Studio Walls--7-17-24

 

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 14, 1857—Frederick Maytag is born. 

=Jim McMahon gets a visit from the washing machine guy while we're interviewing him.  

 

July 15--Jonathon Brandmeier birthday. 

=Danny Bonaduce told us a great story about Johnny B.

July 15--Dr. Ian Smith birthday

=When we talked to the famous TV doctor it was the first week of COVID. Let's just say his predictions were a little bit off. 

July 15, 1973—Release of We’re An American Band by Grand Funk Railroad

=Mark Farner talked to us about his band's most famous album. 

 

July 16—Michael Flatley birthday. 

=Irish actress Amy Shiels told us a great story about having to fake Irish dancing once during an audition.  

July 1-- Shoeless Joe Jackson birthday. 

=The actor who played him in Eight Men Out, DB Sweeney appeared on the show. 

 July 16—-Phoebe Cates birthday

=In this episode I tell my one and only Phoebe Cates story.  

July 16—World Snake Day. 

=Yeah, that's right. We interviewed Jake the Snake Roberts. 

 

July 17--Minutia Men releases  100^th episode (2018)

July 17--Robert Romanus (Fast Times) birthday

=One of our favorite interviews. He sounds exactly the same. 

July 19—Wayne Messmer birthday

=I wrote a parody song for him and made him sing it live on the air once. We have the audio.

 

July 20, 2002—Jimmy Neutron debuts

=The voice of Jimmy, Debi Derryberry, was a great interview. 

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 10 is actor Bradley Whitford's birthday. We had Bradley on the podcast during the pandemic.

*October 10 is also WGN-TV's Jeff Hoover's birthday. His former running mate on the Brandmeier show, Brendan Sullivan, told us a great story about a day the two of them made a personal appearance dressed as Nazis.

*October 11, 2019, I made an appearance on the Destination Eat Drink show talking about my visit to Rovinj.

*October 12, 1960, the Congress Expressway opened in Chicago. Shermann Dilla Thomas was on our show once and explained why his father refused to drive on it.

*October 14, 1994, the film Pulp Fiction premiered. We interviewed one of the actors from that film, Paul Calderone.

*October 14, 1994, the Chicago Wolves played their first ever game. I once wrote a theme song for the Wolves, and their VP Wayne Messmer sang it live on the John Landecker show (AUDIO)

*October 14, 2003, the Steve Bartman game happened at Wrigley Field. Our friend Dane Placko was there covering it as a news reporter, and we videotaped him telling the story of that incredible sight. ESPN saw the video and asked Dane to participate in their documentary "Catching Hell" about that day.

*October 14, 2020, comedian Larry Reeb appeared on our show.

(This week is also the anniversary of this ad running in the Daily Illini in 1985)

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 17 is Fast Times at Ridgemont High star Robert Romanus' birthday. He appeared on our show a few years ago to talk about the film. (Listen to entire interview here)

*July 18, 1910 is the anniversary of the classic poem about the Cubs, Baseball's Sad Lexicon. We have the audio of a famous actor reading that poem. (AUDIO)

*July 19 is Wayne Messmer's birthday. We have audio of Wayne singing a song written by Rick when he was the producer of John Landecker's show. (AUDIO)

*July 20, 2002 is the debut of the cartoon Jimmy Neutron. We interviewed the voice of Jimmy, Debbie Derryberry, a few years ago. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*July 21 is playwright/author/broadcaster/comedian Spike Manton's birthday. Spike was nice enough to join us as a guest on the program a few years ago. (Listen to the entire interview here)

*July 22 is composer Alan Mencken's birthday. We interviewed his songwriting collaborator Glen Slater a few years ago, and Glen told us all about the genius of Alan. (Full interview here)

*July 23, 1965, the Moody Blues released their debut album. We had Moody Blues member Alan Hewitt on the show last year. (Listen to the interview here)

Eckhartz Everyday

 *Today is Ilie Nastase's birthday. The former tennis star is featured in the Eckhartz Press book Signature Shoes. 

*On this day in 2021, Eckhartz Press author Paul M. Banks sat down for a Q&A session. You can read that here.

*Today is also Wayne Messmer's birthday. Wayne was kind enough to appear at a book signing for us a few years ago for Cubsessions.