Studio Walls--July 31, 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.

Here are a few from the archives...

July 28, 1993—Robin Hood: Men in Tights debuts. 

=Listen to our interview with Little John, Eric Allan Kramer

 

July 29, 1981—Disney on Ice begins touring. 

=Little Tommy Kaempfer reviewed Toy Story on Ice. Will we play it this week?

July 29, 2021—Record setting belch. 

=One of the funniest bits in Minutia Men history. Listen here. 

 

July 30, 1966—England beats West Germany to win the World Cup. 

=Still comes up regularly when Rick and Adam discuss their favorite national teams on Free Kicks with Adam & Rick

 

July 31--Mark Cuban birthday

=The billionaire appeared on an early episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

July 31, 2017—Anthony Scaramucci fired. 

=We interviewed the Mooch three times. Here's the first one. 

 

August 1, 2012—Rick's article about George Martin appears in Shore Magazine.

=It's also appeared in audio form in Minutia Men a few times. The altered Martin interview audio may re-emerge this week again.

August 2, 1929—First suburb (Levittown, NY) founded. 

=We wrote a bit called Suburban Man that ran on the John Landecker show for several months. You just may hear the audio on a future Minutia Men episode.

August 2, 2017—Selling Dead People’s Things by Duane Scott Cerny released

=Duane appeared on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview to talk about it.  

August 2--Butch Patrick birthday

=Would you believe one of us had a personal brush with Eddie Munster while the planes were hitting the Twin Towers on 9/11? That story is in this episode. 

August 2^--Glenn Slater birthday

=We spoke to the lyricist for Alan Mencken and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

 

August 3—Molly Hagan birthday.

=The actress was a wonderful guest on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview. 

August 3, 2020—Rick and Dave appear on Reconcile the Aisle

=We don't often get asked to appear on other podcasts as Minutia Men, but it did happen on this one. 

August 3—Martha Stewart birthday

=Yes, of course I have written a Martha Stewart song. Landecker & the Legends recorded it in 1996. Will we play it this week? 

August 3—Maria Breese birthday

=The "Shameless" actress appeared on this episode of Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

Eckhartz Everyday

*Today is Martha Stewart's birthday. Martha is featured in the book Records Truly Is My Middle Name by John Landecker. John tells a memorable tale about surprising her on a television show.

*On this day in 2018, Judge Michael Ian Bender released his Eckhartz Press book Protecting Children

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?

*July 31 is Mark Cuban's birthday. He appeared on our show a few years ago and we had a fun discussion about embarrassing our kids. (Full interview here)

*July 31, 2017, Anthony Scaramucci was fired by the Trump White House after only 11 days on the job. We talked to him about that situation on the show. (Full interview here)

*August 2, 1929, the first suburb (Levittown, NY) was founded. We did an audio bit on the John Landecker show (written by me) that was called Suburban Man (AUDIO)

*August 2 is Broadway composer Glenn Slater's birthday. We had him on the show to talk about a few of his huge hits (with Alan Mencken and Andrew Lloyd Webber). (Full interview here)

*August 3, 1969. The Cubs release a record to thank their fans (AUDIO)

*August 3, 2020, Rick and Dave appear on the Reconsile the Aisle podcast. (Full interview here)

*August 3 is Martha Stewart's birthday. Rick and John Landecker wrote a song about her, and suprised her live on the air (on television) to serenade her with it. (AUDIO)

*August 3 is Maria Breese's birthday. The Hollywood star/producer appeared on our show during the pandemic. (Full interview is here)

*August 4 is Barack Obama's birthday. We had jazz vocalist Kurt Elling on the show, and he told his very own personal Obama story. (Full interview is here)

*August 5, 1921, the very first broadcast of a baseball game (in Pittsburgh). We have audio of the very early Cubs announcers, who began broadcasting in Chicago in 1924 (AUDIO)

*August 5, 1983, the film Risky Business debuts. Harry Teinowitz was in that movie and we talked to him about it. (Full interview here)

*August 5, 1994, Harry Caray appears on the Landecker show and refuses to tell the story of the day he met Elvis (AUDIO)

*August 5, 1996, Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame together for the first and only time (AUDIO)