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

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

"I'm not foolin' around," LOLLLL

Lane Tech '77 Bozo's Circus (30 Subscribers Special)

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

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

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

A young Greg Gumbel. He still sounds the same. Also the old NBC Sports NFL theme.

6:15 Mister Touchdown U.S.A.

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.

30th Comment

From Looney Tunes to Hanna-Barbera

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

What a mess

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.

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.

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.

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.

Greg Gumble is the GOAT. Never even introduced himself

@26.35 - hardcore Chicago accent "car wershes"

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

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

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

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.

You guys were good John, I played back in 84 for Hoffman Estates , we went 8 and 0 but we were the B team. I have great memories from my playing days so I know you must have some real fond memories too especially since you guys were the best, I was wondering if your team went down state to compete because I am sure you guys were good enough to be state champs.

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.

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.

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

Would you happen to have the '78 State Championship that SR won?

Funny how there is almost no mention of Lane Tech's All-State player Marshall Cheatham.

Sounds like Greg Gumbel. Yeah probably him. He used to call the Prep Bowls.

GOD HUGO PRETZEL AND GUAPERA WERE COMPLETE FUCKING DOUCHEBAGS.

Thank you for putting this out there.