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--October 23, 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.

October 20, 2011 

=Tristin Wade won the World Series of Poker Europe. We talked to him about that.  

October 20—National Ass Day. 

=Yes, it's a real thing. We interviewed a very funny comedian, Ismo, who has a whole comedy routine about asses.

 

October 21—Patti Davis birthday 

=Tommy Chong told us a great story about President Reagan's daughter.  

 

October 22--Deepak Chopra birthday

=My brush with Deepak is discussed in this episode of the show. 

October 22, 1890—Joseph Nye Welch born. 

=The man who stood up to Senator McCarthy. He's also Amy Landecker's great grandfather. She told us all about it.

October 22, 1972—Nixon visits China. 

=Catherine Johns is a student of China. She told us a story about Feng Shui almost ruined her life.  

 

October 23--Mike Tomczak birthday

=I knew the former Bears quarterback well back in the day. That story is in this episode. 

 

October 24—May Pang birthday 

=John Lennon's girlfriend was actually on the show. Great interview. 

October 24, 1975—Roxy Music releases Siren. 

=James Finn Garner argues with me about the album. 

 October 24, 1857—Founding of Sheffield FC

=First English soccer club. Oh yeah, that reminds me of this podcast...

October 25--Marion Ross birthday

=My brush with Mrs. C. is discussed in this episode. 

October 25—Pablo Picasso birthday 

=We talked to someone who knew him, Antony Penrose. He not only knew him, he bit him.  

October 25, 1995—Poi Dog Pondering releases first Chicago album Pomegranate 

=Guitarist Dag Juhlin was on the show.

October 25—Bobby Knight birthday. 

=Paul Banks told us about the day he was abused by Knight. : 

Studio Walls--March 6, 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 episode is called The Florida Man Games. Our Minutia Men Celebrity Interview is with actress Nina Bergman. Free Kicks took a look at England's Second Tier, The Championship.

And here are a few more from the archives...

*March 3, 1978—Bill Kurtis breaks Agent Orange story 

=He called it the biggest story of his career when we interviewed him in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.

*March 4--World Grammar Day

=We spoke to Jim Baumann, the ultimate grammarian, author of the book Grammar Moses. 

*March 4, 1992--"Spirit of Chicago" debuts

=Jim Peterik called us on the thirtieth anniversary of the song. 

*March 4, 1837--Chicago founded

=Mr. Chicago History, Robert Loerzel, told us some truly memorable Chicago history stories. We also interviewed former presidential candidate Fred Karger, and he made fun of our Chicago accents in this episode.

*March 4, 1791--Vermont becomes a state

=Frasier star Dan Butler (Bulldog) explained to us why he lives in Vermont instead of Hollywood.

*March 5, 1983--The Slugs were founded

=We interviewed their guitarist Dag Juhlin about his first band The Slugs. Dag later joined Poi Dog Pondering and now co-hosts the Steve Dahl podcast. (That's Dag and Rick below)

*March 5--Penn Gillette birthday

=In this episode of Minutia Men, I told the story of my brush with Penn.

*March 5, 2004—Starsky and Hutch (the movie) was released 

=We interviewed the original Starsky, who also had a cameo in the movie, Paul Michael Glaser. 

*March 6, 2018—The Loop signs off

=The day after the radio station WLUP ceased to be the Loop, WGN asked me to explain the significance of that day.  

*March 7—Bryan Cranston birthday

=We spoke to a woman who produced his show on Broadway, Sainty Nelson. She told us what it was like to work with the Breaking Bad star. 

*March 7, 2011—Harry Teinowitz arrested for DUI

=Sometimes bad events can lead to good outcomes. Harry got sober, and co-wrote a play about his sobriety, which led to a Jeff Award nomination. We caught up with Harry on the eve of his play's debut.  

*March 8—Franklyn McCormack birthday

=McCormack was a silky-smooth WGN late night announcer in the 60s and 70s. Rich King saw a much different side of him, and told us all about that in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

*March 8, 1996--Fargo was released in the theaters

=We spoke to actress Michelle Hutchinson, who played one of the hookers in that film.

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March 8, 1974—Last episode of the Brady Bunch airs on ABC-TV

=They blamed the demise of the show on the arrival of Cousin Oliver. Oliver is all grown up now, and we talked to him (actor Robbie Rist) about that pressure, and some other more adult topics.

March 8—International Woman’s Day. 

=Is there a better example of feminism in the world than She-Shed Sheryl? The answer is no, and we were lucky enough to interview the Chicago actress in this episode of Minutia Men.  

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?

*October 24, 1975, Roxy Music releases their album Siren. You may or may not realize that this was a controversial album for Roxy die-hards. Best selling author James Finn Garner has some very strong feelings about this, and got into an argument with me about it during his Minutia Men interview.

*October 25, 1995, Poi Dog Pondering released their first Chicago album Pomegranate. We had guitarist Dag Juhlin on the show to talk about his time in the band.

*October 25 is also Bobby Knight's birthday. Paul M. Banks appeared on our show to talk about his book, and he has a story about being bullied by Bobby Knight.

*October 27, 2018, there was a terrible shooting in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. We had Mark Cuban on the show shortly after that shooting, and he revealed that he had friends who perished in that shooting.

*October 28 is actor Adam Bitterman's birthday. We had him on our show a few years ago, and he revealed that he was in Hebrew School with Dave when they were young.

*October 29 would have been Quiet Riot lead singer Kevin DuBrow's birthday. We had Loverboy's Doug Johnson on the show, and he told some stories about the legendary partying of DuBrow.

*October 29 is Denny Laine's birthday. We interviewed Denny when we filled in on WLS Radio a few years ago. (photo: Mark Hudson and Neil Innes also in the photo)