Doing weekend yard work with dad, watching him drink some Old Styles and hearing Jack Brickhouse announcing the Cubs game, are some of the most precious moments I shared with pops while living at Belmont and Austin
Hey Hey Jack. Thanks for being the great voice on my childhood. When Ernie hit 500 I saw in on the black and white TV in our home in Schiller Park and your announced like the old friend we felt like you were. My brother Bruce and I finally watch the dream come true when they won the pennant. He was able to recite at the end the 67 line up just like you would announce at the beginning of the games. I was blessed to be able to stay with him as he slipped away from cancer and we watched the series. By the 5th game he slept most of the time. He died just a few days after they won the series. Some of our greatest times were at Wrigley with our grandfather watch the only team that mattered to us. You were certainly a huge part of that. Thank you---
...the only reason I watched the Cubs back in the late 60's & 70's was to listen to Brickhouse's moderate loyalty. A true legend, and sorely missed voice of the Bears.
Jack Brickhouse and Lloyd Petit were the best and most electric announcers. Can you imagine Lloyd Petit describe and calling the games of the modern day Blackhawks in their Stanley Cup winning playoffs,And Jack going nuts with all the jokers, youth and fun of the 2015 Cubs!
We summered right on the Big Lake in Grand Haven, MI & if the weather was just right (sunny & very calm) we could get channel 9 and the Cubs on our TV right after Bozo the Clown. But by the 7th inning or so atmospheric conditions would usually change and no matter how we manipulated the big outdoor TV antennae, sadly the game would fade away.
Pat Brickhouse was wonderful to me. She conspired with my grandmother when I was 10 years old to, a) Meet with her husband, Jack Brickhouse at Wrigley in one of those rooms nobody but VIP's are allowed in; b) Sit in the Cubs dugout and chat with Ernie Banks for half an hour before the game. No cameras! These people were just THAT thoughtful; and, c) I got to watch the game that day from the press box where I met Lou Boudreau, Vince Lloyd, Kenny Holtzman (home from the National Guard) and eat as many hot dogs and Ron Santo pizzas as I could before exploding. One of the best couple days of my life. Icing on the cake, the Cubs slaughtered their opponent that day. I was addicted to the Cubs after that.
You spent a day with real Cub royalty! How could that not be one of the best days of your, or any North Side loyalist's, life? Pleased the experience was so exciting & meaningful to you. Had I been lucky enough to hit a Lotto like that, it absolutely would have been that way for me too.
I once knew a woman named Mickey who, before marriage, worked for a number of years as an Au Pair (child care) for the Jack Brickhouse family and she could not say enough good about them. Always respectfully referring to the couple as Mr. & Mrs. Brickhouse, she insisted they were just wonderful, kind, loving people who treated her beautifully during her time with them.
As a kid I heard Jack first along with the early 1970's Cubs teams. Great memories. Then growing up it was Haray. Love them both. Glad they're in Cub heaven now.
Jack Brickhouse's voice was the first to be heard on the Telstar telecast in 1962. That was only because President John F. Kennedy was late on his weekly address. Being first means it can never be taken away.
I miss Jack Lloyd petit Vince Lloyd,Lou Boudreau, jim west steve stone who's still announcing for white Sox the late great Ron Santo all the great former cubs they all where & are a part of my youth I miss old Wrigley field but I like the new changes to Wrigley as well thank's for these child hood memories & for posting them.
One thing that's unique about Mr. Brickhouse is that during his first year of broadcasting games on WGN, the Cubs finished last. And during his final year of broadcasting games on WGN, the Cubs finished last. So it could be fitting that Mr. Brickhouse has come full circle.
He will always be my favorite cub announcer of all time.hey hey !!
Will always be my favorite Cubs TV announcer. RIP Jack.
Doing weekend yard work with dad, watching him drink some Old Styles and hearing Jack Brickhouse announcing the Cubs game, are some of the most precious moments I shared with pops while living at Belmont and Austin
Jack Quinlan and Jack Brickhouse were and will always be the voice of the Cubs.
people seem to think he was only a Cubs announcer. He did every home game of the Cubs AND the White Sox. We loved Jack on the Southside
My favorite Cubs announcer was Jack. He lived and died on every Cubs moment of a game.
Sitting on the Fox River fishing with my Dad, listening to Jack on the radio, was 1000% better than any big screen today.
The greatest....
Number one people, and best sports fans! Chicago, in these regards second to no city. Second to NONE!
Willie Smith's home run call (Opening Day 1969) still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Bob Yates. CLASSIC!!!! That must have been a booming fly ball, a couple of extra BACK BACKS and one of the best HEY HEYS ever. :))))
Jack was a national treasure.
Has to be his best call ever. And that's saying something.
I was eight years of a young age
Hey Hey Jack. Thanks for being the great voice on my childhood. When Ernie hit 500 I saw in on the black and white TV in our home in Schiller Park and your announced like the old friend we felt like you were. My brother Bruce and I finally watch the dream come true when they won the pennant. He was able to recite at the end the 67 line up just like you would announce at the beginning of the games. I was blessed to be able to stay with him as he slipped away from cancer and we watched the series. By the 5th game he slept most of the time. He died just a few days after they won the series. Some of our greatest times were at Wrigley with our grandfather watch the only team that mattered to us. You were certainly a huge part of that. Thank you---
The memory of racing home to catch the 7th inning on channel 9 with Jack Brickhouse in the Spring cemented me as a Cubs fan.
Was a Sox fan, but always did the same.
Hey Hey!
...the only reason I watched the Cubs back in the late 60's & 70's was to listen to Brickhouse's moderate loyalty. A true legend, and sorely missed voice of the Bears.
Jack Brickhouse and Lloyd Petit were the best and most electric announcers. Can you imagine Lloyd Petit describe and calling the games of the modern day Blackhawks in their Stanley Cup winning playoffs,And Jack going nuts with all the jokers, youth and fun of the 2015 Cubs!
We summered right on the Big Lake in Grand Haven, MI & if the weather was just right (sunny & very calm) we could get channel 9 and the Cubs on our TV right after Bozo the Clown. But by the 7th inning or so atmospheric conditions would usually change and no matter how we manipulated the big outdoor TV antennae, sadly the game would fade away.
Pat Brickhouse was wonderful to me. She conspired with my grandmother when I was 10 years old to, a) Meet with her husband, Jack Brickhouse at Wrigley in one of those rooms nobody but VIP's are allowed in; b) Sit in the Cubs dugout and chat with Ernie Banks for half an hour before the game. No cameras! These people were just THAT thoughtful; and, c) I got to watch the game that day from the press box where I met Lou Boudreau, Vince Lloyd, Kenny Holtzman (home from the National Guard) and eat as many hot dogs and Ron Santo pizzas as I could before exploding. One of the best couple days of my life. Icing on the cake, the Cubs slaughtered their opponent that day. I was addicted to the Cubs after that.
You spent a day with real Cub royalty! How could that not be one of the best days of your, or any North Side loyalist's, life? Pleased the experience was so exciting & meaningful to you. Had I been lucky enough to hit a Lotto like that, it absolutely would have been that way for me too.
Takes me back 68 years to my first Cub game, thanks Jack !!
I once knew a woman named Mickey who, before marriage, worked for a number of years as an Au Pair (child care) for the Jack Brickhouse family and she could not say enough good about them. Always respectfully referring to the couple as Mr. & Mrs. Brickhouse, she insisted they were just wonderful, kind, loving people who treated her beautifully during her time with them.
As a kid I heard Jack first along with the early 1970's Cubs teams. Great memories. Then growing up it was Haray. Love them both. Glad they're in Cub heaven now.
I was at the 1969 opener with Willie Smith homer
Jack Brickhouse's voice was the first to be heard on the Telstar telecast in 1962. That was only because President
John F. Kennedy was late on his weekly address. Being first means it can never be taken away.
No body observed more bad baseball then Jack! The Cubs did win a World Series for you Jack!!!!!
They did it, Jack!
Zuwie4 Wouldn't you have loved to have heard Jack call this season? HEY HEY!!!!! THE CUBS DID IT... THE CUBS DID IT !!!!!!
I miss Jack Lloyd petit Vince Lloyd,Lou Boudreau, jim west steve stone who's still announcing for white Sox the late great Ron Santo all the great former cubs they all where & are a part of my youth I miss old Wrigley field but I like the new changes to Wrigley as well thank's for these child hood memories & for posting them.
One thing that's unique about Mr. Brickhouse is that during his first year of broadcasting games on WGN, the Cubs finished last. And during his final year of broadcasting games on WGN, the Cubs finished last. So it could be fitting that Mr. Brickhouse has come full circle.
There were lots of Hey Hey's with the 1969 Cubs what a year until September
Ha, ha. Right! The greatest sport fans!
Ernie Banks 500 HEY HEY!
Unfortunately the 1969 Cubs are the most storied 2nd place team in sports history
It's a travesty that Jack's stature isnt at Wrigley field
Right next to Harry's. But if anything, they should really name the press box after Jack.
I agree.
Jack IS Chicago sports. Bears, white sox, cubs, etc. Jack did it.
Instead they put one of an alcoholic deadbeat
Hey hey it happened
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVED HIM! HE WAS PART OF OUR FAMILY!!
Love this tribute. Still crying. Jack was a national treasure and a true class act.
not really
I grew up with Jack Brickhouse, God Bless you the Cubs are going to do it.
Before lights. hey, hey
Love this video, but the blurred margins are distracting. Thanks for posting this!!
Has to be since TH-cam displays in widescreen format but TV in Jack's day was letterbox format. Love this tribute. Still crying.
I'm sorry.. but Boudreau & Brickhouse was the most boring team of Baseball Announcers1
I slept through the game for five years!
anythings better than joe buck or tim mccarver
@@holmeed How true! Especially McCarver!
Grew u with him . Hey Hey !