Jay Gilbert
Jay Gilbert, radio personality and advertising prankster, is also Cincinnati Magazine's Dr. Know and Living in Cin columnist.
Dr. Know: Superheroes, Green Ketchup, and the Gest Standard
It’s hard to find a more profound Cincinnati contribution to the sci-fi/fantasy genre than the time Mt. Lookout saved all of humanity.
Dr. Know: Seven Minutes in Heaven, Heartless Bureaucracy, and Racist Streetcar Songs
For Cincinnati to have been the birthplace of anything not involving soap or machine tools is unlikely, but the Doctor looked into it.
Dr. Know: Riverfest Booze, Naming Cincinnati Gardens, and Swastikas (?!) in Northside
At the Northside cinema’s opening, the proprietors proudly declared their facility was “for mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives, where the purity of their thought will be conserved above all things.”
WEBN’s Show Can’t Hold a Roman Candle to our 1898 Fireworks Display
The real story of Cincinnati’s 1898 fireworks. Neither WEBN nor anyone else has ever matched it since.
Dr. Know: Unsightly Trapeze Contraptions, Origins of the Teleprompter, and an Oddly Personal Greyhound...
Nonetheless, we shall proceed.
Dr. Know: Speed Traps, Weather Windbaggery, and Itan-Nic-Nic
Conditions could change at any time, so you’d be wise to stock up on milk and bread. (From Kroger!)
Dr. Know: Music Hall Renos Gone By, Musical Murals, and Cincy-Centric Songs
“Evacuate Music Hall now and demolish that firetrap before it explodes!”
Dr. Know: Dangerous Doorways, Impromptu Iggy Pop, and a Taste of Cincinnati Curse
"The Doctor shares your unease."
Dr. Know: Trash Days, Twin Sisters Delivery, and Warner Bros.
The good doctor takes on troubling issues, including waste management, gifted armaments, and film history
Dr. Know: SpongeBob Tombstones, the German Purge, and Alphabet Street Names.
"If mercy exists in this world, it must forgive the overpowering molecular-level compulsion to snicker at this situation."
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