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.
November 17, 1964—Beatles release "I’m a Loser"
=Buckinghams guitarist Carl Giammerese talked to us about his band's hit-making cover of the Beatles classic.
November 17, 1973—"Heartbeat is a Lovebeat" hits #1.
=We interviewed the lead singer of the song, Tony Defranco
November 18—Mickey Mouse Day.
=In 2002, Johnny Kaempfer reviewed of Mickey’s Magical Christmas on the John Landecker show.
November 18--Kevin Nealon birthday
=My brush with Kevin story is told in this episode.
November 18, 1983—Christmas Story released.
=We interviewed the kid who played Scut Farkus: Zach Ward.
November 19, 1995—Toy Story released.
=Debbi Derryberry is the voice of the aliens. Cool story of how that came to be is told in this interview.
November 19, 2021—Mick Rock passes away
=We interviewed the legendary rock photographer just a year or two before he passed. The link to that interview is below.
November 20, 2010—First class inducted in Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.
=CLHOF Founder Don Evans gave us minutia about some of the Hall of Famers
November 20--Joe Walsh birthday
=My Joe Walsh story is told in this episode.
November 20--Bo Derek birthday
=My Bo Derek story is told in this episode.
November 21, 1985—Feud of Steve & Garry/Larry Lujack live on the air.
=Catherine Johns witnessed some of the mayhem and told us about it.
November 21—Harold Ramis birthday
=He cut an audio ad for our AMISH Chicago Advertising firm.
November 21, 2021—Tribune profiles Ugly Buildings Tour with Mike.
=That article inspired us to interview him.
November 21, 1931—Release date of “Frankenstein”
=Boris Karloff's daughter Sara came on the show to tell us all about her father, the star of that film. This week also marks the birthday of both father & daughter (November 23)
November 21, 1874—Aston Villa founded
November 21, 1885—Southampton founded
(Two more reasons to listen to this...)
November 22--Mick Rock birthday
=The late great rock photographer had some incredible stories.
November 22--Howard Sudberry birthday
=We interviewed Howard in this episode. :
November 22—Rodney Dangerfield birthday.
=Comedian Larry Reeb told us a memorable story about his comedy pal Rodney.
