![[Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #3]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/once-a-star-raw-jim-rivera-3-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage of an interview with Chicago White Sox player Jim Rivera, who played with the team throughout the 1950s. Rivera talks about his troubled upbringing, his run-ins with the law, his journey into the Major Leagues, and what his current life is like in Angola, IN. Shot for the 1986 TV special “Once A Star.”
![[Once a Star raw: Minnesota Fats #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653861528_640-228x160.jpg)
An interview with revered pool hustler, Rudolf “Minnesota Fats” Wanderone. With tales from his life, Fats recalls his illustrious career as a pool player and card shark, describing the places he’s visited around the world, how he earned the “Minnesota Fats” moniker, and a time when he was able to draw over 300,000 people to watch him play pool. It was shot for the documentary Once a Star.
![[Once a Star raw: Phoenix, Arizona #7]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/657807647_640-228x160.jpg)
This tape features footage of the ’69 Chicago Cubs and New York Mets teams at “Dream Game ’86.” Players tape introductions for the television series “Once a Star.”
![[Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #13 Dallas]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/657873862_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star” in Dallas during the 1986 NBA All-Star Weekend. This tape is a continuation of an interview with television executive Bob Wussler (1936-2010).
![[Once a Star raw: Jim Rivera #4]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653847116_640-228x160.jpg)
00:00 This video features b-roll footage of Jungle Jim’s Saloon, owned by Jim Rivera, former outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, in Angola, Indiana. 00:54 The video starts with close-ups of various pictures from Rivera’s playing days, with chatter in the background. B-roll footage of the saloon and the lake outside it follows. 09:28 End of tape.
An interview with former Chicago Blackhawks left winger Dennis Hull. Hull discusses his current career as the athletic director at IIT, his years playing on the Blackhawks, and what it was like to play in what some would describe as “the shadow of his brother”, Bobby Hull.
![[Once a Star raw: Phoenix, Arizona #8]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/657826251_640-228x160.jpg)
This tape features footage of the ’69 Chicago Cubs and New York Mets teams at “Dream Game ’86,” shot for the television series “Once A Star.” This tape covers the beginning of the game, with audio from the dugout, and a hit by Ernie Banks (1931-).
![[Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #14 Dallas]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/657835696_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star” from the NBA Legends basketball game during the 1986 All-Star Weekend. Pete Maravich (1947-1988), former basketball player, is interviewed.