Studio Walls--January 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.

Our podcasting equipment finally broke down after 500+ episodes, so we are in the process of building a new studio. Until that is completed, here are a few audio highlights to chew on.

*January 21--Len Kasper birthday

=We interviewed Len just before his last season with the Cubs. 

*January 21, 2020: CDC reports first American COVID case. 

=Would you believe we talked to America's Patient Zero? His name is Gregg Garfield and listening back to this interview is a good reminder about how scary COVID was at the beginning.  

*January 22—Ismo birthday

=Who is Ismo? Only the funniest comedian from Finland. 

*January 22, 1921—George Streeter dies. 

=A neighborhood of Chicago is named after him, and a member of the Moody Blues (Alan Hewitt) is a descendant . That little tidbit emerged organically during this interview.

*January 23—Jack Quinlan birthday 

=He is largely forgotten today, but he was a great radio play-by-play man for the Cubs who died in a car accident in 1965. We found audio of him and have featured it. 

*January 24—Gennifer Flowers birthday 

=My brush with the former presidential mistress was discussed on this episode, along with audio of the interview, and the parody song I wrote about it. 

January 24, 1995—OJ Simpson trial begins

=Yes I am an original Dancing Ito (photo). Yes I did explain that story in a previous Minutia Men episode. 

*January 24--Jack Brickhouse birthday

=He was the Cubs announcer of my youth, and I met him several times over the years. Those stories are told in this episode.  

*January 24—Ernest Borgnine birthday

=Never met Mr. Borgnine, but we did talk to Filmmaker Jeff Krulik, the genius behind the show Borgnine on the Bus. 

*January 24--Warren Zevon birthday

=On this episode I explained the story behind this photo.

January 27, 1990—Molly Hagan’s Golden Girls episode

=She played Betty White's daughter. Molly is a Chicago gal, and Dave and I really hit it off with her.