1987: Beat the Summer Heat with John Holden!
Whimsy was John Holden's stock in trade at WTVJ-4. Search for him among our YouTube videos and you'll find his coverage of off-beat South Florida stories ranging from bed races to big boats to underwater hotels to floating VW bugs and a multiplicity of wild things in between.
This 1987 story is simple by comparison: Cruise over to Coconut Grove and do some man-and-woman-on-the-street interviews to find out how Miamians beat the summer heat.
Holden's interviewees reveal a range of strategies for staying cool against the odds, relatively few of which involve wearing fewer clothes. We'd go through their responses here, but don't you want to hear it from them?
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This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession number B00550-10; airdate June 19, 1987.