Welcome to the weekend and Podcast #133! This time around, I sit down with my daughter and partner in Podcasting crime, Jackie, for a verbal buffet of topics. Among today's specials:

- The passing of restauranteur John Genitti of "Genitti's Hole-in-the-Wall" in Northville, who was not only a great guy, but threw a party "for everyone" at his house each Friday night.

- Jackie running into Chuck Gaidica who just left TV Meteorology for the Ministry and how his career change affected her.

- Are Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head actually cannibals?

- The 100th anniversary of WWI and how it led to WWII.

- The frightening seriousness of the ISIS situation in the middle east.

- A "Best Of" cut from my radio show: Big Al as the Port-a-Potty maitre d at the Woodward Dream Cruise.

- How I scored two foot-long Tootsie Rolls for just one dollar.

- And how large formal weddings lead to happier marriages... with one notable family exception.

So as August winds down, gear up for an almost-end-of-the-summer-around-the-world-and-back-discussion-of-just-about-everything in Podcast #133. (32:55)

Have a great weekend and I'll see you back here Monday with my regular blog!

-Dick

Purtan Podcast #133: "Tootsie Rolls, World Wars, & Mr. Potato Head"