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.
December 8, 1980—Death of John Lennon
=We interviewed his one-time girlfriend May Pang
=We also interviewed Mitch Weissman, who played John in Beatlemania, about the last time he saw John.
December 8, 1943—Jim Morrison birthday.
=Chip Monck told us a story about saving Jim from the cops in Miami.
December 8—Judd Legum birthday
=We interviewed the political reporter in this episode of the show.
December 9--Sheila Moeschen birthday
=The Humorist/author was a fun guest.
December 9, 2010—Commercial debuts
=My son Sean was featured in a commercial for the U.S. Men's National Team. Fluke thing. He received a pair of cleats. Very end of the ad.
December 9--Neil Innis birthday
=The late Monty Python (and Rutles) great was featured on this episode of the show.
December 9--Donny Osmond birthday
December 9—Redd Foxx birthday
=As it turns out, Nick Digilio does a very good Redd Foxx impersonation.
December 9—Mort Downey Jr. birthday
=Scott May worked on his show. Memorable story.
December 10--Rod Blagojevich birthday
December 10, 1995—Tommy pees in his own ear
=Landecker audio. It's a long story, but it's a good one. Maybe we'll play it this week.
December 11, 1886—Arsenal plays their first match ever
=That reminds me...
December 12, 2012--Concert for Hurricane Sandy relief
=The Who played there. Their keyboardist Loren Gold told us all about it.
December 12—Rentahitman saves a life
=We interviewed Rentahitman about it. His name is Bob Innes.
December 12, 2022—Kim Simmonds (from Savoy Brown) dies.
=His drummer Garnet Grimm told us about his bandmate's musical genius.
December 13—National Horse Day
=Stuntwoman Janene Carleton specializes in movie stunts with horses.
=Actor DB Sweeney told us a story about how he lied to a director about his knowledge of horses.
December
13, 1996--Debut of "McCaskey the Greedy Owner" song
=Still appropriate today. Guess who wrote the lyrics. We may feature it this week on the show.
December 14, 2019—Debut of Twelve Days of Every Cub Ever