UP in smoke: Rooftop fire at Piper’s Alley complex in Chicago home to The Second City
by When there’s smoke, there’s often fire. And when that fire happens in the Piper’s Alley complex in Old Town Chicago that’s home to The Second …
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Last Things First, Episode #3: Horatio Sanz
Today’s guest is Horatio Sanz, born in Chile, raised in Chicago and known by many as cast member for eight seasons on Saturday Night Live. …
R.I.P. Anne Meara (1929-2015)
Anne Meara, an actress and renowned comedian nominated for Emmys, Golden Globes and Tonys who started performing comedy with The Second City’s parent troupe, The …
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Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV
Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New York City, Amy Poehler was a fresh-faced college grad …
“Braving the Unknown,” Susan Messing’s Ted Talk in Chicago, April 2014
“Taking a risk — maybe a tiny one, maybe a giant leap, into the unknown.” Spend the next 14 minutes with Susan Messing, who tells an …
Jordan Klepper joins Comedy Central’s The Daily Show as regular correspondent
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has a new correspondent, and his name is Jordan Klepper. Klepper files his first on-air report tonight, “live” from “Ukraine.” …
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart pay tribute to the late great Harold Ramis
Stephen Colbert must keep up appearances as blowhard mouthpiece “Stephen Colbert” on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, but at the tail end of Monday night’s …
R.I.P. Harold Ramis (1944-2014)
Writer/director/comedian Harold Ramis died early this morning, four years after first being diagnosed with the health problems that caused his autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis. Ramis was …
Chris Farley’s debut as Matt Foley in “Motivation” from The Second City, 1990
The Second City unearthed and uploaded a comedy first from its archives on Monday, as we can see the July 1990 debut of Chris Farley’s …
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 …