By The Beachwood Telestrator Affairs Desk
This one’s getting a lot of play, but Deadspin’s been collecting these from its realm for years now.
Still, kudos, WGN!
Posted on January 12, 2012
NewsVault: High-Rise Rescue
By CaughtOnTapeTV
“Chicago firefighters rescuing an injured window repair man who fell several stories onto an eight-foot ledge. Crews had to rappel down a rain soaked, slippery section of the building to pull the man to safety. He was hospitalized with a broken leg.” (1996)
Posted on January 10, 2012
AdVault: Moondog’s 1985
Uploaded To YouTube By The Video Archive Project
“A Robotech-themed commercial for Moondogs, a chain of Chicagoland comic book shops. Don’t miss out on the Christmas promotion!”
Posted on January 9, 2012
Watch Rob Lowe Actually Take His Role As Drew Peterson In A Crappy Lifetime Movie Seriously
By The Beachwood True Crime Exploitation Affairs Desk
As a news junkie, he explains, he had a lot of footage to draw on to “build” his character.
Posted on January 5, 2012
Option Monster TV
By Eric “Wolfman” Wilkinson
Let’s get in the zone. The cash money zone.
Posted on January 4, 2012
Fox Chicago Anchor Forced To Apologize For Telling The Truth
No Place For That On The News!
It was one of the year’s brightest moments for local TV news – maybe one of the best moments ever for a childish industry filled with posers. And it was retracted.
Posted on December 21, 2011
Chicago’s Amazing Racers
A Beachwood Connection!
“Chicago couple Ernie Halvorsen and Cindy Chiang hustled their way around the globe, and they now have $1 million to show for it,” Tribune News Services reported last week. (We’re just catching up.)
“Chiang said the couple wants to use the prize money to help the less fortunate and contribute ‘to the global economy.'”
Okay, then!
Posted on December 20, 2011
Beyond Scared Straight In Belleville
“Look At Me, Man!”
“Millions of viewers tuned in Thursday night to see some defiant Metro East teens on Beyond Scared Straight inside the St. Clair County Jail in Belleville,” Fox St. Louis reports.
More . . .
1. “A Metro East jail is in the national spotlight. This summer, cameras with A&E Network went inside the St. Clair County Jail to show some troubled teens where they could end-up if they don’t straighten up. The show is called Beyond Scared Straight and NewsChannel5 got a sneak peak of the upcoming episode and talked with those involved.”
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See also: Hustle Man.
Posted on December 19, 2011
Best Chicago TV Show Theme Song Ever
By yungstarofficial
“Remix to the theme song of the hottest show in Chicago. Lets go!”
Posted on December 7, 2011
AdVault: No Wonder Santa Came To Playback!
Uploaded to YouTube by heine71
“A 1979 Christmas TV commercial for long defunct store chain (may be local or Midwest states) Playback – The Electronic Playground (I remember seeing this commercial in the Chicago area in December 1979!). Notice the laughing elves when someone asks about anything in stereo? No wonder Santa came to Playback!”
Posted on December 5, 2011