World Wide Magazine presents A Granite City Tumbleweed Christmas
December 6 : 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The World Wide Magazine Christmas tradition continues at Arkadin!
Jim Varagona of The Pete Parisi Archives will introduce a handful of World Wide Magazine Christmas clips and then segue into episode 169 of World Wide Magazine from 1995: Vanessa Vargo in A Granite City Tumbleweed Christmas. See and hear the musical talents of The Little Songbird, Vanessa, to celebrate this gala yuletide season. Spend the holiday in the quaint gem of Illinois, Granite City, with Jack Calve and Marty!
World Wide Magazine was a public access television program that ran in St. Louis from 1986-2001. Its creator was Peter Parisi who had a previous life in St. Louis radio before the show. The show is a variety of man-on-the-street segments, goofy skits, and a collective of colorful characters that gathered around Pete as the years went by. It is weird, funny, edgy, and offensive, but undoubtedly unforgettable. Since Parisi passed in 2002, it has gained an additional following from its growing archives on YouTube.
We hope to have several members of the cast in attendance for some Q & A.
Your $5 ticket goes to further digitize shows from the archive.
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