Tony Luke

CAMPO'S We were there: 6:14 p.m. (pregame). We waited: 12 minutes. We ordered : A cheesesteak. We paid: $9.50. Phindings: When you call yourself "Philadelphia's Cheesesteak," you better deliver the goods, right? Well, the Pretty Good (as opposed to "Great") Phoodini didn't find that to be the case during his most recent Citizens Bank Park noshfest. After some deliberation, the standard cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz was selected from a limited menu that includes "The Heater" ($9.50)

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A FEW years ago, a psychic told Tony Luke Jr. he hadn't survived childhood in any of his previous 10 lifetimes. Maybe that's why the South Philly native is driven to lead so many different lives in his current incarnation. Carrying a tattoo-bedecked, 340-plus pounds and sporting a cleanshaven head, twin diamond stud earrings and a serious goatee, the man born Anthony Lucidonio Jr. may look like a loan shark's collector or a nightclub bouncer, but he is a wildly successful businessman who runs an ever-expanding international dining and frozen-food business.

Shoots - scores! (Finally.) The Mighty Macs - the locally shot film about the basketball team from tiny Immaculata College that won the 1972 national championship - will get a wide release by Sony's Provident Films in March. It was summer 2007 when director/writer Tim Chambers assembled stars Carla Gugino , David Boreanaz , Ellen Burstyn, Marley Shelton , and locals including Joe Conklin , Kathy Romano , Michael Smerconish , and Tony Luke Jr. for the flick, known as Our Lady of Victory during production in Philadelphia's western suburbs.

Some interesting numbers from a stroll around Citizens Bank Park about 90 minutes before the start of Saturday night's Game 6 of the 2010 NL Championship Series: 2: Pablo Sandoval jokes heard while stopped in front of the concession stand where a roast pig was being hand-carved. 147: People in line at Tony Luke's at 6:35. 56: People in line at Bull's BBQ at 6:40. 74: People in line at Chickie's and Pete's at 6:42. 1: People in line at the stand that sells veggie burgers at 6:50.

SAN FRANCISCO - We're not in Philadelphia anymore, Toto. We're in the Land of Odds. You could tell because the weather here Tuesday was reminiscent of foggy London in the morning, sunny Miami at midday, and windy Chicago later. Other giveaways were the single-masted schooner about where Tony Luke's would be at Citizens Bank Park, a Thai sports bar, and a coffee shop across the street from the ballpark that was as crowded as the bars and where, a few hours before Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, several patrons were playing chess.

SAN FRANCISCO - We're not in Philadelphia anymore, Toto. We're in the Land of Odds. You could tell because the weather here Tuesday was reminiscent of foggy London in the morning, sunny Miami at midday, and windy Chicago later. Other giveaways were the single-masted schooner about where Tony Luke's would be at Citizens Bank Park, a Thai sports bar, and a coffee shop across the street from the ballpark that was as crowded as the bars and where, a few hours before Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, several patrons were playing chess.

To Francesca Green and Augusta Harris, both 17 and from Berwyn, attending a Phillies game means an overflowing ballpark with a view of Center City, a nose-pleasing aroma of Bull's BBQ and Tony Luke's cheesesteaks in Ashburn Alley, and a perpetually contending team of all-stars. Both girls said they had no recollection of Veterans Stadium, where the Phillies played before they moved in 2004 to the new Citizens Bank Park, which has become a major destination for baseball fans, including young people such as Green and Harris.

South Philly sandwich czar/actor Tony Luke Jr. is getting into the TV game with Tony Luke's Eaglemania , a weekly, half-hour Philadelphia Eagles fan-friendly variety show. The show will air at midnight (late Saturday, up against Saturday Night Live ) on 6ABC, premiering Sept. 11. Shows will repeat a week later, at 1 a.m. Sunday. Luke will be backed by a house band including Skip Denenberg and Back2Life , and the show will tape at the Troc in Chinatown. First taping will be Aug. 17. Luke crossed the Eagles' radar during filming of the 2006 movie Invincible , based on the life of Eagles walk-on rookie Vince Papale . Luke played a goofy green-suited, green-caped aspiring Eagles player.