A weekly update/preview of my latest podcasts, and a look back at some of my previous audio work from this week in history over the past 40+ years.
This week's Minutia Men is called Jenkins in the newsroom, and features a story about a truly massive whoopsie on a TV newscast in Oregon.
This week's Minutia Men Celebrity Interview is with retiring Channel 9 meteorologist Tom Skilling.
February 25--George Harrison's birthday.
=We had record producer Bill Schnee on the show and he told us a few incredible George stories, including one about the maze beneath George's castle.
February 25--Sean Astin's birthday.
=DB Sweeney wrote and produced a comedy show with Sean, and told us all about it.
February 26--The late Sun Times columnist Robert Novak's birthday.
=I met him once and it was a truly memorable encounter. You can hear that story in this episode.
February 27--The late actor Howard Hesseman's birthday.
=Would you believe we've had two different celebrities on our show with great Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever) stories? Tommy Chong has a hilarious tale about their comedy feud. Howard's Head of the Class co-star Dan Frischman has a similar tale.
March 1-- Harry Caray's birthday
=I told the stories about my multiple brushes with Harry in this episode of Minutia Men. Rich King has even better Harry Caray stories. He tells a few of them to us in this interview.
March 1, 1996—Carl Giammarese appears at live Landecker broadcast
=I handed him new lyrics to one of his songs, and he performed it live at Union Station in Chicago at 8:00 in the morning. You can hear it in this episode of Minutia Men.
March 1—Roger Daltrey's birthday
=The Who's keyboardist Loren Gold told us several funny stories about what it is like working with Roger.
March 2--Lou Reed's birthday
=Famed rock photographer Mick Rock hung out extensively with Lou, and told us about a four day binge they went on together.
