Jim MacKrell on “doing what came next”
Original Airdates: Apr. 19-22, 2024
TVC 644.4: Ed welcomes game show legend, radio host, actor, and novelist Jim MacKrell (Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Game Game, Run Maggie Run, Falen: Semper Fi, Down from the Mountain, Last Call with Jim MacKrell). Topics this segment includes Jim’s early career in radio (including being an on-air personality at KXOL/Fort Worth, Texas at the birth of “Top 40” radio); how our ability to communicate with each other is what makes us innately human; and why Jim describes his career path as “I did what came next.”
Jim MacKrell, Jim Murray, and Vin Scully
Original Airdates: Apr. 19-22, 2024
TVC 644.5: Game show legend and novelist Jim MacKrell talks to Ed about some of the people in the music industry whom he met when he worked for Henry Mancini, including Gordon Jenkins, Lou Rawls, Joe Saraceno, and Anita Kerr; why legendary Los Angeles Times sports columnist Jim Murray was the print equivalent to broadcast legend Vin Scully, in that both had an ability to connect with people in ways that transcended their respective mediums; why the word “spirit” simply speaks to who we are as human beings; and what he learned from being in the company of Peter Marshall and Tom Kennedy. Jim’s novels Down from the Mountain, Falen: Semper Fi, and Run Maggie Run are all available at Amazon.com and JMacKrell.com. Jim’s podcast, Last Call with Jim MacKrell, is available wherever you find podcasts.
Jim MacKrell on the power of curiosity
Original Airdates: Apr. 19-22, 2024
TVC 644.6: Game show legend, novelist, and radio host Jim MacKrell talks to Ed about what makes the dog characters in his novels Down from the Mountain, Falen: Semper Fi, and Run Maggie Run such unusual protagonists. All three of Jim’s novels are available at Amazon.com and JMacKrell.com.
