Punchline
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.
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.
BRIL BARRETT: Taps and raps simultaneously by the subway for the “Here’s My Story” segment of Chicago Slices. Video is over-exposed.
THE SLICK BOYS: 3 Cabrini Green cops that rap: ERIC DAVIS, JAMES MARTIN, and RANDY HOLCOMB SR. Interviews at Oz Park while they coached little league baseball, in Cabrini’s neighborhoods and parks, in police station, grocery store, and rapped with children on playground. Interview with Asst. Manager MIKE MERRILL.
This video contains raw footage shot for “Five Day Bicycle Race,” a project comprised of live in-studio commentary and taped edited coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. Produced by independent videomakers calling themselves The Image Union (including many members of TVTV and Videofreex), it aired on Manhattan Cable for three hours per night for five days during the convention. This video features Joel Gold performing a piece called “Another Day,” plus some music.
AARON FREEMAN: performing “Disguised as an Adult,” his one man play.
Raw footage shot for the TV program Chicago Slices. Sally Station performs her solo musical act at the Hot House in Chicago.
Live radio broadcast of the new Tom Joyner Show on V-103. They are broadcasting from Edna’s, legendary soul food restaurant in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
Live radio broadcast of the new Tom Joyner Show on V-103. They are broadcasting from Edna’s, legendary soul food restaurant in the Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Special guests on the show include Ramsey Lewis, George Wallace, and Herb Kent. Much of the tape is footage of the crowd at the restaurant before and after the broadcast, including two interviews with Herb Kent, “the Kool Gent.”