Monday, December 26, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0123

Welcome to the latest edition of the Stuph File Program.

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Featured in this episode:

  • Ivan J. Houston, author, Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers Of World War II
  • Paul J.J. Payack, Global Language Monitor
  • Michael Sykes, president, The International Center For Bathroom Etiquette
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Friday, December 16, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0122: The Meshach & Malik Christmas Special

Welcome to the latest edition of the Stuph File Program. A very special Christmas event. A Christmas show unlike any you've heard before!

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Featured in this episode:
  • The Meschach & Malik Christmas Special. Probably the most irreverent children's show you've ever heard! It features the kind of holiday tunes that make kids laugh, and probably some adults cringe, and it's hosted by a nine year old and a five year old! Destined to become a holiday perennial. Feel free to download it and play it over and over for years to come!



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That’s the Stuph – the way I see it.

Monday, December 12, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0121

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Featured in this episode:

  • Andrew Fazekas, science writer
  • Sarah Milstein, co-author, The Twitter Book

  • Stuart Nulman, Book Banter
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Monday, December 5, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0120

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Monday, November 28, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0119

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Stuph File Program Slide Show - TV's Original Catwoman, Julie Newmar

Stuph File Program listeners, there is another video slide show awaiting you! This one hails from August’s #0105 and features TV’s original Catwoman, Julie Newmar.

This is the second time I’ve had the chance to talk with this amazing woman. She was a guest on my old radio show many years ago.

This time around, she was promoting her new book The Conscious Catwoman Explains Life On Earth




Many thanks once again to PR maven Harlan Boll for not only getting Julie to me, but supplying me with most of the pictures that make up the video presentation.

Watch the slide show on YouTube while the audio plays! Share the link with fans of the original purrrr-fect Catwoman!

That’s the Stuph – the way I see it.

Monday, November 21, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0118

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Stuph File Program Slide Show - Michael Learned & George Chakiris

To the loyal listeners of The Stuph File Program, I thank you for following the progress of the show.

I try my best, each and every week to bring you both interesting guests and quirky news stories in what is hopefully an entertaining hour-long format.

Some of those guests include celebrity interviews, and lately, thanks to some great L.A. based PR people that I have dealt with over the years (Harlan Boll and Steve Rohr are at the front of the class) I have had some really good ones.

In the past two weeks The Stuph File has featured a multiple Emmy Award winning actress and an Academy Award winning actor. Actress Michael Learned, who won three Emmys for her role as the matriarch on The Waltons (and one for her follow-up show Nurse) was show #0117. The week before on #0116 it was Academy Award winning actor George Chakiris, best known for playing Bernardo in West Side Story.

As much as I would like to think that every listener to the show hinges on my ever word each and every week, I know that can’t always be the situation. So what I’ve decided to do, when time permits (because the process is extremely labour-intensive, time-wise) I will turn some of the celebrity interviews into a YouTube audio slide show, so that you can get to just those interviews on my YouTube page.

I hope you will enjoy them and share the links with other like-minded family and friends who may be interested in the celebrities that occasionally appear on The Stuph File.

Just below are the first two in question. First up is Michael Learned. For the better part of a decade she was Olivia Walton on the hit CBS series that took place during the depression on Walton’s Mountain. Having had the chance to talk to her was an absolute joy and delight. She took the time to talk to me, even though lately her schedule has been chocked full with work. She has recently stepped in for Jeanne Cooper on The Young & The Restless while Jeanne recuperates from an illness.



The second interview is with George Chakiris. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 years since the iconic Hollywood musical was made. George has not only kept busy as an actor, but he has spread his creative wings to create a collection of jewellery that he makes himself (which is a huge hit in Japan). We talked about his acting and his creative artistry.



If time permits, I will attempt to make other such celebrity interviews available. You can also venture through the front door of my YouTube page to check out other, more visual television ventures that I have been part of over the years.

That’s the Stuph – the way I see it.

Monday, November 14, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0117

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Monday, November 7, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0116

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Monday, October 31, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0115

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Featured in this episode:
  • William D. Chalmers, event director, The Global Scavenger Hunt
  • Dr. Robyn Odegaard, author, Stop The Drama
  • Stuart Nulman, Book Banter
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Monday, October 24, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0114

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Featured in this episode:
  • John Greenberg, author, The Grand Old Man: Amos Alonzo Stagg
  • Sati Achath, author, Hollywood Celebrities
  • Peter Franklin, The Gabby Cabby
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Monday, October 17, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0113

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Featured in this episode:
  • Marc Abrahams, Ig Nobel Awards
  • Sharon Lynn Wyeth, author, Know The Name, Know The Person: Letters Reveal Secrets
  • Stuart Nulman, Book Banter
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Saturday, October 8, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0112

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Monday, October 3, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0111

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Are We Getting Squeezed?

At first I thought the problem was the aging process. As we get older our eyes aren’t what they used to be. The small print looks smaller, items are fuzzier, and sometimes even your depth perception might be a little off.

But the distance between perception and reality might not be that far apart and might not be because of age. In the 21st Century our buying power is shrinking and along with it the very items that smaller dollar buys. It’s starting to feel like you’re shopping in Barbie’s supermarket or a grocery store for Lilliputians.

Take a look at the accompanying picture. Ironically the latest item we are getting squeezed on is orange juice. On the left is the orange juice I purchased on a previous trip to the supermarket. On the right is the most recent version of the same juice from the same store. You will note that Minute Maid has come up with some snazzy new packaging, but it doesn’t take an eagle eye to notice that the packaging is somewhat smaller. And although the can is smaller, the price is not.

This is just the latest item in the last little while that has shrunken in size. My orange juice went from a 355ml can that makes 1.42 litres of juice; to a 295ml can that makes just 1.18 litres of thirst quenching, pulp free Florida sunshine.

The change here is not even subtle. My favourite ones are bottled items such as some jams or peanut butter jars, where they didn’t make the packaging any smaller. Instead what they did was make the bottom more bulbous on the inside so that it takes less of the product to fill the jar. Now that’s deceitfully clever.

But it’s not just my orange juice can that is shrinking. A little known secret just coming to light is what some clothing manufacturers are doing with their sizes. They are outright lying! Some companies are now making their clothes the same size, but tagging them as a size smaller, giving shoppers the misguided impression that they are still fitting into a size six dress or a 32-inch waist pair of pants. One need only look around North America to know that collectively, our dollar might be shrinking, but we are not.

Those who rail against consumerism and our North American lifestyle are probably crowing that all of this is for the best and we are just now reaping what we’ve sown. Perhaps our purchases need to be smaller and after all, don’t all these lighter packages mean we’re carrying less home in our cars, thereby saving on the precious fossil fuel we depend on so much?

That’s not something I’m so sure about. What I do know is that I seem to be driving to the supermarket more often now for orange juice.

That’s the Stuph – the way I see it.

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0110

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Monday, September 19, 2011

The Stuph File Program - Episode #0109

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