Special Intro: Ron Kittle from the Chicago White Sox  

Film at 11: It’s Documentary Week! We saw BRATS (2024), Saint of Second Chances (2023), Remembering Gene Wilder (2023) 

Book IT: BRAT PACK 30th Anniversary Edition (2022) by Rick Veitch 

Scroll with it: Self-Driving wheelchairs have been deployed at Miami international airport. Mel Brooks announced this week, on his 98th birthday, that he is hosting a LIVE Q&A after a showing of Blazing Saddles (1974) for its 50th anniversary. What an amazing opportunity to chat with a comedy legend! Happy Independence Day to our American listeners on Thursday, July 4.