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b'Jim Vance on Washington football back in the day - \\n"I used to walk to the games, RFK. I can\'t tell you how many times I\'ve walked home and it\'s a one way street going west. People would stop their cars at 11th and C and get out. And the people would come out of their houses. . . everybody was having a party in the streets of DC because we beat Dallas. We beat the Cardinals."\\n\\nJim Vance - Legendary News Anchor News4 Washington DC\\n\\nA Ockershausen: \\tWelcome back to Our Town. This is Part Two with Jim Vance. This is Andy Ockershausen.\\nJim, the thing that we always see in my mind, was Channel Four was Vance, the sports shows, what you would do with George ... It was just incredible. Your chemistry with Michael was unbelievable. And he was not an easy person to get along ... Another Philadelphia guy. \\nGeorge Michael\\nJim Vance:\\tGeorge could be a major pain in the butt. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tThat\'s right. Perfectionist.\\nJim Vance:\\tBut, part of what people sometimes found so grating about George was what I figured out right away. George is an unrepentant perfectionist. As it regards his element of concern, his sports broadcast, his show, he demanded nothing but perfection. There\'s so many things I admired about George not the least of them, one of the people I met last Saturday at the Golden Circle Award thing was one of George interns from back 25 years ago who remembered so well how he used to have to wear a tie every day. I admire George for making his interns come to work every day wearing a tie. You were talking earlier about .. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tFelix. \\nJim Vance:\\tabout Felix respecting his audience. It\'s also a matter of respecting the craft. I appreciate ... And nobody respected the craft more than George. Beyond that I never knew a harder working man in my life, Andy, than George Michael. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tHe seemed to be possessed when he was around his own show. Then he did it with the special show. \\nJim Vance:\\tWith the .. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tHe made Sports World. \\nJanice Ockershausen:\\tSports Center? \\nA Ockershausen:\\tSports Machine. \\nJim Vance:\\tSports Machine. Thank you so very much. Before George taught ESPN how to do it. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tAbsolutely he did. \\nJim Vance:\\tI\'ll never forget the day I was going to the station and these construction crews in there like, "what the hell." They had this big crane. The very first satellite was being put up in our parking lot and some people were angry, because it took away at least five parking spaces which were at a premium. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tAbsolutely.\\nJim Vance:\\tThen I think now I can\'t even count the number we have in there now. That was George. His foresight was so sharp and so incredible. Then the number of people he brought in who then went on ... \\nA Ockershausen:\\tA lot of young people he taught the business to. We hear it all the time. \\nJim Vance:\\tTaught the business to. Lindsay to this day, sings the praises of ... \\nA Ockershausen:\\tLindsay Cadillac I call her. \\nJim Vance:\\tThat\'s good enough too. Except I call her Lindsay Rolls Royce. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tShe\'s great. So many people that went through George. The team and Bob Ryan was such a part of your interplay with the staff. \\nThe Chemistry WRC-TV: George, Bob, Arch, Doreen and Jim\\nJim Vance:\\tAnd Arch. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tArch. \\nJim Vance:\\tAnd they all came at about the same time in the early 80s. Bob, George, and Arch. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tAnd Doreen. \\nJim Vance:\\tWell Doreen came later. Doreen is now with us 27 years. \\nA Ockershausen:\\tI know that\'s incredible. \\nJim Vance:\\tWell now let me tell you what\'s even more incredible. This is a testosterone overloaded set with George, Bob, Arch, and me. Here comes Doreen, this drop-dead gorgeous. Big hair ...\\nA Ockershausen:\\tYeah big hairdo. \\nJim Vance:\\tRight. From Philadelphia just late of Tennessee or someplace. Walked in and made it clear on the very first day, "don\'t be punking me out, because I can hang with you guys.'