Dear Jason Patrick, Here is the story of how your Uncle Wenty and your Uncle Kalin went to see your Dad and Mom get married. (Kalin and I aren’t really your uncles, and we aren’t really brothers. But I love Kalin like a brother, and we fight like brothers, so it’s close enough.) I have … Continue reading The Wedding of Pat and Courtney, as Told By The Best Man
Considering that they have known me for over a combined 60 years (not dollars), my friends Pat Adriance, Kalin Krohe and Jason Hager have probably figured out by now that movies are not my prime form of entertainment. I’m a TV guy, and a radio guy, and yes there are a lot of movies I … Continue reading “Hocus Pocus”: I Saw The Damn Thing
Any holiday centered around candy is bound to be a favorite of mine. Add in the excuse to do mediocre impressions of James Stewart, Cary Grant, Paul Lynde, Grandpa Munster, and Orson Welles….well, it’s irresistible! Halloween Safety Tips were one of multitudes of “tag messages” our radio stations used to sell. We did a LOT … Continue reading Halloween Safety Tips
In Hemingford, Nebraska there is a wonderful pizza place called Village Pizza. An old radio friend and I had lunch there a month or two ago and I was impressed with their supreme pie. Sampling the product always stimulates the creative process. At least when the product is edible or potable (know your Word Power®). … Continue reading Pizza! And Commercials!
50 years ago this weekend, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered on CBS. My Facebook feed is clogged with tribute articles that all repeat the same factoids, like how Mary Richards was originally going to be a divorcee but CBS thought viewers would believe she left Rob Petrie. Classic episodes are recalled, like “Chuckles Bites … Continue reading Love Is All Around
At the very end of 2018, I returned to work from Christmas vacation and had a very stressful day or two. There was just a lot of stuff piled up and some minor office drama on top of it…and I noticed my left eye was twitching. Just a little facial tic of the variety lots … Continue reading Botox Boy
Most of our radio advertising clients have a “general” commercial handy. What makes a commercial “general” is that it can play any day of the year and not sound out-of-date. It’s a good thing to have handy during those little pockets of time when there isn’t a specific sale, event or promotion to advertise. Our … Continue reading Shoe Saga
I’ve decided to write a blog about Earle Hagen. There is probably zero interest in this, but my quarantine weekends are so empty and mundane that writing something–anything–at least feels like hitting my binge-watching brain with jumper cables. I finally finished the massive “Best Of Mayberry” Time-Life DVD set which includes episodes of “The Andy … Continue reading Earle Hagen
I’ve been watching a DVD box set called “The Mayberry Collection.” It features a selection of well-remembered episodes from “The Andy Griffith Show.” There are also discs with episodes of “Gomer Pyle USMC” and “Mayberry RFD”, but I haven’t gotten to those yet. Fans of “Andy” are fortunate in being able to determine within 2 … Continue reading Andy In Color
So, about a year after I moved to Nebraska, Denise Marcoe (then Denise Chase) drafted me into the Main Street Players, Alliance’s community theater group. The first show I did was “The Fatal Fifties Affair”, a murder mystery set at a reunion of a 1950’s sitcom. For many years interactive murder mysteries were our big … Continue reading Gilligan’s Shirt
