Showing posts with label San Diego Chicken. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Studio Walls--May 22, 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.

 


May 19—Pete Townshend’s birthday. 

=Will Wagner wrote a book about his guitar from the Woodstock festival. We talked to Will about his great book.

May 19--Curly Neal birthday

=I told the story of my brush with the Harlem Globetrotters in this episode of Minutia Men

May 19--Dusty Hill birthday

=I told the story of my brush with the ZZ Top great in this episode of Minutia Men. 


May 20—Sainty Nelsen birthday

=We interviewed the actress/producer/voice over artist. She was a delight.  

May 20, 1997—Packers meet President Clinton. 

=Jim McMahon was a member of that Packers Super Bowl team. He legendarily wears a Bears jersey. He told us all about that in this interview.  


May 21--Jay Shatz birthday

=You may not know Jay's name, but he went to college with Dave and I and became a famous television personality in Cincinnati. One day he came into the studio with us to reminisce. 

May 21--Mr. T birthday

=I pity the fool that doesn't listen to my brush with Mr. T. story. I told it in this episode of Minutia Men.


May 22, 2007—Severance radio ads debut 

=Severance is the name of my first novel. Will we play one of them on the show this week?


May 23--Tom Ricketts birthday

=My brush with Tom Ricketts story in this episode of Minutia Men

May 23--Joan Collins birthday

=My story about meeting her is a memorable one.  

May 23, 1946—First Chick Fil A opens in Hapeville GA. 

=Our chicken related interview with the San Diego Chicken

May 23—World Wrestling day. 

=We interviewed the wrestling legend Jake the Snake Roberts


May 24--Mike Toomey birthday

=The WGN-TV comic was on our show a few years ago. He's hilarious.  

May 24—Tommy Chong birthday

=The legendary comedian spent nearly an hour with us just shooting the shit.  

May 24—Rick reads Man with the World’s Longest Name

=You can read it on last week's blog. Or you can hear it here. 


May 25--Mike Myers birthday

=My brush with the Wayne's World star is revealed in this episode.  

May 25--Brian Urlacher birthday

=And my brush with the Chicago Bears Hall of Famer is in this episode.

Wednesday, May 04, 2022

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?

*May 2 is WGN-TV's Larry Potash's birthday. He appeared as a guest on Minutia Men a few years ago. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*May 2 is also Franke Previte's birthday. The songwriter of the Dirty Dancing hits, appeared on our show last year. (Listen to the interview here)

*May 3, 1979, the San Diego Chicken was hired by KGB Radio. We talked to the chicken a few years ago, and it was a fun interview (Listen to it here)

*May 3, 1971, All Things Considered debuted on NPR. We had one of the contributors to that show, Aaron Freeman on our show. (Entire interview here)

*May 4, 1970 is the date of the Kent State Massacre. The photographer who took the iconic photo, John Filo, was on the show and told the backstory of that photograph. (Full interview here)

*May 5, 2016, Minutia Men debuted. 

*May 5, 1989, the movie Field of Dreams was released. We talked to the man who played John Kinsells, Dwier Brown. (That interview is here)

*May 6, 1976, John Landecker and John Travolta appear at Woodfield Mall. We have the audio from that memorable appearance (AUDIO)