This Week In Joe’s Basement, episode 16: Joe Eats Real Dog Food
AIR DATES: July 9, 16, 1990
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. The first segment captures the recording of a children’s news program called “Chicago on Parade.” They visit the Museum of Science and Industry, the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium and the Art Institute. The kids’ reporting style is very formal, like traditional TV news, and they fumble often to remember their lines. The second segment is an interview with fast-talking comedian and humanitarian Michael Colyar in a park in downtown Chicago. Colyar had recently been in the public spotlight because he was the winner of the $100,000 Grand Prize competition on “Star Search” and immediately donated half of the money to a charity for homeless children. Colyar got his start in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles but was back in town for a performance. When describing his comedy, he says it is socially conscious and thought provoking, often dealing with such issues as racism or AIDS. The third segment covers the headquarters for Shadow Traffic in the John Hancock Observatory.
SHADOW TRAFFIC: Interview with Traffic anouncer DON NELSON at MIEGS FIELD, also shots of Chicago from inside a helicopter.
KENNEDY TRAFFIC: Interviews with people in Kennedy Reconstruction traffic. What do you do in this delayed traffic? UPS DRIVER ANGEL CORREA: interviewed while making pick-ups on his route inside the Wrigley Building, and inside his truck.