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Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
the_mogra
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Date: August 12, 2015 12:36PM
Shock Theatre was on Channel 7, right? I remember that and Channel 5's counter-part Midnight Movie Thrillerama. This's all around 1960 and I watched them to the extent a little kid might sneakily stay up late (I remember my parents regularly let me watch the 1st half hr of Jack Paar's Tonight show, but not beyond that). Those old horror movies were all black & white and really scary to me then (to be sure there was no local TV color until mid-'60s in general). I remember Marty Faye (at least I recall the name) plus there's also Jim Moran.
Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
Ed J
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Date: August 12, 2015 12:47PM
You mentioned JIM MORAN THE COURTESY MAN - he had great car commercials with HUDSON and then with FORD. I met him when I bought a new 1957 Ford Sunliner Convert - he was at the showroom that day. I just turned 20 - what a nice guy ! JIM is down here in Florida and I think he is/was the leader for TOYOTA ? You can google him and find out. I remember him showing the Hudson Hornet on blck and white TV saying it has the "STEP DOWN" design. Those old car ads had class and were fun to watch - not like today.
Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
jd6716
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Date: August 14, 2015 01:47PM
Jim Moran died a year or two ago was almost a billionaire and had a ton of dealerships
Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
gman
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Date: August 14, 2015 03:14PM
jd6716 Wrote:
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> Jim Moran died a year or two ago was almost a
> billionaire and had a ton of dealerships
According to Wikipedia, he died in 2007 and was ranked 390 on the Forbes 400.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moran_(automotive)
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> Jim Moran died a year or two ago was almost a
> billionaire and had a ton of dealerships
According to Wikipedia, he died in 2007 and was ranked 390 on the Forbes 400.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moran_(automotive)
Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: October 09, 2015 11:20PM
looking at folks talking about the afternoon 3 stooges show with Andy starr (bob bell). I vaguely remember an intro to, I think, the buster Keaton shorts. It was a guy talking about "my uncle, ....... man". and then they'd go into the short. I'm just not sure who that was, or if it was part of the Buster Keaton stuff.
Can anyone clear up that foggy memory for me??
Can anyone clear up that foggy memory for me??
Re: Chicago Television of Yesteryear
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
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Date: October 10, 2015 12:01AM
Johnriggio Wrote:
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> looking at folks talking about the afternoon 3
> stooges show with Andy starr (bob bell). I
> vaguely remember an intro to, I think, the buster
> Keaton shorts. It was a guy talking about "my
> uncle, ....... man". and then they'd go into the
> short. I'm just not sure who that was, or if it
> was part of the Buster Keaton stuff.
>
> Can anyone clear up that foggy memory for me??
[i]The Funny Manns[/i], featuring Cliff Norton, but I don't remember it on that show.
The Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funny_Manns
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2015 01:14AM by Jeff_Weiner.
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> looking at folks talking about the afternoon 3
> stooges show with Andy starr (bob bell). I
> vaguely remember an intro to, I think, the buster
> Keaton shorts. It was a guy talking about "my
> uncle, ....... man". and then they'd go into the
> short. I'm just not sure who that was, or if it
> was part of the Buster Keaton stuff.
>
> Can anyone clear up that foggy memory for me??
[i]The Funny Manns[/i], featuring Cliff Norton, but I don't remember it on that show.
The Wikipedia page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funny_Manns
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/10/2015 01:14AM by Jeff_Weiner.
