Dave Plier

Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about Thomas Edison patenting the incandescent lamp, the ice cream cone is introduced, Elvis’ 1st TV appearance, Chicago’s blizzard of 1967 strikes, the premiere of Chicago-based sitcom ‘Good Times’, The Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX and more!  

Dave, Roger and Joey talk about the political climate across the country, and how people are splitting ways with friends and acquaintances online over the election and a volatile year of division.  

Dave and Roger say goodbye to Producer Joey Gelman, who will be joining the Dean Richards Show Sunday mornings.  

Dave looks back at his first guest interview ever, 5 years ago with the legendary Betty White who turns 95 this week. They talk about her early days in television dating back to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and sitcoms ‘Life with Elizabeth’, ‘Date with The Angels’, the original game shows ‘Password’ and ‘Match Game’, ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘The Golden Girls’.

After 146 years, “The Greatest Show on Earth” is coming to an end. The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.  Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to its demise. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3273643/3273643_2017-01-15-061343.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3748.mp3

Just in time for President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, author Aaron Kall, Director of Debate at the University of Michigan, joins Dave to talk about Presidential Inaugural Addresses of the Last Forty Years, including the political climate and election campaign dynamics surrounding each President. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3273648/3273648_2017-01-15-063448.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3748.mp3

Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about the invention of the flush toilet in 1861, Coca-Cola is introduced, the Chicago Cubs drop plans to add lights in Wrigley Field in 1942, Wham-O launches the frisbee, ‘All in the Family’ debts with a warning on CBS, the first episode of ‘Happy Days’, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999 and more!

2017 here we come! Mark Carmen fills in for Dave Plier in the early hours of the new year and he’s ready to make 2017 the best year of your life. Mark’s got the 21 ways to improve your 2017 better, plus listeners tell us about their 2016 and what they want to do in the new year.  

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, shares his Christmas message with Dave Plier and our listeners. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3257283/3257283_2016-12-24-014523.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3748.mp3

Dave Plier and his wife Lori, along with their three children host the “Plier Family Christmas Special’ which includes the importance of family traditions and favorite holiday movies; the 60th anniversary of Chicago holiday classic ‘Hardrock, Coco & Joe’ which first aired on WGN-TV’s Garfield Goose & Friends’ in 1956; and Dave’s conversation with ‘The Voice of Christmas’, Grammy award winning artist, Johnny Mathis whose Christmas album’Merry Christmas’ is one of the best selling Christmas albums of all time, his […]