Andrew Dice Clay Ghosted Us. Here's What Happened Instead | Wease Family Circus | Ep. 34
Andrew Dice Clay was supposed to be on this episode. The promoter called, Wease said yes, and then Dice found out who he was doing the interview with and passed. That's how EP 35 starts, and it only gets more interesting from there. Wease pulls the full story behind the two lawsuits that still follow him around on Wikipedia, including a phone call he got at a cold rink in Fairport during one of Jake's youth hockey practices that changed the whole picture. Doreen then does something she's never done on…
He Couldn't Hear His Own Reunion. Here's What He Missed. | Wease Family Circus | Ep. 33
Two days after the Wease Show Reunion, the two people who flew the farthest to be there sit down at Captivate Studios to unpack it. Cindy Pierce in from Toledo. B.J. Shea in from Seattle. And Wease, who couldn't hear a word of his own reunion, finally gets to find out what happened. Start there. Wease admits he was terrified his kids would watch him stink up the joint because he's deaf, and he tells the story of not recognizing Thea Vidale while B.J. screamed, texted, and sent smoke signals from three…
The Wease Reunion: Unforgettable Radio Memories | Wease Family Circus | Ep 32
Recorded live at Comedy at the Carlson: the Wease Show Reunion. One night, one stage, and just about everybody who ever sat behind a microphone with Brother Wease. B.J. Shea flew in to host, and he opens with the truth: this is the send-off that should have happened on the radio and never did. A National Radio Hall of Famer, same wall as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Orson Welles, got walked out the door with no goodbye. So the people who lived it threw the party themselves. Wease takes the stage, calls it…
He Rode a Bike Off a Bridge. It Kept Him Out of Vietnam | Wease Family Circus | Ep 31
Wease has known Jimmy Flynn for 75 years. They grew up a block apart on Park Avenue, Jimmy the Irish Catholic kid from a family of 11 with one bathroom, Wease the Jewish kid down the street. This week Jimmy finally sits down at Captivate Media Studios, and Wease admits he's never actually heard most of these stories until now. Start with the basics: Jimmy was born in the vestibule of the family house and didn't find out until he was 45. Three of his sisters became nuns. He got thrown out of three…
Bills Season Preview with Dan Morello: New D, DJ Moore & Championship Hopes | Wease Family Circus
Sports edition. Wease and Jake bring in Dan Borrello, sports columnist for the Times of Wayne County (Wease's favorite newspaper), to break down the Buffalo Bills before a single snap of the season. New head coach, new defense, new stadium, new grass, and a franchise quarterback who Dan says just ran out of excuses. Josh Allen signed off on the coach, the GM, and the field. Now it's on him. Dan walks through the whole picture: why Joe Brady ("Slim Brady") calling every play as a rookie head coach is…
Charlie Fitzsimmons on Ozzy Interviews & Restaurant Life | Wease Family Circus | Ep 29
Before he built Black and Blue, Charlie Fitzsimmons was parking cars and interning on the Wease Show. This week he's back at Captivate Media Studios, and Wease, Doreen and Jake get the whole story from a guy who went from producing morning radio bits to running one of the biggest restaurant operations in Rochester. Charlie walks through how he and his brother built Tonic with their own hands in 1998, learning drywall and wiring from the tradesmen they hired, the nightclub nights with Tommy Brunett as…
The Beth Donahue Episode: Breast Reductions & Taint Biopsies | Wease Family Circus | Ep 28
Wease finally takes the political filter off. Comedian Beth Donahue-Weedman pulls up to Captivate Studios, visiting from Nashville, and the show that's dodged politics for as long as it's existed lets it all out. Beth has been doing stand-up for 25 years, got sober before she ever hit a stage, and has the stories to prove it, from the paper AA directories she used to find a meeting in every city she toured, to kidnapping Kevin Bacon for a radio bit that ended with Kyra Sedgwick calling her. She, Wease,…
Dave Kane: Beatles, Butter, and Broadcasting Stories | Wease Family Circus | Ep 27
Rochester radio royalty pulls up to the Captivate Media Podcast Studios. Dave Kane, the Beatle expert who spent 42 years on the air in this town, sits down with Wease and Jake for a loose, funny, and surprisingly deep hang about the band that changed everything, the radio era that's never coming back, and how to bake the perfect batch of weed cookies. Dave breaks down the Beatles like only a guy who put 10 to 12 hours of prep into every Sunday show can: the real story behind the rooftop concert and why…
Le Funelle à l'Electric Car Corner | Wease Family Circus | Ep 26
The Wease Family Circus goes mobile for the first time. Wease and Jake and Doreen set up shop live at Electric Car Corner out in Farmington and spend the day with owner John, a guy Wease has known damn near 40 years, breaking down why used EVs and hybrids might be the best-kept secret in the car game. John makes the case everybody's sleeping on: an $80,000 electric car with 20,000 miles going out the door for 30 grand, a federal 100,000-mile battery warranty on every EV, a third of the moving parts of…
The Hoochenanny Episode | Wease Family Circus | EP. 25
Two of Rochester's finest scoundrels, Tommy Brunett of Iron Smoke and Sean McCarthy of McCarthy Tents and Events, pull up to Captivate Studios to break down Hoochenanny, the music and whiskey festival blowing up in its new Penfield home August 14 to 16. This is not your average field-and-a-stage festival. These two built a monster: a 15,000 square foot air-conditioned World of Whiskey, a two-story VIP tent you can walk right to the front of the stage from, Lager Land, real food with real seating, and a…
The Bill Moran Episode | Wease Family Circus | Ep 24
Radio is dying and Billy Moran isn't pretending otherwise. He started at 19 doing overnights in Poughkeepsie, spent 30 years on the air, and right now he's getting cut loose because the company that had him on 80 classic rock stations is going broke. This week he sits down with Wease and Jake at Captivate Studios, and it turns into two hours of the kind of stories only these two could tell. They get into why radio actually died (hint: it wasn't the talent), and Wease makes a prediction about the AI…
Music Stories w/ Bruce Pilato | Wease Family Circus | Ep 23
Bruce Pilato has been in the room for damn near every moment that matters in rock and roll, and he did it all without ever leaving upstate New York. Three of the four Beatles on tape. 400 photos he owns outright. 1,100 celebrity interviews. This week Wease and Jake sit down at Captivate Studios with the legendary music journalist, ELP manager, and Rochester Music Hall of Fame producer for two hours of stories most people only wish they could tell. Bruce's dad gave him two rules at 18: stay in upstate…