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Patrick Riley and Kimmy
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Podcast 483
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we visit two Central Florida Comic Book Shops and talk about the upcoming Free Comic Book Day. We talk to Brian the manager of Smash Comics and Games in Sanford, Florida and Taylor the owner of Nerdtropolis Comics in Ormond Beach, Florida. We have a birthday shoutout to the co-owner of Gods & Monsters in Orlando & Shoutout to The Daytona Beach Comic Book Convention.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-970497.mp3
Smash Comics in Sanford, Florida where we will be appearing at on Saturday May 2nd
This morning I stopped by and visited with my friend Brian the manager of Smash Comics and Games in Sanford,...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Collectible Vintage Alf Doll we added to the collection (photo)
Couldn't leave Carasells Collectibles without adding this vintage Alf figure/doll to the collection. Kimmy will not be happy with me...she is not a fan of Alf LOL
Posted by Patrick Riley on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Vintage Coca Cola Machine at Carasells Collectibles Deland, Florida
Visiting my good friend Jim this afternoon at Carasells Collectibles in Deland, Florida...I see he is now selling a vintage Coca Cola machine! You never know what treasure you will find at this store.
Posted by Patrick Riley on Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Photos of Gods & Monsters the 3rd largest Comic Book Store in the World in Orlando, Florida
Some photos Kimmy took at Gods & Monsters while the co-owner Todd Fisher and I tour the store and he points out where...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Video of Gods & Monsters the 3rd Largest Comic Book Store in the World located in Orlando, Florida
This is a brief video Kimmy recorded while I interviewed Todd Fisher of Gods & Monsters. This video does capture the...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Podcast 482
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we visit the 2nd Largest Comic Book Store in the USA (the 3rd in the world(...new store in Orlando, Florida called Gods & Monsters. Co-Owner Todd Fisher gives us a tour and shares details about their grand opening.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-970093.mp3
Join us for Free Comic Book Day in Sanford, Florida at Smash Comics and Games
We hope all our friends join us at Sanford Smash this Saturday starting at 10am. Great artists & entertainers appearing...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Podcast 481
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games in Sanford, Florida and Belly Dancing & other entertainment, Avengers Age of Ultron, Superman, Batman
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-969727.mp3
Monday, April 27, 2015
Podcast 480
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games in Sanford, Florida and Belly Dancing & other entertainment, Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-969353.mp3
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Daytona Beach Comic Book and Toy Show Raffle Benefit to Support Baby Ariel Peregrino
At the June 7, 2015 Daytona Beach Comic Book Convention. Which will be held in a new larger venue. It will be at...
Posted by Daytona Beach Comic Book Convention on Sunday, April 26, 2015
Daytona Beach Florida Comic Book Toy Show Sunday June 7th 2015
This June 7, 2015 come enjoy the Daytona Beach Comic Book Convention.We will be in a new larger venue. Join us at...
Posted by Daytona Beach Comic Book Convention on Sunday, April 26, 2015
Podcast 479
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Daytona Beach Comic Book Toy Convention, Free Comic Book Day at Nerdtropolis Comics in Ormond Beach and upcoming Cosplay contest, Pop Culture Playground, The Comic Book Convention Shows, Superman and shoutout to Sanford, Florida.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-969186.mp3
Patrick Riley with Taylor the Owner of Nerdtropolis Comics in Ormond Beach, Florida (photo)
We spent time this afternoon visiting with our good friend Taylor the owner of Nerdtropolis Comics in Ormond Beach,...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 25, 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Podcast 478
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Superman, Daytona Beach Comic Book Toy Convention, Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games in Sanford, Florida, Phantasmagoria Orlando, Belly Dancing
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-969015.mp3
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-969015.mp3
Friday, April 24, 2015
Podcast 477
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games in Sanford, Florida, Phantasmagoria Orlando, Marvel’s The Avengers Age of Ultron, The Shadow
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-968702.mp3
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Podcast 476
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, OZ Author Ron Baxley Jr.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-968317.mp3
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Podcast 475
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about Free Comic Book Day at a Comic Book Shop in Sanford, Florida, The Green Hornet.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-967941.mp3
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Podcast 474
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about Robert Downey Jr, Avengers Age of Ultron, Captain America Civil War, X-Files, Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games Sanford, Florida.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-967532.mp3
Monday, April 20, 2015
Podcast 473
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about Free Comic Book Day at Smash Comics and Games Sanford, Florida, Batman v Superman, Archie Comics
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-967134.mp3
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Podcast 472
On this Episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk to Comic Book Artist Shawn Surface at his Coliseum of Comics in Kissimmee about comic books & his new comic book Mandi
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-966910.mp3
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Voice Actor Larry Kenney Autographed Count Chocula
A treasure from last summer in Tampa, when we met Voice Over talent/actor Larry Kenney. Larry has done tons of...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 18, 2015
Sam & Dean Supernatural, '66 Batman Adam West,Star Trek signed prints by Artist Jon Pinto
Busy framing art this afternoon that we got at MegaCon last week. These beautiful prints by artist Jon Pinto are now on display in The Riley and Kimmy Show studio.
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 18, 2015
Golden Age Flash Print & '66 Batman Catwoman Sketch by Orlando Comic Book Artist Shawn Surface
I made sure the Flash print and '66 Batman, Robin & Catwoman sketch by artist Shawn Surface was framed today for display...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 18, 2015
Patrick Riley with Comic Book Artist Shawn Surface at Coliseum of Comics in Kissimmee, Florida
Fun nerd Saturday for us. We spent time with our good friend artist Shawn Surface at his signing & sketching event at...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 18, 2015
Podcast 471
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Star Wars, Darth Vader, Batman v Superman, Flash Gordon
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-966767.mp3
Friday, April 17, 2015
The Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer
"That's how it starts. The fever, the rage..."Watch the official teaser trailer for #BatmanvSuperman: Dawn of Justice.
Posted by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on Friday, April 17, 2015
Podcast 470
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Star Wars, I Love Lucy, Superman, Artist Shawn Surface.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-966454.mp3
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Throwback Thursday Photo of The Riley and Kimmy Show at MegaCon Orlando
Thank you to Joe Peace of The Comic Book Connection for taking the photo of The Riley and Kimmy Show at MegaCon on Saturday :-)
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Thursday, April 16, 2015
Throwback Thursday Video from The Riley and Kimmy Show
My Throwback Thursday moment is a book review I did last year about The Zodiac Killer and the shocking discovery of who...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Thursday, April 16, 2015
Podcast 469
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Free Comic book Day, Cosplay Contests, Nerdtropolis Comics Ormond Beach, Florida, Upcoming Daytona Beach Comic Book Toys Shows, Jack Skellington Costume and Carasells Collectibles in Deland, Florida, Artist Shawn Surface Upcoming Appearance.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-966101.mp3
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Podcast 468
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Free Comic book Day Phantasmagoria’s appearance at Smash Comics and Games Sanford, Florida, Nathan Szerdy, Sesame Street, Archie vs Predator.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-965749.mp3
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Patrick Riley's Misadventure as a teenager at a Chicago Radio Station
My friend Bob Tobin contacted me a week ago. The contact was a welcomed surprise. Bob and I have been friends for years and to give you an idea how long this friendship has been I will share an incident that almost caused me to be fired because of Bob...the day he and I ended up on WLS AM 890 on-air. When Bob reestablished contact last week we shared some stories from the past. Bob and I have worked at the same radio stations before and have actually moved to different cities where we were against each other competing on other stations in the Morning Drive host role. One of the stories I forgot to mention when Bob and I were recalling things last week...was the story of how he almost got me fired after we ended up on the air on WLS. Bob told me he had told his kids stories of he and I...I wonder if he shared this one. First of all, for those who are not familar with 890 AM WLS...it is a 50,0000 watt clear-channel (not the company) station in Chicago that blankets the middle part of the United States with it's powerful signal and at night covers even further. Because of the legendary personalities on WLS, it was one of the influences (there were a couple of local ones too) on me to go down the career path I chose. Legends like Larry Lujack, John Records Landecker, Tommy Edwards, Fred Winston, Jeff Davis, Yvonne Daniels. Because where I grew up as a child...rural USA...my nearest neighbor being miles away the radio was a friend...a window to the outside world. I was such the geek/nerd that I won a couple of times in on-air contest on WLS (not an easy thing to do considering I was living 130 miles from there at the time)...ie listen for the touch tone and be the 15th caller (these were my first times on the air on WLS...a few seconds...but it was like hitting the lottery to a kid craving attention...only thing coming close to topping it was being named Creep of The Week a couple of times on TV's Acri Creature Feature for art I submitted...but that is another story for another time LOL). The reason for my bringing up some of this history is to explain WLS was a major influence on me...something I regarded as special and on one date in time...my good friend Bob would cause all of that to spin around and almost bite me in the butt...get me fired from the career I had chosen because of WLS.
The year...1985. See, I told you Bob and I go way back. I remember the date...will never forget it...Monday, April 15, 1985. It started a week before that, when a former colleague of Robert's and mine had contacted us and asked if we wanted "media passes" to an upcoming Chicago Cubs game. The former colleague had worked with us at WJBC/WBNQ radio stations about two hours away from Chicago...this colleague had left a few months before to work at WGN as Producer for talk show host Eddie Schwartz. Bob told him we wanted the passes...there were three passes waiting for us. So on an early Monday morning just after I had finished working Midnight to Sunrise on-air...Bob, a college friend of his (referred here as BM...name changed to protect the innocent) all packed into Bob's Chevy Citation and headed to Chicago. It was a cold day where we left from and we knew it would be even colder in Chicago, hence the nickname, The Windy City...so Bob and I are wearing jackets. At this time...in the 80s...satin jackets...baseball style were not uncommon for radio nerds to be wearing and I was no exception to being the radio nerd/geek and was wearing my black satin radio DJ jacket (I was a geek...and can prove it...I photos of me in that thing that have survived many moves). Had I known what was in store for me later in the day...I would not have worn that jacket. Driving into Chicago we are listening to Larry Lujack on WLS...I tried to take a nap (for I had worked the overnight shift on-air) but couldn't with Bob being hyper and gabbing a mile a minute and with the radio playing....plus the Citation was a tad cramped in the back (another story for another time...the 36 hour round trip to and from Tennessee to Illinois...500 miles one way...I slept in that back seat on one of those trips). The game was the Phillies facing the Cubbies....and all I remember...we were sitting in a WGN section and no more than twenty feet a way was the play by play booth with Harry Caray calling the game. I must point out...I was not twenty-one years old yet and it was agreed upon upfront I would be the designated driver back home. Bob and BM had a good time...so much so...that Bob decided to buy Harry Caray a beer. Bob...is the leprechaun and has a charm about him that with a wink of the eye his Irish magic envelopes a person...and what most people would get in trouble with...he manages not to offend and cause those around him to laugh and have a good time. He oozes positive energy. Bob talked his way past security and Harry was in a commercial break. I stood behind Bob in disbelief as he shook hands with Harry and offered him a beer. Harry declined...showing him the chilled case of beer he had in reserve...LOL. Returning to our nearby seats we watched the Cubs defeat the Phillies 2-1. Leaving the park and entering the Citation is when the course to the iceberg begins and the band playing "Nearer My God to Thee". Bob turns on the radio and WLS is where we left it and the highly popular Steve Dahl and Garry Meier show is on. Bob turns to me and asks if I know where WLS is located and I told him yes, "360 North Michigan Avenue...the Stone Container Building"...he asks if I can find it...and I said I can, which caused him to scream like a teen-age girl seeing The Beatles...he screams at the top of his longs "WE'RE GOING TO WLS!" and then howls like the Wolf Man from the old Lon Chaney Jr films. That should have been a warning sign to me...but it wasn't and off we went...it is getting close to peak drivetime in the City.
Our next stop is WLS. In the Stone Container building we go up the elevator to the fifth floor where some of my childhood idols had broadcast from and it causes me to realize they had ridden this same elevator...that was a cool mind trip. We arrive to the lobby, where about twenty people are standing in front of a large glass window. Bob is talking non stop and schmoozes his way to the front of the glass. It is the five o'clock hour and a newscast is started. Garry steps away from his microphone and leaves the studio for a moment...returning he sees the leprechaun next to me and then looks at my jacket. He points to the radio station logo and mouths "are you from there" I nod yes and Gary goes over to Steve while a commercial is airing (we can hear the on-air feed over a speaker in the lobby). Steve turns an intercom on and asks "Do you work there?" and Bob blurts out to a microphone that dangles from the ceiling a few feet above our heads "Yes...he works on the FM and I work on the AM" Steve smiles and I see Garry laugh. "Stay right there.,.,.don't go anywhere." After hearing Steve say that Bob is now bouncing up and down like a little kid in a candy shop. Dread is starting to come over me. I notice the people that had been around us...had backed themselves away...like they had a premonition the train wreck was going to happen, yet they wanted to see the carnage. Several more commercials play and I am wanting to leave...but Bob and BM (who is standing behind us) want to stay. If I had driven my car there...I would have made them go and if that failed left them...but it was Bob's car, so by default he was Captain Kirk and I was Sulu/Checkov. Immediately coming out of the commercial break Steve and Gary begin talking about the city Bob and I are from. Things seem nice at first...but the trap door opened and the noose was around "my" neck...as Steve asks if we work at WBNQ-FM radio station. Bob says I do and he works on the AM sister station across the hall (WJBC). Steve and Gary didn't care about Bob working on the AM station. Steve or Gary asks something about the station I work at and Bob pulls out of his wallet a plastic card that had WBNQ's logo on one side and serial number on the back (thing resembles a credit card and was given out to listeners as a promotional tool/marketing gimmick). Bob tells Steve and Gary he will give them his card and that way they can get all kinds of discounts the next time they are in our town. Steve then asks if Mike Justin is still the program director of WBNQ and I say yes, which causes Steve and Gary to ask if Mike is my boss and I respond yes causing them to laugh and Bob to burst out in laughter with them. Then, in horror I get to listen for close to a half hour as Steve and Gary blast the radio station I am at and my Program Director Mike Justin. This is not a good thing...especially when one of them asks if Mike has a glass eye (which he did) and what is it like working for the Cyclops...how can you look at him with that one eye floating around and then one or both start imitating my Program Director. The bashing continues till they go into some more put downs of my Program Director and Bob jumps in and adds, "Patrick was saying the same things about Mike Justin this morning on the way to the Cubs game!" Without thinking about a "hot" microphone I blurt out a few colorful metaphors that hang over Lake Michigan for a spell. Bob and I didn't realize that the 5/7 second delay system was on...so my colorful response to Bob was not heard over the air which is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time...for it sounded like I was in agreement with Bob...for the last thing heard was Bob stating on-air that I had been saying the same things about Mike that day (Bob was joking...but only he and I knew the truth). With the delay/dump being used...Steve and Gary went into a commercial break and with laughter said thank you to us over the intercom. We had been used and now like court jesters were being dismissed by the broadcast royalty. It was a long ride down that elevator and I felt like I was in a scene from the movie "A Face in the Crowd" with the dropping of the elevator. Boband BM were laughing and having a good time. They couldn't understand how I had lost my appetite and didn't want to go to White Castle for sliders. Leaving White Castle...the two hour drive home felt like twenty hours. Bob and BM try to reassure me no one we know heard the WLS broadcast...that Mike Justin wouldn't know. I told them they were nuts....that Mike Justin was going to fire me. Bob dropped me off at home and I saw my phone machine was blinking rapidly...rewinding the tape in the machine took forever. First call came from a person in a nearby market (Peoria) who worked at KZ-93...I had known this person for years. He's laughing and says he caught the "show" on WLS and he bets I get canned. Another call from the morning team at my station laughing and saying to watch out for Mike Justin...he had heard it too. Another call from the midday person at my station telling me to stay away...to avoid Mike Justin. There were at least 25 calls from people...most friends in the industry that had heard it. The final beep sounding on the machine revealed the last message to be from Mike Justin. His message states he wants to see me first thing tomorrow morning in his office. I am surprised there was no profanity...no threats...just his usual cold tone on the machine. The passage of time was torturous for that evening...and feeling doomed I drove to the radio station that next morning. Getting out of my car I noticed in the parking lot some coworkers didn't seem to be too friendly and entering the lobby I watched some people turn away when they saw me. Walking down the steps to the lower level of the building to Mike Justin's office I felt like I was walking to a dungeon or better yet my execution. Mike Justin's office door was open and he was there waiting for me. Once I entered his office he closed the door, the room reeked of stale cigarette smoke causing my eyes to wince and me to fight back from coughing. I thought this would be fast...a quick lowering of the axe, but he tells me to have a seat...I was certain this was it. He shocked me by asking if I wanted to pick up extra hours. This seemed insane to me and yet, when I said, "Yes" he was civil and explained some projects he wanted to me to do. The insanity continues, he tells me he is giving me a pay raise too. At the end of this discussion he smiled and told me he heard the "show" on WLS yesterday and before I could respond he laughs and tells me if they want to waste precious airtime and talk about him for thirty minutes on a 50,000 watt blow-torch in market number three that was okay with him! He then told me why they hated him...what the issues were. So, to make a long story short...it all turned out well. I had a great day at Wrigley...was at WLS...and was on WLS....and didn't get fired...got a pay rise and added another chapter in the adventures with Bob (there were many). What is funny...I thought Mike Justin would fire me...and so did many others...he didn't...he was flattered Steve and Gary had talked about him.
The year...1985. See, I told you Bob and I go way back. I remember the date...will never forget it...Monday, April 15, 1985. It started a week before that, when a former colleague of Robert's and mine had contacted us and asked if we wanted "media passes" to an upcoming Chicago Cubs game. The former colleague had worked with us at WJBC/WBNQ radio stations about two hours away from Chicago...this colleague had left a few months before to work at WGN as Producer for talk show host Eddie Schwartz. Bob told him we wanted the passes...there were three passes waiting for us. So on an early Monday morning just after I had finished working Midnight to Sunrise on-air...Bob, a college friend of his (referred here as BM...name changed to protect the innocent) all packed into Bob's Chevy Citation and headed to Chicago. It was a cold day where we left from and we knew it would be even colder in Chicago, hence the nickname, The Windy City...so Bob and I are wearing jackets. At this time...in the 80s...satin jackets...baseball style were not uncommon for radio nerds to be wearing and I was no exception to being the radio nerd/geek and was wearing my black satin radio DJ jacket (I was a geek...and can prove it...I photos of me in that thing that have survived many moves). Had I known what was in store for me later in the day...I would not have worn that jacket. Driving into Chicago we are listening to Larry Lujack on WLS...I tried to take a nap (for I had worked the overnight shift on-air) but couldn't with Bob being hyper and gabbing a mile a minute and with the radio playing....plus the Citation was a tad cramped in the back (another story for another time...the 36 hour round trip to and from Tennessee to Illinois...500 miles one way...I slept in that back seat on one of those trips). The game was the Phillies facing the Cubbies....and all I remember...we were sitting in a WGN section and no more than twenty feet a way was the play by play booth with Harry Caray calling the game. I must point out...I was not twenty-one years old yet and it was agreed upon upfront I would be the designated driver back home. Bob and BM had a good time...so much so...that Bob decided to buy Harry Caray a beer. Bob...is the leprechaun and has a charm about him that with a wink of the eye his Irish magic envelopes a person...and what most people would get in trouble with...he manages not to offend and cause those around him to laugh and have a good time. He oozes positive energy. Bob talked his way past security and Harry was in a commercial break. I stood behind Bob in disbelief as he shook hands with Harry and offered him a beer. Harry declined...showing him the chilled case of beer he had in reserve...LOL. Returning to our nearby seats we watched the Cubs defeat the Phillies 2-1. Leaving the park and entering the Citation is when the course to the iceberg begins and the band playing "Nearer My God to Thee". Bob turns on the radio and WLS is where we left it and the highly popular Steve Dahl and Garry Meier show is on. Bob turns to me and asks if I know where WLS is located and I told him yes, "360 North Michigan Avenue...the Stone Container Building"...he asks if I can find it...and I said I can, which caused him to scream like a teen-age girl seeing The Beatles...he screams at the top of his longs "WE'RE GOING TO WLS!" and then howls like the Wolf Man from the old Lon Chaney Jr films. That should have been a warning sign to me...but it wasn't and off we went...it is getting close to peak drivetime in the City.
Our next stop is WLS. In the Stone Container building we go up the elevator to the fifth floor where some of my childhood idols had broadcast from and it causes me to realize they had ridden this same elevator...that was a cool mind trip. We arrive to the lobby, where about twenty people are standing in front of a large glass window. Bob is talking non stop and schmoozes his way to the front of the glass. It is the five o'clock hour and a newscast is started. Garry steps away from his microphone and leaves the studio for a moment...returning he sees the leprechaun next to me and then looks at my jacket. He points to the radio station logo and mouths "are you from there" I nod yes and Gary goes over to Steve while a commercial is airing (we can hear the on-air feed over a speaker in the lobby). Steve turns an intercom on and asks "Do you work there?" and Bob blurts out to a microphone that dangles from the ceiling a few feet above our heads "Yes...he works on the FM and I work on the AM" Steve smiles and I see Garry laugh. "Stay right there.,.,.don't go anywhere." After hearing Steve say that Bob is now bouncing up and down like a little kid in a candy shop. Dread is starting to come over me. I notice the people that had been around us...had backed themselves away...like they had a premonition the train wreck was going to happen, yet they wanted to see the carnage. Several more commercials play and I am wanting to leave...but Bob and BM (who is standing behind us) want to stay. If I had driven my car there...I would have made them go and if that failed left them...but it was Bob's car, so by default he was Captain Kirk and I was Sulu/Checkov. Immediately coming out of the commercial break Steve and Gary begin talking about the city Bob and I are from. Things seem nice at first...but the trap door opened and the noose was around "my" neck...as Steve asks if we work at WBNQ-FM radio station. Bob says I do and he works on the AM sister station across the hall (WJBC). Steve and Gary didn't care about Bob working on the AM station. Steve or Gary asks something about the station I work at and Bob pulls out of his wallet a plastic card that had WBNQ's logo on one side and serial number on the back (thing resembles a credit card and was given out to listeners as a promotional tool/marketing gimmick). Bob tells Steve and Gary he will give them his card and that way they can get all kinds of discounts the next time they are in our town. Steve then asks if Mike Justin is still the program director of WBNQ and I say yes, which causes Steve and Gary to ask if Mike is my boss and I respond yes causing them to laugh and Bob to burst out in laughter with them. Then, in horror I get to listen for close to a half hour as Steve and Gary blast the radio station I am at and my Program Director Mike Justin. This is not a good thing...especially when one of them asks if Mike has a glass eye (which he did) and what is it like working for the Cyclops...how can you look at him with that one eye floating around and then one or both start imitating my Program Director. The bashing continues till they go into some more put downs of my Program Director and Bob jumps in and adds, "Patrick was saying the same things about Mike Justin this morning on the way to the Cubs game!" Without thinking about a "hot" microphone I blurt out a few colorful metaphors that hang over Lake Michigan for a spell. Bob and I didn't realize that the 5/7 second delay system was on...so my colorful response to Bob was not heard over the air which is a good thing and a bad thing at the same time...for it sounded like I was in agreement with Bob...for the last thing heard was Bob stating on-air that I had been saying the same things about Mike that day (Bob was joking...but only he and I knew the truth). With the delay/dump being used...Steve and Gary went into a commercial break and with laughter said thank you to us over the intercom. We had been used and now like court jesters were being dismissed by the broadcast royalty. It was a long ride down that elevator and I felt like I was in a scene from the movie "A Face in the Crowd" with the dropping of the elevator. Boband BM were laughing and having a good time. They couldn't understand how I had lost my appetite and didn't want to go to White Castle for sliders. Leaving White Castle...the two hour drive home felt like twenty hours. Bob and BM try to reassure me no one we know heard the WLS broadcast...that Mike Justin wouldn't know. I told them they were nuts....that Mike Justin was going to fire me. Bob dropped me off at home and I saw my phone machine was blinking rapidly...rewinding the tape in the machine took forever. First call came from a person in a nearby market (Peoria) who worked at KZ-93...I had known this person for years. He's laughing and says he caught the "show" on WLS and he bets I get canned. Another call from the morning team at my station laughing and saying to watch out for Mike Justin...he had heard it too. Another call from the midday person at my station telling me to stay away...to avoid Mike Justin. There were at least 25 calls from people...most friends in the industry that had heard it. The final beep sounding on the machine revealed the last message to be from Mike Justin. His message states he wants to see me first thing tomorrow morning in his office. I am surprised there was no profanity...no threats...just his usual cold tone on the machine. The passage of time was torturous for that evening...and feeling doomed I drove to the radio station that next morning. Getting out of my car I noticed in the parking lot some coworkers didn't seem to be too friendly and entering the lobby I watched some people turn away when they saw me. Walking down the steps to the lower level of the building to Mike Justin's office I felt like I was walking to a dungeon or better yet my execution. Mike Justin's office door was open and he was there waiting for me. Once I entered his office he closed the door, the room reeked of stale cigarette smoke causing my eyes to wince and me to fight back from coughing. I thought this would be fast...a quick lowering of the axe, but he tells me to have a seat...I was certain this was it. He shocked me by asking if I wanted to pick up extra hours. This seemed insane to me and yet, when I said, "Yes" he was civil and explained some projects he wanted to me to do. The insanity continues, he tells me he is giving me a pay raise too. At the end of this discussion he smiled and told me he heard the "show" on WLS yesterday and before I could respond he laughs and tells me if they want to waste precious airtime and talk about him for thirty minutes on a 50,000 watt blow-torch in market number three that was okay with him! He then told me why they hated him...what the issues were. So, to make a long story short...it all turned out well. I had a great day at Wrigley...was at WLS...and was on WLS....and didn't get fired...got a pay rise and added another chapter in the adventures with Bob (there were many). What is funny...I thought Mike Justin would fire me...and so did many others...he didn't...he was flattered Steve and Gary had talked about him.
Podcast 467
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: The Rolling Stones, Kimmy’s Rolling Stones Concert experience in Rockford, Illinois...we also talk about the Orlando Stones Concert. We Review upcoming Comic Book & Collectible Pop Culture Shows/Cons in Central Florida & Artist Appearances including Shawn Surface and Free Comic Book Day.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-965422.mp3
Monday, April 13, 2015
Podcast 466
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: Last day of MegaCon Orlando, Kimmy Belly Dancing, our meeting of Robbie Amell & Danielle Panabaker from The Flash. We interview Comic Book Artist Austin Janowsky. Shoutouts to Artists Monica & Graven Ravenwolf , Nathan Szerdy. We talk about artist George Perez and Shawn Surface, Upcoming Cosplay Contest in Daytona Beach, Free Comic Book Day
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-965034.mp3
Art by Monica Ravenwolf we added to the collection at MegaCon Orlando, Florida
We added beautiful prints to the collection from The Art of Ravenwolf at MegaCon. It was great to see our good friends...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Sunday, April 12, 2015
Nathan Szerdy Wonder Woman art we added to the collection at MegaCon Orlando, Florida
Wonder Woman signed print by Nathan Szerdy I added to the collection today at MegaCon. We'll talk about this on upcoming episode 466 of The Riley and Kimmy Show www.rileyandkimmy.com
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Sunday, April 12, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
The Riley and Kimmy Show Going To MegaCon Orlando Sunday (photo)
Kimmy and I are heading out from our Batcave to MegaCon Orlando for the last day of the show. We hope to see our friends...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Sunday, April 12, 2015
If You Are Are To MegaCon Orlando Today (Sunday)...Let's Talk!
If you are going to MegaCon Today (Sunday)...you can be a part of one of The Riley and Kimmy Show episodes. If you have...
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Sunday, April 12, 2015
Podcast 465
On this episode of The Riley and Kimmy Show we talk about: MegaCon Orlando, Troy Baker the Voice of The Joker, Florida Tribal Dance, Stan Freberg, Cosplay. Shoutouts to Phoenicia and Artists Jon Pinto & Austin Janowsky, Pop Culture Playground, Daytona Beach Comic Convention...and hellos to Nerds Earl...Meghen...Devon & Griffin.
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-131649/TS-964821.mp3
Saturday, April 11, 2015
The Florida Tribal Dance Perform at MegaCon (video)
We watched The Florida Tribal Dance @FLTribalDance perform at MegaCon this afternoon. It was great to see this performance and to see the talented Phoenicia Flynn perform with her gifted troupe too.
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 11, 2015
Some crowd photos of MegaCon Orlando from Saturday
Some crowd photos of MegaCon Orlando from Saturday.
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 11, 2015
Stan Lee Convention Exclusive Pop Vinyl
Couldn't leave MegaCon today without adding the Stan Lee Convention Exclusive Pop Vinyl to the collection.
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 11, 2015
Our New The Riley and Kimmy Show t-shirts (photo)
Happy returning from MegaCon to find The Riley and Kimmy Show new t-shirts had arrived! Big thank you to artist Shawn Surface for creating the logo.
Posted by The Riley and Kimmy Show on Saturday, April 11, 2015
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