Second City, Chicago

[JanetRose]

My daughter will be attending their show tomorrow night - is it a comedy show?

 

[CathrynRose]

My daughter will be attending their show tomorrow night - is it a comedy show?

Yes - some of today's hugest comedian's got their start there.

[edit] 1959/1960s
(1959) Severn Darden
(1959) Barbara Harris (actress) (Nashville)
(1960) Paul Sand (The Hot Rock)
(1960) Alan Arkin (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Grosse Point Blank, Glengarry Glen Ross, Slums of Beverly Hills, Popi,Catch-22, The In Laws,7% Solution)
(1961) Joan Rivers
(1961) Avery Schreiber (Burns & Schreiber)
(1961) Anthony Holland
(1961) Melinda Dillon (A Christmas Story, Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
(1961) Bill Alton
(1961) Del Close
(1963) Jack Burns (Burns & Schreiber, Fridays)
(1965) Robert Klein (Comedy Tonight, SNL)
(1965) Fred Willard (Ace Trucking Company,Fernwood 2Nite, A Mighty Wind, The Tonight Show)
(1965) Judy Graubart (The Electric Company)
(1967) Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein, Everybody Loves Raymond)
(1969) Joe Flaherty (SCTV, Freaks and Geeks)
(1969) Brian Doyle-Murray (JFK, SNL, Groundhog Day,Caddyshack)
(1969) Harold Ramis (SCTV, Ghostbusters, Stripes)

[edit] 1970s
(1971) John Belushi (SNL, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Neighbors)
(1973) Bill Murray (SNL, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation,Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Stripes, Mad Dog and Glory)
(1973) Betty Thomas (Hill Street Blues)
(1975) George Wendt (Cheers)
(1973) Dan Aykroyd (SNL, Ghostbusters, Driving Miss Daisy, The Blues Brothers)
(1974) Michael Gellman
(1974) Eugene Levy (SCTV), (Mighty Wind, American Pie)
(1976) Shelley Long (Cheers)
(1978) James Belushi (SNL, According to Jim)
(1978) Tim Kazurinsky (SNL, Police Academy)
(1979) Mary Gross (SNL, Hot To Trot, FEDS)

[edit] 1980s
(1982) Meagen Fay (Kingdom Hospital, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives)
(1983) Richard Kind (Mad About You, Spin City)
(1986) Dan Castellaneta (The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons)
(1986) Bonnie Hunt (Life With Bonnie)
(1988) Mike Myers (SNL,Waynes World, Austin Powers, Shrek)
(1989) Chris Farley (SNL)
(1989) Tim Meadows (SNL)
(1989) Tim O'Malley (Return to Me)

[edit] 1990s and beyond
(1990) Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show)
(1991) Steve Carell (The Office, Evan Almighty, The Daily Show, The 40-Year Old Virgin)
(1992) Paul Dinello (Strangers with Candy, Exit 57)
(1992) Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy,Exit 57)
(1993) Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report, Strangers With Candy, The Daily Show, Exit 57)
(1994) Scott Adsit (Mr. Show, 30 Rock)
(1995) Rachel Dratch (SNL, 30 Rock)
(1995) Adam McKay (writer/director, SNL, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby)
(1996) Tina Fey (SNL, Mean Girls, 30 Rock)
(1997) Jim Zulevic (Seinfeld,Curb Your Enthusiasm)
(1996) Horatio Sanz (SNL, Boat Trip)
(1997) T.J. Jagodowski (The Ice Harvest)
(1998) Stephnie Weir (MADtv)
(2001) Keegan-Michael Key (MADtv)
Ike Barinholtz (MADtv)

 

[Missec]

Wow I didnt know that.

 

[mickeyboat]

I think it is an improv kind of thing. I saw some ads for it when I was in Las Vegas.

Denae

 

[schnerk]

My daughter will be attending their show tomorrow night - is it a comedy show?

Yes, she will love it!