Fantastic City. Been to Chicago twice. Detroit twice too. I also have been to New York City and Los Angeles. Both three times. Chicago and Detroit are much better and have much more than what they are negatively stereotyped from the media to be.
Long was a popular TV personality in Chicago in the 70's...she became the spokesperson for a furniture store there, and continued doing their commercials even after CHEERS became a hit.
Shelley Long was TV personality in Chicago in the 1970s, Then, She played Diane Chambers in Cheers in the 1980s, and she appeared in many films like The Money Pit, The Brady Bunch movie, and The very Brady Sequel.
Her most notable role was Ron Howard's first film Night Shift with Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler. Also, she earned her acting, comedy chops at Chicago's famed Second City, along with Cheer's costar George Wendt.
Outstanding. It’s somewhat rare to see 70s footage of Chicago since New York gets more attention. Amazing how a lot of the city looks basically the same.
Cool video -- a bit before my time, but a lot of these sights were still there when I would "head downtown" from the Chicago suburbs in the 1970s and 1980s. And even without her voice, you get a feel for Shelley Long's sense of humor that she would bring to future acting roles. And her beauty certainly didn't hurt United's promo film any!
Thanks. That was much more entertaining than I thought it might be. I was expecting a dull travelogue, but fortunately this has more of the leftover psychedelic feel of the era, which leads to some good moments. I especially enjoyed them running around the museum. You can already see here what a natural comedian Shelley was.
Interesting and beautiful footage, especially of Shelley! This pre-dates her earliest TV or film credits by 5 years. Her bio says she quit college to pursue modeling, so I assume she was picked for this on the basis of her modeling work. She would've been about 20 years old here. The film gets very Austin Powers-y near the end. 😂
@@martyrobinson6379 Thanks for supporting my claim with statistics. Listen, I assume you're old and just looking through rose-colored glasses, but Chicago's murder rate hovered around or above 1,000 deaths a year in the 1970s. So this was paradise? Was this safe?
@@adamcarston7278 You’re right. I am old. And 1970 was a poor example. I should have gone back further in my years to 1960, when the murder/homicide rate was 10.3 per 100,000, or 1950 when it was 7.9, or 1940 when it was 7.1, as compared to 28 per 100,000 in 2020.
CREDITS AT END: A presentation of United Airlines MCMLXX Produced by Sarra, Inc. Chicago, Illinois Couple Shelley Long Spencer Milligan Screen play Michael Birch Directors BIll Newton Jack Conrad Marvin Balley Buddy Gaines Assistant Director Dodie Fawley Music Sonart Productions inc. Hans Wurman Chuck Lishon Executive Producer John P. Grember With the cooperation of The Mayor's Office, City of Chicago Chicago Park District The Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Field Museum of Natural History “Jazz at Noon" Businessmen's Group David LeWinter Orchestra-Pump Room The Man at Base The Chicago Picasso
Most likely yes! I only know her from The Music Man, but I've been to the Pump Room at the Ambassador East on State Parkway, (across from the original Playboy Manse) and know it's lore. Every celeb was there. Fun fact. Phil Collins album "No Jacket Required" was a snub to the Pump Room who refused to seat him because of their strict dress code.
While visiting Chicago with my family in 1970, I passed out from lousy air quality at the Adler Planetarium. Never got to see the show. I was fourteen that year. Gee, looking at this footage, I think Chicago should have stopped building skyscrapers with those of the pre WWII era. They're much more interesting than the needlessly tall, glass boxes that followed. It's difficult to see the older ones.
