Or depending on which time zone you're in, it may be today. Let's just say it's Wednesday…
Wednesday is when your legendary host Stu Shostak welcomes Dick Van Dyke and his lovely bride Arlene Silver for a long, live and lively interview. Folks who read this blog know that Mr. Van Dyke is one of my favorite people on the planet. Which is no big deal because he's the favorite of just about everyone. How can you not love Dick Van Dyke, a star performer for over fifty years…and the worst thing anyone can find to say about him is that he didn't do a great accent in what was otherwise a stellar performance in a classic motion picture? I'm serious. That's about the most negative thing I've ever heard uttered about the guy in more than half a century. Oh, yeah. My Aunt thought he was too skinny.
He had me a few weeks into The Dick Van Dyke Show, the best (I think) situation comedy ever done. Then you've got Bye Bye Birdie and Mary Poppins and The New Dick Van Dyke Show and The Comic and Diagnosis Murder and so many others and hey, when will they put out The Art of Love on DVD? That was my favorite Dick Van Dyke movie that nobody ever mentions.
Anyway, Stu's got Dick on his show and maybe more exciting is that he's got Dick's new bride and partner-in-life, Arlene. You know how sometimes you see a couple and you don't get why they're together, what one of them could possibly see in the other? This is not one of those couples. She was one of the most in-demand makeup artists in the business when they met a few years ago at the SAG Awards. I hope Stu gets them to talk about how they got together because they really are ideal for one another.
You can and should listen live to the broadcast by going to the Stu's Show website at the appropriate time. On the West Coast, the appropriate time is 4 PM. It's live to the world so that's 6 PM in Chicago, 7 PM in New York and 7 AM the next morning in Kuala Lumpur. Don't laugh. Everyone in Kuala Lumpur listens to Stu's Show. The festivities run at least two hours each week and sometimes runs longer.
Listening live is free. If you miss it and still wanna hear it, about a half-hour after the webcast, you can purchase it and download it at the same site for the bargain price of 99 cents. Or to get an even better bargain, order three episodes and get a fourth one for no additional charge. But come on! It's Dick Van Dyke! How can you miss this one? And congrats to Stu. You've sure come a long way from back when your idea of a guest was me.