Storyline
For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, The Chicago Party dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip-synched singles by a rising regime of local post-disco casualties. Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball outpost The CopHerBox II and onto TV screens. Pooling business acumen with music scene prominence, James Christopher and Willie Woods opened the CopHerBox II in 1979 at 117th and Halsted on Chicago’s Southside. To promote their venture, they purchased airtime on Chicago’s WCIU-TV Channel 26 for weekly installments of The Chicago Party. Each Saturday, the club’s adult clientele filled the illuminated dance floor, providing vibrant B-roll between tapings of breakdancing magicians and Jheri curled ventriloquists, giving an audience to a rising regime of Chicago Soul heavyweights.
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Cast & Crew
Willie Woods
Himself
James Christopher
Himself
Frequently Asked Questions
The Best of the Chicago Party was released on February 7, 2015.
The runtime of The Best of the Chicago Party is 1h 40m.
The Best of the Chicago Party is a Comedy, Documentary, Music movie.
The Best of the Chicago Party is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
The Best of the Chicago Party was directed by James Christopher.
The main cast of The Best of the Chicago Party includes Willie Woods, James Christopher.
The Best of the Chicago Party is originally in English.