Tomorrow is the season opener on Stu's Show, that splendid radio show/podcast that my buddy Stu Shostak does every Wednesday. Much of the time, he manages to snare an important person in the history of entertainment to talk candidly for hours on end (always at least two, sometimes three plus change) about their careers. And every so often, he gets stuck with someone like me as a guest…but you'll notice I haven't been on lately. That's a sign Stu is getting the biggies and he's got a good one for tomorrow.
It's Dan Castellaneta, a very gifted actor who has done many things…but when you're the voice of Homer Simpson, and many other characters on the most successful TV series of all time, folks tend not to mention other avenues of employment. Ah, but one of the great things about Stu's Show is that you can count on Stu to not only mention the other things but to discuss them at length. So if you just want to hear about the yellow people, sorry. Stu and his co-host for the day, Vince Waldron, will be interrogating Dan about that gig but others, as well. Dan's a great guy and as I've learned over many a lunch, a great conversationalist and wit. (So is Vince. And for that matter, so is Stu.)
You can hear these three guys babble for hours on Stu's Show in one of two ways. The best, in part because it's free, is to listen tomorrow — Wednesday — when they do the show live. It starts at 4 PM Pacific Time, which is 7 PM back east and other times in other climes. Just go to the Stu's Show website and click where they tell you to click. It's very easy to minimize that window and enjoy the show while you do other things on your computer. And remember, it'll run for two hours and maybe more.
But let's say you're busy at that time. You have reconstructive surgery scheduled or a mambo lesson or something. No problem…or as they say in Mexico, no problemo. Because Stu's Show is also a downloadable podcast. Go to that same website and not long after tomorrow's episode airs, it'll be there for you to download at the incredibly reasonable price of 99 cents. Better still, there are many past Stu's Shows there to download and if you buy three, you get one free. Monty Hall in his heyday never offered a deal that good. But listen to Dan and Vince live because it's a bit better that way, if only because it's free.