My friend Cyndy Tandy has been working on this idea for several years, so it’s great to see Louisville Uncovered become a reality.
For this week’s Rusty Satellite Show, I checked in with Cyndy as she was taping a new segment of Louisville Uncovered. It’s a series of vignettes lasting about a minute that tell you about something you probably didn’t know about Louisville. Our location was a perfect example. Since I work in Riverport, I’m constantly driving up and down Dixie Highway in Valley Station.
The vignettes air on WAVE-TV in conjunction with the Secrets of Louisville Chefs program, and Michael Lattin is the producer.
I’d seen Good Ole Jessie’s Dixie Diner a hundred times, but never stopped in to see what it was about. Owner Tom Whited, a contractor, has completely transformed a location rich in history. He’s taken the place and made it look like 1974, right down to showing The Beverly Hillbillies and Mayberry RFD on the TVs. I sampled one of the best Hot Browns ever, plus a stacked burger with bacon and onion rings.
Here’s another episode in which Cyndy explains something else I didn’t know, that the sisters who created the Happy Birthday song spent time near my boyhood home on Kenwood Hill. Check out my conversation with Cyndy on the latest Rusty Satellite Show here.
