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  [Steve Dahl at Chicagofest Tape 2]

  Chicago, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Footage from radio personality Steve Dahl’s performance of several parodies of well-known rock songs in “Rock on the Roof” during Chicagofest in 1981.

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  Lily Tomlin in Appearing Nitely

  Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Video Makers Choice

  00:00 Opens with a three-minute sketch titled, “On the Way to Broadway (Seven Free Women)” in which actress and comedienne Lily Tomlin plays several different women as they take a road trip to Broadway, as well as the other characters they encounter along the way. 03:34 The opening credits for “Lily Tomlin in Appearing Nitely” roll. 04:15 Shots of the outside of the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles, where a performance of “Lily Tomlin in Appearing Nitely” is on […]

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  Image Union, episode 321

  Chicago, Image Union, Performance, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring Blue Monday by Spike Jones and Michael Prussian. Mark Naftalin (piano) and his band perform a jazz concert. Charles Houff, Dr. Wild Willie Moore and Frankie Lee are guest stars.

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  Image Union, episode 0007

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Image Processing, Image Union

  Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Chairs” by Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Synder, “Helen Lishman for Mayor” by Warren Leming, “Picture Box,” “Waiting,” and “Saturday Morning” by Dan Curry, “Commuting to Tomorrow” by Scott Fivelson, “Cycling Keeps Me Off the Streets” by Mirko Popadic, “Men in the Street, Sardines in the Bus” by Jiffy Vidinc, “To Die a Cowboy” by James Wright, Jr., “Black Spirit Boogie” by Kenneth Shearer, “Other Leading Brand 11-2-76” by Scott Walker, a film by E.E. Seiter, and “Gotta Sing” by Bill Melamed.

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  [Halsted Street TV Show: Dragan performance]

  Performance, Video Makers Choice

  The Halsted Street TV Show was a video project started by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs. At a storefront on Halsted Street in Chicago, independent videomakers and artists held screenings and discussions of their work. Tonight features a live performance by Yugoslavian performance artist The Great Dragan, followed by a question and answer session.

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  Artbeat Chicago, episode 404

  Chicago, NHPRC, Performance, Studs Terkel

  In this episode of Artbeat Chicago, the renovation and renewal of the Chicago Theater district is discussed, a young actress playing the role of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is profiled, a throng of classic black art is showcased in the downtown gallery scene, and a production based on the life of Peggy Guggenheim is visited. Studs Terkel briefly appears in the piece on Mahalia Jackson.

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  Punchline

  American Way, Arts & Culture, Communities, On the Media, Performance

  One of the many incarnations of Punchline, a show that never came to fruition. The show features people from all over the country telling jokes on-camera.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #87]

  Arts & Culture, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Making it in Hollywood, On the Media

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features footage from “The Hollywood-Beverly Hills Tour,” a bus tour of stars’ homes and other notable locations in the area. All footage is from inside the bus as it cruises past the stars’ homes in Beverly Hills, and its driver dispenses bits of trivia.