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?
*November 14--Actor DB Sweeney's birthday. (Listen to our interview here)
November 14, 2014—Jane Byrne passed away. Landecker & The Legends did two different songs about her. (AUDIO)
November 14, 2010—Tangled released by Disney. We interviewed the lyricist of that film, Glenn Slater. (Listen here)
November 14—Jimmy Piersall birthday. The late Chicago White Sox announcer was a colorful guy. Two different guests on Minutia Men told us great stories about Jimmy. Eric Soderholm and Rich King
November 15, 1989—Comedy Central debuted. Ryan Beck was a long-time contributor, and we spoke to him on our show.
November 15, 1940—The town of Niles Center changed it's name to Skokie, IL.
Brendan Sullivan told us a great Skokie story
November 16, 2008—Mortal Kombat released, debut of Richard
Epcar as Raiden. He told us all about it.
November 17, 1964—Beatles release "I’m a Loser". Carl Giammerese of the Buckinghams told us the story of their cover version of the Beatles song.
November 18—Mickey Mouse Day. 3-year-old Johnny Kaempfer reviewed Mickey’s
Magical Christmas. (AUDIO)
November 18, 1983—The original version of the movie Christmas Story was released. Zach Ward, the actor who played bully Scut Farkus, appeared on our show.
November 19, 1995—Toy Story was released. Debbi Derryberry told us the story of how she came up with the voice of the Aliens from that film.
November 19, 2021—Mick Rock passed away. We were lucky enough to talk to the famed rock photographer a few years ago.
