Movie Trivia

Movie Trivia
Greg and Tom delve into some movie and streaming content trivia in this the last episode of 2020.  A year that will go down in both universes as equally bad in multiple ways.

Also a fun discussion of radio favorite the short form content of Dick Orkin and his radio series Chickenman a part of both Tom and Greg’s formative years in High School.

Chickenman’s rogues gallery includes the Choker, the Hummer, the Chicken-Plucker, the Dog Lady, Big Clyde Crushman, the Bear Lady, the Very Diabolical Rodney Farber (a childhood playmate who never forgave Benton Harbor for breaking his red wagon one Christmas Day), and the Couple From SHTICK (Secret Henchmen To Injure Crime Killers). Benton Harbor is prone to spoonerisms, such as “I shall not rest while rime runs crampant in the streets of Midland City.”

Greg first heard Chickenman on the AFRTS radio station in Guantanamo Cuba where I worked as a summer intern 1974  I have my copies on large Ampex Reel to Reel tapes as Tom mentions in the show.

Orkin was production director at WCFL in Chicago, IL back in 1967 when he created “The Adventures of Chickenman”, portraying mild-mannered shoe salesman Benton Harbor who would fight crime as “Chickenman”. “He’s Everywhere. He’s Everywhere!” The series was syndicated to more than 1,500 stations worldwide.

A special thanks to Apple music for having all the Chickenman episodes on iTunes