Listen to podcast on Anchor We go to Wisconsin and speak with Ross Salchow and Lisa Marchese of the Great Lakes Distillery, a small-batch distillery located in the Walker’s Point neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Festivus has been celebrated at the Great Lakes Distillery for over ten years, and they do it in their own…
Listen on Anchor In this podcast we go to Los Angeles, California and speak with television writer and producer Dan O’Keefe, the person who brought Festivus to our television screens by including it in the Seinfeld episode “The Strike”. Festivus was originally conceived by Dan’s father, Daniel O’Keefe Senior, who was an editor at Reader’s…
Listen on Anchor We go to Salem, Massachusetts and speak to Cindy Johnson, one of the organizers of the Festivus 5K for Autism, a yearly Festivus-themed holiday race through historic Salem. There is plenty of Festivus fun in this event. The participants are encouraged to wear Seinfeld or holiday themed costumes, there are handmade…
Listen to episode in Anchor Michael Burns is one of the forefathers of Seinfeld Festivus. As a grip on the last season of Seinfeld, Michael was the person responsible for erecting Frank’s Festivus Pole on the set of the show. In this episode, Michael shares stories about what it was like working on “The…
Listen to episode in Anchor In this podcast we go to Florida and speak to Christopher Spata, the features editor at the Tampa Bay Times, the only newspaper in the USA to annually publish Festivus grievances. The grievances are gathered through their website and include “Season’s Bleatings” from people all around the world. Venting…
Listen to episode in Anchor In today’s journey we take you to the Pacific Northwest, and speak to the Anthony Valadez the proprietor of “Little Jerry’s,” a Seinfeld-themed diner located in the Fern Hill neighborhood of Tacoma Washington. The restaurant is decorated with every piece of Seinfeld memorabilia you can imagine, and a television…