Well Done, Weldon
Me and Jimmy Weldon (in that order)If you missed yesterday’s live Stu’s Show on Shokus Internet Radio, you missed a very special event. The guest was Jimmy Weldon and you can read who he is, as if you don’t already know, by scrolling down this page.
Jimmy loves to talk and regaled us with stories of his childhood, through his learning how to talk like a duck and up to his current stint as a motivational speaker. We got to hear a clip of Jimmy’s appearance on the original Dragnet show with Jack Webb and Ben Alexander and did the soundtrack for a non-existant Yakky Doodle cartoon.
I said this at the end of the broadcast, but it bears repeating. I’ve been very lucky when meeting my childhood heroes. They’ve turned out to be very nice people and were especially nice to me… Daws Butler, Jim Henson, Soupy Sales… and now I’d add Jimmy Weldon to the list as well.
Don’t despair… you have at least six more chances to hear the rebroadcast. Follow the link to Shokus Internet Radio and look for the schedule for Stu’s Show. Generally, it’s repeated at 4 PM Pacific Time every day.
Next Wednesday, the 22nd (my birthday, by the way), my good friend Jerry Beck will be the guest to continue talking about the Fleischer and Terrytoon studios and on September 12th, Mark Evanier and myself will be back to talk more about TV animation. If you haven’t gotten in the habit of listening to internet radio, why not start now? It’ll make you feel warm and fuzzy all over or your money back.