{"id":2156,"date":"2014-01-26T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T03:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2014-01-27T07:55:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T13:55:36","slug":"video-salutes-the-legendary-lujack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/01\/26\/video-salutes-the-legendary-lujack\/","title":{"rendered":"Video salutes the legendary Lujack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BrMz93hdZ_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For someone who spent his entire career behind a microphone, \u201cSuperjock\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/12\/19\/a-radio-superstar-who-cared-about-people\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Lujack<\/a> left a remarkable legacy of work in front of the camera, too.<\/p>\n<p>From his television commercials to his movie theater trailers and from his talk show interviews to his Hall of Fame acceptance speeches, Ol\u2019 Uncle Lar invariably proved as charming and delightful on screen as he did on radio.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2157\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/01\/26\/video-salutes-the-legendary-lujack\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2157\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2157\" alt=\"Art Vuolo Jr.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Art-Vuolo.png\" width=\"281\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Art-Vuolo.png 281w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Art-Vuolo-207x300.png 207w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Art-Vuolo-150x217.png 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Art-Vuolo-200x289.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Art Vuolo Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No one amassed a more extensive visual record of Lujack\u2019s career in Chicago than <a href=\"http:\/\/vuolovideo.com\/profile.html\" target=\"_blank\">Art Vuolo Jr., <\/a>the Detroit videographer and broadcast historian known as \u201cRadio\u2019s Best Friend.\u201d In tribute to Lujack, who died Dec. 18 at age 73, Vuolo has produced a 73-minute video tribute, \u201cMemories of Larry Lujack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linked above is a 13-minute collection of highlights from the DVD. The complete production is available for $20 (plus $3 shipping) from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vuolovideo.com\" target=\"_blank\">vuolovideo.com.<\/a>\u00a0Five dollars from each sale will be donated to two charities designated by Lujack\u2019s widow, Jude \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savethechildren.org\/site\/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E\/b.6115947\/k.8D6E\/Official_Site.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Save the Children<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smiletrain.org\" target=\"_blank\">Smile Train.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vuolo\u2019s video captures Lujack\u2019s Chicago career from the late \u201960s and early '70s (when he crossed back and forth between former Top 40 rivals WCFL and WLS) through his \u201980s heyday at WLS and his reunion with Tommy Edwards at the former WRLL in 2003. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 1976 appearance on the WLS-Channel 7 late-night talk show \u201cGraffiti\u201d during Lujack\u2019s \u201cbeautiful music\u201d purgatory following a format change at WCFL. While\u00a0a bearded Lujack matches wits with host John Coleman, the show also features Bob Sirott and Fred Winston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A 1981 profile of Lujack on the WFLD-Channel 32 magazine show \u201cP.M. Magazine,\u201d with Mike Leiderman chronicling a day in the life of Chicago\u2019s \"Superjock.\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vuolo\u2019s own video of the WLS 25th reunion in 1985 (including Lujack in studio with Tommy Edwards, Charlie Van Dyke and J.J. Jeffrey), and the station\u2019s 2008 reunion with Lujack and Edwards performing an entire \u201cAnimal Stories\u201d bit on the air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Edwards\u2019 introduction and Lujack\u2019s acceptance of his Radio Hall of Fame induction in 2004, and Lujack\u2019s acceptance of his National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame induction in 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s a lovingly produced tribute to one of America\u2019s all-time greatest broadcasters and a bittersweet testament to the last golden era of personality radio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For someone who spent his entire career behind a microphone, \u201cSuperjock\u201d Larry Lujack left a remarkable legacy of work in front of the camera, too. From his television commercials to his movie theater trailers and from his talk show interviews to his Hall of Fame acceptance speeches, Ol\u2019 Uncle Lar invariably proved as charming and... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/01\/26\/video-salutes-the-legendary-lujack\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}