Podcast #37 Stories 228-238
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories 1. Lost old people 2. Oldness at work 3. COBOL yinzer devs aren’t so old after all 4. A cat named Tawm 5. Oldness at Arcade Theatre 6. Scent of the month club 7. Young Mr. Neill builds a toolbox 8. Mr. Neill makes the ultimate hipster toolbox 9. Mr. Neill tries to sell his Soda Crate Toolboxes on Etsy 10. Young Mr. Neill fails to sell his toys 11. Young Mr. Neill fails to sell his Rubik’s cube solutions Music 1. Gene Gifford and His Orchestra - Squareface 2. Coleman Brothers - Get away Mr. Satan, get away
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Podcast #36 Stories 216-227
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories 1. Mr. Neill befriends a group of friendly anarchists 2. Dance party failure 3. Santarchy 4. Pillow fight 5. Luchador bowling 6. Punk rock karaoke misunderstanding 7. Karaoke humiliation 8. Judgy house cleaner 9. 11/11 11:11 end of the world party 10. Glowing in a microbus 11. Asia finds her people 12. Glowing while washing dishes Music 1. oldmanneill - Shook me all night long 2. Perry Como - Zing zing, zoom zoom
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Podcast #35 Stories 208-215
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories 1. Mr. Neill picks a slacker to mentor him 2. Mr. Morrill’s approach to teaching 3. Mr. Neill gives a Geometry test 4. Benjamin no longer has perfect attendance 5. The professor and the Jesus painter 6. 1.5 life hacks from Mr. Morrill 7. Mr. Morrill joins the Army 8. Daniel avoids disaster when the boss picks up the tab Music 1. Rosetta Howard - When I been drinking 2. Sunshine Boys Quartet - Satisfied mind
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Podcast #34 Stories 195-207
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. UIC succeeds in their quest to get rid on Mr. Neill 2. Mr. Neill fears for the life of his elderly professor 3. Mr. Neill has his head in the clouds with non-Euclidean Geometry 4. Mr. Neill learns nothing in his education classes 5. Mr. Neill enjoys grad school with no tests or homework 6. Mr. Neill regrets: Not going to a party with his professor 7. Not taking a selfie with muscle-men 8. Not talking to 2 ladies in an elevator 9. Not giving an IKEA employee a hug 10. Not fostering a child 11. Not saying "what's up with that guy?" 12. Not playing Scrabble at the Jumping Bean Cafe...
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Podcast #33 stories 185-194 (Gifford Neill Sr retrospective)
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. Gifford Neill growing up 2. Gifford Neill joins the Navy 3. Gifford Neill goes to college 4. Gifford Neill gets married 5. Gifford Neill builds a toolshed 6. Gifford Neill has the dream life 7. Gifford Neill gives up the dream life 8. Gifford Neill overcomes health issues 9. Gifford Neill gains financial stability 10. Gifford Neill 2005-2024 Music: 1. Norwood Tew - If I could bring back my buddy
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Podcast #32 stories 176-184
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. Mr. Neill goes anti-car 2. Mr. Neill is a moving target 3. A field trip to downtown Chicago 4. Louis jumps off a bridge 5. A mound of ungraded papers 6. Digital record keeping failure 7. Everyone’s happy with their math grade 8. Mrs. Sorenson handles her business 9. Drug deal in the kid’s bathroom Music: 1. Red Jessup and His Melody Makers - Trouble don’t like music 2. Lonnie Johnson - Lonesome road 2. Wiley and Gene - Bothered by the blues
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Podcast #31 stories 170-175
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. The Neills start to walk and talk 2. The unstoppable Mrs. Neill goes back to school 3. Drunk Leslie and sober Leslie are two different people 4. Lowballing Leslie 5. The scheme to live for two years without an income 6. Four results from a season of poverty Music: 1. Wingy Mannone - My sweet Lorraine 2. Golden Gate Quartet - High low and wide
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Podcast #30 stories 161-169
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. Prilosec Blues 2. Strange things are afoot in Buenos Aires 3. Mr. Neill gets to the root of the problem 4. Two wonderful docs that gave bad advice 5. One terrible doc that gave good advice 6. Seven reasons the good advice doc was terrible 7. Asia experiences Catholicism 8. Mr. Neill and Asia go to church 9. Preacher-man eventually drives the ball deep Music: 1. Sharkey and his Sharks of Rhythm - Give me an old fashioned swing 2. Jake and Carl - When the white azaleas start blooming
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Podcast #29 stories 153-160
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. Labor day, 1977 2. The reluctant bed wetter 3. They didn’t love “Lucky” 4. The legend of Lynn 5. Elderly parents 6. Watching punk rock with Lynn 7. The wonders of Kansas City 8. An aging Lynn only wants to bowl Music: 1. King Oliver and his Orchestra - St. James infirmary
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Podcast #28 stories 145-152 (Something New documentary)
The 500 Stories of Mr. Neill
Stories: 1. Mr. Neill gets knocked out 2. Three reasons to be in Toledo 3. Watching TV on February 10, 1990 4. Chris opts out 5. Song tapes 6. Mr. Neill gets cornered 7. Mr. Neill gets serious in Columbus 8. Mr. Neill asks a heavy question Music: 1. Bill Carlisle's Kentucky Boys - Roll on old troubles roll on 2. Something New 1998 - All is well with me 3. Something New 2002 - Jesus I live to Thee
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1. Mr. Neill picks a slacker to mentor him
2. Mr. Morrill’s approach to teaching
3. Mr. Neill gives a Geometry test
4. Benjamin no longer has perfect attendance
5. The professor and the Jesus painter
6. 1.5 life hacks from Mr. Morrill
7. Mr. Morrill joins the Army
8. Daniel avoids disaster when the boss picks up the tab
Music
1. Rosetta Howard - When I been drinking
2. Sunshine Boys Quartet - Satisfied mind