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--October 9, 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 6, 1938—Old Diz’ Last Stand

=Dizzy Dean was a bust as a Cub, except for his one last special outing in the 1938 World Series. We have the audio.

October 6—Valerio De Los Santos birthday. 

=He is the pitcher who beaned Adam Greenberg, ending his career. When we talked to Adam, he told us the follow up story. 

October 6, 1978—Release of Midnight Express (movie)

=The author of the book, Billy Hayes, has appeared as a guest on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

 

October 7--Birthday of John Mellencamp

=We talked to a good friend of his from his pre-fame days, fellow musician Essra Mohawk, and she told us what he was like in those days.  

October 7--Jose Cardenal birthday

=Yes, Rick met him. Yes, it is a memorable and quirky story. 

October 7, 1935—Cubs lose Game 6 of World Series

=We have the audio of the last out.

October 7, 1981—Loverboy’s Get Lucky album released

=Loverboy lead singer Mike Reno told us the story if that album. : 

October 7, 1996—Fox News debuts. 

=We asked political writer Judd Legum if Fox News has broken America. (Spoiler alert: They did)

 

October 8, 2015—Kyle Schwarber roofs one versus Cardinals in playoffs

=We don't have audio, but we do have a photograph of Rick and son Sean there that day.

October 8--Chevy Chase birthday

=Rick has an unpleasant story about his encounter with Chevy.  

 

October 9—Birthday of John Lennon. 

=We interviewed his girlfriend from his lost weekend, May Pang 

October 9—Joe Pepitone birthday 

=His former teammate Carmen Fanzone told us a great story about Joe.  )

October 9, 2016—Ken Bone becomes famous at presidential debate. 

=Remember the guy in the red sweater? We talked to him. 

 

October 10, 1889—Brentford was founded 

=Just another excuse/reminder to tune into Free Kicks with Adam and Rick.

October 10--Bradley Whitford birthday

=Would you believe that we talked to him while he was taking a shower? It's true. 

October 10--David Lee Roth story birthday

=Don't like to brag, but very people have David Lee Roth stories as good as Rick's.  

October 10--Jeff Hoover birthday

=His former writing sidekick, Brendan Sullivan, told us a great story about a personal appearance they made together in the 1990s. It involves Nazis and Skokie. 

 

October 11, 2019—Rick appears on DestinationEatDrink podcast 

=On this episode, the discussion was about Rovinj.

October 12--Glenn Beckert birthday

=Rick's brush with the former Cubs second baseman makes this episode.  

October 12--Sam Moore birthday

=Rick's brush with Sam Moore, from the great soul duo Sam & Dave. 

October 12--Martie Maguire birthday

=The Dixie Chicks almost got the John Landecker show fired. 

October 12, 2011--Siri’s debut

=Hard to believe Siri has only been around for 13 years. We talked to the original voice of Siri, Susan Bennett 

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 2, 1938, Dizzy Dean's last stand as a big leaguer. His final World Series game. The Cubs fight valiantly but lose to the Yankees (AUDIO)

*October 2nd is actor Eric Fellows birthday. He appeared as our guest a few years ago.

*October 3 is jazz great Von Freeman's brithday. Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling told us a great story about Von, and the advice he gave him about drinking.

*October 3, 1995, OJ Simpson was acquitted. The John Landecker show did a number of songs about that trial, including "YDNA", "Johnny Cochran" and "OJ Walked" (AUDIO)

*October 4, 2011, Siri debuted. We had the first voice of Siri on the show to discuss the unusual way they recorded her voice.

*October 4 is songwriter John Denicola's birthday. The Dirty Dancing songwriter appeared on our show to talk about the making of that movie.

*October 4, 1990 was the debut of the television show Beverly Hills 90210. The first theme song to that show was written by Stacey Widelitz, and he told us the unusual reason that theme song was dropped in favor of another.

*October 6 is the birthday of former MLB pitcher Valerio De Los Santos. His claim to fame was beaning Cubs batter Adam Greenberg in the only at bat of his career. Adam told us all about that.

*October 6, 1978, the film Midnight Express was released. We interviewed the author of that book, Billy Hayes.

*October 7 is John Mellencamp's birthday. He was friends with Essra Mohawk early in his career, and she told us about their early struggles and the way he repaid her friendship.

*October 7, 1981, Loverboy's biggest hit album Get Lucky was released. Loverboy's lead singer Mike Reno told us how that album changed his life.

*October 7, 1996, Fox News debuted. Journalist Judd Legum came on our show and we asked him how much Fox News is responsible for breaking our country.