Today would be Chris Farley's 48th birthday. Let's revisit one of his lesser known performances: His impersonation of Newt Gingrich in 1995 in front of the House Republicans and broadcast on C-SPAN. more ›

It's been nearly 10 years since the untimely, unfortunate demise of Chicago-area comedian Chris Farley. We're not going to lie and say we remember exactly where we were when we heard the news or anything like that, but we can't believe it's been that long already. He had still been big in the movies with a promising future at the time of his death, if he could have broken out of the stereotypical fat-guy-does-crazy-shit-cuz-he's-fat role.... more ›

We here at Chicagoist have taken an improv class, or two, or twenty. We actually made most of our friends through these classes, and were just young enough to get caught up in the politics of it all. more ›