When Irv Weinstein, Rick Azar, and Tom Jolls teamed up in 1965, its probably fair to say that more people would have been watching Channel 4's test pattern than the news on Channel 7. But by the time Rick Azar retired in 1989, the three had attained a status of not only the longest running anchor team in history, but also an iconic status probably unparalleled for any other triumvirate in Televison news history.

For me personally, Irv, Rick, and Tom have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. My dad and I watched the news together every day. My Mom tells me that "IRV TINE-TINE" was among my first words, and I would run around the house singing my own version of the Eyewitness News Theme (ba-ba-BA, BA-BA, Badabadaba, ba-ba-ba-BA-BA, BADABADABA!). Commander Tom and his pals Davey and Goliath kept me quiet and entertained, and left me having a great desire to have a red jacket with yellow epaulettes. And then there was the time my Grandmother nearly passed out when we all met Rick Azar AND Mike Randall at the Broadway Market one Easter... "He's so handsome, He's so handsome," Grandma repeated over and over.

I hope you enjoy some Irv, Rick and Tom memories with the sound files and pictures below... I'd love you to e-mail me some of your Irv, Rick and Tom memories so that they can be shared here.