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St Patrick Day Parade 1989
Friends and family attend the 1989 Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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CHICAGO BEARS. Last Mike Ditka Show 1993
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The final Mike Ditka Show, soon after his firing by Chicago Bears President Mike McCaskey. Broadcast on Chicago local television station CBS, Sunday morning, January 10, 1993. Hosted by former Chicago Bears star halfback Johnny Morris.
CHICAGO BEARS. Mike Ditka Show 1989
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The Mike Ditka Show, as broadcast on Chicago local CBS. Sunday morning, November 26, 1989. Hosted by former Chicago Bears star halfback, Johnny Morris. This week's special guest is Bears' wide receiver Wendell Davis.
CHICAGO BEARS. Mike Ditka Show 1988
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The Mike Ditka Show, as broadcast on Chicago local CBS. Sunday morning, September 25, 1988. Hosted by former Chicago Bears star halfback, Johnny Morris. This week's special guest is Bears' linebacker, Ron Rivera.
Working as a Movie Extra 1982
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Several brief appearances as a movie "atmosphere player" for two television shows filmed in Chicago in the early 1980's.
Hadley Junior High School Goes to the Movies 2004
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Students from Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois perform scenes from popular Hollywood movies. Recorded in 2004.
Den and Marge's Family Cookout
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The extended family gathers for a Fourth of July celebration at Den and Marge's home in Tinley Park.
St Ethelreda Class of 1964, Looking Back
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Their 60th Reunion brings the St. Ethelreda Class of 1964 together to enjoy catching up on life events and sharing memories of grammar school.
Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recital. 2008
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Elementary School third-grade music students demonstrate proficiency in fundamental recorder-playing skills by performing for their parents.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2008.
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Elementary school third-graders share their book reports.
Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recital. 2007.
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Elementary School third-grade music students demonstrate proficiency in fundamental recorder-playing skills by performing for their parents.
Roy DeShane School. Room 107 All-Star Show. 2007
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A group of elementary school third-graders improvise a "last day of school" classroom talent show.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2007.
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Elementary school third-graders share their book reports.
Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recital. 2006
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Elementary School third-grade music students demonstrate proficiency in fundamental recorder-playing skills by performing for their parents.
Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recitals. 2005.
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Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recitals. 2005.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2005.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2005.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2002
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2002
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2000.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2000.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 1999.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 1999.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 1998.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 1998.
Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recital. 2003.
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Roy DeShane School. Recorder Recital. 2003.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2004.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2004.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2003.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2003.
Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2001.
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Roy DeShane School. Book Reports. 2001.
Roy DeShane School. Christmas Sing-Along. 2015.
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Roy DeShane School. Christmas Sing-Along. 2015.
Roy DeShane School. Holiday Season in Fourth Grade 2008
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Roy DeShane School. Holiday Season in Fourth Grade 2008
Roy DeShane School. A Visiting WWII Veteran. 2008.
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Roy DeShane School. A Visiting WWII Veteran. 2008.
I first went there in there in 1978. Great memories
14:14 what revenge would the Packers be seeking?
I was 2 weeks old my first visit to this park 1979!! Went at least twice a summer until 1997 great memories
Talk about timing. As this video was being published, I was digitizing my own VHS copy of this same episode. Unfortunately my copy is full of interference and other video noise from poor reception (WBBM-TV always had poor signal in my neighborhood).
I know what you mean. Many of my VHS tapes are like that, due to poor television reception. Another misfortune is that my VHS tapes used to record family events have deteriorated over years.
Channel 2 always had the worst reception anywhere it seemed
17:18 is what you’re looking for, ladies
You bet! This shot will be going viral at every Catholic Girls' School in the country!
The cast of the 50's Superman made so many of us happy and still brings a smile to our faces. Thanks for the memories.
Glad you enjoyed the video. It was certainly a special day.
I recall seeing Great America on an episode of "Captain Kangaroo," where the Mardi Gras parade was led by a drum corps with flags flanking the horns.
I remember going there in June 1976, we drove down from our High School in Beloit, Wisconsin. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the double-decker Merry Go 'Round....didn't it have beige carpeting on the floor? Because I remember I thought that was like turning a ride into your living room, by carpeting it. : )
I was born in 1977--great vintage footage here. I live in Pennsylvania, but I've been here several times.
Glad you liked the video. 'Hope it brought back memories of your visits.
What was the name of the ride where everyone files into an enclosed circle with back up against the wall, it starts spinning and the floor drops out? Went to GA quite a bit in the 80s. Doubt that ride is still there.
The ride was called the "Cajun Cliffhanger," and was similar to Riverview Park's "Rotor." Guests entered a cylindrical-shaped room and stood with their backs against the wall. The room would start spinning and the centrifugal force would keep everyone (including their internal organs) pressed against the wall while the floor slowly lowered. The Cajon Cliffhanger was closed in 2000 after some children suffered foot injuries (toes caught) when the floor rose back up.
@@RoyalBard Ah, yes, that's it. Rode that quite a bit back then. Even as a kid back in the 80s, I was amazed that such a ride existed given how uncoordinated and irresponsible some people are. You really had to keep still from the moment it started spinning. Occasionally, I would see people move their head or a limb forward off the wall when the floor dropped-perhaps to test the effectiveness of the forces. I never did; I was always rock still until the floor rose back to my feet. Ride was a lawsuit waiting to happen.
my family used live in algonquin il we went to great america in july 03, 1976
We were staying in nearby Chicago, having traveled from Cincinnati. While in Chicago on vacation our parents took us 5 kids to Great America Amusement Park. Mom and I rode the train which broke down and had to back up all the way to its starting point. Later on, a park employee came up to me and asked my opinions about the park. I told her that my family was visiting Chicago having traveled from Ohio and that the train had broken down while Mom and I were riding it. That's all I really remember about the park. We were there in August, 1976. From the video, the park looked like a really nice, fun place.
Glad you made it to the park. 'Hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the up! Got my first kiss on this in 8th grade: czcams.com/video/Rc5I1F-tpjo/video.html She was so cute..what a perfect day.
Glad the video brought back some happy memories!
I was 9 that summer. The park was so beautiful back then…
I was 6, and this is a lot of what I remember of that era. Priceless.
Glad you liked it, Chris.
That was back when you can go there and feel safe and not get shot and stabbed by a group of thugs like today.
When was the second level added to the Carousel?
It has always been two levels. I don't know if there still are, but there were two carousels. One double decker, and one single decker.
The Columbia Carousel still graces the entrance plaza, officially Carousel Plaza. At time it was the second tallest carousel in the world, along with its sister in Santa Clara, this one is a few feet taller. The other carousel was the Ameri-go-round in Great Midwest Livestock Exposition and County Fair. This was an antique carousel rescued from somewhere and don’t recall its history or where it went. Santa Clara also had one too, as both parks were virtually twins until 1981. Revolution a Huss Swinger replaced that carousel.
@@jbponzi1 The carousel is in storage at the park. I remember riding that one as a kid too.
@@gotchagee3315 nice to know.
14 y/o...ahhhhh, what a time to be a kid...
I was 9 when this was filmed. I remember before we moved to the North Shore Deerfield, I was in Mt. Prospect and saw in the newspaper in 1975-76 they were building this huge world class amusement park to rival Disneyland. So when it opened my family and I were going in the late 70s- to the mid 80s. Loved the tri Ferris wheel. Was worried that the two chains holding all us in that car would hold up though. That coaster doing the loops was called "The Turn of the Century" and was the predecessor to the American Eagle which is currently still there. When this place opened in 1977 America was doing a 'turn of the century' nostalgia kick of the 1890s (as well as the 1950s ie 'Happy Days'), thus the coaster name, the straw hats on employees, etc. I remember 'Orleans Orbit' 1:44 in the video....some kid puked on it and everyone caught it in the face as the thing was going. I also remember those old racer cars with the number on it. The wheel was big with a cushion on it, and the car was forced to stay on the track by the middle concreate guider. The park enjoyed a good crowd with a lot of people coming from Europe to enjoy. I loved the boat/logger ride where you would get splashed coming down the hill. Great for warm days, but I remember standing in line for it for almost two hours!! When the American Eagle opened in the early 80s there seriously was a 2 hour wait. The line would come all the way out of the tent down the "street" in front of the coaster. Once you got in the tent, the lines went back and forth back and forth inside of the tent for quite a while. Then up the stairs eventually to the loading area. Now? The long winding lines are closed off. You can just run through the tent and basically get to the stairs almost immediately. Maybe a 15 minute wait. I do remember when Great America started to get a bit rough with some rougher crowds. They in 1985 had decided to drop prices to get more people in the park. That started to cause problems. There were fights, groups of teens walking around with no shirts on, people jumping lines while waiting for rides, and because of this attendance from families started to drop off. Teens would start walking in the middle of the street side by side and not move for people. So Great America stopped offering free admission or 10 off with a coke can (remember that?) and raised their prices. They also put in "line jumper' lifeguard style chairs in the lines of heavy lined rides. In order for enforcement to occur, they hired a lot of guards that were enabled to take you out and kick you out of the park. They then started enforcing a dress code. You have to wear a shirt. Couldnt be causing fights or you were ejected from the park. Once all this was enacted and the prices were raised up again, Great America had to look at their property line along Interstate 294. People were stopping on the shoulder of 294, people were running out of their cars, and jumping the fence and entering the back side of the park illegally. They fixed the fence and put up cameras all over the place to stop that as well. I need to go there again this Summer and check it out, however I am 56 now. Love the feeling of that first drop on the Eagle, BUT after the first few drops there is that big corkscrew few turns of circles where you are looking at your right at 294: I can swear that it is getting rougher and rougher going around in those two loops almost like the car wants to leave the track with your head bumping back and forth against the side headrests. I wish I can go back and do it all over again. With my back being good so I can ride those coasters.
The true Lois lane
I was twelve, this is how I remember the park. Good stuff.
Glad you liked it.
me too
Great Video, the Demon was Originally called the Turn of the Century, before it was renamed in 1980, where 2 loops were added.
Glad you liked it, Thomas. I only rode it as the Turn of the Century, and never knew about the renaming. Thanks!
I had no idea that they had a statue of her there. That’s great! She deserves it. Rest in peace Noel Neill and thank you.
AND GROSS PERPETRATOR WENDY SHULTZ BILLY BILLARD DORFIN DARILIC MAKES THAT PORN CHOMP NOISE AS OUR ONLY MEDIA AROUND TILTNMOVE APRAYIO CHICAGO BULLS MOIRJ DINKS
MEN BLEEDING FROM THE MAGGOT PUKE ON HIS KOTEX SNATCH DAY
The Triple wheel!!
I wish there was a way we could get that ride back.
I was the pest control operator of the Alamo village and their home for several years The owners are a good friend of mine and her son still Liz he is now in Judge Kinney County.
Bugs Bunny hasn't changed a bit in all these years. How does he do it?
"You can't kill a toon!"
I was 10 also, I Remember the parade going through the park.
My father in law was head of maintenance there from when it opened until it was sold to Six flags. They layed off the original employees. He said it was the best job he had ever had
Now it’s hardly any families. Just obnoxious teens and trash from across the Wisconsin border.
I believe it was called Marriot’s Great America, no??
Correct.
The log and boat rides terrified me as a kid but my Dad and sisters insisted on dragging me on it. Water and heights, no seatbelts, and if you were a kid you'd either get squashed in the middle on the drop or feel like you were about to fly out. It was never the same place when it became six flags.
Heard they wanted to build in Wisconsin but state wouldn't let them for safety reasons
Look at all those classic flat rides. They need to bring that parade back.
Great nostalgia! I was 3 in 1977. It’s great seeing people without cell phones.
I was in 8th grade in 1977, but we didn't really hit GA until the early 80s, around the time when arcades were popular. They use to have a monster of an arcade back then. Every arcade and pinball machine you could imagine.
Thank you for posting this gem
Holy crap, I remember when it was like this. Bugs and Daffy. Fort Fun was the bomb as a kid..... THERE RIDES ARE GREAT, THE SHOWS ARE GREAT, THE FUUUUN IS GREAT.....AT MARRIOTTS GREEEEAT AMERICA....THAT JINGLE IS STILL STUCK IN MY HEAD!!@
I was 10 when this was filmed. I lived 10 miles from the park. We were there every summer. Great times.
Thank you Lord for our fancies❤
I'm in tears😂
I know what you mean. NN isn't just any actress, she's an iconic figure to all us boomers who watched Superman on TV. She's a link to a past we romanticize and sometimes wish we could hop in a time capsule and revisit, not as adults but the children we once were, filled with a sense of awe and wonder.
There were so many stars that made America the Beautiful larger than life But Jesus Christ is the World's Real to Life SuperStar I believe the Good Lord is proud of us all❤😊
The world is made up of many beliefs, faiths, and religions. That's what makes life interesting. Superman is entertainment. For many, he serves as inspiration to be the best we can be.
What would Superman ever dun without Lois Lane❤
Ah yes, the Great America of past times. Showing the "Turn of the Century" before it became the Demon!!!
This is GREAT. Before my time, but awesome to see the park in its infancy and how gorgeous and charming it was. I hope it can get back there someday.
Glad you liked the video, Scott.
The Lobster! 1982 i believe they removed the sky line ride going from one side of the park to the other.
Back when life was so simple, my childhood was dope
Great Video,thank you for the sharing !
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Great Video,thank you for the sharing !
Thanks for watching!
I like the guy who is dressed as Superman in this video he looks just like Christopher Reeve
The event's Superman is perfectly portrayed by Josh Boultinghouse. He's been doing it for years.