Yep. I really don't like the homogenization of wrestling. My grade school Saturday nights were 5 o'clock mass followed by a gyros from Nick's enjoyed in front of that league from Texas with the Von Erichs.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

This thread is every annoying Facebook meme about Chicago ever.

"I call it POP, not SODA! It's still the SEARS TOWER to me!"

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Fire Phil Emery

No no no, it's: "I've got something... for YOU!"

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team Mully & Hanley
team Meatpants

Pacific Stereo

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I miss tokens & the old paper transfers where the driver had to punch holes.

I also miss old school Channel 50 and WGN TV before it became a WB/CW affiliate (especially the old 9 logo), when they showed ALL the Cubs games.

Old school Bozo, before it became a Saturday morning educraptional show.

Good logo. Bring it back (and a full slate of Cubs games).

The green and white CTA buses are kinda cool, too. Red/white/blue gets boring. The accompanying logo is neat, too:

I think that's still on the side of one of the Wabash L stations.

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Tuman's
Famous Pizza Lounge
Ten56
Lava Lounge
Betty's Blue Star

Park West Playlot AKA Nickel Beer Nights
The BIG NASTY....The greatest Bar EVER!!!!!!!!! (Jello shots, Silly string, sex, sluts, all you can drink, get a wrist band, come back Sunday for free BarBQ)
Weigel Weiners
DeJaVu Turtle Races
The Real "Monks!"
Smokey Links
Downtown OTB
Top Shelf Gentlemens Club
Handy Andy (I borrowed plenty of stuff from there)


PS

Biasetti's sucked
and Devil Dogs, now on Sheffield, same products.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Kiddie Kingdom and Kiddie land

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Come on, now! That old brother that played the piano was great. Biasetti's beats the hell out of the Piggery.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Fahey flynn
The Bert weinman ads

Italian U-boat sub sandwich shops. They had really good sandwiches.

Also....The Bozo show. The waiting list for tickets was unreal. Got to go once as a child (6) and once as an adult with my kids.

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Go Cubs!!!!

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Thats funny....I did as well and to this day, the bride is pissed at the guys that brought little TV's (battery operated Watchman) to their tables to follow along with the game. I had a radio hidden in my tux pocket with an earplug keeping me informed. But the crowds gathered around those tables with the TV's and the reception was definitely affected. Sore subject to bring up in their home.

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Go Cubs!!!!

wow, classy reception.

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It was a very classy reception at the North Shore Country Club. There were no TV's set up in the room the reception was held in. They were brought in by guests that took it upon themselves to bring small hand-held TV's to the reception. Today, people would probably bring their laptops. In no way was the move (bringing TV's) classy, but the desire to monitor the game was too strong for those fans to refrain. I resisted that same urge, knowing it would seem tacky. However, I do recall walking over to one of the tables with a TV and watching it for a little while.

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Go Cubs!!!!

The only types that should have a radio in their pocket with ear pieces are FBI or CIA types.....

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Yup. All good stuff.

I also miss Channel 44. Used to watch Spectreman like crazy...

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This is my signature...

We used to go there all the time.

There were always some "prime opportunities".

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Yes! I loved that Texas wrestling, too. I believe the league in question was WCCW: World Class Championship Wrestling. The great thing about those shows was that the weekly six-man tag team matches would regularly erupt into fifteen-man riots pitting the Von Erichs and their allies (like "Gentleman" Chris Adams) against various nemeses, from the Freebirds (loved them) to Gino "I am YOUR Champion" Hernandez (awesome!) and his buddies, and the stable of exotic characters--Kamala, Bruiser Brody, possibly Abdullah the Butcher--managed by Skandor Akbar.

Most of those guys are dead now.

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That was a awesome trip down memory lane Midge, thanks.

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Don't forget three generations of Von Erichs in the ring when Fritz would come out of nowhere and take his belt off to whip someone and the oldest son from the third generation started wrestling.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Once upon a time, a ticket to "The Bozo Show" was arguably the toughest ticket in all of Chicago. HONEST! When that show was in production, I remember hearing that fans had to wait as long as 9 years for tickets to see Bozo, Cooky, Wizzo and the whole gang back then at WGN Studios. In fact, SHARK once not only attended a taping as a kid, but participated in an audience participation game. It involved sitting on balloons...

Well, it was no late, lamented Bud Light-fueled chlamydia factory like The Big Nasty, but I think it deserves a place in this thread.

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I opened a bar called The Chlamydia Factory right next to the Spaghetti Warehouse.

Never caught on.

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You know me like that.

What'd you win? I won a Little Mermaid game and some Matt's cookies.

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Fahey Flynn...He & Joel Daly used to anchor ABC7 News when ABC7 was known for 2 things. First, all the anchors sported the "Circle 7" pins. Second, ABC7 was known as "Eyewitness News" back in the day. Fahey was also one of the few anchors that also sported a bow tie before he passed away many, many years ago. Joel has long since retired, but he's still very alive to this day.

As for Bert Weinman Ford, I remember the late Lynn Burton (for certain) used to voice & appear in their commercials. The dealership, which used to be at 3535 N. Ashland Ave., used to sponsor reruns of "The Cisco Kid" & "The Lone Ranger" back in the day on WGN Channel 9, long before they became part of the CW Network.

SHARK, did whizzo or cookie touch you in a story that must be told kind of way? I always suspected those clowns of lewd behavior, but I never could prove it. I bet the archway cookies were laced with an early version of the date rape drug.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Me too.

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I miss when Joel Daly used to introduce Mr. Food like a hopped up femboy. Miiiiiiiiiiiiiister Fooooooooooooooooooooooood!