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Video clips of classic Chicago television & radio moments!
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Published on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:12
Here is a buried treasure! Long before Big John Howell & Stephanie Miller were doing political talk radio, they were the morning team on "All Classic Rock" WCKG-FM 105.9. Here is basically an aircheck with accompanying video. Also included are quick shots of newsman Steve Scott (formerly of WLS-AM and currently at WCBS-AM in NY) and sports anchor Jim Volkman (here seen using his regular voice and not his dead-on impersonation of Harry Caray). Rock along with John & Stephanie with this video from March 30th, 1989.
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Published on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 00:24
WBBM-TV used to have a weekly public affairs and talk program called "Common Ground." From an episode of "Common Ground" from 1982, here is a discussion with a few of Chicago's top radio talent from its Urban-targeted radio stations about the (then) state of Black radio. The interviewees are Bob Wall from WGCI-FM, Tom Joyner from WJPC-AM, Lee Michaels from WBMX-FM and Bobby O'Jay from WVON-AM. The video quality is not the best and it ends abruptly, but still a great look back and some great Chicago talents.
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Published on Monday, 11 January 2010 13:45
As you can read in my
blog from earlier today, Jan C Gabriel passed away yesterday. Here is a look at one particular repeated word and that reoccurring commercial that made him so famous
Here we have a very quick clip with WTTW's John Callaway narrating over a Jan Gabriel commercial:
A longer look at one of Jan Gabriel's "SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!" commercials:
Lastly, here is a video of Bob Sirott and John Callaway talking about and with Jan Gabriel on WTTW's Chicago Tonight:
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Published on Sunday, 10 January 2010 12:08
Who remembers "Joey Bag O Donuts?" He became famous around Chicagoland for being the chubby guy dancing in a series of WLUP-FM TV commercials. (He also became well known in other cities, as the advertising agency & production company who made this commercial, syndicated it out to over 80 other markets in the US & Canada, with different radio station logos coming on at the end.) I recall being at a bar on the south side of Chicago in the early 90's where this local "celebrity" was doing an appearance and handing out Xeroxed autographed caricatures of himself, trying to capitalize on his 15 minutes of fame. "Joey's" real name is Eustachio Robert Marena, an actor who never achieved any fame higher than being that "dancing fat guy" on those commercials. Here is one of the original commercials that featured "Joey Bag O Donuts" entitled "Cuz."
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Published on Friday, 08 January 2010 13:11
On his
ChicagoNow blog "Kap's Corner," WGN's Dave Kaplan describes how he came across this raw video footage of an angry Mike Ditka in his underwear, doing an interview with WBBM-TV's Johnny Morris. The following is from October 9, 1988. Make sure you watch until the end where you get to see Da' Coach's legs and a laughing Mike Tomczak. (Note: In addition to the raw video, there is some raw language, as well.)
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Published on Friday, 08 January 2010 00:44
Probably the most famous live crowd shot in Chicago TV history. For some odd reason, WBBM-TV thought it would be a good idea to send their top investigative reporter, John "Bulldog" Drummond, to interview drunken fans after the Chicago Bears were eliminated from repeating as Super Bowl champs on a cold January evening in 1987. This clip features the famous line, "I thought I was on the fo'c'sle of a tramp
STEAMER!" Don't mess with the Bulldog, kids.
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Published on Wednesday, 06 January 2010 19:41
Since, as of this evening, the brand new group of WJJD Music Surveys is now up in the Memory Lane section of this website, here is a brief video salute to the former Chicago radio station:
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Published on Monday, 04 January 2010 15:27
This video clip is WGN-TV News' salute to one of the best Chicago news anchors ever, John Drury. John passed away on November 25th, 2007 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease. The video, from the day after his death, looks at his many years with WLS-TV, WGN-TV and more.
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Published on Sunday, 03 January 2010 19:03
The beloved sports writer/columnist/talker Bill Gleason passed away today at the age of 87. Since he gained his biggest popularity as one of the four men on "The Sportswriters On TV" (as well as "The Sportswriters" radio show), I am presenting a video clip of the opening of that television program as a salute to the gentleman:
I'm also showing a local TV commercial he did for the Jerry Gleason car dealerships. The commercial primarily ran during the "Sportswriters" program.
He was the gruff, but lovable old school newspaper man. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. He will be missed.
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Published on Sunday, 03 January 2010 04:28
With the Chicago Bears set to play their final game on the 2009 season in just a matter of hours, it seemed like a good time to play this TV commercial for WGN Radio's Bears Broadcasts from 1986. (This was before the Bears decided to move the broadcasts back to WBBM-AM.)
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Published on Saturday, 02 January 2010 18:20
Here is a video clip covering WLS' full history in just about five and a half minutes.
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Published on Saturday, 02 January 2010 18:12
Gather up the kiddies! It's time for some education! The original Svengoolie shows us his version of Sesame Street...
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Published on Saturday, 02 January 2010 18:03
The following is a quick clip of the ORIGINAL Svengoolie, played by Chicago DJ Jerry G. Bishop. "Sven" was the ghost-host of Chicago TV's "Screaming Yellow Theater." Here, he's singing a parody song with Zelda, the talking skull. (The original Svengoolie was a bit of a hippie. Check out those
scaaaaary pants!)
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Published on Saturday, 02 January 2010 02:14
Here is one of the most famous television commercials for a radio station of all time, one which was copied by numerous rock stations all across the country for many years. This was The Loop's first (and still greatest) "Rock Girl" Lorelei, and her famous lips promoting the music & DJs on WLUP in this original 1979 commercial:
Sadly, this video clip cuts off the last two seconds of the commercial, where Lorelei says her signature
"POWWWW!"
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Published on Saturday, 02 January 2010 01:58
Pat Tomasulo, the sports anchor on the WGN Morning News, is better known for his often hilarious video skits than for his sportscasting. In this greatest of his bits, Pat is under the mistaken impression that he now owns WGN. Leave it WGN's weather expert Tom Skilling to set him straight...
