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November 16, 2007
So we were poking around Second City's website and noticed they're having a fundraiser to buy presents for needy kids on December 5 on The Second City e.t.c. stage. It's called The Second City That Never Sleeps: Letters To Santa. Apparently it's a 24-hour event that will feature lots of... [continue]
| November 13, 2007
Once a Second City performer, always a Second City performer...right? Rachel Dratch and Tim Meadows, both mainstage alumns, will be at the Chicago History Museum tonight for a panel about improv. Kevin Dorff, another Second City performer and now an on-strike writer for Conan O'Brien, moderates, and there will be... [continue]
November 12, 2007
pH Productions hit our radar when they started pHlooding the Hottix page with their uniquely titled late-night shows, like pHamily and pHrenzy pHucked. Then came their emails, replete with creative pHonetics: “Hi pHans… pHrenz-o-ween is coming!” The company was started by a handful of comedians who quickly established a niche... [continue]
Skidoo sounds like something we made up at 3 AM while at some party: Groucho Marx (in his last movie) plays a gangster named God, Jackie Gleason trips on acid while in jail, Carol Channing plays the most sane character in the whole thing, there's a musical number known... [continue]
November 1, 2007
If you have a chance to see Patton Oswalt live, take it. A few months ago at the Lakeshore, we saw him do the best stand-up set we've ever seen — and lo, Chicagoist sees a lot of stand-up. Ever since, we've been dying to see him again, and tonight... [continue]
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November 1, 2007
We're not sure which is our favorite part of this video. Is it the Golden Tee ref? Is it the man-on-man ass slap? The oral love for a former Packer in a Cracker barrel bathroom? The Trixie's embrace of her inescapable future? Dave Matthews-induced arousal? Grandma June's Sewing Circle appears... [continue]