Adventures in Advertising

Oprah!
Oprah!

When Oprah bought the Fred Niles studios and transformed them into Harpo Studios, it created a lot of employment for Chicago. The first time I ...

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A Miraculous Flight
A Miraculous Flight

One of the perks of my career was travel. I won jobs that allowed me to travel to many different cites in the United States ...

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Cubs Win World Series!
Cubs Win World Series!

Last year, I acted in a commercial for a video game in which the Cubs win the World Series. We shot outside two nights last ...

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A Cup Of Joe . . . DiMaggio
A Cup Of Joe . . .  DiMaggio

Nothing goes together better than baseball and a steaming cup of coffee. Personally I never saw a coffee vendor at a baseball game. Baseball goes ...

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How Do You Make a German Laugh?
How Do You Make a German Laugh?

One of the most interesting apprentices we had at Cerny/American was an actor who had an interest in becoming a clown. His name was Joel ...

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Repeat w/Madeline
Repeat w/Madeline

One of my favorite theatre roles was playing the title character in repeat w/Madeline. The play was written by Jim McDermott, a Chicago playwright and ...

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Magenta
Magenta

Near the end of last year, an old friend stopped by the studio. He was more than a friend to me over the years. He ...

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Not Not is Something
Not Not is Something

When is a double negative a positive? When it sells billions of dollars of products. A double negative is at the core of one of ...

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