Radio Show for June 17, 2022
Special Holidays
National Eat Your Vegetables Day..June 17
This holiday falls in the middle of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month! It is time to remind everyone to continue with this part of a healthy diet.
You can add veggies to your breakfast. Swap out that muffin for a smoothie, skip that candy bar for some carrots, or how about veggie chips for a change? Say no to the French fries and go with a side salad instead. Try it!!
Ugliest Dog Day June 20
Ugliest Dog Day celebrates the pups out there with a face only a mother could love. But when it comes to man’s best friend, is there really a dog that can’t be considered adorable? No matter how they look the antics of animals will always be cute. A “World’s Ugliest Dog Contest” is an annual contest held in Petaluma as part of the Sonoma Marin Fair. Past winners include Scamp the Tramp, Zsa Zsa, Quasi Modo, Peanut and Mugly. So no matter how unphotogenic your dog is, celebrate that mut’s mug and strut him around and be proud today and everyday!
World Croc Day June 17
That is…”Croc” for Crocodile. What’s the difference between crocodiles and alligators you may ask! The main difference is their snout. The crocodile’s snout forms into a long pointed V-shape. An alligator’s is more U-shaped and rounded. Another difference is their weight. Alligators weigh about 500 pounds and crocodiles can reach up to 2,200 pounds. They are much more aggressive and dangerous than alligators.
There are only two countries on earth that have alligators…China and the United States. American alligators live mostly from North Carolina to Florida and on the Atlantic coast. They are becoming extinct in China due to their food resources are contaminated by pesticides and fertilizers.
However, Crocodiles’ numbers are growing strong, they have increased 2.2 percent since 2018. Not only are crocodiles bigger, stronger and more aggressive they can be found in nearly every corner of the world.
They were considered on the brink of extinction about 50 years ago as hunters were killing them for their skins.
Today we acknowledge this amazing creature!
Did you know?
*Crocodiles can go through 4,000 teeth in a lifetime. Once they lose a tooth there is a small replacement already on standby. They are able to replace each of their 80 teeth up to 50 times over their lifespan.
*They have the strongest bite of any animal in the world, 5,000 pounds of pressure per square inch.
*The longest crocodile captured alive (in this case by National Geographic team in the Philippines) measured over 20 feet and weighed 2,370 pounds.
Birthdays
Art Bell…..June 17, 1945 - 2018
Arthur William Bell III was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal themed radio program “Coast to Coast AM”.
He was born in North Carolina and was always interested in radio. At the age of 13 he became a licensed amateur radio operator. After leaving military service he worked as a disc jockey for a radio station in Okinawa, while there he set a Business World Record staying on the air for 116 hours and 15 min. The money raised for this event allowed him to charter a plane to Vietnam and rescue 120 orphans stranded in Saigon and eventually brought to the US and adopted by American families.
After returning to the US he worked in cable television and began to host “Coast to Coast AM” with 460 stations. He earned praise from those who felt the paranormal deserves a mature outlet as well as those simply amused by the nightly parade of bizarre and fringe topics. Among those he interviewed were Dean Koontz, Chris Carter (X-Files), Leonard Nimoy, Dan Akroyd, Casey Kasem, physicist Michio Kaku, Willie Nelson, and George Carlin to name a few.
In 1997 a caller into the show claimed he had discovered an unknown threat and conspiracy from Area 51 and his life was in danger by even talking about it. For unknown reasons Bell lost connection to his transmitter during the call and the alleged voice became more and more agitated then the entire broadcast dramatically went silent, a confused Bell restored the signal about 20 minutes later. It was mentioned on another show that the caller hoaxed the whole discussion…or did he? It had never been fully explained.
Bell was inducted into the Nevada Broadcaster Hall of Fame, the National Radio Hall of Fame and won the radio trade magazine “Radios and Records” Lifetime Achievement Award.
Chris Evans…June 13, 1981 (41 yrs.)
Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor, widely recognized as the superhero “Captain America”. Chris was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother was the artistic director at the Concord Youth Theater and his father, a dentist. They divorced when he was 18.
Evans enjoyed musical theater as a child and played in productions at camp. Before his senior year of high school he spent the summer in NYC and took classes at Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. He got parts in short educational films and commercials.
He moved to Los Angeles and lived in an apartment complex in Toluca Lake, where he met other fellow young actors and made lots of connections. He said it was like a “LA Welcoming Committee”.
Evans got a few parts in teen related films, however when it came to starring role in “Cellular” with Jason Statham, Kim Basinger and William H. Macy it was said of Evans..that he now “proved himself a sufficiently charismatic leading man”.
His role as Marvel Studios’ Captain America which premiered in the film “Captain America: The First Avenger” in 2011 and was a huge commercial success. Several of the “Avenger” films followed.
Chris Evans has starred in close to 50 films.
He has been nominated for 5 Saturn Awards, 17 Teen Choice Awards (won 2), also won the Kid’s Choice Award for “Favorite Butt Kicker”, to name a few.
Short List of Chris Evans Films
Cellular…2004, director David R. Ellis
Captain America: The First Avenger…2011, director Joe Johnson, starred Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones
Snowpiercer…2013, director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite and The Host) starred Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Song Kang-Ho (also starred in Parasite and The Host)
Knives Out..2019, written and directed by Rian Johnson, starred Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Don Johnson. Film reviews said it “was very sharp and funny”. “A thrilling expertly-crafted whodunit”. Film was nominated for one Oscar for Best Screenplay, nominated for seven Saturn Awards and won three to name a few.
Whitley Strieber…June 13, 1945 (77 yrs.)
Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels, and, for “Communion”, a non-fiction account of his alleged experience with non-human entities.
He began his writing career with the novels “The Wolfen” and “The Hunger”. He has authored close to 50 books and dozens of short stories. Several films have been based on his writings including “The Wolfen”, “Communion” and “The Day After Tomorrow”.
Strieber says that he was abducted from his cabin in upstate New York in 1985 by non-human beings. In the account he refers to them as “the visitors” in case they may not be extraterrestrials.
His first non-fiction book “Communion” was based on this alien abduction, and, it sold over 2 million copies.
He claimed that he was woken one night by a strange noise, and saw a small non-human entity approach his bed. Suddenly it was morning and not only was he disoriented, but he felt aggressive. During a session of regressive hypnosis a few months later, some of the memories returned of those “visitors” abducting him.
Films based on Strieber’s novels
Wolfen…1981, starred director Michael Wadleigh, starred Albert Finney, Gregory Hines and Tom Waits.
Communion…1980, director Philippe Mora, starred Christopher Walken, and Lindsay Crouse
The Day After Tomorrow…2004, director Roland Emmerich, based on “The Coming Global Superstorm” by Art Bell and Whitely Strieber, starred Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sela Ward.
Honorable Mentions
Richard Boone June 18, 1917-1981
Best known for playing the West Point graduate turned ‘gun for hire’, Paladin, in television’s western “Have Gun Will Travel”. It ran from 1957 to 1963.
Paul McCartney…June 18, 1942, (79 yrs) a winner of 18 Grammy Awards
Kathleen Turner…June 19, 1954…(67 yrs) star of over 40 films including “Romancing the Stone”, “Body Heat”, “The War of the Roses”, and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”.
On this day
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms released on June 13,1953. This film was directed by Eugene Lourie (The Colossus of New York, The Giant Behemoth, Gorgo). Special effects were by Ray Harryhousen, and starring Kenneth Tobey, Paula Raymond, Vera Miles and Steve Brodie.
Trivia
*The Japanese film “Gojira” (Godzilla) was released a year later and has been said it’s producer Tomouki Tanaka was heavily influenced by “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” (it’s original working title was Big Monster from 20,000 Fathoms).
*At 5 million dollars this was one of the highest grossing films of 1953. The film’s original release prints were processed in sepia tone, some also had the underwater sequences tinted green.
*During the octopus/shark sequence some footage was filmed in an aquarium, as you can see the octopus gripping the glass.
*The rollercoaster shown towards the end of the film is the Cyclone Racer in The Pike Amusement Park in Long Beach, CA. A miniature was burnt at the end of the movie. It was one of the great old wooden coasters and cost 35 cents and one could ride it as many times as they like, just by paying the operator.
This Island Earth released on June 10, 1955.
This film was directed by Joseph M. Newman and Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man, Tarantula, Creature of the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space, Monster on Campus). This film starred Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, and Jeff Morrow.
Trivia
*It took two years to complete the special effects.
*In 1957 it was shown along with “Invaders From Mars”. In the summer of 1960 it was shown on a double bill with “Forbidden Planet”.
*The mutant costumes originally had legs that matched the upper body but they had trouble making it that way, so, the actors were just put into plain trousers along with the rest of the costume. The promotional posters showed the matching legs.
*Actors Jeff Morrow and Rex Reason were so embarrassed by the look of those mutants (which they said resembled giant bugs) that they wanted to leave during the premiere.
*The costume that Faith Domergue wore in the space ship was so tight she couldn’t sit down, so, the crew built a slanted board for her to lean on when needed.
The 10th Dr. Who first appeared June 18, 2005. David Tennant was forced out of the Ninth Doctor in a big spurt of fire and continued as the 10th Dr. Who, and, made the show a colossal worldwide hit. David managed to be charming, whimsical and riddled with glee one moment and then pained, old and angry the next.
So who is Dr. Who? He is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels (frequently with companions) in time and space in the TARDIS (a time machine and spacecraft resembling a British telephone booth) At the end of life the Doctor regenerates.. as a result the physical appearance and the personality changes into the new actor playing the part. The first Dr. Who episode premiered in November, 1963.
Nasa Nelly ….Maury Island Incident
