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?
September 25--Michael Douglas birthday. He was a great guest on Landecker show when I was producer and we created a little game for him. (Landecker audio)
September 25--Donald G. Evans birthday. The president of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (and Eckhartz Press author) was a guest on our Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
September 25, 2021—Arlington Park closes forever, permanently retiring a video bit that Dave & I did for the racetrack.
September 26, 1969—Brady Bunch debut. Cousin Oliver was a guest on our show.
September 26, 1965—Gilligan Island debuts. I wrote a parody song about the Landecker show to the tune of the Gilligan theme. (AUDIO)
September 26—George Gerschwin birthday. Dave and I wrote a funny ad for Biasco Music featuring Gerschwin bitching about the deli spread backstage. (AUDIO)
September 26, 1975—Rocky Horror
Picture Show released. Fee Waybill starred as Frank N. Furter on stage many times, and told us all about it.
September 27, 1992—Dr. Demento plays Ebony & Ivory song “Oktoberfest ist here” . It was my second ever parody song. I sing this one.
September 27—Debi Derryberry birthday. The voice of Jimmy Neutron was on our show.
September 27—Wilford Brimley
birthday. Mark Giangreco told us a very funny story about how Wilford Brimley once got him in trouble on the air.
September 29—The Forgotten 1908 Cub Harry Steinfeldt would be celebrating a birthday today. I have written a poem about Harry, and performed it live on the radio and on the podcast. (AUDIO)
September 29—Grand Funk Railroad's Mark Farner's birthday. We chatted with him on the show a few years ago.
September 29—Jeffrey Gentile birthday. Jeff wrote Mob Adjacent for Eckhartz Press, but he also was a great guest on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
September 30--Amy Landecker's birthday. Amy was a great guest on our show a few years ago. Her husband Bradley Whitford even hopped on the air and did a few segments with us.
September 30—Famed astronomer Dr. Phil Plait's birthday. He appeared on MMCI just before the 2020 election.
October 1, 1999—Elmo in Grouchland released. Little Tommy
Kaempfer reviews it. (AUDIO)
October 1—Bullying Awareness month. We interviewed two anti-bullying activists Mark Pellegrino and Andrew Rossow.
October 1, 1962—Tonight Show with Johnny Carson debuts. Former Cub Carmen Fanzone told us a few great stories about the musicians on Johnny's show.
October 1—Rod Carew birthday. Eric Soderholm was his teammate in Minnesota, and told us a great story about Rod.
October 1, 1996—House of Blues opens in Chicago. Tours with
Mike likes to feature it as Chicago's ugliest building. Mike talked to us about that.
