Adventures in Advertising

How I Became a Director
How I Became a Director

One day I got a call from a film company, and the producer asked me if I wanted to act in an industrial film for ...

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To Do or Not To Do
To Do or Not To Do

Most people think the eternal question an actor asks is “To Be or Not To Be.” As a producer and director, I am far more ...

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The Average American of the 1970s
The Average American of the 1970s

In the early days of computers, there was an attempt to use them as casting directors. Pictures and resumes of many Chicago actors were fed ...

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He's Huge
He's Huge

I’ve always been more of a film director than a commercial director. But one day, an agency called me and asked if I could shoot ...

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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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