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 15, 1949—The Lone Ranger debuts on TV
=We created our own tribute to that show. We call it the Lone Rogainger. Will we play the audio this week?
September 15—Oliver Stone birthday
=We interviewed Billy Hayes, author of Midnight Express. He worked closely with Oliver Stone on the screenplay to his book, and told us all about it.
September 16, 1857—"Jingle Bells" is published.
=We have audio of two-year old Johnny Kaempfer singing it.
September 16, 1993—Frasier debuts on NBC
=Dan Butler, who played Bulldog on the show, talked to us about what it was like being on that show.
September 16—Richard Marx birthday.
=Believe it or not, Marx is good pals with Tubes lead singer Fee Waybill. Fee told us about it in this interview.
September 17--Bobby Skafish birthday
=The great WXRT and WLUP jock phoned in to this episode.
September 17--Anne Bancroft birthday
=I told my story about Anne in this episode.
September 18--June Foray birthday
=My story about June, the voice of Rocky the Squirrel and many other cartoon characters, is in this episode.
September 18, 1965—I Dream of Jeannie debuts.
=We have Ron Santo audio talking about Jeannie
September 19—Adam West birthday
=Comedian Mike Toomey shared his excellent Adam West impersonation in this episode.
September 19, 1985—Jim McMahon comes in and throw 3 TDs vs. Minnesota
=One of the greatest games in Bears history. We were thrilled to talk to Jim about it in this interview.
September 19, 2010—Boardwalk Empire debuts.
=Actor Paul Calderone was in that series, playing a killer. We talked to him about that, and his scene in Pulp Fiction in this episode.
September 20, 1976--AC/DC releases Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
=Nearly 50 years later we had jazz singer Kurt Elling on the show, and he unveiled his jazz version of that song.
September 20, 1980--Erehwon founded
=Erehwon was our first client ever for AMISH Chicago Advertising. Would you like to hear the radio ad?
September 20, 2009--Rick interviewed on WGN
=This was about the Waitle Nex Yeare ad I mentioned on the blog last week. We still have the audio.
September 20, 2022—Suspect by Scott Turow is released
=We talked to him about the book that week.
September 20--Tim Clue birthday
=Tim's a great comedian and we were excited to have him on the show a few years ago. He later helped me out by being a last second fill-in as keynote speaker for the Chicago Writers Association. That's Tim in the middle with the CWA board.
September 21--Bill Murray birthday
=My Bill Murray story is in this episode.
September 21--Chuck Jones birthday
=My Chuck Jones story is in this episode.
September 21--Bill Kurtis birthday
=This entire episode is an interview with the legendary newsman.
