Studio Walls--December 18, 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 15, 1955—Eisenhower expressway opened. 

=Shermann Dilla Thomas explains why his dad wouldn’t ride on it. 

 

December 16, 1993—Molly Hagan’s episode of Seinfeld airs

=She played Kramer's girlfriend. She told us all about it when she appeared on Minutia Men Celebrity Interview.  

December 16--Billy Gibbons birthday

=My brush with ZZ Top.

=Doug Johnson of Loverboy tells us about the day he taught Billy Gibbons how to play keyboards.

December 16, 1895—West Ham plays first ever night match 

=That reminds me...

December 17, 1984—Christmas Carol with George C. Scott released

=Eric Litt talks about why he loves that film on this episode. 

 

December 18, 1997—Chris Farley dies

=We had his college friend on the show. The Real Matt Foley. 

December 18—Keith Richards birthday 

=Bill Kurtis told us a story about being backstage at a Stones show. 

December 18, 1966—The Grinch debuts. 

=Sara Karloff told us about her father Boris calling her to recommend watching it. The only time he ever did that.  

December 18—Brad Pitt birthday 

=Dan Frischman met a very young Brad Pitt on the set of Head of the Class.  

 

December 19--Robert Urich birthday

=My brush with Urich.  

December 19—Doug Johnson birthday

=Keyboardist for Loverboy did an entire episode with us.  

December 19—Tim Reid birthday

=Tom Dreesen told us all about his old comedy partner. 

December 19, 2021—1883 debuts 

=We talked to one of the young stars of that show, Eric Nelsen.  

 

December 20, 1995—Landecker Live show in Oak Lawn

=Baby Tommy Kaempfer made his public debut.

December 20—Chris Robinson birthday

=Legendary DJ Bob Stroud told us his story about interviewing the unpleasant Black Crowes lead singer.  

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.  

Studio Walls--April 24, 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...

April 21, 1978—I Wanna Hold Your Hand movie opens. 

=We had Nick DiGilio on the show, and we discussed this gem of a film.  

April 22—Avengers Endgame premieres. 

=Bobby Holland Hanton was a stuntman in this film, and told us a few good stories about the making of one of the most successful box office movies in history.

April 22, 1932—Cubs vs. Reds at Wrigley. 

=Would you believe I have the audio of Pat Pieper stating the Cubs lineup from that day? Will we play it on this week's show?

April 23—Dan Frischman birthday

=One of the stars of Head of the Class was on our show a few years ago. 

April 23, 1999—The Movie Election premieres. 

=One of the stars of that film, Molly Hagan, was on the show a few years ago as well. 

April 23--Essra Mohawk birthday

=We knew her as one of the singers of Schoolhouse Rock, but discovered during the interview that she also was at Woodstock.  

April 23—Lee Miller birthday 

=The famous war correspondent's son Antony Penrose was on the show and told us one of the most memorable stories we've ever heard. It involves Hitler on the day of his suicide.  

April 23—John Oliver birthday.

=We've had two people on the show who have worked with John Oliver. Summer Crockett Moore and Josh Gondelman 

April 24--Richard M. Daley birthday

=I told the story of my brush with Mayor Daley in this episode of Minutia Men.  

Studio Walls--January 24, 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.

Our podcasting equipment finally broke down after 500+ episodes, so we are in the process of building a new studio. Until that is completed, here are a few audio highlights to chew on.

*January 21--Len Kasper birthday

=We interviewed Len just before his last season with the Cubs. 

*January 21, 2020: CDC reports first American COVID case. 

=Would you believe we talked to America's Patient Zero? His name is Gregg Garfield and listening back to this interview is a good reminder about how scary COVID was at the beginning.  

*January 22—Ismo birthday

=Who is Ismo? Only the funniest comedian from Finland. 

*January 22, 1921—George Streeter dies. 

=A neighborhood of Chicago is named after him, and a member of the Moody Blues (Alan Hewitt) is a descendant . That little tidbit emerged organically during this interview.

*January 23—Jack Quinlan birthday 

=He is largely forgotten today, but he was a great radio play-by-play man for the Cubs who died in a car accident in 1965. We found audio of him and have featured it. 

*January 24—Gennifer Flowers birthday 

=My brush with the former presidential mistress was discussed on this episode, along with audio of the interview, and the parody song I wrote about it. 

January 24, 1995—OJ Simpson trial begins

=Yes I am an original Dancing Ito (photo). Yes I did explain that story in a previous Minutia Men episode. 

*January 24--Jack Brickhouse birthday

=He was the Cubs announcer of my youth, and I met him several times over the years. Those stories are told in this episode.  

*January 24—Ernest Borgnine birthday

=Never met Mr. Borgnine, but we did talk to Filmmaker Jeff Krulik, the genius behind the show Borgnine on the Bus. 

*January 24--Warren Zevon birthday

=On this episode I explained the story behind this photo.

January 27, 1990—Molly Hagan’s Golden Girls episode

=She played Betty White's daughter. Molly is a Chicago gal, and Dave and I really hit it off with her.

Minutia Men Celebrity Interview Classic: Molly Hagan

 

We have now done over 200 interviews on our various Minutia Men podcasts, and this year we're going to revisit some of the best. We interviewed Molly Hagan a few months ago and she was a delight. Molly was on Seinfeld, Friends, The Golden Girls, Herman's Head, and is currently in the cast of the show Walker. We talked to her about all of those things, but we spent even more time discussing her midwestern upbringing. She was a delight.

Listen to it here.

Minutia Men Celebrity Interview--Molly Hagan

 Molly Hagan has appeared in classic shows like Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Friends, & more! She’s currently starring in Walker on The CW. Our last Minutia Men Celebrity Interview of the year. Fun chat with a down-to-earth Midwestern gal.

Listen to it here.