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 18--Robert Redford birthday
=I have a story about meeting the acting legend on a ski hill.
August 18—Carmen Serano birthday
=The Breaking Bad star was a fun interview, especially went riffing against Steven Seagal.
August 18—Elayne Boosler birthday.
=Kevin Matthews has a story about Elayne that you'll never forget.
August 18—Patrick Swayze birthday
=His friend and co-writer Stacy Widelitz told us all about Patrick.
August 18—Denis Leary birthday
=Sainty Nelsen worked with the great comedian, and told us a memorable story about him.
August 19—Matthew Perry birthday
=One of the guest-stars of the show, Alex Kapp, talked about the late Friends star and the way the cast bonded together.
August 19, 1969—Ken Holtzman No hitter
=We have the audio.
August 19--Brendan Sullivan birthday
=The improv legend (and co-writer of The Living Wills) was on this episode of Minutia Men.
August 19—National Photography day.
=We've had at least five all-time great photographers on the show: Mick Rock, John Filo, Antony Penrose, Barry Butler, and Fred Winston.
August 20—Don King birthday
=Mark Giangreco told us a great story about how Don King once got him suspended. :
August 20, 2023
=Nicole Zwiercan named Mrs. America. A few months later she appeared on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.
August 21--Joel Daly birthday
=One his last ever interviews.
August 21--Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams) birthday
=We relived the glory days with him on this episode of Minutia Men.
August 21--John Filo birthday
=He was the photographer who took the famous Kent State Massacre photo. We had him on the show to recall the circumstances that led to that photo. :
August 21--Jim McMahon birthday
=I told my brush with Jim story in this episode.
August 22--Valerie Harper birthday
=The late great actress helped us pull a stunt on her old friend Mary Tyler Moore. The audio of that event was played on this episode of Minutia Men.
August 22, 1995—Mel Reynolds convicted.
=Was it a news story in the 1990s? Then naturally there's a Landecker and the Legends song.
August 23--Mark Hudson birthday
=He was one of our guests when we filled in at WLS. There's both audio and video of that day. Also photographic evidence (below)
August 23, 1992—Dr. Demento plays Ebony & Ivory song “The Hayfever Song”
=My first ever parody song. Here's the show rundown from that day.
August 23—Keith Moon birthday
=Carl Giammarese told us a story about Keith involving a hotel television set.
August 23, 2021—Covid vaccine officially approved by CDC:
=Rave-out essay about people who refused to take it.
August 23, 1998—That 70s show debuts
=Tommy Chong told us what it was like to work on that show.
August 24, 1992—Georgia Dome opens
=Jim McMahon buys a pizza. He was in uniform at the time.
