Studio Walls--April 24, 2024

 

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...

April 21, 1978—I Wanna Hold Your Hand movie opens. 

=We had Nick DiGilio on the show, and we discussed this gem of a film.  

April 22—Avengers Endgame premieres. 

=Bobby Holland Hanton was a stuntman in this film, and told us a few good stories about the making of one of the most successful box office movies in history.

April 22, 1932—Cubs vs. Reds at Wrigley. 

=Would you believe I have the audio of Pat Pieper stating the Cubs lineup from that day? Will we play it on this week's show?

April 23—Dan Frischman birthday

=One of the stars of Head of the Class was on our show a few years ago. 

April 23, 1999—The Movie Election premieres. 

=One of the stars of that film, Molly Hagan, was on the show a few years ago as well. 

April 23--Essra Mohawk birthday

=We knew her as one of the singers of Schoolhouse Rock, but discovered during the interview that she also was at Woodstock.  

April 23—Lee Miller birthday 

=The famous war correspondent's son Antony Penrose was on the show and told us one of the most memorable stories we've ever heard. It involves Hitler on the day of his suicide.  

April 23—John Oliver birthday.

=We've had two people on the show who have worked with John Oliver. Summer Crockett Moore and Josh Gondelman 

April 24--Richard M. Daley birthday

=I told the story of my brush with Mayor Daley in this episode of Minutia Men.  

Studio Walls

  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?

*April 17, 2019, our old buddy (and Eckhartz Press author) Chet Coppock died. We had Mark Giangreco on the podcast, and he told us some great stories about things he learned from Chet. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 18, 1938, the first Superman comic book was released. We had comic book expert (and owner of that issue) Gary Moondog Colabuona to talk about that. (Full interview here)

*April 19 is World Poker Day. We had World Series of Poker winner Tristan Wade on the show in 2018 to talk about his poker career. (Listen to all of it here)

*April 19, 1982, 38 Special released the song "Caught Up in You". Rick jammed on that song with the writer of it, Jim Peterik, live in the studio. (Full interview is here)

*April 21st is Vince Argento's birthday. The voice of the Minutia Men podcast audio appeared on the show once, and brought along his greatest masterpiece. Psycho on Ice. (AUDIO)

*April 21, 1978, the movie I Wanna Hold Your Hand was released. Rick and Nick DiGilio talked about the greatness of that film during our interview with Nick (Full interview is here)

*April 22 is John Waters birthday. The avante guard film director did a promo for our advertising agency AMISH Chicago Advertising (AUDIO)

*April 22, 2019, the film Avengers Endgame was released. We talked to the man who did many of the stunts in that film, Bobby Holland Hanton. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 22, 1932, the Cubs faced the Reds at Wrigley Field. Pat Pieper was the PA Man, and we have the audio of him announcing the starting lineups. (AUDIO)

*April 23rd would have been Lee Miller's birthday. We talked to her son Anthony Penrose about his mother's incredible life, which included taking a bath in Adolf Hitler's bathtub on the day he killed himself. (Incredible interview here)

(Photo: First Cubs-Sox crosstown game. Guess which team won.)

Cubs Birthday Tweet of the Week

Born OTD in 1886, Pat Pieper. He was known for his trademark opener…”Tention! Attention Please! Get your pencils and scorecards ready...” He got the PA job in 1916 when the Cubs first started playing in Wrigley Field, and kept the job until his death in 1974. #EveryCubEver pic.twitter.com/hF4Lh5lppf

— Rick Kaempfer (@RickKaempfer) February 17, 2022