Remember When With Uncle John

Uncle John comments on the 1974 movie Gone in 60 Seconds, which spawned the sequel Gone in 60 Seconds 2 and a remake starring Nicolas Cage in 2000. Its famous car chase sequence is often compared to 1968's Bullitt.

H.B. "Toby" Halicki, who directed the original, was killed while filming the sequel on August 20, 1989, not April 20 as Uncle John incorrectly pointed out.

Uncle John profiles the man who referred to himself as "Canada's Greatest Athlete".

Uncle John looks back at the career of "America's Oldest Teenager", who died on this day in 2013 at the age of 82.

FYI: American Bandstand started out as a local show in Philadelphia, simply called Bandstand. In 1957, five years after Bandstand's launch, ABC picked it up and renamed it American Bandstand, running it through 1987. The show then switched to first-run syndication, abruptly ending in June 1988. Less than a year later, USA Network picked it up, with comedian David Hirsch taking over hosting duties, though Dick Clark remained executive producer. Its final show aired on October 7, 1989, the 37th anniversary of the show's premiere.

Uncle John hits a home run with this past Thursday's dedication of the new Pryce Robertson Park (not Pryce Robertson Field, as Uncle John mistakenly called it) at SAU Tech in East Camden.

Released in 1987, the Glen Campbell-Steve Wariner duet "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.

(Uncle John left out the fact that Wariner teamed up with Campbell for this song.)

Uncle John reminisces about his mother Dorothy, who would have celebrated her 101st birthday on April 13.

(With apologies to our listeners, JioSaavn is pronounced "JEE-O-SAH-VIN"; forgive Kelly's lack of pronunciation here)

Uncle John has some words of appreciation for Butch Miller, one half of The Bushwhackers, who died last week at the age of 78.

With apologies to our listeners, it's "JEE-O-SAH-VIN". (Kelly tends to butcher pronunciations at times)

Uncle John is recovering from all the Hogskin Holiday fever. (Hogskin Holidays is a popular festival in Hampton, Arkansas, occurring every April)

Uncle John gives a fond farewell to a longtime friend.



(With apologies to our listeners, JioSaavn is pronounced "JEE-O-SAH-VIN")

Released in January 1989, Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" was the fifth and final single from his album Don't Close Your Eyes. It was also the last single released during his lifetime. Following his death, the song was named the CMA's Single of the Year. (Joe Diffie covered the song on Whitley's 1995 tribute album)

By the way, Whitley and Ricky Skaggs played with Ralph Stanley, not Bill Monroe as Uncle John mistakenly pointed out.