{"id":783,"date":"2019-12-08T20:25:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T02:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2020-04-20T19:39:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T00:39:48","slug":"festivus-podcast-episode-3-michael-burns-and-the-story-of-the-first-festivus-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/festivus-podcast-episode-3-michael-burns-and-the-story-of-the-first-festivus-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festivus Podcast Episode 3 &#8211; Michael Burns and the Story of the First Festivus Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/festivus-podcast\/embed\/episodes\/Episode-3---Michael-Burns-and-the-Story-of-the-First-Festivus-Pole-ed1onn\/a-a202n5m\" width=\"800px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/festivus-podcast\/episodes\/Episode-3---Michael-Burns-and-the-Story-of-the-First-Festivus-Pole-ed1onn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to episode in Anchor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s Festivus Pole on the set of the show. In this episode, Michael shares stories about what it was like working on \u201cThe Strike\u201d and the final season of Seinfeld. Currently, Michael works as a Storyteller, Digital Marketing Copywriter, Brand Strategist, Multichannel Creative, Consultant, Speaker, and Comedy Performer &#8211; running his business remotely while living in Bali, where he held what is believed to be the island\u2019s 1st Festivus celebration in 2016. He wishes all of you a \u201cHappy Festivus!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Music by Serolillo [<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.5<\/a>],\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Funky_Slap_Bass_line.ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"festi-after-4-paragraphs\" id=\"festi-2775056858\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-festivus-podcast\/id1489676650?uo=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-790 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/apple-podcasts-300x90.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/apple-podcasts-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/apple-podcasts.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6jkvKDVybO99x9tRMwlCfG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-791 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/listen-on-spotify-300x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/listen-on-spotify-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/listen-on-spotify-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/listen-on-spotify-860x315.png 860w, https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/listen-on-spotify.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"festi-content-placement\" id=\"festi-1972108321\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- FestivusWeb Responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3297689279938125\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3697394480\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff 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\u2019s Festivus Pole on the set of the show. In this episode, Michael shares stories about what it was like working on \u201cThe &#8230; <a title=\"The Festivus Podcast Episode 3 &#8211; Michael Burns and the Story of the First Festivus Pole\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/festivus-podcast-episode-3-michael-burns-and-the-story-of-the-first-festivus-pole\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Festivus Podcast Episode 3 &#8211; Michael Burns and the Story of the First Festivus Pole\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivus-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivusweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}