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Chicago Tribune

September 17, 1990
Rick Kogan Review

This was the first notice Joe's Basement received in the Chicago press. Rick Kogan, then the Tribune's newspaper critic, included a review of Episode 9: "Sledgehammer Diplomacy" in his column, right alongside regular network fare.

Excerpt: "I've never understood what point the bare feet and food munching that dominate this weekly cable-access program are trying to make. But as ambiguous and bored as host Joe Winston can seem at times, so can he frequently be provocative..."