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--April 17, 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 "Shut Your Swinepipe" and it's our 350th episode. You can listen to it here. The Minutia Men Celebrity Interview this week is one of our most entertaining. We talked to 1970s teen heart-throb, Tony DeFranco. And if you're a Premier League fan you know the title race is nuts this year. Adam and I discuss it in this week's episode.

Here's a few more gems from the past...

April 14--Janene Carleton birthday

=She's a stuntwoman and has some great stories about doing stunts in the movies. : 

April 14—Summer Crockett Moore birthday

=An actress/movie mogul told us about her experiences as a producer.

April 15, 2014--David Stern’s “Pothole Song” debuts on YouTube.

April 15, 2014—The Pothole Store publicity tour 

April 15, 1864—Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

=Have we ever mentioned Dave wrote a poem about Honest Abe?

April 15, 1912--The Titanic Sinks

=I wrote a song about that. "Sink the Titanic" was a hit for Landecker & the Legends

April 16--Gerardo birthday

=We interviewed Rico Suave himself, and he was really entertaining

April 16, 1996—Debut of Dere Da Bulls 

=The day that Bulls won their 70^th game, Landecker & the Legends debuted this song.

April 17--Skip Griparis

=Skip is a stand up comic who does musical comedy. He was once a member of the New Colony Six. Fun interview.

April 17, 2018--Chet Coppock passed away

=His old friend Mark Giangreco told us some great stories about Chet. 

April 18, 1938—First Superman comic book released. 

=We talked to a guy who actually owns a copy of that comic, Gary Moondog Colabuona 

April 19—National Poker Day 

=We interviewed professional poker player Tristin Wade, who has also has the thankless task of being Dave's poker coach.

April 19, 1982—"Caught up in You" released

=Rick and Jim Peterik jammed to that song on this episode. 

April 20—Hitler’s birthday

=We talked to the author of "Hustling Hitler" Walter Shapiro about his uncle who hustled the Fuehrer.

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?

*April 12 is David Letterman's birthday. We had his good friend Tom Dreesen on the show and he talked about his relationship with Letterman. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 12, 1892, the Cubs and Cardinals played against each other for the first time. Pat Hughes and Ron Santo talked about a mixed Cubs-Cardinals marriage (We have the AUDIO)

*April 12 would have been David Cassidy's birthday. Fellow Partridge Family member Danny Bonaduce was on our show and discussed his "older brother" David. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*April 12 was also Tiny Tim's birthday. Leo Durocher and Lou Boudreau once discussed Tiny Tim in an expletive filled outtake from the Durocher in the Dugout pre-game show. (AUDIO)

*April 13, 2014, Dave appears on WGN-TV morning show to talk about The Pothole Store. The show did another visit with him in 2018 (Video here)

*April 13, 1990, the song "Rico Suave" peaks at #7 on the Billboard charts. We talked to the creator of that song, Gerardo. (Listen to the interview here)

*April 13 is actress/producer Summer Crockett Moore's birthday. We interviewed her for the show a few years ago. (Listen to the interview here)

*April 14 is stuntwoman Janene Carlton's birthday. We interview her as well (Listen to the entire inteview here)

*April 15, 2014, Dave's song "Pothole Song" debuts on YouTube. (Video is here)

*April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Dave's 1974 poem correctly identifies Booth as 'Surely Not a Lincoln Fan' (AUDIO)