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...
April 28, 2007—Severance video tease
April 28--Jay Leno's birthday. I told my memorable Jay Leno story in this episode of Minutia Men.
April 28--David Pollock birthday. We talked to the star of Bad News Bears about five years ago.
April 29—Richard Epcar birthday. The voice over artist superstar was featured on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
April 29—Jerry Seinfeld birthday. Our old friend Jay Shatz has a great story about meeting Jerry in the 1980s. It takes a twist you will not expect.
April 30--Al Lewis birthday. Yes, I knew Grandpa Munster. Yes, he was a total nutball. I told the story in this episode.
April 30--Chet Coppock birthday. The king of Chicago sports talk radio became an Eckhartz Press author, and a Minutia Men guest.
April 30,
1945—Adolf Hitler kills himself and Eva Braun. Would you believe we have a guest who has a story to tell about that day? Antony Penrose
May 1—National School Principal’s day. Neil Steinberg story about the principal he really upset in a column.
May 1,
1997 Carol Marin resigns from Channel 5 to protest Jerry Springer's hiring. Her co-anchor Ron Magers appears on our morning show on Oldies 104.3 (audio) It was memorable.
May 1, 1891—Harvey, Illinois founded. Harvey's hometown boy Tom Dreesen told us a story about the danger of becoming a
Cubs fan from Harvey
May 1,
1893—Cracker Jacks unveiled at Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Harry
Caray was not a fan.
May 2--Larry Potash birthday. Larry appeared on the show about six years ago.
May
2—Franke Previte birthday. Yes, Frankie was once on the show as well.
May 3, 2023—Last episode of The Goldbergs aired. Hayley Orrantia, who played Erica on the show, came on Minutia Men Celebrity interview shortly after the last episode aired.
May 3, 1979--The San Diego Chicken was fired by KGB-Radio. It was just the beginning of a great career for Ted Giannoulus (San Diego Chicken), who told us all about it.
May 3, 1971—All Things Considered
debuts on NPR. One of the contributors to that show over the years was Aaron Freeman. He was one of our favorite interviewees.
May 4, 1970--The Kent State Massacre. We talked to John Filo, the man who took the Pulitzer Prize winning photo that day.
