Studio Walls--November 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.

November 3, 1995—Toronto Raptors first game ever.

=Chuck Swirsky was their play-by-play man on TV. He told us all about that in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

November 3—Michael Dukakis birthday

=The day Dukakis lost to George H.W. Bush was a dark day for comedian Dave Sinker. He just happened to do the best Dukakis impersonation in the country. 

November 3--The Cubs Win the World Series

=Because it happened after midnight in Cleveland, this is the actual correct anniversary (not November 2). My reaction to that day.   Author (and Cub fan) Scott Turow's reaction to that day. 

November 3--Catherine Johns birthday

=The former talk show host/newscaster was on our show a few years ago. Such a nice lady.  

November 4, 2014--Father Knows Nothing 

=In the days leading up to the release of the book, we released these bonus audio tracks

November 4—Take Your Parents to Work Day

=In 2002, John Landecker's dad had just passed away, so John brought his ashes to work on Take Your Parents to Work Day. It was a memorably hilarious moment.  

 

November 5—Art Garfunkel’s birthday. 

=Tommy Chong told us a great Garfunkel story in this interview. 

November 5, 1996—Clinton beats Dole in election

=If it happened in the 90s, I wrote a parody song about it. Our Landecker and the Legends song that election was called "Big Macarena." Will we play it on this week's show? 

 

November 6, 2001—Mickey’s Magical Christmas released 

=Johnny Kaempfer (age 3) memorably reviewed the film on the air. Will we play it on this week's show?

 

November 8, 2006—First Chick Fil A opens in San Diego. 

=Just another excuse to highlight our San Diego Chicken interview. 

November 9, 1989--Berlin Wall falls

=Author Lou Macaluso appeared on our podcast to discuss it.  

Studio Walls--8-28-24

 

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...

August 25—Birthday of Gene Simmons

=Loverboy’s Doug Johnson told us a story about opening for KISS at their very first gig.  

August 25, 1994—Natural Born Killers released. 

=Duane Scott Cerny told us a story about his dealings with Oliver Stone during the making of that film.  

 

August 26, 1972—Summer Olympics begin in Munich

=Dwight Stones represented America and reminded us what it was like at that memorable Olympic games. 

August 26, 1817—University of Michigan founded.

=Chuck Swirsky was the broadcaster for their basketball games for a few years. It wasn't exactly a first-class operation at the time, which he told us all about in this episode.  

 

August 27--Dave Sinker birthday

=We had the comedian on the show a few years ago.  

 

August 28, 2015—“We are your friends” debuts

=Max Joseph was the director. He told us all about it. 

 

August 29—Michael Jackson birthday

=We've been told two great Michael Jackson stories. One by record producer/engineer Bill Schnee, and one by the one time teen idol Tony DeFranco. 

August 29--James Finn Garner birthday

=The NY Times Best Selling Author was on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview. 

August 29--Elliott Gould birthday

=My brush with Elliott was told in this episode. 

August 29--Mr. Blackwell birthday

=My brush with the famous clothing designer was told in this episode.  

August 29—Jerry Seinfeld birthday. 

=Kevin Matthews once invited Jerry to perform in his comedy jam. Jerry sniffed out the audience pretty quickly.  

August 30--Carmen Fanzone birthday

=We talked to the former Cubs player in this episode.  

 

August 31--Zack Ward birthday

=Who is Zack? He played the bully in Christmas Story (Scut Farkus). He also bullied us a bit. Only guest we ever called a dick live on the air. 

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?

*August 21 would have been Joel Daly's birthday. We talked to the late-great newscaster on one of our earlier shows. (Listen to interview here)

*August 21 is Carl Giamarese's birthday. The Buckinghams lead singer was on the show a few years ago. (Listen to the interview here)

*August 22, 1995, Congressman Mel Reynolds was convicted and sentenced to prison. I wrote a song about him for the John Landecker show on WJMK. (Listen to the song here)

*August 23 is Mark Hudson's birthday. We interviewed Mark when we filled in on WLS Radio. (Audio)

*August 23, 1992, I made my debut on the Dr. Demento show with "The Hayfever Song" (Audio)

*August 23, 1998, That 70s Show debut. We had one of the stars of that show, Tommy Chong, on the show and he told us several tales about his time on the show (Listen to that interview here)

*August 25 is Gene Simmons birthday. We interviewed Doug Johnson from Loverboy, who told us about their first gig ever...opening for Kiss. (Full interview here)

*August 26, 1972, the Munich Olympics began. We talked to one of the American Olympians from that year, Dwight Stones, and he told us all about it. (Listen to the interview here)

*August 27 is Dave Sinker's birthday. We talked to the former Second City star about his unlucky experience as a Michael Dukakis impersonator. (Full interview here)