The O'Hare Guy Revisited

You may remember my prior post about the "O'Hare guy," who recorded those announcements played over the PA at the airport. You know, with the unmistakably thick Chicago accent. I have no idea who this guy is, but...well...he RULES!

Since we last paeaned the O'Hare Guy, he had three known recorded announcements. Since then, he has had at least one new one, but his "It is illegal for transportation companies to solicit rides..." warning was taken over by a woman's voice; you're lucky this blog exists so we can keep the O'Hare Guy's original announcement immortal.

His new announcement (well, sorta new -- I heard it several months ago but didn't manage to record it until now) warns customers of limitations the TSA is enforcing about what you can bring aboard the plane. Sorry about the noise -- they put up a !@#$ing Starbucks (as if we needed more of those damn places) right by the gate where I was waiting for my flight, and someone decided to turn on the espresso machine during the announcement.

Here's the (latest) complete O'Hare Guy Collection:

• "For those customers connecting to a flight on the C concourse in Terminal 1..."
  
• "In order to expedite the security checkpoint process..."
• "It is illegal for transportation companies to solicit rides at the airport..."
• "The TSA has limited..."

Happy holidays, O'Hare Guy...whoever and wherever you are!

A Chicago retro TV site you NEED to visit

Do you know where you could go at York and Roosevelt Roads to "always save more money"?

Remember Harry Schmerler, your singing Ford dealer? (Or do you have a wife who's not a native of the Chicago area and doesn't believe that such a person ever existed?)

Do you miss Snoopy as the "Zinger Zapper" in the Dolly Madison commercials aired during Peanuts specials?

Then you NEED to go to this site:

www.fuzzymemories.tv

It's an great online museum of local Chicago TV from 1990 and before.

It's yet another reason I wish I could convince my wife to let me put a computer in the bathroom. (Sadly, none of the commercials with Snoopy.)