This week is quite special! We have JP Myers on the show to tell us about the campaign to get Jack Norworth's memorial marker updated and spruced up. Who's he? He's the guy who wrote the lyrics to "Take Me Out To The Ball Game," the famous baseball song sung at every game. (Jack also wrote "Shine On Harvest Moon," and here's a clip of it from a classic Laurel & Hardy film from 1939.)
JP Myers & Jack Norworth, respectively.
But you already knew that.
When JP learned from Chris Epting (at Chris's book-signing event for his publication Los Angeles's Historic Ballparks) that Mr Norworth was laid to rest in nearby Anaheim, JP began to organize a campaign to make a difference. JP tells us all about it, what happened, who got involved, and what's going on. It's an amazing story!
Chris Epting himself has a new book out, Hello, It's Me: Dispatches from A Pop Culture Junkie, which is superb, so we talk about that a little, too.
Greg (R) with Chris Epting (L)
After this we divert into some unusual subjects and for some reason end up talking about the Addams Family (we stray here because the actress who played Morticia, Carolyn Jones, is buried in the same cemetery as Mr Norworth, the Melrose Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery).
* REGRETFUL RECANTATION CORNER: Greg may have remembered that ri-DONK-ulous steak price from a few years back. From a current glance of Alexander's dinner menu, the priciest thing on there right now looks like a trio of New York steaks at $155. Mere pocket change, blargh!
Simon recounts learning about various national behavior traits during his time as a tour leader back in the 90's and how people from different nations definitely do have characteristics (for better and worse) when in a foreign land en masse and how funny it is to see sometimes.
We are now on Skype...obviously since last week's AND this week's guests joined us via that delightful technology. Our address is, imaginatively enough, "whatthehelljusthappened" if you so desire to contact us and be on the show. We also heard from a listener from the UK, Simon P, a Facebook friend.
That's the end of the bulk of the show...but wait, order now and we'll throw in this for free:
We also tease you with information about a podcast we pre-recorded just 2 days prior, during a flight to Coalinga to visit Harris Ranch, and the perils associated with lots of cows and a heat inversion, (hey, you're learning stuff here!) We're using newfangled technology to record in the plane now, so you'll enjoy a much better sound: just our voices without the throbbing drone of the engine. It's not studio quality, but it's a damn sight better than our first attempt! That podcast will be released shortly.
We're also hoping to take another flight on July 5th, up along the California coastline, to Shelter Cove, and will record another podcast there too....for later release. It's going to be spectacularrrrrrrrrr.
We just thought it would be fun to tell you about all our upcoming podcasts, including future guest Jason and the glorious return of "Pam". July is going to be a busy month it seems.
Enjoy....we did!
BMSMA.
S&G
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