Studio Walls--9-11-24

 

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...

September 8, 1960--The movie Psycho premiered.

=Have you ever heard Psycho on Ice?  

September 8, 1921—Miss America pageant founded.

=We interviewed her married counterpart, Mrs. America.  

September 8, 1908—Lane Tech opens first year. 

=We've talked to graduate Carl Giammarese, and Liverpool's very own Roger Bennett, about the thing that people can't believe once happened at Lane Tech High School. Forced naked swimming. 

September 8, 1888—First game played at Anfield in Liverpool. 

=Another reminder that Free Kicks is back for another season.

 

September 9—Antony Penrose birthday

=We talked to the internationally famous photographer about several things including Pablo Picasso, who he personally knew.  

September 9, 2022

="Beatles in India" movie released. We talked to its writer/director Paul Saltzman.

September 10—World Suicide Prevention day

=We somehow had a fun interview with author Meg Kissinger about this all-too serious topic. One of our greatest accomplishments.  

September 10, 2011—“Hick” released

=We talked to one of the film's stars, Dave Vescio.  

September 10, 1905—Crystal Palace founded

=Another perfect time to remind you that Free Kicks is back for a new season.

 

September 11, 2001

=Everyone has an answer to "where were you when the twin towers were hit?" But I have one that involves Eddie Munster, Butch Patrick. You read that right. Hear the story in this episode.  

September 11, 1999

=National Wrestling Hall of Fame opened. We talked to Vision Quest's Frank Jasper about his movie/wrestling career.  

September 11--Tom Dreesen birthday  

=We talked to the comedian a few years ago. You can listen to it here. 

 

September 12, 1969—Plastic Ono band performs first time 

=Their drummer was future Yes drummer Alan White. He told us all about it.  )

September 12, 1981—Smurf cartoon debuts in America. 

=Want to hear an interview with an obsessed Smurf-collector? It's in this episode. 

 

September 13—Tom Latourette debuts “I’m not betting against my Cubs”

=Here it is, a Just One Bad Century staple. 

September 13, 2022—Eddie Money dies.

=Kurt Elling has the single greatest Eddie Money story ever told.  

 

September 14, 2014—First episode of Brave Wilderness

=We interviewed the host of the show, Coyote Peterson 

September 14—Roger Bennett birthday

=One of our best interviews ever. 

Studio Walls--July 10, 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...

July 7, 1974—West Germany wins the World Cup, beating Netherlands 2-1. 

=This was the tournament that spurred my love of soccer, and eventually inspired the Free Kicks podcast

July 7, 1899—Adolph Luetgert dies

=Chicago historian Robert Loerzel wrote a book about that crazed killer. He told us all about it in this episode.

July 7—Ringo Starr birthday 

=Felix Cavaliere tells the story of playing in Ringo's All star band in this episode.  

=Bill Schnee tells the story of recording Ringo's album sessions, when all three of the other Beatles showed up.  

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July 8, 1990—Germany wins the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0. 

=This was the tournament that restored my love of soccer, and eventually inspired the Free Kicks podcast.

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July 9, 2005—Adam Greenberg’s only Cub at bat

=One of the all-time great baseball stories.  

July 9, 2006—Men in Blazers stars Roger Bennett and Michael Davies meet at a wedding reception in New York.

=Roger Bennett told us that story in this episode.

July 9, 2019—Chance the Snapper found. 

=Block Club Chicago Editor-in-Chief Shamus Toomey told us the story of the alligator that put his Chicago website on the map.  

July 9, 1971—Grand Funk at Shea Stadium. 

=They sold more tickets in a shorter amount of time than the Beatles did six years earlier. Mark Farner told us more. 

 

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July 10--Fred Mitchell birthday

=The legendary sportswriter appeared on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.

 

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July 11, 1996—5:30 Club

=This is a video of the John Landecker show's opening segment every morning on WJMK--The 5:30 Club. My age and shape are mentioned. 

July 11, 1960—To Kill a Mockingbird is published. 

=And now it's banned in Florida. Scott Turow talked to us about his thoughts regarding its banning. 

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July 12, 1979--Disco Demoilition

=This video from that night does a pretty good of explaining the hype.

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July 13, 2014—Germany wins the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0. 

=Pretty good week in history for Germany, eh?

July 13—Cheech Marin birthday 

=We interviewed Tommy Chong, who told us all about his ex-comedy partner Cheech.  

Minutia Men Celebrity Interview Classic: Roger Bennett

 

We have now done over 200 interviews on our various Minutia Men podcasts, and this year we're going to revisit some of the best. Last year we got a chance to talk to Roger Bennett, the co-host of Men in Blazers (NBC). Roger is a soccer commentator, but he's also hilarious. We talked to him about his best-selling book "Re-born in the USA". In that book he wrote about his love of Chicago (specifically the Bears), and we spoke about that in depth. Dave and Roger also bonded over the forced high school nude swimming that both had to endure. One our most memorable interviews.

Listen to it here.

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?

*September 12, 1927, the Cubs broke the 1-million mark in attendance the first time. We had a man on our show who is attempting to collect one million baseball cards. (Full interview here)

*September 12, 1969, the Plastic Ono Band performed their first concert. Yes drummer Alan White was part of that band, and he told us the story of how that came to be. (Listen to it here)

*September 12, 1981, the Smurfs debuted on American television. We talked to the world's biggest smurf collector last year. For real. (Full interview here)

*September 13, 2016, my Cubs parody song collaborator Tom Latourette debuted his parody song about the eventual World Champion Cubs. The song is I'm Not Betting Against My Cubs. (Video is here)

*September 13 is Roger Bennett's birthday. We talked to the Men in Blazers star last year in one of our most popular episodes of the show. (Full interview here)

*September 14, 1949, the Lone Ranger debuted on television. Of course, it inspired the Rick and Dave written bit, The Lone Rogainger, which was played on the John Landecker show. (AUDIO)

*September 15 is Oliver Stone's birthday. We talked to the author of Midnight Express Billy Hayes about how crazy it was working with Stone on the screenplay for the Midnight Express movie. (Listen to it here)

*September 16, 1857, the song Jingle Bells was published. Johnny Kaempfer performed a ridiculously cute version of that song on the John Landecker show (AUDIO)

*September 16, 1993, the show Frasier debuted on NBC. We had one of the stars of the show, Dan Butler (Bulldog) on our show, and he told us all about it. (Full interview here)

*September 17 is Fee Waybill's birthday. The lead singer of the Tubes appeared on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview during the pandemic. (Listen to it here)

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?

*September 6, 1994, WGN Morning News debuts with Larry Potash. We interviewed Larry a few years ago and he talked about the longevity of that show. (Listen to the interview here)

*September 8, 1960, the film Psycho premieres. But have you ever heard "Psycho on Ice" (we have the audio)

*September 8, 1908, Lane Tech High School opened its doors for the very first time. Dave later attended there and was forced to swim nude in gym class. We have talked to two our guests about that nude swimming, Buckinghams lead singer Carl Giammarese, and Men in Blazers Roger Bennett. (Carl's interview is here, Roger's is here)

*September 9, 1993, I signed on to join the John Records Landecker show on WJMK radio. I worked with John on that show for the next ten years. (AUDIO: Lots)

*September 9 is author Antony Penrose's birthday. We interviewed the famous photographer about several things, including his childhood brush with Pablo Picasso. (Listen to the interview here)

*September 9, 2021, the movie The Beatles in India was released. We talked to the writer of that film (and the accompanying book) Paul Salzman. (Full interview here)

*September 10, 2011, the film Hick was released. We talked to the star of that movie, Dave Vescio. (Listen to the interview here)