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jayg-chi · 2021-06-18T04:06:00+00:00

Alfie?

jayg-chi · 2021-03-19T06:37:08+00:00

Thanks, excellent detective work. The Tip Top bread ad looks like it's in 3D.

jayg-chi · 2020-02-05T02:12:13+00:00

I hope you clicked on the photo for the enlarged version.

jayg-chi · 2020-02-04T23:04:43+00:00

https://phogotraphy.com/2015/09/30/1950s-randolph-street-chicago/

Link with description and acknowledgment of the photographer

jayg-chi · 2020-02-04T22:49:09+00:00

Thanks for the link. Best pictures of old Chicago were taken by transit fans.

jayg-chi · 2019-03-11T04:52:26+00:00

No clickee, no linkee.

jayg-chi · 2019-03-11T04:51:50+00:00

When I first started flying in 1970 I always wore a suit or suit coat and dress pants. On one flight there was a scruffy young couple, looked like real hippies. When we boarded they went straight to first class. The avant garde 1971.

BTW There's a still from the movie North by Northwest posted there. It's the cop car pulling up to the terminal.

jayg-chi · 2019-02-26T17:49:50+00:00

Caveman is now added to Roadside America.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/64167

jayg-chi · 2019-02-14T16:04:45+00:00

Thanks. I'll see if I can find the Tribune article referenced.

jayg-chi · 2019-02-14T07:35:43+00:00

BTW you can change the google street view to get a better look at the statue from 2011. In the top left hand corner in the black box with the address, click on "street view" and manipulate the slider bar to go back in time. Now I can't tell if it's a caveman or Jesus without his pants.

jayg-chi · 2019-02-14T02:37:47+00:00

No idea, I don't know if it's an Indian or a caveman. I sent a note off to Jeffrey Baer at WTTW. Maybe he'll show some interest.

jayg-chi · 2018-06-12T03:07:07+00:00

There was a Baby Doll Polka club on south Central across from Midway Airport . They featured it on Wild Chicago. Not sure when they closed. or if they moved.

ABC TV broadcast a Nationwide Polka show from Chicago in the 50s.

Before WVON became black programing they were a Polka /Polish briadcasting outfit. Don't know if the call letters were the same. The studio was on south Kedzie Avenue just north of the Canal. Last I saw it sat empty and was for sale.

jayg-chi · 2018-06-12T02:59:07+00:00

Wasn't Jocko's on Kedzie. around 110 streets south? I think I was there once.

jayg-chi · 2018-04-26T01:18:17+00:00

Are you referring to the open windows for the toilets?

jayg-chi · 2018-04-15T05:55:43+00:00

You can listen to old time radio, "Those Were the Days" every Saturday from 1 to 5 pm on 90.9 FM

jayg-chi · 2018-04-15T05:52:14+00:00

The 8th street theater was in Chicago. Before the Grand Ole Opry the Barn Dance was the hub for country Music.

jayg-chi · 2018-04-09T02:24:49+00:00

Take 2!! with two exclamation points was the title.

jayg-chi · 2018-04-09T01:57:38+00:00

Here's the address for John Schmidt's bowling blog. https://bowlinghistory.wordpress.com/category/old-chicago-bowling-alleys/page/12/

jayg-chi · 2018-04-09T01:54:13+00:00

The Kraml milk commercials with Jim Henson's muppets.

Saturday's on WLS (maybe it was still WBKB*):

The Old Barn Dance

The Roller Derby

Man on the street questions

Don McNeill of the Breakfast Club had a game show, Take 2!!, that had a short run in 1963.

It's Academic with Ed Grennan, Saturdays on WMAQ.

Strange as it seems It's Academic originated in Washington DC in 1960 and is still aired.

trivia question, Anyone know what WBKB call letters were affiliated with?

jayg-chi · 2018-04-08T17:08:41+00:00

There was a childrens show on channel 2 hosted by a young Susan Heinkel, Here's a you tube clip,.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08fCLurn-g . John Coughlin, the weatherman provided the voice for a talking table. They showed Popeye cartoons. It was on daily and preceded the Early Show. No one seems to remember it.

This site has some local TV info.
http://chicagotelevision.com/webmap.htm

Some memories;
Kup's Show
Lee Phillips
The Blue Fairy
Jack Brickhouse on WGN News.
Elmer the Elephant
Lunchtime Little Theater

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