Studio Walls--December 11, 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.

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

=My Donny story.

=Danny Bonaduce's Donny story

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

=My brush with Blago.  

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

Studio Walls--November 13, 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.

November 11--Jim Peterik birthday

=Jim has been on the show several times, including this one and this one. We even have photographic proof.  

November 11--Marshall Crenshaw birthday

=I told the story of my brush with Crenshaw in this episode.  

November 12--Neil Young birthday

=My brush with Neil story is here. 

November 12--Nadia Comaneci birthday

=My brush with Nadia story is here. 

November 12, 1996—Madonna stars in Evita 

=If it's the '90s, guess who wrote a song about it for Landecker and the Legends? This one is called "Don’t Cry For Me Madonna"

November 12—Sammy Sosa birthday 

=When was he a big star? That's right, the 90s. My song was called “SOSA” 

November 12, 2012—Catfish debuts on TV. 

=One of the co-stars of that show, Max Joseph, was on our show talking about it.

 

November 13, 2019—AMC series about Preppy Murder

=We talked to the Preppy Killer's girlfriend in real life, Alex Kapp 

November 13, 1896—First Porno film released in France. 

=Believe it or not, we've interviewed a porn star, Maitland Ward. 

November 14--DB Sweeney birthday

=He was a guest on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview a few years ago.  

November 14—Dag Juhlin birthday.

=We interviewed Dag for MMCI too. He and I share a Steve Dahl history (he's currently on Steve's podcast). I went out to see him perform with his band The Sunshine Boys.

November 14, 2010—Tangled released by Disney 

=We interviewed the lyricist for the film, Glenn Slater. 

November 14—Jimmy Piersall birthday. 

=We have talked to two different guests that had incredible Jimmy Piersall stories, former White Sox slugger Eric Soderholm, and former WGN-TV sportscaster Rich King. 

November 15, 1940—Niles Center changes name to Skokie, IL. 

=Brendan Sullivan was on our podcast and told us a great story about Skokie. 

November 16, 2008—Mortal Kombat released

=That marked the debut of voice actor Richard Epcar as Raiden. We talked to him about his famous role.  

Studio Walls--7-17-24

 

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...

July 14, 1857—Frederick Maytag is born. 

=Jim McMahon gets a visit from the washing machine guy while we're interviewing him.  

 

July 15--Jonathon Brandmeier birthday. 

=Danny Bonaduce told us a great story about Johnny B.

July 15--Dr. Ian Smith birthday

=When we talked to the famous TV doctor it was the first week of COVID. Let's just say his predictions were a little bit off. 

July 15, 1973—Release of We’re An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad

=Mark Farner talked to us about his band's most famous album. 

 

July 16—Michael Flatley birthday. 

=Irish actress Amy Shiels told us a great story about having to fake Irish dancing once during an audition.  

July 1-- Shoeless Joe Jackson birthday. 

=The actor who played him in Eight Men Out, DB Sweeney appeared on the show. 

 July 16—-Phoebe Cates birthday

=In this episode I tell my one and only Phoebe Cates story.  

July 16—World Snake Day. 

=Yeah, that's right. We interviewed Jake the Snake Roberts. 

 

July 17--Minutia Men releases  100^th episode (2018)

July 17--Robert Romanus (Fast Times) birthday

=One of our favorite interviews. He sounds exactly the same. 

July 19—Wayne Messmer birthday

=I wrote a parody song for him and made him sing it live on the air once. We have the audio.

 

July 20, 2002—Jimmy Neutron debuts

=The voice of Jimmy, Debi Derryberry, was a great interview. 

Studio Walls--February 28, 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.

This week's Minutia Men is called Jenkins in the newsroom, and features a story about a truly massive whoopsie on a TV newscast in Oregon.

This week's Minutia Men Celebrity Interview is with retiring Channel 9 meteorologist Tom Skilling.

February 25--George Harrison's birthday. 

=We had record producer Bill Schnee on the show and he told us a few incredible George stories, including one about the maze beneath George's castle.

February 25--Sean Astin's birthday. 

=DB Sweeney wrote and produced a comedy show with Sean, and told us all about it. 

February 26--The late Sun Times columnist Robert Novak's birthday. 

=I met him once and it was a truly memorable encounter. You can hear that story in this episode.

February 27--The late actor Howard Hesseman's birthday. 

=Would you believe we've had two different celebrities on our show with great Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever) stories? Tommy Chong has a hilarious tale about their comedy feud. Howard's Head of the Class co-star Dan Frischman has a similar tale.

March 1-- Harry Caray's birthday

=I told the stories about my multiple brushes with Harry in this episode of Minutia Men. Rich King has even better Harry Caray stories. He tells a few of them to us in this interview. 

March 1, 1996—Carl Giammarese appears at live Landecker broadcast 

=I handed him new lyrics to one of his songs, and he performed it live at Union Station in Chicago at 8:00 in the morning. You can hear it in this episode of Minutia Men. 

March 1—Roger Daltrey's birthday

=The Who's keyboardist Loren Gold told us several funny stories about what it is like working with Roger.  

March 2--Lou Reed's birthday

=Famed rock photographer Mick Rock hung out extensively with Lou, and told us about a four day binge they went on together.

Studio Walls

 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? It's the last show of the year, so lots to choose from...

December 12, 2012--A concert for Sandy relief.  Loren Gold (The Who) was there.

December 12—Frank Sinatra birthday. Tom Dreesen story about Frank

December 12—Rentahitman saves a life:  Rentahitman interview.

December 13—National Horse Day (stuntwoman Janene Carleton story about horses)

December 13--National Horse Day (DB Sweeney story about horses)

December 13, 1996—LANDECKER AUDIO—McCaskey the Greedy Owner song

December 14, 1970—Stop action Santa Claus is Coming to Town released. AUDIO—Tommy sings the song.

December 16---Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) birthday. Doug Johnson of Loverboytells story about him. 

December 18—Keith Richards birthday. Bill Kurtis story about being backstage at Stones show.

December 19—Birthday of Doug Johnson from Loverboy 

December 19—Tim Reid birthday: Tom Dreesen story about Tim.

December 20, 1995—Tommy Kaempfer at the Live show in Oak Lawn—Landecker audio

December 20—Chris Robinson birthday. Bob Stroud story about Robinson

December 22—Diane Sawyer birthday (Bill Kurtis story about working with her)

December 23--Twas the Night before Parents Christmas/video

December 26--Bill Paige birthday. 

December 26—Carlton Fisk birthday (Jack McDowell story)

December 26, 1973—The Exorcist debuts (Larry Potash story)

December 28, 2021—Jeff Dickerson dies (Randy Merkin tells story about him)

Studio Walls

   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. 

Studio Walls

      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?

*Legendary Chicago sportswriter Fred Mitchell's birthday is July 10th. He appeared on our podcast a few years ago (Listen to the entire interview here)

*Disco Demolition happened on July 12, 1979. Former Loop disc jockey Mitch Michaels was there, and he told us all about it. (Full interview is here)

*Cheech Marin's birthday is July 13. We talked to his old partner Tommy Chong, and he told us some great stories about their early days together as Cheech and Chong. (Listen to entire interview here)

*July 15 is Dr. Ian Smith's birthday. We had the famous television doctor on our podcast at the beginning of the epidemic. (Full interview is here)

*July 16 is Shoeless Joe Jackson's birthday. We had the actor who played the part of Shoeless Joe in the movie Eight Men Out, DB Sweeney, on the show a few years ago and he told us all about what it was like to play that part. (Listen to entire interview here)