Norman Silber was my Father - and I was the very lucky 14 year old kid sitting behind him during his short chat with Ray. This is the first time I've every seen this as we didn't have a VCR back then - thank you for posting it John.

@colonelangus6885

6 жыл бұрын

I attended Lane from 1977 to 1981. Your dad was a great Principal.

@jeopardy60611

5 жыл бұрын

Hello from the Class of '88. I remember your father being principal for my first two years. I recall him getting on the PA and saying "May I have your attention please...announcements for the day." Mrs. Carson took over as principal in my Junior year in 1986.

@armineedavis6036

4 жыл бұрын

I was capt of pom squad in 1975,76,and 1977 Arminee davis

@jeopardy60611

4 жыл бұрын

@@armineedavis6036 I was in the Marching Band playing trombone all four years I attended Lane from 1984-1988. Did you perform in this show?

I was a baseball coach at Gordon Tech at the time. I lived down the block from the school.

I was just thinking about this episode and came back to it this morning. I attended Lane Tech from 1984-1988, and it fascinates me so much that Ray Rayner featured the school. I was in the Marching Band, and it's so cool to see all the familiar squads, as the Band would often perform with the Majorettes and Boosters at football games and in parades.

The WGN studio was, and still is, located at 2501 Bradley Place. It is right across the street from Lane Tech, so it was convenient for everyone to appear, as they could go directly to school when they were done. It looks like the kids were there after 8:00 when first period started, as Ray gives the time periodically, so they probably got permits to be excused from first period that day. I was in Marching Band, and we used to have to keep getting permits to get excused from class for performances we had to attend.

1977 was the year I graduated from Lane..........this is pretty cool, have not seen some of these faces for 40 years

15:00 This fascinates me that music guy performed the Lane Tech fight song "Go Lane Go" for the squads to dance to. I played trombone in the Marching Band when I attended Lane and that was something we performed.

@armineedavis6036

4 жыл бұрын

I played clarinet n the marching band, track and basketball 40yrs ago

@jeopardy60611

4 жыл бұрын

@@armineedavis6036 Who was the bandleader at the time? I attended Lane from 1984-1988 and was in Marching Band all four years, and it was Mr. Mitofsky. However, I don't think he was bandleader for many years before that. Because he was so new, he made the mistake of accepting the Chicago Bears Superbowl parade in 1986 and we got sandwiched in the crowd.

What a blast from the past! Remember that year well. Went to most if not all of the games. Was friends with Gary Kuykendal at 21:21. What a great team. Great bunch of classmates. Thanks.

"I'm not foolin' around," LOLLLL

Sherry Lee Collins was the finest girl in school. She and Angie Bullet were rockin' it back then!

amazing there are so many Asian cheerleaders on Lane Tech Squad.

Hello from Lane Tech Class of '88! Mr. Silber was principal for my first two years at Lane before Mrs. Carson took over. I was in the Marching Band all four years, and I performed at football games with the Majorettes and Boosters on the field. I loved watching Ray Rayner when I was a kid. I'll never forget how he would show the characters on the wall whenever he would put on a cartoon, as he does with a Yogi Bear cartoon in this episode. He used to do the same thing with Buggs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Of course, the date, weather, and sports scores on the chalkboard was so familiar! He used to go on the phone with Harry Volkman every morning to get the weather and write it down.

@Staszu13

6 жыл бұрын

jeopardy60611 Hey were you at the reunion couple weeks ago? I had to miss it, too much for air fare

@jeopardy60611

6 жыл бұрын

No, I'm from the Class of '88, and we are having a reunion next year.

Lane Tech Cheerleaders (9 @ 9 Segments from WGN Morning News Only)

At 15:00 they do the school song, "Go Lane Go," accompanied by Ray Rayner's band! I miss playing that in the Marching Band.

Thank you for putting this out there.

I was twelve and remember watching this episode just like it was yesterday, it was miserable outside... But Ray worked the crowd like a professional that he was having a good time

“Wherever you go, whatever you do, remember the honor of Lane.”. Principal Norman Silber, class of 81

@26.35 - hardcore Chicago accent "car wershes"

@armineedavis6036

4 жыл бұрын

First of all i didnt play trombone or graduated in 1984-1988. if u no me where did u get this info from?

The band area and audience gallery look like the Bozo Show because Ray Rayner was performed in the same studio as the Bozo Show. I know this because I attended a Bozo telecast there in 1976. Donahue aired in the next studio down the hall at 11:00, and the audience filed in to the studio for Bozo at about 11:30 to be ready to start at 12:00.

By the way, I'm pretty sure that is the same studio that the Bozo the Clown show was produced in.

Didn't Don Orlando also play organ for Ray Raymer?

@jeopardy60611

9 ай бұрын

Of Tony Orlando & Don? I didn't know who the organ player was.

6:15 Mister Touchdown U.S.A.

At 17:50 Marshall Cheatham looks like he's 35 years old.

From Looney Tunes to Hanna-Barbera

@jeopardy60611

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, Ray Rayner would show cartoons throughout his show. I used to think it was goofy that he would show one of the characters painted on the wall prior to showing the cartoon with whatever character he would show. He's showing the little Buggs Bunny on the wall. Gee, I wonder what's gonna happen next. He's probably going to show a Buggs Bunny cartoon.

What a mess

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