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--April 17, 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.

This week's Minutia Men is called "Shut Your Swinepipe" and it's our 350th episode. You can listen to it here. The Minutia Men Celebrity Interview this week is one of our most entertaining. We talked to 1970s teen heart-throb, Tony DeFranco. And if you're a Premier League fan you know the title race is nuts this year. Adam and I discuss it in this week's episode.

Here's a few more gems from the past...

April 14--Janene Carleton birthday

=She's a stuntwoman and has some great stories about doing stunts in the movies. : 

April 14—Summer Crockett Moore birthday

=An actress/movie mogul told us about her experiences as a producer.

April 15, 2014--David Stern’s “Pothole Song” debuts on YouTube.

April 15, 2014—The Pothole Store publicity tour 

April 15, 1864—Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

=Have we ever mentioned Dave wrote a poem about Honest Abe?

April 15, 1912--The Titanic Sinks

=I wrote a song about that. "Sink the Titanic" was a hit for Landecker & the Legends

April 16--Gerardo birthday

=We interviewed Rico Suave himself, and he was really entertaining

April 16, 1996—Debut of Dere Da Bulls 

=The day that Bulls won their 70^th game, Landecker & the Legends debuted this song.

April 17--Skip Griparis

=Skip is a stand up comic who does musical comedy. He was once a member of the New Colony Six. Fun interview.

April 17, 2018--Chet Coppock passed away

=His old friend Mark Giangreco told us some great stories about Chet. 

April 18, 1938—First Superman comic book released. 

=We talked to a guy who actually owns a copy of that comic, Gary Moondog Colabuona 

April 19—National Poker Day 

=We interviewed professional poker player Tristin Wade, who has also has the thankless task of being Dave's poker coach.

April 19, 1982—"Caught up in You" released

=Rick and Jim Peterik jammed to that song on this episode. 

April 20—Hitler’s birthday

=We talked to the author of "Hustling Hitler" Walter Shapiro about his uncle who hustled the Fuehrer.

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 12 is David Letterman's birthday. We had his good friend Tom Dreesen on the show and he talked about his relationship with Letterman. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 12, 1892, the Cubs and Cardinals played against each other for the first time. Pat Hughes and Ron Santo talked about a mixed Cubs-Cardinals marriage (We have the AUDIO)

*April 12 would have been David Cassidy's birthday. Fellow Partridge Family member Danny Bonaduce was on our show and discussed his "older brother" David. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 12 was also Tiny Tim's birthday. Leo Durocher and Lou Boudreau once discussed Tiny Tim in an expletive filled outtake from the Durocher in the Dugout pre-game show. (AUDIO)

*April 13, 2014, Dave appears on WGN-TV morning show to talk about The Pothole Store. The show did another visit with him in 2018 (Video here)

*April 13, 1990, the song "Rico Suave" peaks at #7 on the Billboard charts. We talked to the creator of that song, Gerardo. (Listen to the interview here)

*April 13 is actress/producer Summer Crockett Moore's birthday. We interviewed her for the show a few years ago. (Listen to the interview here)

*April 14 is stuntwoman Janene Carlton's birthday. We interview her as well (Listen to the entire inteview here)

*April 15, 2014, Dave's song "Pothole Song" debuts on YouTube. (Video is here)

*April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Dave's 1974 poem correctly identifies Booth as 'Surely Not a Lincoln Fan' (AUDIO)