for this week. Which one will he choose?
*July 31 is Mark Cuban's birthday. He appeared on our show a few years ago and we had a fun discussion about embarrassing our kids. (Full interview here)
*July 31, 2017, Anthony Scaramucci was fired by the Trump White House after only 11 days on the job. We talked to him about that situation on the show. (Full interview here)
*August 2, 1929, the first suburb (Levittown, NY) was founded. We did an audio bit on the John Landecker show (written by me) that was called Suburban Man (AUDIO)
*August 2 is Broadway composer Glenn Slater's birthday. We had him on the show to talk about a few of his huge hits (with Alan Mencken and Andrew Lloyd Webber). (Full interview here)
*August 3, 1969. The Cubs release a record to thank their fans (AUDIO)
*August 3, 2020, Rick and Dave appear on the Reconsile the Aisle podcast. (Full interview here)
*August 3 is Martha Stewart's birthday. Rick and John Landecker wrote a song about her, and suprised her live on the air (on television) to serenade her with it. (AUDIO)
*August 3 is Maria Breese's birthday. The Hollywood star/producer appeared on our show during the pandemic. (Full interview is here)
*August 4 is Barack Obama's birthday. We had jazz vocalist Kurt Elling on the show, and he told his very own personal Obama story. (Full interview is here)
*August 5, 1921, the very first broadcast of a baseball game (in Pittsburgh). We have audio of the very early Cubs announcers, who began broadcasting in Chicago in 1924 (AUDIO)
*August 5, 1983, the film Risky Business debuts. Harry Teinowitz was in that movie and we talked to him about it. (Full interview here)
*August 5, 1994, Harry Caray appears on the Landecker show and refuses to tell the story of the day he met Elvis (AUDIO)
*August 5, 1996, Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame together for the first and only time (AUDIO)
