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.
Here are a few from the archives...
July 14, 1857—Frederick Maytag is born.
=Jim McMahon gets a visit from the washing machine guy while we're interviewing him.
July 15--Jonathon Brandmeier birthday.
=Danny Bonaduce told us a great story about Johnny B.
July 15--Dr. Ian Smith birthday
=When we talked to the famous TV doctor it was the first week of COVID. Let's just say his predictions were a little bit off.
July 15, 1973—Release of We’re An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad
=Mark Farner talked to us about his band's most famous album.
July 16—Michael Flatley birthday.
=Irish actress Amy Shiels told us a great story about having to fake Irish dancing once during an audition.
July 1-- Shoeless Joe Jackson birthday.
=The actor who played him in Eight Men Out, DB Sweeney appeared on the show.
July 16—-Phoebe Cates birthday
=In this episode I tell my one and only Phoebe Cates story.
July 16—World Snake Day.
=Yeah, that's right. We interviewed Jake the Snake Roberts.
July
17--Minutia Men releases 100th episode (2018)
July 17--Robert Romanus (Fast Times) birthday
=One of our favorite interviews. He sounds exactly the same.
July 19—Wayne Messmer birthday
=I wrote a parody song for him and made him sing it live on the air once. We have the audio.
July 20, 2002—Jimmy Neutron debuts
=The voice of Jimmy, Debi Derryberry, was a great interview.