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From Dick Tracy to Punky Brewster, these fictional Chicagoans are hereby inducted into the city's nonexistent hall of fame.

By Brent DiCrescenzo
Published: September 22, 2008

1. Ferris Bueller
Wayne Newton, warm Gummi Bears, breaking the fourth wall, Ben Stein—John Hughes brought them all back, for better or worse, with his 1986 cult classic. Most of all, he proved our city is the best playground in North America.

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