Friday, November 15, 2013

DIY Home Improvement Guru Frank Fontana Co-Hosts Down and Dirty Show with Clean Comedian Sally Edwards

Frank Fontana is a very warm and welcoming radio host.  I heard wonderful things about his ability to host a radio show from many comedians before I had the chance to meet him on the day of the show.  Frank's greatest strength in co-hosting a radio show with comedians is his ability to wait patiently from the start of a set-up of a joke through the punchline.  For that, all of us funny people are truly grateful!  And - he takes a nice picture.  Thanks Frank! Click the link under the photo to hear the "Down and Dirty" Show.


Also on the Show were two Incredible Women!

Jill Paider - Jill travels the world and specializes in photographing food, people and architecture.  Photos on her web site are nothing short of stunning!

Kelly Rizzo - Kelly is hosting a new television show based in Chicago called "Food Junkie" in which she visits restaurants and discovers all sorts of tricks-of-the-trade from a back door perspective.




Saturday, November 9, 2013

"Down and Dirty Show" Host Frank Fontana to Laugh It Up with Female Comedian Sally Edwards

That sounds like it should work.  Take a clean stand up comedian who spent the last fifteen years of her life updating her home with superglue and a hammer and invite her to co-host the "Down and Dirty" internet TV and radio show with design guru Frank Fontana. What can listeners learn from this pairing?  Everything!  And it is going to be so much fun!

What Frank doesn't know is that I am a home makeover "wannabe."  Throughout all of my own home updating fumblings I secretly envied anyone who knew which end of a chainsaw to hold. With three children born in four years, I didn't have time to take a wood shop class.  However, I made great efforts to improve our living spaces.  I managed to put in an entire family room floor with peel 'n stick tile and an X-acto knife and I still have all my fingers!  I like to think I speak for all women who want to stand outside their home and scream, "Won't someone please help me!"

I will join Frank in welcoming his two guests:

Jill Paider - Jill travels the world and specializes in photographing food, people and architecture.  Photos on her web site are nothing short of stunning!

Kelly Rizzo - Kelly is hosting a new television show based in Chicago called "Food Junkie" in which she visits restaurants and discovers all sorts of tricks-of-the-trade from a back door perspective.


The "Down and Dirty" Show with Frank Fontana is available on the Craftsman World of DIY Broadcasting Network at http://blogtalkradio.com/diy every Wednesday at 11am Central Time... and to see the video broadcast, visit http://bit.ly/ddradio online.

Frank Fontana
















Tuesday, November 5, 2013

WGN Radio - When the Universe Comes Together

    Yes.  I'm a big fan of The Secret.  Ever since my friend and comedian, Dobie Maxwell, lent me a copy of the video of the same name, I always seem to have a bit of "universal attraction" floating in the back of my mind.  If nothing else, it's just plain fun.  The video is also a great motivator if watched while walking on a treadmill.  It seems to put a little skip in my step. Positive attitude goes a long way in life.

     Today I had one of those "secret" moments which really caused my jaw to drop!  As I drove in my car from errand to errand throughout the northwest suburbs of Chicago, I listened to WGN Radio.  I am fascinated by the humor and interaction of Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder.  (Actually one of the things that truly amazes me about Bill Leff is his professional ability to "sell" a commercial without making innumerable jokes about the product.  Knowing the quick comedic mind of Bill Leff from his days as a stand-up comedian, I am sure this takes amazing restraint!)

     As I listened to the two co-hosts interact I imagined how absolutely wonderful it would be to co-host a show on WGN Radio.   I absolutely love being a guest comedian on WGN Radio and whenever I leave the Chicago radio station after an interview, I feel like the kid who has to leave the birthday party early.  To me, being a guest on the radio is very much like having an endless conversation with a girlfriend on the phone.  Chat, chat, laugh, chat and laugh.  What's not to like?!  Let's just say I was basically consumed by these thoughts of co-hosting on WGN Radio as I ran errands this afternoon and could not let them go.

     When I came home from running my errands I sat down at my computer and there was an email from Rick Geiser who is the publicist for Zanies Comedy Clubs.  Right there in front of me in black and white was an inquiry as to whether I would like to co-host an hour show on WGN Radio on November 13th at 10:00 a.m. with Frank Fontana!  Would I?!

 WGN Radio's Frank Fontana

     The universe and all that is good came together today and I am having the best time!  Here's to "The Voice of Chicago!"
 WGN Radio
WGN Radio - "The Voice of Chicago"