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Remember Sweetchuck from Police Academy? Well the man who played him, Tim Kazurinsky is actually a writer, too (SNL, numerous movies & TV) and has a very unique take on how the "greedy" writers are out to get the "poor" producers in the current WGA Strike.
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The Riverview Amusement park was *the* place to go for generations of Chicago kids...until it was torn down and sold rather suddenly in the fall of 1967. WGN takes a look back at this old Chicago landmark.
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WGN-TV backup backup backup sports anchor Skip Parker takes Sam Zell's ideas about renaming Wrigley Field one step further... like renaming the Wrigley Ivy after a certain Chia pet. Go Skip!
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WGN's Allison Payne takes a look back at the life of the late Chicago newsman extraordinaire John Drury, including thoughts from former colleagues Tom Skilling, Steve Sanders, and Dan Roan.
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WGN TV's weather bug isn't just some overblown "doppler 8 thousand plus" or "6 weather radar super duper style" usless gadget. It's real. See for yourself.
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Doctor Demento regular Art Paul Schlosser wows the WGN Morning News Crew with his unique brand of "ungood" music/humor, including his seminal hit, I Want a Date with the Menards Lady. WGN Weather guy Paul Konrad handles this segment perfectly.
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WGN Morning News sports anchor Pat Tomasulo did a funny bit about the new ownership deal involving Sam Zell and the Tribune Co. But leave it to everyone's favorite weatherman Tom Freakin' Skilling to steal the show. "Do you know who I am!?"
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Poi Dog Pondering, everyone's favorite Chicago-based band, performs new song Rusted Weather live on WGN Morning News. Frank Orrall makes some comments, too. Enjoy.
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The Ponys play the title track off their new album Turn the Lights Out (Out now on Matador Records) on the WGN Morning News in Chicago. 5/1/07
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You know him as Mrs. Katherine Heigl, but he's a decent musician as well. Josh Kelly chats a bit about life with Heigl and life on the road. Oh, and he also performs his latest song "Unfair."
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WGN Entertainment reporter/critic Dean Richards' final interview with the late Heath Ledger. Includes a somewhat subdued Heath's thoughts on portraying one of 6 Bob Dylans in the biopic I'm Not There. RIP Heath, we'll miss ya.
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Everclear was somehow convinced to get up at the crack of dawn and appear on WGN TV's morning show. The always funny Pat Tomasulo conducts a brief interview and then they sing the awesome song Santa Monica.
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The cast of Animal House stopped by WGN Morning News today to talk about the 30th anniversary of the movie. Karen Allen talked a bit about the new Indiana Jones movie, too. Also there was DeWayne Jessie (Otis Day), Martha Smith (Babs), Peter Reigert (Boon), Stephen Furst (Flounder), and Mark Metcalf (Neidermeyer).
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Hal Sparks is to pop culture as Einstein is to Science. He figures it all out for us. The stand-up comedian and former star of E's Talk Soup, Showtime's Queer as Folk, and numerous VH1 specials sat down with the WGN Morning News gang and made everyone laugh. A lot. Plus he's got long hair, which apparently is his regular 'do.