Earlier this month – after a bunch of schedule wrangling – I got the chance to chat with Bob Heath, Hot in Cleveland ’s producer and resident Northeast Ohio expert. When I asked him about growing up in Akron, he mentioned living on the west side of town. When I said I grew up the Montrose area, Bob perked up and chatted about how the only thing there when he was kid was the swim club. Not just any swim club, I thought. You mean Montrose Swim & Racquet Club , my place of employment for six burger-flipping summers. We spent the next five minutes chatting about Montrose Drive-In and the Freez. It was a great ice breaker and the following 30 minutes breezed by. We talked about Akron’s old TV station and some of Northeast Ohio’s great personalities, like Tim Conway , who will make a guest appearance later this season on HiC . The interview was light and fun, just like the show. But when it was cut short by a call to the set, I knew I had to hold the producer to at least one tough
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