<p>No bad luck here because Tom Skilling is back with the GarrForce on the Friday, December 13th, 2024 edition of the Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Stream along to see where in the world he is enjoying being the retired chief WGN-TV Meteorologist while occasionally submitting special reports to the big ol’ Channel 9 Chicago. And, speaking of WGN, we also have a pre-recorded special report from our very own Friday live show producer Alan Dalinka together with Marcus Leshock from WGN Morning News during the Disney Cruise Line’s invited media preview cruise in the Bahamas aboard the brand new ship in the fleet, “Disney Treasure” earlier this week. If that’s not enough, we have an encore performance by Oh Yes! to keep with Garry’s holiday mood.</p>

No bad luck here because Tom Skilling is back with the GarrForce on the Friday, December 13th, 2024 edition of the Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Stream along to see where in the world he is enjoying being the retired chief WGN-TV Meteorologist while occasionally submitting special reports to the big ol’ Channel 9 Chicago. And, speaking of WGN, we also have a pre-recorded special report from our very own Friday live show producer Alan Dalinka together with Marcus Leshock from WGN Morning News during the Disney Cruise Line’s invited media preview cruise in the Bahamas aboard the brand new ship in the fleet, “Disney Treasure” earlier this week. If that’s not enough, we have an encore performance by Oh Yes! to keep with Garry’s holiday mood.

GarrForce Episode 1355 - Mix Tape Friday

Garry's wit and absorbing energy keeps Chicagoans entertained day after day. Garry will tell you that his career in radio all began with a dead butterfly. One day he walked out of his house and saw a beautiful dead Monarch butterfly lying on the ground. He scooped up the lifeless harbinger of things to come and sent it to his then favorite disc jockey, Larry Lujack, the biggest jock in Chicago at the time. Larry was always talking about reincarnation and he claimed he was going to come back as a butterfly. In a note accompanying the butterfly Garry said, "I think I found your dead uncle. Sorry for your loss". Larry read the note on the air. For Garry it was a "flashpoint" moment. Fascinated with radio, he knew what he was destined to do in life when he heard his material on the air. Meier rose to prominence in Chicago as part of one of the most successful number one radio duos in the country, the Steve & Garry Show. The fifteen-year run garnered international publicity, as well as an Emmy for the TV show Greetings From Graceland. Meier also gained renown for his highly successful eight-year run on the Roe & Garry Show. In addition to these accomplishments, Meier has displayed his wit and energy as a solo host and as a feature reporter for WGN-TV's morning show. He loves what he does, carrying all of his inventory in his head and feels that even with all of his success, the best is still yet to come.

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Garry's wit and absorbing energy keeps Chicagoans entertained day after day. Garry will tell you that his career in radio all began with a dead butterfly. One day he walked out of his house and saw a beautiful dead Monarch butterfly lying on the ground. He scooped up the lifeless harbinger of things to come and sent it to his then favorite disc jockey, Larry Lujack, the biggest jock in Chicago at the time. Larry was always talking about reincarnation and he claimed he was going to come back as a butterfly. In a note accompanying the butterfly Garry said, "I think I found your dead uncle. Sorry for your loss". Larry read the note on the air. For Garry it was a "flashpoint" moment. Fascinated with radio, he knew what he was destined to do in life when he heard his material on the air. Meier rose to prominence in Chicago as part of one of the most successful number one radio duos in the country, the Steve &amp; Garry Show. The fifteen-year run garnered international publicity, as well as an Emmy for the TV show Greetings From Graceland. Meier also gained renown for his highly successful eight-year run on the Roe &amp; Garry Show. In addition to these accomplishments, Meier has displayed his wit and energy as a solo host and as a feature reporter for WGN-TV's morning show. He loves what he does, carrying all of his inventory in his head and feels that even with all of his success, the best is still yet to come.

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