Interesting People with Bob Brill

Salli Sachse is more than just a beautiful girl in a bikini on the beach in more than a dozen Beach Party films. As a model, a counselor with a Masters Degree and as an artist and photographer, she's done it all. Join me now for a sit down interview with Salli from being plucked off the beach in La Jolla, California to be a mainstay of the teen hit films, to her award winning artwork. You can see her past and her present at www.sallisachse.com. Let's go for a ride inside Beach Blanket Bingo and many more, including her time with rock stars David Crosby and his group Crosby, Stills and Nash, along with Joni Mitchell. 

With the cooperation of the Marley family and co-produced by son Ziggy and widow Rita, the music blessed film about the life of the great Jamacain singer. 

Bob reviews the story of Bayard Rustin who led the March on Washington but it is so much more including nice performances from Colman Domingo and Chris Rock. Also on the Bob Brill YOUTUBE Channel. Please subscribe.

Bob takes a look at his new Favorite Film of 2023. American Fiction is a tremendous film on so many levels. Check it out on the Bob Brill YouTube Channel as well. 

Barbie is a fun romp for adults of all ages and genders. See the video version on the Bob Brill YouTube Channel. Bob was a film critic with UPI Radio Network and still enjoys films as well as makes them. 

Former film critic Bob Brill, who covered nearly a dozen Academy Awards and Golden Globes among others, gives a review of the streaming series starring Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Bornstein. A full video review is available on Bob's YouTube Channel. Please subscribe. 

Former film critic, Bob Brill, who covered nearly a dozen Oscars and many other venues, gives a review of the film "Maestro." His video review is on his YouTube Channel. Please take the time to subscribe. 

Former film critic, Bob Brill, who covered nearly a dozen Academy Awards shows and numbers other entertainment venues, gives his take on this comedy film, which he says is not for everyone; Poort Things. You can see the video review on Bob Brills YouTube Channel.

A quick review of the film by former film critic Bob Brill, who covered the Academy Awards for many years and reviews this film. You can see the video review on the Bob Brill YouTube Channel. 

This is a review of the historical film "Oppenheimer" by Bob Brill who for many years covered the Academy Awards and did film reviews. You can see the video version on "the Bob Brill YOUTUBE Channel." Bob gives a first hand review of this 2023 film.

Erik Kramer was one of the best NFL Quarterbacks of the 1990's but after his playing days depression set in and he eventually tried to kill himself. Losing a child, a mother, a father and more, in his new book "The Ultimate Comeback" Kramer tells the story of mental health, depression and how sitting on top of the world, there may be only one way to go. The comeback is strong so give a listen.

In this episode Bob rewinds to a UPI Roundtable episode he produced in 1987 for the radio network. Amazing music, interviews with Dean of Jan & Dean, the Beach Boys and more. It aired over New Years weekend when the folks in the midwest and east were eating their hearts out over this one! LOL. Enjoy It runs 26:00 minutes

A Baker's Dozen of personal moments of "life on the radio" over 50 years.

Who heckles an American icon such as Roy Rogers? Well it happened at UCLA when I was there to cover a rare appearance by the King of the Cowboys.

On Martin Luther King Day in 1994 the earth in the San Fernando Valley shook violently resulting in the Northridge Earthquake. It was family first, radio news second on that day.

Bob covered five Super Bowl games but two stnad out,  his first in New Orleans the day before the Challenger disaster and the Doug Williams San Diego game where there was controversy over a reporter's question about Doug being African American, which Bob straightens out this urban legend because he was there.

The events leading up to and after the Golden Gate Bridge 50th anniversary were as bizarre as the event itself.

The 1989 San Francisco earthquake was one of the most tragic and certainly disruptive in recent memory. Bob covered it along with three other UPI Radio Network Correspondents. Billy Graham was there as well as the return to the World Series between the Giants and A's.

Sometimes you are just on the edge of a great story and it gets away from you. It happened to Bob in Fresno.

Covering four fires is an unusual day for any reporter in any market, but when one is a giant marijuana burn followed by a double fatal involving a pioneering couple, it can be overwhelming.

Some of the funniest moments on TV turn out to be funny moments in real life and on the radio. Bob talks about covering Hollywood funerals, funny moments at those funerals as well as touching and an incident where Arsenio Hall went off on a reporter with audio of that interaction.

President Gerald R. Ford was the last remaining member of  the Warren Commission which investiated the John F. Kennedy assassiantion. Bob was doing a radio documentry on the 30th anniversary and pushed hard and finally got an interview with President Ford at his office near Palm Springs.

I've always wanted to fly but the next best thing was jumping out of an airplane in a tandem jump while recording the jump and flight for radio. It happened in Cal City.

Not many peopel get to meet their hero but my time in radio allowed Bob to do exactly that, meeting and interviewing and just spending time having drinks with Bill Mazeroski.

Bob broke new ground (lol) with a surprise by bursting into song on CNN radio doing a sportscast as MLB Players were preparing to strike -- with apologies to Terry Cashman and "Talkin' Baseball."

While working in Bakersfield at KUZZ in the early 1980's Bob got the chance to do some real investigative journalism working on a bizarre story of Elder Abuse.

During the height of the AIDS crisis in 1988, Bob's coverage of the Seoul Olympics searches for a good story and ends up at the top of "Hooker Hill." Followed by an incident of "table throwing" at an Olympic Village eatery. Which was not his proudest moment.                    

Hank Aaron, Bart Start and Wilt Chamberlain but throw in Bobby Bonds and Nolan Ryan as major contrasts when it came to treating reporters. Bob interviewed each one in a unique circumstance and they are all featured in this episode.

Bob tells of one of the worst disasters of his radio career. The 1986 Aero Mexico plane crash when a small airplane collided with a jet liner on it's approach to Los Angeles International Airport.

In this episode Bob sat down with former Major League pitcher George Culver who lived in Bakersfield. They played a fun game of Strat-O-Matic baseball with George selecting his all time team with players he played with. They played the 1962 Mets. A really fun time which won an award for Best Sports Feature.

Bob was in Seoul for the Summer Olympics and watched Ben Johnson dominate and then flee the country after a failed drug test. This and the solemn moments at the border with North Korea and crossing the line into the North.

Falling asleep while on the air at a radio station is not something you should ever do, let alone more than once. We all have done it. I think

In this episode Bob was assigned to cover the funeral of Congressman Mickey Leland in Houston, and he ends up at the Texas Prison Museum where things really go strange.

The first and only time Bob walked out while still on the air came at a small radio station in Raton, New Mexico, and while not his brightest moment, it was a lesson learned.

Bob tells the story of being on the air when a caller left a bomb threat in Palm Springs at the hotel where presidential candidate Ronald Reagan was set to speak.

In this episode Bob tells about a special trip while covering the western White House during the Reagan years in 1987. Bob flew with the press corps to Kansas where the president met with the man ran and lost to FDR in 1936 and celebrated his 100th birthday.

Bob Brill looks back at his first paid job in radio in Prescott, Arizona in 1972 where the general manager of the radio station doubled as a 400 pound bouncer at a local club.

Veteran and Award winning radio newsman, sportscaster, announcer and former DJ, Bob Brill celebrates his 50 years in radio with daily stories of the past five decades, starting with his first job in 1972.

Rene's Moving and Storage in Los Angeles has been around for 85 years and moved presidents, mega stars and rock stars. The tales abound but not only that, average folks too. Maybe you. Some of the most interesting tales of the strangest and multi-million dollar items moved over the last eight decades. Tune in.

Steven Geiger heads up the Mensch International Foundation and gives out the Mensch Award to people who do good things, out of the goodness of their heart. One of his goals is to teach young children to be a Mensch, a better person and to be kinder and do better things for others. Part of this is through Holocaust learning. As a child of Holocaust survivors, he brings a unique perspective to making the world a better place - and to be honest, this is one of the most entertaining hours you will ever listen to. Join us and maybe you become a Mensch. Of the recipients of the award; George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara.

Dr. Gary Alter is one of the nation's leaders in transgender surgery, having performed numerous surgeries for sex change, or sex reassignments from his Beverly Hills office. A major advocate of at least a year of counseling before patients can have the life changing surgery, he discusses everything from the actual step by step surgery, to the religious issues involved around the world. A fascinating interview just talking about what has become one of the most controversial yet growing medical fields today...and the future of the field as well as the military and of course; insurance issues. Join award winning journalist Bob Brill as he walks the good doctor through the issues for an entertaining hour.

He's a film maker, he's a lawyer, he is a philosopher but more than anything else he is a Talmudist. And if you are wondering what that is, trying adding the word "accidental" to the title. Sal Litvak is one of the most interesting and engaging people you will ever meet. Join me as we discuss religions and compare and eventually solve (well you be the judge) the meaning of life!

Brent Simmons is a long time mechanic and auto repair expert and he discusses what a mechanic really does in these days of computers vs. the wrench. He debunks the myths and lays out the truth about your vehicle.

The world is waiting for Shudan Wang and Hollywood is calling the actress many believe is a future Bond girl.

Christopher Voss is a former lead hostage negotiator for the FBI who investigated some of the biggest crimes of the past several decades. He now runs Black Swan Group - working with large and small firms  handling negotiations. He also teaches at several universities.

Steve Miller operates GetDismissed, a company which helps you fight your traffic tickets.

Chris Montgomery Bender is the head of Prodigy Talent, a Hollywood Talent Agency and a former White House lawyer.