How to talk right in Chicago

August 20, 2003 | from an e-mail

[mhking]

Clark Weber

Oh, God, back when he had hair! (I met him in the late 80's after he had semi-retired to WJJD, sans hair)

And remember the old "SuperCFL"? Do you actually remember when they made the format switch from Top 40 to elevator music and sold ad time to all the other radio stations in town?

Larry Lujack actually spun elevator music for a month or two until WLS picked him up...

[Charles Henrickson]

. . . back when he had hair!

You think that's real?! I'm almost sure it's a piece.

[carlo3b]

Oh the Memories...sigh.. :) thanks

[carlo3b]

How about 'Hardrock and Cocoa and Joe' on Garfield Goose and Friends?

YEAH, and how about Howdy Doody , with Clarabelle and Buffalo Bob.. Also, Super Circus, with the beautiful MARY HARTLINE.. LOL

[DonnDe]

"Maurice Lanell Butter Cookies"

Actually Maurice Lenell Cookies and Salerno Butter Cookies. I remember a typical breakfast before going to school was a full box of butter cookies (properly eaten by sticking you index finger in the center and gnawing around the edges) while watching Ray Rayner.

Also, I like my beefs dipt.

[mhking]

Actually Maurice Lenell Cookies and Salerno Butter Cookies

You're right - Maurice Lanell had those pinwheel cookies...(God, those were good!)

[the bottle let me down]

bttt

[mhking]

Also, I like my beefs dipt.

Super juicy. There's a place in the Harbor (Indiana Harbor - East Chicago for the uninitiated) called Zel's (they're still there at the corner of Columbus & Euclid) with the best beef...

[carlo3b]

This was the main page of the link, see if you can turn it on from the page. Most folks got it to work, sadly some can't. It is the page for Franklyn MacCormack , listening to the "Torch Hour" all those nights, while watching the Submarines races at the beach on Lake Shore Dr....sigh

[Charles Henrickson]

Speaking of bad hairpieces, there's the radio legend Howard Miller:

[reg45]

Also Carson Pirie Scott, a major department store chain, is called "Carson's," etc.

Unless you want ribs!

[carlo3b]

We shouldn't forget your thread for, Minnie Minoso , and the fighting fifty nine White Sox!

[Polonius]

Sliders bump.

[carlo3b]

Who can forget, You know you’re from Chicago if… , that went to 3 threads...Bwhahahahahhahahah

[reg45]

Italian Beef: You can order it on line and have it shipped to your door ... Portillos.

[carlo3b]

Here they are if you still want them, Maurice Lenell Cooky , that is the correct spelling of Cookie in the company name.. word is that the cook couldn't spell it, and it appears the printer didn't either... the cookeee was and is wonderful.

[reg45]

everybody poked so much fun at me for calling a "soda", a "pop".

Check this out - fun and informative! Pop vs. Soda

[carlo3b]

Geeeze, Howard Miller, one of my favorite radio voices, and his talented and beautiful wife, KAY STARR , and her song Wheel of Fortune..that stayed for 25 weeks in the American Charts.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Or how about the ward healer who didn't want to see "...no one no one sent." and sent the future mare Jane Byrne away.

[orchid]

One time Ray Raynor had, as a guest, a women with a parrot that had an extensive vocabulary. Also on the show was a person with a monkey. On LIVE television, the monkey grabbed the parrot and bit its head off! The woman freaked out. Ray would often recount this story when he would return to Chicago to appear at Drury Lane Theatre.