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  Chicago Style Hot Dog Establishments

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  Though Chicago may be known elsewhere for its pizza, our video collection seems to have a preoccupation with hot dogs and hot dog establishments. The video below features a trip in 1980 to the easily recognizable Superdawg at Milwaukee and Devon, where filmmakers Joe and Frank McGarry stop to eat before waiting for Pope John Paul II’s motorcade to pass through the distinctly Polish neighborhood. It also features a 1992 commercial for Gold Coast Dogs, back when they only had […]

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  Summertime in Chicago

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  This video by Nick Despota, Scott Jacobs, and John Mabey celebrates summer in Chicago through a visit to Englewood in 1979. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRi0-w7dPb8] To watch the full version at Media Burn, click here!

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  Best of the NBA Finals

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  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1jgjIsPmL8] Watch more vintage basketball from Media Burn.

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  HERE COME THE HAWKS!!

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  A short interview with Chicago Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull. Taken from the 1985 television special “Once A Star.” Produced by Joel Cohen and Tom Weinberg. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMM7MQqp9MA] For more on Bobby Hull and the Blackhawks, click below! http://tinyurl.com/23448lq Want more archival video? Click here! http://mediaburn.org Media Burn needs your help! If you would like to donate to the archive, you can do so here. http://mediaburn.org/Donate.donate.0.html?&no_cache=1

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  Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini

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  Sara Chapman introduces a rare and revealing tape of Chicago Mayor Jane Bryne’s brief stint living at Cabrini Green in 1981. Bryne’s attempt at a lighthearted Easter egg hunt and sing-along quickly brings social unrest as residents protest the absurdity of her presence. To watch the full 20 minute video at Media Burn, click here. For more inside views of Chicago politics you can’t see anywhere else, go to our website!

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  The lasting effects of war

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  Tom introduces “Peat Bog Soldier” by Diane Weyermann. It is a powerful interview with Spanish Civil War veteran Eddie Balchowsky, who suffered a lifelong battle with depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction after a devastating combat injury. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXoMvBShMJY] Click here to watch a longer interview with another Spanish Civil War vet, John Rossen. For more video history you can’t see anywhere else, go to our website!

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  Studs Terkel: Listening to America on HBO2

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  Saturday, May 15 at 6PM and Sunday May 16 at 10AM (CST) This Saturday, HBO2 will premiere the new Studs Terkel documentary by Eric Simonson, the day before what would have been Studs’ 98th birthday. We got to know Eric, Adrian Marin, and the production team over the last few years as they researched dozens of hours of Terkel footage from our collection. Their final product is an insightful look at Terkel’s life and career, spanning from his childhood at […]

• Media Burn on WBEZ tomorrow

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  Tune in to WBEZ’s 848 on Thursday morning to hear Tom and Sara talk about tomorrow’s screening. We are scheduled to go on around 9:25am. Update: you can listen to it online, or catch the rebroadcast at 8:30pm.