Raw tape of a live performance by Michael Feldman in Chicago.
0:00 Color bars over Feldman introducing the audience to the show.
0:18 Feldman talks to audience, camera shows audience. He leads the audience in responding to the question: “Whad’ya know?” A: “Not much. You?”
1:45 Feldman tries to get adjusted to his desk and goes off to find his pen.
3:40 Show begins and announcer counts in the show, being taped at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago. The show will feature Michael Sneed from the Chicago Sun-Times and saxaphonist Von Freeman.
4:30 Introduction of Feldman. He talks about the weather and explains a joke he made at the very beginning of the show.
6:05 ‘It’s good to be back in Chicago, now that the wall has come down between Wisconsin and Chicago.” “Chicago is a great place, where else can a Cellozi meet an Ettelson.” Talks about meeting his wife, getting married at a Vienna stand: “We had a Polish with the works wedding.”
9:04 Feldman does jokes about news items: new plans to build building larger than Sears tower, fining of a CTA officer who took a bribe: “he comes out ahead.”
10:55 Feldman introduces Michael Sneed to the crowd. They joke, and talk about some aldermen who are under suspicion of having been involved in shady dealings.
15:15 Feldman and Sneed talk about Chicago’s gangster reputation, and seeing men wearing fur coats.
16:20 Sneed talks about Prince Charles and his bald spot. Sneed talks about lavish furnishings at Buckingham Palace. Feldman talks about Prince Charles collecting or iginal Crapper toilets.
19:15 Feldman talks to Sneed about her sources. She says they’re mainly “office malcontents.”
20:10 Feldman asks her about interesting people in Chicago. Sneed says, “the most fascinating people in Chicago are the politicians.” The offices hisses her mentions of specific politicians.
21:40 END
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