Just For Laughs skipping Chicago for 2014
by That sound you hear whipping through Chicago this morning isn’t the usual Windy City breeze. Chicago’s comedy scene has produced some of our favorite sketch …
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RIP Jay Leggett (1963-2013)
Comedian, actor, writer and director Jay Leggett died suddenly over the weekend, collapsing after a hunting trip with family in his native Wisconsin. Leggett was 50. Leggett, …
Documentary short is a throwback to “The First Days of The Second City”
Here’s a short documentary for your Throwback Thursday needs, no matter what day it may be. Improv Legends has put together several minutes of interview …
RIP Bernard “Bernie” Sahlins, The Second City’s co-founder (1922-2013)
“The TBS Just For Laughs Chicago festival wrapped up its fifth annual celebration of comedy in “the second city” over the weekend, but there probably …
Just For Laughs livestreams from Chicago, announces award winners for Montreal
In case you’re missing it, TBS Just For Laughs Chicago began its weeklong run with shows earlier this week — but you don’t have to …
TJ Miller on Conan in Chicago
What’s better than performing live stand-up on Conan O’Brien’s TV show? How about eating Italian beef sandwiches as fast as possible? For comedy! Also, why …
Conan returning to Chicago for week of shows in June 2012, coinciding with Just For Laughs Chicago
Conan O’Brien announced on Monday night’s Conan that he and his Team Coco crew would bring their TBS late-night talker back to Chicago this June …
TBS, Just For Laughs team up for fourth annual comedy festival in Chicago
The Windy City is becoming more and more a traditional annual stop into America for Just For Laughs, as the biggest comedy festival organization has …
The Onion’s publisher emeritus weighs in on proposed move to The Yukon (Chicago)
If you haven’t yet heard, The Onion‘s corporate executives want to move the editorial staff from New York City to Chicago — where the executives …
Ron Funches makes his TV debut on Conan
Ron Funches wins this year’s prize for first Montreal New Face to make the leap to late-night TV post-JFL*, as he performed his set last …