2/8/2024 0 Comments Fireside bowl documentaryFrank wears various wigs and fits wigs on customers to wear, in addition to performing oddball characterizations, and lying on a bed of nails.Ģ4:38 Copy video clip URL “Fish Story.” The Old Town Aquarium, (formerly located at 1538 N. Hollis meets Frank, the effusive 61 year old owner of Pepe’s restaurant chains, dressed in eccentric clothing. Hollis travels to Chinatown to ask what “words of wisdom” people might impart.Ģ1:31 Copy video clip URL “Mad Mexican.” Pepe’s (formerly 3145 N. Hollis interviews a number of movie goers in their cars.ġ9:47 Copy video clip URL Wild Chicago’s “Dumb Question” segment. A 1961 Mercedes, 1971 Oldsmobile convertible, and other vintage cars are being restored.ġ6:32 Copy video clip URL “Drive-In Movies.” The Cascade Drive-In in West Chicago is a vintage drive-in movie theater. The shop repairs high-line and vintage cars. Among these are pieces of the old Chicago Stock Exchange and what they believe is one of the first driver’s education cars, a wooden replica of a car that would have been attached to hydraulics and used for simulation purposes.ġ3:08 Copy video clip URL “She’s the Boss.” A sharp-dressed woman, along with her mother, run the Specific Colors Auto Body shop (5908 W Grand Ave). The owners, a brother and sister team, recount the various stories and locations taken from a number of the artifacts. Salvaged architectural elements from statues, terracotta wall plaques, furniture, and ornamental pillars from torn down buildings in Chicago are repurposed for purchase. ![]() ![]() Students practice their broadcasting skills, such as a news anchor for a television broadcast, a camera operator, or a radio host.Ġ9:47 Copy video clip URL “Terra Cotta Kingdom.” The store Architectural Artifacts sells ornate chunks from demolished buildings (3759 N. Disco music plays over the bowling alley’s speakers.Ġ6:12 Copy video clip URL “Broadcast School.” Hollis visits the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, which has a campus located in Lombard, IL. Bowlers dress up in colorful, wide-collared, flower-pattern clothing intended to resemble Disco style. Ben Hollis visits Disco bowling, the Connecticut School of Broadcasting formerly in Lombard, IL, the "Terra Cotta Kingdom," the Cascade Drive-In, and the Old Town Aquarium.Ġ0:28 Copy video clip URL Production credits displayed.Ġ0:58 Copy video clip URL Ad for the Illinois Lottery, a corporate sponsor of the program.Ġ1:33 Copy video clip URL Clips of the episode’s subjects are shown over carnivalesque music, with Ben Hollis narrating brief depictions of each.Ġ1:58 Copy video clip URL Opening to Wild Chicago, montage of Ben Hollis’s introduction and clips of various eclectic scenes across the Chicagoland area.Ġ3:02 Copy video clip URL “Disco Bowling.” Monday night at the Fireside Bowl (2648) W Fullerton Ave.) is Disco themed. I feel that it is important to preserve the history of our city and our community, and I hope you will join me.Wild Chicago Episode #407. I have now lived right next to Fireside for over two years and it is mind-blowing how much the neighborhood has changed. This blog will serve as a basis for that community compiling archival materials and personal stories of individual adventures at the Fireside Bowl. My goal is to create an online community of people like myself who attended punk shows at Fireside back when it was a dirty, loud, disgusting venue filled with hundreds of teens, completely shattering the legal capacity of 140 patrons. The ultimate goal, however, is not to just make a documentary. ![]() ![]() This blog is dedicated to a film I am currently developing about the famous Chicago punk-rock venue, The Fireside Bowl.Īs of right now I am putting together a demo/trailer for the film which will include music, photos, videos, and fliers. My name is Nick Arvanitis and I am a documentary filmmaker from Chicago.
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