If you caught David Letterman's sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey last weekend, then you might have noticed ads promoting a special "sneak peek" at a series called My Life is a Joke.
Well, it's not a series just yet. But it is something special -...
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Dan Telfer is a comedian currently hanging out in the Midwest riding a wave of some very successful Youtube videos that have allowed him to record shows for BBC and the Science Channel. He’s been named a best comedian of the year and earned a best album of the year recognition by The Onion A.V...
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With star players such as Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg departing Saturday Night Live this spring, plus the departure of Abby Elliott over the summer and the potential swan song of Jason Sudeikis coming after Election Day, it's almost a foregone conc...
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Hear the name Chris Farley, and what image pops into your head of the late great sketch comedian? Farley jiggling it next to Patrick Swayze as dueling dancers in a Chippendales audition? "Da Bears" Superfans member most likely to have a heart attack?...
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At Just For Laughs Chicago we got the chance to sit down with Susan Messing, an icon in the Chicago improv scene. We talked about her upcoming wedding, improv classes and just what makes Chicago a great city for improv. Susan, I am very honored to sit here with you. Shut your hole! No I’m [...]
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Paul O’Sullivan, a well-respected Toronto actor and comedian, dies in a car accident at 47. At Second City, O’Sullivan made a mark early. “Paul was the quintessential Second City performer and writer,” said Andrew Alexander, Second City’s CEO, reached in Beverly Hills Saturday. “He was quick-witted, and fast on his feet. But there was a sweetness about him that really came through as well.”
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With Chicago’s world-renowned comedy institution Second City opening the new Up Comedy Club at its location near North Avenue and Wells Street this November, the company held a meeting in order to explain the promise and assuage fears of a new sign on North Avenue.
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With JFL Chicago sweeping the Windy City, The Tribune went door to door asking comedy folks there what's in their wallet. Short answer: a couple nickels to rub together and a bus ticket to the coast..
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Inspired by the Second City memories in Tina Fey's Bossypants, Rob Kozlowski mined for and found Mick Napier's Paradigm Lost online show journal, preserved for posterity in all it's mid-to-late nineties glory. Detailing his directorial experience from November 1996 until the show's open in February 1997, Napier writes about working with cast members Fey, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit, Kevin Dorff, Jenna Jolovitz and Jim Zulevic.
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According to the Chicago Tribune, Second City alum Matt Craig has been hired as a writer at Saturday Night Live. Craig has previously performed and taught at iO and performs regularly in his two-man show FrankenMatt with comedy partner Frank Caeti.
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